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schestowitzit'heheFeb 27 01:16
scientes_heheheheh schestowitz Feb 27 02:14
scientes_why do I like this song so much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLQl3WQQoQ0Feb 27 02:15
TechrightsSocialTitle: Adele - Someone Like You       - YouTube .::. Size~: 153.15 KBFeb 27 02:15
scientes_i even learned it on the guitarFeb 27 02:15
qu1j0t3 "Wikipedia...works on what I call the Oracle illusion, in which knowledge of the human authorship of a text is suppressed in   │Feb 27 02:53
qu1j0t3                          order to give the text superhuman validity. Traditional holy books work in precisely the same way and present many of the same │Feb 27 02:53
qu1j0t3                          problems."--Jaron LanierFeb 27 02:53
qu1j0t3schestowitz: Jaron Lanier writes ("You are not a gadget") --  "Instead of people being treated as the sources of their own creativity, commercial aggregation and abstraction sites          │Feb 27 03:06
qu1j0t3                          presented anonoymized fragments of creativity as products that might have fallen from the sky or been dug up from the ground,  │Feb 27 03:06
qu1j0t3                          obscuring the true sources."Feb 27 03:06
qu1j0t3schestowitz: (Zuckerberg profits from turning people into machines)Feb 27 03:06
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qu1j0t3schestowitz: "Emphasising the crowd means de-emphasising individual humans in the design of society, and when you ask people not to be      │Feb 27 04:53
qu1j0t3                          people, they revert to bad moblike behaviours."--Jaron LanierFeb 27 04:53
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schestowitzqu1j0t3: Lanier is a MS anti-FOSS trollFeb 27 08:27
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qu1j0t3schestowitz: that may be, but i haven't detected it in his book yet.Feb 27 13:26
qu1j0t3schestowitz: the book is still valuable.Feb 27 13:26
qu1j0t3schestowitz: so far, he's given extremely good arguments against Facebook and Twitter (and YouTube to an extent). Feb 27 13:27
qu1j0t3there has been no anti-FOSS material in it.Feb 27 13:27
qu1j0t3schestowitz: did you read those quotes?Feb 27 13:27
qu1j0t3i mean, without preconceptions? :)Feb 27 13:27
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abeNd-orghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l7GFo1U5kewFeb 27 14:12
TechrightsSocialTitle: VFW Members Duct Tape Flag Burner to Pole       - YouTube .::. Size~: 130.06 KBFeb 27 14:12
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MinceRhttp://www.reddit.com/tb/q7u8gFeb 27 14:26
TechrightsSocialTitle: Deus Ex gets it right. June 26, 2000. via reddit.com .::. Size~: 1.65 KBFeb 27 14:26
schestowitzqu1j0t3: yesFeb 27 14:37
schestowitzhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA3_Ty3U29IFeb 27 14:38
TechrightsSocialTitle: Jealous alpha male monkey "attacks" man       - YouTube .::. Size~: 136.26 KBFeb 27 14:38
qu1j0t3schestowitz: well, i'm going to finish the book; i'll let you know what I discover :)Feb 27 14:47
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schestowitzok, thanksFeb 27 15:26
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/1352615Feb 27 15:27
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Why Inkscape is WAY ahead of Adobe Illustrator http://goo.gl/IFMyp #InkscapeFeb 27 15:28
schestowitz"Not strange at all. They (Reddit) polled a tiny subset that is biased ;)"Feb 27 15:28
TechrightsSocial-> Title: Why Inkscape is WAY ahead of Adobe Illustrator | Unixmen .::. Size~: 422.4 KBFeb 27 15:28
schestowitzqu1j0t3: http://technonstop.com/foxconn-working-conditions "Steve Jobs didn’t notice a problem with the manner in which quick product delivery was being ensured"Feb 27 16:00
TechrightsSocialTitle: Appalling Working Conditions at Foxconn: Apple Promises Correction | TechNonStop .::. Size~: 29.47 KBFeb 27 16:00
qu1j0t3schestowitz: no shitFeb 27 16:03
abeNd-orgwhat is their suicide rate compared to non-foxconn chinese workers, & against the rest of the world?Feb 27 16:12
qu1j0t3abeNd-org: those are discussed in some of the articles about itFeb 27 16:16
qu1j0t3no links right now, i'm at work. schestowitz may have links.Feb 27 16:16
qu1j0t3abeNd-org: but, "suicide nets".Feb 27 16:16
qu1j0t3abeNd-org: i don't see these surrounding Canadian workplacesFeb 27 16:16
qu1j0t3so clearly it's an identifiable problemFeb 27 16:16
qu1j0t3if you've seen ANY film out of Chinese factories, you'll understand why.Feb 27 16:16
qu1j0t3I recommend Burtynsky's Manufactured Landscapes, but even that is dated now; it must be worse nowFeb 27 16:17
qu1j0t3it's just horribleFeb 27 16:17
qu1j0t3awfulFeb 27 16:17
qu1j0t3plus, google 'foxconn hexane'Feb 27 16:17
qu1j0t3and prepare to be stunnedFeb 27 16:17
schestowitzgoogle 'foxconn hexaneFeb 27 16:34
schestowitz!google 'foxconn hexaneFeb 27 16:34
TechrightsSocial[1] - iPhone: Foxconn factory workers demand change | GlobalPost | http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-grid/iphone-factory-workers-demand-changeFeb 27 16:34
TechrightsSocial[2] - Unhealthy Work: Foxconn workers sickened by N-Hexane - a letter ... | http://unhealthyworkblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/foxconn-workers-sickened-by-n-hexane.htmlFeb 27 16:34
TechrightsSocial[3] - Apple Weighs In on Foxconn Suicides, Wintek Poisonings - Softpedia | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apple-Weighs-In-on-Foxconn-Suicides-Wintek-Poisonings-184370.shtmlFeb 27 16:34
TechrightsSocial[4] - Apple's supplier audit finds underage labor & bribery, addresses ... | http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/14/apples_supplier_audit_finds_underage_laborbribery_addresses_suicides.htmlFeb 27 16:34
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schestowitz"I dunno, I kinda like it. c:  " https://joindiaspora.com/posts/1338396Feb 27 18:41
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: seems #McDonalds is happy to stick with Jaunty... http://imgur.com/a/7pbmQ/noscript #ubuntu #linuxFeb 27 18:41
TechrightsSocial-> Title: seems McDonalds is happy to stick with Jaunty... - Imgur .::. Size~: 8.4 KBFeb 27 18:41
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schestowitzThis coming week there's the next stage of the Mr. Fitness competition, this one requiring chest flies. My shoulder is still a bit dodgy, which makes it hard to practice in preparation.Feb 27 19:20
schestowitzI'm going to win it anyway, I'm pretty sure..Feb 27 19:20
schestowitzqu1j0t3: http://technorati.com/technology/article/apples-poisoned-workers-plead-with-americans/Feb 27 19:42
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qu1j0t3schestowitz: yepFeb 27 19:52
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schestowitzyou mentioned this a while backFeb 27 20:04
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qu1j0t3schestowitz: yes...Feb 27 20:36
qu1j0t3and today Feb 27 20:36
schestowitzyes,I meant a while back as in hoursFeb 27 20:37
schestowitzI heard about the poisoning, but didn't think it was the major thing except when it comes to ewaste recyclingFeb 27 20:37
qu1j0t3hehFeb 27 20:45
qu1j0t3no, it's a workplace issue -- entirely predictableFeb 27 20:45
qu1j0t3the same things happen(ed) in the WestFeb 27 20:45
qu1j0t3but we had 100 years of reformsFeb 27 20:46
qu1j0t3CHina's just the West, just a few decades behindFeb 27 20:46
qu1j0t3exceptFeb 27 20:46
qu1j0t3they will never get the reformsFeb 27 20:46
qu1j0t3and the west will revert as wellFeb 27 20:46
qu1j0t3since all the mechanisms that brought reform are being progressively destroyed by plutocracyFeb 27 20:47
schestowitzglobalisatiionFeb 27 20:47
qu1j0t3sort of.Feb 27 20:49
qu1j0t3and internal self-destruction -- end of unions, end of environmental regulationFeb 27 20:49
qu1j0t3ppl don't understand the impact of environmental regulation in the past 50 yearsFeb 27 20:49
qu1j0t3it's huge. we can still breathe.Feb 27 20:49
qu1j0t3but not for longFeb 27 20:49
qu1j0t3look at china's air -- another best kept secretFeb 27 20:49
qu1j0t3they don't have airFeb 27 20:49
qu1j0t3they have a perpetual fogFeb 27 20:49
qu1j0t3nobody talks about itFeb 27 20:50
qu1j0t3yet every photo proves itFeb 27 20:50
schestowitzI heard so too, and the cancer statsFeb 27 20:51
schestowitzBut China is a large country, clearly some places are far foggier than others. LA too is foggy.Feb 27 20:51
qu1j0t3you don't need to 'hear' it.Feb 27 20:54
qu1j0t3just look at any pic from china.Feb 27 20:54
qu1j0t3location doesn't even matter.Feb 27 20:54
qu1j0t3there's a great brown cloud that's created as wellFeb 27 20:54
qu1j0t3nobody talks about itFeb 27 20:54
schestowitzSome reader of TR from China told me about it in long e-mailsFeb 27 20:55
qu1j0t3just look at any pictureFeb 27 20:55
qu1j0t3look at the olympicsFeb 27 20:55
qu1j0t3air quality was their #1 problemFeb 27 20:55
qu1j0t3they had to take the cars off the roads just to allow the olympics to happenFeb 27 20:56
qu1j0t3athletes complainedFeb 27 20:56
qu1j0t3some refused to competeFeb 27 20:56
qu1j0t3the air is a jokeFeb 27 20:56
qu1j0t3and not just in beijing -- everywhereFeb 27 20:56
qu1j0t3it beats me why people aren't terrified by thisFeb 27 20:56
qu1j0t3and the restFeb 27 20:56
qu1j0t3Burtynsky's Manufactured Landscapes -- watch itFeb 27 20:56
schestowitzyou showed me around 2010Feb 27 20:57
schestowitzcoveruo: it's not pollution, it's ARTFeb 27 20:57
schestowitz"we're actually doing them a FAVOUR !!"Feb 27 20:58
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