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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/AdrienneGT/status/1378445800683012106\Apr 04 01:06
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@AdrienneGT: "It's Hard to Remove a Man Based On a Lie": Roy Schestowitz of #TechRights & @TuxMachines on the #Microsoft +… https://t.co/eqa9yESqRmApr 04 01:06
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@AdrienneGT: "It's Hard to Remove a Man Based On a Lie": Roy Schestowitz of #TechRights & @TuxMachines on the #Microsoft +… https://t.co/eqa9yESqRmApr 04 01:06
schestowitz"Apr 04 01:06
schestowitz"It's Hard to Remove a Man Based On a Lie":Apr 04 01:06
schestowitzRoy Schestowitz of #TechRights & @TuxMachinesApr 04 01:06
schestowitz on the #Microsoft + #Google + #IBM sponsored attack on #Stallman intended to destroy the #FreeSoftware Movement!Apr 04 01:06
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2021/04/03/fsf-strong/Apr 04 01:06
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | It’s Hard to Remove a Man Based on a Lie | TechrightsApr 04 01:06
schestowitz#RiseUpForRMS #RMSUnderSiege #GNU #Linux @FSFApr 04 01:06
schestowitz"Apr 04 01:06
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/TheDailyLama__/status/1378365826248568832Apr 04 01:07
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@TheDailyLama__: @Shellseeker629 Strange, yesterday they were still irking on my laptop, but not my phoneApr 04 01:07
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schestowitz> Sorry, I didn't realize that list stripped images from messages.Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz>Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz> The image was a graph showing the very high rate at which fossil fuelApr 04 10:46
schestowitz> emissions must fall.   It's a very frightening image and also one ofApr 04 10:46
schestowitz> highest confidence known facts about the climate emergency.Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz>Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz> Stop flying.  There's a reason Greta Thunberg sailed both waysApr 04 10:46
schestowitz> across the Atlantic.   There's no sane alternative.Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz>Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz> -tApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz>Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz> On 2021-04-03 19:54, Thomas Lord wrote:Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz>> Good programmers inevitably learn, somewhere along the way, theApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      following lesson:Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      When you encounter a very hard problem to solve, don't spend allApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      your time just on the problem.  Also question whether it reallyApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      needs to be solved - or if a better approach avoids the problem inApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      the first place.Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      Libre Planet is built on the following intolerable premise: PeopleApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      should fly from around the world to Boston, once a year, toApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>> connectApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      free software activists and enthusiasts in a social settingApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      conducive to sharing presentations, meeting, and having informalApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      discussions.Apr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      Only one part of that premise is no longer tolerable, at all, inApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>>      2021: the travel it requires.  Air travel is, with perhaps veryApr 04 10:46
schestowitz>> rareApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      exceptions, wildly, intolerably socially irresponsible.  The rateApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>> atApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      which fossil fuel emissions must now fall is so rapid, it notApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      compatible with widespread air travel, and it is not compatibleApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>> withApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      current levels of energy demand.Apr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      This same problem, in addition to the pandemic's discouragement ofApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      large "meatspace" conferences, effects not only Libre Planet, butApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      everyone on the planet.  Few are no fly-in conferences areApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>> anythingApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      but extremely irresponsible in 2021.  It's just a fact.Apr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>Apr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>    ImageApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>Apr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      It will be hard to replace the Libre Planet conference but perhapsApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      not *too* hard 64Good programmers inevitably learn, somewhereApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>> alongApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      the way, the following lesson:Apr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      When you encounter a very hard problem to solve, don't spend allApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      your time just on the problem.  Also question whether it reallyApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      needs to be solved - or if a better approach avoids the problem inApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      the first place.Apr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      Libre Planet is built on the following intolerable premise: PeopleApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      should fly from around the world to Boston, once a year, toApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>> connectApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      free software activists and enthusiasts in a social settingApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      conducive to sharing presentations, meeting, and having informalApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      discussions.Apr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      Only one part of that premise is no longer tolerable, at all, inApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      2021: the travel it requires.  Air travel is, with perhaps veryApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>> rareApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      exceptions, wildly, intolerably socially irresponsible.  The rateApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>> atApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      which fossil fuel emissions must now fall is so rapid, it notApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      compatible with widespread air travel, and it is not compatibleApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>> withApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      current levels of energy demand.Apr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      This same problem, in addition to the pandemic's discouragement ofApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      large "meatspace" conferences, effects not only Libre Planet, butApr 04 10:47
schestowitz>>      everyone on the planet.  Few are no fly-in conferences areApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>> anythingApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      but extremely irresponsible in 2021.  It's just a fact.Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      It will be hard to replace the Libre Planet conference but perhapsApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      not *too* hard.  We have software like jitsi.  We have telephonyApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>    systems.Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      So forth.Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      Perhaps Libre Planet should evolve into an annual "big event"Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz>> onlineApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      but also an ongoing series of smaller online events.   I don'tApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>> know.Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      People with a clearer picture of the needs should discuss that.Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      For now, it is enough to say that a conference premised onApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>> air-travelApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      is in and of itself an astonishing anti-social proposition inApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>> 2021,Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>    andApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      from now on.Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      Of course online conferences also need behavioral guidelines, butApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      there is no point squabbling over those until we begin to haveApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>> someApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      permanent online conference infrastructure in place.  And untilApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>> thatApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      infrastructure is in place, Libre Planet should do the right thingApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>    andApr 04 10:48
schestowitz>>      take no further steps that would  encourage air travel.Apr 04 10:48
schestowitz   <li>Apr 04 11:23
schestowitz                      <h5><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498754/Project-Monterey-returns-to-haunt-IBM-and-Red-Hat">Project Monterey returns to haunt IBM and Red Hat</a></h5>Apr 04 11:23
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498754/Project-Monterey-returns-to-haunt-IBM-and-Red-Hat">Project )Apr 04 11:23
schestowitz                      <blockquote>Apr 04 11:23
schestowitz                        <p>In the complaint, filed in the district court of the Virgin Islands division of St Thomas and St John, Xinuos alleged that IBM then took unlawful steps to improve its market position and safeguard its business from competition.</p></blockquote></li>Apr 04 11:23
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schestowitz> Can you ask RMS who controls the mail server for gnu.org right now?Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz>Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz> Can he get the censorship problem under control?Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz>Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz> Or can he set up an alternative domain?  He could use my eurofsf.orgApr 04 12:04
schestowitz>Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz> The archives show very clearly that some participants are being censored:Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz>Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2021-04/threads.htmlApr 04 12:04
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-lists.gnu.org | gnu-misc-discuss (thread)Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz>Apr 04 12:04
schestowitz> The threads continue because of CC to other participants.  Other victimsApr 04 12:05
schestowitz> may not be using CC so we would not see any trace of them.  If somebodyApr 04 12:05
schestowitz> replies to the CC, we can see the outline of a body in the archive,Apr 04 12:05
schestowitz> "Message not available"Apr 04 12:05
schestowitzA better question to RMS might be, who gave instructions to do this?Apr 04 12:05
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schestowitz> It’s live.Apr 04 16:44
schestowitz> https://wtfmitchel.medium.com/nationalism-as-a-service-naas-1f23f53a968aApr 04 16:44
schestowitz> <https://wtfmitchel.medium.com/nationalism-as-a-service-naas-1f23f53a968a>Apr 04 16:44
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-wtfmitchel.medium.com | Monopolies claim to be left-leaning, but are they? | MediumApr 04 16:44
schestowitzVery good article!Apr 04 16:44
schestowitz http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/microsoft-nationalism/Apr 04 16:44
schestowitzI found just a missing space somewhere, added [sic] to Santa Clause.Apr 04 16:44
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Microsoft: Nationalism As A Service (NaaS) | TechrightsApr 04 16:44
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