●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 08, 2022 ●● ● Oct 08 [00:23] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:37] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@nn58qcu3qngy2.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [00:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 08 [06:02] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [06:02] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:13] schestowitz > > > [06:13] schestowitz > [06:13] schestowitz > It is what it is. [06:13] schestowitz > [06:13] schestowitz > I've not been keeping with UPC and hope they get cold feet. [06:13] schestowitz > [06:13] schestowitz > [06:13] schestowitz > They have some delay with the IT system. [06:13] schestowitz > [06:13] schestowitz > Germany will ratify in December. [06:13] schestowitz > [06:13] schestowitz > Someone suggested to find a country to file a complaint other countries [06:13] schestowitz > based on the violation of the treaties. [06:13] schestowitz > [06:13] schestowitz > The problem is that we saw the 'common court' lie only now, there was a [06:13] schestowitz > window of 2 months to attack it in 2015. [06:13] schestowitz > [06:13] schestowitz > I am not sure a country can still challenge it outsider of that window. [06:13] schestowitz Seems like that gives us more time to come up with something? [06:23] schestowitz
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    Can you become the next Trombone Champ?
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    The toy kazoo looks like a tiny trombone and the slider does alter the pitch, but it isnt tuned at all and so analyzing the pitch isnt useful. So Theremin Hero chose to tie the toys slider position to the mouse cursor position in the Y axis and any sound coming from the kazoo triggers a mouse click. Their custom computer software handles the latter by listening through any microphone connected to [06:23] schestowitz the computer, but monitoring the slider position was more difficult and required an Arduino.

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    Using cppfront with Meson
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    Recently Herb Sutter published cppfront, which is an attempt to create C++ a new syntax to fix many issues that can't be changed in existing C++ because of backwards compatibility. Like with the original cfront compiler, cppfront works by parsing the "new syntax" C++ and transpiling it to "classic" C++, which is then compiled in the usual way. These kinds of source generators are fairly common (it is [06:27] schestowitz basically how Protobuf et al work) so let's look at how to add support for this in Meson. We are also going to download and build the cppfront compiler transparently.

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    Scirge: When your employer mandates spyware
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    The stated goal of the browser extension is to look over your shoulder, recording where you log in and what credentials you use. The idea is recognizing Shadow IT, essential parts of the company infrastructure which the management isnt aware of. And you would never use your work computer for private stuff anyway, right?

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    Blizzard tried to make it mandatory to have a phone for 2FA with Overwatch 2, and wasnt allowing people with cheap prepaid plans to authenticate. 2FA is kind of [06:56] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-baronhk.wordpress.com | Blizzard tried to make it mandatory to have a phone for 2FA with Overwatch 2, and wasnt allowing people with cheap prepaid plans to authenticate. 2FA is kind of dumb if you use text messaging. | BaronHK's Rants [06:56] schestowitz dumb if you use text messaging.
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    This is all getting pretty nasty, and rather stupid. Pretty much the only point of requiring a phone for 2FA is to force everyone to get cell phones whether they need one or not.

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    Crowds to gather on Saturday to press for Assange freedom
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    A human chain will start on Princes Bridge, Southbank, in Melbourne at 11am on Saturday and those who gather will be addressed by Assange's brother and father, Gabriel Shipton and John Shipton, respectively at 12.30pm. The protesters will then march to Government House.

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    In London, there will be a human chain around Parliament starting at 1pm UK time; a total of 3600 people have registered to take part.

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    Librem 5- Device Overview
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    Librem 5 phones are for those who care about their digital security and the use of free and open source software. Our team has designed the phone so that the parts are easily repairable and you can keep using the same phone for a longer time.Lets go through the hardware of the phone.

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    On the outside of the Librem 5 phone, youll find the power button, volume rocker.Three hardware kill switches to control power to your Cell, WiFi Bluetooth card, and your Microphone and camera.On the top of the device, we included a headphone jack for easy connection to a corded headset.On the bottom, you can connect up a USB-C charger, Hub, or just about any USB device. Perfect for scaling your software up to a docked [08:03] schestowitz screen.Along the top bezel, we included a proximity sensor, a brightness indicator, a microphone, and a forward-facing camera.On the backside, we have the rear camera and LED flash.You can easily replace the battery by removing the back cover and pulling the tab on the battery.While the battery is pulled out, you can access the smart card tray.With just a few screws, you can get at your Wifi Card and your Cellular modem.With the Librem 5 powered [08:03] schestowitz down, you can use the SIM card extractor to access the SD card and SIM card tray.While inserting new cards, make sure they stay flat.

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    TheLibrem 5 is Purisms privacy first phone. If you want a smartphone Made in USA, Purisms Librem 5 USAmay be for you.

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  • Structured Logging in PowerDNS Recursor | PowerDNS Blog
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    [21:35] schestowitz This is the fourth part of a series of blog posts we are publishing, mostly around recent developments with respect to PowerDNS Recursor. The first blog post was Refreshing Of Almost Expired Records: Keeping The Cache Hot, the second Probing DoT Support of Authoritative Servers: Just Try It and the third Sharing data between threads in PowerDNS Recursor. [21:35] schestowitz Complex programs like PowerDNS Recursor need to log information about their operation. In itself this is a delicate balance: too much logging will slow the process down, too little will make it harder to diagnose issues. The question what and how to log is also important: up until now we have used free-format text logging. The messages itself can go to a logging daemon (e.g. systemd-journald or syslogd), a text file or the console. [21:35] schestowitz

    • [21:40] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:40] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 08 [23:39] schestowitz >> They have some delay with the IT system. [23:39] schestowitz >> [23:39] schestowitz >> Germany will ratify in December. [23:39] schestowitz >> [23:39] schestowitz >> Someone suggested to find a country to file a complaint other [23:39] schestowitz > countries [23:39] schestowitz >> based on the violation of the treaties. [23:39] schestowitz >> [23:39] schestowitz >> The problem is that we saw the 'common court' lie only now, there [23:39] schestowitz > was a [23:39] schestowitz >> window of 2 months to attack it in 2015. [23:39] schestowitz >> [23:39] schestowitz >> I am not sure a country can still challenge it outsider of that [23:39] schestowitz > window. [23:39] schestowitz > [23:39] schestowitz > Seems like that gives us more time to come up with something? [23:39] schestowitz > [23:39] schestowitz > [23:39] schestowitz > All the countries that did not ratify are an obvious candidate. [23:39] schestowitz > Poland does not like Germany, which is driving this project. [23:40] schestowitz > [23:40] schestowitz > The problem is that a country could not easily accuse the others of [23:40] schestowitz > violating EU law, since EU law (Brussels1 regulation falsely saying [23:40] schestowitz > it is a common court) is in force since 2015. [23:40] schestowitz > [23:40] schestowitz > At least we have to try and ask and have a debate (even here in [23:40] schestowitz > Belgium which used many times the 218tfeu to ask the CJEU on [23:40] schestowitz > compatibility of international treaties with the EU treaties, such as [23:40] schestowitz > CETA or EnergyCharter). [23:40] schestowitz > [23:40] schestowitz > At the end of the day, we need to convince one gov, and Poland is an [23:40] schestowitz > obvious one, since Karlsruhe blocked a question about TEU19, which [23:40] schestowitz > is the article Poland is being sued on. [23:40] schestowitz Let us know how Techrights can help such an outcome. [23:40] schestowitz I've not been keeping track of UPC lately, we focus a lot on other important topic and do development work. [23:40] schestowitz Keep fighting, even if it's tiring.