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| schestowitz-pi3 | latest twist: crazy matt says it's "ableist" to mention his addiction to cocaine | Aug 04 02:00 |
| MinceR | lol | Aug 04 02:13 |
| MinceR | funny how SJWs are allowed to mention anything and everything, but their victims have to play by different rules | Aug 04 02:14 |
| MinceR | why are keeping this subhuman around again? | Aug 04 02:14 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | we'll have a long series coming | Aug 04 02:14 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | it'll discredit the CoC and such | Aug 04 02:14 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | it'll also show the double standards | Aug 04 02:15 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | re FSF, LF | Aug 04 02:15 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | you asked, at what cost? | Aug 04 02:15 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | you have a point. | Aug 04 02:15 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i hope the cost will be exceeded by the benefit of the series | Aug 04 02:16 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | related: http://techrights.org/2023/07/10/conclusion-re-cancel-culture-industry/ | Aug 04 02:16 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | MinceR: rianne wants to go through everything first | Aug 04 02:17 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | then sort that into buckets to make examples more extensive | Aug 04 02:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | as he hurt her personally | Aug 04 02:18 |
| techrights-news | Europe Needs More Patent Whistleblowers Like Martin Wilming | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/03/patent-whistleblowers/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/03/patent-whistleblowers/ | Aug 04 02:35 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 02:44 |
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| techrights[sec]_ | not a twist, there is nothing to gain through interacting with him | Aug 04 07:30 |
| techrights[sec]_ | at best, time is lost | Aug 04 07:30 |
| techrights[sec]_ | https://soylentnews.org/~Runaway1956/journal/15499?&page=1&noupdate=1#comment_1319001#1319027 | Aug 04 07:30 |
| techrights[sec]_ | apropos interacting with crazy matt and his toothpick arms: | Aug 04 07:30 |
| techrights[sec]_ | https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-calls-urgent-attention-to-uefi-attack-surfaces/ | Aug 04 07:30 |
| techrights[sec]_ | This crisis would not have happened if BIOS had simply been corrected to allow | Aug 04 07:30 |
| techrights[sec]_ | large partitions | Aug 04 07:30 |
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| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): August Plasma 6 progress update ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/August_Plasma_6_progress_update.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/August_Plasma_6_progress_update.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 07:47 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATED): MX Linux 23 “Libretto” Is Out with Linux Kernel 6.4, Based on Debian Bookworm ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/31/MX_Linux_23_Libretto_Is_Out_with_Linux_Kernel_6_4_Based_on_Debi.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/31/MX_Linux_23_Libretto_Is_Out_with_Linux_Kernel_6_4_Based_on_Debi.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 07:47 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): #HowTo Install New Fonts in Ubuntu and Other Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/How_to_Install_New_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_and_Other_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/How_to_Install_New_Fonts_in_Ubuntu_and_Other_Linux.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 07:47 |
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| schestowitz-pi3 | will reuse some words about chrome DRM... | Aug 04 08:08 |
| techrights[sec]_ | With Chrome, Brodie is 100% correct, contacting legislators is the only possible | Aug 04 08:18 |
| techrights[sec]_ | mitigation at this point. | Aug 04 08:18 |
| techrights-news | Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) From Google Causes Widespread Backlash | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/posts-about-gulag-web-drm-uproar/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/posts-about-gulag-web-drm-uproar/ | Aug 04 08:38 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | dfc is handling the socks reasonably well | Aug 04 08:44 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | while i focus on what matters | Aug 04 08:44 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | the more the socks speak, the more material rianne will have | Aug 04 08:44 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | there is 0% at this stage that they're not mjg | Aug 04 08:44 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <elusive_woman> Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can't savor all the... little emotions. In... you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. | Aug 04 08:46 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <DaemonFC> schestowitz[TR]: ^ | Aug 04 08:46 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <DaemonFC> Matt GULAG reveals why he likes knives. | Aug 04 08:46 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <DaemonFC> Patrick Bateman shit right there. | Aug 04 08:46 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <schestowitz[TR]> i will tell rianne | Aug 04 08:46 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <schestowitz[TR]> she will document this too | Aug 04 08:46 |
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| schestowitz-pi3 | based on today's logs (since midnight), we may be able to invoke police even faster | Aug 04 09:37 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | and get a restraining order of some kind, at least | Aug 04 09:37 |
| techrights[sec]_ | That's a positive developmentin this time-wasting saga. | Aug 04 09:37 |
| techrights[sec]_ | The doxxing itself is prosecutable AFAIK see the laws posted the other day. | Aug 04 09:41 |
| techrights[sec]_ | I'd say the goal should be having an arrest warrant waiting for him in the UK | Aug 04 09:41 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Any restraining orders woud just be gravy on top. | Aug 04 09:41 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | rianne saw him in irc saying he comes to NI in Sept. | Aug 04 10:00 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | to me, reminding him what he can face, is keeping him in his place | Aug 04 10:00 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | he unravels this week | Aug 04 10:00 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | he's the "next drpizza" | Aug 04 10:00 |
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| techrights[sec]_ | It's a waste to interact with him, if there is already enough documentation | Aug 04 10:43 |
| techrights[sec]_ | to file a complaint with the police there in the UK. | Aug 04 10:43 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | the irc thing is for the "court of public opinion" | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | notice how, with sirius, much damage gets done _in spite_ | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | or auths turning a blind eye | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | biab, gonna do many articles today IF i can stick to plan | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | today's "merged" batch is fantastic | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | also helps keep the channel on topic | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | now we talk about "made in india", drm in coffee machines etc. | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | very good discussion | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | irc since midnight has been ok, dfc offloads a lot from me and rianne | Aug 04 10:45 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i've still not gotten around to listening to andy | Aug 04 10:47 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | will start now, instead of background music | Aug 04 10:47 |
| techrights[sec]_ | The one file pointed to by Andy was mostly about m$ flunkies who dabble | Aug 04 10:48 |
| techrights[sec]_ | on the side with GNU.Linux as far as I could tell. I was hoping for something | Aug 04 10:48 |
| techrights[sec]_ | more positive and focused. | Aug 04 10:48 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | biab | Aug 04 10:49 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | rianne and i will listen | Aug 04 10:49 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | so far _very_ good | Aug 04 10:56 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | wer both listen | Aug 04 10:56 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | my 1994 stereo plays into both "offices" | Aug 04 10:56 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | rianne uses the living room, i am in dining room | Aug 04 10:56 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): KDE Plasma 6 Dev Update: From Cleanup to Takeoff ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/KDE_Plasma_6_Dev_Update_From_Cleanup_to_Takeoff.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/KDE_Plasma_6_Dev_Update_From_Cleanup_to_Takeoff.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 10:57 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Thunderbird 115.1 Improves Flatpak Support, Hides Quick Filter Bar by Default ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/02/Thunderbird_115_1_Improves_Flatpak_Support_Hides_Quick_Filter_B.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/02/Thunderbird_115_1_Improves_Flatpak_Support_Hides_Quick_Filter_B.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 10:57 |
| techrights[sec]_ | I wonder which one I listened to then. | Aug 04 11:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | https://cybershow.uk/media/episodes/otg-02_r4_session_2023-07-04.mp3 | Aug 04 11:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | very good! | Aug 04 11:03 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 6 Best Free and Open Source Linux Graphical Port Scanners ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Graphical_Port_Scanners.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/6_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Graphical_Port_Scanners.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 11:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | "Co-founder of Wikipedia Larry Sanger describes the downfall of the once community-ran" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2023/08/03/glenn-greenwald-wikipedia-co-founder-calls-wikipedia-most-biased-encyclopedia/ | Source: Scheerpost | Aug 04 11:13 |
| techrights[sec]_ | I wonder which one I listened to then. | Aug 04 11:13 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Oh. The one I heard was about sysadmin day. | Aug 04 11:13 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Terminal-Based Port Scanners ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Terminal_Based_Port_Scanners.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Terminal_Based_Port_Scanners.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 11:15 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): GroupGets officially launches Core-V DevKit with RISC-V MCU ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/GroupGets_officially_launches_Core_V_DevKit_with_RISC_V_MCU.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/GroupGets_officially_launches_Core_V_DevKit_with_RISC_V_MCU.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 11:15 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Archive Utility ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Apple_Archive_Utility.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Alternatives_to_Apple_Archive_Utility.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 11:21 |
| techrights[sec]_ | "real security buys you more freedom" | Aug 04 11:27 |
| techrights[sec]_ | He talks around but does not name microsoft and microsoft resellers in the | Aug 04 11:27 |
| techrights[sec]_ | basement ruining the university | Aug 04 11:27 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i finished thwe whole ep | Aug 04 11:28 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | msft not named even once | Aug 04 11:29 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | but other brands are not named either | Aug 04 11:29 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | nom "linux" | Aug 04 11:29 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | they focus on the concept | Aug 04 11:29 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | that is ok | Aug 04 11:29 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i like the segments on mobile "phones" | Aug 04 11:29 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | listen to everything, it is spot-on | Aug 04 11:29 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Yes focusing on the concept is important but vendor capture and replacement | Aug 04 11:42 |
| techrights[sec]_ | of what were once IT departments is a core problem ,with or without trhe | Aug 04 11:42 |
| techrights[sec]_ | specific name of the vendor. | Aug 04 11:42 |
| techrights[sec]_ | But, agreed, that was a good episode. | Aug 04 11:42 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | rianne liked it also | Aug 04 11:43 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | esp. tehe parts about phones | Aug 04 11:43 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | covers many aspects | Aug 04 11:43 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | he is a dound engineer | Aug 04 11:43 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | *sound | Aug 04 11:43 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | and the lady's voice plus partitioning of topic helps | Aug 04 11:43 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i have not replied to his emails yet | Aug 04 11:43 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | said i'd listen first | Aug 04 11:43 |
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| techrights[sec]_ | One can talk around m$ without naming it, but either way, m$ is often | Aug 04 12:02 |
| techrights[sec]_ | either the cause or contributor to the problems discussed. | Aug 04 12:02 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | aws gets mentioned as an example | Aug 04 12:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | longon.gov.uk | Aug 04 12:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | still uses aws | Aug 04 12:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | they were hosting their own | Aug 04 12:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | when i went there in 2014 | Aug 04 12:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | then they moved to jira | Aug 04 12:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | and other crap | Aug 04 12:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | slack :`( | Aug 04 12:03 |
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| techrights[sec]_ | One can talk around m$ without naming it, but either way, m$ is often | Aug 04 12:24 |
| techrights[sec]_ | either the cause or contributor to the problems discussed. | Aug 04 12:24 |
| techrights[sec]_ | I'm not sure what the real appeal to that 'other crap' is aside from the | Aug 04 12:24 |
| techrights[sec]_ | ideological position of paying lots of money. | Aug 04 12:24 |
| techrights[sec]_ | and getting less in return for that money. | Aug 04 12:24 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 13:18 |
| techrights[sec]_ | There were some UEFI links in the -merged batch today. | Aug 04 13:36 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i thought about putting them aside (3) for video | Aug 04 13:36 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | but it sounds like "here we go AGAIN" | Aug 04 13:36 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | canada pm is splitting from wife | Aug 04 13:37 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | because money makes you happy or something | Aug 04 13:37 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Even before UEFI was a thing, there were warnings about just these types of | Aug 04 13:43 |
| techrights[sec]_ | problems so the very old articles on the topic are sadly still very relevant. | Aug 04 13:43 |
| techrights[sec]_ | biab | Aug 04 13:56 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | cheques from hmrc arrived today | Aug 04 14:09 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | a month's full budget :-) | Aug 04 14:09 |
| techrights-news | IRC Proceedings: Thursday, August 03, 2023 | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/irc-log-030823/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/irc-log-030823/ | Aug 04 14:26 |
| techrights[sec]_ | back | Aug 04 14:32 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 14:33 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Ubuntu Update Cycle, Elektrobit, and Ubuntu Touch OTA-2 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Ubuntu_Update_Cycle_Elektrobit_and_Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_2.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Ubuntu_Update_Cycle_Elektrobit_and_Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_2.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 14:33 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mozilla Doing Politics, #HowTo Replicate PWAs on Firefox ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Mozilla_Doing_Politics_How_to_Replicate_PWAs_on_Firefox.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Mozilla_Doing_Politics_How_to_Replicate_PWAs_on_Firefox.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 14:33 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <techrights-news> The next generation of Intel chips will be codenamed "nose candy" and have UEFI 'secure' boot you cannot turn off as part of the main board | Aug 04 14:42 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <techrights-news> The Intel chip generation after that will be known as "Heroin Lake" | Aug 04 14:42 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <techrights-news> The next Intel slogan will be Incel Inside and it will come with only pins, no "female parts" | Aug 04 14:42 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <techrights-news> Abolish UEFI https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/news/call-action-bolster-uefi-cybersecurity-now https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-calls-urgent-attention-to-uefi-attack-surfaces/ | Aug 04 14:50 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.cisa.gov | A Call to Action: Bolster UEFI Cybersecurity Now | CISA | Aug 04 14:50 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- CISA Calls Urgent Attention to UEFI Attack Surfaces - SecurityWeek | Aug 04 14:50 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <techrights-news> ICBM: abolish poor people http://techrights.org/2022/04/08/planned-obsolescence-ibm/ | Aug 04 14:50 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- techrights.org | IBM and Fedora: Stop Being Poor! Buy a New PC! | Techrights | Aug 04 14:50 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i always remind people of the real issue, too | Aug 04 14:50 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Great! | Aug 04 14:54 |
| techrights[sec]_ | The real issues are important. There are so many hardware problems etched | Aug 04 14:54 |
| techrights[sec]_ | into the x86 architecture that it should have been abandoned decades ago. | Aug 04 14:54 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Along those lines is UEFI complicated enough to be classified as its own OS? | Aug 04 14:54 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | psydruid started this discussion just now | Aug 04 14:54 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 14:55 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | humbly and honestly i don't know most of the "features" in 2023 UEFI | Aug 04 14:57 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | as per Intel and fake "consortium" | Aug 04 14:58 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | so not sure if meets criteria of "OS" | Aug 04 14:58 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | if you find info, we can do a video today with NEW "info" | Aug 04 14:58 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | we can start saying "UEFI OS" | Aug 04 14:58 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | the "second OS" | Aug 04 14:58 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | like "M.E." | Aug 04 14:58 |
| techrights[sec]_ | psydruid, | Aug 04 15:02 |
| techrights[sec]_ | checking | Aug 04 15:03 |
| techrights[sec]_ | I'm not sure I can find anything useful but will look anyway | Aug 04 15:03 |
| techrights[sec]_ | https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/server/know-how/uefi-unified-extensible-firmware-interface/ | Aug 04 15:03 |
| techrights[sec]_ | ?? | Aug 04 15:03 |
| techrights[sec]_ | IME is certainly a separate OS, based on Minix with NetBSD userland | Aug 04 15:03 |
| techrights[sec]_ | It might be common enough to put Minix up as a contender for most commonly | Aug 04 15:03 |
| techrights[sec]_ | deployed operating system. Certainly in the top three. | Aug 04 15:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | would uefi qualify as more than what it is called? | Aug 04 15:03 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | in 2013 (snowden) nsa chief said china had compromised bios | Aug 04 15:05 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | that was a decade ago, i cannot recall what kieth alexander or hayden said | Aug 04 15:05 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | *keith | Aug 04 15:05 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | more complexity = more attack surface, as per the episode from ed and andy farnell | Aug 04 15:05 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | and they teach people methods of finding and usign the holes | Aug 04 15:05 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | they also said they had cautioned the uni about 20 times | Aug 04 15:07 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | that states send these international students to make them crackers | Aug 04 15:07 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | and every time it would be "tumbleweed", fall on deaf ears | Aug 04 15:07 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Could India's restrictions on importing laptops and desktops end up leading to | Aug 04 15:09 |
| techrights[sec]_ | greater adoption of GNU/Linux? I presume if they are able to get anything | Aug 04 15:09 |
| techrights[sec]_ | moving at all in regards to domestic production, it will be ARM-based. | Aug 04 15:09 |
| techrights[sec]_ | There was a lot of good material from right before UEFI became a problem, but | Aug 04 15:09 |
| techrights[sec]_ | I cannot find it. It discussed just that, the increased complexity and attack | Aug 04 15:09 |
| techrights[sec]_ | surfaces. The only value it brought, if I recall correctly, was the ability | Aug 04 15:09 |
| techrights[sec]_ | to work with very large partitions and that is something which could have been | Aug 04 15:09 |
| techrights[sec]_ | retro-fitted onto the old BIOS arrangements. | Aug 04 15:09 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | amd and intel sales have tanked | Aug 04 15:10 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | the media spins that as "good" | Aug 04 15:10 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | becaue... dump and dump... elkection for biden next year | Aug 04 15:10 |
| techrights[sec]_ | When I taught, I integrated security into basic activities, especially during | Aug 04 15:11 |
| techrights[sec]_ | the design phases. | Aug 04 15:11 |
| techrights[sec]_ | The media has already given billinnos of dollars worth of free, positive | Aug 04 15:11 |
| techrights[sec]_ | publicity to that treasonous bastard during the last few months with no sign | Aug 04 15:11 |
| techrights[sec]_ | of slowing down. | Aug 04 15:11 |
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| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Games: Baldur's Gate 3, ZEPHON, Snake, and More ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Games_Baldur_s_Gate_3_ZEPHON_Snake_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Games_Baldur_s_Gate_3_ZEPHON_Snake_and_More.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 15:15 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The Linux Foundation Openwashing PR ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/The_Linux_Foundation_Openwashing_PR.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/The_Linux_Foundation_Openwashing_PR.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 15:15 |
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| techrights[sec]_ | ^ billions | Aug 04 15:17 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | Google search is beyond useless | Aug 04 15:18 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Wow, Google search is beyond useless in searching the phrase "uefi disadvantages" | Aug 04 15:18 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Open Hardware and Linux Devices ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Open_Hardware_and_Linux_Devices.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 15:22 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Announcing KDE Neon Experimental ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Announcing_KDE_Neon_Experimental.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Announcing_KDE_Neon_Experimental.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 15:23 |
| techrights[sec]_ | I almost never use it. Now I am reminded why not. | Aug 04 15:24 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | don't. | Aug 04 15:26 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | it used to be useful in the scroogle.org days | Aug 04 15:26 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | now they optimise for revenue | Aug 04 15:26 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | their "rivals" are just a "skin" on googlebot | Aug 04 15:26 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | and, like youtube, they kill off the "no bullshit" relays | Aug 04 15:26 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | enshittification | Aug 04 15:26 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | or however CD spells it | Aug 04 15:26 |
| techrights[sec]_ | I'm not sure what they optimise for other than "sponsored" links both | Aug 04 15:27 |
| techrights[sec]_ | up front and stealth. | Aug 04 15:27 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | sirius was buying ads and listenings | Aug 04 15:28 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | basically they are SELLING positions | Aug 04 15:28 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | it's their business model | Aug 04 15:28 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | sagner now blasts wikipedia | Aug 04 15:28 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | me: MOAR POPCORN!!! | Aug 04 15:28 |
| techrights[sec]_ | It's too bad because search would have been about the only long-term profitable | Aug 04 15:28 |
| techrights[sec]_ | activity Google has been into. | Aug 04 15:28 |
| techrights[sec]_ | By selling rankings, they have killed the goose which laid the golden eggs. | Aug 04 15:28 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | the goose does not know yet | Aug 04 15:29 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | and shareholders look 3 or 12 months at a time | Aug 04 15:29 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | a bookshelf takes a long time to "search" | Aug 04 15:32 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | but you are more likely to find "vetted" info on it | Aug 04 15:32 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | speed vs provenance | Aug 04 15:32 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | because people who find a decent publisher need more than just "tweet" | Aug 04 15:32 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | 2 topics here, google ane uefi | Aug 04 15:35 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | added | Aug 04 15:35 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Kernel Space: Linux RC and Microsoft systemd (LP) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Kernel_Space_Linux_RC_and_Microsoft_systemd_LP.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Kernel_Space_Linux_RC_and_Microsoft_systemd_LP.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 15:55 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Paint the Mythical Minotaur: Ubuntu 23.10 Wallpaper Competition is LIVE! ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Paint_the_Mythical_Minotaur_Ubuntu_23_10_Wallpaper_Competition_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Paint_the_Mythical_Minotaur_Ubuntu_23_10_Wallpaper_Competition_.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 15:55 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Mini Text: GTK4 Text Editor with Uncomplicated Brilliance ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Mini_Text_GTK4_Text_Editor_with_Uncomplicated_Brilliance.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Mini_Text_GTK4_Text_Editor_with_Uncomplicated_Brilliance.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 16:16 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | quick q: | Aug 04 16:31 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | worth mentioning cortana dying? | Aug 04 16:31 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i cannot find any info on cortana layoffs | Aug 04 16:31 |
| techrights[sec]_ | probably | Aug 04 16:33 |
| techrights[sec]_ | though it'd be good to associate it in some additional context but I can't | Aug 04 16:33 |
| techrights[sec]_ | think of what at the moment. Would it be related to Azure failing? | Aug 04 16:33 |
| techrights[sec]_ | old: https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/31/21349827/microsoft-cortana-shutdown-devices-ios-android | Aug 04 16:33 |
| techrights[sec]_ | old: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/2/23747162/microsoft-windows-ai-cortana-end-support | Aug 04 16:33 |
| techrights[sec]_ | old: https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/03/microsoft-shutting-down-cortana-siri/ | Aug 04 16:33 |
| techrights[sec]_ | perhaps tie it to always-on surveillance and privacy violations? | Aug 04 16:33 |
| techrights[sec]_ | It's only the standalone version which is beingf disconinued for now | Aug 04 16:33 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/today_s_leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 16:36 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | might do post re lack of biz models | Aug 04 16:38 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | alexa (10bn losses), gulag search selling ranks... | Aug 04 16:38 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | false | Aug 04 16:38 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | putin and pooh-tin use it all the time | Aug 04 16:38 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | yea, and in 2020 microsoft "consolidated" 50 stores into a smashing success online | Aug 04 16:38 |
| techrights[sec]_ | old: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/10/23299499/microsoft-layoffs-modern-life-win-back-consumers-team | Aug 04 16:39 |
| techrights[sec]_ | "consolidation of teams and programs" ... https://blog.acer.com/en/discussion/792/microsoft-cortana-canc | Aug 04 16:39 |
| techrights[sec]_ | eled-in-2023 | Aug 04 16:39 |
| techrights[sec]_ | With all the unused server farms (Azure) m$ is certainly hemmorhaging money | Aug 04 16:39 |
| techrights[sec]_ | According to an m$ post which I will not open nor link to, | Aug 04 16:39 |
| techrights[sec]_ | m$ is consolidating it into "snip & sketch" | Aug 04 16:39 |
| techrights[sec]_ | Consolidation is the euphemism they have chosen | Aug 04 16:39 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <techrights-news> "France I recall being pretty car centric but there were plenty of walkable areas, and often good public transportation options. "The United States is a unique outlier" when it comes to car-slaughter, and public transportation generally ranges from "lol" to "no"." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2023/08/04/re-cost-of-right-thing.gmi | Aug 04 16:42 |
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| schestowitz-pi3 | hi matt | Aug 04 17:17 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | here, some cheapstake material for you: | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | research coffee filters in ebay | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | in stores if you get lucky the decent brands are 3p per filter | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | in ebay you need to take 1000 for 2p per single | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | that's too much (1000) | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | due to delivery | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | i reckon i can save a tenner and buy 500 at the market if I am patient | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | of one of the top brands | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | they sell cartons of capsules there | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | but these are proprietary | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | huge cartons | Aug 04 17:18 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | monkeybusiness: do coffee, not coke | Aug 04 17:22 |
| monkeybusiness | schestowitz-pi3: agreed! | Aug 04 17:30 |
| schestowitz-pi3 | <techrights-news> "Enshittification is the result of specific policy choices: encouraging monopolies; enabling high-speed, digital shell games; and blocking interoperability. First we allowed companies to buy up their competitors." ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/03/there-is-no-cloud/ | Aug 04 17:53 |
| techrights-news | Gemini Links 04/08/2023: Gemini Client Preferences and FreeBSD Minimum Desktop Guide | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/freebsd-minimum-desktop-guide/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/freebsd-minimum-desktop-guide/ | Aug 04 18:50 |
| techrights-news | Leftover Links 04/08/2023: 10 Years of Let’s Encrypt, UEFI Security Chaos Again | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/uefi-security-chaos-again/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/uefi-security-chaos-again/ | Aug 04 18:55 |
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| techrights-news | Links 04/08/2023: KDE Neon Experimental and GNU/Linux Grows Again on Laptops/Desktops | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/kde-neon-experimental/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/kde-neon-experimental/ | Aug 04 19:03 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Gemini Articles of Interest ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Gemini_Articles_of_Interest.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Gemini_Articles_of_Interest.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 19:04 |
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| techrights[sec]_ | afk | Aug 04 19:31 |
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| techrights-news | Operation Mole — Part I — The Person Working to Kill GNU and to Kill Linux From the Inside | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/gnu-and-linux-mole/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/gnu-and-linux-mole/ | Aug 04 19:43 |
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| techrights-news | [Meme] Split Personality | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/split-personality/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/split-personality/ | Aug 04 19:59 |
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| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Linux Magazine's Latest Issue ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Linux_Magazine_s_Latest_Issue.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Linux_Magazine_s_Latest_Issue.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 21:14 |
| techrights-news | In the State of Washington Microsoft is Doing a ’Staff Bloodbath’ | Techrights ⚓ http://techrights.org/2023/08/04/microsoft-staff-bloodbath/ | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/04/microsoft-staff-bloodbath/ | Aug 04 21:52 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Security_Leftovers.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Security_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 21:59 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/today_s_howtos.1.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 22:00 |
| techrights-news | ➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Free Software: Flatsweep, LinuxSchools, ASCII Art Tools, and Writing Fast Search ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Free_Software_Flatsweep_LinuxSchools_ASCII_Art_Tools_and_Writin.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/08/04/Free_Software_Flatsweep_LinuxSchools_ASCII_Art_Tools_and_Writin.gmi ∎ | Aug 04 22:00 |
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