●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, December 17, 2022 ●● ● Dec 17 [00:27] techrightssec2 5851 mysql 20 0 7533m 822m 9100 S 2595.3 2.6 5:07.41 mysqld [00:27] techrightssec2 2595% CPU [00:27] techrightssec2 restarted mysqld and httpd [00:27] techrightssec2 DoS : /aggregator/sources/48?ord... [00:27] techrightssec2 modified .conf [00:27] techrightssec2 TM ● Dec 17 [02:19] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Dec 17 [03:04] schestowitz-TR still very low temps here [03:04] schestowitz-TR going to OTA in a moment ● Dec 17 [05:23] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@ggq4vsky9tccu.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 17 [06:49] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [06:49] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [06:58] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uvxvchtayzkvk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:58] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 17 [07:36] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[07:57] techrightssec2 s/not use/nor use/ [07:57] techrightssec2 Happy Birthday today [07:57] schestowitz-TR thanks!, catching up ● Dec 17 [08:05] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Dec 17 [09:01] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@776gxabcf9gia.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:51] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:58] schestowitz-TR i did not watch it all, but trust your judgement and reposted that [09:58] schestowitz-TR still falling behind because of all the "happy bday" calls, which are mostly repetitive [09:58] schestowitz-TR probably the thing I like the least tbh ● Dec 17 [10:04] techrightssec2 The first third was about WeaSeL specifically, the rest was two other segments [10:04] techrightssec2 putting it into proper context and warning about what Restricted Boot, TPM 2, [10:04] techrightssec2 and M$ Pluton are doing against general-purpose computing, specifically how [10:04] techrightssec2 it bans BSD and Linux from the hardware. [10:04] techrightssec2 . [10:05] schestowitz-TR yes, this is the general direction [10:05] schestowitz-TR "we're not preventing competition; we SUPPORT it!" [10:05] schestowitz-TR and canonical sold out in 2016, just like LF [10:10] mjg59_ Pluton doesn't block any OS from the hardware [10:11] techrightssec2 That direction was laid out back 20+ years ago when M$ tried to buy some BIOS [10:11] techrightssec2 company and at the same time added DRM to WMP after the public rejected it from [10:11] techrightssec2 MSO or something more serious. At the time, people let their kids install [10:11] techrightssec2 whatever the fuck they got a hold of regardless of the damage it would do [10:11] techrightssec2 -- on actual work computers. People rejected the DRM so M$ operated through [10:11] techrightssec2 their kids and non-essiential software, with the victims not realizing or not [10:11] techrightssec2 caring that the changes affected the whole system. The BIOS company was either [10:11] schestowitz-TR draft [10:11] techrightssec2 Pheonix or AMI. They stopped pursuing the BIOS as it could not lock out Linux [10:11] techrightssec2 and other kernels until it was replaced by UEFI. [10:11] techrightssec2 Canonical was infiltrated but the UEFI team had something very wrong with it [10:11] techrightssec2 from the start. The premise was wrong from the beginning and thus only fools [10:11] techrightssec2 or traitors, or a mixture of both, signed on. [10:12] schestowitz-TR going to be a busy day today [10:12] schestowitz-TR started by lots of boring stuff [10:12] schestowitz-TR I'll try to get ahead with rss feeds [10:21] psydruid if you don't want M$ Pluton in your hardware, you're an unreasonable puppy kicker [10:27] psydruid unfortunately for M$ the company will play an increasingly smaller role in the world of computing in general and hardware in particular [10:38] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-gj4.hf0.k9nair.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [10:42] schestowitz-TR mg works for microsoft [10:44] techrightssec2 ack ● Dec 17 [11:03] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [11:04] techrightssec2 M$ is spinning and will continue to spin Pluton as either necessary or harmless [11:04] techrightssec2 and will do a lot to distract from how dangerous it is to self-determination [11:04] techrightssec2 and general-purpose computing. [11:04] techrightssec2 DOJ should be considering it an antitrust regression but won't due to political [11:04] techrightssec2 and resource constraints [11:40] schestowitz-TR rianne found a greeting she wrote to me in 2013 but only handed over last night [11:40] schestowitz-TR so that was quite special [11:40] schestowitz-TR most bday greetings are dull, shallow, repetitve, corny and basically without any value/worth [11:40] schestowitz-TR and that gets worse over the years [11:40] schestowitz-TR like the age of emoji [11:40] schestowitz-TR where even words can barely be used [11:41] techrightssec2 :) [11:41] techrightssec2 and the interpretations of the meanings of 'emoji' change from month to month [11:42] schestowitz-TR some "apps" apparently have "stickers" [11:42] schestowitz-TR and I think those are proprietary [11:42] schestowitz-TR we don't use mobile p;hones or "apps" [11:42] schestowitz-TR but I saw exchanges of greetings that boil down to pressing a button or choosing something [11:42] schestowitz-TR from a selector [11:42] schestowitz-TR that's not a greeting [11:42] schestowitz-TR that's utter bullshit [11:43] schestowitz-TR it's like writing someone a cheque as a "gift" [11:43] schestowitz-TR or worse [11:43] schestowitz-TR making a bank transfer [11:43] schestowitz-TR although that takes more effort then sending emoji [11:44] schestowitz-TR haha, bank transfer with transaction note that is an emoji [11:44] schestowitz-TR party like it's 2025 [11:59] techrightssec2 ack ● Dec 17 [12:07] schestowitz-TR i think that owing to our very very old wsl articles being read lately there will be more people out there [12:07] schestowitz-TR who unlike concern trolls and shills will point out what the "grand plan" is [12:07] schestowitz-TR but tbh, not much remains to be said now [12:07] schestowitz-TR microsoft rebrands it and re-annnounces it to googlebomb "linus" [12:07] schestowitz-TR with WINDOWS [12:09] schestowitz-TR i amk still trying to figure out where to shave off time and how [12:09] schestowitz-TR some of that might require writing custom-made programs [12:09] schestowitz-TR e.g. duplicate detection [12:09] schestowitz-TR quiterss is very gui-centri (qt) [12:09] schestowitz-TR so writing extensions to it is not an option [12:10] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [12:10] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uvxvchtayzkvk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:12] schestowitz-TR one time-consuming task can be figuring out which links you already check throughout the week [12:12] schestowitz-TR atm I check against a complete db of the links [12:15] techrightssec2 One way might be to have a script which loads and processes an OPML file and [12:15] techrightssec2 then creates a web page using the summary/details elements and let the browser [12:15] techrightssec2 track which URLs have been visited? [12:15] techrightssec2 The script could have duplicate detection easily. [12:15] techrightssec2 The browser does that the only problem is that there seems to be no way to [12:15] techrightssec2 mark a URL unread once it has been read. [12:15] schestowitz-TR i quite like how, more so lately, rss is in headlines [12:15] schestowitz-TR esp. on blogs, not msm [12:15] schestowitz-TR how to make social control media based on rss [12:15] schestowitz-TR how to manage it [12:15] schestowitz-TR why use rss [12:15] schestowitz-TR that's a refreshing thing [12:15] schestowitz-TR social control media is inhernely an attack on rss [12:15] schestowitz-TR they promise the do the same [12:15] schestowitz-TR but the masters are the miam [12:15] schestowitz-TR messing about with what you cannot and won't see [12:16] techrightssec2 Yes and more sites are clearly labeling the Atom or RSS feeds which they have. [12:16] techrightssec2 Many of those that do not have the feeds can add them very easily through [12:16] techrightssec2 their CMS. [12:19] schestowitz-TR it's a shame that bakersoft, a gulag subsidiary, won't restore [12:19] schestowitz-TR 1) hot bookmarks or live bookmarks [12:19] schestowitz-TR 2) auto highlightingg, once a page is visited, where the RRS feed is [12:19] schestowitz-TR 3) proper parsing of xml/atom/rss objects [12:19] schestowitz-TR they fucked up all 3 intentionally [12:19] schestowitz-TR gulag reader ran at a oss to kill the rivals, like feedlounger [12:19] schestowitz-TR than it shut down [12:19] schestowitz-TR self-destructed [12:19] schestowitz-TR same for feedburder [12:19] schestowitz-TR the WARNING is in thje NAMER ;) [12:19] schestowitz-TR BURNER!! [12:22] schestowitz-TR (sorry for typos) [12:22] schestowitz-TR btw, gulagtube is not enterring the territory of morality police more and more [12:22] schestowitz-TR vaccine science... banned [12:22] schestowitz-TR sexy stuff.... banned [12:22] schestowitz-TR linux... demonetised or suspended... kodi is PIRACY!!! [12:22] schestowitz-TR they are doing a musk, gravitating towards msm [12:22] schestowitz-TR sexy is OK, if it is mainstream [12:22] schestowitz-TR like black women in thongs "shakin' their booty" on some bouncing vehicle [12:22] schestowitz-TR morality police, soon qataer and mbs might offer to 'cushion' the losses in gulagtube* [12:22] schestowitz-TR ___ [12:22] schestowitz-TR * conditions apply [12:23] techrightssec2 If one were suspicious, that kind of method worked well to harm RSS/Atom usage. [12:23] techrightssec2 by centralizing the service so that the alternatives die off or are abandoned [12:23] techrightssec2 and then once the competition is gone pull the plug. GM and Firestone did [12:23] techrightssec2 that to the streetcars in the US a long while back. [12:23] techrightssec2 ack [12:24] schestowitz-TR we cannot prove that the war on rss was orchetrated like this [12:24] schestowitz-TR rather, more plausible, they had another vision [12:24] schestowitz-TR and promoted this [12:24] schestowitz-TR like that POS "pocket" from mozilla [12:24] schestowitz-TR telling you what to read and tracking firefox users [12:24] schestowitz-TR see their very latest blog posts [12:24] schestowitz-TR they don't even hide the spying [12:24] schestowitz-TR they boast about it [12:24] schestowitz-TR f* mozill [12:24] schestowitz-TR move to librewolf [12:30] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [12:42] techrightssec2 Either would be a possibile motive but there is insufficient data to prefer [12:42] techrightssec2 one explanation over the other at this point. Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malic [12:42] techrightssec2 e. :/ [12:42] techrightssec2 Which institution granted m$ the sw patent on ANS-Coding used in JPEG XL ? [12:42] techrightssec2 Was it USPTO or EPO ? [12:44] schestowitz-TR wasn't and the controversial thing duda (polish prof) complained about? [12:44] schestowitz-TR you might want to lookm into it [12:44] schestowitz-TR TR wote about it sveeral times [12:44] schestowitz-TR we even spoke to duda many times [12:44] techrightssec2 Yes his approach was to complain to Google to get them to back off but then [12:44] techrightssec2 m$ just went and submitted a copy of the application somewhere and ignored [12:44] techrightssec2 him. [12:44] techrightssec2 Which institution granted m$ the sw patent on ANS-Coding used in JPEG XL ? [12:44] techrightssec2 Can Duda recall which institution, EPO or USPTO, it was which granted the patent? [12:45] schestowitz-TR uspto iirc [12:46] schestowitz-TR look up 'dude theregister 2020' (ish) [12:46] schestowitz-TR *duda [12:46] schestowitz-TR maybe arsetechnically pedo also covered that around the same year (from memory) [12:48] techrightssec2 Features Of Range Asymmetric Number System Encoding And Decoding [12:48] techrightssec2 PATENT NUMBER: 11234023; DOCUMENT ID: US 11234023 B2; DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-01-25 [12:48] techrightssec2 USPTO [12:48] techrightssec2 Not possible to link to the USPTO's database, their web "app" is a javascript [12:48] techrightssec2 abomination and not an actual useful site or web page. [12:48] techrightssec2 The front end is /only/ a "web app" and not possible to bookmark or link to. [12:48] schestowitz-TR iirc, it is java at the back end [12:48] schestowitz-TR unless they have changed that [12:48] schestowitz-TR and they gave that away in the url structure, which is bad practice [12:49] techrightssec2 The web "app" even captures the mouse buttons, preventing their function. [12:51] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-krg.ann.s0acj2.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 17 [13:02] techrightssec2 Anyway, looking at the old TR link lists, the topic was not linked to much [13:02] techrightssec2 so perhaps in light of recent maneuvers by Google and M$ it could be a [13:02] techrightssec2 topic to cover again? [13:02] techrightssec2 The patent number and such is "new" information. [13:05] techrightssec2 Duda developed ANS back in 2007 already. [13:05] techrightssec2 https://libreplanet.org/2022/speakers/ [13:05] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-libreplanet.org | LibrePlanet Speakers [13:06] schestowitz-TR yes, i remember his talk [13:06] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2022/03/28/ans-talk-by-jarek-duda/ [13:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | LibrePlanet 2022 Talk on Software Patent Issues (by Jarek Duda) | Techrights [13:28] techrightssec2 Yes [13:28] techrightssec2 The LibrePlanet web site is a bit hard to navigate, with an excessive number [13:28] techrightssec2 of links and so on, but then TR is no example either. [13:28] techrightssec2 https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/ans-coding-replacing-huffman-and-ac-from-introduction-to-patent-iss [13:28] techrightssec2 ues/ [13:28] techrightssec2 At about 21:30 he starts to address the sw patents. [13:28] techrightssec2 At about 35:50 he talks about defending against those who copy-pasta public code [13:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 308 @ https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/ans-coding-replacing-huffman-and-ac-from-introduction-to-patent-iss ) [13:28] techrightssec2 and use that for a patent [13:37] techrightssec2 The interviewer doesnt understand patents and talks about implementations as [13:37] techrightssec2 if it were a matter of copyright instead [13:37] techrightssec2 That misunderstanding persists globally. [13:37] techrightssec2 ^ topic ? [13:45] techrightssec2 The sound quality is worse than dreadful however [13:46] schestowitz-TR contents should matter more than quality of equipment [13:49] techrightssec2 Below a certain threshold, which in this case was crossed, the content is no [13:49] techrightssec2 longer accessible in practice [13:49] techrightssec2 The sound quality was so poor that most of the words were unintelligible. [13:51] techrightssec2 Perhaps some filtering with Audacity or similar might help but few are going [13:51] techrightssec2 to go through the trouble [13:51] techrightssec2 It is ironic that a talk about lossless compression should be rendered [13:51] techrightssec2 unusable by lossy compression. [13:51] techrightssec2 . ● Dec 17 [14:00] schestowitz-TR there ios an interesting discussion atm in irc (tr) re rss vs email vs fedi vs twitter [14:00] schestowitz-TR but that sort of goes around in circles [14:00] schestowitz-TR atm, the topology of the net is a joke [14:00] schestowitz-TR you have "gadget holders" connecting to just one domain [14:00] schestowitz-TR say, tiktok [14:00] schestowitz-TR and that domain then governs all the others [14:00] schestowitz-TR a device should be accessing thousands of domains each day [14:00] schestowitz-TR and now rely on one being a sieve [14:01] techrightssec2 ack [14:01] techrightssec2 s/tiktok/bytedance/ [14:01] techrightssec2 ack [14:01] schestowitz-TR you called that chokepoint a very, veyr long time ago [14:01] schestowitz-TR now that also applied to person-to-person comms [14:01] schestowitz-TR not just broadcasting (news etc) [14:01] schestowitz-TR "mega-aggragators" [14:03] schestowitz-TR I think beign IN a planet [14:03] schestowitz-TR is a risk [14:03] schestowitz-TR not just FOLLOWING one [14:03] schestowitz-TR because peoplke wrongl;y assume they already follow you [14:03] schestowitz-TR until someone gets in the middle [14:03] schestowitz-TR and severs the wire [14:03] techrightssec2 ack [14:27] schestowitz-TR "If you can avoid COVID, avoid COVID. Its probably not worth doing whatever it was that got you infected." https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/12/17/still-alive-after-the-month-of-hell-covid-and-shingles/ [14:27] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-baronhk.wordpress.com | Still alive after the month of Hell. (COVID and Shingles) | BaronHK's Rants [14:32] techrightssec2 ack [14:55] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Dec 17 [16:16] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-26b.2re.5ld4fl.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:56] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 17 [17:34] schestowitz-TR just book a migration to fibreoptics feb 1st [17:34] schestowitz-TR this time they do it right [17:34] schestowitz-TR underground [17:34] schestowitz-TR not all over people's homes [17:34] schestowitz-TR they dug it up and the lines are underground [17:34] schestowitz-TR the connection will be 20 times faster up [17:34] schestowitz-TR and 7.5 times faster down [17:34] techrightssec2 \ [17:34] techrightssec2 Hopefully so. [17:34] schestowitz-TR can be 15 times faster for extra charge, but I opted out [17:34] schestowitz-TR not sure how reliable it'll be [17:34] schestowitz-TR but I can be refunded within 2 or 4 weeks [17:38] schestowitz-TR it'll be 6 pounds a monthless than what I pay now [17:38] schestowitz-TR anyway, good way to start my 'sabattical' year [17:38] schestowitz-TR *bbatrical [17:38] schestowitz-TR draft [17:38] schestowitz-TR after 26 years of non-stop employment almost [17:40] techrightssec2 I expect the reliability and connectivity will be more stable but the speed [17:40] techrightssec2 will be less noticed since so many web sites have devolved into crappy, slow [17:40] techrightssec2 web "apps" with several layers of up to dozens of objects mostly retrieved [17:40] techrightssec2 in serial. [17:40] techrightssec2 Yes. A sabbatical is a good way to look at it. 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