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schestowitz-pithe full html comes from my scriptFeb 18 01:17
schestowitz-pii'm going to try to identify what code eats the whitespaces and whyFeb 18 01:17
schestowitz-pimy guess is that it is something in perlFeb 18 01:17
schestowitz-piwhere it analyses urlsFeb 18 01:17
schestowitz-pigoing to first progress on news-reading till 3amFeb 18 01:17
schestowitz-piso far i see mostly good newsFeb 18 01:17
schestowitz-pigermany ratifying upca is noa a shockFeb 18 01:17
schestowitz-piit's what comes next that will be interestingFeb 18 01:17
schestowitz-pii see more layoffs in companies i strongly dislikeFeb 18 01:17
techrights[sec]Which script?  I can look.Feb 18 01:36
schestowitz-pithere is a chain of scripts running when I call finalise script from dialogue in menu.sh on Feb 18 01:38
schestowitz-pimy machine 'vonick'Feb 18 01:38
schestowitz-pii forgot the order in which it runs, but toc is part of it, and iirc it also pulls the latest camelcase fileFeb 18 01:38
schestowitz-pifrom git before it runs the restFeb 18 01:38
schestowitz-pithere is the thing that culls empty nFeb 18 01:38
techrights[sec]something there is eating the whitespace at the end of the line and adding <br /> which seems to be the problemFeb 18 01:39
schestowitz-pithere is the thing that culls empty nodes in the tree Feb 18 01:56
schestowitz-piend of line is not the issue as that's to do with how the rss feeds are formattedFeb 18 01:56
schestowitz-pithe main issue is, when <b>some text</b> is bolded or <a href="">linked</a> the spacesFeb 18 01:56
schestowitz-pibefore and after are removedFeb 18 01:56
schestowitz-piI've not yet checked itFeb 18 01:56
schestowitz-pias I try to gather enough material before the bulletin cutoffFeb 18 01:56
schestowitz-piand fell behind yesterday as I did about 5 things in townFeb 18 01:56
techrights[sec]Is it the culling script?  Which part of the chain is eating the spaces?Feb 18 01:56
schestowitz-pichecking....Feb 18 01:58
schestowitz-piperl ~/Git/Links/links-interleave-social-control-media.pl \Feb 18 01:58
schestowitz-pi        links-after.html  >  links-clean.htmlFeb 18 01:58
schestowitz-pii think that _might_ be itFeb 18 01:58
schestowitz-piwait, maybe it happens before thatFeb 18 02:04
schestowitz-pigrep href  links-after.html  | grep -v h5Feb 18 02:04
schestowitz-pigrep href  links-clean.html  | grep -v h5Feb 18 02:04
schestowitz-piboth lack the spaceFeb 18 02:04
schestowitz-piperl ./links-cull-empty.pl links-clean.html |  \Feb 18 02:04
schestowitz-pi    perl ./links-toc.pl  >  links-after.htmlFeb 18 02:04
techrights[sec]checkingFeb 18 02:05
schestowitz-pioh i see now with git showFeb 18 02:07
schestowitz-piare you ok with me testing this in 30 minsFeb 18 02:07
schestowitz-pifor the next batch of links?Feb 18 02:07
schestowitz-pithen i can report the outcomeFeb 18 02:07
techrights[sec]sureFeb 18 02:07
schestowitz-pibacked up previous version, put new one in place insteadFeb 18 02:09
schestowitz-piwill report soon....Feb 18 02:09
schestowitz-TR2Latest updates: Stanford president under investigation for research misconduct ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2023/02/16/latest-updates-stanford-president-under-investigation-for-research-misconduct/Feb 18 02:23
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-stanforddaily.com | Latest updates: Stanford president under investigation for research misconductFeb 18 02:23
schestowitz-pi[rant] academia is full of fraudsFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-pii cannot tell ifFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-pi1) the phenomenon is newFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-pi2) it is oldFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-pi3) it is just becoming MORE VISIBLE in the modern ageFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-pia fish rots from the head downFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-piit's the same in corporationsFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-pipropelling to the top a bunch of frauds with plenty to hideFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-piso they bully honest people, whom they try to keep below and out of decision-makingFeb 18 02:25
schestowitz-pifrauds like to hangs out with like-minded people Feb 18 02:25
schestowitz-piand they LOVE powerFeb 18 02:25
techrights[sec]I suspect it has gotten much, much worse in recent decades.  The poseursFeb 18 02:28
techrights[sec]were generally culled and unable to disturb a core.  Now the core is goneFeb 18 02:28
techrights[sec]and those that would have made a core, marginalized.Feb 18 02:28
schestowitz-pihappens in admin and "research;'Feb 18 02:28
schestowitz-pilike people who forge results to "get ahead"Feb 18 02:28
schestowitz-piand peer review cannot always catch themFeb 18 02:28
techrights[sec]Admin is the main proble: empire builders, microsofters, and suchFeb 18 02:32
techrightssecpeer review has mostly stopped working, and that is part of the problem.Feb 18 02:44
techrightssecthat is mostly caused by the state of academic publishing and the currentFeb 18 02:44
techrightssecbusiness models which have been encouraged to develop over the last half  Feb 18 02:44
techrightsseccenturyFeb 18 02:44
techrightssecWhere the whitspaces preservedFeb 18 02:44
techrightssec?Feb 18 02:44
schestowitz-TR2it seems to be fixed now!Feb 18 02:44
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techrights[sec]Excellent                                                                                                      │Feb 18 02:46
techrights[sec]               Feb 18 02:46
schestowitz-pii am still adapting, will improve over timeFeb 18 02:47
schestowitz-pibut for now tma nd trFeb 18 02:47
schestowitz-picontain some extra formatting and links aside from the "main" linkFeb 18 02:47
schestowitz-piand that's a positive step forwardFeb 18 02:47
schestowitz-pisometimes these links are authoritativeFeb 18 02:47
schestowitz-pilinks original pdfsFeb 18 02:47
schestowitz-pifor example see last item in http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/02/18/Programming_Leftovers.shtmlFeb 18 02:51
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines — Programming LeftoversFeb 18 02:51
schestowitz-pior this: http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/02/18/Debian_Leftovers.shtmlFeb 18 02:51
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines — Debian LeftoversFeb 18 02:51
schestowitz-piin TM, the line length limits get eliminated, but not in TRFeb 18 02:51
schestowitz-TR2TikTok “Focused View” Promises Emotion Tracking to Advertisers ☞ https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/tiktok-focused-view-promises-emotion-tracking-to-advertisers/Feb 18 03:04
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/tiktok-focused-view-promises-emotion-tracking-to-advertisers/ )Feb 18 03:04
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techrights[sec]checkin                                                                                                        │Feb 18 03:34
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schestowitz-TR2Roblox Reports Nearly $1 Billion Net Loss in 2022 ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/02/15/roblox-reports-nearly-1-billion-net-loss-in-2022/Feb 18 04:15
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/02/15/roblox-reports-nearly-1-billion-net-loss-in-2022/ )Feb 18 04:15
schestowitz-TR2The problem is not the burning but the people who react to these ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/02/norway-dispatch-annual-police-threat-assessment-highlights-risk-of-extremism-in-the-wake-of-quran-burnings-elsewhere-in-scandinavia/Feb 18 04:47
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.jurist.org | Norway dispatch: annual police threat assessment highlights risk of extremism in the wake of Quran burnings elsewhere in Scandinavia - JURIST - NewsFeb 18 04:47
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schestowitz-pii wanted to share something while offlineFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-piforgot, but it was not important anywayFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pimeanwhile, in irc there was some trollingFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pinot severe case of trollingFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pibut maybe I should be selective who to reply toFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pii really would rather post links and suchFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pithen all sorts of other possible uses of timeFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pi*thenFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pi*thanFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pistill getting accustomed to a new arrangement of daysFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-piand workflowFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pigoing to use firefox in a momentFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pidiscounts at the local stores for "fresh" foods are getting harder to findFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-pioften empty-handed visitsFeb 18 13:28
schestowitz-piso wholesales will become preferable too, as long as they last...Feb 18 13:28
techrights[sec]ackFeb 18 13:40
schestowitz-pijust spoke to relative in yorkshire for an hourFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-pisays many more people in streets, some in tentsFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-piin centre of townFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-piand it was not like this beforeFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-pispoke about health and other issuesFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-pireached conclusion that living in an island if better than bunkerFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-piowing to isolation, distanceFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-pibut some islands are attracting too much attention nowFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-pigetting congested and "projects"Feb 18 13:41
schestowitz-piafter 2020 many homes outside towns, not apartment, rose in "value"Feb 18 13:41
schestowitz-piliving in overpriced shoeboxes is not so trendy anymoreFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-piwith frugality and longtime savings we can 'run on empty' for over a decadeFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-piand assess the situatioFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-pinFeb 18 13:41
schestowitz-pisorry to be talking about rather off-topic matters, back to more relevant powwow,Feb 18 13:57
schestowitz-pii wonder how to 'streamline' our two scripts so as to get the html/body and the summary/overviewFeb 18 13:57
schestowitz-piin one fell swoop Feb 18 13:57
schestowitz-pii am going to look at the code later to study overlapsFeb 18 13:58
schestowitz-pii think it is a massive improvement to have in-line formatting for blockquote parts in TM and TRFeb 18 13:58
schestowitz-piother syndicators lack that, through old-tm does have a syndication component that includes suchFeb 18 13:58
schestowitz-pibitsFeb 18 13:58
techrights[sec]cat | tidy | de-duplicate.plFeb 18 13:58
schestowitz-pibtw, engadgetbecame a spamfarm akin to cnet, similar tactics and overlapFeb 18 14:01
schestowitz-pizdnet is barely active, looks like editors do 1-2 times a week rota nowFeb 18 14:01
schestowitz-piso they publish in bursts, then go silent Feb 18 14:01
schestowitz-pisame cms and company as cnetFeb 18 14:01
schestowitz-piwhen you see full body html it's rather blatant, like URLs 4 lines long all over the place (referrer parts)Feb 18 14:01
schestowitz-piit's seo and spamfarmingFeb 18 14:01
techrights[sec]A lot of sites have diminished and/or turned to spammishness.  Others haveFeb 18 14:02
techrights[sec]just plain closed down. Feb 18 14:02
schestowitz-piindeedFeb 18 14:02
schestowitz-pithe former category was handed over to 'cleaners' or monetisersFeb 18 14:03
schestowitz-pimilking what's left and selling the horse to a delicatessenFeb 18 14:03
techrights[sec]India seems to still have investments in media and journalism, but techFeb 18 14:03
techrights[sec]coverage is very, very weak.Feb 18 14:03
schestowitz-pibe careful, a lot of their english-speaking media reposts the same texts in many domainsFeb 18 14:05
schestowitz-piand i suspect some of it is composed elsewhere and presented as "original"Feb 18 14:05
schestowitz-piif you compare paragraphs you can see they are recyclingFeb 18 14:05
schestowitz-pibut spamnil is miles worse, he's not even editorialising thingsFeb 18 14:05
schestowitz-pihe and monika just copy-paste corporate spamFeb 18 14:05
schestowitz-pispwmnil is still violating youtube TOS, but fewer videos to clickFeb 18 14:05
techrights[sec]It is difficult to find and follow quality sites.  Many appear to be mostlyFeb 18 14:06
techrights[sec]plagiarism.Feb 18 14:06
techrights[sec]TOS and CoC only apply to opponents of M$Feb 18 14:06
schestowitz-picoc = "professionalism" = submissive to power (oligarchyFeb 18 14:07
schestowitz-pithat does not mean that coc violators are freedom fightersFeb 18 14:07
schestowitz-pimany are actual asshole, but risky to generaliseFeb 18 14:07
schestowitz-pithat's how a coc gets soldFeb 18 14:07
schestowitz-pia motto for TMis, no need to editorialise news if you can boost the originalFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-piand curate what's importantFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-piphoronix is considered "blogspam" in redditFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-pibecause it can be biased for the originalsFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-piand no adsFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-pibut if you have nothing original to report, why not link to the developer's platform?Feb 18 14:14
schestowitz-pieither way, just curation and management of the signal can go a long wayFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-pilinuxtoday i cannot bear because you must open a ling with js and ads just to open the Feb 18 14:14
schestowitz-pioriginal storyFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-piand they post very olkd and unimportant stuff, maybe 4 items per dayFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-piwhile missing the actually emergent/breaking/important newsFeb 18 14:14
schestowitz-pilinuxtoday invested way too much time building audience in twFeb 18 14:14
techrights[sec]Twitter is and always was a massive waste of time and eFeb 18 14:19
schestowitz-pinobody -- least me -- thought it would go down THIS fastFeb 18 14:21
schestowitz-piindia offices shutteredFeb 18 14:21
schestowitz-pifunnelled traffic to elonmuskFeb 18 14:21
schestowitz-pinow worth $44,000,000,000Feb 18 14:21
schestowitz-pinot even $44,000,000Feb 18 14:21
schestowitz-pi*lestFeb 18 14:21
schestowitz-pi*notFeb 18 14:21
schestowitz-pisorry, still typoingFeb 18 14:21
schestowitz-pineed to change terminal fontFeb 18 14:21
schestowitz-pibringing the screen closer tooFeb 18 14:24
schestowitz-piit's the raspi400Feb 18 14:24
schestowitz-pivery weird day today, lots of mumble and experimentation with thingsFeb 18 14:24
schestowitz-pilots of coffee, tooFeb 18 14:24
schestowitz-pii use the percolatorFeb 18 14:32
schestowitz-pigot some blends at the wholesale marketFeb 18 14:32
schestowitz-pi2 litres of coffee help suppress appetite Feb 18 14:32
schestowitz-pibut only about once a weekFeb 18 14:32
schestowitz-pithe rest is tea or protein shakesFeb 18 14:32
schestowitz-piwe keep finding more protein shakes than we can finishFeb 18 14:32
schestowitz-pihelps with weight loFeb 18 14:32
schestowitz-piif properly dressed, i can job in the streets on my way to errandsFeb 18 14:35
schestowitz-pias done yesterday and todayFeb 18 14:35
schestowitz-picardioFeb 18 14:35
schestowitz-pithe consensus today was, many people known to people get sickFeb 18 14:35
schestowitz-pisome permanentlyFeb 18 14:35
schestowitz-pii got invited to a party but turned it downFeb 18 14:35
schestowitz-pitoo many peopleFeb 18 14:35
schestowitz-pi /s/job/jog/Feb 18 14:35
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schestowitz-piof note: quality of stories in hackaday fell shrply about a year ago when theyFeb 18 14:51
schestowitz-pichanged the editorFeb 18 14:51
schestowitz-pibut it is still better than some of the equivalent sites, of which Feb 18 14:51
schestowitz-piof which there are veryFeb 18 14:52
schestowitz-pi fewFeb 18 14:53
techrights[sec]I stopped reading Hackaday for the most partFeb 18 14:53
techrights[sec]It still has occasional gems though.Feb 18 14:53
schestowitz-TR2Working from home attracts people from big cities to the suburbs ☞ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/lifestyle/22976-working-from-home-attracts-people-from-big-cities-to-the-suburbs.htmlFeb 18 15:16
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Empty reply from server ( status 0 @ https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/lifestyle/22976-working-from-home-attracts-people-from-big-cities-to-the-suburbs.html )Feb 18 15:16
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schestowitz-pitoday I spoke about  living in an islandFeb 18 15:23
schestowitz-pibut the issue that came up wasFeb 18 15:23
schestowitz-pitoo many touristsFeb 18 15:23
schestowitz-piand industrialisationmFeb 18 15:23
schestowitz-piso what you root for today can change profoundly over timeFeb 18 15:23
schestowitz-piserene places won't stay that way if they get "discovered"Feb 18 15:23
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schestowitz-TR2Internal review found ‘falsified data’ in Stanford President’s Alzheimer’s research, colleagues allege ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2023/02/17/internal-review-found-falsified-data-in-stanford-presidents-alzheimers-research-colleagues-allege/Feb 18 22:49
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-stanforddaily.com | Review found ‘falsified data’ in Stanford President’s research, colleagues allegeFeb 18 22:49
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schestowitz-piit would take very strong evidence to prove there were special intents and forces tryingFeb 18 23:35
schestowitz-pito drive mycroft out of the market for privacy reasonsFeb 18 23:35
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