●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, October 02, 2022 ●● ● Oct 02 [00:19] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:48] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:50] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) ● Oct 02 [02:14] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.14 [SeaMonkey 2.53.14/20221001165941]) [02:16] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:16] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.14 [SeaMonkey 2.53.14/20221001165941]) [02:16] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:17] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.14 [SeaMonkey 2.53.14/20221001165941]) [02:18] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:19] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.14 [SeaMonkey 2.53.14/20221001165941]) [02:20] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Oct 02 [03:40] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Oct 02 [04:03] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@freenode-j7a7ih.am6e.nqgd.t29qgt.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [04:43] schestowitz-TR troll tactic: camp in and disrupt all irc channels in a network, 2/47 [04:43] schestowitz-TR 24/7 [04:43] schestowitz-TR read all source fcode for cheap mshots [04:43] schestowitz-TR and aggravate the sys admin [04:43] schestowitz-TR to undermine the site [04:43] schestowitz-TR over totally unrelated things [04:43] schestowitz-TR imagne what fsf and eff were subjected to [04:46] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [04:49] Techrights-sec yes, that is how they roll [04:49] Techrights-sec gm [04:49] schestowitz-TR deeivide and rulke, find divisive things [04:49] schestowitz-TR or accenttuate [04:50] schestowitz-TR to cause conflicts [04:50] schestowitz-TR the gulliable fall for it [04:50] Techrights-sec They enhance division and differences. [04:50] Techrights-sec It is not just the Kremlin which uses that tactic. [04:51] schestowitz-TR there are many putins [04:51] schestowitz-TR anyway, I stood my ground on these issues [04:51] schestowitz-TR attempts to get out to kick people out [04:51] schestowitz-TR and to shun them [04:51] schestowitz-TR based on totally unrelated stuff [04:51] schestowitz-TR like I said, t he tactics are very obvious [04:51] schestowitz-TR but the gullible fail to see through [04:51] schestowitz-TR remember I quit twitter days after the ukraine invasion [04:52] Techrights-sec Harmfully, journalism has deteriorated into a "both sides" thing rather than [04:52] Techrights-sec looking for the facts. Society has been exposed to that long enough [04:52] Techrights-sec that it has become the expected approach everywhere. [04:52] schestowitz-TR this is the mindset reduced to like and dislike button [04:52] schestowitz-TR choose one [04:53] Techrights-sec """That reminds me of a quote attributed to journalism professor Jonathan Foster: If someone says its raining and another person says its dry, its not y [04:53] Techrights-sec our job to quote them both. Your job is to look out the [expletive] window and find out which is true. """ [04:53] Techrights-sec https://betterutah.org/trust-in-the-media-a-conversation-with-former-journalism-professor-doris-schmidt/ [04:53] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-betterutah.org | Trust in the Media: a conversation with former journalism professor Doris Schmidt. Alliance for a Better Utah [04:54] schestowitz-TR I've managed to cover all 3 topics [04:54] schestowitz-TR but not in video [04:54] schestowitz-TR I have a heavy garment on atm to keep me from the cold [04:54] schestowitz-TR but maybe videos will be done sunday [04:54] schestowitz-TR I still have rss to go through [04:55] schestowitz-TR I also did a few posts re covid-19 in my personal site [04:55] schestowitz-TR it seems our decision to NOT get infected was the right one [04:55] schestowitz-TR and doable owing to 100% home-working [04:55] schestowitz-TR maybe I'll go check plates some times [04:55] schestowitz-TR to find sometthing similar [04:55] schestowitz-TR those are heavy bowl-like plates [04:55] schestowitz-TR finding discounts is not east these dayst [04:55] schestowitz-TR the pound fell too, so any imported product is expensive [04:55] Techrights-sec "false balance" [04:59] schestowitz-TR this is exactly what happened! [04:59] schestowitz-TR And keeps happening [04:59] schestowitz-TR I say, if that was me, Id be in BIG troiuble [04:59] schestowitz-TR I get in trouble for even merely leaving a bottle in the 'wrong' place [04:59] schestowitz-TR like close to the edge [04:59] schestowitz-TR she broke my coffeee dispenser [04:59] schestowitz-TR but thankfully I found a replacement [04:59] schestowitz-TR when I didn't full seal some taramansalata sauce and she dropped and it spilled [04:59] schestowitz-TR it was not the fall to blame [04:59] schestowitz-TR but me for not fully sealing it (it was almost empty already... anyway) [04:59] schestowitz-TR in the kitchen, the lady is AlwaysRight(r) ;-) ● Oct 02 [05:06] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:06] schestowitz-TR been a while since I pressed ctrl+c [05:06] schestowitz-TR so the frequency is lessened [05:06] schestowitz-TR I saw eveyrthing anyway [05:06] schestowitz-TR was about to say, and copy-paste taramansalata (don't do that again, roy!!) [05:06] schestowitz-TR that incident is like Microsoftism [05:06] schestowitz-TR I did a post about it [05:06] schestowitz-TR Taramansalata sauce almost empty [05:06] schestowitz-TR top of plastic container not sealed fully [05:06] schestowitz-TR Fridge opened, all good [05:06] schestowitz-TR then she pulls something [05:06] schestowitz-TR the sauce drops [05:06] schestowitz-TR and spills very slsightly (it's almost empty already) [05:06] schestowitz-TR and it is my fauls [05:06] schestowitz-TR Microsoft: has NSA deals [05:06] schestowitz-TR makes buggy code [05:06] schestowitz-TR bug found [05:06] schestowitz-TR bug exploited [05:06] schestowitz-TR Microsoft sits on its hands for month [05:06] schestowitz-TR then it's the fault of tyhe user [05:06] schestowitz-TR oif KJorth Korea [05:06] schestowitz-TR of Open Source [05:06] schestowitz-TR the admin [05:06] schestowitz-TR and the attackers [05:06] schestowitz-TR not Microsoft's Microsoft is just the victim ;) [05:06] schestowitz-TR I hope myannotation of the news was at least helpful [05:06] schestowitz-TR as was the title [05:06] schestowitz-TR didn't spend much time on it, maybe worth doing a viddeo on later [05:08] Techrights-sec Yes, revisiting that work flow is a good topic, especially nowadays [05:08] schestowitz-TR here is another funny one [05:08] schestowitz-TR when using coffee granulates or instant [05:08] schestowitz-TR there is a glass jar [05:08] schestowitz-TR sometimes I faster it like 80% of the way [05:08] schestowitz-TR but that's bad bad [05:08] schestowitz-TR even if she never drinks any coffee [05:08] schestowitz-TR or makes any [05:08] schestowitz-TR because it MIGHT... one day, fall... [05:08] schestowitz-TR but it never does and I'm the only one handling it [05:08] schestowitz-TR that's also Microsoftism [05:08] schestowitz-TR OPEN SOURCE and Go are BAD: they can be used to craft malware! [05:08] schestowitz-TR Malware like Windows ;-) [05:09] schestowitz-TR /f/faster/fasten/ [05:09] schestowitz-TR never mind typos [05:10] Techrights-sec M$ is working hard to have their shills get the phrase "open source" and various [05:10] Techrights-sec types of malware listed in the same headlinrs, as often as they can. [05:11] schestowitz-TR earlier today I wwent through soem LF shite and noticed [05:11] schestowitz-TR just how often they use the new FUD phase "supply chain" [05:11] schestowitz-TR a decade ago they never used that term [05:11] schestowitz-TR it's just a token foir "some open source software" that's "malicious" , untrustworthy [05:11] schestowitz-TR unlike secret code from NSA/Microsoft [05:11] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [05:11] schestowitz-TR that's NOT a supply chain! [05:12] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:13] Techrights-sec ack [05:13] Techrights-sec They do have their lobbyists in DC in droves these days ... [05:14] Techrights-sec np [05:14] schestowitz-TR different groups, different standards [05:14] schestowitz-TR techrights: piublishes police and court docs on Rich Allen Jones, MS Peter (FBI), and Garaveley [05:15] schestowitz-TR trolls: spread false rumours in IRC [05:15] schestowitz-TR (many examnples of this, better not name names... as it would further harm them) [05:15] schestowitz-TR the new "bill" relies on the bogus supply chain narrative [05:15] schestowitz-TR see my lastest post [05:15] schestowitz-TR of zemlin [05:15] schestowitz-TR or the talk [05:15] schestowitz-TR he brags about how they are paid to street the induystry [05:15] schestowitz-TR so now, oin security, they change theb narrative [05:15] schestowitz-TR who fdor? [05:15] schestowitz-TR check LF members' list [05:15] schestowitz-TR *steer, not street [05:18] schestowitz-TR the better the coverage, and the "warmer" we get [05:18] schestowitz-TR the more attacks shall intensify [05:18] schestowitz-TR I reckon [05:18] schestowitz-TR certainly was true in relation to epo [05:18] schestowitz-TR when they lawyered up and assigned spies to our irc channels [05:18] schestowitz-TR just likem "any patent office" would do ;-) [05:18] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [05:19] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [05:20] Techrights-sec Nothing about a bill but the 5% of the budget which actually goes to Linux [05:20] Techrights-sec is shocking. [05:22] schestowitz-TR The "little bit of" Linux Foundation [05:22] schestowitz-TR they probably handle more money around Microsoft and GitHub than around kernel.org and the 2 or 3 kernel hackers they emmploy [05:22] schestowitz-TR Linus is the 1% [05:22] schestowitz-TR he bags 1% of the LINUX Inc. revenue [05:22] Techrights-sec checking [05:25] schestowitz-TR no, did not find the time but reckoned reads who see this might pursue [05:25] schestowitz-TR I want to record some stuff later in daylight and also clean rss feds [05:25] schestowitz-TR I also think it's a shame they use zip files for text [05:25] schestowitz-TR esp. if they groupo things [05:25] schestowitz-TR almost like te intention is to PREVENT any search engines from picking that up [05:25] schestowitz-TR IOW, minimise discoverability [05:25] schestowitz-TR better to even PDF without OCR all ther submissions [05:25] schestowitz-TR and then give a catalogue of the PDFs with names of submitter [05:25] schestowitz-TR but then again, EC has no buidget ;-) [05:25] schestowitz-TR all the budget goes to JS toys [05:25] schestowitz-TR and people whose job is to cover up abuse like the EPO's [05:36] schestowitz-TR yuo know [05:36] schestowitz-TR I nwas just thinking [05:36] schestowitz-TR demanding that rms go see therapists [05:36] schestowitz-TR would be worse than cruel [05:36] schestowitz-TR like asking a person without legs to go seek help [05:36] schestowitz-TR to grow a pair of legs [05:36] schestowitz-TR all because rms stares at people [05:36] schestowitz-TR which is widely known to be a symptom that is both harmless and hard to overcome [05:36] schestowitz-TR and later they call him "ableist" because he saupports abortion [05:36] schestowitz-TR while anyone who does NOT support abortion gets blasted by the very same group [05:36] schestowitz-TR so they cannot be pleased [05:36] schestowitz-TR fwiw, phipps regrets his remarks about rms that are classic ableism [05:36] schestowitz-TR but he cannto take that back [05:36] schestowitz-TR also, rms was right on what he had mocked him for [05:36] schestowitz-TR phipps was wrong [05:36] schestowitz-TR so maybe it takes a "retard" sometimes to foresee the very obvious. [05:38] schestowitz-TR to use another analogy, showing an offensive sign to a blind person [05:38] schestowitz-TR maybe they want to do some "shock therapy" for RMS... and he him shout (he has a phobia about head under water too) ● Oct 02 [06:01] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [06:01] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:04] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [06:04] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:06] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:07] schestowitz-TR Number of Newly-Vaccinated Brits Reaching a Standstill as COVID-19 Surges Across the Country https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/10/02/number-of-newly-vaccinated-brits-reaching-a-standstill-as-covid-19-surges-across-the-country/ [06:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Number of Newly-Vaccinated Brits Reaching a Standstill as COVID-19 Surges Across the Country [06:13] Techrights-sec ack [06:14] schestowitz-TR i may have mentioned this alrewady [06:14] schestowitz-TR here or to rianne only [06:14] schestowitz-TR the factual bits [06:14] schestowitz-TR friend got the jabs [06:14] schestowitz-TR got covid19 afterwards [06:14] schestowitz-TR took is very hard [06:14] schestowitz-TR former mr. fitness, almost hsopitalised [06:14] schestowitz-TR despite the shots [06:14] schestowitz-TR both cloest friends in manc severe knee issues afetr the shots [06:14] schestowitz-TR knee specialist blames the shots [06:14] Techrights-sec ack [06:14] schestowitz-TR one was on crutches for a long time [06:14] schestowitz-TR the other needed special treatment [06:14] schestowitz-TR and he's a professional runner [06:14] schestowitz-TR in his borough he's the fastest in ALL ages. and he's 50. [06:14] schestowitz-TR the latest (oct 1st) video from john campbell speaks of the very low quality of research on this 3 years later [06:14] schestowitz-TR so many unknown and few answers [06:14] schestowitz-TR *unknowns [06:14] schestowitz-TR in spite of massive budget [06:14] schestowitz-TR it has become like theology [06:15] Techrights-sec One must not speak against the Large Companies [06:15] schestowitz-TR that gets you a "strike" in GulagTube [06:15] schestowitz-TR or suspension from twitter (hi) [06:15] schestowitz-TR like mentioning their patents [06:16] Techrights-sec ... especially their patents [06:17] schestowitz-TR that's where the biggest money is [06:17] schestowitz-TR turning a 50 cent publiy-funded shot into $50 per dose treatment for private profits [06:17] schestowitz-TR with NO END IN SIGHT! [06:42] Techrights-sec It's also a zero-sum game, money siphoned off into the patents prevents [06:42] Techrights-sec funding of better, more effective replacements. [06:54] schestowitz > hello: [06:54] schestowitz > [06:54] schestowitz > i read your latest blog about the total corporate takeover of linux: [06:54] schestowitz > [06:54] schestowitz > http://techrights.org/2022/09/29/video-on-sourceware [06:54] schestowitz > [06:54] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) is Facilitating a Hostile Takeover by Corporations (Privatising Free Software) | Techrights [06:54] schestowitz > this has been going on for a decade or more by lwn.net, linux [06:54] schestowitz > foundation, microsoft, etc. [06:54] schestowitz > [06:54] schestowitz > it's time to take back linux from these corporate paid idiots! lwn.net [06:54] schestowitz > editor corbet is #1! [06:54] schestowitz > [06:54] schestowitz > i've been censored and blocked by him for years for commenting on how [06:54] schestowitz > firefox is spyware! [06:54] schestowitz > [06:54] schestowitz > any comments against the google spy machine have also been censored by [06:55] schestowitz > corbet for years! [06:55] schestowitz > [06:55] schestowitz > it's time for lwn2.net and i'm an expert web developer who can do it! [06:55] schestowitz > [06:55] schestowitz > email back or be left behind! i don't do chat boxes run by dumb millennials! [06:55] schestowitz > [06:55] schestowitz > t. rex [06:55] schestowitz > la, ca, usa [06:55] schestowitz Hi, [06:55] schestowitz What you saw about LWN I heard from other people. [06:55] schestowitz I think LWN used to be miles better, but in recent years it was a filter of news/noise. [06:55] schestowitz Regards, [06:55] schestowitz PS - I don't know who you are, which in itself might be OK, but I don't wish to be associated directly with an incognito either. I can assess based on evidence and facts and pass on what I can verify to readers. [06:55] schestowitz re: lwn.net corbet is #1 enemy of foss! 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[08:06] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [08:06] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@22agg6qj8dxhg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:08] *chunky (~chunky@wa5c3nj9mkua2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:18] schestowitz-TR I think EFF is doing a fine job putting people off the brand [08:18] schestowitz-TR for some few people's benefit [08:20] schestowitz-TR I think EFF is doing a fine job putting people off the brand [08:20] schestowitz-TR for some few people's benefit [08:20] schestowitz-TR lots to be found in today's irc log so far [08:20] schestowitz-TR high s/n ratio [08:20] schestowitz-TR but the thing is, I am trying to think what videos will focus on, checking pointers [08:20] schestowitz-TR rianne is cleaning rsss feeds atm [08:27] Techrights-sec ack [08:36] Techrights-sec Putting people off the brand, off the concept of digital rights is an ambition [08:36] Techrights-sec of the younger crowd there or at least their handlers. [08:36] Techrights-sec Perhaps only the handlers are aware of the goal and the staff unaware they [08:36] Techrights-sec are being used. [08:38] schestowitz-TR i feel bad for people who donated a portion of the salary to eff (cohnPAC) [08:38] schestowitz-TR which now sits on a big mountain of money [08:38] schestowitz-TR partly mark cuban, partly EFF donors [08:39] schestowitz-TR even some Gulag money for lobbying ("intern") [08:39] schestowitz-TR it defeats the purpose [08:39] schestowitz-TR in OSI, only 3% or maybe less by now is supperters' money [08:39] schestowitz-TR I consider them fools [08:39] schestowitz-TR if only they saw the bigger picture [08:39] schestowitz-TR "yo buddies, get a subscription for larabel to watch your intel BROCHURES... WITHOUT ads on the side" ;-) [08:42] Techrights-sec Back when they were doing worthy things, I donated. But that was years ago. [08:42] Techrights-sec They're not so much fools as malicious as far as I can tell. They are [08:42] Techrights-sec intentionally avoiding many of what were there core digital rights topics and [08:42] Techrights-sec priorities. When they do make an effort, they ensure that it is done in a [08:42] Techrights-sec divisive, exclusionary manner such as to render the results quite ineffective [08:42] Techrights-sec or even moot. It's like they aim for a half measure even while knowing that [08:42] Techrights-sec many of these are all-or-nothing. So in choosing half measures, the ensure [08:42] Techrights-sec that a lot of resources are expended to acomplish, in the end, NOTHING. [08:43] Techrights-sec There are occasional positive actions: [08:43] Techrights-sec https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/09/victory-court-unseals-records-showing-patent-trolls-shakedown-efforts [08:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.eff.org | Victory! Court Unseals Records Showing Patent Trolls Shakedown Efforts | Electronic Frontier Foundation [08:44] schestowitz-TR maybe that's what vera, alex, and faniel nazer left as legacy [08:44] schestowitz-TR if they are still there [08:44] schestowitz-TR I think none is there anymore3~ [08:44] schestowitz-TR maybe vera ranieri is [08:44] schestowitz-TR so those who stayed cannot see the forst for the tree [08:45] Techrights-sec However, they seem focused on the individual case(s) and not the bigger [08:45] Techrights-sec long term strategy against software patents themselves. Half-measures designed [08:45] Techrights-sec to waste resources and at the end of the day produce no results. [08:45] Techrights-sec So it's good that they are following that one case, but it's only fruitful [08:45] Techrights-sec if they can fit it in as part of a long term strategy. [08:45] Techrights-sec They don't want to. [08:45] Techrights-sec And their corporate handlers certainly won't remedy that. [08:46] schestowitz-TR yes, but to be fair, it is a longsstanding issue [08:46] schestowitz-TR and 15 years ago techrights explained why "patent busting" one at a time was not the most productive approach [08:46] schestowitz-TR they took mmoney from novell while novell bragged about having the highest (software) patentr per capita ratio [08:55] Techrights-sec ack ● Oct 02 [09:00] schestowitz-TR there is a "Big Dervy" today across the road from us [09:00] schestowitz-TR *Derby [09:00] schestowitz-TR ManCity vs United [09:00] schestowitz-TR probably some police involved with horses to break fights [09:00] schestowitz-TR I think that happened after Dortmond lost here [09:00] schestowitz-TR I saw several polie cars not far from my window and very loud people [09:00] schestowitz-TR I will need to take a nap soon, been up since 9:30pm [09:01] schestowitz-TR finishing off daily links first [09:01] schestowitz-TR been a productive night, irc was high s/n [09:01] schestowitz-TR worth a read [09:10] Techrights-sec checking [09:11] schestowitz-TR going to do a stroll around the stadoiium and a local shop [09:11] schestowitz-TR first daily links [09:11] schestowitz-TR and something else I wanted to say but forgot... [09:11] schestowitz-TR oh, I know, was gonna say ML would likely be a good topic [09:11] schestowitz-TR as I've worked on those things for 20+ years [09:11] schestowitz-TR btw, some people in your opml file have since become msft employees or even "evangelists" [09:13] Techrights-sec The file is large enough that there are certainly sellouts. A couple might [09:13] Techrights-sec be there due to a single post which had not identified them clearly as [09:13] Techrights-sec corrupt / malicious. There are categories within the feed list as well. [09:13] schestowitz-TR it's sitll wayyyyyy better s/n than things I USED to do in weekends [09:13] schestowitz-TR several incarnations of those [09:16] Techrights-sec ack [09:22] schestowitz-TR an analogy that helps us, [09:22] schestowitz-TR a security 'guru' who lacks formal training [09:22] schestowitz-TR is like me claiming to be a GP because I "can learn along the way" and have a phd [09:22] schestowitz-TR how about epo director with british army experience [09:22] schestowitz-TR army..., patents... same thing [09:22] schestowitz-TR from "for queen and country" to "for huawei and microsoft" [09:22] schestowitz-TR bbl ● Oct 02 [10:09] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [10:10] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3wpw8i8zcbs5u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:19] schestowitz-TR found lots of things [10:19] schestowitz-TR lucky morning [10:19] schestowitz-TR turns out they built lots of new decent buildings 300m radius from us [10:19] schestowitz-TR i took an alt route in the sun\ [10:19] schestowitz-TR while it lasts [10:20] Techrights-sec ack [10:23] Techrights-sec Thinking about the "supply chain" noise against FOSS, the real supply chain [10:23] Techrights-sec problems are hardware. Everything was outsourced to the vatrious Chinas, [10:23] Techrights-sec creating more or less a single point of failure. Now the parts to make the parts [10:23] Techrights-sec to make components to make computers are not available. The fault lies rather [10:23] Techrights-sec squarely on those that pushed for outsourcing and dismantled domestic production [10:23] Techrights-sec and manufacturing. So by having the press bleat aspersions against FOSS [10:23] Techrights-sec they distract from their own misdeeds. [10:25] schestowitz-TR they talk about this issue too, but not using the same language [10:25] schestowitz-TR and other contextx [10:25] schestowitz-TR in fact, LF et al like to ignrore those aspects altogether [10:25] schestowitz-TR shilling NSA/Microsoft GitHub ahile at the same time cautioning [10:25] schestowitz-TR about "supply chain" [10:25] schestowitz-TR you know, I reckoned that apple going on about "india" is way to distract from the massive fall in sale, and, [10:25] schestowitz-TR accordingly, production. [10:25] schestowitz-TR that theme overlaps the other and thus people focus on the national aspect rather than economic aspect [10:25] schestowitz-TR but that's just a theory [10:25] schestowitz-TR one story needs to sound "similar enough" to the other [10:25] schestowitz-TR maybe even provide "cover" [10:25] schestowitz-TR like, reduced production, because "we are moving" [10:25] schestowitz-TR imagine if shareholders of Apple realise the TRUT worth of this "brand-as-a-company" [10:25] schestowitz-TR in times when people abandon brands and become practical [10:27] Techrights-sec Yes, Apple sales have been plummeting, but that's not so important for them [10:27] Techrights-sec except for image. People still believe that it is a company which makes things [10:27] Techrights-sec rather than what it really is, which is an investment firm. Sure the used to [10:27] Techrights-sec make things but that's not where the money has been for a long time. Sure the [10:27] Techrights-sec quality was quite good, if one considered the unit as a whole, back in Steve [10:27] Techrights-sec Jobs' day, but he is dead and gone and their products are craptastic spyware [10:27] Techrights-sec and way, way overpriced craptastic spyware at that. [10:27] Techrights-sec Few shareholders care about any aspects of reality. Not at Apple, not at any [10:27] Techrights-sec other company. The share price is what they track, and that is completely [10:27] Techrights-sec divested from the world. LARPers, the lot of them, but with real money. [10:29] schestowitz-TR some unknown "events" will inevitably lead toa chain reactionb and collapse of GAFAM shares i.e. 20% of S&P '500' (where 5 is fictional 'tech'^H^H'defende' [10:29] schestowitz-TR firms) [10:29] Techrights-sec One would think, but then again a proper readjustment has been overdue for about [10:29] Techrights-sec 20 years yet the bubble just continues to inflate. [10:29] Techrights-sec while still very clearly being nothing more than a bubble. [10:32] schestowitz-TR pyramid schemes are like that because they need to keep up with the perceived overall value [10:32] schestowitz-TR btw, for arguments' sake, iirc icbm was worth like 300 milliuon a decade ago [10:32] schestowitz-TR it was actually valued HIGHER than Microsoft [10:32] schestowitz-TR I still remember where I lived at the tikme [10:32] schestowitz-TR and techrights must have mentioned it several times [10:32] schestowitz-TR and IBM was worth more than apple [10:32] schestowitz-TR how the FORK*, during downturn, can a firm be worth trillions? [10:32] schestowitz-TR *billion, not 300 million [10:34] Techrights-sec Yes, a pyramid scheme is what it most closely resembles. [10:34] Techrights-sec The definition of "worth" is a major factor in that assessment. [10:35] schestowitz-TR the reason the scheme cannot AAFFORD even the mere perception of deflation is, [10:35] schestowitz-TR like with stadia [10:35] schestowitz-TR it's cheicken and egg... with both developers and customers [10:35] schestowitz-TR if it's seen to be a dead end, it then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy [10:35] schestowitz-TR banks don't let you wiuthdraw 'your' money [10:35] schestowitz-TR theory about run on the bank [10:38] schestowitz-TR banks with the central banksa minting (printing) are a lot like other pyramid schemes [10:38] schestowitz-TR except [10:38] schestowitz-TR 1) tougher regulations (better than none at all) [10:38] schestowitz-TR 2) full gov. support, globally [10:38] schestowitz-TR but it is still a system of connections and nepotism [10:38] schestowitz-TR like WIPO-"approved" 'IP' ● Oct 02 [11:11] schestowitz-TR your latest opml (and by extension mine) includes analystics india mag, which is a longstanding [11:11] schestowitz-TR microsoft booster that hispoorically had a hostile site [11:11] schestowitz-TR technically and content-wise [11:11] schestowitz-TR loook at the past week's headline, it still looks like they're run by low-grade [11:11] schestowitz-TR bullshit artists [11:11] schestowitz-TR with"quantum", openwashing, appeal to monopoly,spying, "hey hi"... [11:11] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.14 [SeaMonkey 2.53.14/20221001165941]) [11:12] schestowitz-TR rule of thumb: linking to good article in shit site sends traffic/googlejuice to the shit ;-) [11:15] Techrights-sec Yes, that is generally to be avoided but ... [11:16] schestowitz-TR it is less tempting to link to the "good" stuff if it's not even visible ^_^ ;-) [11:16] schestowitz-TR the www is a big place [11:18] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@nej6snvuymu3c.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:20] Techrights-sec The WWW seems orders of magnitude smaller now than a few years ago, and not [11:20] Techrights-sec in a good way. There are so few decent articles or even blog posts any more. [11:20] Techrights-sec Heck there aren't even that many articles overall, not to even mention ones [11:20] Techrights-sec that are worth discussing or even reading. [11:20] schestowitz-TR no, very few articles on tech from tech-dedicated sites [11:20] schestowitz-TR those that exist are webspam/sponsored shit like "review" for the sponsor, which makes the 'reviewed' product [11:20] schestowitz-TR it has gottten this bad [11:20] Techrights-sec Yes mostly either formally sponsored or lower key say-for-pay crap like [11:20] Techrights-sec what sjvn has become, and the others before him who have since disappeared [11:20] Techrights-sec due to thereby becoming irrelevant. [11:20] schestowitz-TR some left with dignity on a higher note [11:20] schestowitz-TR bbl ● Oct 02 [12:01] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:01] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:02] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [12:11] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-vjf.peq.k31cok.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [12:11] *rianne (~rianne@ngvjyiryrrbba.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:12] *liberty_box (~liberty@ngvjyiryrrbba.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:31] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [12:54] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell ● Oct 02 [13:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell ● Oct 02 [14:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:41] schestowitz-TR $2M per year could fund a lot of kernel development including refactoring [14:41] schestowitz-TR or a lot of license enforcement / corporate orientation or both. [14:42] Techrights-sec $2M per year could fund a lot of kernel development including refactoring [14:42] Techrights-sec or a lot of license enforcement / corporate orientation or both. [14:46] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Oct 02 [16:39] schestowitz-TR london town hall: outsourced to amazon [16:39] schestowitz-TR access model yesterday: access aws machine, then everyone uses a private key locally stored on the share account ^_^ [16:39] schestowitz-TR now (fixed): two hopes with users'/ individual private keys [16:40] schestowitz-TR this is a world leading municipality [16:40] schestowitz-TR and they moved from decent tech to shit and smart staff to clowns [16:40] Techrights-sec ack [16:40] schestowitz-TR /s/hopes/hops/ [16:40] schestowitz-TR yesterday the gateway was down entirely LOL [16:40] schestowitz-TR caused the clown is so so so reliable [16:40] schestowitz-TR (not our choice, theirs) [16:40] schestowitz-TR *cause [16:40] schestowitz-TR of course I always oppose when someone says AWS or Gulag [16:40] schestowitz-TR but clowns get ahead [16:40] schestowitz-TR one colleague says, "Google is your friend" [16:40] schestowitz-TR Rianne and i always laugh at that [16:40] schestowitz-TR imagine if someone at chile said, "CIA is your friend" [16:40] schestowitz-TR or a Nord says, "CCP is your friend" [16:41] schestowitz-TR when I say "HIRE THIS MAN!!!" [16:41] schestowitz-TR It's a pop culture reference [16:41] schestowitz-TR when you hire someone incompetence as rewards for stupid things [16:41] schestowitz-TR *incomptent ● Oct 02 [19:19] schestowitz-TR "I personally think the admin UI of WordPress is stuck firmly in 2004. It can also be slow and clunky to navigate around. Then theres hosting. Its not difficult to host a WordPress site, but Id rather not have to put up with it." https://kevquirk.com/my-blogging-utopia/ [19:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-kevquirk.com | My Blogging Utopia - Kev Quirk [19:20] schestowitz-TR had it stayed stuck in 2004 [19:20] schestowitz-TR when I installed it on several sites [19:20] schestowitz-TR it would likely be even better [19:20] schestowitz-TR but there's this 'syndrome' where people want to keep busy so they add more and more and more [19:20] schestowitz-TR when is it "enough"? [19:31] Techrights-sec ack [19:32] schestowitz-TR blogging platforms are the new "format-shifting" turf [19:32] schestowitz-TR unlike paper, software "tech" changes fast and is more complex [19:32] schestowitz-TR tim bray wrote about paper form high-quality mags [19:33] schestowitz-TR i can't call it [topic] because there's reeally not enough to say [19:33] schestowitz-TR I said it just now because of ruben's blog post about archiving what one cares about ● Oct 02 [21:07] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [21:16] schestowitz-TR Almost 3 Years After Breakout, 208,000 British Deaths Linked to COVID-19 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/10/02/208000-british-death/ [21:16] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Almost 3 Years After Breakout, 208,000 British Deaths Linked to COVID-19 ● Oct 02 [22:29] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@mbabvaq6mnkn4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:53] *starstreak has quit (connection closed) [22:53] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Oct 02 [23:40] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.14 [SeaMonkey 2.53.14/20221001165941]) [23:43] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@6vjj4ykdcjqgc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [23:53] *starstreak has quit (connection closed) [23:54] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell