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Being pres https://t.co/qWjaMxmtvn [21:03] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wget42: @schestowitz IMHO, attracting new developers is vital for a FOSS ecosystem otherwise it would be dying. Being pres https://t.co/qWjaMxmtvn [21:04] schestowitz " [21:04] schestowitz IMHO, attracting new developers is vital for a FOSS ecosystem otherwise it would be dying. [21:04] schestowitz Being present where the devs are entertains that idea of visibility and viability. [21:04] schestowitz " [21:04] schestowitz https://twitter.com/wget42/status/1408758556493500423 [21:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wget42: @schestowitz At the end of the day, even if GitHub is proprietary software, this move benefits the whole Collabora https://t.co/BIFbVucS19 [21:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wget42: @schestowitz At the end of the day, even if GitHub is proprietary software, this move benefits the whole Collabora https://t.co/BIFbVucS19 [21:04] schestowitz "At the end of the day, even if GitHub is proprietary software, this move benefits the whole Collabora Online product (and as a consequence the LibreOffice ecosystem as well since all our source code is upstreamed/free software)." [21:04] schestowitz https://twitter.com/cjnator38/status/1408878761429323782 [21:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@cjnator38: @schestowitz @elementary_bot Weekend* Cassidy flop [21:05] schestowitz https://twitter.com/wget42/status/1408758210371141634 [21:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wget42: @schestowitz You need to understand that this choice has been made for visibility reasons. If you want to benefit f https://t.co/MfHNeG4yQq [21:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wget42: @schestowitz You need to understand that this choice has been made for visibility reasons. If you want to benefit f https://t.co/MfHNeG4yQq [21:05] schestowitz "You need to understand that this choice has been made for visibility reasons. If you want to benefit from a FOSS community and be discovered, you need to be present on platforms where the people (the devs) are." [21:05] schestowitz https://twitter.com/RodneyE34641593/status/1408706459043463169 [21:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@RodneyE34641593: @schestowitz @ravelesm @Snowden The new way the rich escape prosecution, fake suicides!!! [21:05] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Softly_Sarah/status/1408698181815353345 [21:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Softly_Sarah: https://t.co/16bwcYeOO8 [21:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #ClimateNewsNetwork Shape-shifting birds in US skies surprise #science https://t.co/To4cXonnxu [21:05] schestowitz https://twitter.com/robothiveIRC/status/1408667358944661513 [21:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@robothiveIRC: https://t.co/lDxoQQRYY7 https://t.co/Waj0R3DaPE [21:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: Annotated Transcript of #AndrewLee ( #Freenode ) Interview With Lode Ray Dio https://t.co/YQe3ydZviu #irc needs to https://t.co/QLEyBKOFmi [21:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@robothiveIRC: https://t.co/lDxoQQRYY7 https://t.co/Waj0R3DaPE [21:06] schestowitz https://twitter.com/MicheleDuffy18/status/1408635596998778883 [21:06] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@MicheleDuffy18: @OlgaNYC1211 https://t.co/UdbHVjxej7 [21:06] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: #Blinken Warns That #NordStream 2 Could Be Coercivie Tool Against Europe https://t.co/TlNeXYkmoD #rferl #de | https://t.co/kBxiQpG6M9 [21:06] schestowitz https://twitter.com/jimmyroybloom/status/1408447706700333057 [21:06] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@jimmyroybloom: .... https://t.co/5aybcAgxOR ● Jun 26 [22:07] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@c59rpkzj2h7vg.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:13] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jun 26 [23:41] schestowitz > Dear Roym [23:41] schestowitz > [23:41] schestowitz > As an occasional techrights reader I know that you've no specific [23:41] schestowitz > interest in digital rights literature /per se/, however may I [23:41] schestowitz > include a link to [23:41] schestowitz > [23:41] schestowitz > https://digitalvegan.net [23:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-digitalvegan.net | Digital Vegan Book [23:41] schestowitz > [23:41] schestowitz > just in case it is of interest to you personally or to [23:41] schestowitz > friends and colleagues. [23:41] schestowitz > [23:41] schestowitz > Digital Vegan is a book that tries to spread the message [23:41] schestowitz > not just of privacy and software freedom, but of digital dignity, [23:41] schestowitz > moderation and responsible technology use through the metaphor of [23:41] schestowitz > diet. [23:41] schestowitz The analogy was drawn before and it is an interesting one. [23:41] schestowitz Thanks for passing this along. [23:42] schestowitz > Hi Roy, [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > Could you please provide me with mobile number so that I could further discuss your concern and request for an appointment ? [23:42] schestowitz Wow, it took them two weeks to respond (!!) and they ask for a mobile number... in response to a message that was all about me not having a mobile number [23:48] schestowitz Re: Fwd: The dangerous liaisons of Oracle [23:52] schestowitz > Dear Dr. Roy, [23:52] schestowitz > It's me, Alessandro, your reader and collaborator since the times of [23:52] schestowitz > Boycott Novell. [23:52] schestowitz > I'm sorry for the Gmail account, I'm trying to move to another provider. [23:52] schestowitz > Well, as you know, I write to PCLOS Magazine. In the April issue, I [23:52] schestowitz > wrote about how the big techs are in bed with spying agencies of the US [23:52] schestowitz > government. [23:52] schestowitz Yes, we linked to that. Several times. [23:52] schestowitz > When I was researching, to write the article, a disturbing piece of [23:52] schestowitz > information surfaced. That Oracle was helping the Chinese government [23:52] schestowitz > with facial recognition and software surveillance, in the Xinjiang [23:52] schestowitz > province, China. [23:52] schestowitz Not too shocking. [23:52] schestowitz > Well, I believe you might know better about this matter than the info I [23:52] schestowitz > was able to collect. [23:52] schestowitz > So, I would like to ask you some questions. [23:52] schestowitz > [23:52] schestowitz > 1) I could only find information about it on the site of The Intercept. [23:52] schestowitz > Could Oracle be hushing up the case ? [23:52] schestowitz The Intercept = Omidyar = friend of Thiel. Look up the Oracle connections. [23:52] schestowitz The Intercept does go hard on IBM. [23:52] schestowitz > 2) Would you know if Oracle is using some piece of Free Software, to [23:52] schestowitz > enable the software surveillance / facial recognition it is selling to [23:52] schestowitz > China ? [23:52] schestowitz Almost all things now leverage Free software. [23:52] schestowitz > 3) How is it possible that, while the US government condemns Chinese [23:52] schestowitz > government acts in Xinjiang, citing human rights violations, an all [23:52] schestowitz > american company is selling software / services that enable those human [23:52] schestowitz > rights violations ? [23:52] schestowitz This would not be the first time. Microsoft does the same in China. [23:52] schestowitz > 4) Do you know if Oracle was involved, at any level, in the attempt to [23:52] schestowitz > cancel the return of Richard Stallman to the FSF's board of directors ? [23:52] schestowitz I could not see much/any of an Oracle role. [23:52] schestowitz > 5) Do you see any parallels on the actions of Oracle, with the Chinese [23:52] schestowitz > dissidents, and the actions of IBM, collaborating with the Nazi German [23:52] schestowitz > government, back in the 30's ? [23:52] schestowitz Microsoft also, at present: http://techrights.org/2021/04/04/microsoft-nationalism/ [23:52] schestowitz > Well, those were my doubts about this Oracle case. If you could answer [23:52] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Microsoft: Nationalism As A Service (NaaS) | Techrights [23:52] schestowitz > me before next monday, it would be great( So I can write a follow up [23:52] schestowitz > article in time for the July issue). [23:53] schestowitz > [23:53] schestowitz > Thanks in advance, for your time, and your continued efforts for the [23:53] schestowitz > good of Free Software, since now, everyone wants a piece of it, and, of [23:53] schestowitz > course, they want to alienate the users, the ones who have been using it [23:53] schestowitz > since the beginning, kinda of a gentrification of Free Software (expel [23:53] schestowitz > the old time users and let only the corporations use and control it). [23:53] schestowitz Yes, this sums up what they do. [23:53] schestowitz > Best regards, [23:55] schestowitz > Hi Roy, [23:55] schestowitz > [23:55] schestowitz > I appreciate the effort you make syndicating blogs that may be somewhat [23:55] schestowitz > controversial [23:55] schestowitz > [23:55] schestowitz > Nobody wants to air the rumor about a rent boy. Least of all their mentor. [23:55] schestowitz > [23:55] schestowitz > Moreover, the rent boy rumor /may not be true/. It is true that people [23:55] schestowitz > speculate about such things in a case like this. But they may be wrong. [23:55] schestowitz > There are very few ways to explain the vast amounts of money granted to [23:55] schestowitz > Pranav and his brother. All of these explications are despicable but [23:55] schestowitz > some of them do not require him to be a rent boy. [23:55] schestowitz > [23:55] schestowitz > There is more to this. Various people told me that Pranav has denounced [23:55] schestowitz > me. I don't write this out of spite. I write this from a factual [23:55] schestowitz > perspective: he has been offered travel and speaking opportunities as [23:55] schestowitz > consideration for denouncing his mentor. [23:55] schestowitz > [23:55] schestowitz > No intern spontaneously chooses to denounce their mentor. [23:55] schestowitz > [23:55] schestowitz > There is something very toxic here [23:55] schestowitz > [23:55] schestowitz > Moreover, there are other details I did not disclose in this email. Do [23:55] schestowitz > you and your wife envisage a visit to Switzerland or the French alps [23:55] schestowitz > during the summer? [23:55] schestowitz We don't travel much these days, except the suburbs of Manc. [23:55] schestowitz It would be easier to meet people around here, safer as well.