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s-802@davidgerard     Meanwhile, on the M5 http://t.co/MomMrVgTTlJul 13 00:01
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s-802@techdirt        DOJ: Now That We've Been Embarrassed For Spying OnJul 13 00:08
s-802                 Journalists, We'll Be A Little More CarefulJul 13 00:08
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s-802@slashdot        Sound Engineer and Entrepreneur Amar Bose Dead At 83Jul 13 00:12
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s-802@tacone_         Siete belli.Jul 13 00:24
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s-802@slashdot        Limitations and All, Chromebooks Appear To Be SellingJul 13 00:33
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2833418Jul 13 00:36
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Tech-Friendly: Bring new life to an old PC with Lubuntu http://rockrivertimes.com/2013/07/10/tech-friendly-bring-new-life-to-an-old-pc-with-lubuntu/ #lubuntu #gnu #linux #lxdeJul 13 00:36
TechrightsSocial-> Title: Tech-Friendly: Bring new life to an old PC with Lubuntu | The Rock River Times .::. Size~: 44.12 KBJul 13 00:36
schestowitz:"I have lubuntu running on my old laptop from 13 years ago and runs it better than xp did."Jul 13 00:36
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2832930Jul 13 00:42
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Tired of helping the CIA? Quit Facebook, Venezuela minister urges  http://news.yahoo.com/tired-helping-cia-quit-facebook-venezuela-minister-urges-003039817.html #venezuela #facebookJul 13 00:42
TechrightsSocial-> Title: Tired of helping the CIA? Quit Facebook, Venezuela minister urges - Yahoo! News .::. Size~: 196.77 KBJul 13 00:42
schestowitz"Jul 13 00:42
schestowitzNo, they opened a Facebook clone (literally).Jul 13 00:42
schestowitzhttp://www.facepopular.net/Jul 13 00:42
schestowitzThat sucks! #propagandaJul 13 00:42
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s-802@slashdot        Linux 3.11 Features Fall Into Place With Merge WindowJul 13 00:51
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s-802@techdirt        DailyDirt: Robots For Farming http://t.co/Aj4VrMuonPJul 13 01:17
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s-802@CNNMex          OPINIÓN: De 'criptopunks' y el espionaje digital como arma,Jul 13 01:26
s-802 retweeted by    el prólogo del libro de Julian #AssangeJul 13 01:26
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schestowitz>>> By the way, there have been about 10,000 requests for the OggJul 13 11:04
schestowitz>>> files of the interview series.Jul 13 11:04
schestowitz> Jul 13 11:04
schestowitz> Cool.  Is that also including what gets cached in Varnish?  Or just theJul 13 11:04
schestowitz> fraction that gets through Varnish to Apache directly?Jul 13 11:04
schestowitzI'm not sure. I just count ogg requests over the period of times w published interviews.Jul 13 11:04
schestowitz>> I have just booked my train tickets, arranging to arrive earlierJul 13 11:04
schestowitz>> (at 2 PM) so as to ensure we have enough time. How can I found youJul 13 11:04
schestowitz>> and where?Jul 13 11:04
schestowitz>> Jul 13 11:04
schestowitz>> By the way, I enjoyed seeing your photo with Julian Assange and theJul 13 11:04
schestowitz>>  Snowden "hope" meme.Jul 13 11:04
schestowitz> Jul 13 11:04
schestowitz> It would be interesting if Snowden could speak (via VoIP) at thisJul 13 11:04
schestowitz> year's Defcon.  Someone ought to be able to set him up with aJul 13 11:04
schestowitz> connected machine for that purpose.Jul 13 11:04
schestowitzI think he prefers to keep a low profile (his job as a source is done, he just needs to defend his future and integrity of his material).Jul 13 11:04
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schestowitz> For someone who is carefully analyzing your position, it mattersJul 13 13:17
schestowitz> whether the term is in a quote or not.  However, this is a muchJul 13 13:17
schestowitz> simpler and more basic issue: how often do people see the word "free"Jul 13 13:17
schestowitz> and how often "open" or "open source"?Jul 13 13:17
schestowitz> Jul 13 13:17
schestowitz> That article didn't even use the word "free", let alone say that theJul 13 13:17
schestowitz> developers of GNU hold views rejected by those that use term "openJul 13 13:17
schestowitz> source".  So its effect, on that basic level, is to boost "openJul 13 13:17
schestowitz> source".Jul 13 13:18
schestowitz> Jul 13 13:18
schestowitz> Do you see now what I mean?Jul 13 13:18
schestowitz> Jul 13 13:18
schestowitz> Would you like to put something in that article to show support forJul 13 13:18
schestowitz> the free software side?Jul 13 13:18
schestowitzSomeone in the Techrights IRC channels occasionally reminds me to mention the alternative. Sometimes I forget the importance of this.Jul 13 13:18
schestowitzI've just added the following paragraph: "If OEMs want an operating system which respect buyers' and developers' freedom at all levels and is highly capable of serving just about every need, then GNU/Linux is a perfect fit. Several OEMs already offer it as a choice but de-ephasisise this option as if software which respects the users' freedom (Free/libre software) is somehow less desirable and needs Jul 13 13:18
schestowitzto be hidden at the corner or the back room (which is the equivalent of what they do online)."Jul 13 13:18
schestowitz(from RMSJul 13 13:18
schestowitzwho insists that I mention "Free software" more, a bit bossy at that..Jul 13 13:18
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2808492Jul 13 13:19
TechrightsSocial@harryhaller@joindiaspora.com: An elected dictator isn't that much better than an unelected one when the choices are dictated.   <br> <br><br><br><br><br>  Let's "grow up" and finally go for the real thing - real democracy - lawmaking by the people for the people on the basis of consensus among the people. Let "representatives" just do the routine administration.Jul 13 13:19
schestowitz"my mistake , I should have done it right in the first place . read russell's story , it's great :D"Jul 13 13:19
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schestowitz> Hi, Roy,Jul 13 18:03
schestowitz> Jul 13 18:03
schestowitz> It is a mystery to me why Linux.com is promoting M$:Jul 13 18:03
schestowitz> Jul 13 18:03
schestowitz> http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/biz-enterprise/728296-former-microsoft-office-manager-learns-how-to-dance-in-a-year-becomes-a-youtube-hitJul 13 18:03
TechrightsSocialTitle: Former Microsoft Office Manager Learns How to Dance in a Year, Becomes a YouTube Hit | Linux.com .::. Size~: 41.33 KBJul 13 18:03
schestowitzThey do that quite a bit. it seems like they have media partners in CBS, Verge, and few mor (HPC sites notably). See how little diversity in sources they have in their links...Jul 13 18:03
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2836210Jul 13 20:01
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Pirate Party UK: "The last month nearly killed our most active volunteers.." http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2013/jul/12/party-what-happened-june/http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2013/jul/12/party-what-happened-june/Jul 13 20:01
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schestowitz"Link is broken. Should be http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2013/jul/12/party-what-happened-june/ "Jul 13 20:01
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2832972Jul 13 20:01
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: To find out if a connected computer is under surveillance, ping facebook.com and google.com from it. Sites abundantly use those.Jul 13 20:01
schestowitz"Aaah! There it is!"Jul 13 20:01
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2832930Jul 13 20:02
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Tired of helping the CIA? Quit Facebook, Venezuela minister urges  http://news.yahoo.com/tired-helping-cia-quit-facebook-venezuela-minister-urges-003039817.html #venezuela #facebookJul 13 20:02
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schestowitz"FacePopular is allegedly built using open-source code and can be linked with Twitter and Facebook... What does it use inside, exactly? Elgg? Friendica? Is there a hope of federation?"Jul 13 20:02
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-NickServ-schestowitz!~schestowi@host109-152-24-229.range109-152.btcentralplus.com has just authenticated as you (schestowitz)Jul 13 22:15
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schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/2832930Jul 13 22:50
TechrightsSocial@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Tired of helping the CIA? Quit Facebook, Venezuela minister urges  http://news.yahoo.com/tired-helping-cia-quit-facebook-venezuela-minister-urges-003039817.html #venezuela #facebookJul 13 22:50
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schestowitz"Jul 13 22:50
schestowitzOk, not. Facepopular is an Argentine site but here in Venezuela it was promoted from the government like Venezuelan site.Jul 13 22:50
schestowitzBut I received this network link: http://chavezbook.org/ #WTFJul 13 22:50
TechrightsSocialTitle: Hasta la Victoria, SIEMPRE! .::. Size~: 42.19 KBJul 13 22:50
schestowitz"Jul 13 22:50

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