●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: Saturday, April 03, 2021 ●● ● Apr 03 [01:07] schestowitz > Apropos, http://techrights.org/2021/03/27/dangerous-ideas-of-rms/ [01:07] schestowitz > [01:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | The Freedom to Control Your Own Computer (Updated) | Techrights [01:07] schestowitz > Can the following please be added to the post containing the link to RMS [01:07] schestowitz > video? Video is hard to read in Gemini [01:07] schestowitz I suppose you saw someone in IRC requesting that :-) [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. [01:14] schestowitz > I updated the page with this [01:14] schestowitz > [01:14] schestowitz > Useful picture, puts Paul Tagliamonte in the Pentagon next the [01:14] schestowitz > Rebellion's co-founder [01:14] schestowitz > [01:14] schestowitz > https://media.defense.gov/2017/May/08/2001743535/-1/-1/1/AFD-170508-064-014.PDF [01:14] schestowitz I can see him clearly in page 9 grinning like a (useful) idiot. [01:25] schestowitz "the so-called smart devices are made for people dumb enough to regard them as smart" https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20266300#515ecaf06582013901d100505681eeb8 [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/ [01:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.iottechtrends.com | Smart Speakers Could Add Heart Monitoring - IoT Tech Trends [01:26] schestowitz oh, my, that wasnt supposed to have been published yet :-( [01:26] schestowitz looks like I missed the tags that would keep the visibility of the draft limited. oh well [01:26] schestowitz thanks for spreading the word, I guess. the URL will change, but Ill put a redirect in place [01:26] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20312100#c34b8dd069d1013901d500505681eeb8 [01:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Alexandre Oliva: The WWWorst #AppStore 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/ [01:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Alexandre Oliva: The WWWorst App Store | Techrights [01:26] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20268786#25a1a130657f013901cb00505681eeb8 [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 [01:26] schestowitz "mussel memory ;-)" [01:27] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20224312#26e7bc80604b013901c700505681eeb8 [01:27] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Torvalds warns the world: Dont use the Linux 5.12-rc1 kernel http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148441#comment-28528 #kernel #linux [01:27] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | A warning about 5.12-rc1 | Tux Machines [01:27] schestowitz " [01:27] schestowitz linus finally started the -dontuse series [01:27] schestowitz alas, its not because of the proprietary blobs that remain in it [01:27] schestowitz " [01:30] 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 [04:20] schestowitz https://twitter.com/TheDailyLama__/status/1378131145955545088 [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 [04:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Bill Gates Deposition - Techrights [04:24] schestowitz
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    Interview with Abhinav Upadhyay, NetBSD contributor and machine learning software developer
    [04:24] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cyberciti.biz | Interview with Abhinav Upadhyay, NetBSD and FOSS developer - nixCraft [04:24] schestowitz
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    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 [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.

  • [04:39] 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 [08:26] Techrights-sec2 usually when I check the montastic alerts, they seem to have been false alarms ● Apr 03 [09:17] Techrights-sec2 I can take a look a the traffic shaping. What changes are needed? [09:17] Techrights-sec2 Since the shaper runs only on the RPi, it cannot take into account [09:17] Techrights-sec2 traffic on other devices on the LAN. So the cap is set at 800kbit [09:17] Techrights-sec2 for the RPi while tc is enabled. [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 [09:17] Techrights-sec2 e LAN. [09:17] Techrights-sec2 Should the RPi be allotted more than 800kb/s on the LAN? 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[11:34] Techrights-sec2 I'm not knowledgable about IPFS [11:35] 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 [11:36] Techrights-sec2 How much LAN bandwidth should the RPi be allowed? Right now it is at 800kbps [11:36] schestowitz I think we reach 1000Mbit/sec, mostly downstream [11:37] Techrights-sec2 We can only throttle outgoing, incoming is much harder to affect. [11:42] schestowitz sudo diff ./tc-shaper-v3.sh ./tc-shaper-v2.sh [11:42] schestowitz 35,36c35,36 [11:42] schestowitz < tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:40 htb rate 750kbit \ [11:42] schestowitz < ceil 1200kbit prio 4 [11:42] schestowitz --- [11:42] schestowitz > tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:40 htb rate 250kbit \ [11:42] schestowitz > ceil 550kbit prio 4 [11:42] schestowitz I've run v3 and still it cannot reach from prominent gateways (www)... yesterday's CIDs [11:47] Techrights-sec2 tc-shaper-03.sh includes some tweaks, but mostly for SSH bulk vs interactive [11:47] schestowitz I've just copied it, run it, now testing it [11:49] schestowitz it seems to have caused issues in almora when accessing large pages (timeouts0 [11:52] Techrights-sec2 amphora? [11:52] schestowitz Yes, no idea why I typed that, was on phone though [11:53] Techrights-sec2 how about now? [11:53] Techrights-sec2 np [11:53] Techrights-sec2 what is the max bandwidth for incoming traffic? [11:53] Techrights-sec2 (for the RPi) [11:54] schestowitz it can do about 10MBit sec, IIRC, not too sure though [11:55] 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 [11:56] Techrights-sec2 ok, I've increased the imcoming limit but that may need to be softened [11:57] schestowitz I've fetched it again, run it, testing now [11:57] Techrights-sec2 I have no clue about IPFS myself. It is still on my list of things to do. [11:59] 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 [12:01] 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 [12:03] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 524 @ https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/QmV4LBAWdhG1ugbbWXhjfzzngGHB511BBnbsVq9RzH2t6k ) [12:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ipfs.io | IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Friday, April 02, 2021 [12:06] Techrights-sec2 429 Too Many Requests [12:06] Techrights-sec2 it is these lines which matter most regarding performance: [12:06] Techrights-sec2 tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:10 htb rate 600kbit ceil 1mbit prio 1 [12:06] Techrights-sec2 tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:20 htb rate 600kbit ceil 1mbit prio 2 [12:06] Techrights-sec2 tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:30 htb rate 100kbit ceil 1mbit prio 3 [12:06] Techrights-sec2 tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:40 htb rate 600kbit ceil 1mbit prio 4 [12:06] Techrights-sec2 tc class add dev $if parent 1:1 classid 1:50 htb rate 790kbit prio 5 [12:07] Techrights-sec2 then the overall traffic is capped in this line: [12:07] Techrights-sec2 tc qdisc add dev $if root cake bandwidth 800kbit ack-filter [12:13] schestowitz I am starting to have better success now with ipfs [12:13] schestowitz gemini will be tested now [12:13] schestowitz rianne on RT VOIP [12:17] Techrights-sec2 ack [12:18] 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) [12:19] schestowitz e.g. http://techrights.org/ipfs/techbytes.html and http://techrights.org/ [12:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Techrights Full IPFS Index [12:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Welcome to Techrights [12:21] 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 [12:23] schestowitz todo: look into IRC 'voicebots' to help give voice to trusted people without as much manual intervention [12:24] schestowitz MinceR: thoughts? [12:24] schestowitz ^ ● Apr 03 [13:15] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [13:15] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [13:44] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell [13:44] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 03 [14:20] schestowitz https://github.com/shtanton/gmi2html\ [14:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://github.com/shtanton/gmi2html\ ) [14:20] schestowitz https://github.com/shtanton/gmi2html [14:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-github.com | GitHub - shtanton/gmi2html: Translate text/gemini into HTML ● Apr 03 [16:17] MinceR schestowitz: ChanServ can do it, as long as those users are identified [16:18] MinceR flag +v gives access to voice/devoice commands, +V gives autovoice [16:38] *rianne_ has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [16:38] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 03 [18:02] schestowitz MinceR: I didn't know... [18:03] schestowitz EPO wiki [18:03] schestowitz today 1 3 [18:03] schestowitz cleam rss [18:03] schestowitz [18:03] schestowitz [18:03] *schestowitz has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [18:04] -NickServ-schestowitz!~schestowi@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com has just authenticated as you (schestowitz) [18:04] *schestowitz (~schestowi@unaffiliated/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [18:04] *ChanServ gives channel operator status to schestowitz [18:04] schestowitz https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxgr/comments/mhu6xa/h_microsoft___petition__/ [18:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | H Microsoft petition Stallman Hate Speak cyberbulling : linuxgr [18:04] schestowitz https://www.reddit.com/r/MozillaInAction/comments/mi49hc/rms_finally_defendedby_microsoft/ [18:04] schestowitz https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/mi48pk/rms_is_finally_defended_by_microsoft/ [18:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | RMS finally defended...By Microsoft : MozillaInAction [18:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | RMS is finally defended... by Microsoft : StallmanWasRight [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/ [18:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reddit.com | H Microsoft petition Stallman Hate Speak cyberbulling : linuxgr [18:06] schestowitz https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/comments/mi48pk/rms_is_finally_defended_by_microsoft/ [18:06] schestowitz '" [18:06] schestowitz EEE [18:06] schestowitz 1 [18:06] schestowitz User avatar [18:06] schestowitz level 1 [18:06] schestowitz OceanPowers [18:06] schestowitz 1 day ago [18:06] schestowitz ewww [18:06] schestowitz 1 [18:06] schestowitz User avatar [18:07] schestowitz level 2 [18:07] schestowitz admadguy [18:07] schestowitz 1 day ago [18:07] schestowitz Microsoft is an odd company when it comes to these matters. [18:07] schestowitz 1 [18:07] schestowitz User avatar [18:07] schestowitz level 1 [18:07] schestowitz noooit [18:07] schestowitz 1 day ago [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. [18:07] schestowitz 6 [18:07] schestowitz User avatar [18:07] schestowitz level 1 [18:07] schestowitz 4669201609102990671 [18:07] schestowitz 1 day ago [18:07] schestowitz I was hopeful for a second there... [18:07] schestowitz 3 [18:07] schestowitz User avatar [18:07] schestowitz level 1 [18:07] schestowitz Frogging101 [18:07] schestowitz 1 day ago [18:07] schestowitz This is an April fool's joke, lol. Look at the categories... [18:07] schestowitz 11 [18:07] schestowitz User avatar [18:07] schestowitz level 1 [18:07] schestowitz drewfer [18:07] schestowitz 1 day ago [18:07] 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... [18:07] schestowitz 4 [18:07] schestowitz User avatar [18:07] schestowitz level 1 [18:07] schestowitz quaderrordemonstand [18:07] schestowitz 1 day ago [18:07] schestowitz Well.. this is unexpected. Good for them if this was their choice and not forced by some sort of legal situation. [18:07] schestowitz 3 [18:07] schestowitz User avatar [18:07] schestowitz level 2 [18:07] schestowitz lordxerxes [18:07] schestowitz 1 day ago [18:07] schestowitz It's an April fool's joke. [18:08] schestowitz " [18:08] schestowitz LOL [18:08] schestowitz some people fell for it!! ● Apr 03 [20:45] *ChanServ gives channel operator status to schestowitz ● Apr 03 [21:54] schestowitz Re: So a bunch of white nationalists at Microsoft started trashing me internally.. [21:54] schestowitz > My Response (still editing): [21:54] schestowitz That's a really awesome article. Could not find typos. [21:54] schestowitz Let me know if we can repost it when ready. [21:54] schestowitz Regarding personal attacks, one day I'll tell you some amazing stories. Microsoft is a dangerous cult. ● Apr 03 [22:07] schestowitz Re: Submission of articles on techrights [22:07] schestowitz > Dear Roy, [22:07] schestowitz > [22:08] schestowitz > I would like articles on techrights. I am a professional published [22:08] schestowitz > investigative journalist, please look at my credentials below. [22:08] schestowitz > [22:08] schestowitz > [22:08] schestowitz > https://www.corrieredimalta.com/coronavirus/la-diffusione-del-covid-19-a-malta-evento-b/ [22:08] schestowitz > [22:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.corrieredimalta.com | La diffusione del Covid-19 a Malta: evento B | Corriere di Malta [22:08] schestowitz > https://theshiftnews.com/2019/03/01/university-of-malta-building-fails-to-comply-with-safety-standards/ [22:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-theshiftnews.com | University of Malta building fails to comply with safety standards [22:08] schestowitz > [22:08] schestowitz > https://theshiftnews.com/2018/05/09/the-return-to-infantilism/ [22:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-theshiftnews.com | The return to infantilism [22:08] schestowitz > [22:08] schestowitz > https://www.islesoftheleft.org/digital-rights-and-blockchain/ [22:08] schestowitz > [22:08] schestowitz > Regards [22:08] schestowitz Hi, [22:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.islesoftheleft.org | Digital Rights and Blockchain [22:08] schestowitz Sorry for the late reply. I've not checked e-mail much lately. [22:08] schestowitz We're always interested investigative journalism. What topic do you have in mind? [22:08] schestowitz Regards, ● Apr 03 [23:06] schestowitz > Their little incels called me out on an internal board earlier this week. Figured Id give them some attention. Will reach out again when its live and youre welcome to repost. [23:06] schestowitz Thank you and keep up the good work. [23:06] schestowitz The worst that can happen is, they ignore you. It means you're not effective. [23:06] schestowitz "First they laughed at you..." [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... [23:09] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20423038#ea5848f074fc0139ead532a01d0dfba2 [23:09] schestowitz " [23:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Emergency Updates about the direction of #Mageia http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149488 [23:09] schestowitz Thank you. [23:09] schestowitz It was something we were waiting since ages (mainly all the stuff about the MCC that is sadly too user friendly). [23:09] schestowitz " [23:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Emergency Updates about the direction of Mageia | Tux Machines [23:10] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20423024#5a8f1060752e013980307085c2fdcc0b [23:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: #MXLinux vs. Ubuntu http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149484 [23:10] schestowitz "You can run MX without systemd, and it doesnt phone home." [23:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | MX Linux vs. Ubuntu | Tux Machines [23:10] schestowitz Sounds good [23:10] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20437468#cbc2c240769e01391061268acd52edbf [23:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Free software becomes a standard in Dortmund, Germany http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149444#comment-28996 [23:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Dortmund relies on Free Software This paves the way for Public Money? Public Code! | Tux Machines [23:10] schestowitz " https://blog.do-foss.de/beitrag/freie-software-ist-von-jetzt-an-standard-in-dortmund/ " [23:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.do-foss.de | Freie Software ist von jetzt an Standard in Dortmund! - Do-FOSS [23:12] schestowitz 'Our opponents 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 [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/ [23:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Defend Richard Stallman! | Techrights [23:14] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20340567#48e8ab9076f401395de908002785b8a8 [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. [23:14] schestowitz " [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? [23:14] schestowitz Alexandre Oliva [23:14] schestowitz Alexandre Oliva - about 12 hours ago [23:14] schestowitz what do you mean by anymore, Tom? was there ever? I dont know much about its associate membership, but I dont recall any discussion about changes to that. not that Id necessarily be involved at this point [23:14] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:14] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - about 6 hours ago [23:15] schestowitz I was a free member - I guess I may have joined as a student. I dont remember paying a membership fee to join. Perhaps I forgot. [23:15] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:15] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - about 6 hours ago [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 [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! [23:15] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:15] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - about 6 hours ago [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. [23:15] schestowitz Alexandre Oliva [23:15] schestowitz Alexandre Oliva - about 6 hours ago [23:15] schestowitz I can see how feeless membership can makes sense for a political party; its not clear to me that the rationale carries over to other political organizations [23:15] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:15] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - about 6 hours ago [23:15] schestowitz Its appropriate for grassroots activist organizations. [23:15] schestowitz Alexandre Oliva [23:15] schestowitz Alexandre Oliva - about 5 hours ago [23:15] schestowitz I could take your word for it, but with an unsupported statement like that, I wouldnt be able to argue why thats the case if I had to, and I might even be easily convinced of the opposite if given a good reason ;-) [23:15] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:15] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 26 minutes ago [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 [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. [23:15] schestowitz " [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. [23:16] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20444240#be0bfd3076f701395de708002785b8a8 [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 [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." [23:17] schestowitz " [23:17] schestowitz got it, thanks. [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. [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 [23:17] schestowitz associate membership in the fsf, OTOH, is a much stronger commitment to the foundation, and its 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. [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 [23:17] schestowitz of relationship [23:17] schestowitz " [23:17] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20444224#f577d0a076f701395de708002785b8a8 [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 [23:17] schestowitz "Classic!" [23:19] schestowitz gotta correct that headline [23:19] schestowitz its not a lie. if it was a single lie, it would be easy to dispel. [23:19] schestowitz its rather multiple lies, some laid on top of others. [23:19] schestowitz when you disprove one, the gullible keep on taking the others for granted. [23:19] schestowitz when you disprove another, they still believe another lie underneath. [23:19] schestowitz when you disprove yet another, they claim it doesnt prove anything about all the others that they believed in without proof [23:19] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20443587#d557393076e3013901eb00505681eeb8 [23:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: 5,319+ have signed in support of the FSFs decision to reinstate #RMS (inside the Board, still), showing great durability and perseverance at the #FSF http://techrights.org/2021/04/03/fsf-strong/ [23:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Its Hard to Remove a Man Based on a Lie | Techrights [23:19] schestowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop [23:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Gish gallop - Wikipedia [23:21] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20442823#095bafd076d2013901e900505681eeb8 [23:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #GNUParallel can do anything, but is too complicated to be useful http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149582 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [23:21] schestowitz "interesting my experience is that it just works, and it can do a lot that xargs cant. 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 its not useful theres quite a stretch" [23:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | GNU Parallel can do anything, but is too complicated to be useful | Tux Machines [23:21] schestowitz Maybe contact the author to tell him? He's technical... [23:22] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20443065#8132e29076d0013901e900505681eeb8 [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/ [23:22] schestowitz "?!?" [23:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.fsf.org | Staff and Board Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [23:22] schestowitz Sorry, I misread that, they just moved his entry photo to the bottom part [23:25] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20393214#f1903150722b01397fa67085c2fdcc0b [23:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Get Ready for Richard M. Stallman to Become #FSF President Again (for Continuity of the FSFs Mission) 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 [23:25] schestowitz " [23:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Get Ready for Richard M. Stallman to Become FSF President Again (for Continuity of the FSFs Mission) | Techrights [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/ [23:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> schestowitz.com | Social Control Media Posts [23:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.zdnet.com | Return of Stallman to FSF sparks outrage among open-source and free software leaders | ZDNet [23:25] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:25] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:25] schestowitz These false-moral people discredit themselves. [23:25] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:25] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:25] schestowitz Kat Walsh should resign. She can find another job. [23:25] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:25] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:25] schestowitz Yes, there are still loyal RMS fans, but thats exactly what they are fans, not the movers and shakers of todays free software and open-source world. [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. [23:25] schestowitz Adam Hunt [23:25] schestowitz Adam Hunt - 6 days ago [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, its 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. RMSs day as a relevant free software [23:25] schestowitz leader is long over. If the FSF doesnt change course immediately, its days may be numbered as well. " [23:25] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:25] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [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. [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:26] schestowitz If I had time, I would write something about this [23:26] schestowitz Adam Hunt [23:26] schestowitz Adam Hunt - 6 days ago [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. [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. [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:26] schestowitz Funny, I dont 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.) [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [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. [23:26] schestowitz Adam Hunt [23:26] schestowitz Adam Hunt - 6 days ago [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 [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. [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:26] schestowitz it has became clear that RMS has become a bad example [23:26] schestowitz According to the article. I see this as untrue. [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [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. [23:26] schestowitz Adam Hunt [23:26] schestowitz Adam Hunt - 6 days ago [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 [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. [23:26] schestowitz Adam Hunt [23:26] schestowitz Adam Hunt - 6 days ago [23:26] schestowitz Also, this cannot be ignored or swept under the rug. [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [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. [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:26] schestowitz What actually took place can be argued. [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:26] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz I believe (without evidence I admit) Selam G. is an operative for another interest - other than Free Software. I dont know who she works for. [23:27] schestowitz Daniel [23:27] schestowitz Daniel - 6 days ago [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. [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. [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. [23:27] schestowitz For me this was enough I am preparing to move away from the Linux whole ecosystem once and for ever [23:27] schestowitz Adam Hunt [23:27] schestowitz Adam Hunt - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz Yeah okay we got you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing#Failure_or_refusal_to_"get_the_point" [23:27] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Wikipedia:Disruptive editing - Wikipedia [23:27] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:27] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz perceptions are in the eyes of the beholder. Why no one is defending Stallmans struggles with his own limitations is beyond me. [23:27] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:27] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz People that are leading the campaign against RMS are emplyoed or are related with GAFAM [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. [23:27] schestowitz Adam Hunt [23:27] schestowitz Adam Hunt - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz Probably, because, as the article explained, he has steadfastly refused to address them himself. [23:27] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:27] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz As for Linux, yes, it is largely spoiled - and that by RedHat and Ubuntu especially. So very sad. [23:27] schestowitz Emmanuel Florac [23:27] schestowitz Emmanuel Florac - 6 days ago [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. [23:27] schestowitz Emmanuel Florac [23:27] schestowitz Emmanuel Florac - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz @Adam Hunt we dont need any opensource fan, Microsoft or IBM employee and Free Software enemies on the FSF board. Let them go, and good riddance. [23:27] schestowitz Adam Hunt [23:27] schestowitz Adam Hunt - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz As I said, I have met him, seen it with my own eyes, so, no, it is not all complete bullshit. [23:27] schestowitz Well, as I said I guess we will see how it shakes out in the next year or so. [23:27] schestowitz Emmanuel Florac [23:27] schestowitz Emmanuel Florac - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz @Adam Hunt everyone knows that RMS is a quasi-autist, is unsufferable, is extremely awkward, etc. Thats not the problem really. [23:27] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:27] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 6 days ago [23:27] schestowitz Ive met him. Its not really a good time, but hey. [23:27] schestowitz Daniel [23:27] schestowitz Daniel - 6 days ago [23:28] schestowitz @Adam Hunt I see a lot of hypocricy instead, and that makes me sick [23:28] schestowitz Daniel [23:28] schestowitz Daniel - 6 days ago [23:28] schestowitz @Tom Grzyb I would say the war is both parts the FSF is actively sabotaging itself [23:28] schestowitz Daniel [23:28] schestowitz Daniel - 6 days ago [23:28] schestowitz @Emmanuel Florac +1 [23:28] schestowitz " [23:28] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19841981#f224601035e1013922da722ef41c0a88 [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 [23:28] schestowitz " [23:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | Alex Olivas Resignation From the FSF Board | Techrights [23:28] schestowitz Totally rotten nazist FSF. [23:28] schestowitz Derailed [23:28] schestowitz Derailed - 3 months ago [23:28] schestowitz First rms. Now Oliva. People of integrity dont fit their agenda. Free software is also a big obstacle. [23:28] schestowitz https://civicactions.com/team/henry-poole [23:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-civicactions.com | CivicActions | Henry Poole [23:28] schestowitz https://civicactions.com/values/ [23:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-civicactions.com | [23:28] schestowitz https://civicactions.com/case-study/cdt-foss [23:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-civicactions.com | CivicActions | Bringing free and open source software to government [23:28] schestowitz betrayed by freesw [23:28] schestowitz betrayed by freesw - 3 months ago [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. [23:28] schestowitz the first best thing was expose the coup at the fsf and the third best thing was linux-libre. [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. [23:28] schestowitz betrayed by freesw [23:28] schestowitz betrayed by freesw - 3 months ago [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. [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. [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. [23:28] schestowitz " [23:28] schestowitz Are you ready to come back and help us fight? [23:29] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20340567#38ab4ef076f901395de908002785b8a8 [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. [23:29] schestowitz " [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. [23:29] schestowitz No, you dont 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. [23:29] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:29] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - 4 minutes ago [23:29] schestowitz I dont think there was EVER a free membership. Well donate when we can anyway, not that we earn much. [23:30] schestowitz Im not so much arguing about the cost to me as the cost to the FSF. [23:30] schestowitz " [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. [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. [23:31] 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. [23:32] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20444280#a328b7c076f90139eadb32a01d0dfba2 [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... [23:32] schestowitz " [23:32] schestowitz I left them already. [23:32] schestowitz Fork exist [23:32] schestowitz #kanban with #nextcloud [23:32] schestowitz " [23:32] schestowitz Thanks fro these pointers [23:33] schestowitz "I think Im addressing exactly that. Except the far more do not feel that they belong." [23:33] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20340567#37740c1076d0013901e900505681eeb8 [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. [23:36] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20442581#735297b076c701395de708002785b8a8 [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/ [23:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> truthout.org | Marjorie Taylor Greene's Latest Bill Seeks to Remove Fauci From His Post [23:36] schestowitz "She's a dangerous Nutcase." [23:36] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20442598#4d4a0bb076c701395de708002785b8a8 [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/ [23:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.counterpunch.org | Letters From Minsk: Echoes of Munich Over Wroclaw, Poland - CounterPunch.org [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..." [23:36] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20442608#09bd60c076c701395de908002785b8a8 [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 [23:36] schestowitz "The Bill is a fake. The Dems know very well it cannot pass, in anywhere near its current form. Its a show bill." [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 [23:38] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20266300#83f2026076b901396018002590d8e506 [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/ [23:38] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.iottechtrends.com | Smart Speakers Could Add Heart Monitoring - IoT Tech Trends [23:38] schestowitz " [23:38] schestowitz I got trapped by one of those speakers when I finally used it. Ive 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. [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. [23:38] schestowitz Ill 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 [23:38] schestowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_hook [23:38] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Telephone hook - Wikipedia [23:38] schestowitz " [23:38] schestowitz I got trapped by one of those speakers when I finally used it. Ive 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. [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. [23:38] schestowitz Ill 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 [23:38] schestowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_hook [23:40] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20440516#519a8d407699013952991215e2de2a6e [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/ [23:40] schestowitz " [23:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> creativecommons.org | A New Era of Open? COVID-19 and the Pursuit for Equitable Solutions - Creative Commons [23:40] schestowitz covid 19 turned everyones 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. [23:40] schestowitz #tech #healthcare [23:40] schestowitz " [23:40] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20389870#377af5d07696013901e900505681eeb8 [23:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Antonio Terceiro: Migrating from Chef to #itamae http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/149315 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #debian [23:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Antonio Terceiro: Migrating from Chef to itamae | Tux Machines [23:40] schestowitz "quite possible, indeed" [23:40] schestowitz It's worth arguing with them. They can change their minds and it works in our favour. [23:41] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20439984#dec109b0768301395de708002785b8a8 [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 [23:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.teenvogue.com | Biden Should Ditch Bipartisanship and Focus on Pressuring Centrists Democrats | Teen Vogue [23:41] schestowitz "No kidding." [23:41] schestowitz Corporations like "compromise" [23:42] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20438403#c532b600765501395de708002785b8a8 [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 http://techrights.org/2021/04/02/message-of-rms/ #Techrights #GNU gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/04/02/message-of-rms/ [23:42] schestowitz " [23:42] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> techrights.org | The Message of RMS That Monopolies Dislike Isnt Political | Techrights [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 cant get the source code so you dont know whats inside it so you cant control it. Divided and subjugated. Thats the nature of proprietary software. Of course the system comes out looking like the colonial system. [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 werent 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. [23:42] schestowitz Sounds political to me. [23:42] schestowitz Tom Grzyb [23:42] schestowitz Tom Grzyb - about 20 hours ago [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 werent tribes so they can massacre each other decades later. [23:42] schestowitz sounds a lot like the Gnome Foundation. ;-( [23:42] schestowitz " [23:44] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20139861#b9a7fbf056900139cfaf0cc47a1df5f2 [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 [23:44] schestowitz "Shame on Capitalism." [23:45] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/20028808#49847a004a0d0139bdae005056264835 [23:46] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Not a Diaspora post? [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 [23:46] schestowitz black, and the female? I'm still waiting for a response." [23:47] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19835948#a3d19c60355501392f81005056264835 [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/ [23:47] schestowitz " [23:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.counterpunch.org | The Threat of Fascism Rears its Head in Washington - CounterPunch.org [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. [23:47] schestowitz Whuffo [23:47] schestowitz Whuffo - 3 months ago [23:47] schestowitz History shows that failed coups are often followed by successful coups. The problem isnt solved, its just getting started. [23:47] schestowitz Nora Qudus [23:47] schestowitz Nora Qudus - 3 months ago [23:47] schestowitz Yes @Whuffo you are rightI wish you were not but there is more and more indication that you are speaking truth [23:47] schestowitz " [23:54] schestowitz https://joindiaspora.com/posts/19582219#c443a55c-185f-c8af-27ad-df6108218688 [23:54] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Not a Diaspora post? [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 [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?"