IRC: #techrights @ FreeNode: Tuesday, December 29, 2020

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.maketecheasier.com | What Is 6G and How Does It Work? - Make Tech Easier

schestowitz

lol, 6g

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10g coming soon

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this is buzzwords-centric crap

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china has the XG, watch out, soon X+1G

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no actual substance to it

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scaremongering and marketing

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/22/politics/pat-robertson-trump-2020-election/index.html

DaemonFC[m]

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Televangelist Pat Robertson says Trump lives in an 'alternate reality' and should move on from election loss - CNNPolitics

DaemonFC[m]

"I had prayed and hoped that there might be some better solution, but I think it's all over," said Robertson, who previously said he was told by God that Trump would win the 2020 election.

DaemonFC[m]

God had bad information. He must watch OANN.

schestowitz

CNN: X says

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nice 'reporting'

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even if X is a k00k

Dec 29 05:50

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: Robertson is the reason grandma had end of the world food piled under the beds in her house.

Dec 29 05:50

schestowitz

if there is an end of world

Dec 29 05:50

schestowitz

there's no time to eat it

DaemonFC[m]

A sack of sugar turned into a brick and Gonad broke his toe on it while he was there moving something.

DaemonFC[m]

Y2K that time.

DaemonFC[m]

She just left it all under there for like 6-7 years.

schestowitz

what a waste of food!

DaemonFC[m]

Mom said grandma came over with her Cadillac trunk full of canned food with expiration dates years past.

DaemonFC[m]

And she was like "Now you just ignore those dates. It's still fine to eat!".

Dec 29 05:52

DaemonFC[m]

And they waved bye and then tossed it all in the garbage.

Dec 29 05:52

DaemonFC[m]

Then mom lived with Grandma for a couple years after the divorce from Dave and found a garage full of hoarded food that she had to throw out.

Dec 29 05:53

DaemonFC[m]

I mean it was just constant.

Dec 29 05:53

DaemonFC[m]

My grandmother has always been pretty far off, but hoarding food and then letting it all go bad was just a small part of it.

Dec 29 05:54

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: It's bothering me, the immigration appt next month. I feel like it's crunch time and I'm going to forget some homework or something.

Dec 29 05:55

DaemonFC[m]

It was affecting my sleep last night. I know that's crazy. I only have to assemble two packets of information for them, but it's like after 2 years this is it. And we'll probably win, but maybe not.

Dec 29 05:56

DaemonFC[m]

They'll decide whatever it is they'll decide and there's not a lot I can do about it.

Dec 29 05:56

DaemonFC[m]

I don't have many pictures from this year to bring in.

Dec 29 05:59

DaemonFC[m]

It wasn't really a year of going out and doing things.

Dec 29 05:59

schestowitz

yeah, makes sense

Dec 29 06:05

schestowitz

they might even be understanding

Dec 29 06:05

schestowitz

well, tbh, head-shaving doesn't leave a very good impression

Dec 29 06:05

schestowitz

just make sure nobody says something stupid

schestowitz

better to say too little than to utter what justifies red ink

schestowitz

anyway, about food hoarding...

schestowitz

brexit and covid gave people some reasons to do the same

schestowitz

but if you hoard food for a temporary period of uncertainty, then at least use it when that period is over

Dec 29 06:07

schestowitz

at least swap it with newer food

Dec 29 06:07

schestowitz

they like to mock "stupid" people (some of them types would say "sheeple") for not hoarding food for tough times, but if they buy food and let it spoil, who's stupid after all?

Dec 29 06:08

schestowitz

I've seen this in LOADS of sites yesterday https://www.wlwt.com/article/if-you-want-to-travel-next-year-you-may-need-a-vaccine-passport/35076931

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.wlwt.com | If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport

schestowitz

this is sort of fear-mongering

schestowitz

tell us when there's a vaccine

schestowitz

what we have now is for-profit clinical trials

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we know little about

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efficacy

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inc. in the face of mutations

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like the latest strains observed in S Africa and Western Europe

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we also have no idea about long-term side effect, though we already know people with allergies suffer short-term side-effects

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so they're basically blackmailing people

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and putting the shame sort of squeeze on them

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if people were prevented from flying for rejecting these clinical trials

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I'd say, "OK"

schestowitz

So I'm staying here. Nothing against vaccinations in general...

Dec 29 06:14

schestowitz

Like my dad told me yesterday, "let those other people try it first and see if that even increases their chances of survival and all"

Dec 29 06:14

DaemonFC[m]

They buy food and let it spoil and there went hundreds or thousands of dollars that they would have had to pay the rent.

Dec 29 06:14

schestowitz

And yes, I know that if too few people take the vaccines it reduces the overall effect ("herd immunity" in the VACCINE sense, not the nihilist sense of Trump and his "HERD")

Dec 29 06:15

schestowitz

DaemonFC[m]: hundreds or thousands of dollars?

Dec 29 06:15

schestowitz

wait, how MUCH food fits in that garage?

Dec 29 06:15

schestowitz

surely a roomfull of normal foods like sugar would not cost more than several thousands

Dec 29 06:16

schestowitz

and under the bed just hundreds

Dec 29 06:16

schestowitz

people can do better things to assure personal security in Western societies

Dec 29 06:22

schestowitz

food hoarding isn't the immediate need in most cases

Dec 29 06:22

schestowitz

as with some other goods you can get food from neighbours or other people

schestowitz

even if prices soar

schestowitz

You'd then have to worry about break-ins as well

schestowitz

so people in the US stockpile ammo and firearms

schestowitz

those are a lot more effective at forcibly taking food from other people

schestowitz

also, rich nations stockpile food

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at a federal level

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state level

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so they can always resort to emergency rationing

schestowitz

with martial law and military intervention inland to keep the hooligans down

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Dec 29 06:26

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: Under two twin sized beds, under a king bed, in the garage, and an entire Cadillac trunk.

Dec 29 06:31

schestowitz

but "hundreds or thousands of dollars"?

DaemonFC[m]

So even if it was cheap canned veggies, pantry staples, and stuff, yes, perhaps thousands of dollars.

schestowitz

I assume canned, but you mentioned sugar

DaemonFC[m]

Yeah, sugar isn't terribly expensive.

DaemonFC[m]

Maybe two bucks for each 4 pound bag.

schestowitz

canned vegs also

DaemonFC[m]

Canned vegetables? well, she doesn't buy generic

schestowitz

a whole BOX of them would be about 20 dollars

DaemonFC[m]

And she shopped at Marsh.

schestowitz

so 10 boxes under a bed... maybe 200 dollars

DaemonFC[m]

So probably $1.50 per can maybe.

DaemonFC[m]

When it would have been 50-75 cents as generic, depending on the store.

schestowitz

still, maybe 400 dollars worth under a bed

schestowitz

and the car boot (trunk)

DaemonFC[m]

Okay, so probably closing in on a thousand dollars total over the years based on the amounts I heard of.

DaemonFC[m]

Still, god damn...

schestowitz

if you showed this in Tondo, they'd be furious

schestowitz

an aged person collecting food just to spoil

schestowitz

and good food, too

schestowitz

a lot of food is grown where people very old work the fields

schestowitz

and still cannot feed themselves

DaemonFC[m]

Yeah, I go through the Walmart buying last day meat and dented cans and bags of flour and sugar they had to tape shut.

schestowitz

Walmart is the future of the US

schestowitz

a bunch of people fighting over cans and bags

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and a few oligarchs running the food walmart

schestowitz

and the data walmart (amazon)

schestowitz

the OS walmart

schestowitz

search walmart

DaemonFC[m]

Maricel had an order for three pair of Apple airpods or whatever they call them.

DaemonFC[m]

$600 worth of earbuds.

schestowitz

basically government franchises

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monopolies

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unless you work for (with) them, you're finished

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and they won't care

DaemonFC[m]

I told Mandy let someone else take it out to her and don't go out there until she's gone.

schestowitz

"line up at walmart for your ration"

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[06:36] <DaemonFC[m]> Maricel had an order for three pair of Apple airpods or whatever they call them.

schestowitz

this is classy

schestowitz

they don't even own a house

schestowitz

it's mortgaged

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the bank owns it

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but it's about keeping up appearance

DaemonFC[m]

Don't forget came to foreclose on it.

DaemonFC[m]

Sued them. Settled out of court.

schestowitz

classic Filipino mindset, not limited to .ph BTW

schestowitz

"I don't have a toilet"

schestowitz

"but... I have IPHONE!!"

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"I am.... smart and rich"

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(BTW, the 'iPhone is on monthly installments... so you don't own that either ;-) )

schestowitz

I see lots of these fools with their "Doctor [sic] Dre" BS "beats"

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to show they can afford the overhyped brand

DaemonFC[m]

I just bought my phone with cash.

schestowitz

you pay for marketing of this "made in China" plastic crap

schestowitz

and then you have some old phone with nothing but lousy, lossy mp3 and headphones jack on it

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so you get no benefits out of better-quality headphones anyway

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but these people are so "smart" they don't even know anything about audio and hi-fi

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the important thing is that each ear of yours says "b" on it (in lowercase, "beats")

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so people know, "I can afford!"

schestowitz

they'd be much better off buying something like a Raspberry Pi (basically a PC!) with that money

schestowitz

[06:39] <DaemonFC[m]> I just bought my phone with cash.

schestowitz

funny you mention it

schestowitz

in my personal blog I wrote about it a decade ago

DaemonFC[m]

Because the iPhone is like 4 times as expensive as a really capable Android phone.

schestowitz

I tried to survey shops around here, finding out which shops still allowed it

schestowitz

some shops here no longer accept cash

DaemonFC[m]

But the Microsoft nagware is still after me.

schestowitz

inc. some stores that sell phones

DaemonFC[m]

When I open my photo gallery, there's an occasional plea to sign up for Onedrive and you can select now or later, and it reminds you in a few weeks to sign up for Onedrive.

schestowitz

iPhone is just a brand and digital 'store' with an inferior (limited) selection of "apps" compared to Android

Dec 29 06:43

schestowitz

Microsoft works for the US government

Dec 29 06:43

schestowitz

not sending a copy of all your photos to Clown Computing is an act of domestic terrorism for sure

Dec 29 06:43

schestowitz

next thing you know a DC in Nashville blows up and the FBI, without even knowing who did this, decides it must be some crank who opposes 5G based on a conspiracy theory like "5G causes coronavirus"

Dec 29 06:44

schestowitz

new fud just bumped up https://threatpost.com/pgminer-monero-mining-botnet/162209/

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-PGMiner, Innovative Monero-Mining Botnet, Surprises Researchers | Threatpost

schestowitz

this past hour

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so you can misconfigure things to let intruders in

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not a postgres issue

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not a linux issue

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but no coverage about NSA back doors

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that doesn't matter, does it?

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for sites like "Threatpost"

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The threat is not back doors

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it's sysadmins who are poorly trained

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Dec 29 06:49

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: The puff pieces actually reveal how little vision Bill Gates had.

Dec 29 06:51

DaemonFC[m]

He was opposed to the Xbox.

Dec 29 06:51

schestowitz

Bill Gates and vision?

schestowitz

He had schemes

DaemonFC[m]

Hard sell to get him to approve it.

schestowitz

not vision

DaemonFC[m]

THey had to get that one past him and he almost blocked it.

schestowitz

how to kill competitors, that was the priority

DaemonFC[m]

Now they say it's one of their highest performing business units.

schestowitz

they might just lie

schestowitz

xbox lost billions

DaemonFC[m]

He almost cost them something that outperforms Windows or Office, for crying out loud.

schestowitz

the earlier models

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not sure about the latest

schestowitz

but I doubt it sells too well, either

schestowitz

studios bought by the xbox unit were shut down

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like several we wrote about

DaemonFC[m]

They spun off Bungie into its own company again.

schestowitz

so waste of money

DaemonFC[m]

They're doing games for the Playstation as well now like Destiny.

schestowitz

buying, killing, then letting go

schestowitz

minecraft... one heck of a waste of money?

schestowitz

did they ever get anything out of it?

DaemonFC[m]

It's in the Windows Store.

schestowitz

just because they make games doesn't mean they profit

DaemonFC[m]

They have a Windows 10 special edition of Minecraft.

schestowitz

the US taxpayers bailed out disney

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and yet they made many movies

DaemonFC[m]

PPP loans, unemployment benefits for the workers, etc. I guess.

schestowitz

US propaganda to disseminate worldwide for "hegemony"

DaemonFC[m]

The Disney reopening was a disaster.

DaemonFC[m]

Predictably. And yet they tried to open the theme parks anyway.

schestowitz

anyway, I'm not blindly buying into this whole "xbox success" BS

http://techrights.org/2010/04/15/modern-sweatshops/

schestowitz

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Microsoft Enabling® Slavery™ and Original Xbox Live Dies | Techrights

http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/XBox_Reality_Log

schestowitz

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | XBox Reality Log - Techrights

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be careful not to repeat Microsoft lies

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Xbox is NO success story

schestowitz

they were losing billions last time I checked

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MANY businesses run at a loss

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where do you think 27 TRILLIONS (soon more) dollars end up?

schestowitz

Some people pocket that money, taxpayers just foot the bill by promising to pay that back in the future

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-overrides-trump-veto-of-defense-bill/ar-BB1ciF9I?OCID=ansmsnnews11

schestowitz

they're done looting the capital

Dec 29 06:58

schestowitz

and to maintain a broken system they not loot FUTURE (or prospective, might not even exist, i.e. default/bankruptcy/insolvency) capital

Dec 29 06:58

schestowitz

s/not/now

Dec 29 06:58

DaemonFC[m]

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.msn.com | House overrides Trump veto of defense bill

schestowitz

you get 'news' from Microsoft now?

schestowitz

Come on.

schestowitz

Can't be serious...

DaemonFC[m]

This was dumb. He cost the Senate a day of floor time that they could have been confirming judges with.

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: Startpage news.

schestowitz

Microsoft 'News' (fired workers this year BTW) celebrating military budget

DaemonFC[m]

Links to MSN sometimes.

schestowitz

endless money, some of it ending in Microsoft's bank account

schestowitz

startpage is spyware

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anyway

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: The Microsoft News app in Windows 10 has ads, but the same stories show up on MSN where the ad blocker works.

DaemonFC[m]

Most of the built-in apps can be removed, and few are worth keeping around.

schestowitz

cnn, msn etc. are rarely accurate news

schestowitz

it's curated for and by the owners

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BTW, it's not a "defense bill"

schestowitz

there's lots more in there and it's war, not defense

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or imperialism

DaemonFC[m]

They finally overrode something, and it was this.

schestowitz

calling it "defense bill" misleads the reader

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as they wish, obviously...

schestowitz

this military budget is monopoly enabler

schestowitz

The USA is finished for ordinary people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Defender

DaemonFC[m]

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-en.wikipedia.org | Microsoft Defender - Wikipedia

schestowitz

all they have left, more of them over time, is expired food under the beds

DaemonFC[m]

I don't get why Microsoft bought GIANT if they were just going to completely rewrite the whole application.

schestowitz

the country's capital is now exclusively controlled by very few families

schestowitz

it's like Russia (post-USSR fall)

schestowitz

I know someone who works on that program

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I don't even know if those things are profitable

schestowitz

they try to sell it for Linux now

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not a good sign

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it means they cannot sell it due to lack of x-platform support

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schestowitz

"Windows Defender was initially based on GIANT AntiSpyware, formerly developed by GIANT Company Software, Inc.[7] The company's acquisition was announced by Microsoft on December 16, 2004"

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"Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products. It's not a bad product, but bits and pieces are missing."

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286351,00.htm

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-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Technology News, Analysis, Comments and Product Reviews for IT Professionals | ZDNet

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link is broken now

schestowitz

that was a quote from Arno Edelmann, Microsoft's European business security product manager

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"Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products"

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That's Bill's "genius"

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who needs to create something?

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it's not like he could write decent code

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he's a lousy and corrupt business person

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who bribes media to paint him as "geek"

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Zuckerberg was a geek

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an evil one nonetheless as it turned out, even in early college days

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Bill was never a geek

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he just pretended to be one

https://www.dailyfreeman.com/news/national/suspect-in-bowling-alley-shooting-served-in-afghanistan/article_90b6b9d5-5bbf-5fc2-b924-c9b62b9ec4fa.html

DaemonFC[m]

The other antivirus companies were pretty pissed off.

Dec 29 07:10

DaemonFC[m]

They still include trialware with most new PCs and try to pressure you into buying it, not realizing that it doesn't work much better.

Dec 29 07:11

DaemonFC[m]

Would have been nice if Immigration could have scheduled this appointment a couple months later.

Dec 29 07:12

schestowitz

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Lawyer: Soldier charged in Rockford shooting may have PTSD | National | dailyfreeman.com

DaemonFC[m]

I won't have filed our income taxes by the time of our meeting, so I just wrote in the comments that we haven't filed 2020's yet and would do so no later than the IRS deadline of April 15th, 2021.

schestowitz

"served"

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occupied

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those people serve a corporate empire, at best

schestowitz

the conditions are made to cause them to have to do it

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and then they come back home and spread bullets

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and they blame "PTSD"

DaemonFC[m]

Yeah, they make it so there are few jobs that you can get fresh out of high school anymore.

DaemonFC[m]

Then it pressures you to sign up for the military.

schestowitz

yeah

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serves the model of the oligarchs

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and keep college priced out of reach

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: I was considering telling immigration that I have no Earthly idea what to do with all of this money in the savings account until we know whether Mandy can stay or not.

DaemonFC[m]

But I plan to open him a Roth IRA if they approve his case.

schestowitz

if you "serve" (the oligarchs, by killing loads of people abroad), we MIGHT give you a diploma and you MIGHT find a job

schestowitz

(if your brain still works OK after butchering people)

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: It shocks me that most people have nothing in savings, at all.

schestowitz

schestowitz

tell me about it

DaemonFC[m]

It's not always because they don't have a good job or something.

schestowitz

it's phrased wrong, Ryan

schestowitz

ask it differently

schestowitz

how many people do NOT have debt

kingoffrance

kingoffrance

yep

schestowitz

in your country I reckon only some very old people

schestowitz

those with a house

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and used-to-have jobs

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or pensions

DaemonFC[m]

We don't have debt.

kingoffrance

its also velocity to them, they consider it a good thing to some extent things move; savings just sit

schestowitz

the younger ones have mortgages

DaemonFC[m]

I had a lot before the bankruptcy though.

kingoffrance

some of it is purposely designed to make things move

DaemonFC[m]

That was mostly because of dickhead.

schestowitz

the even younger ones loan through 'credit' cardsd

schestowitz

they don't even manage to get a mortgage approved by a bank yet

kingoffrance

its somewhat considered more social to not have savings

schestowitz

[07:16] <DaemonFC[m]> We don't have debt.

schestowitz

You had it and canceled it

kingoffrance

savings is a guy who doesnt have to work; guy who doesnt have to work is not fair

schestowitz

you never paid it back, you filed for bankruptcy to annul about $100,000 in debt

kingoffrance

not pulling their weight etc.

schestowitz

how you racked up THAT much in debt in your mid 30s.... who knows...

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: Correct, and $20,000 was a car in another state that John got.

DaemonFC[m]

And the rest was mostly legal expenses, living on one income while Immigration wouldn't allow Mandy to work, and medical bills.

https://purpleidea.com/blog/2020/12/28/working-at-amazon/

schestowitz

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Working at Amazon - https://purpleidea.com/

schestowitz

kingoffrance: read this

schestowitz

planet fedora yesterday

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: I quit paying on the car as soon as the plea agreement was negotiated.

schestowitz

after leaving red hat (IBM) he lived on savings

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while still asking people to sponsor him/donate

DaemonFC[m]

Then I stopped paying and drove it around for a while because I didn't need John to shut up anymore.

schestowitz

and after they pay this SAVER he takes a job for BEZOS

schestowitz

that's like those 'nonprofits' who ask you to donate

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and then they announce Google becomes a sponsor

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or worse -- Microsoft

DaemonFC[m]

We were going under fast, schestowitz I had paid the hotel up as much as I could and then used cash on hand to keep paying them.

schestowitz

and you just pause there and think, "wth? I paid this bugger and then I'm just one of GAFAM?"

schestowitz

SFC, OSI etc. do this

DaemonFC[m]

It was sheer luck that Mandy got his work authorization before the money ran out for real that time.

schestowitz

some people DONATED to the LF ^_^ ^_^ ^_^

schestowitz

Maybe some people STILL do

schestowitz

or paid commissions with their plastic card purchases

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: About $35,000 of that debt was zombie.

DaemonFC[m]

Hospital bills I had racked up years ago and walked away and nobody sued.

DaemonFC[m]

Things like that.

schestowitz

who lost the money then?

schestowitz

that you never paid back?

DaemonFC[m]

Theoretically, someone who paid their hospital bill.

schestowitz

great system you got there

schestowitz

maybe nationalise the bugger

DaemonFC[m]

Factually, they just make up obscene numbers and don't explain how they arrived at those figures.

schestowitz

and actually look after people's health

schestowitz

seems like hospitals there become banks

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with their DEBT COLLECTORS

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in-house or contracted

schestowitz

can a hospital initiative a foreclosure?

DaemonFC[m]

Yeah, they size you up for a lawsuit and if you're not worth it maybe they just don't ever sue you.

schestowitz

it's a strategy

schestowitz

not good for people's seleep

DaemonFC[m]

<schestowitz "can a hospital initiative a fore"> They can garnish your bank account and salary up to an amount allowed by state law.

schestowitz

but helps squeeze money for "peace of mind"

schestowitz

also keeps some lawyers employed

DaemonFC[m]

That's usually what a court will allow.

schestowitz

even if just for "being advisors"

schestowitz

so the hosptials work with the banks

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: Illinois doesn't allow garnishments on bank accounts if it would bring you under $4,000 in total.

schestowitz

what next? Apple Store?

schestowitz

Can Apple Store also "garnish your bank account and salary up to an amount allowed by state law"?

DaemonFC[m]

And you can't garnish someone if it will bring them under $1,950 in take home pay per month.

schestowitz

In disneyland USA I guess that might come next

schestowitz

so basically it keeps people from starvation

kingoffrance

i dont follow these things https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/how-negative-interest-rates-work/ but i think they would love that

schestowitz

but not homelessness

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Negative Interest Rates: Definition and How They Work | Bankrate

schestowitz

and then of course you can "JOIN THE ARMY" and "serve"

schestowitz

kingoffrance: we have that already

schestowitz

it's called inflation

kingoffrance

yep; its just the next level; they want "action"

DaemonFC[m]

Social Security can't be garnished, but only two month's worth in a bank account is protected by federal law.

schestowitz

banks here don't give even 1% interest rates

DaemonFC[m]

So time for cash in a cigar box.

schestowitz

not even if you lock an account down for YEARS

schestowitz

it's just a blackmailing tactic

schestowitz

like the vaccine tactics

schestowitz

won't participate in pfizer trial? CANNOT TRAVEL

schestowitz

of course the super-rich have their own 'banks' and offshore accounts

schestowitz

so all those things don't affect them

schestowitz

they profit from 'business' like "speculation on X"

schestowitz

where X can be "priced of food to go up in Africa"

schestowitz

or X="water to become scarce"

schestowitz

[07:27] <DaemonFC[m]> So time for cash in a cigar box.

schestowitz

They try to cancel cash

http://techrights.org/2020/12/26/covid19-boxing-day/

schestowitz

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Boxing People | Techrights

schestowitz

e.g. artificially limited the money supply or cash in circulation

schestowitz

and changing that money/bartering often

schestowitz

so you need to hop from one version to the next or the value will diminish

schestowitz

in India they went a step ahead

schestowitz

they basically didn't give people a change to deposit cash

schestowitz

they just canceled lots of it

schestowitz

and then said this cash was just "crime" anyway

schestowitz

so people who saved physical money saw their savings canceled

kingoffrance

i think someone in here posted the credit scores tied to search history

schestowitz

the "going digital" thing there is Modi/Gates pushing for surveillance monopolies

kingoffrance

yes, they dont want that turned around on them

schestowitz

I did, yes

kingoffrance

i can only trust bank/business/whoever if i have all their employees search history

kingoffrance

do it to them, they will 180

kingoffrance

they dont want to live under the systems they create for everyone else

schestowitz

There is also this https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/the-us-government-admits-to-using-the-patriot-act-to-collect-web-browsing-information/

Dec 29 07:32

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.privateinternetaccess.com | The US government admits to using the Patriot Act to collect web browsing information

Dec 29 07:32

kingoffrance

theyve got a way of exempting themselves first, and then come up with great ideas for everyone else

Dec 29 07:32

schestowitz

I think you allude to IMF (more recent) https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/imf-suggests-that-your-credit-score-could-be-based-on-your-internet-history/

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.privateinternetaccess.com | IMF suggests that your credit score could be based on your internet history

kingoffrance

yeah

schestowitz

well, the resistance is brewing

schestowitz

COVID is a symptom

schestowitz

there will be major change, but it won't be pretty

schestowitz

the media will take its owners' side

schestowitz

DaemonFC[m]: can you read an IBM article I did?

schestowitz

it's short, 2 paras

https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/28/gpio-screw-terminal-hat-for-raspberry-pi-adds-leds-and-gpio-markings/

DaemonFC[m]

Yeah.

Dec 29 07:36

Techrights-sec

little memntion of the copyright grab in the "stimulus" bill.

Dec 29 07:36

schestowitz

DaemonFC[m]: thanks! http://techrights.org/2020/12/29/ibm-diversity/

Dec 29 07:37

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | IBM Likes to Speak About Diversity in Order to Distract or Confuse People About IBM’s Past and Present | Techrights

Dec 29 07:37

schestowitz

there's a video there too in case you are interested

Dec 29 07:37

Techrights-sec

Dec 29 07:38

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Dec 29 07:38

DaemonFC[m]

Looks good.

Dec 29 07:44

schestowitz

cheers

DaemonFC[m]

schestowitz: A lot of the proposals that ended up in Fedora 33 seem to be working out well, in practice.

DaemonFC[m]

I was surprised at just how well the kind of stuff Linux crams into the swap compresses.

DaemonFC[m]

Windows too, for that matter.

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schestowitz

if RAM is abundant... why compress?

schestowitz

it would surely have a performance tool

schestowitz

toll

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schestowitz

even if implemented at hardware level

schestowitz

would take up more power

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schestowitz

fotr obese OSes

DaemonFC[m]

Not much of one, really, with modern compression schemes.

schestowitz

compression is ALWayS more costly than none

schestowitz

you cannot change maths

DaemonFC[m]

It doesn't really get employed much until the system comes under pressure.

schestowitz

and store data in memory isn't a case of pay more to use more

schestowitz

swapless fine

DaemonFC[m]

Chromebooks do it.

DaemonFC[m]

And they tend to use a Celeron or something.

schestowitz

but if you don't use swap, you'd assume lots of ram anyway

schestowitz

compression won't be needed until it's running low

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schestowitz

chromebooks are OK hardware

Dec 29 07:49

schestowitz

with s*** 'software' on it

Dec 29 07:49

DaemonFC[m]

Linux needs better game controller support I've noticed.

Dec 29 07:53

DaemonFC[m]

The most common game controllers are too difficult to set up, and especially to get them recognized by Wine.

Dec 29 07:53

DaemonFC[m]

You'd think someone would be interested in fixing that one.

Dec 29 07:53

DaemonFC[m]

The Xbox 360 controller should be well supported, but it really isn't unless you're talking some titles on Steam.

Dec 29 07:54

DaemonFC[m]

I was glad to see that Sony is contributing a proper PS5 controller driver to Linux.

Dec 29 07:55

DaemonFC[m]

Because Ubuntu had updated the "dbx" (whatever that is), I had to reset the Secure Boot on the older laptop to factory default to get Fedora to boot up.

Dec 29 07:57

DaemonFC[m]

That was a known issue related to "boothole".

Dec 29 07:57

scientes

schestowitz, yes, zram is silly

Dec 29 08:26

scientes

but i guess it is somewhat of an extension of overallocate

scientes

which is a cornerstone of Linux

scientes

except it makes it woorse

scientes

because you can OOM just by changing the ram you have already allocated

scientes

^^^

scientes

because not everything compresses the same

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https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share

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Dec 29 08:58

psydroid

Dec 29 08:59

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Worldwide | StatCounter Global Stats

Dec 29 08:59

schestowitz

windows down sharply

Dec 29 09:18

schestowitz

wow

Dec 29 09:19

schestowitz

lowest ever https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-200901-202011

Dec 29 09:19

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Worldwide | StatCounter Global Stats

Dec 29 09:19

schestowitz

no december data yet https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share#monthly-200901-202012

Dec 29 09:21

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-gs.statcounter.com | Operating System Market Share Worldwide | StatCounter Global Stats

Dec 29 09:21

schestowitz

oh, actuallty there is

Dec 29 09:22

schestowitz

31.8% for Windows

Dec 29 09:22

psydroid

it will be interesting to see where things stand in a few months from now

Dec 29 09:37

schestowitz

I've made a quick video about it

Dec 29 09:53

schestowitz

bbiab

Dec 29 09:53

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Dec 29 09:53

schestowitz

http://techrights.org/2020/12/29/windows-sliding/

schestowitz

here

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | According to Statcounter, Microsoft Windows Reaches Lowest Market Share Since 1990s (Now Just 31.8%) | Techrights

schestowitz

report typos if any found

https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-11512-cia_vs_wikile

psydroid

I haven't found any

Dec 29 10:01

psydroid

but as you also put a link in the daily links to an article about Huawei selling laptops with their own CPUs and GNU/Linux a few days ago, it's becoming clear that Microsoft doesn't have the kind of influence over the computer industry that it used to have, so more companies are trying to break free

Dec 29 10:05

Techrights-sec

Dec 29 10:10

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Missing content type. Ignoring.

Dec 29 10:10

Techrights-sec

https://media.ccc.de/v/rc3-11512-cia_vs_wikileaks

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-media.ccc.de - CIA vs. Wikileaks

schestowitz

psydroid: yes, it is not just their MateBook anymore

schestowitz

more product lines come with Debian-based Kylin or similar

schestowitz

oh, Deepin

schestowitz

I think Kylin it the one Canonical tried pulling off, with Ubuntu base

https://youtu.be/TqmM53W8nN0

schestowitz

brb, going to do a video on systemd

Dec 29 10:12

scientes

A branch, a tag, and a reflog walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this, some sort of rebase?"

Dec 29 10:55

scientes

oh geeze

Dec 29 10:55

schestowitz

get a rebate on a fork

Dec 29 11:02

Techrights-sec

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schestowitz

https://youtu.be/ZSu4rCizyUM

Dec 29 12:58

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Dec 29 13:06

scientes

If I was snowden I would be bored of saying the same thing in every interview

Dec 29 13:08

XRevan86

> In many Indochina dialects, "main" is an ethnic slur.

Dec 29 14:08

XRevan86

ouch

Dec 29 14:08

MinceR

lol

Dec 29 14:08

scientes

what about bottom?

scientes

hehehehehe

MinceR

XRevan86: where is that quote from?

XRevan86

MinceR: Pohoronix forums

scientes

XRevan86, try using C-lang

https://phoronix.com/forums/forum/phoronix/latest-phoronix-articles/1229004?p=1229050#post1229050

XRevan86

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Git 2.30 Released As More Projects Shift To "Main" As Their Default Branch Name - Phoronix Forums

scientes

XRevan86, ummmmm he is just trolling

Dec 29 14:10

scientes

main is a C thing

Dec 29 14:10

XRevan86

scientes: of course, but still as valid as the other thing :)

Dec 29 14:10

scientes

virtuous victim construct.

Dec 29 14:11

scientes

I think too much thinking about this stuff is a mental disease

Dec 29 14:11

scientes

even if you claim to be trolling

Dec 29 14:11

MinceR

XRevan86: thx

Dec 29 14:12

XRevan86

scientes: People are annoyed by ridiculous changes made in the name of Justice.

Dec 29 14:13

XRevan86

Radicalisation or something.

Dec 29 14:13

scientes

yeah, but both seem to have no real problems

Dec 29 14:13

XRevan86

Meanwhile, in Russia: the criteria on what a Foreign Agent is have been widely extended to pretty much anyone.

Dec 29 14:15

XRevan86

Including individuals who do any sort of activism AND get *any* kind of help from abroad.

Dec 29 14:16

scientes

XRevan86, isn't that always the definition of *them*?

Dec 29 14:16

XRevan86

And also every quote from a Foreign Agent has to be marked as such under the penalty of law.

scientes

ok, that is rediculous

scientes

"You can't say anything simon said without first prefacing it with 'Simon said'"

XRevan86

oh good, meduza.io/en covered that: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/28/what-you-need-to-know-about-russia-s-updated-foreign-agent-laws

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-meduza.io | NO TITLE

XRevan86

Just As Bad As It sounds

Dec 29 14:18

scientes

oh this is such typical stuff

Dec 29 14:19

*scientes had a fetish for laws which you are always on the wrong side of

Dec 29 14:19

XRevan86

Navalny's FBK couldn't shed the Foreign Agent status, but I guess that no longer matters: under the new laws they deserve that status fair and square.

Dec 29 14:20

scientes

XRevan86, but it is clear that anyone is not paid by the state is a foreign agent, until they are purged for being foreign agents

Dec 29 14:22

XRevan86

scientes: If you live in a village with no Internet and have no connections… to anything, you're safe.

XRevan86

If not, you just might face a felony.

XRevan86

(yes, there's a felony involved)

scientes

yeah, that's exactly why it is the above

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/12/15/they-found-a-foot-and-a-bottle-of-vodka

scientes

if you are a employee of the state you can, by definition, not be a foreign agent

Dec 29 14:25

scientes

until you are purged

Dec 29 14:25

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scientes

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Dec 29 14:30

XRevan86

Russia's consistently becoming more and more dystopian. Can't put that on the 2020 list as it's not just this year.

Dec 29 14:34

XRevan86

Although the Constitution amendments were a very big step.

Dec 29 14:34

scientes

https://meduza.io/impro/X8RBEBGqvYykNBaMawq6ApILgpvu_2OR6VXmG6mYgEE/fill/2670/0/ce/0/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWR1/emEuaW8vaW1hZ2Uv/YXR0YWNobWVudHMv/aW1hZ2VzLzAwNi8y/NjMvOTcxL29yaWdp/bmFsLzkzTFFrcXg1/c0lRZl9wNlRqQlFu/MHcuanBn.jpg

scientes

ewwwwww

scientes

they use webP cause they are idiots

scientes

and now firefox has to support the stupid format

https://i.imgur.com/Dkd5xQE.png

MinceR

scientes

because it is now impossible to stop the feature creep

XRevan86

I wanted to defend WebP but after WebP 2 I don't bother.

MinceR

what is so bad about webp 2?

XRevan86

MinceR: WebP is already obsolete.

Dec 29 14:37

MinceR

XRevan86

It just got some adoption and already being phased out.

XRevan86

that's just annoying

scientes

JPEG is a great format

scientes

however it looks like AVIF will have some success

Dec 29 14:40

scientes

WebP had a shittily maintained shared library too

Dec 29 14:40

scientes

like chromium people forked protobuf, andprotobuf is a google package!

scientes

they are shit at maintaining software

XRevan86

scientes: Just ask anyone who dealt with Android.

XRevan86

except MinceR, not MinceR :)

scientes

yeah, my android disk space analyzer thinks internal memory is sdcard

scientes

and sdcard is internal

XRevan86

scientes: No, I mean on the code level.

scientes

that too

scientes

but this is an example that bubbled up

scientes

scientes

Note: Guetzli uses a significant amount of CPU time. You should count on using about 1 minute of CPU per 1 MPix of input image.

scientes

geeze

scientes

pretty fucking useless

scientes

for a few kbs

scientes

Note: Guetzli uses a large amount of memory. You should provide 300MB of memory per 1MPix of the input image.

scientes

why?

scientes

just use the 30% more space

MinceR

and 30% more bandwidth

Dec 29 14:47

MinceR

and 30% more space in everyone's cache :>

Dec 29 14:47

MinceR

is this for compression or decompression though?

scientes

<MinceR> https://i.imgur.com/Dkd5xQE.png

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scientes

nice

https://ircz.de/p/20072521

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Dec 29 14:49

scientes

XRevan86, webp sucks https://wyohknott.github.io/image-formats-comparison/#abandonned-factory&webm=t&webp=t

Dec 29 14:50

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-wyohknott.github.io | Image formats comparison

Dec 29 14:50

scientes

look how good that image is with av1

Dec 29 14:52

scientes

yeah i'm convinced av1 is nice

Dec 29 14:54

scientes

and noticably better than webp and jpeg

Dec 29 14:54

scientes

I am so tired of how all the "clouds" over-charge people for bandwidth

Dec 29 15:01

scientes

mainly because it makes my internet experience considerably woorse

Dec 29 15:01

scientes

with news sites that lazy-load images

Dec 29 15:01

scientes

YouTube clearly prooves that these "clouds" (including Google lol hypocricy) are lying

Dec 29 15:02

scientes

about the cost of bandwidth

Dec 29 15:02

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Dec 29 15:03

scientes

and half the cost of YouTube is the spying

Dec 29 15:05

scientes

infrasturcutre-wise

Dec 29 15:05

scientes

lol Keith Alexander went from NSA -> Amazon.com

Dec 29 15:07

MinceR

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Dec 29 15:16

scientes

MinceR, XRevan86 can tell you what is wrong with that

Dec 29 15:17

scientes

bool in SQL: yes, no, maybe

Dec 29 15:17

MinceR

Dec 29 15:17

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Dec 29 15:18

XRevan86

scientes: Um, this is about SQL keywords typically being written in all capitalised letters.

Dec 29 15:19

XRevan86

SELECT foo FROM bar;

Dec 29 15:19

XRevan86

CREATE TABLE bar (foo BOOLEAN NOT NULL);

Dec 29 15:20

XRevan86

https://modern-sql.com/concept/three-valued-logic I'll throw this in just in case.

Dec 29 15:23

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-modern-sql.com | Modern SQL: Three-Valued Logic (3VL) — Purpose, Benefits and Special Cases

Dec 29 15:24

schestowitz

[14:34] <XRevan86> Russia's consistently becoming more and more dystopian. Can't put that on the 2020 list as it's not just this year.

Dec 29 15:36

schestowitz

I noticed daily covid deaths increasing

Dec 29 15:37

schestowitz

how many sputnik v jabs were administered

Dec 29 15:37

schestowitz

and.... any evidence they are effective?

Dec 29 15:37

MinceR

(cat) https://hugelolcdn.com/i/720092.jpg

Dec 29 15:39

schestowitz

heh

Dec 29 15:41

schestowitz

i had my nap already

Dec 29 15:41

schestowitz

now I'm good till 2am or something like that

Dec 29 15:41

MinceR

schestowitz

any topic suggestions for video?

schestowitz

I did systemd this morning

schestowitz

we mostly wrap up topics we've long covered, I think

schestowitz

they will run out at some stage

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Dec 29 16:39

scientes

MinceR, since when do they allow cats on jetBlue?

Dec 29 16:41

MinceR

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dec 29 16:55

MinceR

maybe the human just took that mask home

Dec 29 16:55

MinceR

also, it could be an emotional support cat

Dec 29 16:55

scientes

how do you know its a human?

scientes

Maximum dimensions 2,147,483,647×2,147,483,647 pixels

MinceR

i assumed its species

scientes

why do they even specify when its that big?

MinceR

that's what she said.

https://ircz.de/p/2007256

MinceR

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Dec 29 17:04

schestowitz

XRevan86: "219,872 people died in Russia in November 2020. Compared to November 2019, the country recorded 78,541 excess deaths — an increase of 56 percent." https://meduza.io/en/news/2020/12/28/rosstat-russia-recorded-nearly-79-000-excess-deaths-in-november-2020

Dec 29 17:20

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Dec 29 17:20

MinceR

https://ircz.de/p/20072372

Dec 29 17:22

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Dec 29 17:22

scientes

schestowitz, they are faking the numbers

Dec 29 17:29

scientes

garbage in garbage out

Dec 29 17:29

schestowitz

question is

schestowitz

who fakes?

schestowitz

the government?

schestowitz

the truth might be somewhere in between AND...

schestowitz

the source of this data will or should be the point of focus

schestowitz

and whether that corresponds to death certs

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU

scientes

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Darude - Sandstorm - YouTube

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MinceR

tr_guest|64021

http://techrights.org/2020/11/17/real-rms/ was a great read, thank you very much

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | The Real Richard Stallman is Not Coming Back | Techrights

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tr_guest|64021

what does the v stand for!

MinceR

virtual

tr_guest|64021

I like it

tr_guest|64021

have a nice day

scientes

100 years of Finland

Dec 29 17:43

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scientes

they played that at the 100 year celebration of finland

Dec 29 17:44

*scientes has vrms installed

Dec 29 17:45

scientes

great app

Dec 29 17:45

schestowitz

lol

schestowitz

RMS and app

scientes

big reason I stick to debian actually

schestowitz

cloudRMS: coming soon!

schestowitz

scientes: same here

scientes

the debian FTP master is pretty serious about actually auditing new packages

scientes

and making sure non-free stuff does not sneak in

schestowitz

canonical became all about SNAPS

scientes

unlike, lets say, ArchLinux

schestowitz

Skype, Spotify...

scientes

those snap people are crazy too

Dec 29 17:50

scientes

the developers

Dec 29 17:50

scientes

I had one of them tell me that an internal sort was silly

Dec 29 17:50

schestowitz

“The more progressive elements among the kleptocracy that passes itself off as government in this country is aware that what would be truly needed for long-term social cohesion, and long-term successful governance, would involve a reversal of the ongoing stratification of society under monopoly capitalism” https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/28/when-the-landlords-say-fuck-you/

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-When the Landlords Say, "Fuck You" - CounterPunch.org

schestowitz

scientes: popey or another one?

schestowitz

there's one with a long name

schestowitz

hard to pronounce

scientes

I dont remember

https://ircz.de/p/20072337

MinceR

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Dec 29 18:02

scientes

MinceR, do you actually code?

Dec 29 18:04

MinceR

i do

Dec 29 18:04

scientes

we should make silicon chips that directly run javascript

MinceR

why?

scientes

we wouldn't have to compile it that way

scientes

I mean, this was supposedly a good idea for java

MinceR

parsing javascript in hardware is going to be a colossal waste of die surface

MinceR

it was for java bytecode, which is standardized, and it still seems to have failed

scientes

it is just such an efficient language

MinceR

ARM used to do that, then they replaced it with something else

scientes

I can't imagine implementing more advanced languages in anything else

schestowitz

java?

schestowitz

lol, how often do we still use that on desktops?

scientes

javascript

schestowitz

on debian for instance, on your daily thing

schestowitz

even worse

schestowitz

how much JS is on debian/kde?

scientes

obviously javascript is now the common demoninator lanaguage

MinceR

the only real use case i have for javascript is sandboxing code

scientes

and every language must be impemented in it and in relation to it

schestowitz

Microsoft is trying to hijack it

schestowitz

via LF

schestowitz

with "Open"JS

schestowitz

Some Edleman shill from Microsoft

scientes

schestowitz, they already did that with VBScript

schestowitz

and with TypeScript and ShitHub

MinceR

they never give up, as long as they live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

scientes

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Video) - YouTube

MinceR

they tried lots of tactics against Linux as well, until one worked

schestowitz

turns out he's a Man United fan

schestowitz

I only found out last week

schestowitz

MinceR: they did not kill GNU, not yet

schestowitz

they throw many bucks at the 'problem'

scientes

GNUsteak

scientes

GNUrib

schestowitz

I think we're one of the few sites left to still talk about it

scientes

GNUliver

schestowitz

FSF gave up

schestowitz

afaict

scientes

GNUtongue

psydroid

it could be a thing for FPGAs

scientes

GNUburger

schestowitz

we need alternatives in the coding sense

schestowitz

something to bypass the coup

MinceR

schestowitz: IBM along with an army of corporate SJWs are killing GNU

MinceR

they took out FSF already

schestowitz

not just a Microsoft coup by the way

scientes

GNUroast

schestowitz

IBM, Google, FB...

scientes

schestowitz, you can drink the blood without killing the host

*psydroid cheers for Manchester United too in England at least

schestowitz

MinceR: some people become rich in the process

schestowitz

bottom feeders

MinceR

scientes: "i vill suck your bluhd"

schestowitz

One even got a job at SFC last month

https://inf.news/tech/3175114486ac4e113e9f873162a2054d.html

psydroid

in connection with the article about China (as well as South Korea and Russia) moving to GNU/Linux I also read this article (from an aggregator of soms kind) yesterday, detailing the multi-architecture strategy on the hardware side leaving only GNU/Linux as a viable operating system to run on the various processor implementations

Dec 29 18:12

psydroid

Dec 29 18:12

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- ( status 503 @ https://inf.news/tech/3175114486ac4e113e9f873162a2054d.html )

Dec 29 18:12

psydroid

full steam ahead over there

Dec 29 18:13

schestowitz

"Loongson 3A5000 is coming: 12nm process, performance improvement by 50%"

Dec 29 18:17

schestowitz

ClownFlare link

Dec 29 18:17

schestowitz

the site is infected

Dec 29 18:17

psydroid

it's a built-in "feature" of the web by now

Dec 29 18:19

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Dec 29 18:24

schestowitz

Hund, Health, Minimalism https://hunden.linuxkompis.se/2020/12/29/i-have-no-sound-or-vibration-on-my-phone-and-its-great.html

Dec 29 18:25

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-hunden.linuxkompis.se | I have no sound or vibration on my phone and it's great | Hund

Dec 29 18:25

MinceR

"i can't hear the people who call me on the phone and it's great"

Dec 29 18:27

psydroid

"I got rid of my phone and it's great"

Dec 29 18:28

MinceR

Dec 29 18:28

MinceR

(cat) https://hugelolcdn.com/i/720037.jpg

Dec 29 18:32

schestowitz

"In 1999, the programmer and activist Richard Stallman led one related to a lawsuit the company filed against Barnes & Noble to protect a patent covering “1-click” ordering, which he worried would stifle competition in e-commerce." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/style/amazon-abstainers.html

Dec 29 18:57

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.nytimes.com | Life Without Amazon (Well, Almost) - The New York Times

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Dec 29 19:02

MinceR

(audio:important) https://youtu.be/ZyCCWuO0mQo

Dec 29 19:16

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-4K Slow Motion Backdraft - YouTube

Dec 29 19:16

*gry- is now known as gry

Dec 29 19:33

MinceR

(audio) https://vid.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/21/6336e9e4915f4d4c.mp4

Dec 29 19:36

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Dec 29 19:51

schestowitz

http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/145947#comment-27638

Dec 29 19:53

-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | How to Install WSL2 and Kali Linux on Windows 10 | Tux Machines

Dec 29 19:53

schestowitz

Some people don't seem to understand (maybe ZDNet) brainwash that this is an attack on GNU/Linux

Dec 29 19:53

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Dec 29 19:55

Techrights-sec

How did a Vista10 advertisement get into TM?

Techrights-sec

Delete.

Techrights-sec

Or redact

schestowitz

usually he posts Ok things, hence I just left a comment as a "Strike 1" so to speak... sometimes it's enough to discourage BS

https://img.pr0gramm.com/2020/11/21/713cf39317f0ab5b.jpg

Techrights-sec

Still the post needs to be redacted or something.

Dec 29 19:58

Techrights-sec

At least remove the links.

Dec 29 19:58

MinceR

Dec 29 19:58

schestowitz

clever

schestowitz

how did he extrapolate the background?

schestowitz

oh, not the same forest

schestowitz

he probably took "close enough" stock photography