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acer-boxhttps://twitter.com/pauwun/status/1221550220917596160Jan 27 04:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@pauwun: Man sollte Aussagen der Linux Foundation zu Freier Software zukünftig kritisch hinterfragen. https://t.co/MTuKJyDVxJJan 27 04:20
acer-box"Man sollte Aussagen der Linux Foundation zu Freier Software zukünftig kritisch hinterfragen."Jan 27 04:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Linux Foundation (LF) Now Dominated by Lots of Microsoft People and LF Chiefs Join Microsoft in Smearing GPL/Copyleft | TechrightsJan 27 04:20
acer-boxhttps://twitter.com/doombadroid/status/1221562005535903745Jan 27 04:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@doombadroid: @schestowitz So who do I bill for putting up with women all day?Jan 27 04:20
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/cambridgehyphen/status/1221649876573921280Jan 27 05:47
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@cambridgehyphen: @schestowitz What is this in response to today?Jan 27 05:47
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2020/01/26/mit-and-ms-or-mbs-billg/Jan 27 05:47
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | MIT and Microsoft Have Done Nothing to Actually Tackle Pedophilia and Ephebophilia | TechrightsJan 27 05:48
schestowitz>> That's from yesterday.Jan 27 06:57
schestowitz>>Jan 27 06:57
schestowitz>> Nothing looked suspicious enough to do an article aboutJan 27 06:57
schestowitz>>Jan 27 06:57
schestowitz> I'm not sure I follow the thread.Jan 27 06:58
schestowitz>Jan 27 06:58
schestowitz> Do you mean the anti-vaxxers there?  Most of them are ant-knowledge nutJan 27 06:58
schestowitz> jobs.  I disagree with them on most points and it would be hard to seeJan 27 06:58
schestowitz> how they could be an advantage.Jan 27 06:58
schestowitz>Jan 27 06:58
schestowitz> Or do you mean the problem with RMS having promoted homosexuality andJan 27 06:58
schestowitz> ephebophilia?  I disagree with him strongly on both points, though I didJan 27 06:58
schestowitz> not ever directly confront him even in the early stages.  I'd reallyJan 27 06:58
schestowitz> rather he try, with the help of others, to salvage the FSF and softwareJan 27 06:58
schestowitz> freedom rather than get dragged deeper into an endless, unwinnable mire.Jan 27 06:58
schestowitzThere were mainly two strands in yesterday morning's IRC logs.Jan 27 06:58
schestowitzThe first pertaining to overpopulation. It also talked about Gates' mother.Jan 27 06:58
schestowitzThe second was about the virus and alleged Gates interest (which I reject by the way).Jan 27 06:58
schestowitzoiaohm actually brought in some valuable info (to help thwart misinformation or misunderstandings)Jan 27 06:58
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schestowitz>>> I'll remove Openrightsgroup from the RSS feeds unless you want to keep it.Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz>> Their feed has not worked properly for like a decade! Maybe add LundukeJan 27 07:23
schestowitz>> Journal instead.Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz> Ok.  Done.  I think I've fixed the UTF-8 problem as well in regards toJan 27 07:23
schestowitz> the XHTML parsing.  I had stdin and stout covered but since that is readJan 27 07:23
schestowitz> as a file, I had to add a specific modification.  Despite all this time,Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz> systems are not set up for UTF-8.  I'll have to look at Raku some time,Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz> it has been developed with a lot of advantages.Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz>Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz>>> The 2014 link about M$ reading e-mail is relevant to the the ongoingJan 27 07:23
schestowitz>>> FOIA requests.  The requests have been held up for many months due toJan 27 07:23
schestowitz>>> machines which M$ controls and a second FOIA request for the thick sheafJan 27 07:23
schestowitz>>> of licenses for all versions of all M$ software on PD computers willJan 27 07:23
schestowitz>>> prove that (IMHO).Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz>> Assuming they would at all divulge such a list if asked. It would likelyJan 27 07:23
schestowitz>> only alienate and undermine the ongoing queries (we can put in more, butJan 27 07:23
schestowitz>> not yet...)Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz>>Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz>> You know what? Maybe that should be the topic of today's first article...Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz> The gist is that back when they were caught rummaging through the mail,Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz> they made a press release saying that they wouldn't do that anymore ...Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz>Jan 27 07:23
schestowitz> ... unless they decide they need to again.  It was a real "sorry, notJan 27 07:23
schestowitz> sorry" type of apology.Jan 27 07:23
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