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techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Gemini Articles of Interest ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/29/Gemini_Articles_of_Interest.1.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/29/Gemini_Articles_of_Interest.1.gmi ∎Jul 30 00:11
techrights-newsSocial Control Media as a Bubble: Facebook (Meta) is in Debt Greater Than the Company is Really Worth or Has in the Bank | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/29/social-control-media-bubble-fb/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/29/social-control-media-bubble-fb/Jul 30 00:25
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techrights-news[Meme] Fantastic Results, Fantastic Debt and Deficits | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/29/fantastic-results/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/29/fantastic-results/Jul 30 00:54
techrights-newsNancy Anthracite on Using Free Software for Electronic Health Records at the US Department of Veterans Affairs | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/29/nancy-anthracite-vista/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/29/nancy-anthracite-vista/Jul 30 01:03
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Today in Techrights ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/29/Today_in_Techrights.1.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/29/Today_in_Techrights.1.gmi ∎Jul 30 01:04
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techrights-newsLinks 29/07/2023: More Backlash Against Google’s β€œWeb DRM” (WEI API) | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/29/backlash-against-wei-api/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/29/backlash-against-wei-api/Jul 30 01:25
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 HowTos ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/today_s_howtos.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/today_s_howtos.gmi ∎Jul 30 01:26
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): IBM and Red Hat/GNOME Leftovers ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/IBM_and_Red_Hat_GNOME_Leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/IBM_and_Red_Hat_GNOME_Leftovers.gmi ∎Jul 30 01:26
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Microsoft and Google Trouble (and Harmful Chatbots, DRM) ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/Microsoft_and_Google_Trouble_and_Harmful_Chatbots_DRM.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/Microsoft_and_Google_Trouble_and_Harmful_Chatbots_DRM.gmi ∎Jul 30 01:26
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/2023/07/30/today_s_leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/today_s_leftovers.gmi ∎Jul 30 01:26
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schestowitz-pi3leaving in 15 mmins, marketJul 30 06:37
techrights[sec]_Charlie Rose?Jul 30 06:44
techrights[sec]_More context needeJul 30 06:44
techrights[sec]_dJul 30 06:44
techrights[sec]_gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/29/nancy-anthracite-vista/Jul 30 06:44
techrights[sec]_It has gone in a bad way that the US has stopped supporting VistA developmentJul 30 06:44
techrights[sec]_then.   M$ and Oracle have been working against it since 2007 or so when m$Jul 30 06:44
techrights[sec]_infringed on the name.Jul 30 06:44
techrights-news[Meme] What Only Hundreds of Thousands in Bribes Bought Microsoft in the Open Source Initiative | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/30/osi-salaried-by-microsoft/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/30/osi-salaried-by-microsoft/Jul 30 06:49
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schestowitz-pi3sorry, was away, yes, i was focusing on the guest of Charlie RoseJul 30 09:02
schestowitz-pi3saved about 150 (!) again todayJul 30 09:02
schestowitz-pi3carrying about 40KG on the bikeJul 30 09:02
schestowitz-pi3not just foods but premium brands, and not only foodsJul 30 09:02
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): The Loshark is a USB LoRa Device with Mainline Linux Support ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/The_Loshark_is_a_USB_LoRa_Device_with_Mainline_Linux_Support.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/The_Loshark_is_a_USB_LoRa_Device_with_Mainline_Linux_Support.gmi ∎Jul 30 09:07
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/2023/07/30/Android_Leftovers.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/Android_Leftovers.gmi ∎Jul 30 09:07
techrights[sec]_Nice haulJul 30 09:20
techrights[sec]_biabJul 30 09:20
schestowitz-pi3gulagboy is doing very hard drugsJul 30 09:26
schestowitz-pi3that might explain a few thingsJul 30 09:26
schestowitz-pi3<elusive_woman> Methadone is a way for the government to legally sell you small doses of heroin Jul 30 09:50
schestowitz-pi3<schestowitz[TR]> matthew garret ( elusive_woman ), quit promoting illegal drugs in this channelJul 30 09:50
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schestowitz-pi3<schestowitz[TR]> at least we know where matthew garret's ( elusive_woman ) money goes and why he is in debtJul 30 09:52
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techrights[sec]_backJul 30 10:07
techrights[sec]_(briefly)Jul 30 10:07
techrights-news[Meme] ’High’ Security: Matthew J Garrett &#8216;Coding’ Microsoft&#8217;s &#8216;Secure&#8217; Boot | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/30/secure-boot-made-by-crackhead/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/30/secure-boot-made-by-crackhead/Jul 30 10:08
schestowitz-pi3http://techrights.org/wiki/Matthew_J_GarrettJul 30 10:36
techrights[sec]_http://techrights.org/2023/07/30/secure-boot-made-by-crackhead/ evidence?Jul 30 10:44
schestowitz-pi3irc latestJul 30 10:45
techrights[sec]_Crazy matt is a sociopathJul 30 10:53
techrights[sec]_perhaps can be "involuntarily" committed based on his threatsJul 30 10:53
techrights[sec]_Crazy matt is a sociopathJul 30 10:54
techrights[sec]_perhaps can be "involuntarily" committed based on his threatsJul 30 10:54
techrights[sec]_back in some hoursJul 30 10:54
schestowitz-pi3https://groceries.asda.com/product/cordial/robinsons-pressed-pear-elderflower-fruit-cordialJul 30 11:10
schestowitz-pi3/1000000582016Jul 30 11:10
schestowitz-pi3was 90% off RRP todayJul 30 11:10
schestowitz-pi3took 15 of them (heavy, now in the wine rack)Jul 30 11:10
schestowitz-pi3https://superfood-market.com/products/cbhiu-rebel-kitchen-barista-mylk-1l?variant=430212434Jul 30 11:10
schestowitz-pi382273Jul 30 11:10
schestowitz-pi3also about 85% off, took 6Jul 30 11:10
schestowitz-pi3i'd never buy these for original price Jul 30 11:10
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techrights-newsPoorly Redacted Documents From the Court Reveal That Microsoft Has Indeed Defrauded Shareholders About Azure | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/30/microsoft-azure-fraud/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/30/microsoft-azure-fraud/Jul 30 11:51
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): ccache for a 5 minute LibreOffice build!ccache for a 5 minute LibreOffice build ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/ccache_for_a_5_minute_LibreOffice_build_ccache_for_a_5_minute_L.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/ccache_for_a_5_minute_LibreOffice_build_ccache_for_a_5_minute_L.gmi ∎Jul 30 12:54
techrights-newsUPDATEJul 30 12:54
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/2023/07/30/Android_Leftovers.1.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/Android_Leftovers.1.gmi ∎Jul 30 12:54
techrights[sec]_https://github.com/chromium/chromium/commit/6f47a22906b2899412e79a2727355efa9cc8f5bdJul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_DRMJul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_"Attestation" prevents modification of the source or use of modified sourceJul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_programs or perhaps even just compilation on one's own.  It clearly violatesJul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_the First Freedom:Jul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_"""Jul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_The freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing as you wish (freedomJul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_ 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.Jul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_"""Jul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_Chromium, however, is under the 3-Clause BSD license:Jul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_https://github.com/chromium/chromium/blob/main/LICENSEJul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_Nonetheless, the "attestation" violates software freedom even if it does notJul 30 14:55
techrights[sec]_violate Chromium's license per se.  Jul 30 14:55
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schestowitz-pi3we did 2 posts about gulag web drmJul 30 15:23
schestowitz-pi3then reposted fsfJul 30 15:23
schestowitz-pi3i will try to chain this with more thingsJul 30 15:23
schestowitz-pi3with epo, i am still waiting for more re qualityJul 30 15:23
schestowitz-pi3<MinceR> https://stackdiary.com/web-environment-integrity/Jul 30 15:23
schestowitz-pi3-TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights- stackdiary.com | Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossiJul 30 15:23
schestowitz-pi3bleJul 30 15:23
MinceRi missed themJul 30 15:24
schestowitz-pi3MinceR: those posts?Jul 30 15:25
techrights[sec]_Google engineers want to make using Free Software (near) impossible, startingJul 30 15:25
techrights[sec]_with custom software.  Jul 30 15:25
MinceRyesJul 30 15:25
schestowitz-pi3hang onJul 30 15:25
schestowitz-pi3http://techrights.org/2023/07/29/fsf-on-web-environment-integrity/Jul 30 15:26
schestowitz-pi3http://techrights.org/2023/07/22/drm-spreading-like-a-cancer/Jul 30 15:27
MinceR> Using a free browser is now more important than ever.Jul 30 15:27
MinceRif only they existed for the "modern" webJul 30 15:27
schestowitz-pi3http://techrights.org/2023/07/28/dooming-the-open-web/Jul 30 15:28
techrights[sec]_It's getting /some/ attetion, but will there be action of the right kind andJul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_quantity to prevent and not just postpone the cancer?Jul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_Yes, the second link correctly identifies the problem as an agenda to be   Jul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_vanquished.  Jul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_Are there any serious non-Google browsers?  Is it even possible to makeJul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_one, even setting aside the question of the javascript VM? Jul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_Firefox, due to Baker, is a Google browser.  Follow the money.  Jul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_Do you have the link to the analysis some years ago about the near impossibilityJul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_of creating a browser from scratch any more?Jul 30 15:31
MinceRthxJul 30 15:31
schestowitz-pi3no authoritative source for thatJul 30 15:31
schestowitz-pi3it would have to come from  a browser devJul 30 15:31
schestowitz-pi3like netsurfJul 30 15:31
techrights[sec]_https://lwn.net/Articles/815315/Jul 30 15:34
techrights[sec]_https://drewdevault.com/2020/03/18/Reckless-limitless-scopeJul 30 15:34
techrights[sec]_https://fekir.info/post/sad-state-of-the-web/Jul 30 15:34
MinceRapparently david revoy didn't get the memo about failfox being controlled by gulagJul 30 15:35
schestowitz-pi3<techrights-news> Gulag: we cannot make money with YouTube on the Web, so let's change the Web (or Web browsers), not YouTubeJul 30 15:36
MinceRor uBlock Origin also being available on crashiumJul 30 15:36
schestowitz-pi3MinceR: he's an artistJul 30 15:36
MinceRor failfox occasionally making noises and then following every evil bullshit gulag & MICROS~1 & crApple pushJul 30 15:36
MinceRhe's an idiotJul 30 15:36
MinceRhe's useful to the enemies of free softwareJul 30 15:36
schestowitz-pi3snortboy manipulated himJul 30 15:37
schestowitz-pi3into joining the anti-rms hordesJul 30 15:37
schestowitz-pi3http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cocaine-and-fart.pngJul 30 15:42
schestowitz-pi3http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/coke-garrett.gifJul 30 15:43
schestowitz-pi3the series will be next monthJul 30 15:48
schestowitz-pi3could b e start of saugustJul 30 15:48
schestowitz-pi3end of augustJul 30 15:48
schestowitz-pi3noi hurryJul 30 15:48
schestowitz-pi3<techrights-news> 2023-07-30 - Second round of FAQ updates. gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/news/2023_07_30.gmi "Section 4 of the FAQ, "Protocol design", has now been expanded and reworked, mostly to try to explain as clearly as possible how various aspects of Gemini's design are in fact the deliberate consequences of leaning hard into some chosen principles."Jul 30 15:54
techrights[sec]_I think the Gemini and HTML commponents of the Links file probably oughtJul 30 15:57
techrights[sec]_to be separate files.  At least for me that would be much easier.  Jul 30 15:57
techrights[sec]_(Links template file that is)Jul 30 15:57
schestowitz-pi3i have a pecular workflow for thatJul 30 15:57
MinceRwho's snortboy?Jul 30 15:58
techrights[sec]_Would it be ok to separate them into unique files for each?Jul 30 16:04
techrights[sec]_One for Gemini Links, one for HTML Links?Jul 30 16:04
schestowitz-pi3MinceR: gulagboy snorting crackJul 30 16:05
schestowitz-pi3uefi secure boot, made on crackJul 30 16:05
schestowitz-pi3he was not kidding with his sockJul 30 16:05
schestowitz-pi3he's doing itJul 30 16:05
schestowitz-pi3techrights[sec]_: i considered this a lot before but came to the conclusion it would require more clickingJul 30 16:06
techrights[sec]_Hmm.  The gemini headings seem to be getting in the way in my work flow.  Jul 30 16:06
MinceRicJul 30 16:07
MinceRwhy does david revoy listen to gulagboy?Jul 30 16:07
MinceRis he _that_ much of an idiot?Jul 30 16:07
schestowitz-pi3techrights[sec]_: Jul 30 16:07
schestowitz-pi3zap them at your endJul 30 16:07
schestowitz-pi3for me the annotations in them helpJul 30 16:07
schestowitz-pi3to avoid mistaking similar section namesJul 30 16:07
schestowitz-pi3i will do a batch of gemini in 20 mins Jul 30 16:07
schestowitz-pi3MinceR: groupthinkJul 30 16:07
schestowitz-pi3twitter etc.,Jul 30 16:07
MinceRah, shitterJul 30 16:08
MinceRthen i guess it's not long until they become ruscists tooJul 30 16:08
MinceRbecause their overlord melon is a ruscistJul 30 16:08
schestowitz-pi3"X" will dieJul 30 16:09
schestowitz-pi3give it timeJul 30 16:09
schestowitz-pi3loses too much moneyJul 30 16:09
techrights[sec]_Ok.Jul 30 16:11
MinceRfine, i'll use Xenocara :>Jul 30 16:11
MinceRon OpenBSDJul 30 16:12
schestowitz-pi3xineramaJul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3techrights[sec]_: Jul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3it's good that, in our case, all the social control media custom code could easily and rapidly be Jul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3converted into something useful that instead helps keep abrease of news clippings in ircJul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3this sort of shift might be, over time imho, be needed as the www wanesJul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3it's not the same thing it was 5 years agoJul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3and, as you would likely agree, the s/n ratio is not goodJul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3so even the very processes of news reading need to changeJul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3i've still not have time to implement some culling/derankingJul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3e.g. for seemingly fake 'articles' with words like "DEALS"Jul 30 16:14
techrights[sec]_The WwW is being starved from one end and killed off on the other.  Jul 30 16:14
techrights[sec]_content / technologyJul 30 16:14
techrights[sec]_filtering on individual words is too inaccurateJul 30 16:14
schestowitz-pi3it is imprecise, but scanning with the eye4s is alsoJul 30 16:16
schestowitz-pi3and there's no capacity to read everything beyond headlinesJul 30 16:16
schestowitz-pi3maybe derankingJul 30 16:16
schestowitz-pi3and colouring of words of interest in a browser, different colour for each termJul 30 16:16
schestowitz-pi3helps with scanningJul 30 16:16
schestowitz-pi3more colours -> more relevance likelyJul 30 16:16
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Linux Mint 21.2 β€œVictoria” Is Slated for Release on June 2023, Here’s What to Expect ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/31/Linux_Mint_21_2_Victoria_Is_Slated_for_Release_on_June_2023_Her.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/01/31/Linux_Mint_21_2_Victoria_Is_Slated_for_Release_on_June_2023_Her.gmi ∎Jul 30 16:21
MinceRxinerama is just an extensionJul 30 16:36
techrights-newsGemini Links 30/07/2023: Gemini’s Second Round of FAQ Updates | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/30/gem-second-round-of-faq-updates/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/30/gem-second-round-of-faq-updates/Jul 30 16:36
schestowitz-pi3doneJul 30 16:38
schestowitz-pi3the cloest thing to "ban" in gemini is,Jul 30 16:38
schestowitz-pi3people remove you from their "rss" readers or anutenna etcc.Jul 30 16:38
schestowitz-pi3iow, you lose audienceJul 30 16:38
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): First Ubuntu Touch OTA Release Based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Is Out Now ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/03/27/First_Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_Release_Based_on_Ubuntu_20_04_LTS_Is_Out.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/03/27/First_Ubuntu_Touch_OTA_Release_Based_on_Ubuntu_20_04_LTS_Is_Out.gmi ∎Jul 30 16:38
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Kdenlive 23.08 beta available ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/Kdenlive_23_08_beta_available.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/Kdenlive_23_08_beta_available.gmi ∎Jul 30 16:39
techrights-news➲ π•Ώπ–šπ– π•Έπ–†π–ˆπ–π–Žπ–“π–Šπ–˜ ⨦ (NEW): Gemini Articles of Interest ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/Gemini_Articles_of_Interest.shtml | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/07/30/Gemini_Articles_of_Interest.gmi ∎Jul 30 16:39
schestowitz-pi3<MinceR> (audio:important) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i0Ho-x7s_U   =   https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/google's-trying-to-drm-the-internet,-and:0Jul 30 16:47
techrights[sec]_Yes, that's from quite a few days ago, Louis was quick to notice the problem  Jul 30 17:13
techrights[sec]_and speak about it.  Didn't EFF make up some kind of bullshit "bat signal" Jul 30 17:13
techrights[sec]_for a threat like this?       Jul 30 17:13
techrights[sec]_It was to rally the public in case of such threats. Jul 30 17:13
schestowitz-pi3you know what?Jul 30 17:15
schestowitz-pi3i am NOT sure EFF even responded to thisJul 30 17:15
schestowitz-pi3i see all their blog postsJul 30 17:15
schestowitz-pi3remember they take gulag moneyJul 30 17:15
schestowitz-pi3doctorow would be in good position to cover itJul 30 17:15
schestowitz-pi3fsf just cited him in its response to weiJul 30 17:15
techrights[sec]_I have not been in correspondence with Doctorow so it is unlikely thatJul 30 17:19
techrights[sec]_my e-mail would get through in a timely or meaningful way.Jul 30 17:19
schestowitz-pi3i don't like his publicatiln form atmJul 30 17:21
schestowitz-pi3one very long post per dayJul 30 17:21
schestowitz-pi3topics mixed or fused togetherJul 30 17:21
schestowitz-pi3and about once a week a post outsideJul 30 17:21
schestowitz-pi3or some other third-party blogJul 30 17:21
schestowitz-pi3reminds me of lundukeJul 30 17:21
schestowitz-pi3he also said f* social control mediaJul 30 17:21
schestowitz-pi3but it still active in manyJul 30 17:21
techrights[sec]_I consider it one topic per day with an excessive appendix.Jul 30 17:21
techrights[sec]_I haven't looked at Lunduke's blog remnant for ages.  He just stopped beingJul 30 17:21
techrights[sec]_relevant, apparently through conscious decisions of his own.  Jul 30 17:21
schestowitz-pi3worse-- he keeps burning his past worksJul 30 17:22
MinceRi'm 2 months behind on Louis' videos so it took me a while to just jump ahead and watch that oneJul 30 17:23
schestowitz-pi3 i c :-)Jul 30 17:23
MinceRbut afaik the EFF is useless, just like the tax-free software foundationJul 30 17:23
techrights[sec]_I'm not sure what's wrong with him these latest years.Jul 30 17:29
schestowitz-pi3being unemployed with kids cannot be easyJul 30 17:29
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techrights[sec]_And no fixed address either apparently.Jul 30 17:32
schestowitz-pi3digital nomodJul 30 17:33
schestowitz-pi3but also home address?Jul 30 17:33
schestowitz-pi3he moved southJul 30 17:33
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techrights[sec]_Google owns the client side of the market, between Chrome/Chromium and AndroidJul 30 17:56
techrights[sec]_that's close enough to 100% not to matterJul 30 17:56
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techrights[sec]_They also more or less own the protocol (HTTP/3) and that is an even more serious matter. Jul 30 18:08
schestowitz-pi3thanks, i am adding to topic notesJul 30 18:24
schestowitz-pi3 Even when the World Wide Web dies, Techrights and Tux Machines have enough following in Gemini to justify going on and onJul 30 18:27
schestowitz-pi3i don't have technical or scholarly vocabulary to explain thisJul 30 18:27
schestowitz-pi3but there's this thing about cycle of things that perish and the phasesJul 30 18:27
schestowitz-pi3i think www is a bit like thatJul 30 18:27
schestowitz-pi3many sites "feel" itJul 30 18:27
schestowitz-pi3less traffic, security issues that never end (complexity)Jul 30 18:27
schestowitz-pi3those are side effectsJul 30 18:28
schestowitz-pi3or symptoms Jul 30 18:28
schestowitz-pi3not causesJul 30 18:28
techrights[sec]_HTTP/3 is a severe problem especially since it uses UDP so as to pushJul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_the processing further up the stack into the client software.  Jul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_Also WEI seems to be a move further away from the web as a client-serverJul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_architecture and deeper into misusing the web browser as a shoddy, insecure  Jul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_VM to run inefficient, bloated "web apps" of unknown provenance.  Jul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_The WWW won't die, it will  be killed outright by the likes of m$ and googleJul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_The corpse won't go away to leave us in peace though, it will continue as Jul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_a zombie which all will be forced to interact with using proprietary browsersJul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_on proprietary operating systems as prerequistes for dealing with Jul 30 18:30
techrights[sec]_governments and banks and other services. \Jul 30 18:30
schestowitz-pi3http://techrights.org/2023/05/01/banking-on-lxo/Jul 30 18:31
techrights[sec]_Having a herd of people whine into social control media will affect nothing.Jul 30 18:34
techrights[sec]_Pooling money and hiring lobbyists to represent the issues is how things getJul 30 18:34
techrights[sec]_done.     Jul 30 18:34
schestowitz-pi3middle ground: 1,000 negative blog posts, actually discoverable by web searches, darking the banks'Jul 30 18:35
schestowitz-pi3namesJul 30 18:35
techrights[sec]_Banks are headed by crooks so it can be difficult to influence them in that wayJul 30 18:49
schestowitz-pi3this is true.Jul 30 18:50
schestowitz-pi3sometimes, frankly speaking, i pauseJul 30 18:50
schestowitz-pi3and remind myselfJul 30 18:50
schestowitz-pi3-desires outcomeJul 30 18:50
schestowitz-pi3-means of getting thereJul 30 18:50
techrights[sec]_yesJul 30 18:50
schestowitz-pi3*desiredJul 30 18:50
schestowitz-pi3with banks i think there's so much cross-pollinationm with govJul 30 18:50
schestowitz-pi3that you must "break the law"Jul 30 18:50
schestowitz-pi3to fix thingsJul 30 18:51
schestowitz-pi3see what happened to OWSJul 30 18:51
schestowitz-pi3instead of arresting the criminalsJul 30 18:51
schestowitz-pi3they arrested the people who wereJul 30 18:51
schestowitz-pi31) the victimsJul 30 18:51
schestowitz-pi32) protested against the crimeJul 30 18:51
schestowitz-pi3*tingJul 30 18:51
schestowitz-pi3years ago i told rianne i want a 'minimal engagement' approachJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3with crooked systemsJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3as the less interaction, the less problemsJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3there was this man whose name i forgot who exercised intentionla povertyJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3he said,Jul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3if he is poor, he pays less tax, i.e. supports LESS warJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3and that this was the only "legal" wayJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3the sunday market, to me, is a big "big f you" to shrinkflation and greedflationJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3today i earned in savings more than I did in a day's workJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3so i can now listen to carpenters and prepare to write aritclesJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3not for money, but altruismJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3daily links eta 10 minsJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3cherry-picking items by targeted topic to make up TM clustersJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3(easier for reader to sigest than scattered topics)Jul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3*digestJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3even gulagboy complimented us on TM, how we organised sets of linksJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3today he showed his jealousy, several times, i think he envies rmsJul 30 18:57
schestowitz-pi3but maybe his inner antisemitism plays a role tooJul 30 18:57
techrights[sec]_probaby both, but crazy matt seems to be a sociopath and thus no feasibleJul 30 18:58
techrights[sec]_way of productive interactionJul 30 18:58
schestowitz-pi3buying crack in SF must be VERY expensiveJul 30 18:59
schestowitz-pi3the rms people told me the same re mjgJul 30 18:59
schestowitz-pi3there is NO POINT interaction with himJul 30 18:59
schestowitz-pi3dialogue will have ZERO yieldJul 30 18:59
schestowitz-pi3they saidJul 30 18:59
techrights[sec]_Crack tends to be dirt cheap, a sociologist used to research it along with tiesJul 30 19:00
techrights[sec]_to prostitution.  The crack increases the neihborhood violence and diseasebJul 30 19:00
techrights[sec]_because the addicts become addicted on either their first or, at lastest, secondJul 30 19:00
techrights[sec]_usage.  *and* with crack they are *only* concerned about the next hit, unlikeJul 30 19:00
techrights[sec]_with many other drugs where an element of self or self-preservation remainsJul 30 19:00
techrights[sec]_That friend sociologist now has a distinguished academic career in that fieldJul 30 19:00
techrights[sec]_though the specific topic she studies have changed.Jul 30 19:00
schestowitz-pi3i never did any illegal drugsJul 30 19:02
schestowitz-pi3not even pot Jul 30 19:02
schestowitz-pi3seems i am a rarityJul 30 19:02
schestowitz-pi3now he accuses me of seroidsJul 30 19:02
schestowitz-pi3he must be green with envyJul 30 19:02
schestowitz-pi3his less of bosy mass is explained by his drug useJul 30 19:02
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schestowitz-pi3so said rianneJul 30 19:02
schestowitz-pi3comparing him to occonor in punlic would be morbidJul 30 19:02
schestowitz-pi31) racist elementJul 30 19:02
schestowitz-pi32) she is dead, let her not be pissed on nowJul 30 19:02
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techrights[sec]_Nor me either.Jul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_probablyJul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_toothpick arms ...Jul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_illegal drug use would be an additional contributing factor to toothpick armsJul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_oconnor was talentless as far as I knew, yet she ammassed enough wealthJul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_to be considered excentric rather than locked up forever like any less Jul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_wealthy individual with her problems would have beenJul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_^eccentricJul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_I'm truly confused as to why there are so many hagiographies about her thisJul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_last week.  Even a single one would be a head scratcher.Jul 30 19:04
techrights[sec]_Yes many.Jul 30 19:04
schestowitz-pi3sympathy i guessJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3why?Jul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3maybe cause of factors like,Jul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3losing a young offspringJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3among other thingsJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3but she did some really bad thingsJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3michael hackson is the "model"Jul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3there are othersJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3yesterday rianner studied the vandross familyJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3the mom lost all 4 kids before she diedJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3health-relatedJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3afaik, luther did nothing badJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3houston was painted as victim of bobbyJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3and her saughter a victim of him alsoJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3the standards in showbiz are not the sameJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3sinatra tried to kill himself many timesJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3the rat pack was chaters and mafiaJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3even the late tony bennettJul 30 19:09
schestowitz-pi3sometimes i think the labels prefers misguised people like theseJul 30 19:10
schestowitz-pi3they are easier to controlJul 30 19:10
schestowitz-pi3like MSFT with drpizza and crackboyJul 30 19:10
schestowitz-pi3in business, bosses like a breed ofJul 30 19:10
schestowitz-pi31) works hardJul 30 19:10
schestowitz-pi32) vulnerable, so cannot steal "my" roleJul 30 19:10
schestowitz-pi3of cours that foes against recruting or marrying for excellent, it gravitates towards docilityJul 30 19:10
schestowitz-pi3*courseJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3*recruitingJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3*goesJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3*excllence Jul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3in dowries it's the sameJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3daddy wants to control his kidsJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3even after wedlockJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3that does not benefit society collectivelyJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3it's a form of non-corporate pair of shacklesJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3my parent lost control of me when I was quiet youingJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3became independent very fast, unlike siblingsJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3i was branded "non-cnformist", but not as an insult, by my gym teacherJul 30 19:12
techrights[sec]_MSFT probably hunts for komprimats who can be exploited and then disposed ofJul 30 19:12
techrights[sec]_once their utility expiresJul 30 19:12
techrights[sec]_similar here though they still found ways to trip me upJul 30 19:12
schestowitz-pi3everyone can be tripped uoJul 30 19:15
schestowitz-pi3remember the cancel mob makes shit upJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3some of it sticksJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3that's why i do casualyl defend myself in ircJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3like this latest bs abotu "steroids"Jul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3i'd risk dying at 40 if i did thatJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3i got baited by trolls around 2005Jul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3they posted under my name online Jul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3"i cut my dick" BSJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3so I reacted too strongly with wordsJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3they try to get unbder your skinJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3and then present the reaction out of contextJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3i learned a lot from usenetJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3i also quit twitter in 2020 over thisJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3they started doing it there, tooJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3atm we saw some obvious things nobody else saysJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3so they try to shoot the platform/messengerJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3you cannot control what they sayJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3but you can control what _you_ sayJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3drpizza came to irc several times because we disproved his liesJul 30 19:16
schestowitz-pi3and it drove him nutsJul 30 19:16
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schestowitz-pi3we can use their weapons on them riling them up till they unmask themselvesJul 30 19:18
schestowitz-pi3that's what i did after midnight on 28/7/23 to gulag boyJul 30 19:18
schestowitz-pi3he totally lost itJul 30 19:18
schestowitz-pi3<schestowitz[TR]> elusive_woman / mjg59_: when is the wedding? are you still waiting for the wedding cokJul 30 19:18
schestowitz-pi3e... I mean, cake?Jul 30 19:18
schestowitz-pi3<schestowitz[TR]> do you make it in your bath?Jul 30 19:18
techrights[sec]_goodJul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_crack is cooked on the stove, it is merely diluting the base with some commonJul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_household chemical; the dillution increases the effect, especially the Jul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_addictiveness.  That's why they used to give out free samples or 2-for-1 Jul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_as a starter.  Most people were pretty much permanently hooked after theJul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_first rock and even the holdouts would become physically irredeemable after Jul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_the second rock.  After that they became animals which would do anything  Jul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_for that next $5 for that next rock.  In Columbia they refered to those and\Jul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_similiar types as 'mosca' aka flies because they were no longer human althoughJul 30 19:21
techrights[sec]_humanoid.Jul 30 19:21
schestowitz-pi3interesting.Jul 30 19:23
schestowitz-pi3we are 20 posts short of 400 for this monthJul 30 19:23
schestowitz-pi3tomorrow is slow news, but i will choose topics wiselyJul 30 19:23
schestowitz-pi3it's still about qualityJul 30 19:23
schestowitz-pi3length not a factorJul 30 19:23
schestowitz-pi3more words != better work Jul 30 19:23
schestowitz-pi3esp. not if there are CG toolsJul 30 19:24
schestowitz-pi3CG encourages more quality to beat the chaffJul 30 19:24
schestowitz-pi3and more investigative thingsJul 30 19:24
schestowitz-pi3now version x of y releasedJul 30 19:24
schestowitz-pi3*notJul 30 19:24
schestowitz-pi3rianne liked the video where i said we had secured our future, e.g. wityh gemini and text, ipfsJul 30 19:26
schestowitz-pi3some people secure a job, not a lifeJul 30 19:26
schestowitz-pi3they secure a serfitude [sic]Jul 30 19:26
schestowitz-pi3sandwiich, crisp and soke at midnight, then back to work (for somebody else)Jul 30 19:26
schestowitz-pi3*cokeJul 30 19:26
schestowitz-pi3*middayJul 30 19:26
schestowitz-pi3the msft article about most wantin t to leave got a ton of visitsJul 30 19:26
schestowitz-pi3so it struck a nerveJul 30 19:26
schestowitz-pi3i told mitchell todayJul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_he opportunity they would kill someone just to see if maybe theyJul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_had any moneyJul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_Richard Pryor never recovered from his drug abuse and ceased being funny.  Jul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_However, he did use his fame to talk through some aspects of the problem.Jul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_'microserfs'https://www.wired.com/1994/01/microserfs/Jul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_ There were a real problem in many cities, perhaps still are, becuaseJul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_if given the opportunity they would kill someone just to see if maybe theyJul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_had any moneyJul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_Richard Pryor never recovered from his drug abuse and ceased being funny.  Jul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_However, he did use his fame to talk through some aspects of the problem.Jul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_'microserfs'https://www.wired.com/1994/01/microserfs/Jul 30 19:26
techrights[sec]_It seems that Wagg-Ed or one of the other reputation launderers has gotten Jul 30 19:27
techrights[sec]_to Wiktionary and dilluted the entry: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/microserfJul 30 19:27
schestowitz-pi3their budget has been cut.Jul 30 19:30
schestowitz-pi3you can pull the rug from beneath themJul 30 19:30
schestowitz-pi3by not engaging with what they "invest" resources inJul 30 19:30
schestowitz-pi3mitchell spoke about the azure fraud 3 years ago alreadyJul 30 19:30
schestowitz-pi3your link (today) shows it takes a poor redaction to shake the deceitJul 30 19:30
schestowitz-pi3NDAs don't cover thatJul 30 19:30
schestowitz-pi3in antitrust cases, microsoft tries to look smallJul 30 19:30
schestowitz-pi3to shareholders, oppositeJul 30 19:30
schestowitz-pi3a businessman tries to look big to clientsJul 30 19:31
schestowitz-pi3but small to debt collectorsJul 30 19:31
schestowitz-pi3if you pretend neither to be big nor smallJul 30 19:36
schestowitz-pi3then you need not spend extra time/thought kkeeping track of your lies/deceptionsJul 30 19:36
techrights[sec]_Yes one poor redaction exposed their lies about Azure.  There is certainlyJul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_more like that waiting to be found  Jul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_Like in the now defunct Dilbert cartoon where the PHB was bragging toJul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_a potential customer about record profits, having gotten briefly disorentedJul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_about done for the day here ...Jul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_One more thing about Google and the problems it makes, much of that mightJul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_be the result of the toxic people and work culture intentionally importedJul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_from m$ into Google about 15+ years ago.  Jul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_The managers see programmers and high-tech staff as fungible commoditiesJul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_but they are anything but, especially if they are the kind of human stainsJul 30 19:37
techrights[sec]_that have passed through Redmond.Jul 30 19:37
schestowitz-pi3added to notes (for later)Jul 30 19:38
schestowitz-pi3no recordings expected tonight as i must catch up with many links from rrrrrJul 30 19:38
schestowitz-pi3"open AT Microsoft" = Edelman = now the boss of TorvaldsJul 30 19:40
schestowitz-pi3and "open"JSJul 30 19:40
schestowitz-pi3"Microsoft loves Linux" = mostly failed PR campaignJul 30 19:40
schestowitz-pi3mostly abandoned by now, as a sound biteJul 30 19:40
schestowitz-pi3"WSL" = zombie, wait for the layoffs to come sweeping acrossJul 30 19:41
techrights[sec]_old: https://www.aei.org/foreign-and-defense-policy/terrorism/violent-jain-extremism/Jul 30 19:41
schestowitz-pi3AEI = PURE SHIT. On patents at least. Jul 30 19:42
techrights[sec]_yes thus not in LinksJul 30 19:42
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schestowitz-pi3many orgs in crisis mode atm due to social control media fluxJul 30 19:43
schestowitz-pi3AEI is "entertainment" like "ipwatchdrog"Jul 30 19:43
schestowitz-pi3watching the opposition, not spamJul 30 19:43
schestowitz-pi3it helps see what their latest BS isJul 30 19:43
techrights[sec]_should AEI be marked in the spam site list?Jul 30 19:43
techrights[sec]_okJul 30 19:43
schestowitz-pi3patent coverage was dying around 2020Jul 30 19:45
schestowitz-pi3that's ok, we have many other issues to coverJul 30 19:45
schestowitz-pi3founder of ipwatchtroll stepped downJul 30 19:45
schestowitz-pi3the numbers fellJul 30 19:45
schestowitz-pi3swpats coverafge died around 2010Jul 30 19:45
techrights[sec]_about done for the day here ...Jul 30 19:46
techrights[sec]_starting to pack up for the night Jul 30 19:46
techrights[sec]_yes and open standards around that time tooJul 30 19:46
techrights[sec]_in some ways what is happening to the WWW is a continuation of that loss ofJul 30 19:46
techrights[sec]_focus on open standards / protocols / formatsJul 30 19:46
techrights[sec]_anyway  Jul 30 19:46
techrights[sec]_afkJul 30 19:47
schestowitz-pi3------------Jul 30 19:49
schestowitz-pi3advocate x -> advocate x some more -> y copies x -> y spreads x -> marke conditions changeJul 30 19:49
schestowitz-pi3important thing is not to relent, not to give up (IME)Jul 30 19:49
techrights-newsLinks 30/07/2023: AMD-Based FreeBSD Desktop, Rocky Linux Targets Red Hat, PostgreSQL Barman 3.7.0 Released | Techrights βš“ http://techrights.org/2023/07/30/postgresql-barman-3-7-0-released/ | β™Ύ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/07/30/postgresql-barman-3-7-0-released/Jul 30 19:51
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