●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, June 25, 2022 ●● ● Jun 25 [00:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [00:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 25 [01:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [01:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [01:35] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 25 [02:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [02:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:25] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, Anyway, violent crime impacts you on an ongoing basis under federal law even if you leave the state of Illinois for one that cares about your Constitutional freedoms. [02:25] DaemonFC And they can make anything a "violent" crime. [02:25] DaemonFC They can make anything sound worse than it is. [02:25] DaemonFC They're very very good at extracting false confessions. [02:26] DaemonFC So it's like, I played the cards I had and I did better than most people do in court. Most white people anyway. [02:26] DaemonFC The court system seems to enjoy lashing out irrationally with overly harsh punishments against white people due to white guilt among the judges and other court officials. [02:27] DaemonFC MinceR would say this goes along with the idea that you can make things better for some by making them worse for others. [02:27] DaemonFC Then everyone does poorly and it balances out, right? [02:53] MinceR you said this [02:53] MinceR i think it's a counterproductive idea [02:53] MinceR except for fiends, i suppose ● Jun 25 [05:35] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:35] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:35] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:37] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Jun 25 [06:12] *liberty_box (~liberty@hcdms2vr9hu9e.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:12] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@hcdms2vr9hu9e.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:12] *rianne_ (~rianne@hcdms2vr9hu9e.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:12] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-i33.jp8.7132oi.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 25 [07:07] schestowitz-TR news was slow [07:07] schestowitz-TR slept about 9-10 hours for first time in many years [07:07] schestowitz-TR as an experiment of sorts [07:07] schestowitz-TR level of concentration a lot higher (cognotive) and some physical things too [07:07] schestowitz-TR but at the cost of hours to my day [07:07] schestowitz-TR "cost" [07:27] Techrights-sec2 ack [07:43] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:52] schestowitz x https://www.arnnet.com.au/article/699319/open-source-software-risks-persist-according-new-reports/?fp=2&fpid=1 [07:52] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.arnnet.com.au | Open source software risks persist, according to new reports - ARN [07:58] schestowitz x https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/5390/default/ [07:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/5390/default/ ) [07:59] schestowitz
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    New Steam Games With Native Linux Clients 2022-06-23 Edition
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    [07:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-boilingsteam.com | New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2022-06-23 Edition - Boiling Steam [07:59] schestowitz

    Between 2022-06-16 and 2022-06-23 there were 25 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 298 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.4 % of total released titles. Heres a quick pick of the most interesting ones: [...]

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    • ● Jun 25 [08:02] schestowitz-TR what you say about the deposition tapes of the famous criminals [08:02] schestowitz-TR is interesting [08:02] schestowitz-TR but to prove.. [08:02] schestowitz-TR wait, [08:02] schestowitz-TR a) it's happening with many topics [08:02] schestowitz-TR b) we cannopt prove this is intentional [08:02] schestowitz-TR c) if it was intentional, there would be a risk of someone blowing the whistle [08:02] schestowitz-TR d) what is NOT intentional is IF the media (.e.g Daily Mail) amplifies the nonsnese [08:02] schestowitz-TR at the expense of the signal [08:02] schestowitz-TR to muddy thw water [08:06] schestowitz
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    XnView - Small, feisty and powerful
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    This article should have probably been written twenty years ago. But then, Dedoimedo only came into being in 2006, and by that time, I was heavily entrenched in my love and use of IrfanView as my favorite image viewer. The passion extends beyond its native Windows environment; 'tis my favorite in Linux, too, and I find it superior to the native crop. Of course, when I wrote more extensively about this in my [08:06] schestowitz Windows-Linux migration saga, a bunch of folks emailed me, questioning my choices, and brining XnView into focus.

    [08:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.dedoimedo.com | XnView - Small, feisty and powerful [08:06] schestowitz
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    • [08:08] schestowitz-TR re over population, one aspect not mentioned is, [08:08] schestowitz-TR after plaguesn and wars [08:08] schestowitz-TR parents may fear lose the child or all the children [08:08] schestowitz-TR so they start making more "spares" [08:08] schestowitz-TR if you give good healthcare, the parents -- like in norway -- feel like one kid [08:08] schestowitz-TR is enough and will be safe (low chance of early mortality) [08:15] schestowitz
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    On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain
    [08:15] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain - Schneier on Security [08:15] schestowitz
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    In our letter, we write: By its very design, blockchain technology is poorly suited for just about every purpose currently touted as a present or potential source of public benefit. From its inception, this technology has been a solution in search of a problem and has now latched onto concepts such as financial inclusion and data transparency to justify its existence, despite far better solutions to [08:15] schestowitz these issues already in use. Despite more than thirteen years of development, it has severe limitations and design flaws that preclude almost all applications that deal with public customer data and regulated financial transactions and are not an improvement on existing non-blockchain solutions.

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    • [08:23] Techrights-sec2 I'm not sure of the reasons, just that the growth accelerates after calamities [08:23] Techrights-sec2 yes, the nordic countries were the model of success in that and many other [08:23] Techrights-sec2 regards up until they deviated from the "middle path" economic policied and [08:25] Techrights-sec2 in general, education and healthcare lead automatically to bettr population size [08:25] Techrights-sec2 and pensions help there too. The US has been eliminating all three, the one [08:25] Techrights-sec2 that hurts there the most is the elimination of public education which took a [08:25] Techrights-sec2 major hit at the start of the Reagan administration and has been monotonically [08:25] Techrights-sec2 reduced ever since. Now there are two full generations without adequate [08:25] Techrights-sec2 basic education. A major action like a combination of Peace Corps and the [08:25] Techrights-sec2 Marshall Plan would be needed from Europe there but Europe is caught up in [08:25] Techrights-sec2 its own mess, not entirely of others' making [08:28] Techrights-sec2 about the smearing of the deposition tapes (and other critique of Bill) it would [08:28] Techrights-sec2 be impossible to prove, aside from observed phenomena [08:29] schestowitz-TR I think there might be more pluasible explanation [08:29] schestowitz-TR I also think that over-hypothesising about this tie-up with buffs and crank [08:29] schestowitz-TR can in itself be used to discredit critics [08:29] schestowitz-TR which is why I want to be sure that it makes sense [08:29] Techrights-sec2 the causal relationship there can be from either ditection, the cranks can [08:29] Techrights-sec2 have picked up the material spontaneously. nevertheless it will be used to [08:29] Techrights-sec2 discredit any and all criticism by association [08:30] schestowitz-TR let's see if the media plays ball for them [08:30] schestowitz-TR I saw billBC doing this not in relation to the tapoes [08:30] schestowitz-TR but in relation to vaccines [08:31] Techrights-sec2 I would expect that they will continue to play ball, they do now, and have in [08:31] Techrights-sec2 the past [08:31] Techrights-sec2 right, the goal is for them to discredit any critique or reproach of Bill [08:32] schestowitz-TR for now I'd just ignore them [08:32] schestowitz-TR and focus on the unfolding issues [08:32] schestowitz-TR he seems to come and go in bursts [08:32] schestowitz-TR with the "bill gates" wave [08:32] schestowitz-TR "bill gates says" I mean [08:32] Techrights-sec2 yes that's mostly what I'm doing but noticed the huge upswing such that one [08:32] Techrights-sec2 has to waste a lot of time evaluating /who/'s posted the videos so as to avoid [08:32] Techrights-sec2 sending the wrong ones traffic [08:34] schestowitz-TR to lead up with an example, last night I ranted to rianne that she was watching a bunch of idiots on youtube [08:34] schestowitz-TR like the one about VAT in grocery shopping [08:34] schestowitz-TR I told her this is why I try to avoid random "person with camera" [08:34] schestowitz-TR there's no quality control at all [08:34] schestowitz-TR and there are better avenues for information [08:34] schestowitz-TR which is at least verified a bit [08:34] schestowitz-TR she often reads a lot of yoioutube comments too [08:34] schestowitz-TR which is even worse [08:36] Techrights-sec2 the comments there are usually even more uninformed (at best) and often [08:36] Techrights-sec2 misinformed. I have not seen any credible attempt to teach evaluation of [08:36] Techrights-sec2 sources since the 1990s. There are ongoing attempts but they are no longer [08:36] Techrights-sec2 credible and have fatal flaws in their methodology and actually facilitate [08:36] Techrights-sec2 the spread of misinformation and even disinformation [08:39] schestowitz-TR pardon change of topic [08:39] schestowitz-TR yesterday traffic on the gemini proxy doubled [08:39] schestowitz-TR I don't know why [08:39] schestowitz-TR it doesn't matter much [08:40] schestowitz-TR right now I post Daily Links very rapidly and then look for EPO info [08:40] schestowitz-TR until July (first week) [08:40] schestowitz-TR I don't want to check logs [08:40] schestowitz-TR I promised myseld not to [08:40] schestowitz-TR as I'd rather write articles than "ego surf" or similar [08:40] schestowitz-TR IU thought about automating link collection from gemini [08:40] schestowitz-TR but atm the s/n ratio isn't good enough for automation of any kind [08:40] schestowitz-TR I check manually every hour or two [08:40] schestowitz-TR and the priority is just that [08:40] schestowitz-TR many batches of lots of news [08:40] Techrights-sec2 np [08:40] Techrights-sec2 check the web server logs to see about referers [08:41] Techrights-sec2 ok the the log format can be simplifie even more to save space and not [08:41] Techrights-sec2 save data which is not needed or wanted [08:41] schestowitz-TR the log for nginx does not save any IP addresses [08:41] schestowitz-TR it queries locally [08:42] Techrights-sec2 right but IIRC for the first connection from the outside it might have the [08:42] Techrights-sec2 referer [08:44] schestowitz-TR I see what you mean [08:45] schestowitz-TR I'm just relieved that after going cold turkey outr of social control media IRC and web/gemini are doing as well as before [08:45] schestowitz-TR lunduke did experiment with those things years ago [08:45] schestowitz-TR a lot of twitter et al = bots [08:45] schestowitz-TR even diaspora [08:45] schestowitz-TR they crawl the target site for image (preview) [08:45] schestowitz-TR and EACH diaspora pod with someone who FOLLOWS you does this [08:45] schestowitz-TR so it merely generates a burst of bots [08:45] schestowitz-TR not good value for 'the buc' [08:45] schestowitz-TR *buck [08:45] schestowitz-TR not sure if you gert what I mean [08:45] Techrights-sec2 excellent [08:45] Techrights-sec2 lunduke did not stick to his guns on that [08:45] Techrights-sec2 he kept going back to twitter and youtube and maybe a few other places [08:45] Techrights-sec2 yes I understand the inefficiency and redundant calls made by how twitter [08:45] Techrights-sec2 and diaspora deal with outside links, I've seen it in logs before [08:47] schestowitz-TR you could also see this in nmon (spikes) each time I linked to a techrights post [08:47] schestowitz-TR tuxmachines also [08:47] schestowitz-TR tuxmachines had an account in joindiaspora with THOUSANDS of followers [08:47] schestowitz-TR so merely linking to a link there would summon an army of 200 or so bots from 200 instances crawling for an image [08:47] Techrights-sec2 yep [08:47] schestowitz-TR good for faking stats [08:47] schestowitz-TR but little net benefit [08:50] schestowitz-TR it is a very major inefficiency of "decentralised" or "federated" social control media [08:50] schestowitz-TR and i never saw anyone mention this issue [08:50] schestowitz-TR it has to do the same thing over and over again [08:50] schestowitz-TR there is energy/pollution toll associated with it [08:50] schestowitz-TR you need to over-provision [08:50] schestowitz-TR sometimes I'd say to rianne, we cannot leave to the gym for another 5 miniutes [08:50] schestowitz-TR because I need to 'throttle' down the linking [08:50] schestowitz-TR like link from one site at a time [08:50] schestowitz-TR back then we had fewer CPU cores [08:50] schestowitz-TR so it would result in visitors getting error messages [08:50] schestowitz-TR even people who come NTO from social contgrol media [08:50] schestowitz-TR which owrsened the experience [08:50] Techrights-sec2 since it fetches whole images and the trend fora decade is not to scale a [08:50] Techrights-sec2 thumbnail, they were fetching the same image many, many times unnecessarily [08:50] Techrights-sec2 not just 'an' image but the whole full-scale image -- each time [08:50] schestowitz-TR I never did a post or video about this issue [08:51] Techrights-sec2 bandwidth costs a lot of electricity, in addition to the other aspects [08:51] Techrights-sec2 maybe it is soon time for a post on the topic [08:53] schestowitz-TR but wait, I am reluctant [08:53] schestowitz-TR it would make centralised look "good" [08:53] schestowitz-TR and federated look "bad" [08:53] schestowitz-TR also, at the time I didn't mind the illusion of higher view counts [08:53] schestowitz-TR now the numbers LOOK smaller [08:53] schestowitz-TR but they're not [08:53] schestowitz-TR we just get a lot less of that bot (junk) traffic) [08:53] Techrights-sec2 ah, that would be a likely way to misinterpet the resulting post [08:53] Techrights-sec2 never mind [08:53] Techrights-sec2 there is a lot of bot (junk) traffic still on both sites [08:56] schestowitz-TR 'search' engines are a large contributor to it [08:56] schestowitz-TR their business model is mostly POLITICAL [08:56] schestowitz-TR hence, baidu, yandex [08:56] schestowitz-TR because you might need to crawl a page 10 times for each person you might in fact redirect there one day [08:56] schestowitz-TR very little bang for the buck [08:56] schestowitz-TR that's why so few crawlers remain [08:56] schestowitz-TR a loyal "base" with RSS is far better [08:57] schestowitz-TR with search you might get a visitor a minute [08:57] schestowitz-TR RSS is a lot higher [08:57] schestowitz-TR gulag must have had some real "RSS anvy" [08:57] schestowitz-TR it would invalidate some of their business model [08:57] schestowitz-TR like "everything as a search bar" [08:57] schestowitz-TR so they bought feedburner [08:57] schestowitz-TR killed off Gulag Reader [08:57] schestowitz-TR afte rGulag Reader had killed some potent rivals like FeedLounge )I was a beta tester) [08:57] schestowitz-TR and then burned feedburner users [08:57] schestowitz-TR who were left salty and sour [08:57] schestowitz-TR but could do nothing to FORCE regulars to UPDATE their feed readers [08:57] schestowitz-TR (note, of importance: the expensive part is NOT the crawling but the subsequent processing, like tokenisation [08:57] schestowitz-TR and cross-DC synching) ● Jun 25 [09:01] schestowitz-TR Gulag not does the same to many youtube users [09:01] schestowitz-TR they spent years begging people to "subscribe" [09:01] schestowitz-TR and not that number becomes increaisngly meaningles [09:01] schestowitz-TR as gulag does not do much to connect "useds" with the channels they chose to follow [09:01] schestowitz-TR Twitter did the same [09:01] schestowitz-TR and few noticed or complained [09:01] schestowitz-TR I had 7000+ followers [09:01] schestowitz-TR but Twitter would push them trump crap and "engagement" noise [09:01] schestowitz-TR not the stuff I posted to "my followers" [09:01] schestowitz-TR hence, numbers decreased greatly [09:01] schestowitz-TR same for glynmoody and others [09:01] schestowitz-TR they silently became more merganislised [09:01] schestowitz-TR as Twitter sought some business plan [09:01] schestowitz-TR tim bray joked about twitter becoming "comms platform" that could just not find a way to make money out of it [09:02] Techrights-sec2 the crawlers don't do a thorough job either, especially Google is on the decline [09:02] Techrights-sec2 and seems to be focusing its resources elsewhere and letting the search [09:02] Techrights-sec2 engine fade [09:02] Techrights-sec2 the text parts of an RSS feed monitor are not hard to create the GUI is another [09:02] Techrights-sec2 matter though. [09:02] Techrights-sec2 Adding SQLite to what we have for TR already would be the next step but [09:02] Techrights-sec2 some more thought is needed on the topic first [09:02] Techrights-sec2 s/not/now/g [09:02] Techrights-sec2 twitter is about control of public opinion and trump crap was the theme [09:02] Techrights-sec2 they were, and are, pushing [09:02] Techrights-sec2 twitter has nothingto do with communication ever but especially since [09:02] Techrights-sec2 they moved to non-chronological sorting on messages [09:04] schestowitz-TR a) tim bray wrote this like 5 years ago [09:04] schestowitz-TR b) non-linear was a stepping stone or hopping point towards where we are today [09:04] schestowitz-TR "FOLLOWING" used to mean what it sad [09:04] schestowitz-TR now it's like "flattr" sans the actual monetary contribution [09:04] schestowitz-TR you "follow" [09:04] schestowitz-TR and then nothing happens [09:04] schestowitz-TR thanks for following [09:04] schestowitz-TR it's like pressing a "like" on the user !!!! [09:04] schestowitz-TR the curation is done by jack... sorry,. I mean the "HEY HI" algorithm [09:05] schestowitz-TR jack can be sued, HEY HI cannot [09:06] schestowitz-TR youtube subscript = "like" the channel [09:06] schestowitz-TR "subscribe" [09:06] schestowitz-TR "my youtube channel has 1000000 likes" :-) [09:06] schestowitz-TR used to be subscribers [09:06] schestowitz-TR spamnil got many channel "likes" for posting videos that were not hius [09:06] schestowitz-TR with misleading headlines added [09:07] Techrights-sec2 AI, as seen, is a dodge to pretend that the outcome is independent of the [09:07] Techrights-sec2 designs and wishes of the owners [09:07] schestowitz-TR yes, I said it a very long time ago. It's also a legal hack. Just paint some robots and call ti "HEY HI" [09:07] schestowitz-TR even when it is not ML but some simple filter or regex [09:08] Techrights-sec2 yep [09:08] Techrights-sec2 regex is not ML but lawyers don't know that and don't care either [09:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [09:09] Techrights-sec2 as long as they can paint it as plausible deniability then they're ok with not [09:09] Techrights-sec2 looking [09:09] Techrights-sec2 plausible deniability (in regards to lost mail) is probably the largest reason [09:09] Techrights-sec2 that M$ Outlook/Exchange deployments exist anywhere [09:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:17] schestowitz-TR one techrights goal: make people less dependent on web searches [09:17] schestowitz-TR or: various centralised things [09:17] schestowitz-TR not to name examples, there are many [09:17] schestowitz-TR baiscally: regain editorial control or take that away from large gatekeerpers [09:17] schestowitz-TR those are the concepts, not boycott this and that [09:17] schestowitz-TR just handed over at work [09:17] schestowitz-TR (to rianne) [09:17] schestowitz-TR so had to send some mails [09:18] schestowitz-TR now I'm free [09:18] schestowitz-TR some people think "reddit" = the community [09:18] schestowitz-TR or... there used to eb sites like bored.com [09:18] schestowitz-TR when search engines were still not mature [09:18] schestowitz-TR so kids would go about typing in soccer.com (iirc, some porn thing) [09:18] schestowitz-TR or sex.com [09:18] schestowitz-TR those were the 90s [09:18] Techrights-sec2 re-decentralization [09:18] Techrights-sec2 re-decentralization is very important but complexity (cought*systemd*cough) [09:18] Techrights-sec2 in all its forms is an impediment (cough*AWS*cough) [09:18] Techrights-sec2 there was an informative post this last week about the heavy handed censorship [09:18] Techrights-sec2 there at Reddit but that post missed many egregious examples such as people [09:18] Techrights-sec2 getting kicked out of their own "subreddits" which they had founded [09:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [09:18] Techrights-sec2 whitehouse.com ;) [09:19] schestowitz-TR was the dot com used for some other purpose? [09:19] Techrights-sec2 yes the .com edition was owned by some porn company [09:19] Techrights-sec2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.com [09:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | whitehouse.com - Wikipedia [09:21] schestowitz-TR to be fair, back then white house did have some porn in the oval office [09:21] schestowitz-TR and later the lolita express become an issue, too [09:21] schestowitz-TR pales in comparison to trump's "i like your smile" [09:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:21] Techrights-sec2 https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/white-house-in-porn-domain-dispute/ [09:21] Techrights-sec2 ack [09:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-White House in porn domain dispute - CNET [09:21] Techrights-sec2 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna4231962 [09:21] Techrights-sec2 ] [09:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nbcnews.com | Pornographer to sell Whitehouse Web site [09:22] Techrights-sec2 https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjj4vx/whitehousecom-your-favorite-90s-porn-site-is-now-protesting-the-trump-presidency [09:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.vice.com | Whitehouse.com, Your Favorite 90s Porn Site, Is Now Protesting the Trump Presidency [09:24] Techrights-sec2 I [09:24] Techrights-sec2 I'm not sure how to navigate gemini so much [09:24] Techrights-sec2 I check a very small handful of capsules and occasionally follow links but there [09:24] Techrights-sec2 is not the flow where there are often links one wishes to follow and there [09:24] Techrights-sec2 is not an easy way to open the link in a background tab so as to first finish [09:24] Techrights-sec2 reading the present article [09:24] schestowitz-TR so about gemini, I try to link to a ton of domains [09:25] schestowitz-TR the planet is partly for my own use [09:25] schestowitz-TR but people can get at the whole sausage factory [09:25] schestowitz-TR and use the same [09:25] schestowitz-TR the aggregation is swarm like [09:25] schestowitz-TR aggregators of aggregators [09:25] schestowitz-TR it's also a lot more efficient, fewer requestss [09:25] schestowitz-TR tabs are for the www [09:25] schestowitz-TR because pages became too slow to load [09:25] schestowitz-TR so things got serialised [09:25] schestowitz-TR in gemini there's barely that issue [09:25] schestowitz-TR tabs are more like bookmarks [09:25] Techrights-sec2 https://www.cracked.com/article_30052_a-history-of-whitehousecom-aka-the-biggest-internet-controversy-of-the-1990s.html [09:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-A History of WhiteHouse.com, A.K.A. The Biggest Internet Controversy Of The 1990s | Cracked.com [09:27] Techrights-sec2 yes but the workflow has been efficient [09:27] Techrights-sec2 slow pages have been encouraged and cultivated by google, which could have [09:27] Techrights-sec2 penalized slow pages in the rankings and been done with the problem in [09:27] Techrights-sec2 at most a quarter or two. However since their main business is surveillance [09:27] Techrights-sec2 and such they need the slow sites and the toxic slurry of javascript they [09:27] Techrights-sec2 carry as a payload [09:28] schestowitz-TR "payload" is a helpful term here [09:28] schestowitz-TR painting that aspect for what it is [09:29] Techrights-sec2 yes that is clearly what it i [09:29] Techrights-sec2 is [09:29] schestowitz gemini://gemini.techrights.org/planet/othercapsules/new.gmi [09:29] schestowitz gemini://gemini.techrights.org/planet/othercapsules/allinone.gmi [09:31] schestowitz-TR the first one is the newer version, which I will refine over time [09:31] schestowitz-TR I thought about adding to our front page some section like, "Latest in Geminispace" [09:31] schestowitz-TR like a blogroll of sorts [09:31] schestowitz-TR but there are potentially bad things that would show up if automated [09:31] Techrights-sec2 ack [09:31] Techrights-sec2 manual curation is important [09:32] schestowitz-TR irc and Daily Links have an edited subset of these [09:32] schestowitz-TR but at least once can see that all batches of Daily Links treat gemini as equal [09:32] schestowitz-TR with suitable warning using CSS [09:38] schestowitz-TR I'm going to post anoher batch now [09:38] schestowitz-TR I decided to split manual from automated [09:38] schestowitz-TR to avoid mixing the two in the same batch [09:38] schestowitz-TR we still have a ton of unread things in RSS (30k+) since you sent me the OPML [09:38] schestowitz-TR that does not contain info like "disablesd" [09:38] schestowitz-TR just the structure [09:38] schestowitz-TR one way or another we can process them [09:38] Techrights-sec2 it's hard to find posts about the BSDs [09:38] schestowitz-TR sometimes I enter a serach phrase for that whole lot [09:38] schestowitz-TR like "bsd" for those 30k items [09:38] schestowitz-TR or "respb" [09:38] schestowitz-TR they help cluster stuff [09:38] schestowitz-TR without using some third party with its "secret" recipes [09:39] schestowitz-TR for that, you need to identify who speaks for bsd and latch onto their platform [09:39] schestowitz-TR no planets [09:39] schestowitz-TR but bypassing planets means making a lot of connections over and over again [09:39] schestowitz-TR though you then don't have the filtering of the "planet" [09:48] schestowitz-TR over the years many companies tried to compete with gulag search [09:48] schestowitz-TR evenw ikipedia [09:48] schestowitz-TR but you cannot compete with them [09:48] schestowitz-TR you need to outmaneuvrer them with something else [09:48] schestowitz-TR duckduckgo became a microsoft reslleer selling lies and lies [09:48] schestowitz-TR and brva claims to have a search engine [09:48] schestowitz-TR don't know what they use [09:48] schestowitz-TR but they do not crawl the eb [09:48] schestowitz-TR I think one positive apooproach is to teach peopel to rely a lot less on search [09:49] Techrights-sec2 planets are ok for an into but at this level we do need to make an effort to [09:49] Techrights-sec2 bypass the filtering which is inherent in the concept of a planet [09:49] Techrights-sec2 education is an uphill battle even not counting the microsoftianism which [09:49] Techrights-sec2 has replaced it; the best approach is in the tools themselves but we (I at least) have no influence over their development [09:49] schestowitz-TR did you see fsf posts from lasdt night? [09:49] schestowitz-TR 3 of them [09:49] schestowitz-TR 2 of the 3 promote moving to mastodon [09:49] schestowitz-TR which makes me go, meh... [09:53] Techrights-sec2 not yet [09:53] Techrights-sec2 checking [09:53] Techrights-sec2 their blog is not at the top in the navigation bar [09:53] Techrights-sec2 but I see the one promoting Mastodon, that is positive [09:53] Techrights-sec2 yes there is the problematic presence of invasive CoCs there and with [09:53] Techrights-sec2 that, consistently, goes the problem of very selective enforcement of said CoCs [09:53] Techrights-sec2 They are so selectively applied, everywhere, that it is clear that they are [09:53] Techrights-sec2 about control and destruction rather than about cultivating a pleasant and [09:53] Techrights-sec2 constructive working environment. For the latter CoCs not only aren't needed [09:53] Techrights-sec2 but actively get in the way, but again that's what they're for [09:54] schestowitz-TR mastodon = cocwatre [09:54] schestowitz-TR like cookware [09:57] schestowitz-TR mastodon = CoCware [09:57] schestowitz-TR odysee =K00Kware [09:57] schestowitz-TR rianne=just made me a nice breakfast [09:57] schestowitz-TR yesterday at the cancel a lady in her 80s did a survey for the cancel trust [09:57] schestowitz-TR rianne agreed to fill out the survey [09:57] schestowitz-TR "how often do you use the canal?" [09:57] schestowitz-TR "is it clean?" [09:57] schestowitz-TR "do you feel safe" [09:57] schestowitz-TR at the end she asked for the ethnicity pary [09:57] schestowitz-TR and excplaimed [09:57] schestowitz-TR "you can cook without recipes!!"; [09:57] Techrights-sec2 strange ● Jun 25 [10:01] schestowitz-TR it was meant as a complimant [10:01] schestowitz-TR but plays into steretypes [10:01] schestowitz-TR I meant Canal Trust [10:01] schestowitz-TR not "cancel trust" LOLK [10:01] schestowitz-TR that would be a concept from next edition of 1984 [10:01] schestowitz-TR this past half a day it became a joke here [10:01] schestowitz-TR "you can cook with recipes!" [10:01] Techrights-sec2 copyright violation? [10:01] Techrights-sec2 though recipes are excepmt from copyright [10:41] schestowitz-TR Pro Publica left out Bill Gates because Gates BRIBES Pro Publica: "Our first story unraveled how billionaires like Elon Musk, Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos" https://www.propublica.org/article/billionaires-tax-avoidance-techniques-irs-files | Source: [10:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.propublica.org | Ten Ways Billionaires Avoid Taxes on an Epic Scale ProPublica ● Jun 25 [11:09] Techrights-sec2 ack [11:09] schestowitz-TR I mention this bribe any chance I get [11:10] schestowitz-TR make them pay for it... [11:14] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@9wk3eibwqxp2g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:15] Techrights-sec2 yes , definitely. Them having taken bribes impairs their coverage, but that [11:15] Techrights-sec2 was certainly one of the main goals which Bill had in mind there [11:15] schestowitz-TR AOC thought he was a "Good" billioanire [11:15] schestowitz-TR I hope she woke up [11:17] Techrights-sec2 Same with NPR / PBS [11:17] Techrights-sec2 she's clueless in that regard, but has only disinformation fed to her so it [11:17] Techrights-sec2 will be unlikely she wakes up [11:20] schestowitz-TR that shows there are those areas that need working on [11:22] schestowitz-TR Word from the inside (just now): Microsoft suspends hiring, even formally. Never mind the quiet layoffs (there are loopholes)... [11:22] Techrights-sec2 yes but who has the bags of cash big enough to get a message through to her? [11:22] Techrights-sec2 also whackdoodles are turning it, like everything else, into a partisan issue [11:22] Techrights-sec2 soon she will feel compelled to publicly praise and support His Billness solely [11:22] Techrights-sec2 because of her party membership [11:23] schestowitz-TR he is a republican and I no longer see dem politicians defending him [11:23] schestowitz-TR he is seen as toxic and a liabilitiy [11:24] schestowitz-TR which to me means we're better off than years ago [11:24] Techrights-sec2 well that they're giving up on supporting him is a positive change [11:24] Techrights-sec2 still he's doing a million times better than in 1998 when even the [11:24] Techrights-sec2 Simpsons were rightly so taking digs at him [11:25] schestowitz-TR the AOC remark is ~4 years old [11:25] schestowitz-TR re Microsoft, got word from insiders [11:25] schestowitz-TR it's not looking good [11:25] schestowitz-TR of course the companyn will fake it [11:25] schestowitz-TR all companies fake [11:25] schestowitz-TR ours included [11:26] Techrights-sec2 https://youtu.be/H27rfr59RiE [11:26] Techrights-sec2 they spin everything and have a lot of legal dodges [11:26] Techrights-sec2 yes lying is part of the global business culture [11:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://invidious.mutahar.rocks/watch?v=H27rfr59RiE [11:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> inv.bp.projectsegfau.lt | Homer Simpson and Bill Gates buy out - Invidious [11:27] schestowitz-TR like with epo, that's WHY JOURNALISM IS SO MUCH NEEDED [11:27] schestowitz-TR the pr swallows everything [11:27] schestowitz-TR and social control media + gulag 'search' help that [11:27] schestowitz-TR gulag noise tgreats micosoft.coim and the MS LOBBYING blog as NEWS sources [11:27] schestowitz-TR maybe some former 'soifters' who got enrolled at gulag [11:27] schestowitz-TR and had fun adding microsoft propaganda rags [11:27] schestowitz-TR like msft fan club and Windows Updates [11:27] schestowitz-TR *Update [11:29] Techrights-sec2 some go above and beyond that however, EPO and M$ are two examples [11:29] Techrights-sec2 the don;t even do the search, just click in social control media for some [11:29] Techrights-sec2 'hot takes' however misinformed they might be [11:29] Techrights-sec2 there are way too many microsofters in Googl [11:30] Techrights-sec2 I think most managers don't get the cult-like nature of microsoft and how [11:30] Techrights-sec2 diametrically opposed M$ experience is to ICT; they appear to think themselves [11:30] Techrights-sec2 as clever by "hiring away 'talent'" from M$. The reality is that all they do [11:30] Techrights-sec2 is infect [11:31] Techrights-sec2 ^same old rant, again [11:31] Techrights-sec2 back on the topic of journalism, it seems that the inability to evaluate sources [11:31] Techrights-sec2 applies nowadays *also* to reporters [11:31] Techrights-sec2 that's a step further [11:32] schestowitz-TR the issue is not that imho [11:32] schestowitz-TR the issue is [11:32] schestowitz-TR 1) no journalism to begun with [11:32] schestowitz-TR 2) social media picking the PR points [11:32] schestowitz-TR there is nothing to assess or to choose from [11:32] Techrights-sec2 yes by eliminating all the other material, people will pretend to make do [11:32] Techrights-sec2 with the remaining material that is offered even if it is misinformation, [11:32] Techrights-sec2 disinformation, or just play public relations press release [11:32] Techrights-sec2 s/play/plain/ [11:35] schestowitz-TR without gulag noise I can no longer do weekly rebutals to upc lies [11:35] schestowitz-TR but it tedns to repeat itself over and over again at this point [11:35] schestowitz-TR like my coverage of gates foundation around 2009-2011 [11:35] schestowitz-TR epo can also become a little repetitive, so now I focus mostly or only on the conflict [11:35] schestowitz-TR trying to write "linux is awesome" articles in 2022 is also repetitive and rather dreary [11:35] schestowitz-TR we need to look at the "next level" [11:35] schestowitz-TR hence the diagrams and thinking about how to solve the issues beyond brands [11:35] schestowitz-TR [15:51] It is probably fair to say that in recent years the patent maximalism lobby perished, but at the same time the patent REFORM movement is dying or barely active. This is, IMHO, related to the demise of journalism and the WWW. [11:36] Techrights-sec2 yes, there are other approaches, the FSF blog had a good one about a [11:36] Techrights-sec2 munipality in Turkey; [11:37] Techrights-sec2 M$ suspending hiring is part of a long term and ongoing decline but it is [11:37] Techrights-sec2 a matter of two steps forward on steps backward heading into their demise [11:37] Techrights-sec2 since they get bailouts so often [11:38] schestowitz-TR this is what I responded with [11:38] schestowitz-TR but it seems like an unprecedented thing [11:38] schestowitz-TR they let contract workers "expire" [11:38] schestowitz-TR but no opnboarding either now [11:38] schestowitz-TR *onboarding [11:39] Techrights-sec2 the fluctuations allow them to announce hiring occaionally while hiding [11:39] Techrights-sec2 the reductions, with the help of stenographers [11:40] schestowitz-TR yes, that old trick was mentioned before [11:40] schestowitz-TR all companies do this [11:40] schestowitz-TR fire 100 [11:40] schestowitz-TR "hire" 10 [11:40] schestowitz-TR hide the former [11:40] schestowitz-TR and if it leaks out, sign more "PR" contracts [11:40] schestowitz-TR did you see the bizarre red hat message yesterday? [11:40] schestowitz-TR let me find it [11:40] schestowitz-TR [07:16] This announcement, to me, made in PUBLIC, is rather baffling to me. Suggests to me Red Hat has a talent retention crisis and cannot recruit geeks anymore. https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/expanding-us-healthcare-travel-benefits-access-several-healthcare-services [11:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.redhat.com | Expanding U.S. healthcare travel benefits for access several healthcare services [11:41] schestowitz-TR I said something similar to it a day earlier [11:41] schestowitz-TR unreal! [11:41] schestowitz-TR or maybe it was a response tro SCOTUS [11:42] Techrights-sec2 yes, just like that [11:42] Techrights-sec2 advertising "partnerships" like how they took out The Register two decades ago [11:42] Techrights-sec2 checking [11:42] Techrights-sec2 it's related to the bizarre situation at the US Supreme Court [11:44] schestowitz-TR we have not had a very hot day yet, but it is only June [11:44] schestowitz-TR the garden is thirsty [11:44] schestowitz-TR rianne had to water some plants to save them [11:44] schestowitz-TR rain planned or expoected for tonight [11:44] schestowitz-TR I don't mind rain [11:44] schestowitz-TR much better than heat wave [11:44] schestowitz-TR I can work in rain [11:48] schestowitz-TR see what happaned to most of iceland [11:50] schestowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Iceland [11:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Climate of Iceland - Wikipedia [11:51] Techrights-sec2 Iceland has ok weather at the moment [11:52] schestowitz-TR from what I can gather maybe it was not always barren [11:52] schestowitz-TR like australia [11:52] schestowitz-TR which used to have a lot more life in it [11:52] schestowitz-TR before the bushfires and man-made fires [11:52] schestowitz-TR that ruined the land [11:53] Techrights-sec2 it used to be tree-covered before deforestation [11:53] Techrights-sec2 that was driven by excessive, unsustainable misuse and overpopulation [11:53] Techrights-sec2 many countries are overpopulated if on considers carrying capacity [11:53] Techrights-sec2 and not people per square meter [11:54] schestowitz https://www.skogur.is/en/forestry/forestry-in-a-treeless-land/history-of-forests-in-iceland [11:54] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.skogur.is | History of forests in Iceland | Skgrktin [11:58] schestowitz-TR to use your analogy [11:58] schestowitz-TR to some people infection [11:58] schestowitz-TR is seen as "business success" (or opportunity) [11:58] schestowitz-TR I was just discussing the issue on the phone a while ago (several consecutive calls) [11:59] schestowitz-TR the above page: before "human settlement" [11:59] schestowitz-TR euphemism ● Jun 25 [12:00] schestowitz-TR imagine saying that your uncle died after COVID-19 "settlement" [12:00] Techrights-sec2 ack [12:00] Techrights-sec2 yes the page does cover the cause but not so head on as it could [12:01] schestowitz-TR in Liverpool Museum (been there 3 times, I think) they have a section on what England looked like before "settlement" [12:01] schestowitz-TR it's not a bad section [12:08] schestowitz-TR the reason I brought up iceland is to make a point about flora, fauna, and maybe also the accompnying weather patterns + shade (for fauna) [12:08] schestowitz-TR things change [12:08] schestowitz-TR people just reproduce like rabbits [12:08] schestowitz-TR so we are doomed we just don't know when or how fast [12:08] schestowitz-TR we are fortunte to still have a lot of large trees around us [12:08] schestowitz-TR near the center of town there's not a chance [12:10] schestowitz-TR a tree to you is "Wasted real estate opportunity" to some people [12:11] schestowitz-TR need more "housing units" for their rabbits [12:11] schestowitz-TR or the divorced spouse [12:11] schestowitz-TR or empty "investments" (no tenants) of foreigners [12:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [12:21] Techrights-sec2 yes overpopulation is the root cause of many problems [12:23] schestowitz-TR thw taboo word you cannot say without upsetting some people [12:23] schestowitz-TR RMS tried [12:24] Techrights-sec2 I realize [12:24] schestowitz-TR brazil is devour catholic [12:24] schestowitz-TR *devout [12:24] schestowitz-TR also devours many things [12:24] schestowitz-TR but that was a typo [12:25] Techrights-sec2 also many countries only talk about current static numbers and not trajectories [12:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:37] Techrights-sec2 TR turns up as second link in Startpage if one searches for Microsoft Layoffs [12:37] Techrights-sec2 unfortunately for the world (but ok for TR) the other sites are not picking up [12:37] Techrights-sec2 on the news [12:37] Techrights-sec2 I was looking for other links but TR keeps turning up [12:37] schestowitz-TR SERP "ego surfing" can be a waste of time [12:37] schestowitz-TR I know because I did that around 2004-2005 [12:38] schestowitz-TR and then realised the time could be spent better [12:38] schestowitz-TR we use a lot of images so for image searches we are very well ranked ime [12:38] schestowitz-TR when I myself really search for something that I need [12:40] schestowitz-TR SSH is done simply and elegantly so it won't go away any time soon [12:40] schestowitz-TR unlike zune, natal, kinect etc. [12:40] schestowitz-TR a lot of people write books about things that vanish faster than the time taken [12:40] schestowitz-TR to write about such books [12:41] schestowitz-TR that relates to the brand issue; companies and produicts come and go, but the concepts will matter more,. e.g. [12:41] schestowitz-TR port forwarding as wormholes for security [12:41] schestowitz-TR there are other terms for that [12:41] schestowitz-TR the one I need evades me atm [12:41] schestowitz-TR tunnel [12:42] schestowitz-TR my head is still a bit of a vortex regarding topics of importance and tools of use [12:43] schestowitz-TR like what to get rid of [12:43] schestowitz-TR I am adapting [12:43] schestowitz-TR in the meantime I post more batches of daily links [12:43] schestowitz-TR to buy time [12:43] schestowitz-TR also while figuring out if I can reduce job hours to what's needed to just cover bills [12:43] Techrights-sec2 hopefully there are ideas there in the daily links [12:47] schestowitz-TR I sory of study sleep patterns and their effect on mood, concentration etc. [12:47] schestowitz-TR did 4-5 naps a day a few times [12:47] schestowitz-TR than a lot of sleep [12:47] schestowitz-TR after the lockdowns I finally got to experiemtn with these [12:47] schestowitz-TR atm I'm nowhere near peak productivity [12:47] schestowitz-TR I'm experimenting a bit [12:47] schestowitz-TR I nopticed gulagtube becoming tiktok for some [12:47] schestowitz-TR with #shorts - lousy, useless BS videos [12:47] Techrights-sec2 ack [12:48] schestowitz-TR almost always taken on a phone vertically [12:48] schestowitz-TR so you have missed bits on the screen filled up, usually with blurred altefacts [12:48] schestowitz-TR if this is the direction society is taking, I'll stay away from it [12:48] schestowitz-TR it's the "emoji of comms" to multimedia [12:48] schestowitz-TR the channels I follow never did shorts before, but maybe they are tired of investing days to make a decent video that's then [12:48] schestowitz-TR underappreciated [12:48] schestowitz-TR never mind cost of equipment [12:48] schestowitz-TR shorts mean "cellphone" [12:49] Techrights-sec2 yes even less meaningful content; I've about given up trying to find [12:49] Techrights-sec2 conference material there any more; It used to be a decent source [12:49] Techrights-sec2 of presentations and lectures but not any more [12:53] schestowitz-TR did the quality of the presentation decrease? [12:53] schestowitz-TR or is it the ads, clickbait, etc? [12:53] schestowitz-TR I try to never enter youtube because it's designed to suck you in like all other social control media [12:53] schestowitz-TR they found a "winning formula" [12:53] schestowitz-TR winning for them, not for the user [12:53] schestowitz-TR and twitter, gulagtube don't make money [12:53] schestowitz-TR I can believe FB doe [12:53] schestowitz-TR slike the political astroturfing campaigns [12:53] schestowitz-TR as for linkedin, they had layoffs and microsoft's claims are not reliable [12:53] schestowitz-TR you do not typicall lay off if you still make money [12:53] schestowitz-TR as it is bad for works' morale [12:53] schestowitz-TR *workers' [12:55] Techrights-sec2 the availability of the presentations decreased. I can't find any anywhere [12:55] Techrights-sec2 yes [12:56] schestowitz-TR you are describing a side effect of incentive reduction [12:56] schestowitz-TR as I noted the other day, nils torvalds had uploaded a ton of videos of himself [12:56] schestowitz-TR they get viewed like spamnil videos [12:56] schestowitz-TR not even worth the time uploadoing [12:56] schestowitz-TR def. not worth PROCESSING time [12:56] schestowitz-TR esp. if manually done [12:56] schestowitz-TR so those events might see small numbers for MOST talks and decide not to bother uploading [12:56] schestowitz-TR 1) rapidly [12:56] schestowitz-TR 2) at all [12:56] schestowitz-TR it's not a priority [12:57] Techrights-sec2 It's more like #2 won [12:57] Techrights-sec2 which is too bad, since many of the talks were quite beneficial [12:57] Techrights-sec2 unlike the remaining crap like "TED" talks ● Jun 25 [13:00] schestowitz-TR I hardlt hear of TED anymore [13:00] schestowitz-TR maybe I am semi-blind to those things [13:00] schestowitz-TR but TED was epxneive [13:00] schestowitz-TR sometimes funded by corporations to ride the brand [13:00] schestowitz-TR like Bill and Lolita Gates did [13:00] schestowitz-TR TEDxsomething [13:00] schestowitz-TR but expensive [13:00] schestowitz-TR and they do lots of promotion of themselves or the bran d [13:00] schestowitz-TR there used to be one I love [13:00] schestowitz-TR I forgot the name [13:00] schestowitz-TR maybe "Fora" [13:00] schestowitz-TR also "Conversations with History" [13:00] schestowitz-TR the host is probably dead by now [13:00] schestowitz-TR he had some good guests [13:00] schestowitz-TR Gulag tossed out all the Chris Hedges videos [13:00] schestowitz-TR he too hadgood guests [13:01] schestowitz-TR Is The Real News Network still going, or barely? [13:01] schestowitz-TR I think Jay left [13:01] schestowitz-TR youtube felt very good a decade ago [13:01] schestowitz-TR I found lots of decent videos [13:01] schestowitz-TR and I used to watch or listent o them while cleaning the home, posting daily links etc. [13:01] schestowitz-TR IU even uploaded to youtube back then [13:01] schestowitz-TR about 800 videos total, mostly techbytes stuff [13:03] Techrights-sec2 If the conferences would self-host like CCC does than that would be great [13:03] Techrights-sec2 but for now they have just fallen off the map [13:03] Techrights-sec2 the old ones are still there but if you do not have the URL handy you will [13:03] Techrights-sec2 be very unlikely to be able retrieve anythin g [13:03] Techrights-sec2 if estimated accurately, their storage costs go up geometrically relative [13:03] Techrights-sec2 to their income and their bandwidth is going to be in proportion to their [13:03] Techrights-sec2 income so in the long run it might not be an economically viable model [13:03] Techrights-sec2 in the beginning it might be ok but the burden only increases [13:05] schestowitz-TR to put it mathematicallyt, sort of, if they maintain same audience level, or ir proportional to world population growth [13:05] schestowitz-TR then the average views per video stored will always decrease [13:05] schestowitz-TR to make matters worse, filming euippment improved, so file sizes increased, e.g. HD [13:05] schestowitz-TR and this impacts b/w bills as well [13:05] schestowitz-TR hosting OTHER people's videos is good as a "favour to a friend" [13:05] schestowitz-TR but not as a proper "longterm business model" [13:05] schestowitz-TR unless maybe transient [13:05] schestowitz-TR host while you get "bang for buck" (ads), then discard [13:06] Techrights-sec2 yes the size of the average video is now monsterous, I have not checked to see [13:06] Techrights-sec2 if they downscale to the size of the window actually open but the storage on [13:06] Techrights-sec2 their equipement in their datacenters is not going to be small [13:06] Techrights-sec2 right [13:06] Techrights-sec2 or as a means of steering opinion for a fee [13:06] Techrights-sec2 but even then those fees are unlikely to cover the full cost since they cant [13:06] Techrights-sec2 be too open about that kind of activity if they are doing it [13:06] Techrights-sec2 and the market is going to be limite to a few governments and multinationals [13:06] Techrights-sec2 anyway [13:09] schestowitz-TR full spectrum dominance (not making up the term, not mine) does not place limitations on budget [13:09] schestowitz-TR it describes a condition [13:09] schestowitz-TR so the general idea is, put the back doors (e.g. Windows, Android) in place, then ads camera and mic access [13:09] schestowitz-TR or pseudo security like 2FA [13:09] schestowitz-TR you do get to dominate the message, but at what cost? [13:09] schestowitz-TR The US is dying from within [13:09] schestowitz-TR my sister's kids all hate the place [13:09] schestowitz-TR and want to leave [13:09] schestowitz-TR their dad signed a contract [13:09] schestowitz-TR I'm "really happy" Microsoft got its $22,000 million... but that won't bring a smile to the faces [13:09] schestowitz-TR of those who footed that bill for Bill(TM) [13:10] Techrights-sec2 Many are 1080p at > 40fps :( [13:10] schestowitz-TR I did not know 40fps is a thing now [13:10] schestowitz-TR seems higfhly wasteful [13:10] schestowitz-TR monitors do 55 or 65 iirc [13:10] schestowitz-TR but the human eye does not discent the difference [13:10] schestowitz-TR so unless you plan to play those video in "slow mo", wtf??? [13:11] schestowitz-TR *discern (iirc very old research set that a 24 or 25, maybe 21) [13:11] schestowitz-TR the standard was a higher threshold [13:12] Techrights-sec2 the only part of the M$ product line that actually works somewhat as advertised [13:12] Techrights-sec2 would be the backdoors they rent to various agencies around the world [13:12] Techrights-sec2 no the US is being actively dismantled by various groups some with overlapping [13:12] Techrights-sec2 interests some with competing interests; it started under the Reagan admin [13:12] Techrights-sec2 when they dismantled the education and has proceeded from there since [13:12] Techrights-sec2 lack of education is a way to mentally disarm the populace [13:18] schestowitz-TR outside my field of geekdom, BUT: [13:18] schestowitz-TR I do watch those things [13:18] schestowitz-TR and this is what they tell me when I ask simple, 'naive' questions like, [13:18] schestowitz-TR what is "gaming" mouse [13:18] schestowitz-TR "gaming keyboard" [13:19] schestowitz-TR and "gaming" monitors [13:19] schestowitz-TR I can understand low latency modems [13:19] schestowitz-TR though I did not assess how much they reduce latency compared to "traditional" or "commodity" ones [13:19] schestowitz-TR maybe just a salesman strategy with fake benchmarks (bribes) [13:19] schestowitz-TR the multi-player shooting games give advantage to those who shoot "faster" [13:19] schestowitz-TR but like GPUs, it's a way to sell more crap [13:19] schestowitz-TR for very high prices [13:19] schestowitz-TR and compsnate with FREAKY looks [13:19] schestowitz-TR for the screens, the periipherals, and the modem [13:19] schestowitz-TR even if they can be made to look "normal" [13:19] schestowitz-TR 60 fps might be true, but if I cannot see that, then what? [13:19] schestowitz-TR same for some audio systems and resolutions [13:19] schestowitz-TR like 60-inch screens you sit 10 meters away from [13:19] schestowitz-TR 1080p might be OK [13:19] schestowitz-TR at the shop you stand right next to them, so you don't simulate REAL streams under REAL conditions [13:19] schestowitz-TR they also colour-optimise what they show in demos [13:22] Techrights-sec2 60fps might be thing even, not sure why [13:22] Techrights-sec2 most vlogs don't have any relevant images anyway [13:22] Techrights-sec2 checking [13:22] Techrights-sec2 picking a random "recommended" video (bad thing to do) shows choices [13:22] Techrights-sec2 at 60fps with 720p on up through 2160p :( [13:22] Techrights-sec2 What are people going to do, watch this on some 83" screen? [13:22] Techrights-sec2 97" on the market soon [13:22] Techrights-sec2 above 22", monitors are a problem because they become too big to have in [13:22] Techrights-sec2 the field of view easily without moving them further back and wasting even [13:22] Techrights-sec2 more space [13:23] schestowitz-TR I ws about to say, spectacle-wear "ol' fart" might do OK with 600x800 [13:23] schestowitz-TR but that's "old" [13:23] schestowitz-TR and makes your "old" hardware reusable [13:23] schestowitz-TR "what will your friends think of you!!" [13:23] schestowitz-TR of course my grandma neighbour also did not need a "Smart" phone or a [13:23] schestowitz-TR "smart" meter. kids and corporations foist that onto her... [13:23] Techrights-sec2 ack [13:25] schestowitz-TR 1) I type this into a 27 inch screen (IIRC) [13:25] schestowitz-TR a friednd offloaded it onto me for free, he did not need it [13:25] schestowitz-TR 2) andy farnell wrote about waste aspects [13:25] schestowitz-TR there was something else I wanted to say, but not important to I forgot [13:25] schestowitz-TR but as you said, some of these require a large home or room [13:26] schestowitz-TR and take up more energy than needed [13:26] schestowitz-TR like US uses up gas for one person to ride a truck with a cargo of one empty baby chair [13:26] Techrights-sec2 how far away is the 27" screen though? [13:27] schestowitz-TR the screen is about 60cm away, but the fonts are tiny [13:27] schestowitz-TR intentionally [13:27] schestowitz-TR so I can see more things, there is ytalk tall window at the centre and 3 IRC windows around it [13:27] Techrights-sec2 yes i need to re-read "The Digital Vegan" though in retrospect a more appropriate title might have been "Digital Fair Trade" [13:27] Techrights-sec2 most of the US drives what are legally and environmentally trucks [13:27] Techrights-sec2 it is how the car manufacturers evade the CAFE standards [13:27] Techrights-sec2 ok [13:30] schestowitz-TR not sure the book covered it, I did not even see the table of contents [13:30] schestowitz-TR it's the series he did around boxing day to nye [13:30] schestowitz-TR based on noted he had gathered and then organised throughout the year [13:30] schestowitz-TR he has an extensive note files for student assignments too [13:30] schestowitz-TR I think I have a copy, but it is private [13:30] Techrights-sec2 ack [13:30] Techrights-sec2 that was a very good series [13:32] schestowitz-TR Food issues https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/24/un-chief-warns-impending-unprecedented-global-food-crisis | Source: Common Dreams [13:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | UN Chief Warns of Impending 'Unprecedented Global Food Crisis' [13:33] Techrights-sec2 ack [13:33] schestowitz-TR the countries worst hit are the ones media does not pay atttention to when they're hit [13:33] schestowitz-TR like afghanistan the other day [13:34] schestowitz-TR over 1000 dead, media barely even mentoioned it [13:35] schestowitz-TR rianne told me this mornign that she saw several more stores shut down [13:35] schestowitz-TR even relatively good stores [13:35] schestowitz-TR maybe the holiday, but maybe not [13:35] schestowitz-TR the malls' business model is at stake [13:35] schestowitz-TR some mall owners warned as such [13:35] schestowitz-TR a lot of them are in "fake it till you make it" mode [13:36] schestowitz-TR inc. faking the end of the pandemic [13:39] schestowitz-TR like english chruches [13:39] schestowitz-TR that become either dead buildings, tourist hotspots (if there is tourism and the building is nice) [13:39] schestowitz-TR that makes the media only if they are turned into mosques or something... [13:39] psydruid yesterday I saw that most mall stores at a mall that used to have a much more diverse kind of products are moving to (women's) fashion and cosmetics [13:39] schestowitz-TR "once upon a time we had these places of worship, son" [13:39] schestowitz-TR "we used to buy lots of the same items for the home, it was the national posttime" [13:40] psydruid s/a kind/kinds/ [13:47] schestowitz-TR maybe more demand there [13:47] schestowitz-TR or perceived demand [13:47] Techrights-sec2 yes [13:50] Techrights-sec2 or higher profit margin [13:50] Techrights-sec2 and easier inventory management [13:53] Techrights-sec2 and products which expired [13:55] schestowitz-TR in next Mad Max, women's garments are used as truck fuel [13:55] schestowitz-TR spoiler: it does not give very good mileage [13:55] Techrights-sec2 I've not seen that version the old ones were stupid enough [13:55] Techrights-sec2 I'll skip "Furry Road" [13:56] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:56] schestowitz-TR I was just poking fun at"easier inventory management" [13:56] schestowitz-TR they chargve a fortune for very small items with very little material [13:56] schestowitz-TR the sweat is free of charge [13:57] Techrights-sec2 ok [13:57] Techrights-sec2 ack [13:57] Techrights-sec2 made in sweatshops for pennies [13:57] Techrights-sec2 sold for scores of pounds [13:58] schestowitz-TR when I had a Chinese girlfriend I learned many Chinese contemplated suicide [13:58] schestowitz-TR but I do not suppose their media will talk about it [13:58] schestowitz-TR or, for that matter, Western media and ovies "optimised" for "the Chinese market" [13:58] schestowitz-TR *movies ● Jun 25 [14:00] Techrights-sec2 movies are optimized for the Chinese market, I noticed that back in 2001 or 2002 [14:00] Techrights-sec2 already and it has been confirmed in recent years that the story arcs and many [14:00] Techrights-sec2 details of scenes are radically modified to fit in there with minimal editing [14:01] schestowitz-TR the other day I showed some scenes removed from the movie Fury [14:01] schestowitz-TR I found them while searchingf for something else [14:01] schestowitz-TR on the plane, "Seven Years a Slave" was heavily censored also [14:01] schestowitz-TR which reduces the impact by a lot [14:01] schestowitz-TR I could think of other examples but forgot [14:01] schestowitz-TR Daily Links have some [14:02] Techrights-sec2 Twelve Years A Slave [14:02] Techrights-sec2 Seven Years In Tibet [14:02] Techrights-sec2 were different movies, the latter censored in China [14:02] Techrights-sec2 the book is well worth reading [14:07] Techrights-sec2 The isolationist policies of Tibet allowed Great Britain and China to conspire [14:07] Techrights-sec2 to carve it up without involving the Tibetans until the actual invasion [14:07] Techrights-sec2 and genocide started at the end of the 1950s. Both of which continue to this [14:07] Techrights-sec2 day but since they have little to no social media presence, they get no [14:07] Techrights-sec2 sympathy from the masses; unlike various illegal squatters, armed insurgents, [14:07] Techrights-sec2 and violent jihadis, which do have a very strong social control media presence [14:07] Techrights-sec2 and thus get only sympathies for their unwarranted agression and wars [14:07] Techrights-sec2 anyway Twelve Years a Slave was a very hard hitting movie [14:07] Techrights-sec2 I have not read the book, but did read some summaries of it and apparently [14:07] Techrights-sec2 Solomon vanished once again never to be heard from, so he was probably [14:07] Techrights-sec2 recaptured and either reenslaved or just plain executed, sad to say [14:07] Techrights-sec2 Of the many problems with slave trade, the source of the slaves is nearly never [14:07] Techrights-sec2 mentioned for reasons related to the above. [14:16] schestowitz-TR one observation: twice already I wanted to say something and then partly or fully forgot it [14:16] schestowitz-TR in spite of many hours os leep [14:16] schestowitz-TR so i think that does not tackle short-term memory lapses [14:16] schestowitz-TR but both times it was not critical stuff but minor details or examples trendign through the synapses [14:16] schestowitz-TR I think I *look* a bit fresher, the eyes and all, but in terms of speed and sharpness it's just a tiny bit better [14:16] schestowitz-TR every person gets annoyed at forgetting mintr things [14:16] schestowitz-TR "what did I come to the kitchen for?" [14:16] schestowitz-TR I think it's partly about methods of compartmentalisaiton [14:16] schestowitz-TR and stress contributes to it [14:16] Techrights-sec2 :/ [14:16] Techrights-sec2 don't A [14:16] Techrights-sec2 ~. [14:16] Techrights-sec2 don't skimp on the exercise [14:17] schestowitz-TR /gemlog/2022-06-25.gmi [14:17] schestowitz-TR Russias Conti working on exploits for Intel ME BMC AMT IPMI Intel ME the biggest security fuck up in computing history sue Intel https://dwaves.de/2022/06/10/russias-conti-working-on-exploits-for-intel-me-bmc-amt-ipmi-intel-me-the-biggest-security-fuck-up-in-computing-history-sue-intel/ [14:17] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- Russias Conti working on exploits for Intel ME BMC AMT IPMI Intel ME the biggest security fuck up in computing history sue Intel | dwaves.de [14:38] schestowitz-TR in gemini (upstream) weather says rain tonight [14:38] schestowitz-TR the other one (US) says sunny this evening [14:38] schestowitz-TR complete opposites! [14:38] schestowitz-TR for the next few hours! [14:38] schestowitz-TR not sure whether to water all the plants [14:40] Techrights-sec2 wait a bit for it to cool down before watering and that will also give time [14:40] Techrights-sec2 for you to see which way the weather will really turn out [14:40] Techrights-sec2 Some of the 5G frequencies impair weather radar so forecasts are going to get [14:40] Techrights-sec2 even more unreliable as time goes on [14:46] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, If you run a dehumidifier you'll need to dump the water somewhere anyway. [14:46] DaemonFC As long as the plants are not edible and you don't plan to grow anything edible there, you can use it on that. [14:47] DaemonFC I use the wastewater to reconstitute my rinseless car wash concentrate. [14:47] schestowitz-TR we don't have A/c HERE [14:47] schestowitz-TR oops, caps [14:47] DaemonFC It makes the car look pretty shiny because it doesn't leave mineral deposits on it. [14:49] Techrights-sec2 ack [14:49] Techrights-sec2 :/ [14:50] schestowitz-TR if milk spils, we feed that to the plants [14:50] schestowitz-TR happened a week ago [14:50] schestowitz-TR when you buy milk on date of expiry [14:50] schestowitz-TR there is a chance it is already sour [14:51] DaemonFC What do you call milk that you water the plants with? [14:51] DaemonFC Plant Milk [14:51] DaemonFC :) [14:51] schestowitz-TR use soy milk to feed soy :-) [14:51] Techrights-sec2 I presume that means lead contamination [14:51] DaemonFC If you pour the milk into a plant that's in a base it's plant-based milk. [14:52] DaemonFC I presume that means lead contamination [14:52] DaemonFC Dehumidifier water? Can have loads of nasty things in it, but the car doesn't care about those. [14:52] DaemonFC It's clean enough to wash a car or mix with antifreeze. [14:53] DaemonFC Just make sure that you thoroughly rinse out all debris from the bottom of the tank now and then so you're not pouring that into your radiator. [14:53] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, I hosed down the tank with lysol the other day and let it sit for a while and then rinsed it out really well. [14:54] DaemonFC That kills mold spores and stuff that may be growing in the tank. [14:54] DaemonFC I also flush out the filter every few days. [14:54] DaemonFC Excessive, maybe, but it puts less resistance on the fan in the unit which probably saves some electricity in the end. [14:56] DaemonFC I usually keep the dehumidifier on 45%, because if you set it drier than that, it has little benefit at that side, but the thing never shuts off. [14:57] DaemonFC By running it hard, you can get the humidity down to 35% in here, but then you start getting nose bleeds and dry eyes and cottom mouth because the air starts to dry YOU out. [14:57] DaemonFC Anyway, nap time. [14:57] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Jun 25 [15:30] schestowitz-TR had to naps a short nap myself, sleeping a lot did not prevent this [15:30] schestowitz-TR so it looks like I won't be keeping this routine [15:48] Techrights-sec2 back [15:56] schestowitz-TR emptywheel 2022: sea of "tweets" [15:56] schestowitz-TR wow, some research you got therer! [15:56] schestowitz-TR would be s shame if musk "turned off" your blog post [15:56] schestowitz-TR or "parts" of it ● Jun 25 [16:04] Techrights-sec2 ack [16:14] schestowitz-TR rain is not coming after all [16:14] schestowitz-TR plants will need watering [16:14] schestowitz-TR I also could use suggestions for topics [16:14] schestowitz-TR we touched som einteresting ones here today [16:14] schestowitz-TR but not sure if article subjects [16:14] schestowitz-TR as much as a need to improve how we curate links in www and gem [16:16] Techrights-sec2 of today's ramblings which were the most interesting? [16:16] Techrights-sec2 perhaps having a list of possible article topics in Git might help? [16:16] Techrights-sec2 As a stack or queue [16:16] schestowitz-TR we used to do such a list in the wiki [16:16] schestowitz-TR wiki is easier to edit in some sense [16:16] schestowitz-TR but the list would be very short [16:16] schestowitz-TR I'll clean all my "|extra" feeds soon (the ones from OPML) [16:16] Techrights-sec2 I checked only the most productive feeds today [16:16] Techrights-sec2 Before something goes into CamelCase.pm, I check if there is an RSS feed [16:16] Techrights-sec2 which can be harvested too [16:17] schestowitz-TR I have increasingly done that lately [16:17] schestowitz-TR and netted some staff [16:17] schestowitz-TR if we both export as opml, then run the flattener, those resultant files are ease to diff [16:18] Techrights-sec2 xmlstarlet | sort [16:18] Techrights-sec2 ought to work [16:18] Techrights-sec2 or [16:18] Techrights-sec2 xmlstarlet | sort | diff [16:18] schestowitz-TR even better [16:19] schestowitz-TR I'm also thirsty (speaking of plants) for more gemini capsule feeds or aggregations [16:19] schestowitz-TR surely there cannot be "too much" in geminispace just yet [16:19] Techrights-sec2 I use gemini but don't find or search out new sites [16:19] Techrights-sec2 I use gemini but don't find or search out new sites [16:20] schestowitz-TR it would be one of the best ways to help it grow or keep existing capsules running: give some traffic [16:24] Techrights-sec2 yes that's true [16:27] schestowitz "COSMOS is a Geminispace Super-Aggregator that collects posts from various other aggregators and groups threads of discussion together into "constellations". Notably, posts on Station and anonymous comments on Geddit are also shown as part of threads." [16:27] schestowitz-TR this is one of the best sources I have, but there must be other means and ways [16:28] Techrights-sec2 ack ● Jun 25 [17:28] schestowitz he wants people to pay just to hear him speak? That won't fly... https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-lunduke-journal-podcast-june limiting one's audience lessens incentive to record [17:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-lunduke.substack.com | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - June 21, 2022 [17:33] Techrights-sec2 ack [17:33] Techrights-sec2 I'm not really sure what he's up to any more, he kind of went around the bend [17:33] Techrights-sec2 around the time he got sick and hasn't been right in the head for a while [17:33] Techrights-sec2 Years ago he did some tremendously good material supporting FOSS and software [17:33] Techrights-sec2 freedom but most suddenly he stopped, and then turned weird [17:35] schestowitz-TR I have a colleague like this called Daniel [17:35] schestowitz-TR about my age, but was hospitalised for COVID-19 [17:35] schestowitz-TR he was never the same mentally [17:35] schestowitz-TR not sure physically [17:35] schestowitz-TR he does talk about it sometimes [17:35] schestowitz-TR rianne reads the gossip more then me, so she knows better [17:35] schestowitz-TR I don't want to make fun of it, even though I never really liked the guy [17:37] schestowitz-TR I 'wasted' some time tryiing to find more sources for gemini [17:37] schestowitz-TR it's not really a waste if you reach a conclusion [17:37] schestowitz-TR I stopped my search for now, will make the most of what I have [17:37] schestowitz-TR I also need a temporary break from the main irc channel, you will see why in logs circa 5pm [17:37] Techrights-sec2 ack [17:39] schestowitz-TR going throughh your opml (by which I mean collection of feeds) [17:39] schestowitz-TR much better s/n ratio than what I got with refined gulag searches before [17:39] schestowitz-TR and thus better links for the site [17:39] schestowitz-TR I miss the occassional rare finds on some topics [17:39] schestowitz-TR but can leave without them if it means leaving without gulag's influence on what I see/read/link to [17:40] Techrights-sec2 still it's not 100% but it's as close as one is ever going to get without NLP [17:40] Techrights-sec2 Google has only ever provided something special less than two or three times [17:40] Techrights-sec2 per month, depending on keyword [17:42] schestowitz-TR if you count how many gnu/linux-focused sites it added to gulag noise, now it's less than 10 [17:42] schestowitz-TR so I got those covered anyway [17:42] schestowitz-TR but today some sites like popular science [17:42] schestowitz-TR covered "linux" laptops [17:42] schestowitz-TR it's hard to find that otherwise [17:42] schestowitz-TR lxer is so bad now... linuxtoday is mostly self-promotion of sister sites [17:46] Techrights-sec2 ack [17:47] schestowitz-TR even if I did now run TM with rianne [17:47] schestowitz-TR and even if it was run by someone I hate a lot [17:47] schestowitz-TR I'd still say TM beats the rest hands down [17:47] schestowitz-TR on speed and on relevance [17:48] Techrights-sec2 TM is excellent and always has the news well ahead of the other few remaining [17:48] Techrights-sec2 sites [17:50] schestowitz
  • Why Every Developer Should Learn Data Structures and Algorithms?
    [17:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.geeksforgeeks.org | Why Every Developer Should Learn Data Structures and Algorithms? - GeeksforGeeks [17:50] schestowitz

    Software developers are regarded as the unknown heroes who design, execute, deploy and manage software programs. It is indeed a lucrative career option that promises insanely high salaries, amazing career growth, and global opportunities. As per the survey software development will witness an amazing growth rate of 19% which is far more than the average. [17:50] schestowitz [...] [17:50] schestowitz And finally, you will find the meaning of the word. So this is an example of a Binary Search algorithm that you have applied without knowing. [17:50] schestowitz

    • [17:55] schestowitz-TR "If you're an artist posting your comics exclusively to Twitter, please, I beg you, stop." gemini://zelena.flounder.online/gemlog/2022-06-24_Stop_Using_Twitter_For_Comics.gmi [17:55] schestowitz-TR some insightful observattions below [17:56] schestowitz-TR applicable to a lot of things inc. leaks, politicians, etc. [17:56] schestowitz-TR and to a certain degree true for all social control media [17:56] schestowitz-TR twitter is just a bit one [17:56] schestowitz-TR with JS mandated ● Jun 25 [18:01] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:05] schestowitz-TR when you are underwater with twitter whale everything looks like a tweet [18:05] schestowitz-TR when you go above water and breathe you realise you never belond under the sea [18:05] schestowitz-TR it's alluring when they present you with fake numbers, boosters by bots and whoknowswhat... [18:05] schestowitz-TR *boosted [18:05] schestowitz-TR it's part of the addiction gamification [18:06] Techrights-sec2 :( [18:06] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:06] Techrights-sec2 lots of fake usage numbers apparently [18:08] schestowitz-TR everywhere one goes [18:08] schestowitz-TR inc. spamnil's channel ;-) obvious clickfraud [18:08] schestowitz-TR maybe gulag will turn a blind eye [18:08] schestowitz-TR and just demonetise or somethging [18:08] schestowitz-TR at their own peril [18:08] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:08] Techrights-sec2 I think they and others are selective in their enforcement of those rules [18:08] Techrights-sec2 like with many other rules [18:10] schestowitz-TR tim from techbytes was buying fake followers [18:10] schestowitz-TR that gave him nothing [18:10] schestowitz-TR other than pretending he was popular [18:10] schestowitz-TR based on some number you can only see at some page that is not him own (tennanted) [18:10] schestowitz-TR people online who look for affirmation in FB are 'prostituting' themselves to strangers [18:10] schestowitz-TR you and I do not PROPERLY known 500 people [18:11] schestowitz-TR let alone 1000 [18:11] Techrights-sec2 yes [18:14] schestowitz-TR it has become a bubble currency like NFTs [18:14] schestowitz-TR of course my popularity in digg.com isn't even provable since a decade ago [18:14] schestowitz-TR if you write 1000 decent articles and 1 million people read them, that's a lot better [18:14] schestowitz-TR than 1000 fake 'friends' pressing a "like" button on something [18:14] schestowitz-TR but these people collect italisn lira or japanese yens [18:14] schestowitz-TR for the numbers [18:14] schestowitz-TR not the actual value [18:14] schestowitz-TR this is why I half-mock FSF for messing around with Twitter in spite of warning [18:15] schestowitz-TR people that it requires proprietary JS [18:15] schestowitz-TR even if FSF bypass that someone [18:15] schestowitz-TR for people to follow what FSF says there they need to run some shit code from twitter [18:15] schestowitz-TR that m,ay change any hour of the day and even demand a phone number [18:17] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:17] Techrights-sec2 but there is probably covert money nudging FB forward, since it provides [18:17] Techrights-sec2 unparalleled surveillance as well as opinion maniuplation at a mass scale [18:22] schestowitz-TR it does not need to be covert [18:22] schestowitz-TR I think it is a lot simpler than you've put it [18:23] schestowitz-TR they are running using apsculations and shareholders [18:23] schestowitz-TR Microsoft was an early shareholder with 5% stake IIRC [18:23] schestowitz-TR they said to prevent Gulag doing so [18:23] schestowitz-TR and they set a fictional price for the company [18:23] schestowitz-TR 20 times what Microsoft put in (5%) [18:23] schestowitz-TR then they go public [18:23] schestowitz-TR and the banksters game the thing [18:23] schestowitz-TR that helps put "toxic assets" on people's pensions etc. too [18:23] schestowitz-TR eventually plundering the middle class savings again, taking away what [18:23] schestowitz-TR 2008 did not (my dad lost all his money that year) [18:23] schestowitz-TR so FB can report some numbers [18:23] schestowitz-TR with no real audio [18:23] schestowitz-TR *audit [18:23] schestowitz-TR and investors panic when years late they finally admit they lose users [18:23] schestowitz-TR of course many are phantoms and dupes anyway [18:23] schestowitz-TR I know some people with multiple accounts [18:23] schestowitz-TR and I don't know how they count disabled users or people who never log in [18:23] schestowitz-TR if they reach the site while logged off but with browser cookie, are they active? [18:23] Techrights-sec2 probably simpler yes but same goals [18:23] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:23] schestowitz-TR I don't trust the pesky kid, sandbag and some of their main investors [18:23] schestowitz-TR they are slime [18:23] schestowitz-TR and they try to lie their way out of it [18:23] schestowitz-TR if twitter could barely even make a profit [18:23] schestowitz-TR and was still going [18:23] schestowitz-TR it's because some people like saudi "royals" propelled it [18:23] schestowitz-TR and not billG tries to "protect" it from musk [18:23] schestowitz-TR zoobab and I were both suspended for talking about his stake in patents [18:23] schestowitz-TR later I got evidence gates had been paying twitter [18:25] schestowitz-TR todo: does reddit make money for condy nastY? [18:25] schestowitz-TR does a breakdown exist? [18:25] schestowitz-TR what is their business model? [18:25] schestowitz-TR advertising? [18:25] schestowitz-TR embedded narratives like their IE9 campaign? [18:25] schestowitz-TR if they don't say, be sceptical [18:25] Techrights-sec2 some of those are loss leaders in exchange for suppressing or steering topics [18:25] Techrights-sec2 nothing positive regarding software freedom nor negative about M$ will ever [18:25] Techrights-sec2 gain traction at Reddit becaue of that [18:26] schestowitz-TR I heard the "sub" for "Linux" in reddit really hates true proponents of gnu/lnux [18:26] schestowitz-TR but did not look clsoely enough to verify [18:26] schestowitz-TR I used to get abuse there from novell and microsoft employees even back in 2007 [18:30] Techrights-sec2 there's even people who have gotten kicked out of their own FOSS-oriented [18:30] Techrights-sec2 "subreddits" [18:32] schestowitz-TR a section masquerading as something that it is not (or against) iw worse than no section at all [18:32] schestowitz-TR like all those Microsoft/Windows sites Gulag Noise is helping trot out lies about Munich [18:32] schestowitz-TR any time a German city states intent to move to FS instead of Microsoft [18:32] schestowitz-TR at least I did mention a lot of times what had gone wrong with Gulag Noise, inc. at least one [18:32] schestowitz-TR video about how it "covers" (filters) "Linux" news [18:32] schestowitz-TR with EDGE at the top and then malwar tropes [18:33] schestowitz-TR "Decentralized"... not really... check how the CA cartel/pyramid scheme works. And what happens in your browser if you don't surrender to it. https://css-tricks.com/what-the-web-still-is/ [18:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-What the Web Still Is | CSS-Tricks - CSS-Tricks [18:42] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:43] schestowitz-TR https://nitter.it/Veritiste/status/1529789267144327168#m [18:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Vritiste (@Veritiste): "## Pdophile travaillant comme ingnieur de Bill Gates initialement signal par Google Publi dans Bill Gates, Google, Microsoft 01h23 par le Dr Roy Schestowitz"|nitter.it [18:45] schestowitz-TR MAlinda French [18:45] schestowitz-TR what does mal mean in French? [18:45] schestowitz-TR the cops wrote down "malinda" [18:45] schestowitz-TR the joke among crank is "manlinda" [18:45] schestowitz-TR they claim she was a dude [18:45] schestowitz-TR so you know you do not want to use that joke at all [18:45] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:45] Techrights-sec2 french [18:45] Techrights-sec2 :/ [18:45] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:50] Techrights-sec2 that account is tied to "Gettr", a whackdoodle farm [18:53] schestowitz-TR at least they cannot deface (leave a comment) the pages [18:53] schestowitz-TR on their own, the pages are solid [18:53] schestowitz-TR also, some sites start reasonable [18:53] schestowitz-TR and then get infiltrated [18:53] schestowitz-TR that happened like 20 decades ago in a site a friend visited [18:53] schestowitz-TR surfingTheApocalypse [18:53] schestowitz-TR let me see if I can find info still [18:53] Techrights-sec2 3) also trolling to cause grief and strife [18:53] Techrights-sec2 1+2+3 [18:53] schestowitz-TR it got invaded by "UFO" BS [18:53] schestowitz-TR usually it's one of 1) crazy 2) racist [18:53] schestowitz-TR or 1+2 [18:55] schestowitz-TR assuming this site I found in searx with the same name is the same site, too [18:55] schestowitz-TR it's one of those k00ky things like alex jones now [18:55] schestowitz-TR try to sell k00ky stuff [18:55] Techrights-sec2 or use kooks to disparage by association [18:57] schestowitz-TR based on the domain it might be an imposter using the same titles [18:57] schestowitz-TR like wikileaks-forums [18:57] schestowitz-TR an anti-wikileaks site [18:57] schestowitz-TR the media used it or they used the media to smear the real thing ● Jun 25 [19:04] schestowitz-TR the wayback machine goes back 11 years for this domain [19:04] schestowitz-TR so probably not a fake [19:04] schestowitz-TR comparing to past states [19:04] schestowitz-TR ok, even 10 years ago it was already a load of bs [19:04] schestowitz-TR and bad taste/style [19:04] schestowitz-TR but that's when my friend told me it had already gone bad [19:04] schestowitz-TR and not to be associated with [19:04] schestowitz-TR says the site is ru nn by "Nick Owens [19:04] schestowitz-TR friend said a lady was running the site [19:04] schestowitz-TR anyway, those are cautionary tales I heard ages ago [19:04] schestowitz-TR 2010 = wikileaks-forum, maybe earlier [19:04] schestowitz-TR we already touch some subject that are SUPER-susceptible to these sorts of tactics [19:04] schestowitz-TR and you see those whom you expose trying to twist or whip up smears to that effect [19:04] Techrights-sec2 ack [19:04] schestowitz-TR if sites do risk analysis/assessment, this is the sort of scenario they should study [19:04] schestowitz-TR to avoid getting in legal ore reputation trouble [19:41] schestowitz-TR douing 4th batch of links now [19:41] schestowitz-TR decided not to sleep so long again [19:41] schestowitz-TR it's not worth it [19:41] schestowitz-TR but I won't be keeping track of sleep time anymore [19:41] schestowitz-TR it's a mental burden [19:41] schestowitz-TR rianne just watered the plants [19:41] schestowitz-TR and now I hear thunders outside [19:45] schestowitz-TR now it rains [19:45] schestowitz-TR the grass needed it [19:45] schestowitz-TR we had somewhat or a dry spell here this month [19:45] schestowitz-TR yellowing [19:45] Techrights-sec2 at least they won't dry out [19:45] Techrights-sec2 excellent [19:45] Techrights-sec2 the right amount of rain at the right time is always a wonderful thing [19:47] schestowitz-TR yesterday I read some abstracts about why plants die and when they go over the tipping point [19:47] schestowitz-TR metaphorically and physically [19:47] schestowitz-TR researchBillGates(TM) only lets me see abstracts [19:47] schestowitz-TR maybe they think they own (steal) everything [19:48] Techrights-sec2 several reasons and ways [19:48] Techrights-sec2 many are programmed to survive only one growing season and different triggers [19:48] Techrights-sec2 bring about shutdown [19:48] Techrights-sec2 icanhazpdf ? ● Jun 25 [20:02] schestowitz-TR looking... [20:02] schestowitz-TR the 2013 paper, likely the last published, after theprevious that had been published 2006 or thereabouts [20:02] schestowitz-TR so I assume it's the latest and best in a sense, or most up to date [20:02] schestowitz-TR it is a book chapter [20:02] schestowitz-TR held by spinger.docs ;-) [20:02] schestowitz-TR docx [20:06] schestowitz-TR Yes, I checked all the names in the refs [20:06] schestowitz-TR trying to see someone I know [20:06] Techrights-sec2 [20:06] Techrights-sec2 :( [20:06] Techrights-sec2 checking [20:07] Techrights-sec2 the PDF is hammered though, the fonts don't work on the screen and cause the [20:07] Techrights-sec2 columns to overlap [20:07] Techrights-sec2 Using proprietary fonts / typefaces is one way of ensuring that articles can [20:07] Techrights-sec2 never become fully open access [20:08] schestowitz-TR I did not try with a "proper" reader like okular but used gimp [20:08] schestowitz-TR a later chapter is composed by someone I know ;-) [20:08] schestowitz-TR but that is not accessible because springer wants money for springer's hard work! [20:08] schestowitz-TR Writing, reviewing, editing ;-) [20:09] Techrights-sec2 try a few more articles ;) [20:12] schestowitz-TR science moves fast [20:12] schestowitz-TR people forget papers they read long ago [20:12] schestowitz-TR and it's "old news" [20:12] schestowitz-TR but by the time only a few named are becoming "household names" [20:12] schestowitz-TR the scientists already perish and cannot see this [20:12] schestowitz-TR maybe one day "jimmy savile" and "bill gates" will be remembered in the same [20:12] schestowitz-TR categiry, except one owned a lot of farmland and some OS that was a thing in the late 1990s beforew it perished in the 2000s [20:13] schestowitz-TR just like the marriage [20:18] schestowitz-TR universities here are not glamorous [20:18] schestowitz-TR I went to a few, visiting as a student and postdoc [20:18] schestowitz-TR one let me work from home for 2 years [20:18] schestowitz-TR as long as I habitually visit the lab [20:18] schestowitz-TR but the budgets and corporate influence are bad [20:18] schestowitz-TR some profs are double0-hatted (working for google or something) [20:21] Techrights-sec2 I have only contempt for those that retain a seat at a university while in [20:21] Techrights-sec2 reality working full time for some asshole corporation [20:21] Techrights-sec2 One neighbor's advisor died and when I asked him about that, he replied that [20:21] Techrights-sec2 over the years he had only ever met him twice and at that it was during [20:21] Techrights-sec2 department-wide social events. So it was a scam going on to a certain extent [20:21] Techrights-sec2 even if the work done was top quality, it was all on the student and the [20:21] Techrights-sec2 "advisor" just tacked his name on later, not dissimilar to how M$ Research [20:21] Techrights-sec2 does it [20:21] schestowitz-TR re "pressure would be lower" <- like where I currently work... [20:21] schestowitz-TR nothing glamorous [20:28] schestowitz-TR the exploitation rackets: [20:28] schestowitz-TR 1) publishers [20:28] schestowitz-TR 2) stats funding (graft) [20:28] schestowitz-TR 3) free labour/slavery/sharecropping at the backs of some of the brighter students for (2) and (1) [20:28] schestowitz-TR the diplomas mill is treiple-dipping [20:28] schestowitz-TR as non-productive actors bag a lot of "surplus" [20:28] schestowitz-TR at least I made use of my degree, even if just to stave off low-grade ad hom [20:28] schestowitz-TR I spoke to my mom about it today [20:28] schestowitz-TR my parents are poorly educated [20:28] schestowitz-TR but I told her few people work in the area they did their phd in [20:28] Techrights-sec2 true, it's fairly rare, though some are able to [20:30] schestowitz-TR you could tell him, in 20 years redbrick US degrees would deflate in value [20:31] schestowitz-TR (I literally have my feet place now on a plank on top of a book about 500 top US university [20:31] schestowitz-TR my aunt sent it to me when I was about 17 and considered studying there [20:32] schestowitz-TR placing it now beneath my naked feet would be symbolic somewhere like iraq, I suppose [20:33] Techrights-sec2 Universities have helped businesses kill the reputation and content of the [20:33] Techrights-sec2 degree system. There is no replacement, just a crater. [20:35] Techrights-sec2 throw a shoe at it ;) [20:35] Techrights-sec2 https://www.wired.com/2008/12/bush-shoe-toss/ [20:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Bush Shoe-Toss Immortalized in Games, Animations | WIRED [20:35] schestowitz-TR id did not name iraw for no reason [20:35] schestowitz-TR when reading about assange the other day I recalled that footage [20:35] schestowitz-TR you can grok the parallel of punishment without a clue [20:35] Techrights-sec2 https://youtu.be/_RFH7C3vkK4 [20:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://invidious.osi.kr/watch?v=_RFH7C3vkK4 [20:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> invidious.osi.kr | Man Throws Shoes At Bush - Invidious [20:37] schestowitz-TR I saw it many times before [20:37] schestowitz-TR I am upset at many things in the world [20:37] schestowitz-TR but this invasion started when I was a student [20:38] schestowitz-TR and 9/11 when I was a teen [20:38] schestowitz-TR so my views of the world was not yet suitably adjusted [20:39] Techrights-sec2 yes including the absence of a trial at The Hague for little Bush [20:39] schestowitz-TR the EPO was in this situation [20:39] schestowitz-TR we did about 4 articles about it [20:39] schestowitz-TR ICC snd The hague = olitical show trials [20:39] schestowitz-TR we named some examples [20:39] schestowitz-TR the Dutch king and his political puppets decide who to prosecure and who to let be [20:39] schestowitz-TR no wonder china is laughing its off when the West says "The hague" [20:39] schestowitz-TR I can't blame China for this [20:42] Techrights-sec2 packing him off to The Hague would have nonetheless been of use and repair [20:42] Techrights-sec2 he burned *all* the goodwill the US had aquired from both WWII and the Marshall [20:42] Techrights-sec2 Plan. The Orange Anus, with the assistance of social control media, turned [20:42] Techrights-sec2 into full-on pariah [20:42] schestowitz-TR NL has zero leverage over USA [20:43] schestowitz-TR today I spoke to my dad for a long time and he had very bad things to say about the US [20:43] schestowitz-TR not for the first time [20:44] Techrights-sec2 Between the two, the world is now in the situation we find it in [20:44] Techrights-sec2 Though to be fair it was the Reagan administration which first gutted public [20:44] Techrights-sec2 education so that militant ignorance would be the defining cultural c= [20:44] Techrights-sec2 characteristic of the nation. it's been reduced every year since then, too [20:44] Techrights-sec2 Again, the Reagan administration. [20:44] schestowitz-TR I think it startd with abortion (the conversation) [20:50] Techrights-sec2 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106808204063174300 [20:50] Techrights-sec2 polticized healthcare [20:50] Techrights-sec2 and made it into a partisan issue [20:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Ronald Reagan, Father Of the Pro-Life Movement - WSJ ● Jun 25 [21:21] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:27] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 25 [22:06] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:09] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:15] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [22:15] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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