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schestowitz-TRactivelow is backJun 22 09:55
schestowitz-TRbut not bringing up politics anymoreJun 22 09:55
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 09:55
schestowitz-TRmust have realised it was a collision courseJun 22 09:55
Techrights-sec2perhaps but at least the behavior is betterJun 22 10:15
schestowitz-TRworse case scenario, the person who call us "isms" and links to IRC logs starts calling us nazis or somethingJun 22 10:16
Techrights-sec2i notice it's back and trolling againJun 22 10:16
schestowitz-TRboredom or a sense of a lack of fulfillment with life/careerJun 22 10:17
schestowitz-TR(imho)Jun 22 10:17
schestowitz-TRnotice he barely blogs anymoreJun 22 10:17
schestowitz-TRbut has hours to spare on an irc channel where he's not even welcomedJun 22 10:17
Techrights-sec2yes, he/it is just trollingJun 22 10:17
schestowitz-TRI was amused by the defense of spamnilJun 22 10:19
schestowitz-TRas if I'm supposed to only make positive remarks Jun 22 10:19
schestowitz-TReven on paid liars who help, for a PAYMENT, vmware cover up abuses against LinuxJun 22 10:19
schestowitz-TRbtw, nils torvalds has a youtube channel and the number of views is similar to spamnil's (sans the paid click/click fraud)Jun 22 10:19
Techrights-sec2I'm not surprised but cannot imagine the convoluted arguments which would beJun 22 10:21
Techrights-sec2required for the defense of spamnil both as a person and as representingJun 22 10:21
Techrights-sec2the LF attack against LinuxJun 22 10:21
schestowitz-TRwith spamnil the transition did not happen overnightJun 22 10:22
schestowitz-TRit keeps getting worse and worseJun 22 10:22
schestowitz-TRthe click fraud started 1-2 months agoJun 22 10:22
schestowitz-TRa sign of sdesperationJun 22 10:22
schestowitz-TRfar that people would realise they wasted their time on his "show"Jun 22 10:22
schestowitz-TR*fear thatJun 22 10:22
Techrights-sec2it did not happen overnight but did happen quickly enough and there were warningJun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2signs aplenty even back in his muktware days; I simply did not trust him fromJun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2the startJun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2LF does not care if no one reads his crap or watches his "show", that is theJun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2goal -- drive down the reputation of Linux and the LF in the public so thatJun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2not only does no one care for it any more there is at least minor antipathyJun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2so that they can then exploit schadenfreude as they continue to damageJun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2the brand.  LT still holds the trademarks but they seem to have his balls in a Jun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2vice or somethingJun 22 10:24
schestowitz-TRLF 2007: let's stop warJun 22 10:24
schestowitz-TRLF 2016: let's change the system from withinJun 22 10:24
schestowitz-TRLF 2022: war is not as bad as we thoughtJun 22 10:24
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Techrights-sec2Wasn't 2016 when they eliminated the community representation?Jun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2https://web.archive.org/web/20200214215916/https://www.information-age.com/linux-foundation-causes-uproar-quietly-removing-community-representation-its-boJun 22 10:24
Techrights-sec2ard-123460821/Jun 22 10:24
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-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://web.archive.org/web/20200214215916/https://www.information-age.com/linux-foundation-causes-uproar-quietly-removing-community-representation-its-bo )Jun 22 10:25
schestowitz-TRI said 2016 for a reasonJun 22 10:28
schestowitz-TR2007 (foundation)... they manipulate wikipedia to lie... and to say 2000Jun 22 10:28
schestowitz-TR2022 is just presentJun 22 10:28
schestowitz-TRbut rianne and I decided to speak out in Feb 2019Jun 22 10:28
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 10:28
schestowitz-TRa couple of months later, linux.com, which rianne liked (it was beginner friendly), was nuked by Zemlin and the kakisJun 22 10:31
schestowitz-TRso were were not far offJun 22 10:31
schestowitz-TRI think it was in the tram that we decided being "patient" with LF wasn't an option anymoreJun 22 10:31
schestowitz-TRI forget what they had done just before thatJun 22 10:31
schestowitz-TRbut I think lots of Microsoft andf GitHub money was involvedJun 22 10:31
Techrights-sec2yes the site linux.com used to be really good for outreach and promotionJun 22 10:31
Techrights-sec2the anti-FOSS strategies often rely on delays and misguided toleranceJun 22 10:31
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schestowitz-TROnly the IA/Wayback Machine can do justice to that site at this pointJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRI used to look up names of the still-livingJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRnot Roblimo or Joe BarrJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRbut Gasperson and Lisa HooverJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRpeople who were paid well to produce good articlesJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRbbyfield is barely visible anymoreJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRsoon to join: "Gardiner"Jun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRtbh, youtube screws them very badlyJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRso they extend to lbryJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRwhich then becomes odyseeJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRand then gives them not many viewsJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRand then promotes "far in jar" videos in the front pageJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TRwhich is why lunduke quit and deleted everything thereJun 22 10:35
schestowitz-TReven the article where he explained what went wrong with the site after he had shilled for it so hardJun 22 10:35
Techrights-sec2again, the current purpose of that address appears to be to degrad theJun 22 10:36
Techrights-sec2kernel and the GPL and to turn people negative towards Linux in generalJun 22 10:36
Techrights-sec2Joe Barr was great but there are still questions about his demise IMHOJun 22 10:36
Techrights-sec2ZDNet had a lot of great journalist doing excellent work covering FOSS and Jun 22 10:36
Techrights-sec2GNU/Linux about 20 years ago.  Jun 22 10:36
schestowitz-TRzdnet's "linux" page atm: 2 articles in past week, both of them yesterdayJun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TRsjvn boosting SBOM BS.Jun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TRwhich likely means it was an LF assignment 'article'Jun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TRLF has an event this weekJun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TRlots of crap coming outJun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TResp. the snyk thingJun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TRLF learned to love the FUDJun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TRand concern-troll the thing that's the first word in their nameJun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TRI cannot forgive them when they keep doing thisJun 22 10:38
Techrights-sec2nopeJun 22 10:38
Techrights-sec2they have to reform their behavior firstJun 22 10:38
schestowitz-TRthat will never happenJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRI thought about doing a video, but a lot of these particular aspects were covered beforeJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRit's like they have a list of 10 ways to suckJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRand each week they pick one and start or resume sucking againJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRuntil Linux runs out of "juice" Jun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRthis week trhry managed to compel Torvalds to speak of rust as if, this is OK, I can learn to live with thisJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRhe never wanted or asked for this Jun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRhe was lobbied for yearsJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRusually from Microsoft-connected sites and Gulag played a big role tooJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRthey shoehorn this as a "security" thingJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRbut colour me sceptical given their track recoprd and the size of the darn thingJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRwhen I downloaded it to laptops in an effort to compile some gemini programs I was astounded that I was running out of disk spaceJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRthe kernel (linux, kernel.org) runs on some very miniature devicesJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRbut maybe not for longJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRit's becoming like running Microsoft Office 2050 Pro Plus Deluxe to just write a fucking letter to the local councilJun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRthe bloat manifests itself in bugs, complexity of deployment, development etc.Jun 22 10:44
schestowitz-TRso some companies will explore something else, e.g. for pi picoJun 22 10:45
schestowitz-TRand this worries meJun 22 10:45
schestowitz-TRthe oither kernels are less freedom-centric, bloat asideJun 22 10:45
schestowitz-TRand LF ALREDY pushes utter shite like zephyrJun 22 10:45
schestowitz-TRand then jperlow writes a logjng long post about how LF is NOT about Linux anymoreJun 22 10:45
schestowitz-TRit seems to me like he left LF some time ago Jun 22 10:45
schestowitz-TRhis name never shows up, even in the CMS metaJun 22 10:45
schestowitz-TRthey hire some new guy, who knows more about English grammar than anything technicalJun 22 10:45
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 10:45
schestowitz-TRlike in epo, they also downgraded the necessary qualificationsJun 22 10:48
schestowitz-TRsay what you will about jperlow, he was not stupid and he's very technicalJun 22 10:48
schestowitz-TRsooner or later dev houses that do embedded dev will need to study and use rust "chains" (bloat)Jun 22 10:48
schestowitz-TRor they could choose some other kernel and kick this github mothball to the curbJun 22 10:48
schestowitz-TRat least like mozilla, LF will go into the subset with an extensive portfolio of fluff about peopleJun 22 10:48
schestowitz-TRwith a lot of skin colours and sometimes rainbowsJun 22 10:48
schestowitz-TRto linux, this serves no purpose, it is time-wasting and off-putting due to a divisive Jun 22 10:48
schestowitz-TRnature of those things (in the technical world people are not so passionately divided)Jun 22 10:48
schestowitz-TR /s/subset/sunset/Jun 22 10:49
schestowitz-TRbrbJun 22 10:49
schestowitz-TRtoday I saw a bsd blog from your list/blogroll that said this article is also in geminiJun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRI think prior to it only devault did thisJun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRmaybe solene alsoJun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRdevault is going through a tough time, so he put aside some projectsJun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRgemini is now 3+ years oldJun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRwe started in early 2021Jun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRit's still growing so the effort has paid offJun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRrisky and speculativeJun 22 11:28
Techrights-sec2yes it looks like there is growing awarenessJun 22 11:28
Techrights-sec2yes TR was in reasonably earlyJun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRbut it was a good callJun 22 11:28
schestowitz-TRstrategic timing: when firefox (and its dependents die)Jun 22 11:30
schestowitz-TRpeople will look for alternatives Jun 22 11:30
schestowitz-TRwe need to show them alternative protocols, not alternative browsersJun 22 11:30
schestowitz-TRfor most things pages are enough Jun 22 11:30
schestowitz-TRthe rest is cruftJun 22 11:30
schestowitz-TRtoday I think that, unless epo has major news, I will improve the capsuleJun 22 11:30
Techrights-sec2ack Jun 22 11:32
Techrights-sec2firefox will have its next crisis soon; iirc the current google infusionJun 22 11:37
Techrights-sec2expires in 2023Jun 22 11:37
Techrights-sec2yes, you told me several days agoJun 22 11:38
Techrights-sec2but they probably prepare accordinglyJun 22 11:38
Techrights-sec2ahead of timeJun 22 11:38
Techrights-sec2trying to lower costs and negotiate priceJun 22 11:38
schestowitz-TRyes, you told me several days agoJun 22 11:38
schestowitz-TRbut they probably prepare accordinglyJun 22 11:38
schestowitz-TRahead of timeJun 22 11:38
schestowitz-TRtrying to lower costs and negotiate priceJun 22 11:38
Techrights-sec2https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/15/21370020/mozilla-google-firefox-search-engine-browserJun 22 11:38
Techrights-sec2they'll have some spin and maybe some more layoffs well in advanceJun 22 11:38
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theverge.com | Mozilla and Google renew Firefox search agreement - The VergeJun 22 11:38
schestowitz-TRwe are somewhat limited by lack of cgi support, but it's not a big dealJun 22 11:39
schestowitz-TRI noticed some people get too creative with certificates and implement gamesJun 22 11:39
schestowitz-TRthat only work with rather advanced gemini clientsJun 22 11:39
schestowitz-TRI'm not sure it's something to be embraced tbhJun 22 11:39
Techrights-sec2not so importantJun 22 11:40
Techrights-sec2however thunderbird getting cut out of GMail for all practical purposesJun 22 11:40
Techrights-sec2has been badJun 22 11:40
Techrights-sec2i'd say the complexity is important to avoid Jun 22 11:40
schestowitz-TRemail has been mostly besieged not by gmail et al (Microsoft is a lot smaller)Jun 22 11:41
schestowitz-TRbut by social control media, the "private" messages there, and all those "messasing" Jun 22 11:41
schestowitz-TR"appe" for so-called "phones"Jun 22 11:41
Techrights-sec2via social control media; the instigators against it remain M$ and AlphabetJun 22 11:42
schestowitz-TRmind you, curiously enough both ulag and msft tried to become big in social control mediaJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRseveral times in factJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRmicrosoft spent funny moneyJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRand still failed at itJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRgulag created several of its ownJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRand found false pretences to mothball the thingsJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRbut gulaqg still have a massive social control network called gulagtubeJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRwhich it bought while it was at the toipJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRrathere than createdJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRthan ran at a loss like MSFT does with shithubJun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRI take no gratification in the bailouts received (gulag with maven)Jun 22 11:44
schestowitz-TRbut in the observation that they cannot quite make moneyJun 22 11:45
schestowitz-TRonly pretend toJun 22 11:45
schestowitz-TRso they are surfing the wallet (debt) of other peopleJun 22 11:45
schestowitz-TRgulag does make a lot of money, but not all the pots are cash positiveJun 22 11:47
schestowitz-TRtheir "clown" BS is way behind and causing massive lossesJun 22 11:47
schestowitz-TRyoutube is hard to get current numbers onJun 22 11:47
schestowitz-TRjust approximiationsJun 22 11:47
schestowitz-TRway to fake one's true reach and sizeJun 22 11:47
schestowitz-TRuse the cash surplus to buy thingsJun 22 11:47
schestowitz-TReven if they don't make money, just increase headcountJun 22 11:47
schestowitz-TRshareholders love to think everything will magically turn from trash to cashJun 22 11:47
Techrights-sec2I still wonder about Youtube's profitability and it's real prioritiesJun 22 11:50
schestowitz-TRuntested theory: windows back doors for contracts (graft)Jun 22 11:52
schestowitz-TRyoutube political censorhsip and social engineering for more like MavenJun 22 11:52
schestowitz-TRwhich even a lot of gulag employees opposeJun 22 11:52
schestowitz-TRmaybe they thought their 6-figure salaries were paid by ads LOLJun 22 11:52
schestowitzIn "Bill Gates: An ISV that writes to COR is just f*cked"  gemini://gemini.techrights.org/wiki/ the * causes a bugJun 22 11:56
Techrights-sec2yes I would expect so: nothing works well on windows except the bugdoors Jun 22 11:56
Techrights-sec2and backdoorsJun 22 11:56
Techrights-sec2Google has more thorough activity tracking thoughJun 22 11:56
schestowitz-TRGulag's installedbase is a lot bigger, about twice as big as Windows owing to the spy in people's pocket that must stay on 24/7Jun 22 11:57
schestowitz-TRand has more and more sensors on it over timeJun 22 11:57
Techrights-sec2yes and on top of that there is all the web searching, gstatic, captchas, andJun 22 11:58
Techrights-sec2gmail + various "services"Jun 22 11:58
schestowitz-TRre billg example, it is not the only oneJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRit's a special or edge caseJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRI think I might be able to create category pages, looking into feasibilityJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRit looks like category pages might simply replicate, poorly, what we already have in some dedicated wiki pagesJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRI want to make it easier to find/"dicover" old artcielesJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRbecause we have so manyJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRdoing search without cgi is possibleJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRin an awkward kind of wayJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRusing a web requests which crafts a gemtext results pageJun 22 12:08
schestowitz-TRbut that would expose other people's search historyJun 22 12:08
Techrights-sec2checking the gemini bug ...Jun 22 12:17
Techrights-sec2I would think that CGI would be best to avoid on GeminiJun 22 12:17
schestowitz-TRI've improved our git pageJun 22 12:46
schestowitz-TRmoving on to anotherJun 22 12:46
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 12:46
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schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Bruce Schneier continues to repeat talking points and misuse the term "backdoor" (it's not a back door, it is malware) https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/06/symbiote-backdoor-in-linux.htmlJun 22 15:33
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Symbiote Backdoor in Linux - Schneier on SecurityJun 22 15:33
Techrights-sec2Yes, I just saw that one.  He is not relevant and has not been for a whileJun 22 15:35
Techrights-sec2but unfortunately his reputation facilitates the spread of FUD and sometimesJun 22 15:35
Techrights-sec2even disinformationJun 22 15:35
Techrights-sec2I'm not sure there is evidence of him selling out, but something equivalent hasJun 22 15:35
Techrights-sec2or appears to have happenedJun 22 15:35
schestowitz-TRthis to me, is like 5th strike for him.Jun 22 15:36
schestowitz-TRmaybe he's just becoming the grumpty sjvn of "opsec"Jun 22 15:36
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schestowitz-TRhe is giving lectures, as per a post a few days ago, alongside corporations you would hardly consider credible in securityJun 22 15:38
schestowitz-TRbut that is no "smoking gun"Jun 22 15:38
schestowitz-TRthen we have an irc 'geneticist' posting as security guruJun 22 15:38
schestowitz-TR"i can't code, but I have blue hair"Jun 22 15:38
Techrights-sec2oh myJun 22 15:40
Techrights-sec2then it looks like he is just selling the brand until it loses all valueJun 22 15:40
Techrights-sec2there's been nothing new out of him for years Jun 22 15:40
Techrights-sec2the poseur sells the message that the kakistocracy wishes peddled to the publicJun 22 15:40
Techrights-sec2a veneer of technical competence coving over a depth of lies and bullshitJun 22 15:40
Techrights-sec2he can code a bit, but uses those skills to undermine the legitimacy of Jun 22 15:40
Techrights-sec2real security intitiativesJun 22 15:40
schestowitz-TRlook at #techbytes tonight/tomorrow morningJun 22 15:42
schestowitz-TRI think I have a good grasp now of the methods usedJun 22 15:42
schestowitz-TRit's not just censorship and isolation and siccing lawyersJun 22 15:42
schestowitz-TRbrbJun 22 15:43
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 15:43
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> England: With COVID-19 Hospitalisations Up 37% in the Past Week Alone We're Back to 1,000+ Hospitalisations Per Day https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/06/22/england-hospital-strain/Jun 22 16:48
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » England: With COVID-19 Hospitalisations Up 37% in the Past Week Alone We’re Back to 1,000+ Hospitalisations Per DayJun 22 16:48
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 16:49
schestowitz-TRsurvival rates improve becauseJun 22 16:50
schestowitz-TRa) better medicationJun 22 16:50
schestowitz-TR2) better knowledgde/methods (when to use a ventilator and how long for)Jun 22 16:50
schestowitz-TRc) many of the weakest are dead alreaydJun 22 16:50
Techrights-sec2culling the populationJun 22 16:56
schestowitz-TRbuys the pention companies (banks) some more timeJun 22 16:57
schestowitz-TRbefore SHTFJun 22 16:57
schestowitz-TRtrain strikes here todayJun 22 16:57
schestowitz-TRlow salariesJun 22 16:57
schestowitz-TR*pensionJun 22 16:57
Techrights-sec2inflation : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-30/2021-was-best-year-for-u-s-corporation-profits-since-1950Jun 22 17:11
Techrights-sec2https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-corporate-profits-record/Jun 22 17:11
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Bloomberg - Are you a robot?Jun 22 17:11
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cbsnews.com | U.S. companies just had their best year since before most of us were born - CBS NewsJun 22 17:11
schestowitz-TRdo you know someone who can check why LF has no recent IRS filings online?Jun 22 17:12
Techrights-sec2no.  Jun 22 17:12
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Has CISA become a "damage control" or PR department of Microsoft? https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/06/22/keeping-powershell-measures-use-and-embraceJun 22 17:22
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cisa.gov | Keeping PowerShell: Measures to Use and Embrace | CISAJun 22 17:22
Techrights-sec2yes it hasJun 22 17:33
Techrights-sec2the whole Biden administration has been covering for M$Jun 22 17:38
schestowitz-TRsame as trumpJun 22 17:38
schestowitz-TRsame as obamaJun 22 17:39
schestowitz-TRsame as bushJun 22 17:39
schestowitz-TRduring clinton at least bill did something about the othe r"lolita bill"Jun 22 17:39
Techrights-sec2obama eventually pushed back a little but not enough nor in timeJun 22 17:39
schestowitz-TRin what way was obama different? drupal for WH site?Jun 22 17:40
Techrights-sec2they started bringing in Google execs instead :/Jun 22 17:40
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Techrights-sec2"accidentally" followed a link to nitter today, it led to a real toxic waste Jun 22 19:48
Techrights-sec2dump of bad ideas; it's probably six months since I last did that and it seemsJun 22 19:48
Techrights-sec2far worse than I rememberJun 22 19:48
schestowitz-TRvery low yieldJun 22 19:49
schestowitz-TRand vet high liklihood of brain pollutionJun 22 19:49
schestowitz-TRpeople write there stuff they cannoty write in articlesJun 22 19:49
schestowitz-TRbecause those things are false or baselessJun 22 19:49
schestowitz-TRlike the other day emptyweheelJun 22 19:49
schestowitz-TRciting a tweetJun 22 19:49
schestowitz-TRsaying you can charge trump for trying to kill penceJun 22 19:50
schestowitz-TReven pence would likely oppose such a chargeJun 22 19:50
schestowitz-TRbut someone wrote some "teet"Jun 22 19:50
schestowitz-TRmarcy wheeler turned that into 'article'Jun 22 19:50
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 19:58
Techrights-sec2low yield, as in actually no useful links at all. gave up after 20 minutwesJun 22 19:58
Techrights-sec2and felt bad about wasting time with such drivel.  It's harmful and dangerousJun 22 19:58
Techrights-sec2that officials and agencies use "tweets" in place of official communicationsJun 22 19:58
Techrights-sec2because that feeds the beast and lends it an unearned air of legitimacyJun 22 19:58
schestowitz-TRnot sure if you saw what I'm alluding to from marcy wheelerJun 22 20:00
schestowitz-TRbut it made me think a lot and roll my eyesJun 22 20:00
schestowitz-TReither way, you'll notice in irc too I rarely cite anything "social media"Jun 22 20:00
schestowitz-TRit cost us a lot in terms of productivityJun 22 20:00
schestowitz-TRif it wasn't for this nasty headache today, I'd be more productiveJun 22 20:00
schestowitz-TRIU slept it off just nowJun 22 20:00
schestowitz-TRwe'll catch up soonJun 22 20:01
schestowitz-TRsome idiots ran a bot in irc and left it running amokJun 22 20:01
schestowitz-TRI even banned the wrong user by accidentJun 22 20:01
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "This brings me to how Twitch in particular will or won’t get by. Over the last year or so, it has become obvious that their corporate overlords at Amazon want Twitch to get serious about making a profit." gemini://pennywhether.xyz/articles/recession-twitch.gmiJun 22 20:05
schestowitz-TRRemember how I told you on Friday they said we'd say something next week?Jun 22 20:05
schestowitz-TRit's end of Weds nowJun 22 20:05
schestowitz-TRnot a workJun 22 20:05
schestowitz-TRthey're like 1.5 weeks beyond the promised timeJun 22 20:05
schestowitz-TR*now a wordJun 22 20:07
schestowitz-TRrianne and I thought about leaving months alreadyJun 22 20:07
schestowitz-TRbefore they even said anything to the whole teamnJun 22 20:07
schestowitz-TRseeing that it had gone the wrong way for yearsJun 22 20:07
schestowitz-TRbut was getting yet worse this yearJun 22 20:07
schestowitz-TRbut seeing the economy out there right now, job openings, inflation etc.Jun 22 20:07
schestowitz-TRwe need to think carefully   Jun 22 20:07
Techrights-sec2profit on top of mass maniuplation of public opinionJun 22 20:08
Techrights-sec2yes there were a few items in the queue Jun 22 20:08
Techrights-sec2how is the naturalization paperwork progressing?Jun 22 20:08
schestowitz-TRwe'll start around augustJun 22 20:11
schestowitz-TRhaving that job is extra helpJun 22 20:11
schestowitz-TRcitizienship is also extra helpJun 22 20:11
schestowitz-TRbut neither is essentialJun 22 20:11
schestowitz-TRgiven how low our expenses are, plus (for now) health insurance, which I assume they sometimes tie to a job,Jun 22 20:11
schestowitz-TRthis causes no stress at allJun 22 20:11
Techrights-sec2excellentJun 22 20:11
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 20:11
schestowitz-TRhaving said that, there are moral issues associated with this job as it stands right now Jun 22 20:11
schestowitz-TRif I could choose, I'd say let her work and leave me off the hook or extra for holiday coversJun 22 20:11
schestowitz-TRI reckon, if circumstances change, here or there (the company), I can ask for more hours againJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRlike a tap, or associate, or "gig economy", except better conditionsJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRI'm still off work till saturdayJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRneed video and article ideaJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRif you hyave anyJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRI've just cloeaned my feedsJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRDaily Links eta 5 minsJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRheadache gone compltelyJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRparacetamol did not helpJun 22 20:12
schestowitz-TRsleep didJun 22 20:12
Techrights-sec2gig is a ripoffJun 22 20:14
Techrights-sec2Saturday is Midsummer DayJun 22 20:14
Techrights-sec2that's how it usually goes :/Jun 22 20:14
Techrights-sec2Can more be said about the upcoming EPO Staff action>Jun 22 20:14
Techrights-sec2?Jun 22 20:14
Techrights-sec2Or about Debian and trademarks?Jun 22 20:14
Techrights-sec2^ if publicJun 22 20:14
schestowitz-TRoh, yes, not I can finally talk about the TM issueJun 22 20:16
schestowitz-TRand I've not done a video about this case in a wholeJun 22 20:16
schestowitz-TRI said I wouldJun 22 20:16
schestowitz-TRthough I said I'd do one when the cases is finishedJun 22 20:16
schestowitz-TRthey must be spending a ton of money on thatJun 22 20:16
schestowitz-TRand it looks like it's going nowhereJun 22 20:16
schestowitz-TRsee the very latest in his PERSONAL siteJun 22 20:16
schestowitz-TRwith torvalds photo opJun 22 20:16
Techrights-sec2:\Jun 22 20:16
Techrights-sec2wasted money, time, and repJun 22 20:16
Techrights-sec2ackJun 22 20:16
Techrights-sec2the SFI is new (to me)Jun 22 20:16
schestowitz-TRit's a clever legal hack/.trickJun 22 20:17
schestowitz-TRit really pisses off those who try to gag himJun 22 20:18
schestowitz-TRas it's not a person but an orgJun 22 20:18
Techrights-sec2"Director of Debianism" Jun 22 20:19
Techrights-sec2yes if he set up the org / corporation correctly it will be more powerfulJun 22 20:19
Techrights-sec2than they areJun 22 20:19
Techrights-sec2the CoCs are certainly not about diversity of thought and even more againstJun 22 20:24
Techrights-sec2skill, experience, and talentJun 22 20:24
schestowitz-TRthe submission looks like "preview" or templateJun 22 20:27
schestowitz-TRas if only quotes some bitsJun 22 20:27
schestowitz-TRI know a lot more but am admittedly afraid of the sys admin's wrathJun 22 20:27
schestowitz-TRso had to juggle just two items at a timeJun 22 20:27
schestowitz-TRdoing this 'under the radar' is possibleJun 22 20:27
schestowitz-TRto an extentJun 22 20:27
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