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schestowitz-TRTwitter now opens up to severe privacy abuses. If you carry on posting "tweets", Musk will expose to everyone how many people read those. There are several reasons why it's a privacy problem.Dec 23 05:53
schestowitz-TRI can now see numbers very low on some accountsDec 23 05:53
schestowitz-TRlike 5 times smaller than 5 years agoDec 23 05:53
schestowitz-TRlike gynmoodyDec 23 05:53
schestowitz-TRtwiter is a waste of tiemDec 23 05:53
schestowitz-TRfor instance, a "tweet" from glynmoody gets only about 200 impressionsDec 23 06:10
schestowitz-TRimpressiosn means just people scrolling pastDec 23 06:10
schestowitz-TRnot even clicking anythingDec 23 06:10
schestowitz-TRthat's worthlessDec 23 06:10
schestowitz-TRjust one sentence or linkDec 23 06:10
schestowitz-TRLinux Journal, where he worked, has published nothing in MONTHSDec 23 06:10
schestowitz-TRsame owner as SlashdorDec 23 06:10
techrightssec2Glyn's articles are better than ever *but* dreadfully difficult to locate anyDec 23 06:17
techrightssec2more these days.  I'll check one of the feeds Dec 23 06:17
techrightssec2Slashdot's owner appears to have a goal of squelching coverage and discussionDec 23 06:17
techrightssec2of FOSS and open standardsDec 23 06:17
techrightssec2and that may have been a main reason for the purchaseDec 23 06:44
schestowitz-TRcrazy matt mia for a weekDec 23 06:44
schestowitz-TRirc, blog, muskdomDec 23 06:44
schestowitz-TRgoodDec 23 06:45
schestowitz-TRSigns of Rot: Twitter Starts Exposing Previously-Private Information to Everyone! | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2022/12/23/reckless-twitter/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/12/23/reckless-twitter/Dec 23 07:03
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Signs of Rot: Twitter Starts Exposing Previously-Private Information to Everyone! | TechrightsDec 23 07:03
schestowitz-TRwhat comes next??Dec 23 07:03
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techrightssec2There is only a TechDirt feed for Glyn that I know of.  I'd visit the sitesDec 23 10:19
techrightssec2where he writes but only when he writes for the most part so a bibliographyDec 23 10:19
techrightssec2of recent works or an independent feed would be great. Dec 23 10:19
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techrightssec2ackDec 23 11:19
schestowitz-TRprice of essential stuff we buy does not seem to have increasedDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRif purchased in the right placesDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRcame to this conclusion this morningDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRnow with gov. programme (energy) we even pay less for power than beforeDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRnot sure if you have noticed it, but epo scandals have expanded to become EU (inc EUIPO) scandalsDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRand now german gov. scandal at many levelsDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRthere's also a massive scandal in .NLDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRbut need to choose how to expose it and whereDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRat any rate, everyone in thr world is affected by EPODec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRunlike sirius, which is maybe a handful of people leftDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRsoon more managers than techs LOLDec 23 11:22
schestowitz-TRmanagers who PRETEND to be doing technical workDec 23 11:22
techrightssec2ackDec 23 12:07
techrightssec2Corruption, if not fought, spreads extensively.  If unchecked, the EPO couldDec 23 12:07
techrightssec2bring down the whole EU.Dec 23 12:07
techrightssec2given time of courseDec 23 12:07
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schestowitz-TRmore people across eu are getting fed up with not just eu tolerating corruptionbDec 23 13:22
schestowitz-TRbut actively participating in someDec 23 13:22
schestowitz-TRwhich then begets hypocritical statementsDec 23 13:22
schestowitz-TRon human rightsDec 23 13:22
schestowitz-TRrule of lawDec 23 13:22
schestowitz-TR etc etcDec 23 13:22
schestowitz-TR"whot he f* are you to lecture us on x???"Dec 23 13:22
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techrightssec2Another trick is that it is seldom that the "best" politicians get sent to the Dec 23 13:37
techrightssec2EU at least from the major parties.  The small parties are another matter. Dec 23 13:37
techrightssec2But for some of them they go to the EU and work against their own countryDec 23 13:37
techrightssec2and without reporting on it and without the national news services reportingDec 23 13:37
techrightssec2on it either.  Then when the malicious plans are approved, they go back andDec 23 13:37
techrightssec2pretend that they had nothing to do with the decision and that they are beingDec 23 13:37
techrightssec2"forced" into it by the EU despite having negotiated such crap through a processDec 23 13:37
techrightssec2lasing many years.Dec 23 13:37
techrightssec2Or so it looks.Dec 23 13:37
techrightssec2There are some really good people there too but they are few.  The currentDec 23 13:37
techrightssec2most visible positive example seems to be Breyer from PP representing Germany.Dec 23 13:37
techrightssec2There are some good people as well around him.Dec 23 13:37
schestowitz-TRmedia in de does not want to speak to him or quote himDec 23 13:38
schestowitz-TRbecause he is not from a business-friendly party Dec 23 13:38
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schestowitz-TRchange of subject: many bloggers and coders feel like they're down for the count this yearDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRsam varghese is one of them, but he always comes and goesDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRthere is no "new generation" or 'fresh'/'young' bloodDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRsome irc trolls and provocateurs moved onDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRso s/n ratio is a tad betterDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRthe current system has absolutely no strategy for raising kids rightDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRthe gosl seems to be controlling themDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRrather than developing or nurturing themDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRcultivating a generation that sets out its own pathDec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TR(set aside how it's suffocated by debt and a lack of hope, a sense of powerlessness)Dec 23 15:37
schestowitz-TRgive it take 5-10 years and tellers won't know how to count cash, changeDec 23 15:39
schestowitz-TRjust swipe and "Smart" and other crapDec 23 15:39
schestowitz-TRthe clinics here wrongl;y assume everyone uses a spyphoneDec 23 15:39
schestowitz-TRand you need to correct themDec 23 15:39
schestowitz-TRtoday I had to wait TWO MINUTES for one of them to find a pen and piece of paperDec 23 15:39
schestowitz-TR(doing ok, just needed appointment in 4 weeks for a routine blood test)Dec 23 15:40
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techrightssec2Right.  There seems to be no new generations of anything.  AFAIK there are noDec 23 15:50
techrightssec2new people in CS or similar any more and it kind of feels like everyone in allDec 23 15:50
techrightssec2the software projects are rather old or at least oldish.Dec 23 15:50
schestowitz-TRa childhood friend, computer enthusiast who struggled to find a job for decades,Dec 23 15:54
schestowitz-TRblasted his parentsDec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRfor boarding "the system" (capital)Dec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRcausing price hikes (e.g. estate)Dec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRto the point my genereration is no "boomer"Dec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRbut aftermathDec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRand it gets worse for the gen below me (under 20s)Dec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRthey live under a blanket with something (still) called "phone" Dec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRbtw, rianne said 'our' team just wonDec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRi intentinally avoid itDec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRnot even watching itDec 23 15:55
schestowitz-TRthe boycott only works if you stick to itDec 23 15:55
techrightssec2ackDec 23 15:56
techrightssec2"Dance for the oil man. Dance, dance.  Chase ball for the oilman."Dec 23 15:56
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schestowitz-TR"Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/23/the-tyranny-of-involuntary-psychiatric-treatment/ | Source: Counter PunchDec 23 16:49
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-The Tyranny of Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment - CounterPunch.orgDec 23 16:49
techrightssec2ackDec 23 17:02
schestowitz-TRGoing nuclear ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/23/fusion-energy-the-nuclear-weapons-connection/ | Source: Counter PunchDec 23 17:06
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Fusion Energy: the Nuclear Weapons Connection - CounterPunch.orgDec 23 17:06
schestowitz-TR"landmark achievement" ☛ https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/23/whats-all-the-fuss-about-nuclear-fusion/ | Source: Counter PunchDec 23 17:06
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-What's All the Fuss About Nuclear Fusion? - CounterPunch.orgDec 23 17:06
schestowitz-TRthe way I was reading the PRE-announcementDec 23 17:07
schestowitz-TRthis was also an experiment... in generating hypeDec 23 17:07
schestowitz-TRthese articles point out issuesDec 23 17:07
schestowitz-TRi do NOT know how it worksDec 23 17:08
schestowitz-TRBUTDec 23 17:08
schestowitz-TRI do know when I see BS hypeDec 23 17:08
schestowitz-TRlike "5g" since the very beginningDec 23 17:08
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