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roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4287473 | Jun 22 18:29 |
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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: BBC "tracking down a single Scot in Brazil who cheered a goal against England.. fail to notice 50,000 demonstrating" http://mikesivier.wordpress.com/2014/06/21/bbc-and-press-ignore-massive-demonstration-against-austerity-in-london/ | Jun 22 18:29 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> mikesivier.wordpress.com | BBC and press ignore massive demonstration against austerity in London | Vox Political [ http://ur1.ca/hky6r ] | Jun 22 18:29 | |
roy_ | "UK should cease to exist. Old order was better." | Jun 22 18:29 |
roy_ | ""Old order?" Do you mean the one where Norsemen feuded with the original Anglos, keeping the entire country in permanent upheaval?" | Jun 22 18:30 |
roy_ | "Separation of states. Done right, not bad, as in the past." | Jun 22 18:30 |
roy_ | "I'm actually more of a state-free sorta guy myself. If there has to be government (and as long as we have an economic system of exchange, this will be essential), government should be as local as possible." | Jun 22 18:30 |
roy_ | "That's ok unless it goes in wrong direction, like UK." | Jun 22 18:30 |
roy_ | I agree with marc | Jun 22 18:30 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4289903 | Jun 22 18:31 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Nowadays, people's PCs (or even detachable devices) powerful enough for self-hosting. Should dump #FB nonsense, host at home w/ #freedombox | Jun 22 18:31 | |
roy_ | "What about network speed constraints?" | Jun 22 18:31 |
roy_ | "If you or your family are the only users of your server and have a reasonable internet connection I think should be fine. It will not be as fast as Google but you will have a lot more privacy." | Jun 22 18:31 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4289919 | Jun 22 18:32 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #tuxmachines has been hammered by spambots for weeks, sometimes becoming totally unavailable as a result. This is symptom of flawed WWW. | Jun 22 18:32 | |
roy_ | "I think it means someone is targeting your site. It's probably because you promote an alternative to spyware and call that spyware what it is. I would have once said it was Microsoft or a partner. Now I know that Microsoft's partners include governments and teams of people specifically trained in how to lie and smear. The use of public money to promote Microsoft is even more offensive than Microsoft's coercive monopoly." | Jun 22 18:32 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4289559 | Jun 22 18:44 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Demotion on "human rights" by the US http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jun/20/thailand-qatar-downgraded-human-trafficking-report rather outlandish. Where millions of prisoners forced to work for companies. | Jun 22 18:44 | |
roy_ | "People keep referrin to usa as democracy , or the merit of human rights . The truth is , it's a nation built on slavery and genocide , so no wonder they have prisons full of slave labour ." | Jun 22 18:44 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.theguardian.com | US downgrades Thailand and Qatar for abysmal human trafficking records | Global development | The Guardian [ http://ur1.ca/hkyus ] | Jun 22 18:44 | |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4287663 | Jun 22 18:49 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: ### “In The Name Of The Father”: #GerryConlon, Victim Of #UK.’s Crimes Of Justice, Dies In #Belfast Gerry Conlon was set free back in 1989 after U.K.’s judges locked him up in #prison for 15 years for a #pubbombing he had nothing to do with. He watched his father die in the same cell. ‘There are days I wish I was still in prison. There are days I wish I was dead. The only thing that keeps me | Jun 22 18:49 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- Photo by jamesprothero@joindiaspora.com: https://joindiaspora.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/thumb_medium_37b11675a18f4354fc56.jpg | Jun 22 18:49 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> revolution-news.com | "In The Name Of The Father": Gerry Conlon, Victim Of U.K.'s Crimes Of Justice, Dies In Belfast - revolution-news.com [ http://ur1.ca/hkz9v ] | Jun 22 18:49 | |
roy_ | "UK is a myth. It should never exist. All of the states/countries that create UK today should stay separated. UK and its imperial ambitions resembles USA or Russia in many, many ways." | Jun 22 18:49 |
roy_ | "Well , fuck 'em , had no luck , being born Irish under brit occupation ." | Jun 22 18:49 |
roy_ | "P.S. how can anything uk does be called 'justice' ?" | Jun 22 18:49 |
roy_ | "You could call it justice if the police had caught the actual bombers and proved it beyond a reasonable doubt. That does not require a superstate, just good local police." | Jun 22 18:50 |
roy_ | "It would becounter-effective for the british police to catch the actual bombers , since it was the british intelligence who did the bombings . Irishmen had nothing to do with it , it's obvious that only the uk had gained leverage from the bombings , it kept their army in ireland ." | Jun 22 18:50 |
roy_ | Any evidence that England did this? | Jun 22 18:50 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4286415 | Jun 22 18:51 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: ### #Israel orders dismantling of camera that captured #murder of #Palestinian boys On 15 May, Israeli security forces fatally shot Nadim Nuwara, 17, and Muhammad Abu al-Thahir, 16, at a demonstration near the Ofer military prison in the occupied West Bank village of Beitunia. Four days after the killings, on 19 May, Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCI-Palestine) released footage from Zaye | Jun 22 18:51 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> electronicintifada.net | Israel orders dismantling of camera that captured murder of Palestinian boys | The Electronic Intifada [ http://ur1.ca/hkt7n ] | Jun 22 18:51 | |
roy_ | "No way idf would threaten anyone , israelis are such peacefull people ." | Jun 22 18:51 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4289449 | Jun 22 19:31 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Crisis of #ISIS in Iraq: was America the midwife? http://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/the-crisis-of-isis-in-iraq-was-america-the-midwife-19968/ "The United States probably trained elements of the ISIS militia" | Jun 22 19:31 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.commdiginews.com | The crisis of ISIS in Iraq: was America the midwife? | Communities Digital News [ http://ur1.ca/hl079 ] | Jun 22 19:31 | |
roy_ | "Not only did they train them , they armed them , specifically with weapons from croatia and some other nations ." | Jun 22 19:31 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4289571 | Jun 22 19:32 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Preference for lies https://joindiaspora.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/scaled_full_f0c85cb2a79cbed5d0ae.jpg | Jun 22 19:32 | |
roy_ | "That's why it's called the ugly true." | Jun 22 19:33 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4289184 | Jun 22 19:37 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Lesson of the morning: never leave a toaster unsupervised. Even the expensive ones have mechanical lapses. House full of smoke now. | Jun 22 19:37 | |
roy_ | "It happens sometimes." | Jun 22 19:37 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4288994 | Jun 22 19:40 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: # of prisoners http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8z7t3tKUW1qb9wr7o1_500.jpg | Jun 22 19:40 | |
roy_ | "PicUp Share Did something in Calc. Source is mainly Wikipedia and this: http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Prisoners#-amount" | Jun 22 19:40 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nationmaster.com | Countries Compared by Crime > Prisoners. International Statistics at NationMaster.com [ http://ur1.ca/hl08q ] | Jun 22 19:40 | |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4287159 | Jun 22 19:41 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: People's routers won't be compromised by people who access open Wi-Fi. The routers may, however, be accessed through back door by #bt | Jun 22 19:41 | |
roy_ | "I don't believe it's true. Actually, it is a risk. Why? because nowadays devices are NOT designed with mesh networking in mind ..." | Jun 22 19:41 |
roy_ | What kind of risk is it and how so? | Jun 22 19:41 |
roy_ | https://twitter.com/schestowitz/status/480750723165347840 | Jun 22 19:49 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: The #USPTO is the Monopolies Industrial Complex and It Should be Put Under Control or Rebooted http://t.co/bocfg6MsMJ #swpats #nz #india | Jun 22 19:49 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | The USPTO is the Monopolies Industrial Complex and It Should be Put Under Control or Rebooted | Techrights | Jun 22 19:49 | |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4289933 | Jun 22 19:56 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: As long as people cling onto a stack that started in Pentagon half a century ago (and try to patch it) they will fail. Need new stack. | Jun 22 19:56 | |
roy_ | "IPv6 (at one time anyway, I haven't followed it too closely) did away with NAT and local private networks. Everything in IPv6 has a public address. Progress? I dunno." | Jun 22 19:56 |
roy_ | "IPv6 (at one time anyway, I haven't followed it too closely) did away with NAT and local private networks. Everything in IPv6 has a public address. Progress? I dunno." | Jun 22 19:57 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4287069 | Jun 22 19:57 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: I know #security professionals who use #apple Macs (with #OSux ). It's incredibly hard to trust Apple 'security' given range of NSA collabs. | Jun 22 19:57 | |
roy_ | "oh that´s a god one too...with all the M$ bashing I never knew the nice nicknames of the Appleware :-D" | Jun 22 19:57 |
roy_ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4287627 | Jun 22 19:57 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: 11:30 and still some light over the horizon. In some part of Europe (north edges) there's no darkness at all, just "lesser" daylight | Jun 22 19:57 | |
roy_ | "Yep. Specifically - Norway and alikes." | Jun 22 19:57 |
roy_ | Depends which parts of them | Jun 22 19:57 |
roy_ | Ahh to be in the Orkneys right now. | Jun 22 19:58 |
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schestowitz__ | > One of my managers was into PHP a long time ago. I regretted quickly | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | > spending time on it. I had to go back to perl but lost about 6 months | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | > fiddling with changing APIs and built-in security holes and worse. | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | > Python has the buzz these days but I'm not sure how practical it is for | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | > web apps. | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | Rianne and I studied it for a while. It looks easy to work with it. | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4292893 | Jun 23 10:32 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@linux@joindiaspora.com: elementary OS Changes Its Codename from Isis to Freya http://news.softpedia.com/news/elementary-OS-Changes-Name-from-Isis-to-Freya-447868.shtml | Jun 23 10:32 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> news.softpedia.com | elementary OS Changes Its Codename from Isis to Freya [ http://ur1.ca/hl6ca ] | Jun 23 10:32 | |
schestowitz__ | ""Freya is a Norse goddess of love and beauty." ...and war!" | Jun 23 10:32 |
schestowitz__ | https://twitter.com/_Goblin/status/481010662282637313 | Jun 23 10:53 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@_Goblin: @schestowitz And who oversee's them? We need a deity to step in here, preferably an omnipresent one who can keep tabs on everything. | Jun 23 10:53 | |
schestowitz__ | A recursive problem I wrote about 10 years ago | Jun 23 10:53 |
schestowitz__ | https://twitter.com/FlexiSPYLtd/status/481011199778115584 | Jun 23 10:54 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@FlexiSPYLtd: @schestowitz *ahem* | Jun 23 10:54 | |
schestowitz__ | http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/19/facebook-down-internet-in-meltdown-with-users-unable-to-access-social-network-4767532/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/20/the-case-that-might-cripple-facebook/ | Jun 23 11:18 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-metro.co.uk | Facebook down: Social network apologies for worldwide outage | Metro News [ http://ur1.ca/hl6o1 ] | Jun 23 11:18 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.washingtonpost.com | The case that might cripple Facebook - The Washington Post [ http://ur1.ca/hl6o2 ] | Jun 23 11:18 | |
schestowitz__ | https://twitter.com/wood5y/status/481086880088596480 | Jun 23 15:52 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wood5y: Russia Finally Moving To */Linux http://t.co/4XkzmbUkJt Replacing Intel & AMD CPUs too! #foss #opensource #linux (via @schestowitz) | Jun 23 15:52 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> mrpogson.com | Russia Finally Moving To */Linux | Robert Pogson | Jun 23 15:53 | |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> touch PHP with a 20-foot pole. Too ugly, too hard to | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> maintain. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5948 | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> | Jun 23 18:20 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-esr.ibiblio.org | Replacing freecode: a proposal | Jun 23 18:20 | |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> What's to prevent the new project from selling out in a few years and | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> being shutdown by Dice or IDG? | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> I agree with ESR on PHP. I am fed up maintaining it. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> It'll probably shut down ina few years. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> One of my managers was into PHP a long time ago. I regretted quickly | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> spending time on it. I had to go back to perl but lost about 6 months | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> fiddling with changing APIs and built-in security holes and worse. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > Just to be clear, those problems (and more) were with PHP during just 6 | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > months. Anything written back then in perl would be usable as-is now, | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > barring bugs written in. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> Python has the buzz these days but I'm not sure how practical it is for | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> web apps. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >> > | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >> > Rianne and I studied it for a while. It looks easy to work with it. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > I guess frameworks using python are also an option but the few times | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > I've looked at frameworks (a long time ago) there was an enormous | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > investment of time needed just to evaluate the framework. So if you do | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > go with one, it would be great to read about which and why. | Jun 23 18:20 |
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schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4297195 | Jun 24 08:30 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Top500 Supercomputer Remains Stuck at 33.86 Petaflops/s http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/top500-supercomputer-remains-stuck-at-33.86-petaflops.html #gnu "Linux dominates the list with a 97 percent share" | Jun 24 08:30 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.serverwatch.com | Top500 Supercomputer Remains Stuck at 33.86 Petaflops/s [ http://ur1.ca/hle4f ] | Jun 24 08:30 | |
schestowitz__ | "I wouldn't say it's stuck. If the machines can perform 33.86x10^15 Floating-Point Operations Per Second per second, I'd say all these machines are accelerating, and quite rapidly, too. brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department" | Jun 24 08:30 |
schestowitz__ | http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/venting-in-an-old-fashioned-blog-rant/ | Jun 24 09:29 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-openbytes.wordpress.com | Venting in an old fashioned blog rant | OpenBytes - Goblin's Domain [ http://ur1.ca/hleh6 ] | Jun 24 09:29 | |
schestowitz__ | > https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/case/complex-singularity-versus-openness | Jun 24 10:32 |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 24 10:32 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-joinup.ec.europa.eu | Complex singularity versus openness | Joinup [ http://ur1.ca/hlera ] | Jun 24 10:32 | |
schestowitz__ | > Behrens, Meeks, Durusau have sure changed their tune. Better late than | Jun 24 10:32 |
schestowitz__ | > never I guess. But a lot of trouble could have been saved if they had | Jun 24 10:32 |
schestowitz__ | > backed ODF when it needed backing. Good to see Lundell is still on target. | Jun 24 10:32 |
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schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4293159 | Jun 24 21:43 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Remember when #hitler sought greater power to stop the Bolsheviks or whatever? http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/GCHQ-needs-greater-powers-fight-UK-jihadists/story-21277837-detail/story.html So why does #uk arm Jihadists? | Jun 24 21:43 | |
schestowitz__ | "Indeed, I forgot that ... I wonder what greater powers the GCHQ needs." | Jun 24 21:44 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk | GCHQ needs greater powers to fight UK jihadists - Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox | Gloucestershire Echo [ http://ur1.ca/hlinv ] | Jun 24 21:44 | |
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schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4302038 | Jun 25 06:09 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: #Ideas ***Una buena idea*** | Jun 25 06:09 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes- Photo by atari130xe@joindiaspora.com: https://joindiaspora.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/thumb_medium_7ec10b4e221e8c179efc.JPG | Jun 25 06:09 | |
schestowitz__ | "The roots crawl into the bottle and dry out. You have to angle the bottleThe roots crawl into the bottle and dry out. You have to angle the bottle so it's not straight up and down or cap it when you are done filling it. A lot of people use clay pots for this because clay absorbs water." so it's not straight up and down or cap it when you are done filling it. A lot of people use clay pots for this because clay absorbs water. | Jun 25 06:09 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4301942 | Jun 25 19:26 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Detroit has cut off water supply to thousands of residents, activists have taken their fight to #UN http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/detroit-cuts-off-water-to-thousands-of-residents-as-activists-plead-with-un-for-help-with-human-rights-abuse-9556171.html American dream? | Jun 25 19:26 | |
schestowitz__ | "Now people in the US can experience first-hand what is not having water like East Ukraine." | Jun 25 19:26 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.independent.co.uk | Detroit has cut off the water supply to thousands of residents – and now activists have taken their fight to the UN - Americas - World - The Independent [ http://ur1.ca/hlq1g ] | Jun 25 19:26 | |
schestowitz__ | > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/ | Jun 25 21:00 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxlock.blogspot.com | The Blog of Helios | Jun 25 21:00 | |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 25 21:00 |
schestowitz__ | > It's been a month since the last post after some hard incidents. | Jun 25 21:00 |
schestowitz__ | > Is he OK? | Jun 25 21:00 |
schestowitz__ | Maybe chemo, I haven't heard of him for a while... but also Christine Hall is quiet now. | Jun 25 21:00 |
schestowitz__ | > I love your answer because it goes beyond what I asked. Right now I am> very anxious to see the adorable infant and then watch it grow to | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > adulthood. I realize website programming is not an easy task; job | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > qualifications should include having the patience of a saint and the | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > skin of a rhino. | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | yes, but Drew is not picky. It's easy to work for him on this. | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > _You wrote:_ No Web site is ever "completed". It makes sense to | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > perpetually update | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > and improve, as it's not a temporary marketing campaign (I have done | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > some sites like that for my employer) and visitors continue to come. My | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > guess is that Drew's competition has had many iterations done on the Web | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > sites. Also, we can optimise the site for SEO and add stories | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > so that Drew comes up high in search engines for search terms that | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > bring him new clients. | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > You: Yes, but Drew is not picky. It's easy to work for him on this. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | > _______________________________________ | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | > After much deliberation, he rejected at least 5 of my suggestions for changes. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | maybe he wants to feel in control of his site. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | > I felt he knew at least a couple of them were the right thing to do. Actually, he is somewhat of a perfectionist and does not abide less than the best and his wife goes beyond that. I think he is (to use an American expression) "pussy whipped" which he won't deny. I guess once men marry they rely more and more on the advice of their wives. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | I think that's a generalisation, but for some, it may be true. Here in our household it's not the case. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | > I think that's a generalisation, but for some, it may be true. Here in our household it's not the case. | Jun 25 22:19 |
schestowitz__ | > ________________________________________ | Jun 25 22:19 |
schestowitz__ | > Well, I was a macho man too in the early years. What I said was law and what I didhad to be accepted, no matter what. But....in the later years there was a gradual softening, and that was because I was an extreme chauvinist. | Jun 25 22:19 |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 25 22:19 |
schestowitz__ | > Both me and the world changed. | Jun 25 22:19 |
schestowitz__ | I think that the US is far worse than many countries in this regards, in fact famously so all around the world. Today at a restaurant I overheard some lady who sounded like Clinton; just hearing their accent makes me assume things about their attitude. | Jun 25 22:19 |
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schestowitz__ | > Generalizations are sometimes truth, but the political truth is...that Shrillary & her hubby, Bill Blowjob Clinton, would be the worst thing that happened in this country since we fought the British. | Jun 25 23:08 |
schestowitz__ | Clinton the husband was not bad for the US, Bush was. | Jun 25 23:08 |
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schestowitz__ | > Is it possible to use the functions of gov.uk | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | > without running Javascript code? | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | > Is there any Javascript code on that site? | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | > If so, is the code free? | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | I usually open links in thunderbrowse, which has JS disabled. | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | The site comes up with no issues. | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | Search works without an issue. It's very barebones and would probably work well with screenreaders. | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | For the front page (maybe same template for all pages) I see the following JS portions: | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | <script type="text/javascript"> | Jun 26 20:14 |
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schestowitz__ | </script> | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | That's MSIE fix. | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | and | Jun 26 20:14 |
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schestowitz__ | Notice that this too deals with MSIE being a pain in the butt. | Jun 26 20:15 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4310975 | Jun 26 21:10 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Equating opposition to Nazi Surveillance/Assassination (NSA) with beating the Nazis http://thehill.com/policy/technology/210489-british-ambassador-snowden-leaks-would-have-helped-hitler-in-wwii odd. #uk #spin | Jun 26 21:10 | |
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schestowitz__ | "And a country torturing people, bombing and invading countries for no good reason like the US might have been considered like Hitler's ally." | Jun 26 21:10 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4313134 | Jun 26 21:10 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@digitus@diasp.de: [**Banksy's GCHQ mural: Cheltenham street art 'to go in London gallery' after homeowner sells it - UK - News - The Independent**](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/fears-banksy-mural-will-be-removed-from-cheltenham-street-after-scaffolding-erected-9565187.html) ![](http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9564947.ece/alternates/w620/BanksyGCHQ.jpg) [gesehen bei @{Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ; schestowitz@joindiasp | Jun 26 21:10 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.independent.co.uk | Banksy's GCHQ mural: Cheltenham street art 'to go in London gallery' after homeowner sells it - UK - News - The Independent [ http://ur1.ca/hm0vc ] | Jun 26 21:10 | |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4310938 | Jun 26 21:11 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@jaya@diasporabrazil.org: Think about it ![](http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1345288059321611.jpg ) via @{Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ; schestowitz@joindiaspora.com} #system #restriction #economic #structure #consumption #resource #environment #social #disease | Jun 26 21:11 | |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4312310 | Jun 26 21:24 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #RaspberryPi NOOBS 1.3.8: Get it, try it, and have fun http://www.zdnet.com/raspberry-pi-noobs-1-3-8-get-it-try-it-and-have-fun-7000030923/ #linux #gnu #lxde | Jun 26 21:24 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.zdnet.com | Raspberry Pi NOOBS 1.3.8: Get it, try it, and have fun | ZDNet [ http://ur1.ca/hm0y8 ] | Jun 26 21:24 | |
schestowitz__ | "@Chris : Haha.. Nice.. :)" | Jun 26 21:24 |
schestowitz__ | "I had a fuck of a time loading 1.3.7 onto an SD card recently. Turns out I wasn't doing it wrong - I just forgot that it tries to display on HDMI by default and I only have an old CRT TV for a monitor. :p Felt sorta dumb. I wonder when the new DE is coming out for Raspbian." | Jun 26 21:24 |
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schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4320382 | Jun 28 18:05 |
schestowitz__ | "Neoliberal Liberty :P" | Jun 28 18:05 |
schestowitz__ | ""LP Liberty" xD" | Jun 28 18:06 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4320355 | Jun 28 18:06 |
schestowitz__ | "She also thinks pepper spray is for food so... Whatever." | Jun 28 18:06 |
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schestowitz__ | > One of my managers was into PHP a long time ago. I regretted quickly | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | > spending time on it. I had to go back to perl but lost about 6 months | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | > fiddling with changing APIs and built-in security holes and worse. | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | > Python has the buzz these days but I'm not sure how practical it is for | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | > web apps. | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | Rianne and I studied it for a while. It looks easy to work with it. | Jun 23 09:32 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4292893 | Jun 23 10:31 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@linux@joindiaspora.com: elementary OS Changes Its Codename from Isis to Freya http://news.softpedia.com/news/elementary-OS-Changes-Name-from-Isis-to-Freya-447868.shtml | Jun 23 10:31 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> news.softpedia.com | elementary OS Changes Its Codename from Isis to Freya [ http://ur1.ca/hl6ca ] | Jun 23 10:32 | |
schestowitz__ | ""Freya is a Norse goddess of love and beauty." ...and war!" | Jun 23 10:32 |
schestowitz__ | https://twitter.com/_Goblin/status/481010662282637313 | Jun 23 10:52 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@_Goblin: @schestowitz And who oversee's them? We need a deity to step in here, preferably an omnipresent one who can keep tabs on everything. | Jun 23 10:52 | |
schestowitz__ | A recursive problem I wrote about 10 years ago | Jun 23 10:53 |
schestowitz__ | https://twitter.com/FlexiSPYLtd/status/481011199778115584 | Jun 23 10:53 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@FlexiSPYLtd: @schestowitz *ahem* | Jun 23 10:53 | |
schestowitz__ | http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/19/facebook-down-internet-in-meltdown-with-users-unable-to-access-social-network-4767532/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/06/20/the-case-that-might-cripple-facebook/ | Jun 23 11:18 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-metro.co.uk | Facebook down: Social network apologies for worldwide outage | Metro News [ http://ur1.ca/hl6o1 ] | Jun 23 11:18 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.washingtonpost.com | The case that might cripple Facebook - The Washington Post [ http://ur1.ca/hl6o2 ] | Jun 23 11:18 | |
schestowitz__ | https://twitter.com/wood5y/status/481086880088596480 | Jun 23 15:52 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wood5y: Russia Finally Moving To */Linux http://t.co/4XkzmbUkJt Replacing Intel & AMD CPUs too! #foss #opensource #linux (via @schestowitz) | Jun 23 15:52 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> mrpogson.com | Russia Finally Moving To */Linux | Robert Pogson | Jun 23 15:52 | |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> touch PHP with a 20-foot pole. Too ugly, too hard to | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> maintain. | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=5948 | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> | Jun 23 18:19 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-esr.ibiblio.org | Replacing freecode: a proposal | Jun 23 18:19 | |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> What's to prevent the new project from selling out in a few years and | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>>> >>>> being shutdown by Dice or IDG? | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> I agree with ESR on PHP. I am fed up maintaining it. | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> It'll probably shut down ina few years. | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>>> >>> | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> One of my managers was into PHP a long time ago. I regretted quickly | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> spending time on it. I had to go back to perl but lost about 6 months | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> fiddling with changing APIs and built-in security holes and worse. | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | > Just to be clear, those problems (and more) were with PHP during just 6 | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | > months. Anything written back then in perl would be usable as-is now, | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | > barring bugs written in. | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 23 18:19 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> Python has the buzz these days but I'm not sure how practical it is for | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >>> >> web apps. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >> > | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | >> > Rianne and I studied it for a while. It looks easy to work with it. | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > I guess frameworks using python are also an option but the few times | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > I've looked at frameworks (a long time ago) there was an enormous | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > investment of time needed just to evaluate the framework. So if you do | Jun 23 18:20 |
schestowitz__ | > go with one, it would be great to read about which and why. | Jun 23 18:20 |
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schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4297195 | Jun 24 08:30 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Top500 Supercomputer Remains Stuck at 33.86 Petaflops/s http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/top500-supercomputer-remains-stuck-at-33.86-petaflops.html #gnu "Linux dominates the list with a 97 percent share" | Jun 24 08:30 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.serverwatch.com | Top500 Supercomputer Remains Stuck at 33.86 Petaflops/s [ http://ur1.ca/hle4f ] | Jun 24 08:30 | |
schestowitz__ | "I wouldn't say it's stuck. If the machines can perform 33.86x10^15 Floating-Point Operations Per Second per second, I'd say all these machines are accelerating, and quite rapidly, too. brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department" | Jun 24 08:30 |
schestowitz__ | http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2014/06/24/venting-in-an-old-fashioned-blog-rant/ | Jun 24 09:28 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-openbytes.wordpress.com | Venting in an old fashioned blog rant | OpenBytes - Goblin's Domain [ http://ur1.ca/hleh6 ] | Jun 24 09:28 | |
schestowitz__ | > https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/elibrary/case/complex-singularity-versus-openness | Jun 24 10:32 |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 24 10:32 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-joinup.ec.europa.eu | Complex singularity versus openness | Joinup [ http://ur1.ca/hlera ] | Jun 24 10:32 | |
schestowitz__ | > Behrens, Meeks, Durusau have sure changed their tune. Better late than | Jun 24 10:32 |
schestowitz__ | > never I guess. But a lot of trouble could have been saved if they had | Jun 24 10:32 |
schestowitz__ | > backed ODF when it needed backing. Good to see Lundell is still on target. | Jun 24 10:32 |
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schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4293159 | Jun 24 21:43 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Remember when #hitler sought greater power to stop the Bolsheviks or whatever? http://www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk/GCHQ-needs-greater-powers-fight-UK-jihadists/story-21277837-detail/story.html So why does #uk arm Jihadists? | Jun 24 21:43 | |
schestowitz__ | "Indeed, I forgot that ... I wonder what greater powers the GCHQ needs." | Jun 24 21:43 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.gloucestershireecho.co.uk | GCHQ needs greater powers to fight UK jihadists - Former Defence Secretary Liam Fox | Gloucestershire Echo [ http://ur1.ca/hlinv ] | Jun 24 21:43 | |
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schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4302038 | Jun 25 06:09 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com reshared: #Ideas ***Una buena idea*** | Jun 25 06:09 | |
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schestowitz__ | "The roots crawl into the bottle and dry out. You have to angle the bottleThe roots crawl into the bottle and dry out. You have to angle the bottle so it's not straight up and down or cap it when you are done filling it. A lot of people use clay pots for this because clay absorbs water." so it's not straight up and down or cap it when you are done filling it. A lot of people use clay pots for this because clay absorbs water. | Jun 25 06:09 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4301942 | Jun 25 19:25 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Detroit has cut off water supply to thousands of residents, activists have taken their fight to #UN http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/detroit-cuts-off-water-to-thousands-of-residents-as-activists-plead-with-un-for-help-with-human-rights-abuse-9556171.html American dream? | Jun 25 19:25 | |
schestowitz__ | "Now people in the US can experience first-hand what is not having water like East Ukraine." | Jun 25 19:25 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.independent.co.uk | Detroit has cut off the water supply to thousands of residents – and now activists have taken their fight to the UN - Americas - World - The Independent [ http://ur1.ca/hlq1g ] | Jun 25 19:25 | |
schestowitz__ | > http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/ | Jun 25 20:59 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxlock.blogspot.com | The Blog of Helios | Jun 25 20:59 | |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 25 21:00 |
schestowitz__ | > It's been a month since the last post after some hard incidents. | Jun 25 21:00 |
schestowitz__ | > Is he OK? | Jun 25 21:00 |
schestowitz__ | Maybe chemo, I haven't heard of him for a while... but also Christine Hall is quiet now. | Jun 25 21:00 |
schestowitz__ | > I love your answer because it goes beyond what I asked. Right now I am> very anxious to see the adorable infant and then watch it grow to | Jun 25 21:10 |
schestowitz__ | > adulthood. I realize website programming is not an easy task; job | Jun 25 21:10 |
schestowitz__ | > qualifications should include having the patience of a saint and the | Jun 25 21:10 |
schestowitz__ | > skin of a rhino. | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | yes, but Drew is not picky. It's easy to work for him on this. | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > _You wrote:_ No Web site is ever "completed". It makes sense to | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > perpetually update | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > and improve, as it's not a temporary marketing campaign (I have done | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > some sites like that for my employer) and visitors continue to come. My | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > guess is that Drew's competition has had many iterations done on the Web | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > sites. Also, we can optimise the site for SEO and add stories | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > so that Drew comes up high in search engines for search terms that | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > bring him new clients. | Jun 25 21:11 |
schestowitz__ | > You: Yes, but Drew is not picky. It's easy to work for him on this. | Jun 25 21:38 |
schestowitz__ | > _______________________________________ | Jun 25 21:38 |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 25 21:38 |
schestowitz__ | > After much deliberation, he rejected at least 5 of my suggestions for changes. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | maybe he wants to feel in control of his site. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | > I felt he knew at least a couple of them were the right thing to do. Actually, he is somewhat of a perfectionist and does not abide less than the best and his wife goes beyond that. I think he is (to use an American expression) "pussy whipped" which he won't deny. I guess once men marry they rely more and more on the advice of their wives. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | I think that's a generalisation, but for some, it may be true. Here in our household it's not the case. | Jun 25 21:39 |
schestowitz__ | > I think that's a generalisation, but for some, it may be true. Here in our household it's not the case. | Jun 25 22:18 |
schestowitz__ | > ________________________________________ | Jun 25 22:18 |
schestowitz__ | > Well, I was a macho man too in the early years. What I said was law and what I didhad to be accepted, no matter what. But....in the later years there was a gradual softening, and that was because I was an extreme chauvinist. | Jun 25 22:18 |
schestowitz__ | > | Jun 25 22:18 |
schestowitz__ | > Both me and the world changed. | Jun 25 22:18 |
schestowitz__ | I think that the US is far worse than many countries in this regards, in fact famously so all around the world. Today at a restaurant I overheard some lady who sounded like Clinton; just hearing their accent makes me assume things about their attitude. | Jun 25 22:18 |
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schestowitz__ | > Generalizations are sometimes truth, but the political truth is...that Shrillary & her hubby, Bill Blowjob Clinton, would be the worst thing that happened in this country since we fought the British. | Jun 25 23:07 |
schestowitz__ | Clinton the husband was not bad for the US, Bush was. | Jun 25 23:07 |
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schestowitz__ | > Is it possible to use the functions of gov.uk | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | > without running Javascript code? | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | > Is there any Javascript code on that site? | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | > If so, is the code free? | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | I usually open links in thunderbrowse, which has JS disabled. | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | The site comes up with no issues. | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | Search works without an issue. It's very barebones and would probably work well with screenreaders. | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | For the front page (maybe same template for all pages) I see the following JS portions: | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | <script type="text/javascript"> | Jun 26 20:13 |
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schestowitz__ | </script> | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | That's MSIE fix. | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | and | Jun 26 20:13 |
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schestowitz__ | (function(){if(window.opera){return;} | Jun 26 20:13 |
schestowitz__ | setTimeout(function(){var a=document,g,b={families:(g= | Jun 26 20:13 |
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schestowitz__ | Notice that this too deals with MSIE being a pain in the butt. | Jun 26 20:14 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4310975 | Jun 26 21:09 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Equating opposition to Nazi Surveillance/Assassination (NSA) with beating the Nazis http://thehill.com/policy/technology/210489-british-ambassador-snowden-leaks-would-have-helped-hitler-in-wwii odd. #uk #spin | Jun 26 21:09 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> thehill.com | British ambassador: Snowden leaks would have helped Hitler | TheHill [ http://ur1.ca/hm0dr ] | Jun 26 21:09 | |
schestowitz__ | "And a country torturing people, bombing and invading countries for no good reason like the US might have been considered like Hitler's ally." | Jun 26 21:09 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4313134 | Jun 26 21:09 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@digitus@diasp.de: [**Banksy's GCHQ mural: Cheltenham street art 'to go in London gallery' after homeowner sells it - UK - News - The Independent**](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/fears-banksy-mural-will-be-removed-from-cheltenham-street-after-scaffolding-erected-9565187.html) ![](http://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/article9564947.ece/alternates/w620/BanksyGCHQ.jpg) [gesehen bei @{Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ; schestowitz@joindiasp | Jun 26 21:09 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.independent.co.uk | Banksy's GCHQ mural: Cheltenham street art 'to go in London gallery' after homeowner sells it - UK - News - The Independent [ http://ur1.ca/hm0vc ] | Jun 26 21:09 | |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4310938 | Jun 26 21:10 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@jaya@diasporabrazil.org: Think about it ![](http://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1345288059321611.jpg ) via @{Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊) ; schestowitz@joindiaspora.com} #system #restriction #economic #structure #consumption #resource #environment #social #disease | Jun 26 21:10 | |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4312310 | Jun 26 21:23 |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #RaspberryPi NOOBS 1.3.8: Get it, try it, and have fun http://www.zdnet.com/raspberry-pi-noobs-1-3-8-get-it-try-it-and-have-fun-7000030923/ #linux #gnu #lxde | Jun 26 21:23 | |
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.zdnet.com | Raspberry Pi NOOBS 1.3.8: Get it, try it, and have fun | ZDNet [ http://ur1.ca/hm0y8 ] | Jun 26 21:23 | |
schestowitz__ | "@Chris : Haha.. Nice.. :)" | Jun 26 21:23 |
schestowitz__ | "I had a fuck of a time loading 1.3.7 onto an SD card recently. Turns out I wasn't doing it wrong - I just forgot that it tries to display on HDMI by default and I only have an old CRT TV for a monitor. :p Felt sorta dumb. I wonder when the new DE is coming out for Raspbian." | Jun 26 21:24 |
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schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4320382 | Jun 28 18:04 |
schestowitz__ | "Neoliberal Liberty :P" | Jun 28 18:04 |
schestowitz__ | ""LP Liberty" xD" | Jun 28 18:05 |
schestowitz__ | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/4320355 | Jun 28 18:05 |
schestowitz__ | "She also thinks pepper spray is for food so... Whatever." | Jun 28 18:05 |
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