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techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Elive β€˜Retrowave’ Stable is released! ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Elive_Retrowave_Stable_is_released.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Elive_Retrowave_Stable_is_released.gmi ∎Jun 03 00:08
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): The Best Linux File Managers for Managing Your Files ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/The_Best_Linux_File_Managers_for_Managing_Your_Files.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/The_Best_Linux_File_Managers_for_Managing_Your_Files.gmi ∎Jun 03 00:08
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Introductions to ccat and cat ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Introductions_to_ccat_and_cat.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Introductions_to_ccat_and_cat.gmi ∎Jun 03 00:09
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): New Episode of BSD Now and Backporting OpenBSD 7.3 pkg_add Enhancement ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/New_Episode_of_BSD_Now_and_Backporting_OpenBSD_7_3_pkg_add_Enha.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/New_Episode_of_BSD_Now_and_Backporting_OpenBSD_7_3_pkg_add_Enha.gmi ∎Jun 03 00:09
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Software and Tools: Web Photo Gallery, sed, System Administration, YouTube-DL, and util-linux v2.39 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Software_and_Tools_Web_Photo_Gallery_sed_System_Administration_.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Software_and_Tools_Web_Photo_Gallery_sed_System_Administration_.gmi ∎Jun 03 00:09
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Orange Pi 800 Keyboard PC and Fostering Free Software Around Raspberry Pi ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Orange_Pi_800_Keyboard_PC_and_Fostering_Free_Software_Around_Ra.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Orange_Pi_800_Keyboard_PC_and_Fostering_Free_Software_Around_Ra.gmi ∎Jun 03 00:09
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Debian: Holger Levsen on developers-reference, Russell Coker on Desktop Computers, and Debian-Based SparkyLinux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Debian_Holger_Levsen_on_developers_reference_Russell_Coker_on_D.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Debian_Holger_Levsen_on_developers_reference_Russell_Coker_on_D.gmi ∎Jun 03 00:10
techrights-newsLinux Foundation ’Research’ Has a New Report and Of Course It Uses Only Proprietary Software | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/linux-foundation-powered-by-proprietary-software/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/linux-foundation-powered-by-proprietary-software/Jun 03 00:21
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techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Linux Foundation Surveillance, Openwashing, Patents, and HypocrisyLinux Foundation Surveillance, Openwashing, Patents, and Hypocrisy ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Linux_Foundation_Surveillance_Openwashing_Patents_and_Hypocrisy.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/02/Linux_Foundation_Surveillance_Openwashing_Patents_and_HypocrJun 03 01:15
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Free, Libre, and Open Source Software: Digital Painting, Arti 1.1.5, and FOSS Weekly ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Digital_Painting_Arti_1_1_5.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Digital_Painting_Arti_1_1_5.gmi ∎Jun 03 01:15
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Buzzwords, Openwashing, and Proprietary Software ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Buzzwords_Openwashing_and_Proprietary_Software.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Buzzwords_Openwashing_and_Proprietary_Software.gmi ∎Jun 03 01:15
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Hardware: USB-oscilloscope, PCBs, MiSTer FPGA, and OpenEmbedded ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Hardware_USB_oscilloscope_PCBs_MiSTer_FPGA_and_OpenEmbedded.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Hardware_USB_oscilloscope_PCBs_MiSTer_FPGA_and_OpenEmbedded.gmi ∎Jun 03 01:15
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techrights-newsLinks 02/06/2023: Elive β€˜Retrowave’ Stable and Microsoft’s Half a Billion Dollar Fine for LinkeIn Surveillance in Europe | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/elive-retrowave-stable/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/elive-retrowave-stable/Jun 03 01:29
techrights-newsThe Developing World Abandons Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux at All-Time Highs on Desktops/Laptops | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/06/02/developing-world-no-windows/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/02/developing-world-no-windows/Jun 03 02:01
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schestowitz-pi2irc has been decent the past 48 hours, i thinkJun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2did lots of chores in the home, caught up, slept extraJun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2i think we have exciting things aheadJun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2and the mind works better, less brain-sharing with job/workJun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2i used to do a lot with nagios/similar in the BGJun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2whgich is hardJun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2now all the monitoring is for our sitesJun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2got a link, wait...Jun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> β€˜dark time for media’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/barstool-sports-ceo-erika-nardini/ https://pressgazette.co.uk/podcast-future-of-media-explained/podcast-49-why-barstool-sports-is-betting-on-success-during-a-dark-time-for-media-with-ceo-erika-nardini/Jun 03 05:37
schestowitz-pi2cannot be understated, it's a bloodbath for themJun 03 05:39
schestowitz-pi2times of india and the ones feeding off it will die soonJun 03 05:39
schestowitz-pi2michael west is just an AP/APP mirror nowJun 03 05:39
techrights[sec]_Very goodJun 03 05:39
techrights[sec]_:/Jun 03 05:39
schestowitz-pi2with "independent journalism" at the top of each pageJun 03 05:39
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): OpenShift 4.13 Release and Red Hat Buying Lots of Puff Pieces From SiliconANGLE ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/OpenShift_4_13_Release_and_Red_Hat_Buying_Lots_of_Puff_Pieces_F.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/OpenShift_4_13_Release_and_Red_Hat_Buying_Lots_of_Puff_Pieces_F.gmi ∎Jun 03 05:39
schestowitz-pi2btw, i realise low stress levels are very importantJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2not just because of impact on pulse, diet, sleepJun 03 05:47
techrights[sec]_old: http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311 (censored by m$ zdnet)Jun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2all of which are connectedJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2i did try a few stressed jobs/workplaces beforeJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2not for longJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2zdnet is a dying siteJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2here is whyJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi21) lousy, cheap redesignJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi22) very few writers leftJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi23) almost no new "content" Jun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi24) sister site cnet - writers up in arms, unionisingJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi25) bot-generated "content" (spamfarm)Jun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2they are vashing in on their way outJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2my zdnet wiki page has not been updated for monthsJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2as there is almost nothing to sayJun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2if you value something on that domain, archive it _NOW_Jun 03 05:47
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> HOLY CRAP! ZDNET has killed off the ENTIRE http://blogs.zdnet.com/ domain/subdomain. They basically nuked a lot of the site's history! The EPO did the same ( http://blog.epo.org/ ).Jun 03 05:49
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techrights[sec]_Those pages did not make it into IA as far as I knowJun 03 05:55
techrights[sec]_That article in particular showed the excessive complexity of IIS vs Apache2Jun 03 05:55
techrights[sec]_(or Apache1.3, I cannot recall which) Jun 03 05:55
techrights[sec]_by tracing the system calls for a simple HTTP GET requestJun 03 05:55
schestowitz-pi2iirc, that blog (choas) was david berliner/berlind?Jun 03 05:56
techrights[sec]_No, it was a different author.  Checking.  No I did not save the author's name Jun 03 05:56
techrights[sec]_anywhere obviousJun 03 05:56
schestowitz-pi2too many cms/format shiftsJun 03 05:57
schestowitz-pi2i still have some phpnuke sites from 2004 goingJun 03 05:57
schestowitz-pi2you saw what I typed lastJun 03 06:02
schestowitz-pi2so, maybe wit some preface we can reproduce thatJun 03 06:02
schestowitz-pi2bringing the subject afreshJun 03 06:02
schestowitz-pi2by making a local archiveJun 03 06:02
schestowitz-pi2and the author (origina) would likely not objectJun 03 06:02
schestowitz-pi2i lost the two URLs you postedJun 03 06:02
techrights[sec]_wrong ctrl-c. Jun 03 06:02
techrights[sec]_No, sorryJun 03 06:02
techrights[sec]_Trying to find the IA version if it is there.  Most seem to be "302" errors Jun 03 06:02
techrights[sec]_however.Jun 03 06:02
techrights[sec]_Richard Stiennon was the authorJun 03 06:04
schestowitz-pi2anyway, the URLs do not matterJun 03 06:05
schestowitz-pi2but you can make a copy of that pageJun 03 06:05
schestowitz-pi2and we can post that againJun 03 06:05
schestowitz-pi2he was not youngJun 03 06:05
schestowitz-pi2might even have died since thenJun 03 06:05
schestowitz-pi2at least you saw what I said back and wrong keystrokes like theseJun 03 06:06
schestowitz-pi2happen at most once a monthJun 03 06:06
schestowitz-pi2i lost my train of thoughtJun 03 06:06
schestowitz-pi2was gonna do something but forgot... must not have been do importantJun 03 06:06
schestowitz-pi2> Roy:Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2>     Victoria University of Manchester w   gave phds to truly awful SaudiJun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2>     students who could barely speak English. Even 20 years ago it hadJun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2>     already become all about money.Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> It's about more than just money. I've been noticing (since high school) Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> that some of our best and brightest return to Jamaica with PhD's from Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> the best universities in the world - MIT, Oxford etc etc - yet fail to Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> make any scientific or technological contributions to Jamaica's development.Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> Universities like to say that they enjoy international standing and give Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> PhD's to people of colour and those from developing countries. They sing Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> about diversity and equity. It's another big lie. The purpose of a PhD Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> program is to teach you how to do research - yet none of the people to Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> whom I refer contributed a scintilla to the advancement of science and Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> technology. They were simply not trained while in their PhD programs. Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> This is one way that the developed world ensures that the Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> developing/Third-World nations never acquire the skills to compete with Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> them. Otherwise they would lose their dominance and control.Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> The University of Aberdeen is still sending me (futile) messages trying Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> to get me to return. From their actions in the past (which were echoed Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> at MIT) the plan is to continue to have whites appropriate my research. Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> At MIT, in the Centre for Advanced Engineering Study which they have now Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> closed down, the director tried to get me to work on someone else's PhD. Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> They refused to supervise the research project for which I was admitted. Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> My proposal specifically articulated research into artificially Jun 03 06:10
schestowitz-pi2> intelligent control systems for chemical plants. In Jamaica we have Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> bauxite companies, petrochemical and food processing industries to which Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> the work could have been applied.Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> GNU C-Graph is used worldwide in every university that teaches Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> convolution theory. Convolution is fundamental to telecommunications Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> theory but also applicable in other technological domains.Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> It's about much more than money - it's about suppressing development in Jun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2> the Third World.Jun 03 06:11
techrights[sec]_I cannot get to it yet.  Have to re-find the URL and hope that IA does not Jun 03 06:11
techrights[sec]_have an error in its place.  Jun 03 06:11
techrights[sec]_https://web.archive.org/web/20070323113451/http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311Jun 03 06:11
techrights[sec]_It was removed from there already 2007 or 200  Jun 03 06:11
techrights[sec]_2008Jun 03 06:11
techrights[sec]_Of course that link also includes the astroturfers' commentsJun 03 06:11
schestowitz-pi2i think it was something i was gonna type into irc when ctrl+c was presssedJun 03 06:12
schestowitz-pi2i should time my usage of irc (slot) Jun 03 06:12
schestowitz-pi2biab, cleaning feeds and writing to fsf/gnu Jun 03 06:12
schestowitz-pi2> Roy,Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> Re:http://techrights.org/2020/09/05/bribing-public-interest-groups/ Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> <http://techrights.org/2020/09/05/bribing-public-interest-groups/>Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> 1) Remember that this is a discussion about the FSF itself. There’s a Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> growing concern that a bunch of large donations have, in recent years, Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> engineered the present outcome.Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> 2) Remember when the FSF received a very large and anonymous donation? Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> β€œI’ve had suspicions as to the origin and the motives behind the huge Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> donations a couple of years ago,” said a person close to Richard Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> Stallman (RMS), β€œbut RMS assures me there’s nothing fishy about them.”Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> To what donations do you refer? How would the "engineering" have Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> produced the outcome of RMS' resignation?Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> It should already be clear to you that I'm a friend of RMS and that I'm Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2> trying to protect him too.Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2that was 3 years ago and the "fund" BTC donation is likely most conspicuous.Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2did you notice how Bill Gates bribed my employer in 2019? weeks later my wife and I were bullied.Jun 03 06:15
schestowitz-pi2i need to change my workflowJun 03 06:17
schestowitz-pi2back to the once-an-hour thing for ircJun 03 06:17
schestowitz-pi2it should not be dialogue there anyoneJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2but groupchatJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2to avoid forgetting what I'm doingJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2with links, I'm vastly faster if it's done in batchesJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2same for geminiJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2and same for emailJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2responding to many mails nowJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2btw, eu will pay for upcJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2i will remind people every day it's an illegal 'court'Jun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2and so will ffiiJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2ffii outsourced too much to twitterJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2i cautioned them not toJun 03 06:18
schestowitz-pi2>     Roy:Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2>         Victoria University of Manchester w   gave phds to truly awfulJun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2>         SaudiJun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2>         students who could barely speak English. Even 20 years ago it hadJun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2>         already become all about money.Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2> Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2>   So what I'm saying is that tbe Saudis were allowed to do meaningless Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2> PhD theses because tnere is an overall plan to ensure the suppression of Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2> scientific and technological development in the developing world.Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2It is a box-ticking exercise and a formality like "DEI".Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2LF does this a lot, many examples in:Jun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi2http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_FoundationJun 03 06:19
schestowitz-pi27am: with upc, like with msft, great challenge, any little blow helps against the goliathJun 03 06:20
schestowitz-pi2fsf and gnu people use TR to understand the situationJun 03 06:22
schestowitz-pi2they've not been keeping abreast of some orgsJun 03 06:22
schestowitz-pi2busy with code and lifeJun 03 06:22
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): This week in KDE: for developers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/This_week_in_KDE_for_developers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/This_week_in_KDE_for_developers.gmi ∎Jun 03 06:23
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Android_Leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎Jun 03 06:40
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> "Wired's Gideon Lichfield and Quartz's Zach Seward are both leaving." ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/quartz-wired-editors-resign/Jun 03 06:58
schestowitz-pi2-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- pressgazette.co.uk | Quartz and Wired editors-in-chief reveal departures on same dJun 03 06:58
schestowitz-pi2viceJun 03 06:59
schestowitz-pi2axiosJun 03 06:59
schestowitz-pi2wiredJun 03 06:59
schestowitz-pi2qzJun 03 06:59
schestowitz-pi2hackadayJun 03 06:59
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schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> Refuting the lies Microsoft bribed media to tell the world about HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI ☞ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qjvk7w/judge-bans-ai-generated-filings-in-court-because-it-just-makes-stuff-upJun 03 07:37
techrights[sec]_RHEL is stopping maintenance of Libreoffice RPMs and forcing flappacks insteadJun 03 08:13
techrights[sec]_https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak33de/here-are-all-the-newly-released-epstein-filesJun 03 08:13
techrights[sec]_Gates prominently omittedJun 03 08:13
schestowitz-pi2Vice is dead befJun 03 08:14
schestowitz-pi2*beefJun 03 08:14
schestowitz-pi2they did lots of MSFT spam this yearJun 03 08:14
schestowitz-pi2so f* them and good riddanceJun 03 08:14
schestowitz-pi2(not just VICE)Jun 03 08:14
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2023/06/01/new-details-of-jeffrey-epsteins-death-and-the-frantic-aftermath-revealed-in-records-obtained-by-ap/ gates not mentioned... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.htmlJun 03 08:16
schestowitz-pi2-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.twincities.com | New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP – Twin CitiesJun 03 08:16
schestowitz-pi2-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.nytimes.com | Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past - The New York TimesJun 03 08:16
schestowitz-pi2link to omissionJun 03 08:17
schestowitz-pi2add what's missingJun 03 08:17
schestowitz-pi2again and againJun 03 08:17
schestowitz-pi2with reputable source as URLJun 03 08:17
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schestowitz-pi21000 small pinches are stronger than a missileJun 03 08:22
schestowitz-pi2and are cheap time-wiseJun 03 08:22
schestowitz-pi2it only takes me 5 secs to pull the links (FF/Falkon)Jun 03 08:22
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> COMMON DREAMS INC https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/203368194 why has it almost stopped publishing? Until 2020 it was doing mostly OKJun 03 08:32
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techrights-newsIRC Proceedings: Friday, June 02, 2023 | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/06/03/irc-log-020623/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/03/irc-log-020623/Jun 03 09:04
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Security_Leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎Jun 03 09:11
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Today's π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/today_s_howtos.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎Jun 03 09:11
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): LibreOffice: Recap, RHEL Changes, and LibreOffice Math Guide is Updated to Release 7.5 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/LibreOffice_Recap_RHEL_Changes_and_LibreOffice_Math_Guide_is_Up.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/LibreOffice_Recap_RHEL_Changes_and_LibreOffice_Math_Guide_is_Up.gmi ∎Jun 03 09:21
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): New Orange Pi 800, System76 Open Firmware, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/New_Orange_Pi_800_System76_Open_Firmware_and_More.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/New_Orange_Pi_800_System76_Open_Firmware_and_More.gmi ∎Jun 03 09:21
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): PostgreSQL: PgBouncer 1.19.1 released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/PostgreSQL_PgBouncer_1_19_1_released.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/PostgreSQL_PgBouncer_1_19_1_released.gmi ∎Jun 03 09:22
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Nineteen new GNU Releases and Upcoming IRC Events ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Nineteen_new_GNU_Releases_and_Upcoming_IRC_Events.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Nineteen_new_GNU_Releases_and_Upcoming_IRC_Events.gmi ∎Jun 03 09:22
techrights-newsLinks 03/06/2023: Apache NetBeans 18 and ArcaOS 5.0.8 | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/06/03/apache-netbeans-18/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/03/apache-netbeans-18/Jun 03 09:32
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techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (UPDATED): Canonical Unveils Plans for Immutable Ubuntu Desktop Empowered by Snap ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/01/Canonical_Unveils_Plans_for_Immutable_Ubuntu_Desktop_Empowered_.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/01/Canonical_Unveils_Plans_for_Immutable_Ubuntu_Desktop_Empowered_.gmi ∎Jun 03 11:19
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schestowitz-pi2-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- yle.fi | Robot lawnmowers pose threat to hedgehogs, animalJun 03 12:14
schestowitz-pi2protection group says | News | Yle UutisetJun 03 12:14
schestowitz-pi2<schestowitz[TR]> this yuppie utopia will dieJun 03 12:14
schestowitz-pi2<schestowitz[TR]> when people catch up with realityJun 03 12:14
techrights[sec]_Autonomous vehicles are still decades away but no one is willing to address thatJun 03 12:14
techrights[sec]_Trains would be the first to be automated, since there is not a lot that anJun 03 12:14
techrights[sec]_operator really could do aside from witness the incident and a streaming cameraJun 03 12:14
techrights[sec]_would do a better job at that anyway.  Jun 03 12:14
techrights[sec]_https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/freak-train-crash-leaves-48-reindeer-dead-9061381Jun 03 12:14
techrights[sec]_.htmlJun 03 12:14
techrights[sec]_https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/world/europe/norway-reindeer-trains.htmlJun 03 12:14
schestowitz-pi2i suppose one human could steer several trams/trainsJun 03 12:15
schestowitz-pi2but sometimes the driver also polices the cabinsJun 03 12:15
techrights[sec]_https://www.irishtimes.com/news/swedish-train-kills-60-reindeer-1.340232Jun 03 12:16
techrights[sec]_Not on normal trains.  That job is for the conductor(s)Jun 03 12:16
schestowitz-pi2trains/tramps going strictly on tracks has pros and consJun 03 12:18
schestowitz-pi2*tramsJun 03 12:18
techrights[sec]_Mostly pros if run consistently and well for the long term.  Communities Jun 03 12:18
techrights[sec]_build up around the connectivity.Jun 03 12:18
schestowitz-pi2i took the tram only once this year, back and forth, due to rianne alreadyJun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2having a day pass for her covid-19 test (quite far in trafford)Jun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2no train this yearJun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2no flight since berlin (2018)Jun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2and proud of itJun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2wow, just got message re opensource.omJun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2reading...Jun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2emailJun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2from contributorJun 03 12:22
schestowitz-pi2seems like a gag order in placeJun 03 12:22
techrights[sec]_checkingJun 03 12:23
techrights[sec]_which link?Jun 03 12:23
techrights[sec]_ohJun 03 12:23
techrights[sec]_agisnt whom?Jun 03 12:23
techrights[sec]_So the person writing you is not allowed to speak publicly about OpenSource.comJun 03 12:23
techrights[sec]_train wreck?Jun 03 12:23
schestowitz-pi2after libo rhel thing:Jun 03 12:23
schestowitz-pi2http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/LibreOffice_Recap_RHEL_Changes_and_LibreOffice_MaJun 03 12:23
schestowitz-pi2th_Guide_is_Up.shtmlJun 03 12:23
techrights[sec]_Yes, someting *very* big is up with that and the blocking of RPMs andJun 03 12:25
techrights[sec]_shoehorning of Flaptacks into the repositories. Jun 03 12:25
techrights[sec]_Here is the best IA link to the article  mentioned this morning:Jun 03 12:34
techrights[sec]_http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311Jun 03 12:34
techrights[sec]_just a secJun 03 12:34
techrights[sec]_https://web.archive.org/web/20060615055607/http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311Jun 03 12:34
techrights[sec]_ok ^ that oneJun 03 12:34
schestowitz-pi2i remember reading and linking to that articleJun 03 12:36
schestowitz-pi2notice ho much better the site looked, plus navigation,Jun 03 12:36
schestowitz-pi2then the presentJun 03 12:36
schestowitz-pi2*thanJun 03 12:36
schestowitz-pi2https://web.archive.org/web/20060615190435/http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6084014.htmlJun 03 12:39
schestowitz-pi2"Netscape is employing eight full-time anchors and 15 part-time specialists who will be giJun 03 12:39
schestowitz-pi2ving "special treatments" to a couple of stories each day, he said.Jun 03 12:39
schestowitz-pi2"Jun 03 12:39
schestowitz-pi2I was among themJun 03 12:39
schestowitz-pi2(from the navigation bar in teh prior article)Jun 03 12:39
schestowitz-pi2it was a very easy gigJun 03 12:39
schestowitz-pi2i just posted loads of linux news there Jun 03 12:39
techrights[sec]_Yes, ZDnet, like The Verge, eliminated their navigability in a major stepJun 03 12:41
techrights[sec]_towards their goal of driving away the last of their readers.Jun 03 12:41
techrights[sec]_There's not enough time in the day to slog through either site's intractable Jun 03 12:41
techrights[sec]_mess of a UI.  Even if I know the title of a current article, I cannot browseJun 03 12:41
techrights[sec]_through to it, I always have to follow a link from either an aggregator or Jun 03 12:41
techrights[sec]_hope that the search engines have it already. Jun 03 12:41
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> "United Nations Human RightsΒ tweeted"... TWEETED!!! In a platform run by DeSantis, KSA (executes gays!!!), and Musk. INCREDIBLE! β˜› https://scheerpost.com/2023/06/02/ugandas-controversial-anti-homosexuality-act-includes-possibility-of-death-sentence/ | Source: ScheerpostJun 03 12:54
schestowitz-pi2-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- Uganda’s Controversial ​'Anti-Homosexuality Act' Includes Possibility of Death Sentence - scheerpost.comJun 03 12:54
techrights[sec]_There seems to have been an additional increase in politicians misusingJun 03 12:59
techrights[sec]_"tweets" in place of official communication and the media is lapping it upJun 03 12:59
techrights[sec]_rather than calling out "tweets" as heresay.Jun 03 12:59
schestowitz-pi2so we need to challenge and ridicule them for itJun 03 13:00
schestowitz-pi2in large numbersJun 03 13:00
schestowitz-pi2this is why some have officially quite twitter alreadyJun 03 13:01
schestowitz-pi2the humiliation by associationJun 03 13:01
techrights[sec]_Even EU politicans who can /only/ lose by playing with twitter have beenJun 03 13:08
techrights[sec]_misusing it that way.Jun 03 13:08
schestowitz-pi2wtf?Jun 03 13:12
schestowitz-pi2now michael west has not just a dupe of AP shiteJun 03 13:12
schestowitz-pi2but even TREBLESJun 03 13:12
schestowitz-pi2dupe or dupeJun 03 13:13
schestowitz-pi2so it runs on a botJun 03 13:13
schestowitz-pi2without a human curatorJun 03 13:13
schestowitz-pi2I will remove this from my feeds, keep that in MERGED thoughJun 03 13:13
schestowitz-pi2for now..Jun 03 13:13
schestowitz-pi2"independetnr journalism" -. independnt botJun 03 13:14
schestowitz-pi2with 3 of the SAME articleJun 03 13:14
schestowitz-pi2in a rowJun 03 13:14
schestowitz-pi2because gawd knows what west is busy doingJun 03 13:14
techrights[sec]_-Jun 03 13:14
techrights[sec]_If he has contact information it /might/ help to complain on the way out.Jun 03 13:14
schestowitz-pi2this shows HEY HI is not a threat                     Jun 03 13:19
schestowitz-pi2aJun 03 13:19
schestowitz-pi2more potent threat is the likes of clickffraud spamnilJun 03 13:19
schestowitz-pi2or AAP publishing under the banner "independent journalism"Jun 03 13:19
schestowitz-pi2in a domain managed by a bot and no human curationJun 03 13:19
techrights[sec]_yesJun 03 13:19
techrights[sec]_For a pittance, Red Hat could maintain a small but steady stream of qualityJun 03 13:19
techrights[sec]_pro-FOSS articles, but chooses to do the opposite instead.   Jun 03 13:19
schestowitz-pi2LinuxJournal still publishes a little, mostly howtosJun 03 13:20
schestowitz-pi2threat to news:Jun 03 13:22
schestowitz-pi21) botsJun 03 13:22
schestowitz-pi22) CS druftJun 03 13:22
schestowitz-pi23) PR drones (spamnil)Jun 03 13:22
schestowitz-pi24) plagiarism sitesJun 03 13:22
schestowitz-pi25) msft sites like securitybuolevedJun 03 13:22
schestowitz-pi26) sponsotred spam like siliconangleJun 03 13:22
schestowitz-pi2boulevardJun 03 13:23
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> Amid fresh wave of Covid-19, workplaces in Beijing navigate infection etiquette ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/amid-fresh-wave-of-covid-19-workplaces-in-beijing-navigate-infection-etiquetteJun 03 13:45
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> Face-saving report; they protected the interests of a patent cartel that wheeled out flawed and massively overpriced products, instead of actually saving lives ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_23_3024Jun 03 13:48
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> They should have a site european.com(mission) because it's like a corporation, with COMMERCIAL missionJun 03 13:51
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> With the EPO and esp. the UPC we see that the European [sic] Commission serves not Europe but corporations, not even European ones. And in the process it KNOWINGLY crushes European constitutions, international conventions, and EU law. It's all about lobbying, bribes, imperialism. If they don't correct this, they will be disbanded by popular demand.Jun 03 13:51
schestowitz-pi2TikTok’s newest β€˜amazing’ craze: A McFlurry hash brown sandwich ☞ https://nypost.com/2023/06/03/tiktoks-newest-weird-craze-a-mcflurry-hash-brown-sandwich/Jun 03 13:53
schestowitz-pi2RupeJun 03 13:53
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techrights[sec]_nypost and many, many other rags have been pushing the hell out of bytedance'sJun 03 13:58
techrights[sec]_tiktok for about a month now.  Something is very clearly up.  Jun 03 13:58
schestowitz-pi2their bank balanceJun 03 13:58
techrights[sec]_I mean that there appears to be a widely spread, orchestrated, propagandaJun 03 14:05
techrights[sec]_campaign to establish acceptance of bytedance's weapon instead of anger orJun 03 14:05
techrights[sec]_revulsion.  If people start using it before they learn about it, they will Jun 03 14:05
techrights[sec]_subsequently ignore any bad news about their participation in the weapon.  Jun 03 14:05
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psydruidis aggi/activelow getting paid to write endless amounts of dross?Jun 03 14:49
psydruidI couldn't write that much junk even if I wanted toJun 03 14:49
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techrights[sec]_https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2023/01/24/facts-dont-change-minds-social-networks-group-dialogue-and-stories-do/Jun 03 16:21
techrights[sec]_https://theconversation.com/cognitive-biases-and-brain-biology-help-explain-why-facts-dont-change-minds-186530Jun 03 16:21
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): PostgreSQL: pgAdmin 4 v7.2 Released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/PostgreSQL_pgAdmin_4_v7_2_Released.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/PostgreSQL_pgAdmin_4_v7_2_Released.gmi ∎Jun 03 17:56
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): 8 things you can do with Linux that you can't do with MacOS or Windows ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/8_things_you_can_do_with_Linux_that_you_can_t_do_with_MacOS_or_.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/8_things_you_can_do_with_Linux_that_you_can_t_do_with_MacOS_or_.gmi ∎Jun 03 17:56
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Today's π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎Jun 03 17:56
schestowitz-pi2<techrights-news> Reminder: Red Hat (ICBM) FIRED its LibreOffice contributors, at least some of them. A decade or more ago ICBM helped ODF, now it's helping MicrosoftJun 03 18:17
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Windows TCO/Incidents Caused by Microsoft ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Windows_TCO_Incidents_Caused_by_Microsoft.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Windows_TCO_Incidents_Caused_by_Microsoft.gmi ∎Jun 03 18:17
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): This Week in GNOME, GNOME Working on New UI for Fractional Scaling, Sound Output Devices in Top-right Menu , and GJS ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/This_Week_in_GNOME_GNOME_Working_on_New_UI_for_Fractional_Scali.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/This_Week_in_GNOME_GNOME_Working_on_New_UI_for_Fractional_Scali.gmi ∎Jun 03 18:18
techrights[sec]_True.  That's an important sea-change to make note of.Jun 03 18:19
techrights[sec]_Also, 20+ years ago IBM /invested/ over $1 billion in the kernel and Jun 03 18:19
techrights[sec]_made that money back with in the year.  That crowd is long since gone,Jun 03 18:19
techrights[sec]_retired or dead, and replaced with Bill's minions and catamites.Jun 03 18:19
schestowitz-pi2over time driving home this point is simpler Jun 03 18:21
schestowitz-pi2bcottonJun 03 18:21
schestowitz-pi2rhelJun 03 18:21
schestowitz-pi2fedoraJun 03 18:21
schestowitz-pi2centosJun 03 18:21
schestowitz-pi2etc etcJun 03 18:21
schestowitz-pi2they just try to knock off all the feet of the tableJun 03 18:21
schestowitz-pi2we need to organise community responseJun 03 18:21
schestowitz-pi2http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/LibreOffice_Recap_RHEL_Changes_and_LibreOffice_Math_Guide_is_Up.shtmlJun 03 18:22
schestowitz-pi2updated mins agoJun 03 18:22
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Games: GNU/Linux Reaches Record High ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Games_GNU_Linux_Reaches_Record_High.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Games_GNU_Linux_Reaches_Record_High.gmi ∎Jun 03 18:24
schestowitz-pi2sometimes I worry more about war on cash, demands for "mobile", and other thingsJun 03 18:28
schestowitz-pi2aside from "pure" freesw, as I think we might be ok with bsd and gnu/linuxJun 03 18:28
schestowitz-pi2with upc, we knocked it 6 years behind and it can still collapsesJun 03 18:28
schestowitz-pi2we punctured many holes in it already. with novell, where is it now? the key Jun 03 18:28
schestowitz-pi2thing is to keep on fighting, rms and fsf seem to have gotten tired, osi defectedJun 03 18:28
techrights[sec]_EFF has more or less given up too       Jun 03 18:31
techrights[sec]_FSF needs to look into hiring a lobbyist for specific topics in a focusedJun 03 18:31
techrights[sec]_selection of states.Jun 03 18:31
schestowitz-pi2rms said something to the effect of, i am a pessimist so go into the fight expecting to lose, but I fight anyway and sometimes i winJun 03 18:32
techrights[sec]_How did the German-language reporting on the Unified Patent Court fraud go?Jun 03 18:32
techrights[sec]_That was recent but I've not read a thing about it in English Jun 03 18:32
schestowitz-pi2i no longer rely on the media Jun 03 18:34
schestowitz-pi2as it's not reliableJun 03 18:35
schestowitz-pi2it's more of a "be the change" thingJun 03 18:35
schestowitz-pi2and try to get others to join the causeJun 03 18:35
schestowitz-pi2the media spikes many thingsJun 03 18:35
schestowitz-pi2what's left is owned by oligarchs or states, which are in turn controlled by the sameJun 03 18:35
techrights[sec]_Right but it is important to know what kind of coverage is out there and thatJun 03 18:35
techrights[sec]_coverage was important because it is the only non-TR source out there.Jun 03 18:35
schestowitz-pi2zoobab would no betterJun 03 18:35
schestowitz-pi2because he is highly focused on thisJun 03 18:35
schestowitz-pi2there may be a lawsuit soonJun 03 18:35
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Raspberry Pi, ESP32, PCB and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_PCB_and_More.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Raspberry_Pi_ESP32_PCB_and_More.gmi ∎Jun 03 18:36
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎Jun 03 18:36
schestowitz-pi2gonna wrap up and rest circa 30minsJun 03 18:38
schestowitz-pi2the local team WON, beati manchester united in the finalJun 03 18:38
schestowitz-pi2next weekend maybe wins treble, history madeJun 03 18:38
schestowitz-pi2it would help investment in our areaJun 03 18:38
schestowitz-pi2months ago rianne rtook a break from job-seekingJun 03 18:38
techrights[sec]_The best Central and East European and African players a team can buy. :(Jun 03 18:39
techrights[sec]_Who are probably mostly on the bench?Jun 03 18:39
schestowitz-pi2they have 2 "token" localsJun 03 18:40
schestowitz-pi2i count those not on the benchJun 03 18:40
schestowitz-pi2but HEY, the FANS are local ;-)Jun 03 18:40
schestowitz-pi2it's THEM who win ;-)Jun 03 18:40
schestowitz-pi2i stopped wwatching football videos after qatar, i only check numbers (scores)Jun 03 18:40
schestowitz-pi2btw, the best players in europe are west european, the east does not have the same calibreJun 03 18:44
schestowitz-pi2, and usually s america has a better set of players than central and n africaJun 03 18:44
schestowitz-pi2i think we did ok at collecting links latelyJun 03 18:44
schestowitz-pi2seeing that other sites seriously struggleJun 03 18:44
schestowitz-pi2the ssd failure was a goof motivatorJun 03 18:44
schestowitz-pi2as major change was long neededJun 03 18:44
techrights[sec]_InterestingJun 03 18:44
schestowitz-pi2(many sites are also severely injured by social control media waningJun 03 18:48
schestowitz-pi2as they never "invested" in rss, so youtube and twitter were their mainJun 03 18:48
schestowitz-pi2source of audience)Jun 03 18:48
schestowitz-pi2that was foolish, of course, and the mail i got about opensource.com showsJun 03 18:48
schestowitz-pi2that original leads, not metoo'ing the latest release, pays offJun 03 18:48
schestowitz-pi2we don't need 10 to 100 announcement of [version] of [software]Jun 03 18:48
schestowitz-pi2as months later nobody cares about this old version and maany sitesJun 03 18:48
schestowitz-pi2"covered" it already, they could just link to the originalJun 03 18:48
techrights[sec]_FWIW, tomorrow is Jun 4th, and 34 years of censorship by red China aboutJun 03 18:49
techrights[sec]_their massacre of thousands at TiananmenJun 03 18:49
techrights[sec]_Not for most version released, just occasionally there is some major change thoughJun 03 18:49
schestowitz-pi2yes, see "Censorship" todayJun 03 18:50
schestowitz-pi2there will be more tomorrowJun 03 18:50
schestowitz-pi2finalising Daily Links atmJun 03 18:50
techrights[sec]_Not for most version released, just occasionally there is some major change thoughJun 03 18:53
techrights[sec]_Encyclopedia Britannica has sanitized it to an "incident" alreadyJun 03 18:53
schestowitz-pi2china is what we are fast becomingJun 03 18:54
schestowitz-pi2fast as in few decadesJun 03 18:54
schestowitz-pi2faster if activism stopsJun 03 18:54
schestowitz-pi2it's about "stability" the the "status quo" (rulers)Jun 03 18:54
schestowitz-pi2tomorrow i will go to the market againJun 03 18:54
schestowitz-pi2as i decided it's too risky to not grab what i can while it lastsJun 03 18:54
schestowitz-pi2as i reckon that too will run dry over timeJun 03 18:54
schestowitz-pi2got the power bill yesterday, we improved at itJun 03 18:54
schestowitz-pi2Britannica = single point of failure or blackmailJun 03 19:00
schestowitz-pi2Wikipedia = many points of astroturfing/brigadingJun 03 19:00
schestowitz-pi2they need to be like gnu/linux distrosJun 03 19:00
schestowitz-pi2on the web:Jun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi21) more domain names, e.g. .com, .org. bn.comJun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi22) more protocolsJun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi23) more nodes in different countriesJun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi2deterrence through whack-a--mole-ingJun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi2same for videos, but single point of failure atmJun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi2no way i will upload them to 30-sec-ads-tubeJun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi2or cryptoBroSeeJun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi2gulagtube management is still NOT SURE if it's OK to challenge 'voting' machinesJun 03 19:01
techrights[sec]_It used to try to be factual.  Now reading the article, most of the figures andJun 03 19:01
techrights[sec]_citations are from red China government sources instead of reliable origins.Jun 03 19:01
techrights[sec]_The machines are less secure, less stable than ever but discussion is prohibitedJun 03 19:01
techrights[sec]_in social control media as well as in legacy media.  Jun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi2<li><h5><a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/06/02/us-election-fraud-youtube-policy">Scoop: YouTube reverses misinformation policy to allow U.S. election denialism</a></h5><blockquote><p>In a reversal of its <a href="https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10835034?hl=en" target="_blank">election integrity policy</a>, YouTube will leave up content that says fraud, errors or glitches occurred in the 2020 presidential election and other U.S. Jun 03 19:01
schestowitz-pi2elections, the company confirmed to Axios Friday. </p></blockquote></li> Jun 03 19:02
schestowitz-pi2<li><h5><a href="https://reason.com/2023/06/02/youtube-misinformation-policy-election-change-trump/">YouTube Abandons Election Misinformation Policy That Censored Political Speech</a></h5><blockquote>"We find that while removing this content does curb some misinformation, it could also have the unintended effect of curtailing political speech."</blockquote></li> Jun 03 19:02
techrights-newsGemini Links 03/06/2023: Bubble Woes and Zond Updates | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/06/03/bubble-woes-and-zond-updates/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/03/bubble-woes-and-zond-updates/Jun 03 19:06
schestowitz-pi2in 2016 is was "OK" to blast the machines, as HRC had lostJun 03 19:06
techrights[sec]_Sadly who won or lost seems to be the determining factor in whether criticismJun 03 19:06
techrights[sec]_is allowed and by who.   Jun 03 19:06
schestowitz-pi2putin went in... in personJun 03 19:07
schestowitz-pi2and tampered with the machinesJun 03 19:07
schestowitz-pi2_obviously_! fud!Jun 03 19:07
schestowitz-pi2*duhJun 03 19:07
techrights[sec]_Sadly who won or lost seems to be the determining factor in whether criticismJun 03 19:08
techrights[sec]_is allowed and by who, rather than pursuit of objective truth.Jun 03 19:08
schestowitz-pi2https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/plans-revealed-massive-new-music-17825312Jun 03 19:10
schestowitz-pi2re stadium, remember we run and cycle there a lotJun 03 19:10
schestowitz-pi2it's across the road from usJun 03 19:10
schestowitz-pi2i see the stadium from my desk if I stand upJun 03 19:10
schestowitz-pi2downside si noise when concerts are happening lateJun 03 19:12
schestowitz-pi2esp. with fireworks at 11pm this weekJun 03 19:12
schestowitz-pi2several days this weekJun 03 19:12
schestowitz-pi2so rianne and i think we should get complimentary tickets or discountsJun 03 19:12
schestowitz-pi2for tolerating thisJun 03 19:12
schestowitz-pi2(mumble topic today)Jun 03 19:12
schestowitz-pi2https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/football-fans-saying-same-thing-27050118?int_source=nbaJun 03 19:13
schestowitz-pi2https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/football-fans-saying-Jun 03 19:14
schestowitz-pi2same-thing-27050118?int_source=nbaJun 03 19:14
schestowitz-pi2nothing wrong with thisJun 03 19:14
schestowitz-pi2kick the stereotypes and fake professionalismJun 03 19:15
schestowitz-pi2hookies are excellent for many things: warmth, anonymity etc.Jun 03 19:15
schestowitz-pi2notice it's not a real articleJun 03 19:15
schestowitz-pi2it's a mashup of social CONTROL "media"Jun 03 19:15
schestowitz-pi2judgeing books by the cover begets debt culture (people egtting things theyJun 03 19:20
schestowitz-pi2cannot afford to fake class belonging)Jun 03 19:20
schestowitz-pi2the "if you're so smart, how come.."Jun 03 19:20
schestowitz-pi2if you are rich, can you not spend 50 bucks on suit and jacket?Jun 03 19:20
techrights[sec]_Usuall that phrase is squawked by MBAs as they whine,Jun 03 19:21
techrights[sec]_If your;e so smart then why aren't you rich?Jun 03 19:21
techrights[sec]_Anyway,  have to rest my neck better tomorrow  Jun 03 19:21
techrights[sec]_afkJun 03 19:21
techrights-newsβš“ links-03062023 | β™Ύ Gemini address: links-03062023Jun 03 19:24
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Software: Browsers and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Software_Browsers_and_More.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/Software_Browsers_and_More.gmi ∎Jun 03 19:25
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Today's π˜›π˜Άπ˜Ή π˜”π˜’π˜€π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/today_s_leftovers.1.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/06/03/today_s_leftovers.1.gmi ∎Jun 03 19:25
techrights-newsLinks 03/06/2023: IBM Betraying LibreOffice Some More (After Laying off LibreOffice Developers) | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/06/03/ibm-betraying-libreoffice-some-more/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/03/ibm-betraying-libreoffice-some-more/Jun 03 19:30
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