●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 06, 2023 ●● ● Mar 06 [01:42] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:42] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:59] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [01:59] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@nqkitbgnqjad4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 06 [02:44] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:45] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 06 [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 It's not a Muslim country. Maybe go to one... https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1927 [04:29] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1927 ) [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 343/we-feel-ignored-lithuanian-mufti-on-why-there-is-still-no-mosque-in-vilnius [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 SJVN covers an important subject, for a change https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/dell-par [04:29] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com | Posts | Open Source Watch [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 tners-smash-patent-troll-wsou-court [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 hiw blog STILL lacks an rss feed [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 I could re-use tools I wropte for tracking pages without these [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 coded them 20 years ago [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 but really, wtf? [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 page source, nothing about atom, xml, rss [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 though i think that can be added easily [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 based on a search on beehiv tools [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 he promotes twitter, fb, and msft linkedin [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 to follow him [04:29] schestowitz-pi2 no lessons learned from his pluspora and google+ experience ● Mar 06 [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 was planning to publish the "religion" piece this morning [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 but RMS asked to amend a few minor things [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 so delayed a bit [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 other people also mocked reddit for being a pile of dung [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 it's redacted in irc logs for monday [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 i will do site backups later today [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 i backed up bubi last night [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 i lack off-home (site) backups of my personal files for fires etc. [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 thought about underground repo for a spare drive before [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 but it's tricky [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 i gave one drive to a friend, but he misplaced it, cannot find it [06:53] techrights[sec] week them [06:53] techrights[sec] Encrypted, I hope? [06:54] schestowitz-pi2 it was over a decade ago and contained stuff like photos, music [06:54] schestowitz-pi2 the 'high-volume' stuff ● Mar 06 [07:11] schestowitz-pi2 Trying to make the studies into health harms of social control media seem "controversial", divisive https://gizmodo.com/teen-social-media-studies-white-kids-racial-bias-1850170331 [07:11] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-gizmodo.com | Teen Social Media Use Studies Focus Too Much on White Kids [07:12] schestowitz-pi2 _might_ be ad hom(against the research) [07:12] schestowitz-pi2 and shifting the subject of debate [07:12] schestowitz-pi2 like IBM help NYPD spy on people [07:12] schestowitz-pi2 it then becomes debate about "racial ethics" in HEY HI [07:12] schestowitz-pi2 after the spun [07:12] schestowitz-pi2 *spin [07:12] schestowitz-pi2 race, not class [07:17] techrights[sec] yes if they have people fighting unnecessarily over race, something which [07:17] techrights[sec] cannot be changed, then they will ignore the class war going on even though [07:17] techrights[sec] that is something which /can/ be changed. [07:20] schestowitz-pi2 failing that, the social control media "happy stories" fantory can issue something about [07:20] schestowitz-pi2 the "bad" studies not including enough "nonbanaries" (under 1% of the pop) and start [07:20] schestowitz-pi2 a fight over complete lalaland [07:20] schestowitz-pi2 but this is the first time I see such a slant (gizmodo), so it's starting to smell like diversion [07:20] schestowitz-pi2 subversive social control media does not target any particular race [07:20] techrights[sec] It does seem like a diversion at times. Some of it also seems like a campaign [07:20] techrights[sec] to mitigate damage to social control media [07:21] schestowitz-pi2 probablky premature to do a video about it, unless it becomes a pattern later today in "media" [07:21] schestowitz-pi2 gizmodo is becoming more like cnet, esp. in weekends [07:21] schestowitz-pi2 lots of showbiz "fillter" [07:29] schestowitz-pi2 CNN is promoting Chinese TikTok; what sense does this make? https://kentwired.com/93684/world-nation/stopwillow-is-taking-tiktok-by-storm-can-it-actually-work/ [07:29] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-kentwired.com | #StopWillow is taking TikTok by storm. Can it actually work? Kent Wired [07:29] schestowitz-pi2 FOMO [07:30] schestowitz-pi2 Saudi Twitter, Chinese TikTok, and Facebook SHAREHOLDERS (Wall Street). SOOOOOO "SOCIALLLLLL".... ● Mar 06 [08:01] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [08:03] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@3khny76cn5jaq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:06] schestowitz-pi2 NY court workers fired for refusing COVID vax must be rehired with back pay as state board scraps mandate https://nypost.com/2023/03/05/ny-board-tosses-covid-19-vax-mandate-for-court-workers/ [08:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nypost.com | NY board tosses COVID-19 vax mandate for court workers [08:11] schestowitz-pi2 with fair use i can twist this cartoon [08:11] schestowitz-pi2 e.g. with this OS we put back doors in the world [08:11] schestowitz-pi2 with Facebook we build social graphics [08:11] schestowitz-pi2 etc etc ● Mar 06 [10:32] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Mar 06 [11:05] schestowitz-pi2 Bloody propaganda! Japan is wayyyyy overpopulated. Reducing births is the right thing for the country's future, but certainly not for extremist capitalists who blindly believe in infinite growth https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-will-disappear-without-action-on-births-pm-s-aide-says [11:05] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.straitstimes.com | Japan will disappear without action on births, PMs aide says | The Straits Times [11:06] schestowitz-pi2 "Sharp gender inequality and the sky-high costs of rearing children are widely blamed." https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-romance-reality-shows-boom-but-marriage-no-longer-the-end-game [11:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.straitstimes.com | South Korean romance reality shows boom, but marriage no longer the end game | The Straits Times [11:47] schestowitz-pi2 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pipers-Crisps-Mixed-Variety-Snack/dp/B08KY78Y88/ref=sr_1_7?c=ts&keywords=Crisps&qid=1678103049&refinements=p_89%3APipers&s=grocery&sr=1-7&ts_id=340834031 [11:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Pipers Crisps Mixed Variety Snack Box (24 x 40g Pack) Salted, Salt & Vinegar, Cheese & Onion, Sweet Chilli, Black Pepper, Jalapeo : Amazon.co.uk: Grocery [11:47] schestowitz-pi2 turns out on crisps alone we saved 100 pounds yesterday [11:47] schestowitz-pi2 it's an expensive brand [11:47] schestowitz-pi2 maybe saved 200+ yesterday! [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 BillBC would do anything to cover up for its masters [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 that site sickens me [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 and i feel dirty even opening a url of it [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 same for 'guardian' [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 i cannot 'unsee' what they did and do [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 that still leaves plenty of sites on www that are reasonably ok, even if not perfect [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 i am drowning in abundance of sites these days [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 and it's very helpful [11:58] schestowitz-pi2 still adjusting the workflow a bit ● Mar 06 [12:23] schestowitz-pi2 LF does a lot of events in seattle [12:23] schestowitz-pi2 but I can discount that as close to oergon (linux home) an [12:30] schestowitz-pi2 but I can discount that as close to oergon (linux home) and SF (LF HQ) ● Mar 06 [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 is onlyfans doing shill pieces and 'happy stories' like FB and tiktok [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 those stories strike me as smell test-induccing [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 the same with people who boast in youtube [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 on their best month [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 and the media pays attention selectively [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 will they make the same 5 months, 5 years later [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 did they make the same 5 months and 5 years earlier? [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 what they present may be facts, but taken out of context [13:31] schestowitz-pi2 to lure people in [13:32] schestowitz-pi2 $FOMO$ [13:32] schestowitz-pi2 i saw similar stuff in webforums in the early days of adsense [13:32] schestowitz-pi2 "influencer" rianne was following in youtube were selectively reporting [13:32] schestowitz-pi2 to "look big" and "attract advertisers" because "I'm huge" [13:36] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cbcfptirpkfqa.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:39] schestowitz-pi2 maybe ibecame too sensitive to the spamnils of the world [13:39] schestowitz-pi2 many sites that present spam as "news" [13:39] schestowitz-pi2 or lies that are in fact lobbying/marketing [13:39] schestowitz-pi2 more of the www is like this [13:39] schestowitz-pi2 even a danish site running sponsored narratives [13:39] schestowitz-pi2 or the-scientist ● Mar 06 [15:57] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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