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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/19441436#8cb6a69008af0139e9720050563e3216Nov 15 06:12
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@linux@joindiaspora.com: “ #Microsoft HATES users. They love (exploiting) #Linux . They love getting money for #patents on things WE created without them, specifically to get away from them.” http://techrights.org/2020/11/14/removing-monopoly/Nov 15 06:12
schestowitz\Nov 15 06:12
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | The Surest Path to Freedom is Removing Your Software | TechrightsNov 15 06:12
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schestowitz"wenn ihr mir verratet, wie ich spiele und online-filme unter linux-mint zum laufen bekomme, könnte ich mir einen pc sparen .. jeder versuch, mit den pc-steinzeitlichen skript befehlen eine besserung zu schaffen, endet mit einer fehlermeldung .. zum surfen allerdings um welten besser, danke dafür !!"Nov 15 06:12
schestowitz>> Someone who twists people's words around and misquotes people andNov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> invents "facts" doesn't actually have a God-given right to go into IRCNov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> channels and interrogate someone over an article.Nov 15 06:19
schestowitz>>Nov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> They may have a right to go to IRC-- though the IRC ops explicitlyNov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> dispute this-- they may have a right to ask questions, but half theNov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> reason they do so is to say "Ah-ha! Now you don't want to talk toNov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> about it-- do you deny it?"Nov 15 06:19
schestowitz>>Nov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> Literal cults send people to deal with critics using such tactics. TheNov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> problem is, if the person doing it has ill intent, no integrity and noNov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> authority, there is seriously no reason not to ignore them. Talking toNov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> such people is probably more of a liability than talking about them.Nov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> Of course that's just my opinion, and doesn't constitute legal advice.Nov 15 06:19
schestowitz>> It's more of a critique of such people.Nov 15 06:19
schestowitz> > One must beware also of people whose only goal is to waste your time.Nov 15 06:19
schestowitz> Yes, Fig's latest was great!  And now another! :-)Nov 15 06:21
schestowitz> Jesus, Joe-- at least wait until you're sworn in to go supportingNov 15 06:23
schestowitz> genocide, will ya?Nov 15 06:23
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:23
schestowitz> https://www.blackagendareport.com/susan-rice-scourge-africa-may-become-secretary-stateNov 15 06:23
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.blackagendareport.com | Susan Rice, Scourge of Africa, May Become Secretary of State | Black Agenda ReportNov 15 06:23
schestowitz> <https://www.blackagendareport.com/susan-rice-scourge-africa-may-become-secretary-state>Nov 15 06:23
schestowitzRe: Another reason to delete TwitterNov 15 06:24
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:24
schestowitz> https://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php/twitter-surveillance-startup-targets-communities-color-copsNov 15 06:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.blackagendareport.com | Twitter Surveillance Startup Targets Communities of Color for Cops | Black Agenda ReportNov 15 06:24
schestowitz> <https://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php/twitter-surveillance-startup-targets-communities-color-cops>Nov 15 06:24
schestowitzRe: Throw the Palestinian down the wellNov 15 06:25
schestowitz> Borat did a singalong called "Throw the Jew down the well" and had someNov 15 06:25
schestowitz> enthusiastic supporters in Texas (at least it looked like Texas) as heNov 15 06:25
schestowitz> played his guitar.Nov 15 06:25
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:25
schestowitz> Maybe this time he can do something like:Nov 15 06:25
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:25
schestowitz> "Throw the Palestinian down the wellNov 15 06:25
schestowitz> So Israel can be freeNov 15 06:25
schestowitz> We must bulldoze all their homesNov 15 06:25
schestowitz> And keep them away from our lands"Nov 15 06:25
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz> Borat of course, is already against Jews so he's unlikely to be againstNov 15 06:26
schestowitz> Palestinians.Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz> It's a quirk of the far-right that they are anti-Jew but pro-Israel. INov 15 06:26
schestowitz> get the logic behind it, but it's still weird.Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz> It's the conservative Israelis that support apartheid anyway. So heNov 15 06:26
schestowitz> could make fun of the Fake Left and piss off Biden supporters, or heNov 15 06:26
schestowitz> could make fun of the Israeli far-right and piss off the ADL. It'sNov 15 06:26
schestowitz> really a question of how much "fun" he wants to have.Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz> The Dictator was a great movie.Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz> All this LLVM business is ridiculously mainbatory.Nov 15 06:26
schestowitz> Ugh.Nov 15 06:27
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:27
schestowitz> https://apnews.com/article/sound-beaming-noveto-no-headphones-38327ae5fe116080a5eaf2374eb0f5c8Nov 15 06:27
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-apnews.com | New device puts music in your head — no headphones requiredNov 15 06:27
schestowitz> <https://apnews.com/article/sound-beaming-noveto-no-headphones-38327ae5fe116080a5eaf2374eb0f5c8>Nov 15 06:27
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:27
schestowitz> Noveto expects the device will have plenty of practical uses, fromNov 15 06:27
schestowitz> allowing office workers to listen to music or conference calls withoutNov 15 06:27
schestowitz> interrupting colleagues to letting someone play a game, movie or musicNov 15 06:27
schestowitz> without disturbing their significant others.Nov 15 06:27
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:28
schestowitz> The lack of headphones means it’s possible to hear other sounds in theNov 15 06:28
schestowitz> room clearly.Nov 15 06:28
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:28
schestowitz> The technology uses a 3-D sensing module and locates and tracks the earNov 15 06:28
schestowitz> position sending audio via ultrasonic waves to create sound pockets byNov 15 06:28
schestowitz> the user’s ears. Sound can be heard in stereo or a spatial 3-D mode thatNov 15 06:28
schestowitz> creates 360 degree sound around the listener, the company said.Nov 15 06:28
schestowitzHumanity is saved, at last!Nov 15 06:28
schestowitzHaha.Nov 15 06:47
schestowitzRe: Former COO of Compass Real Estate on Diversity in Tech Post Election/MeToo [INTV OPP]Nov 15 06:47
schestowitz> Hi Roy,Nov 15 06:47
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:47
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:47
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:47
schestowitz> I just wanted to follow up on this.Nov 15 06:47
schestowitz>Nov 15 06:47
schestowitz> Would you be interested in scheduling an interview with Fortune’s 40Nov 15 06:47
schestowitz> Under 40 Maelle Gavet to talk about diversity in tech and how Big TechNov 15 06:47
schestowitz> will change under a Biden administration?Nov 15 06:47
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