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schestowitz>> Only in IRC a former Debian dev said to me about one of your posts thatAug 26 03:11
schestowitz>> it was not correct. Other than that, nobody pressured me to not link toAug 26 03:11
schestowitz>> that stuff in Techrights, Tux Machines etc. I guess they realise I'm notAug 26 03:11
schestowitz>> a 'soft target' for censorship.Aug 26 03:11
schestowitz> Did he specify what was not correct?  If there are genuine errors I tryAug 26 03:11
schestowitz> to correct them but if people don't tell me directly and they run aroundAug 26 03:11
schestowitz> speaking to people behind my back then I don't know there is anything toAug 26 03:12
schestowitz> correct.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitzIt was about a suicide around xmas, but I cannot recall the details.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> 'Cancel culture' is no picnic, but they're done that to me sinceAug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> BoycottNovell (2006). And I'm still around...Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>>Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> Regarding Appelbaum, you might want to reach out to him directly, thoughAug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> like RMS he prefers for people to just forget about the whole thing.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz> The blogs are not really about Appelbaum though, they are about Debian'sAug 26 03:12
schestowitz> credibility and risk to other volunteers in future.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz> Erinn was the "foreplay" of plottingAug 26 03:12
schestowitz>Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz> Today there will be the "orgy of hypocrisy" with 2^50 shades of grayAug 26 03:12
schestowitz>Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz> Later in the week, the "climax", it will be safe for work but not forAug 26 03:12
schestowitz> people who did wrong.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitzSeems like a broader pattern.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> If along the way you find more interesting material, pass it along forAug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> us to publish. I can always deny or refuse to say where that came from...Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>>Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> Publishing leaks is something we've been quite good at.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>>Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> We're quite resistant to this whole 'cancel' 'thing'... as people knowAug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> what we stand for and we can handle the bullshit. We get lots ofAug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> readers, so need not rely much on "social control media" or mainstreamAug 26 03:12
schestowitz>> press.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitz> I used to have clients in the Victorian Parliament so I wasAug 26 03:12
schestowitz> automatically skeptical about the Appelbaum stuff.  Did you click theAug 26 03:12
schestowitz> "bewitched" link?  It was DSK down under.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitztechrights covered DSK.Aug 26 03:12
schestowitzx https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/24/21399611/unity-ipo-game-engine-unreal-competitor-epic-app-store-revenue-profitAug 26 03:37
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theverge.com | Unity’s IPO filing shows how big a threat it poses to Epic and the Unreal Engine - The VergeAug 26 03:37
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