●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 ●● ● Feb 21 [04:27] schestowitz-pi danios doing very well do far [04:27] schestowitz-pi hoping the one in the hospital can recover [04:27] schestowitz-pi no food for a while, still swimming around and looking ok [04:27] schestowitz-pi helping a fish recover is very very difficult [04:27] schestowitz-pi but not even trying would be cruel [04:27] schestowitz-pi so far a productive "day" (night) [04:27] schestowitz-pi it's so much easier when i don't work 36 hours a week in crazy hours that change [04:27] schestowitz-pi i'm just glad i used that to build up savings [04:27] schestowitz-pi it gives peace of mind when there's lots of flaming crap out there [04:27] schestowitz-pi and I keep reading rather horrifying stories about what people put up with at work [04:27] schestowitz-pi i also _hear_ stories [04:27] schestowitz-pi no wonder so many walk out or go ons trike [04:27] schestowitz-pi the latest in nhs is, even junior doctors are walking out [04:27] schestowitz-pi not good for our health [04:27] schestowitz-pi we still take vitC+D tablets [04:27] schestowitz-pi we simply cannot rely on the system atm [04:27] schestowitz-pi rianne complain about pain in october, i had to escalte this on the phone [04:27] schestowitz-pi the appointment for physio is end of march (!) [04:27] schestowitz-pi 6 months! [04:27] schestowitz-pi "good luck till then...' [04:27] schestowitz-pi you count the months, not the days [04:29] schestowitz-pi rianne does not fancy bottom feeders because of their looks and how they keep growing [04:29] schestowitz-pi my dad's is like 30 ccm long [04:29] schestowitz-pi and he's literally getting water out of the 80lt tank if moving vigorously [04:31] schestowitz[TR] https://fishtankadvisor.com/loaches-species/ [04:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-fishtankadvisor.com | 13+ Peaceful Types of Loaches for Aquarium & Pond (with Pictures) [04:35] schestowitz-pi thanks for the pointer, on my next trip there i might look into it [04:35] schestowitz-pi that store is vast for a family shop [04:35] schestowitz-pi they have almost everything [04:35] schestowitz-pi i find the fish soothing in breaks between sets or before/after bed [04:35] schestowitz-pi maintenance is about 1-2 hours per month [04:35] schestowitz-pi a dog's walk can be similar per day, not inc. sanitation [04:35] schestowitz-pi we keep the home very clean, as long as I can stay out of the way ^_^ [04:40] schestowitz-pi i think i caught a glimpse of pandaloach yesterday [04:40] schestowitz-pi i don't know which species mixes well with which [04:40] schestowitz-pi made a mistake before [04:40] schestowitz-pi and the poor fish was bullied by the danio [04:40] schestowitz-pi the shop did not warn of possible conflict [04:40] schestowitz-pi some stores know nothing except the prices and how to catch them in the net [04:40] schestowitz-pi some can barely do the net thing, either [04:40] schestowitz-pi i avoid those shops [04:40] schestowitz-pi we also avoid the nearer sho [04:40] schestowitz-pi seeing they put some exotic fish in 1ltr prisons [04:40] schestowitz-pi with no gravel or anything [04:40] schestowitz-pi like they're a product [04:40] schestowitz-pi china even put small turtles inside plastic, which caused outrage over a decade ago [04:44] schestowitz-pi had one a decade or 11 years ago [04:44] schestowitz-pi he did not survive long and they need another kind of food [04:44] schestowitz-pi that drops to the bottomn [04:44] schestowitz-pi not the goldfish type [04:44] schestowitz-pi the most important thing is not the looks but that they are happy [04:45] schestowitz-pi what I really don't like is how some stores "merchandise" them [04:53] schestowitz-pi on a more relevant topic, a while ago I reassured rianne that in many ways gnu/linux already [04:53] schestowitz-pi secured its dominance [04:53] schestowitz-pi windows iw "legacy" [04:53] schestowitz-pi unix/solaris/bsd won't dethrone gnu/linux [04:53] schestowitz-pi but now the sort of issues were have are different [04:53] schestowitz-pi in the 90s we wanted things like shockwave and maybe later wmv/wine/activex to 'work' [04:53] schestowitz-pi maybe even dx [04:53] schestowitz-pi those days are gone [04:53] schestowitz-pi so now we can make demands like, no blobs! [04:53] schestowitz-pi at the same time there are assholes like gulagboy ushering in tpm, drm, other forms of monopolistic lockdown [04:53] schestowitz-pi there is always money and"market" for lies, not truth [04:53] schestowitz-pi the same is true for purvers of user-hostile 'tech' [04:53] schestowitz-pi inc. such 'tech' whose sole/main goal is manipulation and misinformation [04:57] schestowitz-pi things will get interesting when nation states use the https/tls system for site blocking, not limited to revoked c [04:57] schestowitz-pi erts [04:59] schestowitz-pi it will be more effective if or when 90%+ of web users rely on a browser that 1) refuses to connect to http 2) bloc [04:59] schestowitz-pi ks CAs not in the Sugar Daddy's bag [04:59] schestowitz-pi itis like submarine patents. if they strike too soon, adoption will be lower. they alarm the ambushed. ● Feb 21 [05:06] techrights[sec] They might wait long enough, if for no other reason than bureaucracy [05:08] schestowitz-pi i think this may suggest our advocacy's focus needs to drift [05:08] schestowitz-pi high-priority issues change fast in tech [05:08] schestowitz-pi according to ryan farmer, the other day in gates/microsoft-controlled media baker moaned that [05:08] schestowitz-pi http is still allowed at all [05:08] schestowitz-pi the audacity of such companies preaching "security" and "privacy' [05:08] schestowitz-pi while doing all sorts of things for revenue that contradict their stated mission [05:08] techrights[sec] The voice of Alphabet has spoken. [05:09] schestowitz-pi so one positive contrib we made in recent years is [05:09] schestowitz-pi we got people to talk about the real issue with https, or the angles that need to be challenged [05:09] schestowitz-pi some idiots in the orbit of gulagboy used straw man insults [05:09] schestowitz-pi like comparing this to antivaxx [05:12] schestowitz-TR2 Twitter: Security is.... when you pay money to Elon Musk. Or is it? https://www.securityweek.com/twitter-shuts-off-text-based-2fa-for-non-subscribers/ [05:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Twitter Shuts Off Text-Based 2FA for Non-Subscribers - SecurityWeek [05:13] schestowitz-pi Also see: security is when Microsoft gets to obstruct me booting my GNU/Linux distro of choice ● Feb 21 [08:22] schestowitz-pi ar.al is back [08:22] schestowitz-pi e2ee work! 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That's about 10% higher. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepop [12:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepop ) [12:28] schestowitz-TR2 ulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglan [12:28] schestowitz-TR2 dandwales/2023 ● Feb 21 [14:04] schestowitz-TR2 Venices canals run dry as Italy faces new drought alert https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/venice-s-canals-run-dry-as-italy-faces-new-drought-alert-20230221-p5cmao.html [14:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theage.com.au | Venice canals run dry as Italy faces drought ● Feb 21 [15:48] schestowitz-TR2 Quality of life != social control media. Quitting it is improving life's quality. https://www.axios.com/2023/02/21/internet-paid-subscriptions-authentication-meta [15:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.axios.com | Quality of life on the internet is coming at a higher price ● Feb 21 [16:51] techrights[sec] [16:51] techrights[sec] Games, too, are a problem. Games have been redesigned as addictions like social [16:51] techrights[sec] control media, and in some cases actually are social media themselves. [16:51] techrights[sec] The addiction only drives "engagement" if it established dissatisfaction or [16:51] techrights[sec] even outright unhappiness. [16:52] schestowitz-pi about 7 years ago, when twitter sort of flourished, it felt like a game and I said they had gamified it [16:52] schestowitz-pi in a number of ways [16:52] schestowitz-pi looking back, that's what it was ● Feb 21 [17:47] psydruid I don't know what games fundamentally are [17:47] psydruid art? a means to oppress people? ● Feb 21 [20:46] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@9yedbrzwn8h6g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 21 [22:39] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) ● Feb 21 [23:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [23:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [23:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [23:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [23:58] schestowitz-TR2 https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/jude99_/status/1628030388919578629#m [23:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.lacontrevoie.fr | Jude (@jude99_): "techrights.org/2019/12/21/al" | La Contre-Voie - nitter [23:58] schestowitz-TR2 https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/MarkBeacham/status/1628051682889277440#m [23:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nitter.lacontrevoie.fr | Mark Beacham - VK3XB/5Z4XB/A65B (@MarkBeacham): "Ham Radio: Links 21/02/2023: OpenSUSE Leap 15.5 Beta and Tor Browser 12.5a3 https://ift.tt/HdxWb2C" | La Contre-Voie - nitter