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schestowitz> by the way, ill write another if i get the urge, but i encourage you to write about github as much as you want to.Apr 26 08:16
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:16
schestowitz> you can even send it to me to double-check/compare to the various notes ive made. if its based on my findings, ill make certain you didnt get those parts wrong.Apr 26 08:16
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:16
schestowitz> im bored with writing articles. if that changes ill write more, you know this. i write articles in hopes that they will help, i write nothing when i feel that theres nothing to say (yet). but im regularly sending you info. i wont ask you to sit on that.Apr 26 08:16
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:17
schestowitz> the big github article i spent several days on, i have no interest in doing another article like that one. i wouldnt say the research is "unfocused" now, just that its going in a number of focused directions.Apr 26 08:17
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:17
schestowitz> but youre very free to use this research if you want to punch it up into a story. feel free to add a disclaimer that the research isnt yours-- as for getting it right the first time, i already said you can send it to me to check that you didnt get anything i said wrong. that way if theres an error, the disclaimer can point right to my research, not to you. and we both know this line is going to be quoted, which is alright with me.Apr 26 08:17
schestowitzcheers.Apr 26 08:17
schestowitzArticle have more impact and maybe 1000 times the lifetime of "tweets" or all that social control media thing.Apr 26 08:17
schestowitzSome articles I wrote more than a decade ago still have impact, but not "tweets"Apr 26 08:17
schestowitz>> I think that merits not just a wiki page but an article eventually, asApr 26 08:18
schestowitz> sooooo many distros are based on Debian, inc. Ubuntu.Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz> probably. but if i read that the first thing id want to read next is more information, and thats what im working on.Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz> note ive already given up on the debian family for many reasons (this being the largest reason right now. there are systemd-free distros but few or none are immune to this.)Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz> this is bigger than debian. the future of opengl, per your irc logs-- vulkan?Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz> fuck! im looking for a way to do github-free graphics right now? not gui widgets-- just pixels. im thinking tk... like tcl/tk. though even that likely needs libffi. a github-free distro is going to look just as modest as openbsd. dont think i assume all bsd components are github-free. i know better. debian is a story-- firefox is a story. even sas, the language tom used to code in-- thats github now. github is the real story here.Apr 26 08:18
schestowitzgithub, github, github. debian too, i dont really disagree.Apr 26 08:18
schestowitzI think we're the only ones covering this issue. And that makes it ever more important.Apr 26 08:18
schestowitz> Sure.  It'd be pretty easy to add an SSH key that fires off a sudo-basedApr 26 08:19
schestowitz> graceful restart of httpd on TM, along with corresponding settings inApr 26 08:19
schestowitz> /etc/sudoers.Apr 26 08:19
schestowitz>Apr 26 08:19
schestowitz> Which specific symptoms should trigger it?Apr 26 08:19
schestowitzDo you still have a coup of the script you ran on TR like a decade back? I mentioned it to you about a year ago, IIRC. The conditions for trigger are similar.Apr 26 08:19
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/PeriHankey/status/1254345502684045312Apr 26 12:05
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PeriHankey: NEWS from @schestowitz: ● #michaelwest #Politics ☞ Turnbull’s memoir reveals there was no “smoking gun” to justify… https://t.co/dvEe4TeuNSApr 26 12:05
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PeriHankey: NEWS from @schestowitz: ● #michaelwest #Politics ☞ Turnbull’s memoir reveals there was no “smoking gun” to justify… https://t.co/dvEe4TeuNSApr 26 12:05
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:05
schestowitzNEWS from @schestowitzApr 26 12:05
schestowitz: ● #michaelwest #Politics ☞ Turnbull’s memoir reveals there was no “smoking gun” to justify banning Huawei 5G [Disclosure: Nick Xenophon and Mark Davis are partners in law firm Xenophon Davis which acts for Huawei Australia.]Apr 26 12:05
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:05
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/PeriHankey/status/1254327715437654016Apr 26 12:05
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PeriHankey: @schestowitz A typo in your link could produce tinfoil-hattery: "Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site." Hmmm… https://t.co/9TimLPeSx6Apr 26 12:05
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PeriHankey: @schestowitz A typo in your link could produce tinfoil-hattery: "Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site." Hmmm… https://t.co/9TimLPeSx6Apr 26 12:05
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:05
schestowitzA typo in your link could produce tinfoil-hattery: "Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site." Hmmm! But here it is: "...the threat assessment came down to nothing more than the nationality of the company" (see also @MoonofAApr 26 12:05
schestowitz: https://moonofalabama.org/2018/12/neocons-sabotage-trumps-trade-talks-huawei-cfo-taken-hostage-to-blackmail-china.htmlApr 26 12:05
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Failed connect to moonofalabama.org:443; Connection refused ( status 0 @ https://moonofalabama.org/2018/12/neocons-sabotage-trumps-trade-talks-huawei-cfo-taken-hostage-to-blackmail-china.html )Apr 26 12:05
schestowitz):Apr 26 12:05
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:05
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/j082298/status/1254302729176039424Apr 26 12:06
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@j082298: @schestowitz Tick Tok has some horrible content for the youth. All those dancing "nurses", 🙄total propaganda and dumbing down.Apr 26 12:06
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:06
schestowitzTick Tok has some horrible content for the youth. All those dancing "nurses",Apr 26 12:06
schestowitzFace with rolling eyesApr 26 12:06
schestowitztotal propaganda and dumbing down.Apr 26 12:06
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:06
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/gasgebouw/status/1254255243925221376Apr 26 12:07
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@gasgebouw: @schestowitz #IvyPlague @ecolocaust #poldervirus @slowdrown #DutchDisease @resourcecurseApr 26 12:07
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:07
schestowitz#IvyPlague @ecolocaustApr 26 12:07
schestowitz Apr 26 12:07
schestowitz#poldervirus @slowdrownApr 26 12:07
schestowitz Apr 26 12:07
schestowitz#DutchDisease @resourcecurseApr 26 12:07
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:07
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/FemAnon1312/status/1254243622427537408Apr 26 12:08
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@FemAnon1312: Smh https://t.co/YBP2UYa4caApr 26 12:08
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: Your politicians, ladies and gents https://t.co/eEtV85eT5aApr 26 12:08
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Atypicalissue/status/1254234409013620736Apr 26 12:08
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Atypicalissue: @schestowitz Also https://t.co/V4yXwpT4MJApr 26 12:08
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wikileaks: BREAKING: WikiLeaks now has secondary confirmation from another high level source within the Ecuadorian state.Apr 26 12:08
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/OpenlyClassist/status/1254232790654124039\Apr 26 12:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@OpenlyClassist: Doubtful, but if you look at the way the UK Government saturates anything it deems a risk with "their own people",… https://t.co/SCSHnO8QThApr 26 12:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@OpenlyClassist: Doubtful, but if you look at the way the UK Government saturates anything it deems a risk with "their own people",… https://t.co/SCSHnO8QThApr 26 12:09
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:09
schestowitzDoubtful, but if you look at the way the UK Government saturates anything it deems a risk with "their own people", then chances are everything to do with WL ended up leaking like a collander. Anyways here's Andrew O'Hagan on it:Apr 26 12:09
schestowitzhttps://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v36/n05/andrew-o-hagan/ghostingApr 26 12:09
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-lrb.co.uk | Andrew O’Hagan · Ghosting: Julian Assange · LRB 6 March 2014Apr 26 12:09
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Atypicalissue/status/1254231860109963264Apr 26 12:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Atypicalissue: @schestowitz * 4 April 2019 — Ecuador source tells WikiLeaks that Assange will be expelled within “hours to days,”… https://t.co/NIwA25vgHSApr 26 12:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Atypicalissue: @schestowitz * 4 April 2019 — Ecuador source tells WikiLeaks that Assange will be expelled within “hours to days,”… https://t.co/NIwA25vgHSApr 26 12:09
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:09
schestowitz* 4 April 2019 — Ecuador source tells WikiLeaks that Assange will be expelled within “hours to days,” using #INAPapers as a pretext, and that it already has an agreement with the UK for his arrestApr 26 12:09
schestowitz* 11 April 2019 — Julian Assange arrestedApr 26 12:09
schestowitzSource:Apr 26 12:09
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:09
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Atypicalissue/status/1254231561009950720Apr 26 12:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Atypicalissue: @schestowitz * 28 February 2019 — Chelsea Manning reveals subpoena to testify to WikiLeaks grand jury * 13 March 20… https://t.co/1lKh47fI7QApr 26 12:09
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Atypicalissue: @schestowitz * 28 February 2019 — Chelsea Manning reveals subpoena to testify to WikiLeaks grand jury * 13 March 20… https://t.co/1lKh47fI7QApr 26 12:09
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:09
schestowitz* 28 February 2019 — Chelsea Manning reveals subpoena to testify to WikiLeaks grand juryApr 26 12:09
schestowitz* 13 March 2019 — IACHR instructs Ecuador that it has an obligation not to expel Julian Assange, directly or indirectly, to the United StatesApr 26 12:09
schestowitz"\https://twitter.com/Atypicalissue/status/1254231296076734469Apr 26 12:10
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Atypicalissue: @schestowitz Surely he knew days in advance that this was about to happen? * 16 November 2018 — Secret charges agai… https://t.co/lYwtLwbx9IApr 26 12:10
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Atypicalissue: @schestowitz Surely he knew days in advance that this was about to happen? * 16 November 2018 — Secret charges agai… https://t.co/lYwtLwbx9IApr 26 12:10
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:10
schestowitzSurely he knew days in advance that this was about to happen?Apr 26 12:10
schestowitz* 16 November 2018 — Secret charges against Assange revealedApr 26 12:10
schestowitz* 17-20 January 2019 — US interrogates Ecuadorian diplomats, obtains documents, on pretext of fabricated Manafort-Assange meetingApr 26 12:10
schestowitz"Apr 26 12:10
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/j082298/status/1254101263505129472Apr 26 12:11
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1254084214334599174Apr 26 12:12
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: @schestowitz indeedApr 26 12:12
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schestowitzhttp://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/no-european-qualifying-examination-will.html?showComment=1587891974380#c1513463916533549045Apr 26 14:24
schestowitz"The EPO has bought this burden onto themselves by giving pre-EQE candidates a free pass. If they have committed to this then they need to stick to it. They can't change the rules or apply compensation for resitters only. It needs to be applied to all candidates sitting the main EQE 2021 finals. "Apr 26 14:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | No European qualifying examination will be held in 2020 says EQE Supervisory Board - The IPKatApr 26 14:24
schestowitzhttp://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/04/no-european-qualifying-examination-will.html?showComment=1587889209588#c8202435141651187646Apr 26 14:25
schestowitz"Presumably all those on here whinging about the missed year will be such competent students that with the extra year to prepare they will definitely not fail to manage to lose no more than half of the available marks in each paper next year, and accordingly will pass."Apr 26 14:25
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | No European qualifying examination will be held in 2020 says EQE Supervisory Board - The IPKatApr 26 14:25
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schestowitz>>> Sure.  It'd be pretty easy to add an SSH key that fires off a sudo-basedApr 26 18:09
schestowitz>>> graceful restart of httpd on TM, along with corresponding settings inApr 26 18:10
schestowitz>>> /etc/sudoers.Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>>>Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>>> Which specific symptoms should trigger it?Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>> Do you still have a coup of the script you ran on TR like a decade back?Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>> I mentioned it to you about a year ago, IIRC. The conditions for triggerApr 26 18:10
schestowitz>> are similar.Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>>Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>>Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz> Yes, but it would be more appropriate to fold the function into theApr 26 18:10
schestowitz> current shell script.  It'd just be a few lines and better there:Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz> If the machine does not respond to a HTTP request the script can triggerApr 26 18:10
schestowitz> a single attempt at a graceful httpd restart.  If that succeeds, it goesApr 26 18:10
schestowitz> back to normal.  If that fails, then it warns as normal.  We'd useApr 26 18:10
schestowitz> locked-down, single-purpose keys for that.  If you make an RSA SSH keyApr 26 18:10
schestowitz> pair and send me the public key, I can add that.Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz> First, I'd like to add an unprivileged account to TM for that, sinceApr 26 18:10
schestowitz> there isn't one available yet.Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz>Apr 26 18:10
schestowitz> How does all that sound?Apr 26 18:10
schestowitzDo you want to do this soon or maybe hope the server will settle and this problem no longer occur?Apr 26 18:10
schestowitzTechrights still has that occasional hammering on "Categories", but not as much lately, so for the time being I can sleep OK, Rianne watches the load on a distant laptop.Apr 26 18:10
schestowitzThe VMs still appear to be more stable than before Alpine updates. But it might be premature to assume so.Apr 26 18:10
schestowitzAlso, we still need to wait for sudoers to be amended.Apr 26 18:10
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