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| schestowitz | > Apropos, http://techrights.org/2021/03/27/dangerous-ideas-of-rms/ | Apr 03 01:07 |
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| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 01:07 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | “The Freedom to Control Your Own Computer” (Updated) | Techrights | Apr 03 01:07 | |
| schestowitz | > Can the following please be added to the post containing the link to RMS | Apr 03 01:07 |
| schestowitz | > video? Video is hard to read in Gemini | Apr 03 01:07 |
| schestowitz | I suppose you saw someone in IRC requesting that :-) | Apr 03 01:07 |
| schestowitz | I've edited the post to add the mildly corrected text (found some typos) and moreover resposted it anew again, seeing that Varghese, ZDNet Poodle and Fedora (IBM) are again putting up the head on FSF. | Apr 03 01:07 |
| schestowitz | > I updated the page with this | Apr 03 01:14 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 01:14 |
| schestowitz | > Useful picture, puts Paul Tagliamonte in the Pentagon next the | Apr 03 01:14 |
| schestowitz | > Rebellion's co-founder | Apr 03 01:14 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 01:14 |
| schestowitz | > https://media.defense.gov/2017/May/08/2001743535/-1/-1/1/AFD-170508-064-014.PDF | Apr 03 01:14 |
| schestowitz | I can see him clearly in page 9 grinning like a (useful) idiot. | Apr 03 01:14 |
| schestowitz | "the so-called smart devices are made for people dumb enough to regard them as smart" https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20266300#515ecaf06582013901d100505681eeb8 | Apr 03 01:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The so-called 'speakers' that are actually MICROPHONES for #eavesdropping on you (police, state, corporations)... now wants your heartbeats too. Only dumb people would buy these. https://www.iottechtrends.com/smart-speakers-heart-monitoring/ | Apr 03 01:25 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.iottechtrends.com | Smart Speakers Could Add Heart Monitoring - IoT Tech Trends | Apr 03 01:25 | |
| schestowitz | oh, my, that wasn’t supposed to have been published yet :-( | Apr 03 01:26 |
| schestowitz | looks like I missed the tags that would keep the visibility of the draft limited. oh well… | Apr 03 01:26 |
| schestowitz | thanks for spreading the word, I guess. the URL will change, but I’ll put a redirect in place | Apr 03 01:26 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20312100#c34b8dd069d1013901d500505681eeb8 | Apr 03 01:26 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Alexandre Oliva: The WWWorst #AppStore • 𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/alexandre-oliva-on-webapps/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/17/alexandre-oliva-on-webapps/ | Apr 03 01:26 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Alexandre Oliva: The WWWorst App Store | Techrights | Apr 03 01:26 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20268786#25a1a130657f013901cb00505681eeb8 | Apr 03 01:26 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: True story: I struggle to type "Cloud". When I try to type it fast it always ends up as "CLOWN" (keeps happening, even y accident). Because of #clownComputing | Apr 03 01:26 | |
| schestowitz | "mussel memory ;-)" | Apr 03 01:26 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20224312#26e7bc80604b013901c700505681eeb8 | Apr 03 01:27 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Torvalds warns the world: Don’t use the Linux 5.12-rc1 kernel http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148441#comment-28528 #kernel #linux | Apr 03 01:27 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | A warning about 5.12-rc1 | Tux Machines | Apr 03 01:27 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 01:27 |
| schestowitz | linus finally started the -dontuse series | Apr 03 01:27 |
| schestowitz | alas, it’s not because of the proprietary blobs that remain in it | Apr 03 01:27 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 01:27 |
| schestowitz | based on montastic alerts, tuxmachines suffered issues for 30-40 minutes after we left, but then the attacks sort of lost momentum and it was fine from then onwards | Apr 03 01:30 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/TheDailyLama__/status/1378131145955545088 | Apr 03 04:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@TheDailyLama__: Does this look like something that should be in charge of vaccines or blocking the sun!!?? https://t.co/iJDsZwpoOB | Apr 03 04:20 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Bill Gates Deposition - Techrights | Apr 03 04:20 | |
| schestowitz | <li> | Apr 03 04:24 |
| schestowitz | <h5><a href="https://www.cyberciti.biz/interview/interview-with-abhinav-upadhyay-netbsd-contributor-and-machine-learning-software-developer/">Interview with Abhinav Upadhyay, NetBSD contributor and machine learning software developer</a></h5> | Apr 03 04:24 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cyberciti.biz | Interview with Abhinav Upadhyay, NetBSD and FOSS developer - nixCraft | Apr 03 04:24 | |
| schestowitz | <blockquote> | Apr 03 04:24 |
| schestowitz | <p>I started using open source software such as Linux, Firefox, GCC etc from my undergrad days. I did not know much about open source but I started reading about them and understood how they are developed. The most amazing thing for me was that all the code was available in open and that I could change it. The fact that I could contribute a change in these projects I was using and that there was potential of my | Apr 03 04:24 |
| schestowitz | code being used by millions of users was very exciting. This was the biggest motivating factor for me for being part of the open source community. Apart from that there was a side-effect of an immense learning experience by being in the company of some of the smartest hackers in the world.</p></blockquote></li> | Apr 03 04:24 |
| schestowitz | I have been having some difficulties with the traffic shaper, seeing that it mostly obstructs ipfs, whereas it works fine for ssh, gemini etc. I found that using prior versions of the traffic shaper opens up ipfs again, from the SBC, but the connection is still being hoarded with those versions and SSH gets capped | Apr 03 04:39 |
| Techrights-sec2 | usually when I check the montastic alerts, they seem to have been false alarms | Apr 03 08:26 |
| Techrights-sec2 | I can take a look a the traffic shaping. What changes are needed? | Apr 03 09:17 |
| Techrights-sec2 | Since the shaper runs only on the RPi, it cannot take into account | Apr 03 09:17 |
| Techrights-sec2 | traffic on other devices on the LAN. So the cap is set at 800kbit | Apr 03 09:17 |
| Techrights-sec2 | for the RPi while tc is enabled. | Apr 03 09:17 |
| Techrights-sec2 | If the router is running OpenWET or something equally flexible that would be the palce to put shaping into effect for the whol | Apr 03 09:17 |
| Techrights-sec2 | e LAN. | Apr 03 09:17 |
| Techrights-sec2 | Should the RPi be allotted more than 800kb/s on the LAN? | Apr 03 09:17 |
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| schestowitz | not sure when that started, but maybe a week ago after a pi reboot even after running traffic shaper v2 it's hard for any nodes to reach and pick up the CIDs | Apr 03 11:33 |
| Techrights-sec2 | is it too throttled? | Apr 03 11:34 |
| Techrights-sec2 | I'm not knowledgable about IPFS | Apr 03 11:34 |
| schestowitz | it's very hard to diagnose, but I spent hours... tried older versions of tc scripts and then it took up traffic sharply... CIDs became available... but doesn't work as well today | Apr 03 11:35 |
| Techrights-sec2 | How much LAN bandwidth should the RPi be allowed? Right now it is at 800kbps | Apr 03 11:36 |
| schestowitz | I think we reach 1000Mbit/sec, mostly downstream | Apr 03 11:36 |
| Techrights-sec2 | We can only throttle outgoing, incoming is much harder to affect. | Apr 03 11:37 |
| schestowitz | sudo diff ./tc-shaper-v3.sh ./tc-shaper-v2.sh | Apr 03 11:42 |
| schestowitz | 35,36c35,36 | Apr 03 11:42 |
| schestowitz | < tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:40 htb rate 750kbit \ | Apr 03 11:42 |
| schestowitz | < ceil 1200kbit prio 4 | Apr 03 11:42 |
| schestowitz | --- | Apr 03 11:42 |
| schestowitz | > tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:40 htb rate 250kbit \ | Apr 03 11:42 |
| schestowitz | > ceil 550kbit prio 4 | Apr 03 11:42 |
| schestowitz | I've run v3 and still it cannot reach from prominent gateways (www)... yesterday's CIDs | Apr 03 11:42 |
| Techrights-sec2 | tc-shaper-03.sh includes some tweaks, but mostly for SSH bulk vs interactive | Apr 03 11:47 |
| schestowitz | I've just copied it, run it, now testing it | Apr 03 11:47 |
| schestowitz | it seems to have caused issues in almora when accessing large pages (timeouts0 | Apr 03 11:49 |
| Techrights-sec2 | amphora? | Apr 03 11:52 |
| schestowitz | Yes, no idea why I typed that, was on phone though | Apr 03 11:52 |
| Techrights-sec2 | how about now? | Apr 03 11:53 |
| Techrights-sec2 | np | Apr 03 11:53 |
| Techrights-sec2 | what is the max bandwidth for incoming traffic? | Apr 03 11:53 |
| Techrights-sec2 | (for the RPi) | Apr 03 11:53 |
| schestowitz | it can do about 10MBit sec, IIRC, not too sure though | Apr 03 11:54 |
| schestowitz | I am not even too sure how ipfs works, which made it harder for me to understand why it struggles so badly lately to fetch a requested CID, I tried two mainstream web proxies | Apr 03 11:55 |
| Techrights-sec2 | ok, I've increased the imcoming limit but that may need to be softened | Apr 03 11:56 |
| schestowitz | I've fetched it again, run it, testing now | Apr 03 11:57 |
| Techrights-sec2 | I have no clue about IPFS myself. It is still on my list of things to do. | Apr 03 11:57 |
| schestowitz | gemini feels a bit slower, but responsive enough and no timeouts.... checking ipfs next (rianne is doing voip at this moment, so i will know if that gets disrupted) | Apr 03 11:59 |
| schestowitz | https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmV4LBAWdhG1ugbbWXhjfzzngGHB511BBnbsVq9RzH2t6k https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmfFigghnvEecNPLGZaeo2twwvUjGczbYNXBAy6qBZBm4n those will time out at your end too, I suppose, they're not CIDs | Apr 03 12:01 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 524 @ https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmV4LBAWdhG1ugbbWXhjfzzngGHB511BBnbsVq9RzH2t6k ) | Apr 03 12:03 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipfs.io | IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Friday, April 02, 2021 | Apr 03 12:04 | |
| Techrights-sec2 | 429 Too Many Requests | Apr 03 12:06 |
| Techrights-sec2 | it is these lines which matter most regarding performance: | Apr 03 12:06 |
| Techrights-sec2 | tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:10 htb rate 600kbit ceil 1mbit prio 1 | Apr 03 12:06 |
| Techrights-sec2 | tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:20 htb rate 600kbit ceil 1mbit prio 2 | Apr 03 12:06 |
| Techrights-sec2 | tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:30 htb rate 100kbit ceil 1mbit prio 3 | Apr 03 12:06 |
| Techrights-sec2 | tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:40 htb rate 600kbit ceil 1mbit prio 4 | Apr 03 12:06 |
| Techrights-sec2 | tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:50 htb rate 790kbit prio 5 | Apr 03 12:06 |
| Techrights-sec2 | then the overall traffic is capped in this line: | Apr 03 12:07 |
| Techrights-sec2 | tc qdisc add dev $if root cake bandwidth 800kbit ack-filter | Apr 03 12:07 |
| schestowitz | I am starting to have better success now with ipfs | Apr 03 12:13 |
| schestowitz | gemini will be tested now | Apr 03 12:13 |
| schestowitz | rianne on RT VOIP | Apr 03 12:13 |
| Techrights-sec2 | ack | Apr 03 12:17 |
| schestowitz | OK, I am very happy with how things are now! I think you've cracked it! Anyway, for the coming few nights I will manually test CIDs to make sure they're not just listed in the index but are also possible to retrieve. I made profound but barely visible to the front page of Techrights and the IPFS index pages (didn't mention that in the site; not worth a mention) | Apr 03 12:18 |
| schestowitz | e.g. http://techrights.org/ipfs/techbytes.html and http://techrights.org/ | Apr 03 12:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Techrights Full IPFS Index | Apr 03 12:19 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Welcome to Techrights | Apr 03 12:19 | |
| schestowitz | gist: quote at top, latest changes of wiki at bottom, abbr "?" additions to explain jargon, few more minor tweaks in front page; for ipfs the changes are more visible | Apr 03 12:21 |
| schestowitz | todo: look into IRC 'voicebots' to help give voice to trusted people without as much manual intervention | Apr 03 12:23 |
| schestowitz | MinceR: thoughts? | Apr 03 12:24 |
| schestowitz | ^ | Apr 03 12:24 |
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| schestowitz | https://github.com/shtanton/gmi2html\ | Apr 03 14:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://github.com/shtanton/gmi2html\ ) | Apr 03 14:20 | |
| schestowitz | https://github.com/shtanton/gmi2html | Apr 03 14:20 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-github.com | GitHub - shtanton/gmi2html: Translate text/gemini into HTML | Apr 03 14:20 | |
| MinceR | schestowitz: ChanServ can do it, as long as those users are identified | Apr 03 16:17 |
| MinceR | flag +v gives access to voice/devoice commands, +V gives autovoice | Apr 03 16:18 |
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| schestowitz | MinceR: I didn't know... | Apr 03 18:02 |
| schestowitz | EPO wiki | Apr 03 18:03 |
| schestowitz | today 1 3 | Apr 03 18:03 |
| schestowitz | cleam rss | Apr 03 18:03 |
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| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxgr/comments/mhu6xa/h_microsoft_σταματάει_το_petition_ενάντια_στον/ | Apr 03 18:04 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | H Microsoft σταματάει το petition ενάντια στον Stallman σαν Hate Speak και cyberbulling : linuxgr | Apr 03 18:04 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/MozillaInAction/comments/mi49hc/rms_finally_defendedby_microsoft/ | Apr 03 18:04 |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/mi48pk/rms_is_finally_defended_by_microsoft/ | Apr 03 18:04 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | RMS finally defended...By Microsoft : MozillaInAction | Apr 03 18:04 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | RMS is finally defended... by Microsoft : StallmanWasRight | Apr 03 18:04 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxgr/comments/mhu6xa/h_microsoft_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%B5%CE%B9_%CF%84%CE%BF_petition_%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD/ | Apr 03 18:04 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | H Microsoft σταματάει το petition ενάντια στον Stallman σαν Hate Speak και cyberbulling : linuxgr | Apr 03 18:04 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/mi48pk/rms_is_finally_defended_by_microsoft/ | Apr 03 18:06 |
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| schestowitz | Microsoft is an odd company when it comes to these matters. | Apr 03 18:07 |
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| schestowitz | noooit | Apr 03 18:07 |
| schestowitz | 1 day ago | Apr 03 18:07 |
| schestowitz | It would be nice if github gave some badge to users who petitioned for this so that I know if I'm talking with cyber bullies. | Apr 03 18:07 |
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| schestowitz | I was hopeful for a second there... | Apr 03 18:07 |
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| schestowitz | This is an April fool's joke, lol. Look at the categories... | Apr 03 18:07 |
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| schestowitz | In the post just above this one a commenter was making accusations that Microsoft is using the GNOME Foundation as a catspaw to attack RMS. But then this... | Apr 03 18:07 |
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| schestowitz | Well.. this is unexpected. Good for them if this was their choice and not forced by some sort of legal situation. | Apr 03 18:07 |
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| schestowitz | lordxerxes | Apr 03 18:07 |
| schestowitz | 1 day ago | Apr 03 18:07 |
| schestowitz | It's an April fool's joke. | Apr 03 18:07 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 18:08 |
| schestowitz | LOL | Apr 03 18:08 |
| schestowitz | some people fell for it!! | Apr 03 18:08 |
| *ChanServ gives channel operator status to schestowitz | Apr 03 20:45 | |
| schestowitz | Re: So a bunch of white nationalists at Microsoft started trashing me internally.. | Apr 03 21:54 |
| schestowitz | > My Response (still editing): | Apr 03 21:54 |
| schestowitz | That's a really awesome article. Could not find typos. | Apr 03 21:54 |
| schestowitz | Let me know if we can repost it when ready. | Apr 03 21:54 |
| schestowitz | Regarding personal attacks, one day I'll tell you some amazing stories. Microsoft is a dangerous cult. | Apr 03 21:54 |
| schestowitz | Re: Submission of articles on techrights | Apr 03 22:07 |
| schestowitz | > Dear Roy, | Apr 03 22:07 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 22:07 |
| schestowitz | > I would like articles on techrights. I am a professional published | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > investigative journalist, please look at my credentials below. | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > https://www.corrieredimalta.com/coronavirus/la-diffusione-del-covid-19-a-malta-evento-b/ | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 22:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.corrieredimalta.com | La diffusione del Covid-19 a Malta: evento B | Corriere di Malta | Apr 03 22:08 | |
| schestowitz | > https://theshiftnews.com/2019/03/01/university-of-malta-building-fails-to-comply-with-safety-standards/ | Apr 03 22:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-theshiftnews.com | ‘University of Malta building fails to comply with safety standards’ | Apr 03 22:08 | |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > https://theshiftnews.com/2018/05/09/the-return-to-infantilism/ | Apr 03 22:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-theshiftnews.com | The return to infantilism | Apr 03 22:08 | |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > https://www.islesoftheleft.org/digital-rights-and-blockchain/ | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > Regards | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | Hi, | Apr 03 22:08 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.islesoftheleft.org | Digital Rights and Blockchain | Apr 03 22:08 | |
| schestowitz | Sorry for the late reply. I've not checked e-mail much lately. | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | We're always interested investigative journalism. What topic do you have in mind? | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | Regards, | Apr 03 22:08 |
| schestowitz | > Their little incels called me out on an internal board earlier this week. Figured I’d give them some attention. Will reach out again when it’s live and you’re welcome to repost. | Apr 03 23:06 |
| schestowitz | Thank you and keep up the good work. | Apr 03 23:06 |
| schestowitz | The worst that can happen is, they ignore you. It means you're not effective. | Apr 03 23:06 |
| schestowitz | "First they laughed at you..." | Apr 03 23:06 |
| schestowitz | BTW, seems like Microsoft had another go bribing people around me (3rd time in a few years). They're hardly even subtle any longer... | Apr 03 23:06 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20423038#ea5848f074fc0139ead532a01d0dfba2 | Apr 03 23:09 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:09 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Emergency Updates about the direction of #Mageia • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149488 | Apr 03 23:09 | |
| schestowitz | Thank you. | Apr 03 23:09 |
| schestowitz | It was something we were waiting since ages (mainly all the stuff about the MCC that is sadly too user friendly). | Apr 03 23:09 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:09 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Emergency Updates about the direction of Mageia | Tux Machines | Apr 03 23:09 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20423024#5a8f1060752e013980307085c2fdcc0b | Apr 03 23:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: #MXLinux vs. Ubuntu • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149484 | Apr 03 23:10 | |
| schestowitz | "You can run MX without systemd, and it doesn’t “phone home”." | Apr 03 23:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | MX Linux vs. Ubuntu | Tux Machines | Apr 03 23:10 | |
| schestowitz | Sounds good | Apr 03 23:10 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20437468#cbc2c240769e01391061268acd52edbf | Apr 03 23:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Free software becomes a standard in Dortmund, Germany http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149444#comment-28996 | Apr 03 23:10 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Dortmund relies on Free Software – This paves the way for Public Money? Public Code! | Tux Machines | Apr 03 23:10 | |
| schestowitz | " https://blog.do-foss.de/beitrag/freie-software-ist-von-jetzt-an-standard-in-dortmund/ " | Apr 03 23:10 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.do-foss.de | Freie Software ist von jetzt an Standard in Dortmund! - Do-FOSS | Apr 03 23:10 | |
| schestowitz | 'Our opponent’s true target is not Richard Stallman; their real aim is to destroy the FSF by thoroughly infiltrating it (like they already have with organisations like the OSI and Linux Foundation)." https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20444415#0c86264076f701395de908002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:12 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@tomgrzyb@diasporapod.no reshared: Over a dozen translations of the article in support of RMS http://techrights.org/2021/03/31/leah-rowe-defend-rms/ | Apr 03 23:12 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Defend Richard Stallman! | Techrights | Apr 03 23:12 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20340567#48e8ab9076f401395de908002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:14 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "RMS back on the board of directors of the FSF... awaiting his reelection as President" - #techrights IRC based on #libreplanet live stream. This is great news. | Apr 03 23:14 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:14 |
| schestowitz | It is indeed looking much better. I note that there is no free membership anymore - which may be intended to provide independence from corporate donations, but will also drive membership numbers (and loyalty) down. Maybe they can define some sort of “associate”? | Apr 03 23:14 |
| schestowitz | Alexandre Oliva | Apr 03 23:14 |
| schestowitz | Alexandre Oliva - about 12 hours ago | Apr 03 23:14 |
| schestowitz | what do you mean by “anymore”, Tom? was there ever? I don’t know much about its associate membership, but I don’t recall any discussion about changes to that. not that I’d necessarily be involved at this point… | Apr 03 23:14 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:14 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - about 6 hours ago | Apr 03 23:14 |
| schestowitz | I was a “free” member - I guess I may have joined as a student. I don’t remember paying a membership fee to join. Perhaps I forgot. | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - about 6 hours ago | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | In any case, if the FSF wants to radically increase their membership roles, they should provide a free membership option, and advertise it. They will indeed obtain many more members. On the whole they may not be quite as “dedicated” as paying members, but the FSF would accomplish two things: First and foremost it would encourage interested people to get more involved. And second, it would give the organization more political | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | clout - having more members. Also, it might even make fund-raising more effective in the long-run, especially for specific causes. We need more causes! | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - about 6 hours ago | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | The Green/Rainbow Party in Massachusetts had this very discussion. We absolutely need paying members, so that we remain independent from “sponsors”, but we also need all the members we can possibly attract. | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Alexandre Oliva | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Alexandre Oliva - about 6 hours ago | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | I can see how feeless membership can makes sense for a political party; it’s not clear to me that the rationale carries over to other political organizations | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - about 6 hours ago | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | It’s appropriate for grassroots activist organizations. | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Alexandre Oliva | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Alexandre Oliva - about 5 hours ago | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | I could take your word for it, but with an unsupported statement like that, I wouldn’t be able to argue why that’s the case if I had to, and I might even be easily convinced of the opposite if given a good reason ;-) | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 26 minutes ago | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | Well, once an organization is limited to paying members, it starts to more resemble a “club”, like a sporting club - the membership is inherently restricted to those who are both highy interested and have discretionary income. For a “movement”, you want to attract people, people who are not already highly committed. Also, and just as important, a movement, a popular movement, should strive to represent the widest slice of | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | the relevant population as possible, which again would include people who are not actually committed, or may not know enough to be highly committed. Many users (non-code-contributors) might fall into this category. | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | I don't think there was EVER a free membership. We'll donate when we can anyway, not that we earn much. | Apr 03 23:15 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20444240#be0bfd3076f701395de708002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:16 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "Based on years of conversations, I am convinced that part of the cause of the problem is the tendency to call the system Linux rather than GNU, and describe it as open source rather than free software." - Richard Stallman | Apr 03 23:16 | |
| schestowitz | "RMS is partly right. A big part of the problem with Free Software as a movement is that it has become overly focused on the Linux ecosystem. I think they need to reexplore the old goal of “portability”, and leave Linux to its own fate. The Linux kernel can take care of itself." | Apr 03 23:16 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | got it, thanks. | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | I sense a conflation of two separate entities in the way you describe it: the foundation that campaigns for software freedom for all users, supports the GNU project, and the larger free software movement that the foundation is part of. | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | there is no fee for someone to become a member of the movement, all it takes is the resolve to participate, and every little piece of effort, even saying no to nonfree software just once, helps the movement | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | associate membership in the fsf, OTOH, is a much stronger commitment to the foundation, and it’s primarily a means to support it financially, so as to disperse its source of income to many individuals interested in the cause, and enable it to carry out its mission, without depending on any potentially corrupting influences. | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | I suppose there is room for a feeless membership, and it might actually get to be quite popular in locations where the relative value of USD10 is a lot higher than in the US. it might add further confusion to the already confusing distinction between voting member, associate member, and this other kind of member. perhaps it would make sense to turn the subscription to the free software supporter newsletter into such a feeless kind | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | of relationship | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20444224#f577d0a076f701395de708002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:17 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "'Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'." - Richard Stallman | Apr 03 23:17 | |
| schestowitz | "Classic!" | Apr 03 23:17 |
| schestowitz | gotta correct that headline | Apr 03 23:19 |
| schestowitz | it’s not a lie. if it was a single lie, it would be easy to dispel. | Apr 03 23:19 |
| schestowitz | it’s rather multiple lies, some laid on top of others. | Apr 03 23:19 |
| schestowitz | when you disprove one, the gullible keep on taking the others for granted. | Apr 03 23:19 |
| schestowitz | when you disprove another, they still believe another lie underneath. | Apr 03 23:19 |
| schestowitz | when you disprove yet another, they claim it doesn’t prove anything about all the others that they believed in without proof | Apr 03 23:19 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20443587#d557393076e3013901eb00505681eeb8 | Apr 03 23:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: 5,319+ have signed in support of the FSF‘s decision to reinstate #RMS (inside the Board, still), showing great durability and perseverance at the #FSF http://techrights.org/2021/04/03/fsf-strong/ | Apr 03 23:19 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | It’s Hard to Remove a Man Based on a Lie | Techrights | Apr 03 23:19 | |
| schestowitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop | Apr 03 23:19 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Gish gallop - Wikipedia | Apr 03 23:19 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20442823#095bafd076d2013901e900505681eeb8 | Apr 03 23:21 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #GNUParallel can do anything, but is too complicated to be useful • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149582 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines | Apr 03 23:21 | |
| schestowitz | "interesting… my experience is that it just works, and it can do a lot that xargs can’t. not hard to use at all, quite the opposite. now, there may be an argument to be made that not everything it can do is easy to accomplish, but between that and claiming it’s not useful there’s quite a stretch" | Apr 03 23:21 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | GNU Parallel can do anything, but is too complicated to be useful | Tux Machines | Apr 03 23:21 | |
| schestowitz | Maybe contact the author to tell him? He's technical... | Apr 03 23:21 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20443065#8132e29076d0013901e900505681eeb8 | Apr 03 23:22 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Geoffrey Knauth is back to the FSS Board, no longer President https://www.fsf.org/about/staff-and-board/ | Apr 03 23:22 | |
| schestowitz | "?!?" | Apr 03 23:22 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.fsf.org | Staff and Board — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software | Apr 03 23:22 | |
| schestowitz | Sorry, I misread that, they just moved his entry photo to the bottom part | Apr 03 23:22 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20393214#f1903150722b01397fa67085c2fdcc0b | Apr 03 23:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Get Ready for Richard M. Stallman to Become #FSF President Again (for Continuity of the FSF’s Mission) • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/03/28/rms-return/ •●• #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/28/rms-return/ | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/03/28/#latest | Apr 03 23:25 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Get Ready for Richard M. Stallman to Become FSF President Again (for Continuity of the FSF’s Mission) | Techrights | Apr 03 23:25 | |
| schestowitz | Get ready for the FSF to not exist anymore: https://www.zdnet.com/article/return-of-stallman-to-fsf-sparks-outrage-among-open-source-and-free-software-leaders/ | Apr 03 23:25 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> schestowitz.com | Social Control Media Posts | Apr 03 23:25 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.zdnet.com | Return of Stallman to FSF sparks outrage among open-source and free software leaders | ZDNet | Apr 03 23:25 | |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | These false-moral people discredit themselves. | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Kat Walsh should resign. She can find another job. | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Yes, there are still loyal RMS fans, but that’s exactly what they are – fans, not the movers and shakers of today’s free software and open-source world. | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | This is precisely wrong. The Free Software Movement is aligned with RMS. The “movers and shakers” are corporations, and their minions, and have nothing to do with Free Software as a movement. | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Read the linked article, "What all this adds up to, from where I sit, is potentially the end of the FSF. For years, it’s become less and less relevant. In no small part that was because RMS refused to learn how to work and play well with others. Yes, he had great ideas, but he also alienated many would-be supporters along the way, including many people who had worked directly with him. RMS’s day as a relevant free software | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | leader is long over. If the FSF doesn’t change course immediately, its days may be numbered as well. " | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Again this is BS. There is a serious and basic misunderstanding about what Free Software is. Free Software is a movement, and is not dependent upon the FSF, or any set of foundations as such. If the FSF does not adequately support the movement, then it is irrelevant. | Apr 03 23:25 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | If I had time, I would write something about this… | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Free Software is a movement, and is not dependent upon the FSF, or any set of foundations as such. If the FSF does not adequately support the movement, then it is irrelevant. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | I totally agree with you and so does the writer of that article, in fact that is just what he was saying there in that quote. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Funny, I don’t read it that way. RMS has always been an icon and beacon for us in the field (though we did not have to work with him directly.) | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | And if the FSF was to “change course”, it would necessarily have to become more activist, since the direction has been conservative. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | If you read that article in detail it covers the issues well enough, it has became clear that RMS has become a bad example in the free software world and many people just will not work with him anymore. Sure, he did some good work in the early days, but in recent decades he has been more destructive than helpful to free software and the movement has moved on without him, rejecting his attacks on women especially. As noted, if the | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | FSF is going to leave him on their board then their funding will dry up, board members and staff leave. It is already happening. As you can see there, most people have had enough. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | it has became clear that RMS has become a bad example | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | According to the article. I see this as untrue. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | RMS is indeed under attack, and this article is a fine example of that. We need to defend RMS and advance his cause - the one that he personally most inspired. Many of the things said about him are simply not true. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Well having met him in person and had a lengthy conversation, heard what a very large number of credible people have had to say, plus seen his attacks on everyone from Linus Torvalds to Mark Shuttleworth, women devs and projects from Ubuntu to Debian, I have seen the damage he has done. The FSF seems to have decided they want him back and that means that people will have to choose sides. Many organizations, like Red Hat, have | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | already pulled funding from the FSF over this. I guess we will see how this shakes out in a year or two, whether the FSF still exists or not and, if it does, whether it has any relevancy. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Also, this cannot be ignored or swept under the rug. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | RedHat has done incredible damage to the Free Software movement. When RMS has a critique, he is almost always correct. Of course they do not like that. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | What actually took place can be argued. | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:26 |
| schestowitz | I believe (without evidence I admit) Selam G. is an operative for another interest - other than Free Software. I don’t know who she works for. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Daniel | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Daniel - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | @Adam Hunt People that are leading the campaign against RMS are emplyoed or are related with GAFAM, that is my personal bias. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | If you watch the big picture it looks like a giant farce with the only intention to wipe out the free software culture, with the complicity of the current FSF board. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Why I said that? Because several centuries of Saint Inquisition just taught that is more efficient attacking before the person and later his/her ideas. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | For me this was enough I am preparing to move away from the Linux whole ecosystem once and for ever… | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Yeah okay we got you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing#Failure_or_refusal_to_"get_the_point" | Apr 03 23:27 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia:Disruptive editing - Wikipedia | Apr 03 23:27 | |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | perceptions are in the eyes of the beholder. Why no one is defending Stallman’s struggles with his own limitations is beyond me. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | People that are leading the campaign against RMS are emplyoed or are related with GAFAM | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | This is more than a coincidence. These people are actively working to undermine the Free Software Movement, using our own ethical positions against us. No one is perfect, but RMS is no demon - and rather the opposite, once one accounts for his eccentricities. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Probably, because, as the article explained, he has steadfastly refused to address them himself. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | As for Linux, yes, it is largely spoiled - and that by RedHat and Ubuntu especially. So very sad. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Emmanuel Florac | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Emmanuel Florac - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | @Adam Hunt all the things that brought RMS dismissal a year ago where fabrications, propaganda, disinformation and astroturfing. All of it is complete bullshit. No surprise, all corporate shills, big media, Microsoft and IBM subsidiaries are raging upon RMS’ return. Excellent, may they asphyxiate under the outrage and die. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Emmanuel Florac | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Emmanuel Florac - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | @Adam Hunt we don’t need any “opensource” fan, Microsoft or IBM employee and Free Software enemies on the FSF board. Let them go, and good riddance. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Adam Hunt - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | As I said, I have met him, seen it with my own eyes, so, no, it is not all complete bullshit. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Well, as I said I guess we will see how it shakes out in the next year or so. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Emmanuel Florac | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Emmanuel Florac - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | @Adam Hunt everyone knows that RMS is a quasi-autist, is unsufferable, is extremely awkward, etc. That’s not the problem really. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | I’ve met him. It’s not really a good time, but hey. | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Daniel | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | Daniel - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:27 |
| schestowitz | @Adam Hunt I see a lot of hypocricy instead, and that makes me sick… | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | Daniel | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | Daniel - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | @Tom Grzyb I would say the “war” is both parts the FSF is actively sabotaging itself… | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | Daniel | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | Daniel - 6 days ago | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | @Emmanuel Florac +1 | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19841981#f224601035e1013922da722ef41c0a88 | Apr 03 23:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@derailed@diasp.org reshared: Alexandre Oliva leaves #FSF board http://techrights.org/2021/01/10/alex-oliva-fsf-board/ #gnu #freesw #coup #rms | Apr 03 23:28 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Alex Oliva’s Resignation From the FSF Board | Techrights | Apr 03 23:28 | |
| schestowitz | Totally rotten nazist FSF. | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | Derailed | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | Derailed - 3 months ago | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | First rms. Now Oliva. People of integrity don’t fit their agenda. Free software is also a big obstacle. | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | https://civicactions.com/team/henry-poole | Apr 03 23:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-civicactions.com | CivicActions | Henry Poole | Apr 03 23:28 | |
| schestowitz | https://civicactions.com/values/ | Apr 03 23:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-civicactions.com | | Apr 03 23:28 | |
| schestowitz | https://civicactions.com/case-study/cdt-foss | Apr 03 23:28 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-civicactions.com | CivicActions | Bringing free and open source software to government | Apr 03 23:28 | |
| schestowitz | betrayed by freesw | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | betrayed by freesw - 3 months ago | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | as someone who refuses to trust him (i want to, i always ALWAYS regret it. but ill never have proof and its possible this is simply stars crossed) this is the second best thing hes ever done. | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | the first best thing was expose the coup at the fsf and the third best thing was linux-libre. | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | at this point everyone should resign. i called on rms to step down 9 months BEFORE he did, but only as president, and only gradually. but not from the board. i said very specifically he should remain on the board, AND assist the transition. if he had done so, oliva would probably be president now-- and rms would not be silenced. | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | betrayed by freesw | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | betrayed by freesw - 3 months ago | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | of course knowing what i know now, that was impossible anyway. by the time i called for this, the coup was already under way. | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | EDIT: AWW, FUCKING ROTTEN. i assumed this was a voluntary resignation. funny how im like the biggest critic of the fsf who openly hates “open source” (because the latter is a bait-and-switch scam) but im not cynical enough to see olivas resignation and think “well they forced him out as a punishment”-- my first thought was he left for the same reason he left ibm. | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | JESUS CHRIST FSF, your fundraiser isnt sucking ass because of what oliva said, its sucking ass because YOU SUCK and former members like me dont want to THROW MONEY AT CORRUPTION, you fucks… nobody wants to go to fetteredplanet and watch stallman read from a script you wrote about how we should support projects on github. they want software thats “free as in speech”, not speech thats “restricted like drm”. | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | Are you ready to come back and help us fight? | Apr 03 23:28 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20340567#38ab4ef076f901395de908002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:29 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "RMS back on the board of directors of the FSF... awaiting his reelection as President" - #techrights IRC based on #libreplanet live stream. This is great news. | Apr 03 23:29 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:29 |
| schestowitz | I sense a conflation of two separate entities in the way you describe it: the foundation that campaigns for software freedom for all users, supports the GNU project, and the larger free software movement that the foundation is part of. | Apr 03 23:29 |
| schestowitz | No, you don’t sense a conflation - I am pushing a conflation. The FSF not only needs to align itself with “the movement”, but lead it. Therefore it also needs to identify itself with it, with a Free Software Movement. That is the legitimate and essential goal. | Apr 03 23:29 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:29 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - 4 minutes ago | Apr 03 23:29 |
| schestowitz | I don’t think there was EVER a free membership. We’ll donate when we can anyway, not that we earn much. | Apr 03 23:29 |
| schestowitz | I’m not so much arguing about the cost to me as the cost to the FSF. | Apr 03 23:30 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:30 |
| schestowitz | We need to debate how to grow the movement as a whole. Out communication is necessary because there are FAR more than us than "them"... but our monetary budget a lot smaller. | Apr 03 23:30 |
| schestowitz | We need to debate how to grow the movement as a whole. Our public communication is necessary because there are FAR more than us than "them"... but our monetary budget a lot smaller. | Apr 03 23:30 |
| schestowitz | Oppressors do, in general, tend to be more financially capable than those whom they oppress, but we need to focus on our number of mouths and expose those who sell out to the oppressors. | Apr 03 23:31 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20444280#a328b7c076f90139eadb32a01d0dfba2 | Apr 03 23:32 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: I see that #Trello now works with spammy sites on fluff and placements. Trello is #Surveillance ... DO NOT EVER USE IT! It's also #ProprietarySoftware but that's a side issue... | Apr 03 23:32 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:32 |
| schestowitz | I left them already. | Apr 03 23:32 |
| schestowitz | Fork exist | Apr 03 23:32 |
| schestowitz | #kanban with #nextcloud | Apr 03 23:32 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:32 |
| schestowitz | Thanks fro these pointers | Apr 03 23:32 |
| schestowitz | "I think I’m addressing exactly that. Except the “far more” do not feel that they belong." | Apr 03 23:33 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20340567#37740c1076d0013901e900505681eeb8 | Apr 03 23:33 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "RMS back on the board of directors of the FSF... awaiting his reelection as President" - #techrights IRC based on #libreplanet live stream. This is great news. | Apr 03 23:33 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20442581#735297b076c701395de708002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: ● NEWS ● #TruthOut ☞ Marjorie Taylor Greene's Latest Bill Seeks to Remove #Fauci From His Post https://truthout.org/articles/marjorie-taylor-greenes-latest-bill-seeks-to-remove-fauci-from-his-post/ | Apr 03 23:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> truthout.org | Marjorie Taylor Greene's Latest Bill Seeks to Remove Fauci From His Post | Apr 03 23:36 | |
| schestowitz | "She's a dangerous Nutcase." | Apr 03 23:36 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20442598#4d4a0bb076c701395de708002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: ● NEWS ● #CounterPunch ☞ Letters From Minsk: Echoes of Munich Over Wroclaw, Poland https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/02/letters-from-minsk-echoes-of-munich-over-wroclaw-poland/ | Apr 03 23:36 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.counterpunch.org | Letters From Minsk: Echoes of Munich Over Wroclaw, Poland - CounterPunch.org | Apr 03 23:36 | |
| schestowitz | "Fascinating read. Historically there has been a great amount of overlap between western Ukraine and Poland. And Poland itself was about 25% further east..." | Apr 03 23:36 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20442608#09bd60c076c701395de908002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "The country can't afford to "wait for Republicans to have some awakening on climate change," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/02/progressive-leader-biden-dont-water-down-bill-party-not-actually-interested | Apr 03 23:36 | |
| schestowitz | "The Bill is a fake. The Dems know very well it cannot pass, in anywhere near its current form. It’s a show bill." | Apr 03 23:36 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.commondreams.org | Progressive Leader to Biden: Don't 'Water Down Bill for a Party Not Actually Interested in Bipartisanship' | Common Dreams News | Apr 03 23:36 | |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20266300#83f2026076b901396018002590d8e506 | Apr 03 23:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! The so-called 'speakers' that are actually MICROPHONES for #eavesdropping on you (police, state, corporations)... now wants your heartbeats too. Only dumb people would buy these. https://www.iottechtrends.com/smart-speakers-heart-monitoring/ | Apr 03 23:38 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.iottechtrends.com | Smart Speakers Could Add Heart Monitoring - IoT Tech Trends | Apr 03 23:38 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | I got trapped by one of those speakers when I finally used it. I’ve been forced to carry an iPhone for work - they regarded my old Nokia as unreliable because I missed a few calls. I paired a blutooth speaker to it so I could keep it away from my conversations without missing calls and getting fired … What an embarrassment. | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | When I realized the speakers had a microphone, I installed a manual switch to disconnect the microphone. I seemed to have botched the job and the microphone simply does not work which is just fine for now. | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | I’ll replace the switch and microphone with a better one that works like an old time phone hook. When the bluetooth speaker is on the hook, the microphone is off. When I pick it up, the microphone will be on and I can push what I now realize is a handset button and then talk to people through the spy phone. 120 years ago … | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_hook | Apr 03 23:38 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Telephone hook - Wikipedia | Apr 03 23:38 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | I got trapped by one of those speakers when I finally used it. I’ve been forced to carry an iPhone for work - they regarded my old Nokia as unreliable because I missed a few calls. I paired a blutooth speaker to it so I could keep it away from my conversations without missing calls and getting fired … What an embarrassment. | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | When I realized the speakers had a microphone, I installed a manual switch to disconnect the microphone. I seemed to have botched the job and the microphone simply does not work which is just fine for now. | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | I’ll replace the switch and microphone with a better one that works like an old time phone hook. When the bluetooth speaker is on the hook, the microphone is off. When I pick it up, the microphone will be on and I can push what I now realize is a handset button and then talk to people through the spy phone. 120 years ago … | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_hook | Apr 03 23:38 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20440516#519a8d407699013952991215e2de2a6e | Apr 03 23:40 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: ● NEWS ● #CreativeCommons ☞ A New Era of Open? #COVID19 and the Pursuit for Equitable Solutions https://creativecommons.org/2021/04/02/a-new-era-of-open-covid-19-and-the-pursuit-for-equitable-solutions/ | Apr 03 23:40 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:40 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> creativecommons.org | A New Era of Open? COVID-19 and the Pursuit for Equitable Solutions - Creative Commons | Apr 03 23:40 | |
| schestowitz | covid 19 turned everyone’s lives into a nightmare. However, an amalgamation of digital and technology innovation, especially in the healthcare industry that helped us to keep our hopes high during the lockdown. | Apr 03 23:40 |
| schestowitz | #tech #healthcare | Apr 03 23:40 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:40 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20389870#377af5d07696013901e900505681eeb8 | Apr 03 23:40 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Antonio Terceiro: Migrating from Chef™ to #itamae • 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149315 •●• #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #debian | Apr 03 23:40 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Antonio Terceiro: Migrating from Chef™ to itamae | Tux Machines | Apr 03 23:40 | |
| schestowitz | "quite possible, indeed" | Apr 03 23:40 |
| schestowitz | It's worth arguing with them. They can change their minds and it works in our favour. | Apr 03 23:40 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20439984#dec109b0768301395de708002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:41 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Biden Should Ditch Bipartisanship and Focus on Pressuring Centrists Democrats https://www.teenvogue.com/story/biden-bipartisanship-democrats | Apr 03 23:41 | |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.teenvogue.com | Biden Should Ditch Bipartisanship and Focus on Pressuring Centrists Democrats | Teen Vogue | Apr 03 23:41 | |
| schestowitz | "No kidding." | Apr 03 23:41 |
| schestowitz | Corporations like "compromise" | Apr 03 23:41 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20438403#c532b600765501395de708002785b8a8 | Apr 03 23:42 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Speeches such as this one are the real reason #IBM , #Microsoft , #Google and so on still try very, very hard to ‘cancel’ the person and his message • 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 ⇨ http://techrights.org/2021/04/02/message-of-rms/ •●• #Techrights #GNU gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/02/message-of-rms/ | Apr 03 23:42 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:42 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | The Message of RMS That Monopolies Dislike Isn’t Political | Techrights | Apr 03 23:42 | |
| schestowitz | Now dividing people and subjugating them is not just a minor side aspect of proprietary software it is what makes it proprietary software. The license says you are forbidden to share it with anyone, and you can’t get the source code so you don’t know what’s inside it so you can’t control it. Divided and subjugated. That’s the nature of proprietary software. Of course the system comes out looking like the colonial system. | Apr 03 23:42 |
| schestowitz | Another feature you might remember from the colonial system was that the colonial power would recruit a local elite, a few local people, like maybe the nobles or whoever and pit one tribe against another or they would create tribes if there weren’t tribes so they can massacre each other decades later. So the local elite, they would get certain privileges and in return they would help keep everybody else down. | Apr 03 23:42 |
| schestowitz | Sounds political to me. | Apr 03 23:42 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb | Apr 03 23:42 |
| schestowitz | Tom Grzyb - about 20 hours ago | Apr 03 23:42 |
| schestowitz | Another feature you might remember from the colonial system was that the colonial power would recruit a local elite, a few local people, like maybe the nobles or whoever and pit one tribe against another or they would create tribes if there weren’t tribes so they can massacre each other decades later. | Apr 03 23:42 |
| schestowitz | sounds a lot like the Gnome Foundation. ;-( | Apr 03 23:42 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:42 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20139861#b9a7fbf056900139cfaf0cc47a1df5f2 | Apr 03 23:44 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: It is probably noteworthy that the World Wide Web started as a European project (Switzerland, British guy) before US monopolies hijacked it almost completely | Apr 03 23:44 | |
| schestowitz | "Shame on Capitalism." | Apr 03 23:44 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20028808#49847a004a0d0139bdae005056264835 | Apr 03 23:45 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Not a Diaspora post? | Apr 03 23:46 | |
| schestowitz | "I tried to have a conversation wth a conservative over the weekend. He insisted that nobody knew what the country was supposed to stand for, and started naming people who lived during the American Revolution. I asked him what, exactly, he thought the US stood for. Back then, when they said We the People, they only meant white, male, land-owners. Does this mean that the country is supposed to stand for suppressing the poor, the | Apr 03 23:46 |
| schestowitz | black, and the female? I'm still waiting for a response." | Apr 03 23:46 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19835948#a3d19c60355501392f81005056264835 | Apr 03 23:47 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@17518793@pluspora.com reshared: ● NEWS ● #Counterpunch ☞ The Threat of #Fascism Rears its Head in #Washington https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/01/08/the-threat-of-fascism-rears-its-head-in-washington/ | Apr 03 23:47 | |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:47 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.counterpunch.org | The Threat of Fascism Rears its Head in Washington - CounterPunch.org | Apr 03 23:47 | |
| schestowitz | This was not a threat. This was actual fascism. The party in the tent showed Trump Junior and WH staff looking as if they honestly expected the mob to politely knock on the door and that Congress would magically declare Trump the real winner. | Apr 03 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Whuffo | Apr 03 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Whuffo - 3 months ago | Apr 03 23:47 |
| schestowitz | History shows that failed coups are often followed by successful coups. The problem isn’t solved, it’s just getting started. | Apr 03 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Nora Qudus | Apr 03 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Nora Qudus - 3 months ago | Apr 03 23:47 |
| schestowitz | Yes @Whuffo you are right…I wish you were not but there is more and more indication that you are speaking truth | Apr 03 23:47 |
| schestowitz | " | Apr 03 23:47 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19582219#c443a55c-185f-c8af-27ad-df6108218688 | Apr 03 23:54 |
| -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Not a Diaspora post? | Apr 03 23:54 | |
| schestowitz | "@tomgrz Money. This is the only and obvious answer. War is profitable. It's why we started the Vietnam War. Now, we have endless wars in the Middle East. It doesn't matter where the war is, as long as there is war. Then the defense sector and all its investors make lots of money. And they don't "make" money. The defense sector, prison system, on and on, are conduits for funneling taxpayer dollars into private pockets. That's what | Apr 03 23:54 |
| schestowitz | this is all about. The gas station attendant pays taxes that get funneled into the pockets of the rich. That's the game. The really funny part in the defense sector is that the biggest investor in the US defense sector is Saudi Arabia. Our "efforts" in Afghanistan funnel US taxpayer dollars into the pockets of the Saudis, and has for three decades. Pretty cool, eh?" | Apr 03 23:54 |
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