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DaemonFC[m]Ransomware protection from Microsoft Defender blocks Fallout: New Vegas from creating saved games.Dec 11 00:37
DaemonFC[m]It seems to block attempts to write anything to various folders by untrusted programs as a way to prevent malware from encrypting your files in there.Dec 11 00:39
DaemonFC[m]But older games do things like leaving saves in the user's Documents folder.Dec 11 00:40
DaemonFC[m]You can turn it off, or you can allow an exception for a certain application.Dec 11 00:40
DaemonFC[m]Heh, blocks LibreOffice from saving in the Documents folder too. Have to override that.Dec 11 01:07
DaemonFC[m]Seems all Controlled Folder Access does is set those folders to read only and then allows signed applications and ones excepted by the user to access them.Dec 11 01:11
DaemonFC[m]https://www.cybersecurity-insiders.com/windows-10s-controlled-folder-access-wont-protect-your-data/Dec 11 01:12
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.cybersecurity-insiders.com | Windows 10’s Controlled Folder Access Won’t Protect Your Data - Cybersecurity InsidersDec 11 01:12
DaemonFC[m]https://www.nyotron.com/collateral/Nyotron-Windows10-Report-April-2018.pdfDec 11 01:15
*DaemonFC[m] sent a long message: < https://matrix.org/_matrix/media/r0/download/matrix.org/SldNcDbmTTPJxSfYSnmGSpxE/message.txt >Dec 11 01:15
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oiaohmhttps://kotaku.com/proposed-u-s-law-could-slap-twitch-streamers-with-felo-1845846012   HmmmDec 11 02:31
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-kotaku.com | Proposed U.S. Law Could Slap Twitch Streamers With Felonies For Broadcasting Copyrighted MaterialDec 11 02:31
search_socialLOLDec 11 02:36
Ariadnestarlink is so much better than viasat even if it was down all dayDec 11 02:46
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schestowitzAriadne: http://pleroma.fr/ still downDec 11 06:16
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Empty reply from server ( status 0 @ http://pleroma.fr/ )Dec 11 06:16
schestowitzI assume href is on the caseDec 11 06:16
schestowitzsome people ask me why I vanished from fediverseDec 11 06:17
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notanamberHello to all terminusDB changes license.. there is a post explaining the reasonsDec 11 08:32
notanamberhttps://terminusdb.com/blog/2020/12/08/we-love-gplv3-but-are-switching-license-to-apache-2-0-terminusdb/Dec 11 08:32
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-We Love GPLv3, but are Switching License to Apache 2.0: TerminusDB | Graph Database Blog - News and Tutorials from TerminusDBDec 11 08:32
schestowitzhiDec 11 08:37
schestowitzyes, I linked to that yesterdayDec 11 08:37
Ariadnehttps://blog.cloudlinux.com/announcing-open-sourced-community-driven-rhel-fork-by-cloudlinuxDec 11 08:38
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-blog.cloudlinux.com | Announcing Open-sourced & Community-Driven RHEL Fork by CloudLinuxDec 11 08:38
schestowitzthere are severalDec 11 08:38
schestowitzas demand growsDec 11 08:38
Ariadneyeah this is just the latest oneDec 11 08:38
schestowitzRHEL seems like a bad ideaDec 11 08:38
schestowitzwith attempts to further... to discourage "free riders"Dec 11 08:39
schestowitzthat's how IBM sees themDec 11 08:39
schestowitzsystemd might be one exampleDec 11 08:39
schestowitzhard to support/debug itDec 11 08:39
schestowitzAriadne: do you want to have a go at migration this weekend?Dec 11 08:39
AriadneyesDec 11 08:40
schestowitzcoolDec 11 08:40
Ariadnewe need to do itDec 11 08:40
schestowitzyes, I know, I'll make extra timeDec 11 08:40
schestowitzkeep track of hours you spend on it, eventually we'll compensate you for it all (we should!)Dec 11 08:40
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schestowitz"The CSC has requested the Union to publish this document."Dec 11 10:08
schestowitzwow, suepo still needs to help csc issue EPO documentsDec 11 10:08
schestowitzthe Office censors themDec 11 10:08
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Ariadnehmm, this starlink modem complains about obstructions during parts of the dayDec 11 10:25
schestowitzsometimes I forget how awful it was when I used baud-level modemsDec 11 10:32
Ariadneoh, starlink is much faster than viasat.Dec 11 10:32
Ariadne~70ms ping to the coloDec 11 10:32
schestowitzNowadays we stream nature videos all day longDec 11 10:33
schestowitzusing invidiousDec 11 10:33
Ariadnesometimes up to 100mbps downDec 11 10:33
Ariadneusually around 10mbps upDec 11 10:33
Ariadneno data capDec 11 10:33
Ariadneviasat is... maybe 12mbps down on a good day, and limited to 600kbps after 60GB transferDec 11 10:33
Ariadneof course, starlink is owned by elon musk which is mehDec 11 10:34
AriadnebutDec 11 10:34
Ariadnecan't argue with the resultsDec 11 10:34
Ariadneit goes down sometimes though, i think its because they don't have all satellites covering wyoming yetDec 11 10:35
schestowitz /s/owned/grifted/Dec 11 10:38
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Ariadneschestowitz: i'd rather he get the FCC funding than charter communicationsDec 11 11:06
Ariadnehe is a dickhead billionaire but he at least deliversDec 11 11:06
Ariadnecharter would take the money and then do nothing with it, meanwhile rural internet is still shit :)Dec 11 11:06
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vZS1schestowitz: I got the new UPS set up. That means the IPFS node should be up pretty much all the time (apart from maintenance).Dec 11 12:52
chovyhowdyDec 11 12:58
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tr_guest|90659Bristows, litigation agenda in the UK, at it again. Perhaps the failure of the UK led them to exploring other pastures    http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2020/12/11/neurim-and-flynn-v-mylan-a-case-put-to-bed/Dec 11 13:10
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | Neurim and Flynn v Mylan - A case put to bed? - Kluwer Patent BlogDec 11 13:10
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tr_guest|90659Melatonex advertisement for 3 mg of melatonin as a sleeping aid was dismissed as mere advertising puffDec 11 13:12
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MinceR(cat) (audio:unimportant) https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2020/09/13/029cc94afb4efa7f.mp4Dec 11 13:23
MinceRhttp://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=2133Dec 11 13:59
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-ffn.nodwick.com | Full Frontal Nerdity by Aaron Williams - 08/04/2020Dec 11 13:59
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MinceRhttp://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=2134Dec 11 14:21
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-ffn.nodwick.com | Full Frontal Nerdity by Aaron Williams - 08/06/2020Dec 11 14:21
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MinceRhttps://assets.amuniversal.com/f0b62f30556f01379a54005056a9545d   ( https://dilbert.com/strip/2019-05-29 )Dec 11 15:08
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Never Stop Dreaming - Dilbert Comic Strip on 2019-05-29 | Dilbert by Scott AdamsDec 11 15:08
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MinceR(cat) https://full.pr0gramm.com/2020/09/12/5a411f62788ed76f.jpgDec 11 15:34
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MinceRhttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo9jrrAWMAEXMZ_?format=png&name=origDec 11 15:39
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MinceR(audio:important) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egEraZP9yXQDec 11 16:58
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-How Many Holes Does a Human Have? - YouTubeDec 11 16:58
schestowitz[12:52] <vZS1> schestowitz: I got the new UPS set up. That means the IPFS node should be up pretty much all the time (apart from maintenance).Dec 11 17:02
schestowitzMake sure it's a good UPS that doesn't so a oops when you most need itDec 11 17:02
*schestowitz heard stories about it..Dec 11 17:02
schestowitz[11:06] <Ariadne> he is a dickhead billionaire but he at least deliversDec 11 17:02
schestowitzI recall you boycotting paypal :-)Dec 11 17:03
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schestowitzMinceR: the Dilbert one is very clever and simpleDec 11 17:05
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Techrights-secNo perma link (16:30 UTC) Dec 11 17:13
Techrights-sechttps://www.nbcnews.com/Dec 11 17:13
Techrights-sec"Dec 11 17:13
Techrights-secToday, NBC News is devoting its homepage to a special collection of reports that show the loominDec 11 17:13
Techrights-secg pain of the coronavirus pandemic and the paths that could lead the country out of it.Dec 11 17:13
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.nbcnews.com | How America gave up and how we fight backDec 11 17:13
Techrights-sec"Dec 11 17:13
cybrNauti boycott PayPalDec 11 17:13
cybrNautbut i don't recall Elon Musk having any part of PayPal though, apart from being chummy with rat-bastard scumbag Peter Thiel, who founded PayPalDec 11 17:15
vZS1schestowitz: I did some testing and it seems to work alrightDec 11 17:19
vZS1But only time will tellDec 11 17:20
schestowitzlet me find the refDec 11 17:20
schestowitzsome gentoo guyDec 11 17:20
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schestowitz I give upDec 11 17:22
schestowitzcan't find it easily, it was months agoDec 11 17:22
vZS1Okay soDec 11 17:22
vZS1PSADec 11 17:22
vZS1The Sun is promoting the Covid vaccineDec 11 17:23
vZS1That's a nopeDec 11 17:23
vZS1www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtviu3xnRd4Dec 11 17:24
schestowitzwhich vaccine? Dec 11 17:24
schestowitzI know of experiments, not vaccineDec 11 17:24
schestowitzwhen the clinical trials are over, in the next decade, I may joinDec 11 17:24
schestowitzuntil then, let them blame "grandma" when she does with her placeboDec 11 17:25
schestowitz*diesDec 11 17:25
vZS1Yeah no. I'm not going to take thisDec 11 17:27
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schestowitzsince you brought it upDec 11 17:33
schestowitzlet me go on a tangent quicklyDec 11 17:33
schestowitzany time you reject ANY vaccine you risk being labeled anti-vaxxerDec 11 17:33
schestowitzthat, however, implies that all vaccines ever in existence of even in testing caused no side effectsDec 11 17:33
schestowitzas you roughly pointed out the other day, we're pro-vaccine and took vaccinationDec 11 17:34
schestowitzbut not once developed in a few months Dec 11 17:34
schestowitzand then foisted upon a massive test test because "emergency"Dec 11 17:34
schestowitzI wrote something related to this recently, inc. http://techrights.org/2020/10/10/bill-gates-in-india/Dec 11 17:34
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Conspiracy Theories Have Successfully Distracted From Perfectly Legitimate and Real Scandals of Bill Gates in India, the Fertile Ground for Unethical Mass Experimentation on Humans | TechrightsDec 11 17:34
vZS1I took several vaccines last yearDec 11 17:35
vZS1I'm in no way anti-vaxDec 11 17:35
vZS1I'm just anti-bullshitDec 11 17:35
MinceRwhat if i prefer x86 to VAX? :>Dec 11 17:35
schestowitzXRevan86:  https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/10/rosstat-excess-deaths-in-russia-exceed-138-000-people-since-the-start-of-the-pandemic Dec 11 17:35
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-meduza.io | NO TITLEDec 11 17:35
schestowitzMinceR: VAX is deadDec 11 17:36
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vZS1Weren't MSM/Pfizer made to pay the biggest fine in history for something?Dec 11 17:38
vZS1I can't recall where I read thatDec 11 17:38
vZS1I found itDec 11 17:40
vZS1news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8234533.smDec 11 17:41
vZS1s/sm/stmDec 11 17:42
vZS1news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8234533.stmDec 11 17:42
schestowitztechrights on pfizer:Dec 11 17:44
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2010/12/20/pfizer-scandal/Dec 11 17:44
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Wikileaks/Cablegate Sheds Bad Light on Bill Gates’ Rogue Patent Investments | TechrightsDec 11 17:45
schestowitz"Pharmaceutical company Pfizer, for example, spent $139bn (£112bn) on share buybacks."Dec 11 17:45
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2019/10/14/the-stupidest-policy-ever/Dec 11 17:45
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | “The Stupidest [Patent/Tax] Policy Ever” | TechrightsDec 11 17:45
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2010/03/22/image-redone-with-cartels/Dec 11 17:45
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Gates Foundation Roundup: (Mis)Education With Spin; GAVI, Pfizer, Merck, and the African Ventures | TechrightsDec 11 17:45
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2009/05/06/the-pharmaceutical-cartel/Dec 11 17:45
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | The Pharmaceutical Cartel | TechrightsDec 11 17:45
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2017/09/27/ep-in-court/Dec 11 17:45
schestowitzAmong more...Dec 11 17:45
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | European Patent Expired, But $70,000,000 in ‘Damages’ | TechrightsDec 11 17:45
schestowitzWe never focused too much on themDec 11 17:45
schestowitzvZS1: BTW, if you add http/s, the bot will pick up titles and more irc clients will make these clickableDec 11 17:46
schestowitzI cannot open then url abobeDec 11 17:46
vZS1Ah sorryDec 11 17:46
schestowitzsecond one is okDec 11 17:46
schestowitzhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8234533.stmDec 11 17:46
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-news.bbc.co.uk | BBC NEWS | Business | Pfizer agrees record fraud fineDec 11 17:46
vZS1The first one was a typoDec 11 17:46
schestowitzI just notice thrice in the row protocol was omittedDec 11 17:46
schestowitzBTW, BBC is corruptDec 11 17:46
schestowitzit's repeatedly bribed by GatesDec 11 17:46
schestowitzit's also run by loads of 'former' Microsoft UK execsDec 11 17:47
vZS1IndeedDec 11 17:47
schestowitzThey do xbox ads as 'articles' this monthDec 11 17:47
schestowitzxbox 'for educationDec 11 17:47
vZS1I just wanted a quick exampleDec 11 17:47
schestowitznot f* raspiDec 11 17:47
schestowitzwhich is made in WaLESDec 11 17:47
schestowitzand costs like 10 times lessDec 11 17:47
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/BBCDec 11 17:47
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | BBC - TechrightsDec 11 17:47
schestowitzI know TR well enough to link to things to it off the cuffDec 11 17:47
vZS1This whole Pfizer thing looks like a big scamDec 11 17:48
schestowitzI don't trust companies thast target old people for hardonsDec 11 17:49
schestowitzthe premium marketsDec 11 17:49
schestowitzpeople with moneyDec 11 17:49
schestowitzrather than real needsDec 11 17:49
schestowitzfix illnesses in AfricaDec 11 17:49
schestowitznot much money in itDec 11 17:49
schestowitzunless you use them for clinical trialsDec 11 17:50
schestowitzI will find you a good video on itDec 11 17:50
schestowitzAl Jazeera, hang on...Dec 11 17:50
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2020/06/16/gatesgate-interlude/Dec 11 17:50
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Gates Foundation Is Not Helping Africa or Africans. It Exploits Them. | TechrightsDec 11 17:50
schestowitzhere, watch it, it's shortDec 11 17:50
schestowitzand hits the nailDec 11 17:50
vZS1Watching nowDec 11 17:51
schestowitzwebmDec 11 17:51
schestowitzor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcMrHpLd9C4Dec 11 17:51
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Gates Foundation accused of exploiting its leverage in Africa - YouTubeDec 11 17:51
schestowitzWhat the lady says there I like becauseDec 11 17:52
schestowitzit's what I had been saying for many years before this video was madeDec 11 17:53
schestowitzand I wrote a lot about it http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gates_Foundation_CritiqueDec 11 17:53
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Gates Foundation Critique - TechrightsDec 11 17:53
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schestowitzThese articles are read a lot this year because in some senses we were years ahead of timeDec 11 17:53
schestowitzWith defectosDec 11 17:53
schestowitzpeople who blasted me for criticising GatesDec 11 17:54
schestowitzafter some TV shows brainwashed themDec 11 17:54
schestowitzGates-fundedDec 11 17:54
schestowitzand now they apologise to me, saying I was right all alongDec 11 17:54
schestowitzmany of the links in these 10+ y-o articles are now broken, but Internet Archive should have most of them copiedDec 11 17:54
vZS1schestowitz: you know that charity I told you about? After I linked the E2EE piece I didn't hear anything back from them. And today I saw them promoting the new "vaccine".Dec 11 17:55
vZS1Something isn't rightDec 11 17:55
schestowitzwhich vaccine?Dec 11 17:56
schestowitzyou mean the UK taxpayers-funded clinical trials for Gates-invested Pfizer?Dec 11 17:56
schestowitz*(grift)Dec 11 17:56
MinceRhttps://hugelolcdn.com/i/704991.pngDec 11 17:59
vZS1Paul isn't happyDec 11 18:00
XRevan86- Are you Christian, Christian?Dec 11 18:07
XRevan86- I am not Christian.Dec 11 18:07
XRevan86- Are you Christian, what's you name?Dec 11 18:07
XRevan86* yourDec 11 18:07
DaemonFC[m]schestowitz There's a lot of money in COVID-19 vaccines.Dec 11 18:08
DaemonFC[m]They have the major world governments funding it and guaranteeing that there's enough doses for their own citizens at no cost  to them.Dec 11 18:08
DaemonFC[m]In the US, they aren't responsible if it goes horribly wrong. A government compensation fund is.Dec 11 18:08
DaemonFC[m]This is better than Viagra for Pfizer.Dec 11 18:09
schestowitz[18:08] <DaemonFC[m]> They have the major world governments fundingDec 11 18:09
schestowitz>taxpayersDec 11 18:09
schestowitzagainst their will at timesDec 11 18:09
schestowitzand they don't get to decide on who's griftingDec 11 18:09
schestowitzPfizer is just dicking around with national budgetsDec 11 18:10
schestowitzand the more scared the public becomes, the richer they can become (at the public's expense)Dec 11 18:10
schestowitzplus, politicians may get kickbacksDec 11 18:10
schestowitzwe know how companies like Pfizer operate... many kickbacks  and regulatory molesDec 11 18:10
DaemonFC[m]The Republicans are still trying to overturn the election in the courts.Dec 11 18:22
DaemonFC[m]Now Texas has tried to go directly to the Supreme Court and ask for a remedy of overturning four other states' elections, which is clearly unconstitutional. Dec 11 18:22
DaemonFC[m]The Constitution says that states can appoint electors however they want, period.Dec 11 18:22
DaemonFC[m]If they want to have an election, they can, if they want to pass a state law letting the legislature pick electors, they theoretically could, although none of them have ever tried that and it's flat out illegal in many states for the legislature to get involved.Dec 11 18:23
DaemonFC[m]Nowhere does it say or even imply that a state that decided how to award its electors is up for review by the Supreme Court, or that another state has standing to challenge their decision.Dec 11 18:23
schestowitzvZS1: just checked or grepped tr log for past 5 daysDec 11 18:43
schestowitz18k hits on txt and ipfsDec 11 18:43
schestowitzso it's growingDec 11 18:43
schestowitzipfs: Dec 11 18:43
schestowitzTotalIn: 57 GBDec 11 18:43
schestowitzTotalOut: 23 GBDec 11 18:43
schestowitzcorrect me if I'm wrong, but typically it's me and people who "pin" our CIDs who would serve the shards of dataDec 11 18:44
schestowitzor is it more stochastic?Dec 11 18:44
vZS1It's people that pin.Dec 11 18:48
vZS1Otherwise the objects can get GCdDec 11 18:48
schestowitzso you are among the distribution sourcesDec 11 18:52
schestowitzthanklsDec 11 18:52
schestowitzthis month we move http/s to another location/serverDec 11 18:53
DaemonFC[m]That's pretty funny. Microsoft put ads and stuff in Solitaire and the other games that used to be free.Dec 11 18:58
DaemonFC[m]Wants $10 per month each now.Dec 11 18:58
psydroidThey've completely lost itDec 11 19:01
psydroidThe value of Windows is (now) $0Dec 11 19:04
psydroidI noticed they messed with their Snipping Tool tooDec 11 19:04
MinceRi thought it was negativeDec 11 19:04
schestowitzyeah, worseDec 11 19:05
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schestowitzpsydroid: something they offer incentives (like money or others) to NOT have something else installedDec 11 19:05
schestowitznegative pricingDec 11 19:05
schestowitz*sometimesDec 11 19:05
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schestowitzIIRC, they got caught doing that against gnu/linux on EEE PCDec 11 19:06
DaemonFC[m]I was reading a review about Microsoft Edge, and someone else noticed how buried the setting to change the search engine was.Dec 11 19:11
DaemonFC[m]Ironically, unless you know just where to look, you have to use a search to figure out how to change your search.Dec 11 19:12
schestowitzRe: Unfettered Freedom Ep. 12Dec 11 19:12
schestowitz> "Microsoft is starting to change my mind a little bit"Dec 11 19:12
DaemonFC[m]I don't know what part about freemium games and advertising everywhere is appropriate for a SKU called "Professional Edition".Dec 11 19:12
schestowitz> Dec 11 19:12
schestowitz> Bye, DT.Dec 11 19:12
schestowitzIndeed, if he said it like that. May depend on context though.Dec 11 19:12
schestowitzCan you give some context?Dec 11 19:12
schestowitzBefore I delete him from RSS...Dec 11 19:12
MinceRsearch to find how to fix the searchDec 11 19:13
MinceRor just use the browser to download a browserDec 11 19:13
MinceRclassic microshitDec 11 19:13
DaemonFC[m]The funniest thing I saw was a Lenovo assistant saying they included fewer bloatware apps to make your experience better, but they recommend you install a list of bloatware apps that don't do anything much until you pay for them, or default to trial mode.Dec 11 19:13
DaemonFC[m]"We improved your experience and suggest that you degrade it yourself!"Dec 11 19:14
psydroid"Microsoft is making a serious impact on the contents of my wallet, which made me change my mind about the company and its malware"Dec 11 19:14
schestowitzbtwDec 11 19:16
DaemonFC[m]Then there's the "Ransomware Protection" that actual ransomware can trivially bypass if it expects it to be on, but which stops software that legitimately needs to use those folders from writing to them. Windows Store apps get write privileges, but you have to whitelist everything else if Controlled Folder Access is turned on. This breaks, at least, foobar2000 if you installed it outside the store, Fallout games, TheDec 11 19:16
DaemonFC[m]Elder Scrolls games including Skyrim, and LibreOffice.Dec 11 19:16
schestowitzthis is about DistroTube (DT)Dec 11 19:16
schestowitzaka Derek TaylorDec 11 19:16
schestowitzhe mentions Techrights sometimesDec 11 19:16
schestowitzbut if it's an FSF shirt-wearing lets-out-RMS person who is OK with Microsoft, then it's a noise vectorDec 11 19:17
schestowitzSo I want to know what he said and in what contextDec 11 19:17
schestowitzI got along with him beforeDec 11 19:17
schestowitzthough he's some sort of maniac on politicsDec 11 19:17
schestowitzlike MicrosoftDec 11 19:17
DaemonFC[m]The whole point of writing to those folders, post-Vista, was that Microsoft implemented User Account Control, which causes an alert if an application tries to write outside a folder the user owns. So the obvious workaround was to use those folders which the user owns, which are now broken by Controlled Folder Access.Dec 11 19:17
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2020/06/17/microsoft-firearms-cult/Dec 11 19:18
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Microsoft Insider: Microsoft is Full of Nationalists and Gun Enthusiasts | TechrightsDec 11 19:18
schestowitzMicrosoft != "liberals" Dec 11 19:18
DaemonFC[m]Also, neatly bricking competing office suites while leaving their own intact.Dec 11 19:18
DaemonFC[m]Imagine that.Dec 11 19:18
DaemonFC[m]While the user can override it and allow LibreOffice to write to the Documents folder, why should they have to?Dec 11 19:19
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DaemonFC[m]Must be why it's not turned on by default. It won't stop ransomware, it breaks probably thousands of legitimate programs, and it seems to be one more piece of bullet point engineering on Microsoft's security kabuki theater list, when all it's doing behind the scenes is glorified NTFS read-only switching.Dec 11 19:23
DaemonFC[m]Microsoft vaguely acknowledged that it's useless but that they have no plans to fix the several known ways around it.Dec 11 19:23
DaemonFC[m]If there was a Truth in GUIs law, it would be called "Introduce compatibility problems". Or, to quote Microsoft, "The user is supposed to see the problems and suspect that they're bugs in the competitor's version of DOS, and then go out and buy ours.".Dec 11 19:25
DaemonFC[m]At some point they'll probably switch it on by default and then the user will be confused by all of the breakage and buy Microsoft Office and use Windows Store apps.Dec 11 19:25
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DaemonFC[m]Probably the easiest way to bypass it is look through the registry for the list of apps the user has allowed through and then use a code injection attack on one of them.Dec 11 19:26
psydroidThey wouldn't be doing this if they didn't see a loss of revenue due to their users switching to alternativesDec 11 19:26
DaemonFC[m]Probably not.Dec 11 19:27
DaemonFC[m]The LibreOffice people made some great improvements to OOXML compatibility in version 7.x, and honestly for most people there will no longer be jarring breakage of visual differences if they open up such a file and edit it. Dec 11 19:28
DaemonFC[m]So Microsoft has gotten much more aggressive about carpet bombing the user with ads for theirs so that they'll go ahead and buy it and not go looking for something to edit MS Office documents with.Dec 11 19:29
DaemonFC[m]The fact that it took Microsoft over a decade to comply with the "Strict" version of their OOXML ISO standard is really ridiculous.Dec 11 19:30
DaemonFC[m]If you do a new standard, there's no legitimate reason why your current software doesn't implement it.Dec 11 19:30
DaemonFC[m]So the ISO let them shove in a "Transitional" version so that they could Transition to their own standard, a decade later, after polluting the web with garbage that is very poorly documented.Dec 11 19:31
DaemonFC[m]I think the obvious reason they never supported the Strict version until lately is they knew it would take a while to convince people to use Office 365.Dec 11 19:31
DaemonFC[m]In the mean time, the way to inflict pain and ensure compliance with upgrade fees is to keep doing what they always did. Tweak their formats a bit so that the old version wouldn't be very useful anymore.Dec 11 19:32
DaemonFC[m]Office software 20 years ago pretty much did what you needed it to.Dec 11 19:33
DaemonFC[m]I mean, obviously people were making documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in 2000.Dec 11 19:33
DaemonFC[m]But with these useless upgrades, Microsoft is sitting on a pile of cash and the skulls of (most of) their computer.Dec 11 19:33
DaemonFC[m]*competitorsDec 11 19:34
DaemonFC[m]I remember when I was younger and my dad was complaining about just having to install new versions of Office.Dec 11 19:34
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DaemonFC[m]Because while Thomson was paying for site licenses for their employees, they were not paying for new versions of Windows that you needed to run them on, and the new computers to run that.Dec 11 19:35
psydroidI would expect my employer to pay for my work computer and take care of all the software running on it unless something else was explicitly agreed uponDec 11 19:46
DaemonFC[m]Microsoft has resorted to selling Windows cheaply before. They had a $29 update disc to Windows Me but it would only work if you ran the setup program from Windows 98.Dec 11 19:47
DaemonFC[m]So if you needed to reinstall the OS you had to install Windows 98 all over and then wait a couple hours for Windows Me to install over it.Dec 11 19:48
MinceRthey probably preferred for you to buy Backdoors ME again in that case :>Dec 11 19:49
DaemonFC[m]I had a program that started the computer up in DOS and made a snapshot of the whole system, and it could recover the disk to that state in like 10 minutes.Dec 11 19:49
DaemonFC[m]So as soon as Me was done and you were finished de-crapifying everything that came from the OEM and updated your drivers, you could make a snapshot.Dec 11 19:50
DaemonFC[m]Believe it or not, Microsoft didn't shut down the Windows Me Internet Games server until this summer.Dec 11 19:52
DaemonFC[m]Thought it was odd since Me was unsupported after 2006.Dec 11 19:53
schestowitzAriadne: #AlpineLinux 3.12.2 released • 𝓣𝓾𝔁 𝓜𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145332 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | more in http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/11/#latestDec 11 19:54
DaemonFC[m]So buying that actually didn't gain you any support lifecycle over anything 9x.Dec 11 19:54
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Alpine 3.12.2 released | Tux MachinesDec 11 19:54
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-schestowitz.com | Social Control Media PostsDec 11 19:54
schestowitzAriadne: Until pleroma.site is back I'm posting my fediverse stuff in  http://schestowitz.com/2020/12/11/#latestDec 11 19:54
MinceR(cat) https://full.pr0gramm.com/2020/09/12/ad7817936c230f2a.jpgDec 11 19:54
DaemonFC[m]schestowitz: The government enabled Facebook to get as bad and big as they are now.Dec 11 19:57
DaemonFC[m]Now they're doing this antitrust thing. Facebook even said they grew this big with the blessing of the FTC approving all of their acquisitions so far.Dec 11 19:57
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schestowitzFacebook has been an extension for spy agencies, among other forcesDec 11 20:05
schestowitzit still serves as Microsoft's data repositoryDec 11 20:05
schestowitzMicrosoft gets direct access to all/most of the dataDec 11 20:05
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Ariadnegrr, obstructed view againDec 11 20:24
oiaohmDaemonFC[m]: really with OOXML is been a horrible choice at times either open in Libreoffice with broken format or not open in MS Office at all.Dec 11 20:24
schestowitzXRevan86: https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/10/levada-center-youth-support-for-putin-drops-to-20-percentDec 11 20:34
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-meduza.io | NO TITLEDec 11 20:34
Ariadnewhen the modem complains about obstructed view, speeds tank down to ~1mbpsDec 11 20:37
Ariadne:(Dec 11 20:37
Ariadnei have ordered some bulk outdoor cat7 plenum cableDec 11 20:38
Ariadnehopefully that allows me to position the outdoor part in a better placeDec 11 20:38
Ariadnethough i think the maximum length for PoE + cat7 is 100mDec 11 20:39
XRevan86schestowitz: Blasphemous survey, no wonder they got the "foreign agent" status %).Dec 11 20:40
XRevan86https://meduza.io/en/news/2019/08/10/state-pollsters-will-now-publish-unflattering-survey-data-about-putin-less-often now that's betterDec 11 20:42
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-meduza.io | NO TITLEDec 11 20:42
schestowitzAriadne: so Zoom is out of the question for you :-)Dec 11 20:45
schestowitzXRevan86: elected, but not popularDec 11 20:45
schestowitzEPO president is not even elected, it's all riggedDec 11 20:45
schestowitzand so you end up with single-digit approval rate among staffDec 11 20:46
schestowitzXRevan86: technically it's foreignDec 11 20:46
schestowitzriga-based iircDec 11 20:46
schestowitzbecause they drove media to exileDec 11 20:47
schestowitznobody wants to end up on a plane to Germany in a comaDec 11 20:47
XRevan86schestowitz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levada_Center Levada CentreDec 11 20:48
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-en.wikipedia.org | Levada Center - WikipediaDec 11 20:48
XRevan86The government took control over VTsIOM in 2003, former employees founded Levada CentreDec 11 20:49
schestowitz"It is named after its founder, the first Russian professor of sociology Yuri Levada (1930—2006). The Center traces back its history to 1987 when the All-Union Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) was founded under the leadership of academician Tatyana Zaslavskaya. Being one of the largest Russian research companies[citation needed], the Levada Center regularly conducts its own and commissioned polling and marketing research. "Dec 11 20:49
schestowitzThis is similar to EPODec 11 20:50
schestowitzhow the regime 'steals' the narrativeDec 11 20:50
schestowitzor takes control of what used to have credibilityDec 11 20:50
XRevan86You know, 2003, three years about Putin came to power.Dec 11 20:50
XRevan86The good-old Bolt TighteningDec 11 20:52
liberty_boxhttps://betanews.com/2020/12/11/open-source-vs-open-core-qa/Dec 11 20:55
-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-betanews.com | Open source vs open core -- the development battle you may never have heard of [Q&A]Dec 11 20:55
vZS1schestowitz: distrotube is noise. Nothing of substance.Dec 11 21:23
schestowitzit's hard to find substance these daysDec 11 21:28
schestowitzesp. in so-called 'news' sitesDec 11 21:29
schestowitzi mean, look at today'sDec 11 21:29
schestowitzno signal, noise onlyDec 11 21:29
schestowitzand howtosDec 11 21:29
psydroidthe only question that is really on my mind is if the public internet was always supposed to become what it is now or if it has actually been steered in a different direction from what it was supposed to beDec 11 21:34
vZS1Don't think it was supposed to be anything reallyDec 11 21:40
vZS1And I don't really think the internet is public. You need to pay for an internet connection.Dec 11 21:41
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psydroidSo we are paying an entrance fee to join a network full of noise just because we aren't allowed to directly connect our computers to one anotherDec 11 21:49
vZS1Pretty muchDec 11 21:55
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