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schestowitz>> I have not noticed. Some kind of chars can make kate act weird (likeDec 04 05:27
schestowitz>> tall chars, Chinese/Mandarin/Hangul/right-to-left), but never sawDec 04 05:28
schestowitz>> 'special' spaces.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>>Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>> I'm working until 9am, so no links will be posted before that.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>>Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>> I sometimes wonder if (just if) it'll be easy to 'preload' hastags forDec 04 05:28
schestowitz>> items given the category they're under, e.g. att.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>>Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>> They would reduce the chance of typos in tags (which happens...)Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>>Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>> Alternatively, the domain of the URL e.g. #forbes of feed's title e.g.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>> #commondreamsDec 04 05:28
schestowitz> It'd not be that hard but would probably end up being some kind ofDec 04 05:28
schestowitz> lookup table because the domain names are not normalized.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz>Dec 04 05:28
schestowitz> I can grep our archive and try building such a table and then add itDec 04 05:28
schestowitz> into the 'links-interleave-social-control-media.pl' script.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzIf you are healthy and eager, I can (fore)see us using these bits of code for many years to come. The Pearly contract aside, my employer got some more stabilising factors recently, notably GLA (London Town Hall), so I think we're OK to do TR and grow TR without having to worry about income. Rianne is doing 3 extra shifts (overtime) this week. We hope to buy the house next year  (from my family).Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzI am still - as always - trying to refine my workflow to produce more articles between housework/work/gym. Changing focus and picking topic is also a hard task. I mean, we no longer cover Novell, do we?Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzWe still move up the search results for a lot of common queries; we don't check any analytics, so it's about as scientific as Lunduke's assessment of the Twitter effect (or lack of it).Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzI occasionally get feedback on daily links from people I hardly know, so I suppose more people read these than we realise, e.g. over RSS (they need not open actual pages) and some site scrape these. Including http://www.tuxmachines.org/aggregator/sources/48Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzIRC goes through one of those calm periods at the moment. The main channel still has about 65 people online. As for comments, I can no longer read them all. In JoinDiaspora I have ~10,000 unread ones as about 50 new ones come in every day. They get archived in my email box.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzWork is clam right now (5am, I finished some NHS things), so I will prepare the next EPO/EPC/UPC article. We dominate the searchspace for these. There's almost no 'competition'.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzFigOSDev still works on the wiki: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChangesDec 04 05:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.tuxmachines.org | Techrights | Tux MachinesDec 04 05:28
schestowitzWe still receive leaks; we need to avert any scandals to maintain leakers' confidence. There's a new Wikileaks smear https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/1201803907745239040Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzThis is the kind of slander we must avoid and being very transparent gives us ammo. Because seriously, we don't do anything dodgy...Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzEPO leaks sometimes come through an intermediary for extra protection. I spend time GIMPing the material to remove chance of sources being identified.Dec 04 05:28
schestowitzInterestingly, dissenters from Microsoft have become increasingly interested in what we have to say. They even mention techrights in popular youtube videos. Phony 'scandals' are the main threat at the moment, so I observe comments. I also published several disclaimers this year, proactively.Dec 04 05:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Recent changes - TechrightsDec 04 05:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wikileaks: We have learned that journalists are being fed misinformation by intelligence agencies. There is no ‘Wikileaks dele… https://t.co/RpF2dizT8BDec 04 05:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wikileaks: We have learned that journalists are being fed misinformation by intelligence agencies. There is no ‘Wikileaks dele… https://t.co/RpF2dizT8BDec 04 05:28
schestowitz                <li>Dec 04 06:28
schestowitz                  <h5><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/12/03/meet-elementary-os-the-linux-desktop-thats-more-elegant-than-mac-and-windows-10/">Meet The Linux Desktop That’s More Elegant Than Mac And Windows 10</a></h5>Dec 04 06:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/12/03/meet-elementary-os-the-linux-desktop-thats-more-elegant-than-mac-and-windows-10/">Meet )Dec 04 06:28
schestowitz                  <blockquote>Dec 04 06:28
schestowitz                    <p>You’ve probably heard of Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux distributions out there. Well, elementary OS is based on the stable version of Ubuntu (meaning you’ll get a thoroughly tested kernel and software) but it makes substantial tweaks to its presentation by using a custom Desktop Environment called Pantheon. </p>Dec 04 06:28
schestowitz                    <p> At first blush, elementary OS (and by extension, the Pantheon desktop) may remind you of macOS — it may even comfortably feel like it — but when you start to dig in and use it, the differences become clear. It’s not only easier, but far more elegant. </p></blockquote></li>Dec 04 06:28
schestowitz>> They would reduce the chance of typos in tags (which happens...)Dec 04 06:30
schestowitz>>Dec 04 06:30
schestowitz>> Alternatively, the domain of the URL e.g. #forbes of feed's title e.g.Dec 04 06:30
schestowitz>> #commondreamsDec 04 06:30
schestowitz> Ok.  See attached.  Individual tags can be tweaked.Dec 04 06:30
schestowitz>Dec 04 06:30
schestowitz> I'm got the UTF-8 matter on the back burner for now, waiting for someDec 04 06:30
schestowitz> feed back elsewhere.Dec 04 06:30
schestowitzWow. That one worked really well and implemented quickly. I have just reloaded the file, redid some changed I had made to it earlier.Dec 04 06:30
schestowitzWith Debian opening its mouth (or mouthing off) at systemd maybe we can touch the subject more in TR this month.Dec 04 06:30
schestowitz>> Alternatively, the domain of the URL e.g. #forbes of feed's title e.g.Dec 04 06:42
schestowitz>>>> #commondreamsDec 04 06:42
schestowitz>>> Ok.  See attached.  Individual tags can be tweaked.Dec 04 06:42
schestowitz>>>Dec 04 06:42
schestowitz>>> I'm got the UTF-8 matter on the back burner for now, waiting for someDec 04 06:42
schestowitz>>> feed back elsewhere.Dec 04 06:42
schestowitz>> Wow. That one worked really well and implemented quickly. I have justDec 04 06:42
schestowitz>> reloaded the file, redid some changed I had made to it earlier.Dec 04 06:42
schestowitz> It was just about a dozen lines, half of which are simple regex.Dec 04 06:42
schestowitz>Dec 04 06:42
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/16664519#1906b820f7f70137528d0cc47a07853cDec 04 06:47
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The problem IS NOT that it's #china The problem is the practice itself, esp. when our govs. do it (as it harms us directly). Wow, way to deflect, #engadget Psedusopatriotism, not solidarity https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/02/china-facial-recognition-standards/Dec 04 06:47
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:47
schestowitzchina is one of the worst offenders, chinese government is precisely the style of government #politicalcorrectness we dont want. this isnt a recent trend, china has been known for oppressing its people for several decades, at least. it is synonymous with widespread systematic oppression-- for a good reason.Dec 04 06:47
schestowitzThe problem IS NOT that it’s #hitlerDec 04 06:47
schestowitzThe problem is genocide itself, esp. when our govs. do it (as it harms us directly).Dec 04 06:47
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.engadget.com | Chinese companies want to help shape global facial recognition standards | EngadgetDec 04 06:47
schestowitzsure thats literally true, but it cant (wont) be helped that some things are synonymous with wrongdoing.Dec 04 06:47
schestowitzexamples of wrongdoing are here to stay, and china is a GREAT example. its not like people keep bringing it up because they all hate asians or something.Dec 04 06:47
schestowitz freemedia@share.naturalnews.comDec 04 06:47
schestowitzfreemedia@share.naturalnews.com - about 18 hours agoDec 04 06:47
schestowitzPsedusopatriotism,Dec 04 06:47
schestowitzits got generally fuck-all to do with that. people are making up words to back up their misconceptions and exaggerations. its a very roundabout (tenuous) route to missing the point, i wonder why they would try so hard to do so.Dec 04 06:47
schestowitzlets all ban real life examples and just talk about problems in the abstract, that will solve everything and wont in fact, make it all the more tedious for nothing. #godwin2.0Dec 04 06:47
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:47
schestowitzThe world patriot has also been hijacked by bigotsDec 04 06:47
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/16080603#4b7499b0c264013752490cc47a07853cDec 04 06:49
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The same people who want RMS replaced by someone with devotion to corporations rather than freedom want this guy, a #microsoft apologist, to replace #torvalds Ted T'so? No way! They tell us he's "rape apologist"...Dec 04 06:49
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- Photo by schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: https://joindiaspora.com/uploads/images/thumb_medium_b39c6332d01980afae92.jpgDec 04 06:49
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:49
schestowitzDec 04 06:49
schestowitzNice guy. Big shoulders. Big finger.Dec 04 06:49
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schestowitzi know where he can stick it.Dec 04 06:49
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:49
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/16005878#6b99c500bb3c01378f43002590d8e506Dec 04 06:51
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The same publications that lied about (slandered) RMS now celebrate https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbm74x/computer-scientist-richard-stallman-resigns-from-mit-over-epstein-commentsDec 04 06:51
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:51
schestowitzThis is depressing. A more interesting line of investigation would be the link between Gates donations to the MIT Media lab and the demise of the OLPC program.Dec 04 06:51
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:51
schestowitztomgrz - 3 months agoDec 04 06:51
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.vice.com | Computer Scientist Richard Stallman Resigns From MIT Over Epstein Comments - VICEDec 04 06:51
schestowitzthe demise of the OLPC program. is indeed a scandal. Such a great idea, why and how was it derailed?Dec 04 06:51
schestowitz Will HillDec 04 06:51
schestowitzWill Hill - 3 months agoDec 04 06:51
schestowitzI’m not really sure of the details, but it was combination of false promises and sabotage. Microsoft and Intel offered the project money and engineering assistance to pervert it. The project wasted precious time and skill making it run Windows, as if the world needed another Windows laptop or that such laptops had done anything good for education. I think they were also pressured into using Intel chips instead of AMD. Of course, theyDec 04 06:51
schestowitzreneged on agreements to provide money. After that, Intel people sabotaged sales by convincing the biggest purchasers to pull out.Dec 04 06:51
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:51
schestowitztomgrz - 3 months agoDec 04 06:51
schestowitzMicrosoft and Intel offered the project money and engineering assistanceDec 04 06:51
schestowitzRed flag there.Dec 04 06:51
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:51
schestowitztomgrz - 3 months agoDec 04 06:51
schestowitzIt shows the strength of Free Software that the Sugar software continues to live on…Dec 04 06:51
schestowitzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_(software)Dec 04 06:51
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:51
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/OLPCDec 04 06:52
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-en.wikipedia.org | Sugar (software) - WikipediaDec 04 06:52
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | OLPC - TechrightsDec 04 06:52
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15935183#5cbc07f0b4940137b1a30cc47a07853cDec 04 06:53
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The term or the word "open" is totally out of control. Pure #marketing octane! #openwashingDec 04 06:53
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:53
schestowitzeven cory doctorow is shitting in the windDec 04 06:53
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:53
schestowitztomgrz - 3 months agoDec 04 06:53
schestowitzMost any term connected with money or power is now corrupted of meaning.Dec 04 06:53
schestowitz Miloslav ČížDec 04 06:53
schestowitzMiloslav Číž - 3 months agoDec 04 06:53
schestowitzMS Windows is now Open Source!*Dec 04 06:53
schestowitz*because it has open source parts, like the calculatorDec 04 06:53
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:53
schestowitztomgrz - 3 months agoDec 04 06:53
schestowitzMy palms are open.Dec 04 06:53
schestowitz freemedia@share.naturalnews.comDec 04 06:53
schestowitzfreemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 3 months agoDec 04 06:53
schestowitzMost any term connected with money or power is now corrupted of meaning.Dec 04 06:53
schestowitzanticapitalist?Dec 04 06:53
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:53
schestowitztomgrz - 3 months agoDec 04 06:53
schestowitz“anticapitalist?” : incipient terrorist.Dec 04 06:53
schestowitz Miloslav ČížDec 04 06:53
schestowitzMiloslav Číž - 3 months agoDec 04 06:53
schestowitzMy dog’s anus is open when he shits.Dec 04 06:53
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:53
schestowitztomgrz - 3 months agoDec 04 06:53
schestowitzYou’ve seen my code? ;-)Dec 04 06:54
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:54
schestowitzYo Dawd, I herd you went open source...Dec 04 06:54
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/16208909#09b19d30cdfa0137099b7a163ef10931Dec 04 06:54
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The Tor Project blacklists old relays, GitLab plans to introduce telemetry, Steam is working on a new multiplayer feature, The Matrix Project announces new funding, and AMP is getting a new home." https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/135612/2019-10-10-linux-headlines/Dec 04 06:54
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:54
schestowitz“GitLab plans to introduce telemetry” WTF? Might as well use GitHub!Dec 04 06:54
schestowitz freemedia@share.naturalnews.comDec 04 06:54
schestowitzfreemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 2 months agoDec 04 06:54
schestowitznotabug.org is run by a non-profit. id recommend framagit but theyre phasing it out.Dec 04 06:54
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.jupiterbroadcasting.com | 2019-10-10 | Linux Headlines | Jupiter BroadcastingDec 04 06:54
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:54
schestowitztomgrz - 2 months agoDec 04 06:54
schestowitzThere should be some more motivation for a Gnew Hub! :-)Dec 04 06:54
schestowitz freemedia@share.naturalnews.comDec 04 06:54
schestowitzfreemedia@share.naturalnews.com - 2 months agoDec 04 06:55
schestowitzoh indeed…Dec 04 06:55
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:55
schestowitzSavannahDec 04 06:55
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/16038043#2fd929d0bea10137bf80002590d8e506Dec 04 06:56
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The world is losing freedom fighters fast enough to worry those who >remain<. I'm actually struggling to think of any that are active, not disgraced (silenced by shame/fear), arrested, exiled, or dead.Dec 04 06:56
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:56
schestowitzWill Hill - 2 months agoDec 04 06:56
schestowitzPsychopaths like Bill Gates have reinvigorated and made US cointel programs particularly nasty. I don’t think it’s an accident that Microsoft was the first Prism partner, I think it was Gates pushing Microsoft’s competitive ideas into the US government for Microsoft profit.Dec 04 06:56
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:56
schestowitztomgrz - 2 months agoDec 04 06:56
schestowitzCorporate/Government synergy at its best!Dec 04 06:56
schestowitz Will HillDec 04 06:56
schestowitzWill Hill - 2 months agoDec 04 06:56
schestowitzand today, I ran across the 2010 article in Shadowproof that mentioned the Microsoft connection to the 2010 attack on Wikileaks by so and so Dom?-Berg who founded “OpenLeaks” after being kicked out of Wikileaks. The article notes that he shacked up and married a Microsoft government relations manager, destroyed caches of Wikileaks documents and then used CCC’s reputation to bolster his attack on Wikileaks. This is so typical of theDec 04 06:56
schestowitzbehind the scenes trouble Microsoft is always making. I’d cite the article, but I’m at the gym, away from my notes. You can find the article and others like it in the slightly confusingly written article on … might as well call him Ice-Berg.Dec 04 06:56
schestowitzI got there by checking out a movie, The Fifth Estate, from the Fairhope public library. What a surprise that a Disney distributed, 2013 movie would be sourced from “journalists” who are radioactively hostile to Wikileaks. One source book was called “malicious libel” by Assange. The other seems to have been involved with Microsoft, the US government, malicious destruction of evidence, and very loud libel designed to split theDec 04 06:56
schestowitzcommunity. Also on the cover of the dvd jacket is a Jacob Appelbaum look alike. These are the lengths publishers go to smear actual journalists.Dec 04 06:56
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 06:56
schestowitztomgrz - 2 months agoDec 04 06:56
schestowitzYa know, you cannot believe all that you read. Always consider the source. Wikileaks has been amazingly trustworthy.Dec 04 06:56
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:56
schestowitztechrights mentioned the Microsoft connections to DanielDec 04 06:56
schestowitzboycotting until a day when assange is both alive and free:Dec 04 06:58
schestowitzthe bbcDec 04 06:58
schestowitzthe guardianDec 04 06:58
schestowitzpg tipsDec 04 06:58
schestowitzbird’s custardDec 04 06:58
schestowitzhp sauceDec 04 06:58
schestowitz(i may well add more)Dec 04 06:58
schestowitzi am currently boycotting the entire eu, but thats not necessarily a lifelong boycott. while this very well could be.Dec 04 06:58
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15997664#ff130770baa8013752350cc47a07853cDec 04 06:58
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The World’s Most Important Political Prisoner https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2019/09/the-worlds-most-important-political-prisoner/ #assange #wikileaksDec 04 06:58
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.craigmurray.org.uk | The World's Most Important Political Prisoner - Craig MurrayDec 04 06:58
schestowitzThis ban is far too broad, like boycotting asia over palm oilDec 04 06:58
schestowitz"hello Dr Roy, nice connecting with you"Dec 04 06:59
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:59
schestowitzFrom a Microsoft whistleblowerDec 04 06:59
schestowitzhttps://logicmag.io/nature/oil-is-the-new-data/Dec 04 06:59
schestowitz"Dec 04 06:59
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-logicmag.io | Oil is the New DataDec 04 06:59
schestowitzThanks, got it mowDec 04 07:01
schestowitz*nowDec 04 07:01
schestowitz"Unbelievable"Dec 04 07:02
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/16048117#d7d3a990bf4e0137098f7a163ef10931Dec 04 07:02
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Weekly Roundup: The Passion Of Saint iGNUcius Edition https://jackbaruth.com/?p=16779 how it went down: http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/128122Dec 04 07:02
schestowitz"What kind of nonsense is this?'Dec 04 07:02
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> jackbaruth.com | Weekly Roundup: The Passion Of Saint iGNUcius Edition - Riverside GreenDec 04 07:02
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.tuxmachines.org | Stallman Under Fire for Views on Epstein | Tux MachinesDec 04 07:02
schestowitz"Dec 04 07:03
schestowitzteams are for normies, for neurotypicals, for trash people who can’t retain multiple levels of variable dereferencing in their heads while codingDec 04 07:03
schestowitzInsulting.Dec 04 07:03
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 07:03
schestowitztomgrz - 2 months agoDec 04 07:03
schestowitzThis I have to agree with:Dec 04 07:03
schestowitzAny sane society would consider him a national treasure of greater importance than Fort Knox, to be cherished and protected accordingly. - Naturally, our society has decided to crucify him. A young woman with an axe to grind has instigated a lynch mob through an astoundingly ill-conceived and illogical bit of emotionally dependent rhetoricDec 04 07:03
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 07:03
schestowitztomgrz - 2 months agoDec 04 07:03
schestowitzWhile we were busy making sure that every programming team at Google looked exactly like a Benetton ad, the Chinese were putting microchips between the layers of motherboards to give the CCCP ultimate control of the world’s networks. What???Dec 04 07:03
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 07:03
schestowitztomgrz - 2 months agoDec 04 07:03
schestowitzWhat’s up with this author? Who gave him a pen?Dec 04 07:03
schestowitz tomgrzDec 04 07:03
schestowitztomgrz - 2 months agoDec 04 07:04
schestowitzweird and elitist. Thanks Jack Baruth, I needed that?Dec 04 07:04
schestowitz"Dec 04 07:04
schestowitz freemedia@share.naturalnews.comDec 04 07:04
schestowitzDec 04 07:04
schestowitzsome of it has to be tongue in cheek, or its just weird. that or its a parody, making fun of stallman supporters. or its just weird and a bit elitist. i think tongue in cheek seems most likely?Dec 04 07:04
schestowitz"Dec 04 07:04
schestowitz"weird and elitist. Thanks Jack Baruth, I needed that?"Dec 04 07:04
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