●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, November 17, 2022 ●● ● Nov 17 [00:08] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@wbbz7p3sasfe2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 17 [01:03] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:03] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:07] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [01:07] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:18] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:18] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:26] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [01:26] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 17 [09:09] schestowitz-TR "Teaching assistants are paid $24,000 per year" https://scheerpost.com/2022/11/16/ucs-student-workers-cant-afford-california/ | Source: Scheerpost [09:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-UC's Student Workers Can't Afford California - scheerpost.com [09:09] schestowitz-TR says how much education is valued [09:13] Techrightssec Exactly [09:13] Techrightssec Then if they win the academic lottery they can advance to being part-time [09:13] Techrightssec "adjunct" faculty, working three jobs just to stay afloat. Then if lightning [09:13] Techrightssec strikes twice in the same spot, they get a tenure track job and the false hope [09:13] Techrightssec of a permanent job, still at low pay unless they are able to pivot into [09:13] Techrightssec administration. [09:13] schestowitz-TR not a uniquely US problem anymore [09:23] Techrightssec Not nice the Bologne Process, which is fancy clothes for the destruction of [09:23] Techrightssec higher education on the other side of the Atlantic: [09:23] Techrightssec https://education.ec.europa.eu/education-levels/higher-education/inclusive-and-connected-higher-education/bologna-process [09:23] Techrightssec It had fancy marketing and a lot of hangers-on. [09:23] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-education.ec.europa.eu | The Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area | European Education Area [09:29] Techrightssec Three years is not enough to either specialize in a topic nor to gain a well- [09:29] Techrightssec rounded experience. The failure is then double if trying to do both. [09:31] schestowitz-TR introducing lesser skilled people into a workplace typically helps bring wages down, over time [09:31] schestowitz-TR same with introducing women where not many women are suitably qualified [09:31] schestowitz-TR but it's unpopular to say that [09:34] Techrightssec [09:34] Techrightssec That appears to be one of the goals. Now there are two or three academic [09:34] Techrightssec generations of half-educated people flooding the market and vying for [09:34] Techrightssec jobs including university jobs [09:34] Techrightssec It's not like the universities have a separate supply chaing. [09:34] Techrightssec Introducing unqualified but certified individuals means that the individual [09:34] Techrightssec in question knows that they are in over their head and keep their job only [09:34] Techrightssec at the whim of the decision makers. As a result there is no pushback against [09:34] Techrightssec other stupidity. [09:34] Techrightssec [09:37] schestowitz-TR two words: jim. zemlin [09:37] schestowitz-TR one word: spamnil.\\ [09:37] schestowitz-TR they could instead keep carla schroder or jack wallen onboard [09:37] schestowitz-TR vastly more qualified [09:37] schestowitz-TR imagine being carla and they choose spamnil over you [09:37] schestowitz-TR she called LF "poo" [09:37] schestowitz-TR maybe she write "shit" and then changed that to something more polite. [09:37] schestowitz-TR deep inside many people know what LF really is [09:37] schestowitz-TR but there is concern that speaking out about it woukd seem "unprofessional" [09:37] schestowitz-TR or anti-corporations, lessening the % of netting another 6-figure salary [09:38] schestowitz-TR if this job candidate can tolerater the shit of the LF, he will tolerate our antics and keep quiet too. -company recruiter [09:39] Techrightssec LF wants to avoid competent writers likely for similar reasons as above. [09:39] Techrightssec Ideally it looks like its goal is to collapse the brand as quickly as possible. [09:39] Techrightssec Also they have to make LT appear irrelevant so he can be shoved out the door too [09:39] Techrightssec CoC violation for criticizing a corporation. [09:39] Techrightssec CoCs were never, not even for a minute, about anything else than that. [09:40] schestowitz-TR rather, it's about allowing corporations to weaponise something (borad, vague, anything) against people who get [09:40] schestowitz-TR marked for removal [09:40] schestowitz-TR seen it firsthand earlier this month ;-) [09:40] Techrightssec The weapon is less important than the targets: the leadership and control of [09:40] Techrightssec the various, key FOSS projects. [09:40] Techrightssec They'd weaponize hairstyle when they can. [09:42] schestowitz-TR "he didn't shave often enough. we caught him in his desk with stubble." [09:42] schestowitz-TR (apropos, today, this morning, after 5+ years, I reminded myself why I quit using shaving foam) [09:43] Techrightssec hygiene ... [09:44] schestowitz-TR says a boss who drives a car that emits 3 times the gases of a normal car [09:44] schestowitz-TR for vanity purposes alone [09:53] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:56] *matteobin (~matteobin@tecziqbycf9k2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 17 [10:10] Techrightssec ack [10:10] Techrightssec s/car/suv(truck)/ [10:10] Techrightssec https://www.vice.com/en/article/3abk7b/bidens-new-fuel-economy-standards-still-allow-cars-to-pollute-more-if-theyre-not-called-cars [10:10] Techrightssec https://me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/news/cafe-standards-could-mean-bigger-cars-not-smaller-ones/ [10:10] Techrightssec https://www.fleetmanagementweekly.com/americas-cars-trucks-are-getting-bigger-and-so-are-their-front-blind-zones-children-are-paying-th [10:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.vice.com | Bidens New Fuel Economy Standards Still Allow Cars to Pollute More If Theyre Not Called Cars [10:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-me.engin.umich.edu | CAFE Standards Could Mean Bigger Cars, Not Smaller Ones Mechanical Engineering [10:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fleetmanagementweekly.com | America's Cars & Trucks are Getting Bigger and So Are Their Front Blind Zones. Children are Paying the Price - Fleet Management WeeklyFleet Management Weekly [10:10] Techrightssec e-price/ [10:10] Techrightssec https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/americas-cars-trucks-are-getting-bigger-are-front-blind-zones-children-rcna52109 [10:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nbcnews.com | America's cars and trucks are getting bigger, and so are their front blind zones. Children are paying the price. [10:11] schestowitz-TR That's OK as long as they are not embroyes anymore [10:11] schestowitz-TR *embryos [10:12] Techrightssec yep [10:39] Techrightssec ack [10:39] schestowitz-TR It's 2022 and some dumb sites like Spamnil's still use the misleading misnomer "serverless". How repulsive and objectionable that liars [10:39] schestowitz-TR and charlatans are treated like the more "repesctable" 'web3' 'bros'.... because corporate media officially recognises their buzzwords [10:39] Techrightssec ack [10:39] schestowitz-TR . We're in for some painful reckoning when people realise "clown computing" does not exist; it's a ruinous buzzword enshrining a trap. [10:49] *matteobin has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:50] *scientes14 (~c62ebe51@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:56] *matteobin (~matteobin@tecziqbycf9k2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 17 [11:17] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [11:26] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-5n6.kms.ovuqen.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [11:37] *scientes14 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) ● Nov 17 [12:00] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [12:00] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [12:02] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [12:02] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:03] *matteobin has quit (Quit: leaving) [12:40] schestowitz-TR "Personally, I seek very little social interaction in the real world; the everyday family life is quite enough." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1205 ● Nov 17 [13:09] schestowitz-TR should I rebut the 3 POS 'articles' in "Linux" sites about WSL 1.0 (w00t! 1) or would that just give it more [13:09] schestowitz-TR publicity than it's worth? I think after the 3 I saw it stopped [13:09] schestowitz-TR betanews, itsfoss (idiot took over), and brad linder [13:09] schestowitz-TR I'd rather see it going away [13:09] schestowitz-TR countdown to phoronix doing a puff piece about it.... [13:10] Techrightssec ack [13:14] Techrightssec WSL spam is thick on many sites these days. [13:14] schestowitz-TR I reckon I can ignorew it and cover something else? [13:14] schestowitz-TR left out from Daily Links, as it is WINDOWS news [13:14] schestowitz-TR just hijacking a brand [13:15] Techrightssec Probably rebut the concept of WSL. There are certainly some technical short [13:15] Techrightssec comings in addition to the loss of freedom and security [13:16] schestowitz-TR I think the 1.0 thing is RER-announcing it to get people to give it another look [13:16] schestowitz-TR as very few use it and sites quit mentioning it [13:16] schestowitz-TR I reckon it will be mothball not too long from now [13:16] Techrightssec Yes, brand hijacking. It's marketed as "being able to run Linux" which [13:16] Techrightssec at least with the first version, it is not. [13:16] Techrightssec It's definitely a talking point being pushed by m$ marketeerts. [13:16] Techrightssec ^marketeers. [13:17] schestowitz-TR if the googlebombing stops, I'll carry on ignoring [13:30] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:40] schestowitz-TR this re-affirms what we've all been seeing for years [13:40] schestowitz-TR sites that behave like this deserve no users at all [13:44] *acer-box (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [13:45] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [13:55] Techrightssec That's usually how it works afaik [13:58] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:59] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 17 [14:00] *starstreak has quit (Quit: Leaving) [14:14] *matteobin (~matteobin@tecziqbycf9k2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:49] schestowitz-TR otaX3 ● Nov 17 [15:14] *matteobin has quit (Quit: leaving) [15:59] schestowitz-TR otaX3 [15:59] schestowitz-TR DONE ● Nov 17 [16:15] schestowitz-TR covid-19 tests in the uk has sunk to new lows and it's winter already. gov strategy: pretend we don't see it [16:24] Techrightssec ack [16:24] Techrightssec If they don't check, they can then confirm that the number of verified cases [16:24] Techrightssec has gone down. :/ [16:24] schestowitz-TR draft [16:34] Techrightssec checking [16:34] Techrightssec Mastodon and Pleroma etc are social control media not a publishing platform [16:34] Techrightssec like gemini, so a comparison would be irrelevant. [16:34] Techrightssec s/videos on/videos about/ [16:35] schestowitz-TR typo fixed [16:35] schestowitz-TR yes, I will add a footnote [16:41] Techrightssec excellent [16:44] schestowitz-TR was anything changed in tm-new? [16:44] schestowitz-TR rianne tried twice to add a page and it gives a .PM complaint [16:44] Techrightssec updated the packages but not the scripts [16:44] Techrightssec checking [16:44] Techrightssec At what stage does it give an error? [16:44] schestowitz [y/N] y [16:44] schestowitz Waiting for database to unlock ...lock acquired [16:44] schestowitz Can't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_generic" at /usr/local/lib/perl5/TuxMachines/ReadOn.pm line 27. [16:44] schestowitz Creating temporary directories and files [16:44] schestowitz Creating static XHTML and GemText hierarchies [16:44] schestowitz Updating SSI files [16:44] schestowitz Writing the RSS feed for HTTP [16:44] schestowitz Writing the Atom feed for Gemini [16:44] schestowitz Writing the Gemini index [16:44] schestowitz Pinging via MQTT [16:45] schestowitz Erasing temporary directories and their files. [16:48] Techrightssec Just checked. It can add, modify, and delete records. [16:48] Techrightssec HOwever the error described is that there is a bad URL in the 'ReadOn' link. [16:48] Techrightssec Perhaps a check should be added to ensure that there is something there. [16:48] Techrightssec But if the record can be edited to ensure that there is a valid [16:48] Techrightssec URL in the href element it should be good. [16:48] Techrightssec Perhaps the URL is outside the quotes? [16:48] schestowitz-TR rianne made a mistake [16:48] schestowitz-TR she put the title in the URL [16:48] schestowitz-TR sorry, our error [16:49] Techrightssec np ● Nov 17 [17:11] Techrightssec The non-bot traffic for tm-new has been increasing. I see however that [17:11] Techrightssec one of the clients (FB?) mangles the URLs resulting in 404 errors. They [17:11] Techrightssec are not paying attention to the fact that URLs are case sensitive. [17:12] schestowitz-TR nothing can save "meta" [17:12] schestowitz-TR btw, the earlier article on twitter mentions someone rianne knows in person [17:12] schestowitz-TR i didn't know till i sent it to her [17:13] Techrightssec ack [17:14] schestowitz-TR I haev just added anothger draft. 13 pages of pdf. NOT my area of expertise, but very relevant to daemonFC and us. [17:19] Techrightssec Per the discussion about sub-minimum wages for working in academia: [17:19] Techrightssec "Mr. Robbins teaches at several universities around Manhattan. " [17:19] Techrightssec https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/17/realestate/nyc-harlem-west-side-apartment.html [17:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nytimes.com | Harlem or Upper West Side? Two Longtime Renters Test 20 Years Worth of Savings on a New Apartment. - The New York Times [17:19] schestowitz-TR [16:20] https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/academic-publishing-and-the-death [17:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-tedgioia.substack.com | Academic Publishing and the Death Instinct - by Ted Gioia [17:19] schestowitz-TR [16:20] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- tedgioia.substack.com | Academic Publishing and the Death Instinct - by Ted Gioia [17:19] schestowitz-TR [16:25] Academic Publishing sucks on MANY levels [17:19] schestowitz-TR [16:25] it's exploitative [17:19] schestowitz-TR [16:25] it was not always like that [17:29] Techrightssec Not just the publishing. It's the wages (not salary) and hours too. [17:29] Techrightssec They're not getting quality work if the dude has to juggle three jobs to get [17:29] Techrightssec by economically. [17:29] Techrightssec Then that just goes to show that the goal is not to provide quality education [17:29] Techrightssec or research but to simply go through the motions and siphon money out through [17:29] Techrightssec charades. [17:29] Techrightssec He's probably working hard but multi-tasking four tasks (three jobs [17:29] Techrightssec plus transportation) does not make for an efficient result. [17:29] Techrightssec There is a lot of overhead for multi-tasking, especially in people, but also [17:29] Techrightssec in computers. [17:29] Techrightssec Then there are the journals themselves which are churning out lots of filler [17:29] Techrightssec in addition to extorative pricing to buy back the work the universities and [17:29] Techrightssec faculty provided them for free. [17:31] schestowitz-TR after two years as a postdoc I pulled the plug [17:31] schestowitz-TR actually after 6 months or less [17:31] schestowitz-TR but then I just worked both my current job and the older job in paralell [17:31] schestowitz-TR *llel [17:31] schestowitz-TR did you see the draft [17:31] schestowitz-TR I fixed something [17:42] Techrightssec checking [17:42] Techrightssec The body of the post ought to mention a little about what is in the open [17:42] Techrightssec letter to support the link rather than relying 100% on the hope that the [17:42] Techrightssec link will get clicked and the PDF handled. [17:43] schestowitz-TR good suggestion [17:43] schestowitz-TR I've added a long paragraph and checked it over several times for clatity [17:43] schestowitz-TR final (3rd) video will cover the WSL BS (without linking) [17:44] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:46] Techrightssec ack [17:47] schestowitz-TR thanks for the irc suggestions on that [17:47] schestowitz-TR it helps guide what's covered and how [17:47] schestowitz-TR itsfoss and phoreonix are explained in passing [17:47] schestowitz-TR in the epo video, i still casually mention the copyright trolling [17:47] Techrightssec Great [17:48] Techrightssec it's apparently a common tactic [17:53] schestowitz-TR the claimant is from same place as Campinos' boss [17:53] schestowitz-TR the timing of the letter same as OOXML "finish the job" but for UPC [17:53] Techrightssec ack ● Nov 17 [18:43] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@4veutsvi92ric.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 17 [20:02] *starstreak has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 17 [22:51] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell