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schestowitz__https://twitter.com/iridesce57/status/1388242785589989377May 01 05:10
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@iridesce57: #MonopolyBill https://t.co/Fqg6coB127May 01 05:10
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: ● NEWS ● #CommonDreams ☞ Opinion | The Intellectual [sic] Property [sic] on Covid-19 Should Be Shared as Rapidly… https://t.co/Y3gpuyxhVpMay 01 05:10
schestowitz__>>> x https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/issues/105May 01 05:22
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-magpi.raspberrypi.org | The MagPi issue 105 — The MagPi magazineMay 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>>May 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> "21 Supercharge your coding experience"May 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>>May 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> "Over the past few years, Microsoft’sMay 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> Visual Studio Code (magpi.cc/vscode)May 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> has become a de facto standard inMay 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> development. It’s more a turbochargedMay 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> text editor than a full IDE, but itsMay 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> dizzying range of extensions bringsMay 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> it close. Visual Code is available forMay 01 05:22
schestowitz__>>> Raspberry Pi OS and also has extensionsMay 01 05:23
schestowitz__>>> for remote editing over SSH andMay 01 05:23
schestowitz__>>> uploading to Raspberry Pi Pico."May 01 05:23
schestowitz__>>>May 01 05:23
schestowitz__>>> They should be pushing for Geany instead.May 01 05:23
schestowitz__>>>May 01 05:23
schestowitz__>>May 01 05:23
schestowitz__>> Today I saw it inMay 01 05:23
schestowitz__>> https://www.makeuseof.com/great-raspberry-pi-ides-for-programmers-and-students/May 01 05:23
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.makeuseof.com | 5 Great Raspberry Pi IDEs For Programmers and StudentsMay 01 05:23
schestowitz__>>May 01 05:23
schestowitz__> I imagine that it just a matter of time before the quislings within theMay 01 05:23
schestowitz__> project get the M$ product into the defaults.May 01 05:23
schestowitz__At least they now know there would be massive backlash.May 01 05:23
schestowitz__https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20639098#0dbad7908bc90139d59d0cc47a1df5f2May 01 05:23
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Sticking It to #YouTube (Google, Alphabet) by Self-Hosting Videos and Making Galleries • イ乇cん尺ノgんイ丂 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/30/galleries-self-hosted-videos/May 01 05:23
schestowitz__"I just watched The Sixth Finger on Dailymotion. "Censoring Youtube" must go away."May 01 05:23
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Could not resolve host: techrights.org; Unknown error ( status 0 @ http://techrights.org/2021/04/30/galleries-self-hosted-videos/ )May 01 05:23
schestowitz__https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20631567#d7078c608b310139a8ae101b0efced44May 01 05:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Not a Diaspora post?May 01 05:24
schestowitz__"It's not cryptography, and it's not currency. It just another get-rich-quick scam. Kind of like the stock market."May 01 05:24
schestowitz__"boo-hoo, I didn’t buy when it was worth 30 Eur because I was too busy pointing out how worthless it was, and now I blame the rich! boooohooooo!!!"May 01 05:24
schestowitz__https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20626198#f736a8d08aee0139a07a002590d8e506May 01 05:25
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody@joindiaspora.com: France planning to allow use of algorithms to detect extremism online - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/28/france-planning-allow-use-algorithms-detect-extremist-activity nope nope nopeMay 01 05:25
schestowitz__"yes, the move to automated stupidity is a huge and growing problem"May 01 05:25
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.theguardian.com | France planning to allow use of algorithms to detect extremism online | France | The GuardianMay 01 05:25
schestowitz__My account has just been reinstated, but only after Profs wrote to the CEO of TwitterMay 01 05:25
schestowitz__https://joindiaspora.com/posts/16275490#699e6b10d3e60137527d0cc47a07853cMay 01 05:27
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Not a Diaspora post?May 01 05:27
schestowitz__"May 01 05:27
schestowitz__    We can only really consent when we are self-governing, otherwise, it’s not proper consent. Consent also allows us to continue to be self-governing. By giving others permission, we are giving up some control, but doing so on our own terms.May 01 05:27
schestowitz__shes right (as many are) to transpose this onto technology. @Glyn Moody should read this article, then he should read it again, then he should read it a hundred more times.May 01 05:27
schestowitz__im deeply sceptical of the source, and i have to point out that “self-governing” and “on our own terms” is much too far from where the free software movement is right now, and exactly where it ought to be. (and though i talk about this all the time, i hope it comes across in my response to jagadees which ive sent you.) in other words, we should transpose this onto the free software movement as well as technology. but the pointMay 01 05:27
schestowitz__about medical ethics i strongly agree with. its a good article, whether i trust the authors intentions or not. there are loads of questions about de blanc, unless i have her confused with someone else. if what she wrote here truly describes her actual feelings and motivations then that can only be a good thing.May 01 05:27
schestowitz__"May 01 05:27
schestowitz__>> At least they now know there would be massive backlash.May 01 05:33
schestowitz__>>May 01 05:33
schestowitz__>>May 01 05:33
schestowitz__> They've seen it but are still chewing away at the community support.  M$May 01 05:33
schestowitz__> would prefer the project dead.  So if the quislings are able to kill offMay 01 05:33
schestowitz__> the RPF while promoting garbage, they probably see it as a twofer.May 01 05:33
schestowitz__> Remember the goal of the project is to get people, especially youth, toMay 01 05:33
schestowitz__> learn computing and robotics and such.  M$ goal has been and remains toMay 01 05:33
schestowitz__> prevent /anybody/ from learning computing, damage to relate fields isMay 01 05:33
schestowitz__> just an extra bonus from their view.May 01 05:33
schestowitz__yes, we agree on that. Should we contact their founder? Do you have his email address?May 01 05:33
schestowitz__> Sorry, I do not have it.  He and I have never corresponded.May 01 05:42
schestowitz__>May 01 05:42
schestowitz__> I think he and the others are unaware that M$ is not a technical problemMay 01 05:42
schestowitz__> but a staffing problem and that several people need to be fired in orderMay 01 05:42
schestowitz__> to even begin correcting the situation.May 01 05:42
schestowitz__RMS wrote to him. Should I raise the issue with RMS perhaps?May 01 05:42
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schestowitz__>>> Sorry, I do not have it.  He and I have never corresponded.May 01 07:53
schestowitz__>>>May 01 07:54
schestowitz__>>> I think he and the others are unaware that M$ is not a technical problemMay 01 07:54
schestowitz__>>> but a staffing problem and that several people need to be fired in orderMay 01 07:54
schestowitz__>>> to even begin correcting the situation.May 01 07:54
schestowitz__>>May 01 07:54
schestowitz__>> RMS wrote to him. Should I raise the issue with RMS perhaps?May 01 07:54
schestowitz__>>May 01 07:54
schestowitz__>>May 01 07:54
schestowitz__> Perhaps.  He definitely should be contacted somehow.  You know theMay 01 07:54
schestowitz__> British style of doing these things.  Too bad it's not feasible to do itMay 01 07:54
schestowitz__> in person.May 01 07:54
schestowitz__> So someone is politically filtering RMS?May 01 07:54
schestowitz__some gnu.org admins, I thinkMay 01 07:54
schestowitz__> The spare machine which was running until yesterday has now beenMay 01 07:55
schestowitz__> repurposed and is not available.  I'm still doing daily backups to aMay 01 07:55
schestowitz__> removable drive.May 01 07:55
schestowitz__That would give peace of mine.May 01 07:55
schestowitz__Speaking in IRC at the moment, who wishes to resume TechBytes.May 01 07:55
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schestowitz__>>> Ok, it's both good and bad.  You'll reach a subset of the population butMay 01 09:00
schestowitz__>>> will also be feeding the beast.  Every post from here on out ought to beMay 01 09:00
schestowitz__>>> angling towards weaning others off of it.May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>> When my account was reinstated last night several posts urging people toMay 01 09:00
schestowitz__>> leave Twitter had already made it through. I am typically bringing thatMay 01 09:00
schestowitz__>> up when linking to articles about vaccine patents and COVID monopolies.May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>> You probably know what I mean and saw that already.May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>>May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>> My views on this have become more prevalent and widespread since theMay 01 09:00
schestowitz__>> suspension in February.May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>>May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>>May 01 09:00
schestowitz__> What about Benjamin Henron's account?May 01 09:00
schestowitz__He was back, like Torvalds was back. Self-restrained. For me, I think they retaliated for me doubling down and protesting for 2 weeks. So they kicked me out.May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>>> So someone is politically filtering RMS?May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>>May 01 09:00
schestowitz__>> some gnu.org admins, I thinkMay 01 09:00
schestowitz__>May 01 09:00
schestowitz__> There may be some legal liability there if they are abusing their accessMay 01 09:00
schestowitz__> so ...May 01 09:00
schestowitz__According to Oliva, this is OK.May 01 09:00
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schestowitz__                <li>May 01 09:12
schestowitz__                  <h5><a href="https://rg3.name/202104291948.html">Vulkan Ray Tracing Resources and Overview</a></h5>May 01 09:12
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://rg3.name/202104291948.html">Vulkan )May 01 09:12
schestowitz__                  <blockquote>May 01 09:12
schestowitz__                    <p>As you may know, I’ve been working on VK-GL-CTS for some time now. VK-GL-CTS the Conformance Test Suite for Vulkan and OpenGL, a large collection of tests used to verify implementations of the Vulkan and OpenGL APIs work as intended by the specification. My work has been mainly focused on the Vulkan side of things as part of Igalia's ongoing collaboration with Valve. </p>May 01 09:12
schestowitz__                    <p> Last year, Khronos released the official specification of the Vulkan ray tracing extensions and I had the chance to participate in the final stages of the process by improving test coverage and fixing bugs in existing CTS tests, which is work that continues to this day mixed with other types of tasks in my backlog. </p>May 01 09:12
schestowitz__                    <p> As part of this effort I learned many bits of the new Vulkan Ray Tracing API and even provided some very minor feedback about the spec, which resulted in me being listed as contributor to the VK_KHR_acceleration_structure extension. </p>May 01 09:12
schestowitz__                    <p> Now that the waters are a bit more calm, I wanted to give you a list of resources and a small overview of the main concepts behind the Vulkan version of ray tracing.</p></blockquote></li>May 01 09:12
schestowitz__                <li>May 01 09:13
schestowitz__                  <h5><a href="https://harishpillay.com/2021/04/30/tech-tip-using-mutt-to-access-mailfence-com/">Tech tip: using mutt to access mailfence.com</a></h5>May 01 09:13
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-harishpillay.com | Tech Books For Free – life one degree north, one-o-three degrees eastMay 01 09:13
schestowitz__                  <blockquote>May 01 09:13
schestowitz__                    <p>I needed to set up access to a paid-for email provider, mailfence.com via mutt. Yes, they do have a web-based access, but real email users use mutt (and I’ve been using it since about 1998). </p>May 01 09:13
schestowitz__                    <p> At least they are providing standard IMAP services which is the Right Thing and also support GPG signing and encryption built-in. I have not checked other providers, but for an email service to offer up standard GPG is a Big Win in my books. </p>May 01 09:13
schestowitz__                    <p> I am writing this down more an as reminder to myself as well as a means of documenting how I got mutt to work with mailfence.</p></blockquote></li>May 01 09:13
schestowitz__  <li>May 01 09:22
schestowitz__                  <h5><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22410164/linux-kernel-university-of-minnesota-banned-open-source">How a university got itself banned from the Linux kernel</a></h5>May 01 09:22
schestowitz__                  <blockquote>May 01 09:22
schestowitz__                    <p>On the evening of April 6th, a student emailed a patch to a list of developers. Fifteen days later, the University of Minnesota was banned from contributing to the Linux kernel. </p>May 01 09:22
schestowitz__                    <p> “I suggest you find a different community to do experiments on,” wrote Linux Foundation fellow Greg Kroah-Hartman in a livid email. “You are not welcome here.” </p>May 01 09:22
schestowitz__                    <p> How did one email lead to a university-wide ban? I’ve spent the past week digging into this world — the players, the jargon, the university’s turbulent history with open-source software, the devoted and principled Linux kernel community. None of the University of Minnesota researchers would talk to me for this story. But among the other major characters — the Linux developers — there was no suchMay 01 09:22
schestowitz__hesitancy. This was a community eager to speak; it was a community betrayed. </p></blockquote></li>May 01 09:22
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Resolving timed out after 10520 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/30/22410164/linux-kernel-university-of-minnesota-banned-open-source )May 01 09:22
schestowitz__https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chatcontrol-trilogue-agreement-on-indiscriminate-analysis-of-all-private-communications-contents/May 01 09:43
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.patrick-breyer.de | EU-Deal on Chatcontrol: Indiscriminate analysis of all private communications contents becomes law – Patrick BreyerMay 01 09:43
schestowitz__https://www.linuxtoday.com/news/reader-update-weve-made-the-complete-story-links-easier-to-find.htmlMay 01 10:08
schestowitz__"May 01 10:08
schestowitz__FIXED: Some Stories Don't Contain a Link to the Source SiteMay 01 10:08
schestowitz__Some stories we've published don't contain a link to their source site. In investigating this, we found that stories filed in www.linuxtoday.com/blog had no Complete Story link in the page template. We will be doing redirects over the next few days so that all stories published on LinuxToday.May 01 10:08
schestowitz__Here's how to make sure you can connect with all of our contributor's stories. If your RSS reader is subscribed to  https://www.linuxtoday.com/rss/blog.xml please change that feed to  https://www.linuxtoday.com/rss.xml.May 01 10:08
schestowitz__Many thanks to Linux Today reader Barry W. for bringing these items to our attention.May 01 10:08
schestowitz__Have a great weekend everybody!May 01 10:08
schestowitz__"May 01 10:08
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.linuxtoday.com | Linux Today - READER UPDATE: We've made the Complete Story Links Easier to FindMay 01 10:08
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schestowitz__Dear Roy,May 01 15:18
schestowitz__please find herein the monthly password for the restricted part of the xxxx website for May 2021:May 01 15:18
schestowitz__> We took a look at this in 2019.  I can't do much more than nag.  ThoughMay 01 15:21
schestowitz__> I did have a Devuan copy of the site more or less working on theMay 01 15:21
schestowitz__> formerly spare machine.May 01 15:21
schestowitz__>May 01 15:21
schestowitz__> I'm willing to chip in some money if it is necessary.  Either way it isMay 01 15:21
schestowitz__> long past the time when we should have left CentOS behind.May 01 15:21
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schestowitz__testMay 01 18:03
schestowitz__memoirs, games, microsoft, rigths of ownership..May 01 18:16
schestowitz__stadia, drmMay 01 18:16
schestowitz__RMSMay 01 18:16
schestowitz__open source, openwashingMay 01 18:16
schestowitz__youtubeMay 01 18:17
schestowitz__social media, twitterMay 01 18:17
schestowitz__da costaMay 01 18:17
schestowitz__(shills galore, not just him)May 01 18:17
schestowitz__>>>May 01 18:42
schestowitz__^ topics to cover soonMay 01 18:42
schestowitz__ifihttps://twitter.com/Flavia0847/status/1388503325851725824May 01 21:27
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Unexpected responseMay 01 21:27
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