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techrights-newsTechrights – [Teaser] At Microsoft, for Serious Crimes, You Get Promoted, Not Arrested ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/04/_Teaser_At_Microsoft_for_Serious_Crimes_You_Get_Promoted_Not_Ar.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/04/_Teaser_At_Microsoft_for_Serious_Crimes_You_Get_Promoted_Not_Ar.gmi ∎Nov 05 01:09
techrights-newsTechrights – The People Who Try to Deplatform Techrights Are Simply Not Sane ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/04/The_People_Who_Try_to_Deplatform_Techrights_Are_Simply_Not_Sane.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/04/The_People_Who_Try_to_Deplatform_Techrights_Are_Simply_Not_Sane.gmi ∎Nov 05 01:10
techrights-newsTechrights – On Video Quality ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/04/On_Video_Quality.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/04/On_Video_Quality.gmi ∎Nov 05 01:10
techrights-newsTechrights – Wintertime in the United States Of America: ChromeOS Blasts Past 10% Market Share! ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/04/Wintertime_in_the_United_States_Of_America_ChromeOS_Blasts_Past.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/04/Wintertime_in_the_United_States_Of_America_ChromeOS_Blasts_Past.gmi ∎Nov 05 01:10
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Top 10 Best AUR Helpers for Arch Linux ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/04/Top_10_Best_AUR_Helpers_for_Arch_Linux.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/04/Top_10_Best_AUR_Helpers_for_Arch_Linux.gmi ∎Nov 05 01:11
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Bonfire Night is No Celebration, It Became Just an Excuse to Blow Stuff Up (or Burn Stuff) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/04/Bonfire_Night_is_No_Celebration_It_Became_Just_an_Excuse_to_Blo.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/04/Bonfire_Night_is_No_Celebration_It_Became_Just_an_Excuse_to_Blo.gmi ∎Nov 05 01:11
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Toxic People in the Community Are Often Connected to Microsoft (and They're No Community) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/04/Toxic_People_in_the_Community_Are_Often_Connected_to_Microsoft_.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/04/Toxic_People_in_the_Community_Are_Often_Connected_to_Microsoft_.gmi ∎Nov 05 01:11
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): The Art of Working Fast in Tough Conditions ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/04/The_Art_of_Working_Fast_in_Tough_Conditions.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/04/The_Art_of_Working_Fast_in_Tough_Conditions.gmi ∎Nov 05 01:11
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (UPDATE): Krita 5.2.1 Released ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/02/Krita_5_2_1_Released.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/02/Krita_5_2_1_Released.gmi ∎Nov 05 02:43
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): On the Road to Plasma 6, Vol. 4 ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/On_the_Road_to_Plasma_6_Vol_4.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/On_the_Road_to_Plasma_6_Vol_4.gmi ∎Nov 05 02:43
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): FreeBSD 14.0-RC4 Now Available ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/FreeBSD_14_0_RC4_Now_Available.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/FreeBSD_14_0_RC4_Now_Available.gmi ∎Nov 05 02:43
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): CapyPDF 0.6.0 is out ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/CapyPDF_0_6_0_is_out.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/CapyPDF_0_6_0_is_out.gmi ∎Nov 05 02:43
techrights-newsTechrights – IRC Proceedings: Saturday, November 04, 2023 ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/irc-log-041123.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/irc-log-041123.gmi ∎Nov 05 02:44
schestowitz-pigmNov 05 03:01
schestowitz-piyour de-super has saved me an hour againNov 05 03:01
schestowitz-pii might finish all tasks by afternoon, then focus on articleNov 05 03:01
schestowitz-pi*articlesNov 05 03:01
schestowitz-pihttps://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-proper-design-process-in-web-development.htmlNov 05 04:26
schestowitz-pihttps://unixsheikh.com/articles/the-proper-design-process-in-web-development.htmlNov 05 04:27
schestowitz-pifrom https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtmlNov 05 04:27
schestowitz-pi<techrights-news> clean energy by 2040?? 17 years from now??? https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/michigan-house-passes-climate-change-reform-mandating-clean-energy-2040Nov 05 04:29
schestowitz-pi-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.bridgemi.com | Michigan House passes climate change reform, mandating clean energy by 2040 | Bridge MichiganNov 05 04:29
schestowitz-pi<techrights-news> How many of the politicians who make these promises will even be in service (or ALIVE) in 17 years?Nov 05 04:29
schestowitz-pi<techrights-news> Pre-COVID-19: corporate media mentions climate change, takes note of Greta when she talks about climate. Post-(war/pandemic/collapsing economy with fake 'jobs'): corporate media mentions all those other things, takes note of Greta only when she gets ARRESTEDNov 05 04:33
techrights-secMore academic sites are afflicted with gratuitous javascript which Nov 05 04:35
techrights-secgo as far as blocking access to the content unnecessarily.  Nov 05 04:35
techrights-secThanks for fixing the flow in the CSS for the bulletin list.Nov 05 04:35
techrights-secThough it is stuck in 3 columns that way, regardless of the actualNov 05 04:35
techrights-secwidth of the window.  Nov 05 04:35
techrights-secNone of them will be in office.  The state's voters were trickedNov 05 04:35
techrights-secinto applying "term limits" to the abilit to stay in office.  Nov 05 04:36
techrights-secTerm limits used to be called elections but the new rules say thatNov 05 04:36
techrights-secno more than six two-year terms are allowed from either the stateNov 05 04:36
techrights-sechouse or the state senate.  In other words, no more than 12 yearsNov 05 04:36
techrights-secper politician, ensuring high turn over and newbie mistakes asNov 05 04:36
techrights-secwell as, most importantly, loss of continuity and institutional Nov 05 04:36
techrights-secknowledge.  The last two were probably the primary targets of theNov 05 04:36
techrights-secso-called term limit campaign.  Nov 05 04:36
techrights-secThe limits used to be called elections, but the group using theNov 05 04:36
techrights-secname "republican" has had their war on science^wknowledge turn intoNov 05 04:36
techrights-seca war on general competency.  Nov 05 04:36
schestowitz-piit ought not be limited to 3 columnsNov 05 04:37
schestowitz-pii saw it stretching to moreNov 05 04:37
schestowitz-pibut css was changed Nov 05 04:37
schestowitz-pilater we can apply the same in TM, but in TM there are very few such files for nowNov 05 04:37
schestowitz-pias it is newNov 05 04:37
techrights-secI presume you updated the current CSS, but it is still not quite\Nov 05 04:39
techrights-secthe final approach IMHO since it renders three columnsNov 05 04:39
techrights-secregardless of the actual window size.  Nov 05 04:39
schestowitz-pii am going to take another lookNov 05 04:41
schestowitz-pinot an area of expertise for meNov 05 04:41
schestowitz-pibut at least the sites move fast (i meant de-duper earlier, not de-super)Nov 05 04:41
schestowitz-pimany things that used to take up hours of my time are now automatedNov 05 04:41
schestowitz-piinc. irc log stuffNov 05 04:41
techrights-secExcellent.  The computer should be doing the repetitive stuff.  Nov 05 04:41
techrights-secThe publishing of the IRC logs can probaby be automated. Nov 05 04:41
schestowitz-piwith your program i do that in about 30 secsNov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pimore time is taken for sanity check, ensuring the links work, the logging done correctly Nov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pidata sent across okNov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pii'd have written twice as many articlesNov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pibut helping a lot around the home this past monthNov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pias rianne is busy (income)Nov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pihealth and marital health are foundational anywayNov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pii need not say it again, but will:  news _still_ slowing downNov 05 04:45
schestowitz-piit's ridiculousNov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pithe "linux" section now takes like 5 mins to clean!Nov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pione twist is, maybe an opportrunity to fill the gapNov 05 04:45
schestowitz-piless "competition"Nov 05 04:45
schestowitz-pithe "planets" are also very stagnantNov 05 04:45
techrights-secYes, there is basically no tech news to find any more, notNov 05 04:49
techrights-seceven when casting a wide net and rather carefully examiningNov 05 04:49
techrights-seceven vaguely promising titles / summaries for a tech aspect.Nov 05 04:49
techrights-secBlogs, however, have seen a very slight upswing in production.Nov 05 04:49
techrights-secThe hard part is following so many since there are some veryNov 05 04:49
techrights-secgood ones which write only once or twice a year or even lessNov 05 04:49
techrights-secoften but kind of regularly nonetheless.  Nov 05 04:49
techrights-secThe gap is of medium to long articles.  Short and microblogsNov 05 04:49
techrights-secare still in overabundance.  Nov 05 04:49
schestowitz-piwe made an assessment ewrror last yearNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-piwronf;ly assuming a sort of resurgence or rebound in blloggingNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-pii saw 3 bloggers promosing dailt postsNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-pibut did not seilverNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-pigave up within days or less than a weekNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-pidid not *deliverNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-piMike Kranzer-whatever is the latestNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-pipreior to it zonker (joe) and major haydenNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-pithey do want to writeNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-pithen complain they ran out of ideas/topicsNov 05 04:51
schestowitz-pi(i can relate andwrote something related to this, contact being omglinux)Nov 05 04:57
schestowitz-pi*context being, rather...Nov 05 04:57
schestowitz-pii am open to ideas, topics... saving the bigger stories for weekdaysNov 05 04:57
schestowitz-piDaily Links in TR and Linux links in TM are STILL importantNov 05 04:57
schestowitz-pithey make up an important contribution based on emails that I receivedNov 05 04:57
techrights-secI've got 436 general blogs plus another few dozen techncialNov 05 05:02
techrights-secblogs to cover using their feeds and that takes only a fewNov 05 05:02
techrights-secminutes to triageNov 05 05:02
techrights-secThere are usually about a dozen posts per day out of thatNov 05 05:02
techrights-secbatch.  Nov 05 05:02
schestowitz-pi1) fewer sites' output: fewer people weigh inNov 05 05:07
schestowitz-pi2) syndication of curation becomes more valuable a serviceNov 05 05:07
schestowitz-pi*Google News is dying, sort ofNov 05 05:07
schestowitz-pi3) (2) is quicker to doNov 05 05:07
schestowitz-pii am in flux here, still need to ensure we are cashflow positiveNov 05 05:07
schestowitz-pigoing to market in 1.5 hoursNov 05 05:07
schestowitz-pithe goal now is not food (got enough) but sellablesNov 05 05:07
techrights-seczzzzz   used to make a lot of wreaths every Christmas seasonNov 05 05:14
techrights-secbut had to stop because people were buying them at the marketNov 05 05:14
techrights-secand reselling them in town.  A similar thing happened to Nov 05 05:14
techrights-secher mother with her bread.  In both cases, the goal was Nov 05 05:14
techrights-secto provide local goods to local people.  however, thatNov 05 05:14
techrights-secis not the case in the market you go to but it does come toNov 05 05:14
techrights-secmind. Nov 05 05:14
techrights-secWe actually found something worth buying at the flea marketNov 05 05:14
techrights-secthe other day.  That is now a rarity.  Nov 05 05:14
techrights-secThere were also some cups but way too expensive evenNov 05 05:14
techrights-secat the flea market, which is perhaps why they were stillNov 05 05:14
techrights-secfor sale.  We got a chair which cleaned up nicely, withNov 05 05:14
techrights-secthe right cleaning tools and agents, and matches perfectly.  Nov 05 05:14
techrights-secwith what we already have.  Nov 05 05:14
schestowitz-piwe like newly-packaged but offloaded at auctions stuffNov 05 05:18
schestowitz-piit is still possible to find if you are quick, come early and know where to check quickly ASAPNov 05 05:18
schestowitz-pias people competeNov 05 05:18
schestowitz-pithen you buy as much as possible based on bbe datesNov 05 05:18
schestowitz-pie.g. 500 vit pills for x years, based on bbe Nov 05 05:18
schestowitz-pispares can be sold, but depends on size/.weight due to delivery/logistics aspectsNov 05 05:18
schestowitz-pirianne is sending fitness supplement todayNov 05 05:18
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techrights-secIs there anything about the ARM investment in Raspberry Pi LtdNov 05 05:19
techrights-secwhich should be commented on?  Nov 05 05:19
techrights-sec^ topic ?Nov 05 05:19
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schestowitz-pinoted three alreadyNov 05 05:21
schestowitz-pidaily linksNov 05 05:21
schestowitz-pithen ircNov 05 05:21
schestowitz-pithan title of daily linksNov 05 05:22
schestowitz-pialongside google "sponosorship" or "partnership" with raspiNov 05 05:22
schestowitz-pithat you may not have noticedNov 05 05:22
schestowitz-pii put that in EdNov 05 05:22
schestowitz-piSony, ARM, Google, 2021 visual studio "deal"...Nov 05 05:22
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schestowitz-pii cannot figure out the true motives of ARMNov 05 05:22
schestowitz-pibut around 2008 MSFT bought about 5% stake in FBNov 05 05:22
schestowitz-pithey said it was to prevent takeover by GOOGNov 05 05:22
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schestowitz-piadded as topicNov 05 05:25
schestowitz-pichecking CSS for TR nowNov 05 05:25
schestowitz-piBTW, billwatch and many other things are still in wordpress DB as "pages"Nov 05 05:25
schestowitz-piit would be good to extract all those "pages"Nov 05 05:25
schestowitz-pito preserve old stories/contentNov 05 05:25
schestowitz-piprob. same query as blog post with extra or different JOINNov 05 05:25
schestowitz-piSELECT * FROM wp_posts where post_type = 'page';Nov 05 05:25
techrights-secAre those pages part of the wiki or part of something else?Nov 05 05:36
techrights-secIt's been so long that I have no familiarity with the scriptsNov 05 05:36
techrights-secor the content they manipulate and would have to relearn them Nov 05 05:36
techrights-secboth.  Nov 05 05:36
techrights-secThough I do still have that machine available here with theNov 05 05:36
techrights-secworking databases and scripts.  Nov 05 05:36
schestowitz-pithose are part of the wordpress DBNov 05 05:36
techrights-secyes that is the database there, it's just the content of the    Nov 05 05:39
techrights-sectables and the scripts to extract from them are very unfamiliarNov 05 05:39
techrights-secat this point.  I can look again later today though.  Nov 05 05:39
schestowitz-pithanks, some are "last copies"Nov 05 05:41
schestowitz-piso it would help to restore theseNov 05 05:41
schestowitz-piat some point we will tidy up old material one way or anotherNov 05 05:41
schestowitz-piit would be worth the timeNov 05 05:41
schestowitz-pi<DaemonFC> https://www.illinoispolicy.org/1-in-6-chicago-third-graders-can-read-at-level-signaling-dismal-futures/Nov 05 05:45
schestowitz-pi-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- www.illinoispolicy.org | 1 in 6 Chicago third graders can read at level, signaling dismal futuresNov 05 05:45
schestowitz-pi<DaemonFC> This is not new. In Shameless, Frank takes Liam to a CPS school and he says "Is this where I'll learn to read and to math?" and Frank says "Probably not." so they end up getting him a scholarship at a good private school when Frank takes Liam there (Liam was black) and Frank points out that they could have a civil rights lawsuit because all the kids there are white.Nov 05 05:45
techrights-sechttps://futurism.com/neoscope/bad-grammar-physical-distressNov 05 05:46
techrights-secThis is related to Lunduke who intentionally uses bad grammarNov 05 05:46
techrights-secpresumably to fit in with a particular demographic which hasNov 05 05:46
techrights-secbeen trained over the last generation by Newsmax and Faux NewsNov 05 05:46
techrights-secto intentionally use bad grammar.  A side effect is the furtherNov 05 05:46
techrights-secincrease of stress throughout society and thus rendering theNov 05 05:46
techrights-secpopulation more vulnerable to disinformation and manipuationNov 05 05:46
techrights-secon average.  Nov 05 05:46
schestowitz-piiu can make grid stuff work ok in geckoNov 05 06:30
schestowitz-pibut blink/chrom* stuff seems to have limited support for some attr Nov 05 06:30
schestowitz-pivery weird  Nov 05 06:30
schestowitz-piand also reminds me why i hate "web dev"Nov 05 06:30
schestowitz-pi1) nothing "works"Nov 05 06:30
schestowitz-piit's WHERE it worksNov 05 06:30
schestowitz-pi2) what works today will NOT work laterNov 05 06:30
schestowitz-pi3) documentation is shitNov 05 06:30
schestowitz-pii will revisit this laterNov 05 06:31
schestowitz-piit "works", then you check another browser, then it fails, then you change,Nov 05 06:31
schestowitz-pithan it fails in another, then you fix it, then you wait a yearNov 05 06:31
schestowitz-pithen it "breaks" againNov 05 06:31
schestowitz-pileaving home now... jogging there doayNov 05 06:31
schestowitz-pi*todayNov 05 06:31
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Security Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/Security_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/Security_Leftovers.gmi ∎Nov 05 06:32
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Today's 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/today_s_howtos.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎Nov 05 06:32
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 Programming Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ∎Nov 05 06:34
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Medevel's Review/Overview of Some Free Software ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/10/17/Medevel_s_Review_Overview_of_Some_Free_Software.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/10/17/Medevel_s_Review_Overview_of_Some_Free_Software.gmi ∎Nov 05 06:34
techrights-news➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): 𝘛𝘶𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴: Google Android Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/Android_Leftovers.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/11/05/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎Nov 05 06:34
techrights-newsTechrights – Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, SparkFun, and More ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_SparkFun_and_More.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Open_Hardware_Modding_Raspberry_Pi_Arduino_SparkFun_and_More.gmi ∎Nov 05 06:34
techrights-newsTechrights – Links 05/11/2023: Sanctions and Thawing Ties ⇨ http://news.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Links_05_11_2023_Sanctions_and_Thawing_Ties.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2023/11/05/Links_05_11_2023_Sanctions_and_Thawing_Ties.gmi ∎Nov 05 06:34
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techrights-sec?? https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Roy_SchestowitzNov 05 10:21
techrights-secThere is also apparently a Twitter / X account for Bytes Media Nov 05 10:21
schestowitz-pii don't know what this wikispooks isNov 05 10:25
schestowitz-pi(just got back)Nov 05 10:25
schestowitz-pii saw it before in passing, it's not too crankyNov 05 10:25
schestowitz-piin the identi.ca days, around 2010, there were those bot accountsNov 05 10:25
schestowitz-pithey are still mentioned in wordpress "pages" somewhereNov 05 10:25
schestowitz-pii am happy that x is dying Nov 05 10:25
schestowitz-pi*(spent half an hour with our 85-y-o neighbour again, gave her a gift)Nov 05 10:25
schestowitz-pi(we spent some time with her this past friday when power was down)Nov 05 10:25
schestowitz-pi(her husband died as soon as he retired, she still misses him and mentions jhim every 2 mins)Nov 05 10:25
techrights-secNor do I.Nov 05 10:26
techrights-secOk, good.  There's an entry for RMS there too.Nov 05 10:26
techrights-secokNov 05 10:26
techrights-secYes, good riddance to TwitterNov 05 10:26
techrights-sectoo bad that X (aka X11 / X.org) did not exploit the situation toNov 05 10:26
techrights-secgarner positive attentionNov 05 10:26
techrights-secNiceNov 05 10:26
techrights-secHow long was the power out for?LNov 05 10:26
techrights-secUnderstandably missed.Nov 05 10:26
schestowitz-piit's a bit like visiting my grandma, which i used to do a lotNov 05 10:29
schestowitz-piit's a different kind of generationNov 05 10:29
schestowitz-pino "smart" phone and BSNov 05 10:29
techrights-secYes there is a big difference from younger generatinos, I thinkNov 05 10:29
techrights-secit had to do with the experience from WWIINov 05 10:29
techrights-secin addition to the technology customsNov 05 10:29
schestowitz-piwhen people die nobody will miss them or remember them for some "tweet"Nov 05 10:31
schestowitz-pior some "viral" videoNov 05 10:31
schestowitz-pi(not "bank balance at time of death")Nov 05 10:32
schestowitz-pi*nor Nov 05 10:32
schestowitz-piyes, the wars (plural) shaped early experiencedNov 05 10:42
schestowitz-pithe downside of making friends with people 70+ since i was a teenNov 05 10:42
schestowitz-piis that many of my friends dieNov 05 10:42
techrights-secThere is always turnover anyway though, at least at some level,Nov 05 11:04
techrights-secFew people have intergenerational friends any moreNov 05 11:04
techrights-secSociety seems very segregated in that way and I think it mayNov 05 11:04
techrights-secbe much more segregated than in the past.  People used to beNov 05 11:04
techrights-secable to live closer to home 60+ years agoNov 05 11:04
techrights-secNow society thinks it's ok for people to move across the countryNov 05 11:04
techrights-secfor a job and /still/ end up commuting 1+ hours each way.Nov 05 11:04
schestowitz-pimany old people near usstill live where they gre up, went to school married (church across the road)Nov 05 11:06
schestowitz-pinever had to move, knew all the people in the streetNov 05 11:06
schestowitz-pimaybe this is like the public housing "shuffle" methodNov 05 11:06
schestowitz-pipreventing communities from forming and unitingNov 05 11:06
schestowitz-pibecause "crime"Nov 05 11:06
schestowitz-picompanies do the sameNov 05 11:06
schestowitz-pi"hot-deskingNov 05 11:06
schestowitz-pino friends at workNov 05 11:06
schestowitz-pidivided and weakNov 05 11:06
techrights-secI haven't read up on the agitation against '15-minute cities' butNov 05 11:07
techrights-secit sees that social control media is being used to wind up the weakNov 05 11:07
techrights-secminded and gullible to hate on a livable urban environment orNov 05 11:07
techrights-seca livable environment in generalNov 05 11:07
techrights-secI notice here a big difference between the old people who remember orNov 05 11:07
techrights-secparticipated in WWII and the others.  Even back a few years agoNov 05 11:07
techrights-secwhen the older group was perkier, they were still more seriousNov 05 11:07
techrights-secand more self-reliant in some way.  Nov 05 11:07
techrights-secThe last of them are passing away here though.  One friend wasNov 05 11:07
techrights-seca month away from induction when the war ended.  He passed lastNov 05 11:07
techrights-secyear.  Another was a year younger, he passed three years ago.  Nov 05 11:07
techrights-secHe had stepped on a landmine after the war, which killed his twoNov 05 11:07
techrights-secfriends and left crippling, life-changing injuries on his part.  Nov 05 11:07
techrights-secYes, I suspect that at the bottom there is some motive to  preventNov 05 11:07
techrights-secpeople from forming ties and communities or retaining eitherNov 05 11:07
techrights-secHot desking is vile, since one cannot even have work materials.Nov 05 11:07
techrights-secI know of researchers which had to discard (burn) irreplacable Nov 05 11:10
techrights-seccollections of specialized reference material and research dataNov 05 11:10
techrights-secbecause their institutions went to hot desking.  Under the oldNov 05 11:10
techrights-secmodel, pre-Microsoft, they got at least 8 hours of work done duringNov 05 11:10
techrights-seca work day.  Maybe 5 or so effective hours.  Now it is closerNov 05 11:10
techrights-secto 30 to 60 minutes, at best.  so the institutions are getting Nov 05 11:10
techrights-secnothing for their money, but wasting time may be one of the Nov 05 11:10
techrights-seclarger goals.  Nov 05 11:10
techrights-secYes, divide-and-conquerNov 05 11:10
schestowitz-piwhere rianne goes they change people r apidly from one dept to the nextNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pinot sure if it's an anti-union or clique thingNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pidoes NOT seem efficient for then businessNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pias people need to specialiseNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pione reason people might still enjoy going to work is friends thereNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pipowwow, tea, drinks _after_ workNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pitake it away and it is despotic like the schenes of winston in '1984'Nov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pii don't think i will ever apply for any office jobNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-piopen offices are backNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pithe media only casually mentions thisNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-pithe estate lobbyists wonNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-piof course many businesses perished anywayNov 05 11:14
schestowitz-piso they have lots of "space" left top lease to 'human rodents'Nov 05 11:14
techrights-secAnti-union might be another aspect too.Nov 05 11:15
techrights-secIt's not about efficiency, ever, it's about keeping peopleNov 05 11:15
techrights-secbroken and isolated and easily maniuplated.  Nov 05 11:15
techrights-secExperience is needed for good service.  Nov 05 11:15
techrights-secOpen plan offices are highly inefficent and overall stressfulNov 05 11:15
techrights-secfor the victims of such a layout.  Nov 05 11:15
techrights-secToo bad that David Graeber died before he could follup muchNov 05 11:15
techrights-secon his research, and subsequent book, on "Bullshit Jobs"Nov 05 11:15
schestowitz-pii did _not_ read his long worksNov 05 11:17
schestowitz-pibut referred to his thesis many times in the sirius seriesNov 05 11:17
schestowitz-piesp. the part about people assigned to do _intentially_ meaningless "tasks" or "jobs"Nov 05 11:17
schestowitz-piwhere the purpose is actively harmful to the person and, by extension, the firmNov 05 11:17
schestowitz-pithis did exist when i was a teenNov 05 11:17
schestowitz-pibut to a lesser extewntNov 05 11:17
schestowitz-piwhen i worked in manchester computing they asked us to start logging calls with summariesNov 05 11:17
schestowitz-pithat nobody ever readNov 05 11:17
schestowitz-pinot in 2002Nov 05 11:17
schestowitz-piiirc, it was added around 204Nov 05 11:17
schestowitz-pi2004Nov 05 11:18
schestowitz-pia sort of "telemetry"Nov 05 11:18
schestowitz-piit was bad from privacy aspect, data breaches and actual staff tooNov 05 11:20
schestowitz-piputting names of un _staff_ that needed vpn access for library etc.Nov 05 11:20
schestowitz-piand since the requests came from _them_, how does logging itNov 05 11:20
schestowitz-piimprove service in any concrete way?Nov 05 11:20
techrights-secSpeaking of telemetry, in the US two people I know heardNov 05 11:22
techrights-seca "you are being recorded" from a machine generated voiceNov 05 11:22
techrights-secduring a normal phone call. They both hung up.  I spokeNov 05 11:22
techrights-seclater to both separately and neither have an explanation.Nov 05 11:22
techrights-secVPNs are also bullshit, especially proprietary onesNov 05 11:22
techrights-secThey are used as not just an additional cost sink but alsoNov 05 11:22
techrights-secas a further means to block access (by not supporting) non-Nov 05 11:22
techrights-secM$ systems.Nov 05 11:22
techrights-sec^ topic ?Nov 05 11:22
techrights-secAny security-conscious network administrator would avoidNov 05 11:27
techrights-secmoney-wasting boondoggles like Cisco and use Wiregaurd orNov 05 11:27
techrights-secOpenVPN instead.  However, that would allow equal accessNov 05 11:27
techrights-secfrom the GNU/Linux and even the BSDs, in addition to savingNov 05 11:27
techrights-secmoney and work.  However, the empire builders send money to Nov 05 11:27
techrights-secthe vendors instead since the vendors depend on the empireNov 05 11:27
techrights-secbuilder for the continued cash flow.  Whereas employees mightNov 05 11:27
techrights-secdare to push back on various matters.  Nov 05 11:27
schestowitz-pitwo topics here, thanksNov 05 11:27
techrights-secBack in the 1990s, VPNs were not used because they were a wasteNov 05 11:30
techrights-secof effort and there was already a better, zero-trust solution Nov 05 11:30
techrights-secbuilt around the kerberization of online services.  Nov 05 11:30
techrights-secI suspect that once m$ killed kerberos and made its integration[Nov 05 11:30
techrights-secwith windoze impossible, people (aka m$ drones) had no choiceNov 05 11:30
techrights-secbut to roll out VPNs.  Again intentionally choosing bad VPNsNov 05 11:30
techrights-sechad the desireable side effect of blocking non-windows systemsNov 05 11:30
schestowitz-pidon't forgot ldap/openldapNov 05 11:31
schestowitz-pianother way to undo the "necessity" of VPNs as access wallsNov 05 11:31
schestowitz-picxxlients of sirius complained that, even when former staff was removed from VPNNov 05 11:31
schestowitz-pithe unix user accounts remained on their systemsNov 05 11:31
techrights-secLDAP/OpenLDAP was used in conjunction with KerberosNov 05 11:32
schestowitz-pi<techrights-news> A Call to Get Rid of DST... and Time Zones gemini://vigrey.com/journal/a-call-to-get-rid-of-dst-and-time-zonesNov 05 13:09
schestowitz-pi<techrights-news> "We actually have an excellent solution already for keeping time standardized that doesn't involve time zones. That solution is called UTC, which stands for "temps universel coordonné" or "coordinated universal time"... " gemini://vigrey.com/journal/a-call-to-get-rid-of-dst-and-time-zonesNov 05 13:09
techrights-secM$ Miguel has found a platform to spew drivel from:Nov 05 13:10
techrights-sechttps://media.ccc.de/v/godotcon2023-57866-swift-godot-fixing-the-multi-million-dollar-mistakeNov 05 13:10
schestowitz-pide icaza openly affiliates with gulagboyNov 05 13:11
schestowitz-piTeam MoleNov 05 13:11
schestowitz-pialone with AevaNov 05 13:11
schestowitz-pi*alongNov 05 13:11
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psydroid3whenever he isn't a mole for Microsoft he's a mole for AppleNov 05 14:23
schestowitz-pipromoting .NET at Apple is not helping AppleNov 05 14:33
psydroid3this article mentioned Swift bindings for GodotNov 05 14:35
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