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| schestowitz | > Thank you for your response. | May 12 01:25 |
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| schestowitz | > | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > Yes, I am aware of a Software Freedom , open source etc. I am not | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > entirely ignorant of these issues, but also not entirely knowledgeable | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > about them. | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > And yes I am fluent in HTML. I guess what you mention would be a good | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > place to start on. | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > The ball is in your court, how do we move forward? | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | Have you used WordPress in the past? | May 12 01:25 |
| schestowitz | > Aware of ****software freedom.... having. That typo. | May 12 01:29 |
| schestowitz | It's OK, typos aren't a big deal. The concepts and grasp of tech are what counts... | May 12 01:29 |
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| schestowitz | Just to let you know, m2020-05/2020-05-11-merged.html is said to have been edited (changed, maybe just file meta) since I retrieved it yesterday. I know it might not be significant; bu if it i, then I though I'd holler... as rsync re-fetched it with today's files | May 12 06:43 |
| schestowitz | > Thanks. I think it's just the file meta data since over here the merged | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | > file matches the text notes. | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | > | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | > $ TZ=UTC ls -hlnrt *-merged.html other*.txt | tail -n 6 | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | ... | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | Maybe you re-saved the file after sending it upstream, so timestamp was changed. | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | Glad to know we didn't lose anything of substance. | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | I work until 9am (last of 4 shifts in a row), so can write more today and tomorrow. | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | OT: the restrictions in place here, re meeting people, are too strict for me to go back to the gym (shut) or even meet a mate for shotput. We use youtube videos of some former US gymnast who coaches on exercise without equipment at home. At least we do >something<... | May 12 07:00 |
| schestowitz | 8 hours ago: | May 12 07:02 |
| schestowitz | [root@techrights ~]# grep githubification /var/log/httpd/techrights.org-access_log | wc | May 12 07:02 |
| schestowitz | 3461 56152 600203 | May 12 07:02 |
| schestowitz | [root@techrights ~]# grep githubification /var/log/httpd/techrights.org-access_log-20200510 | wc | May 12 07:02 |
| schestowitz | 2866 44712 497658 | May 12 07:02 |
| schestowitz | Our series on github issues is having a good effect and I see Microsoft bigwigs hawking me in Twitter, possibly looking for dirt. | May 12 07:02 |
| schestowitz | "That's because you've got the command the wrong way around. Its: sudo systemctl restart nginx" | May 12 07:06 |
| schestowitz | |I tried sudo systemctl restart nginx command still its asking password please find the attached screenshot"" | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | "It seems possible the sudoers file might need editing. What happens when you enter your password?" | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | Hi Roy, | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | Actually its a public and private key based account so I have no password | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for clarifying. So that seems to boil down to user priv/auth rather than systemd or nginx. | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | Let's see what James can find; he configured the accounts. | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | Regards, | May 12 07:07 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/17996808#9c122730762a0138a1b000163e3b85e3 | May 12 07:09 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@muehlfield@diasp.eu: #billionaire #billionaires #wealth #extraction #exploitation #labor #privatization | May 12 07:09 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- Photo by muehlfield@diasp.eu: https://diasp.eu/uploads/images/thumb_medium_6caf5452597fe768bdbd.png | May 12 07:09 | |
| schestowitz | "wealth (the hoarding of resources due to a psychological need for power) is only “deserved” according to a belief in a Protestant Covenant – it is clearly not so much a virtue as an illness." | May 12 07:09 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/17350487#70fe78f03f5f0138bf9d047d7b62795e | May 12 07:10 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "Only Senator Bernie Sanders and billionaire Tom Steyer mentioned climate change." https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/03/02/billionaire-power-and-politics/ | May 12 07:10 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.counterpunch.org | Billionaire Power and Politics - CounterPunch.org | May 12 07:10 | |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | LOL | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | rokvpy@diasp.org | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | rokvpy@diasp.org - 2 months ago | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | And Jill Stein retired and is planning on moving to teh space station with me (^; | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | rokvpy@diasp.org | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | rokvpy@diasp.org - 2 months ago | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | the best manuevre would be sanders winning and announcing (with warning) stein is vp | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | that would be an epic win for humankind | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | if there is gonna be one on earth | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | dunt look good lol and it wunt be long | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | have space launch plans, roy bro \m/ | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | They'd never allow that to happen... the businesses, their press etc. They control almost every aspect of the system and many people's perceptions. | May 12 07:10 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/17505282#612de7b04e4e0138605d101b0efced44 | May 12 07:11 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The world's oligarchs will soon have billions of people confined/reduced to 'home arrests' while they go on holiday in their 'clean' bunkers in 'clean' islands with offshore banks accounts and 'clean' >private< jets. #covid19 #coronavirus | May 12 07:11 | |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:11 |
| schestowitz | Prove it | May 12 07:11 |
| schestowitz | Icavot | May 12 07:11 |
| schestowitz | Icavot - 2 months ago | May 12 07:11 |
| schestowitz | Yet the health risks of this pandemic are real. Try to stay at home. We’ll sort things out in the streets later. In the meantime we can do our part as long as we take safety precautions. | May 12 07:11 |
| schestowitz | Trocatintas | May 12 07:11 |
| schestowitz | Trocatintas - 2 months ago | May 12 07:11 |
| schestowitz | I agree with taking the needed preventive measures but that doesn’t make Dr. Roy’s analysis any less true. | May 12 07:12 |
| schestowitz | This virus sure came as a gift to many of the oligarchs but maybe there is a bigger gift being offered to human survival as a whole by stopping a significant part of the fossil fuel burning. | May 12 07:12 |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:12 |
| schestowitz | My use of the term 'home arrests' in scare quotes was likely misunderstood. I think it's reasonable to stay home. For now.... | May 12 07:12 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/17606262#366fd26054be01382ca5047d7b62795e | May 12 07:13 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "What if the Earth's carrying capacity is limited to three billion humans...?" https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2020-03-24/how-many-people-can-earth-support | May 12 07:13 | |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:13 |
| schestowitz | Here says that COVID19 was created to control population growth… | May 12 07:13 |
| schestowitz | “COVID19 did not originate in China” | May 12 07:13 |
| schestowitz | https://www.alainet.org/es/articulo/205546 | May 12 07:13 |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:13 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.commonwealthclub.org | How Many People Can Earth Support? | Commonwealth Club | May 12 07:13 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.alainet.org | COVID19 no se originó en China | May 12 07:13 | |
| schestowitz | I cannot read that language.... | May 12 07:13 |
| schestowitz | (I am also not convinced it was "created"... no strong evidence of such an assertion that I've seen) | May 12 07:14 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15924292#dc6e4ca0b34c013752290cc47a07853c | May 12 07:14 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Billionaires working to turn schools into their private businesses. Famous criminal #billgates does it, so why not the Waltons too? https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/09/05/walton-family-plot-privatize-public-schools-arkansas | May 12 07:14 | |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:14 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.commondreams.org | The Walton Family Plot to Privatize the Public Schools of Arkansas | Common Dreams Views | May 12 07:15 | |
| schestowitz | privatising school is a brilliant business plan-- microsoft can use it to force more products onto customers, presumably wal mart can exploit it in a similar fashion. | May 12 07:15 |
| schestowitz | of course it should run afoul of antitrust law, but the doj is pretty useless and corrupt. youd think it was in south africa or something. | May 12 07:15 |
| schestowitz | " | May 12 07:15 |
| schestowitz | People working from home = more Windows licences? Let's hope not... | May 12 07:15 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/15616595#20bb24709a350137b1990cc47a07853c | May 12 07:15 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Working from home https://www.tfir.io/2019/08/05/a-1-billion-open-source-company-with-no-headquarter-sid-sijbrandij-of-gitlab/ I've done that for over a decade. #gitlab is ahead of the curve. | May 12 07:15 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://www.tfir.io/2019/08/05/a-1-billion-open-source-company-with-no-headquarter-sid-sijbrandij-of-gitlab/ ) | May 12 07:15 | |
| schestowitz | "i seem to recall red hat starting in the north carolina flat of one of its founders." | May 12 07:15 |
| schestowitz | I know it's NC, not sure if bedroom, but most companies do not start as an office but as a project | May 12 07:16 |
| schestowitz | > Yes, this is a very important series, but then TR has some very good | May 12 07:20 |
| schestowitz | > articles the last year. | May 12 07:20 |
| schestowitz | It has been possible by increase in efficiency. | May 12 07:20 |
| schestowitz | BTW, for the second time in months this morning there was a feed always crashing QuiteRSS. It happens when some domain lapses and give bad response from the server... dodgy hosters and registrars, I suppose... | May 12 07:20 |
| schestowitz | Last time it happened it crashed every time Rianne and I refresh our rss feeds. Every time. We narrowed it down to "LinuxBURN" (IIRC, forgot the actual name)... | May 12 07:20 |
| schestowitz | This morning it happened again and it only took about 20 mins to narrow down the culprit, removing it from my laptop and then rianne's | May 12 07:20 |
| schestowitz | tldr; if quiterss starts crashing like that, good practice it to refresh one feed at the time until touching the one causing the crash. It can otherwise take ages to debut -- updating the software, reboots, stracing, etc. quiterss does not name the cause of crashes even when run from the CLI. | May 12 07:21 |
| schestowitz | 30k views | May 12 07:23 |
| schestowitz | grep gnuhub /var/log/httpd/techrights.org-access_log* | wc | May 12 07:23 |
| schestowitz | 30078 467552 5982551 | May 12 07:23 |
| schestowitz | The logs we keep are deleted after 4 weeks, so this one matches "gnuhub" for 4 weeks. | May 12 07:23 |
| schestowitz | That does not include RSS feeds, social control media, front page views etc. | May 12 07:23 |
| schestowitz | >> grep gnuhub /var/log/httpd/techrights.org-access_log* | wc | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | >> 30078 467552 5982551 | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | >> | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | >> The logs we keep are deleted after 4 weeks, so this one matches "gnuhub" | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | >> for 4 weeks. | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | >> | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | > It would really help for the major projects to self-host. I'm not sure | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | > how they fell for the inaccurate connotations that GitHub was ever | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | > anything other than proprietary. Now it is in overtly hostile hands. | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | > M$ can't recover the money directly so it will find some indirect | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | > methods to make the purchase worth it, maybe monitoring, surveillance, | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | > and censorship can be part of their tactics. | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | > | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | > Again, the major projects really need to self-host. | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | Need outward migration tools for things like bug trackers. Even then, network effect means lack of visibility would discourage outward migration. | May 12 08:30 |
| schestowitz | >>>> Maybe the plan us to keep Linux around long enough until systemd | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>>> 'matures' into a kernel with 'borrowed' code... hosted by Microsoft and | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>>> controlled by Red Hat while the whole Debian branch (Ubuntu included) | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>>> nods approvingly out of desperation... | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>> Desperation due to credible, well-placed threats would be my guess. | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>> | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>> Shifting a little to standards, I'd like to read about what they did to | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>> Durusau to break him over the office formats. Their attempt at getting | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>> Bray is documented, but they did not succeed against him or his wife. | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >>> Durusau, on the other hand, looked like a broken man. | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >> His Twitter profile shows him active: | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >> https://twitter.com/patrickdurusau | May 12 08:55 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-mobile.twitter.com | Patrick Durusau ⏳ (@patrickDurusau) on Twitter | May 12 08:55 | |
| schestowitz | >> http://techrights.org/2019/06/22/durusau-and-coekaerts/ | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | >> | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | > I presume there are both an NDA and a non-disparagement contract in | May 12 08:55 |
| schestowitz | > cases like his. If they did everything up front, then those will | May 12 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > eventually expire and I wonder when they will expire and he could write | May 12 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > about the incident(s) if he felt like it. They didn't need to threaten | May 12 08:56 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Microsoft Apparently Did a Patrick Durusau on Wim Coekaerts to Broaden Its Control Over GNU/Linux | Techrights | May 12 08:56 | |
| schestowitz | > everybody, just a few key people. However, it is just as likely IMO | May 12 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > that things were done against him informally and will be held over him | May 12 08:56 |
| schestowitz | > indefinitely. | May 12 08:56 |
| schestowitz | coekaerts is now vice char at lf board. not good for linus. | May 12 08:56 |
| schestowitz | mirosoft has a lot of LF by the balls... | May 12 08:56 |
| schestowitz | figuratively... unless they send goons, too... | May 12 08:56 |
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| acer-box | 9to5Linux will be better | May 12 20:28 |
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| acer-box | and I hope it will be your new favourite soon. | May 12 20:28 |
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| acer-box | it is, and you control it like we control our sites | May 12 20:28 |
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