●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, December 01, 2022 ●● ● Dec 01 [01:34] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:34] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:40] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [01:41] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 01 [04:17] schestowitz-TR "I was originally leaning towards Gopher, but exploring Gemini in the Lagrange browser reminded me just how much I love it. Rather than [04:17] schestowitz-TR boiling the ocean, I might try running my own server with some basic stuff on it first." https://rubenerd.com/feedback-about-gemini-an [04:17] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://rubenerd.com/feedback-about-gemini-an ) [04:17] schestowitz-TR d-gopher/ [04:18] schestowitz-TR end of month tasks are now done [04:38] schestowitz-TR we've just donated to the elepahants again [04:38] schestowitz-TR still giving to the blind every month [04:38] schestowitz-TR today i think I can pick up publication pace again [04:38] schestowitz-TR invested much of the past fortnight [04:50] Techrightssec ack ● Dec 01 [05:00] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:00] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:03] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [05:03] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:29] Techrightssec The handling of the EA sw patent, especially how the press is mishandling it, [05:29] Techrightssec would be a relevant topic: 20220362677 [05:29] schestowitz-TR i've put that in the list for videos to do today [05:45] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:56] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 01 [07:01] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [07:59] schestowitz-TR earlier today I got caught up in distraction and some bad feelings over the football [07:59] schestowitz-TR and maybe some other news I saw [07:59] schestowitz-TR I really need to find a better way, but this reminded me of twitter [07:59] schestowitz-TR esp. before I started ignoring it ("write-only") [07:59] schestowitz-TR it's a sea of fast-changing topics and noise [07:59] schestowitz-TR almost desighed to not just overwhelm the brain but also provoke [07:59] schestowitz-TR it was getting really bad some years ago when they curated instead of letting the feeds and stuff work [07:59] schestowitz-TR in a neutral way based on who or what you actually "followed" [07:59] schestowitz-TR i'm going to finish links around 9am, then feeds again, then videos ● Dec 01 [08:25] Techrightssec ack [08:25] Techrightssec Rob Braxman's most recent video toed the m$ line to a certain extent. [08:25] Techrightssec While in some way's knuckling under like that may seem "pragmatic" on the [08:25] Techrightssec surface, it is 1) wasting your time with m$ junk, methods, and quirks and [08:25] Techrightssec 2) limiting your future options by 2a) not spending time learning real methods [08:25] Techrightssec and 2B) feeding market share to m$ instead of squashing it [08:25] Techrightssec ^ topic ? [08:25] Techrightssec https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/11/30/1230232 [08:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-soylentnews.org | Patent Detects in-Game Collusion by Tracking External Connections - SoylentNews [08:25] Techrightssec ^ topic ? [08:27] schestowitz-TR thanks, I have that latter one already [08:27] schestowitz-TR so 3 in total [08:34] schestowitz-TR linuxbuz is a dead site. never publishes anything. but today it posted LINKSPAM for clown computing. Fake 'article'. https://linuxbuz.com/best-resources/pointers-for-picking-a-cloud-hosting-provider [08:34] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Pointers for Picking a Cloud Hosting Provider - LinuxBuz [08:36] Techrightssec linuxbuz or linuxbuzz ? the former might be a scam [08:36] schestowitz-TR ng-provider [08:36] schestowitz-TR not the same [08:36] schestowitz-TR and this one did publish on topic in the past [08:37] Techrightssec linuxbuz or linuxbuzz ? the former might be a scam by typo squatters [08:37] Techrightssec the latter seems still on topic but has not published in nearly a month [08:38] schestowitz-TR I follow both, IIRC [08:38] schestowitz-TR we might need to 'hunt' for more RSS feeds [08:38] schestowitz-TR some exist that we don't know about but not many are active [08:38] schestowitz-TR some are not worth adding because you might get one iterm in 3 years [08:38] schestowitz-TR or nothing since 3 years ago [08:38] schestowitz-TR so you are wasting bandwidth at both ends [08:56] Techrightssec True, but I've been keeping some around anyway on the off chance that [08:56] Techrightssec they do publish again. They don't take space in the compact view and that [08:56] Techrightssec is the important thing. Otherwise it would be too inconvenient to wade past [08:56] Techrightssec them each time. ● Dec 01 [09:43] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:45] schestowitz-TR Cryptome https://scheerpost.com/2022/11/30/cryptome-founder-asks-to-be-indicted-with-assange/ | Source: Scheerpost [09:45] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Cryptome Founder Asks to be Indicted With Assange - scheerpost.com [09:46] schestowitz-TR I've longer wondered what happened to Cryptome [09:46] schestowitz-TR brought that up in IRC and prior years in social conntrol media too [09:46] schestowitz-TR Cryptome was spared [09:46] schestowitz-TR afaik [09:54] Techrightssec ack ● Dec 01 [10:11] schestowitz-TR education https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/30/desantis-backed-education-purge-begins-after-school-board-takeovers-florida | Source: Common Dreams [10:11] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | DeSantis-Backed Education Purge Begins After School Board Takeovers in Florida [10:13] schestowitz-TR twitter https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/30/evidence-grows-left-wing-twitter-purge-directed-musk | Source: Common Dreams [10:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | Evidence Grows of Left-Wing Twitter Purge Directed by Musk [10:16] schestowitz-TR this might be the 'missing' piece for my next video+article re twitter [10:30] schestowitz-TR OTAx3 (3 videos) ● Dec 01 [12:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell ● Dec 01 [13:06] schestowitz-TR my upstream speed is awful today [13:06] schestowitz-TR maybe some device hogging it [13:06] schestowitz-TR but I've put two drafts online while videos are being sent [13:07] Techrightssec check nethogs on all machines and maybe iotop on them too [13:07] Techrightssec do you have openwrt on the router? if so there are some utilities for it as well [13:09] schestowitz-TR sorry, my writing style is [13:09] schestowitz-TR type fast, then check afterwards [13:09] schestowitz-TR so I pass you crude draftsw [13:09] schestowitz-TR corrected now [13:09] Techrightssec In the twitter post, the first and second paragraphs should be joined or else [13:09] Techrightssec the second one bridged content-wise to the first and expanded significantly. [13:09] Techrightssec In the condenast one, perhaps a few words about how the editorial choices are [13:09] Techrightssec poor would be warranted. [13:18] Techrightssec People might not know what Slashdot was or how central it was to tech. Even [13:18] Techrightssec if they do, they might be unaware about how there were whole teams dedicated [13:18] Techrightssec to attacking it through derailing the discussions. [13:19] schestowitz-TR I made that a link to the wiki and added the third draft [13:19] schestowitz-TR uploads still very slow [13:23] Techrightssec Team99 was one example. [13:23] Techrightssec checking third draft [13:23] Techrightssec s/mindframe/mind set/ [13:23] Techrightssec or world view? [13:23] Techrightssec s/still dominant/still rather dominant/ [13:24] Techrightssec ??? [13:24] Techrightssec Windows is still rather dominant in laptops and desktops, but only laptops and desktops, plus these days those are even the majority of [13:24] Techrightssec client devices [13:24] Techrightssec ??? [13:24] Techrightssec s/are/aren't/ [13:25] schestowitz Windows is still rather dominant in laptops and desktops, but laptops and desktops aren't the majority of devices, certainly not the majority of Internet-connected devices. [13:26] schestowitz-TR changed as per your rephrasing [13:26] schestowitz-TR can you give me one ujrl for team 99? [13:28] Techrightssec not offhand [13:30] schestowitz-TR you saw a comment from "elizabeth from microsoft" in soylent news too [13:30] schestowitz-TR that's just when they disclose it upfront [13:30] Techrightssec but there are a lot of examples of m$ astroturfing against FOSS or for their [13:30] Techrightssec own products, albiet many hidden [13:30] Techrightssec https://www.pcworld.com/article/439883/microsoft-caught-astroturfing-bloggers-again-to-promote-internet-explorer.html [13:30] Techrightssec which thread? [13:30] Techrightssec Yes, that's just when they disclose it. [13:30] Techrightssec https://www.pcworld.com/article/439883/microsoft-caught-astroturfing-bloggers-again-to-promote-internet-explorer.html [13:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Microsoft caught 'astroturfing' bloggers again to promote Internet Explorer | PCWorld [13:31] Techrightssec https://www.theregister.com/2005/05/03/ms_blog_team99/ [13:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theregister.com | Microsoft recruits Longhorn bloggers The Register [13:31] Techrightssec They've been astroturfing nonstop before during and since Team99 [13:33] Techrightssec https://www.theregister.com/2001/09/26/ms_targets_linux_mac_rivals/ [13:33] Techrightssec from back when The Register was still independent [13:33] Techrightssec I guess it is to their credit that they have not deleted nor 'reorganized' away [13:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theregister.com | MS targets Linux, Mac rivals with IIS astroturf The Register [13:33] Techrightssec the old articles. The same goes for Wired. ● Dec 01 [14:05] Techrightssec also recall usenet [14:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:36] Techrightssec there was an awful lot of astroturfing from m$ and other anti-Freedom interests [14:36] Techrightssec towards the end; eventually the ISPs stopped hosting it altogether and [14:36] Techrightssec for the average person that was the end of it; [14:40] schestowitz-TR i suppose these days they would just dub it "illegal content" and then pressur the so-called store to ban [14:40] schestowitz-TR all applications that can handle newsgrouops [14:40] schestowitz-TR i posted maybe 70k-100k messages to usenet [14:40] schestowitz-TR but that was a long time ago [14:40] schestowitz-TR protocols get swapped over over time [14:40] schestowitz-TR or "replaced" [14:40] schestowitz-TR twitter and maybe FB are now on the ropes ● Dec 01 [15:07] Techrightssec the protocol could not stand up to the astroturfing set against it [15:49] schestowitz-TR maybe setting quiterss to work from disk rather than from ram solved my io issue [15:49] schestowitz-TR so far ity appears to have done the trick, after 4 weeks of struggle [15:53] Techrightssec Interesting [15:53] Techrightssec QuiteRSS has not been updated for a long time so I hope the developers are ok. [15:54] schestowitz-TR i tested many rss readers since 2003 or 2004 [15:54] schestowitz-TR quiterss is still best for gui ● Dec 01 [16:06] schestowitz-TR Shusain has been flooding his site with linkspam lately. Fake articles. Spam farm. Latest examples: https://linuxtechlab.com/best-streaming-cameras/ https://linuxtechlab.com/what-is-a-cross-platform-android-and-ios-app-development-company-specialized-in/ rotting site. Dead soon? [16:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Best Streaming Cameras - LinuxTechLab [16:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-What is a Cross Platform (Android and iOS) App Development Company Specialized in? - LinuxTechLab [16:13] schestowitz https://lwn.net/Articles/916223/ [16:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://lwn.net/Articles/916223/ ) [16:13] schestowitz "The Document Foundation (TDF) was created in 2010 to steward and support the development of the LibreOffice suite, which was then a new fork of OpenOffice.org. TDF has clearly been successful; unlike OpenOffice, which is currently under the Apache umbrella, LibreOffice is an actively developed and widely used project. But TDF has also been showing signs of stress in recent years, and the situation does not appear to be getting better. There are [16:13] schestowitz currently some significant disagreements over just what role TDF should play; if those cannot be resolved, there is a real chance that they could rip the Foundation apart. " [16:17] schestowitz-TR Perl should spent no time and effort cushioning Microsoft proprietary software that's a major threat to security (can quietly introduce back doors at compile time) https://blogs.perl.org/users/tom_wyant/2022/12/making-github-ci-work-with-perl-58.html [16:17] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Making GitHub CI work with Perl 5.8. | Tom Wyant [blogs.perl.org] [16:20] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:53] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:53] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:55] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:55] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@3f4eq2qd8h8ka.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 01 [17:13] schestowitz-TR "Over the last nine years I have written 300,000 words for this blog on the topics which are important to me. I am not certain that I have much left to say." https://drewdevault.com/2022/12/01/I-shall-toil-quietly.html [17:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-drewdevault.com | I shall toil at a reduced volume [17:16] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:19] Techrightssec ack [17:39] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 01 [18:18] Techrightssec BTW Gannett is cutting more staff yet again. [18:20] schestowitz-TR they can go to hell [18:20] schestowitz-TR I feel bad for the real journalists among them [18:20] schestowitz-TR I hope they start something like scheer did [18:20] schestowitz-TR first truthdig [18:20] schestowitz-TR then took the people (mr. fish, hedges etc.) to a new home [18:20] schestowitz-TR very good site [18:20] Techrightssec It owns quite a few of the [18:20] Techrightssec remaining US newspapers [18:20] Techrightssec Gannett wasn't great but it wasn't as bad as the fake local papers which [18:20] Techrightssec are owned nationally and rather than finding and reporting local news only [18:20] Techrightssec serve to disseminate national level propaganda at a local level. [18:21] schestowitz-TR ok, so Gannett is not as sisnister as I thought [18:21] schestowitz-TR IIRC, it was pushing trumpism for a bit [18:21] schestowitz-TR but owns usa today and other historically important names [18:27] Techrightssec A lot of papers pushed that crap because even though it was terrible for the [18:27] Techrightssec nation, it was good for their bottom line in the very short term. Though [18:27] Techrightssec it probably led to the collapse seen now, so they probably shot their own foot. [18:43] Techrightssec I forget what company owned one local paper but they served a left-of-center [18:43] Techrightssec community and published matching articles most of the time, except when [18:43] Techrightssec push came to shove. For example, right before the coup (of sorts) in 2000 they [18:43] Techrightssec quietly endorsed Little Bush even though every last editorial they had previously published went against that conclusion. [18:43] schestowitz-TR like billg did [18:45] Techrightssec Bill appeared to step down as CEO to get into politics, the timing was the [18:45] Techrightssec big loss that m$ ran the previous year. [18:46] schestowitz-TR afk [18:46] Techrightssec Can't find the link for that thouk. [18:46] Techrightssec ack ● Dec 01 [19:02] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@zjrgyqg64hzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:21] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Dec 01 [23:54] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@uax6j9r5apawe.irc) has joined #boycottnovell