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schestowitz <li>Sep 24 08:26
schestowitz                                    <h5><a href="https://blog.steve.fi/lisp_macros_are_magical.html">Lisp macros are magical</a></h5>Sep 24 08:26
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.steve.fi | Lisp macros are magicalSep 24 08:26
schestowitz                                    <blockquote>Sep 24 08:26
schestowitz                                        <p>Since I've recently returned from a visit to the UK, and caught COVID-19 while I was there, I figured I'd see if my brain was fried by adding macro support.</p>Sep 24 08:26
schestowitz                                        <p>I know lisp macros are awesome, it's one of those things that everybody is told. Repeatedly. I've used macros in my emacs programming off and on for a good few years, but despite that I'd not really given them too much thought.</p>Sep 24 08:26
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schestowitz<li>Sep 24 08:52
schestowitz                                    <h5><a href="https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/09/21/pale-moon-scares-people-away-from-the-noscript-extension-to-protect-moonchilds-profits-bonus-corrosive-people-boosted-by-microsoft-in-foss-communities/">Pale Moon scares people away from the NoScript extension to protect “MoonChild’s” profits. Bonus: Corrosive people (boosted by Microsoft) in “FOSS” “Communities”.</a></h5>Sep 24 08:52
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-baronhk.wordpress.com | Pale Moon scares people away from the NoScript extension to protect “MoonChild’s” profits. Bonus: Corrosive people (boosted by Microsoft) in “FOSS” “Communities”. | BaronHK's RantsSep 24 08:52
schestowitz                                    <blockquote>Sep 24 08:52
schestowitz                                        <p>So it just turns it off and makes it sound like the extension is sketchy, and then you have to read that and say “Oh bullshit!” and turn the extension back on.</p>Sep 24 08:52
schestowitz                                    </blockquote>Sep 24 08:52
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schestowitz>       Dear Investor.                                                    Sep 24 13:42
schestowitz>      Sep 24 13:42
schestowitz>               Well, you are free to understand and think as you wish, weSep 24 13:42
schestowitz> are not forcing you to do anything.Sep 24 13:42
schestowitz>                                                  BITETHSSep 24 13:42
schestowitzHow did you find out about them in the first place? Who referred you to them? Obv. charlatans and crooks. I've been calling out these scams for years.Sep 24 13:42
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schestowitz> Someone online contacted me from Linkedin seemed genuine obviously was not Sep 24 16:45
schestowitzI dumped all social media this year. All of it.Sep 24 16:45
schestowitz> I can  send you their phone number but its not helpful Sep 24 16:46
schestowitzThat would not help recover the moneySep 24 16:46
schestowitzI think government intervention is needed nowSep 24 16:46
schestowitz> Any thoughts or ideas Roy?Sep 24 16:47
schestowitzA government needs to crack down on them and recover fundsSep 24 16:47
schestowitz> Action fraud UK said no Sep 24 18:32
schestowitzOn what basis? They can't be arsed?Sep 24 18:32
schestowitz> Any idea how or who ?Sep 24 18:33
schestowitzFirst you meed to know where they are based. From the comms I can see mandarin/cantonese, not hangul (korea).Sep 24 18:33
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