●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, June 07, 2022 ●● ● Jun 07 [00:38] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jun 07 [01:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [01:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 07 [03:28] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [03:31] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:31] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:38] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [03:39] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 07 [06:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [06:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [06:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 07 [07:23] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [07:53] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:53] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [07:54] schestowitz-TR my judgment is not clouded by the fact that I left is; social control media had waned even before that, not sure how many years [07:54] schestowitz-TR or maybe just months. I reckon in a few years many of us will sort of forget it ever existed, and we won't care about [07:54] schestowitz-TR some past "tweets"; Trumo's have not existed for 16 months already, maybe 18 months [07:54] schestowitz-TR figosdev said the same about fediverse and diaspora yesterday in IRC [07:54] schestowitz-TR at one point it did matter a bit [07:54] Techrights-sec ack [07:59] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [07:59] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 07 [08:02] Techrights-sec ack [08:02] Techrights-sec I presume your meeting will be online during normal working hours? [08:02] schestowitz-TR today is my last shift until AFTER an important meeting where decisions might be almost finalised [08:02] schestowitz-TR it would be nice to go back to 2 or, at most, 3 nights per week [08:02] schestowitz-TR 2 nights in a row, than 5 free [08:02] schestowitz-TR the way it was 2011-2013 [08:02] schestowitz-TR savings are nice, but we only live once (sans all the "transhumanism" crap) [08:02] Techrights-sec I presume your meeting will be online during normal working hours? [08:04] schestowitz-TR yes, we will be paid for the time too, they say... [08:04] schestowitz-TR this represents an issue only to those who depend on the job to pay some obscene rents [08:05] schestowitz-TR moving away completely would be risky, so limiting to the extent that is reasonable is something I wanted to do [08:05] schestowitz-TR for years. This year we thought about leaving completely, rianne is still checking all sorts of things [08:11] Techrights-sec ack [08:11] Techrights-sec it pays to plan carefully, I would think [08:15] schestowitz-TR I've always planned ahead carefully ans asked around, more than most people do [08:15] schestowitz-TR esp. when I reached important forks on the road, like when I had a London job offer but also phd offers [08:15] schestowitz-TR academa became disgusting in recent decades for a lot of reasons (not what the media likes to focus on) [08:15] schestowitz-TR so parking there in 2022 isn't the same as in 1952 [08:15] schestowitz-TR I suspect "digital vegan" can tell you a lot more than I can [08:15] schestowitz-TR but he does not need to as you were there too [08:15] schestowitz-TR the next appalling hase might be, lecturers need to wear uniform with logos of the companies that [08:15] schestowitz-TR "support" their labs and fund the "research" (marketing) ● Jun 07 [09:48] Techrights-sec yes academia has been set on its head, it should return to leading advancement [09:48] Techrights-sec rather than serving as a funder for incubators and startups or say-for-pay [09:48] Techrights-sec consulting [09:48] Techrights-sec Universities have allowed M$ to abuse the funding situation for ovef a decade [09:48] Techrights-sec now. They throw some chump change at a desperate department in exchange for [09:48] Techrights-sec 1) deploying m$ products and excluding useful technology, 2) slapping the [09:48] Techrights-sec name "Microsoft Research" onto the resulting journal articles. [09:49] Techrights-sec Their research is merely rebranded marketing. It's similar to ~ 20 years [09:49] Techrights-sec ago when the SEC filings showed that their largest line item in the budget [09:49] Techrights-sec was marketing. The world laughed and M$ shuffled the money around while only [09:49] Techrights-sec doubling down on the stupidity. [09:52] Techrights-sec Looking at PDFs generated by the USDA, which appear quite broken if one [09:52] Techrights-sec actually needs to print. The culprit seems to be that false PDFs are generated [09:52] Techrights-sec by Aspose.Pdf for .NET 8.4.0 and M$ Word [09:53] schestowitz-TR I can imagine USDA is parly in the pockets of Epstein's secret best buddy ● Jun 07 [10:10] Techrights-sec I exxpect so. People are fooled by tacking a .pdf onto the file name, it's not [10:10] Techrights-sec a PDF and does not work with normal printers. However, it is /still/ for the [10:10] Techrights-sec time being possible to convert to PostScript and send that and get a viable [10:10] Techrights-sec result most of the time. [10:40] schestowitz-TR how do we calssify this [10:40] schestowitz-TR and how do we best tackle it? [10:40] schestowitz-TR (serious question) [10:40] schestowitz-TR we might need to make an invesntory of issues, group the, then put together strategy [10:40] schestowitz-TR and get others to go along [10:40] schestowitz-TR that would work if we can get enough people working along the same lines [10:40] schestowitz-TR btw, i am increasingly convinced jperlow fell on his sword [10:40] schestowitz-TR maybe our criticism played a role [10:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [10:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:55] Techrights-sec I'm not sure about how to tackle government corruption, society just seems to [10:55] Techrights-sec accept it as a neccessary reality. ● Jun 07 [11:00] schestowitz-TR you told me Louis Rozemann (pardom spelling) is being gaslit by gulagtube already [11:00] schestowitz-TR afaik, it is his primary presence online [11:00] schestowitz-TR that's like getting the carpet pulled from undernatgh your feet [11:00] schestowitz-TR spamnil's videos got so poor (low number of views) that he's putting his whole account at risk [11:00] schestowitz-TR (as I type this just read the link about gulag havign to pay a small fortune for defamation in gulagtube [11:00] schestowitz-TR it's a toxic asset of sorts... they want to play "safe") [11:00] schestowitz-TR YouTube "communityt guidlines" = ever-changing CoC. If you don't accept the changes, you are locked out. [11:00] schestowitz-TR implied "consent" [11:00] Techrights-sec I'm not sure about how to tackle government corruption, society just seems to [11:00] Techrights-sec accept it as a neccessary reality. It's probably a combination of both [11:00] Techrights-sec incompetence *and* malice on the part of M$ but inside the USDA is is probably [11:00] Techrights-sec a combination of corruption, malicee, *and* negligence. [11:00] Techrights-sec Louis Rossmann just did a video covering US government corruption and the [11:00] Techrights-sec fact that the structure of the voting process entrenches it. [11:00] Techrights-sec https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/a-word-on-why-exposing-corruption:f [11:00] Techrights-sec ack [11:00] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Resolving timed out after 10519 milliseconds ( status 0 @ https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/a-word-on-why-exposing-corruption:f ) [11:01] Techrights-sec s/implied/forced/ [11:01] Techrights-sec See the "Schrems II" case on that [11:05] schestowitz-TR yes, this is where I borrowed the term from, or rather it was inspired by some url to that effect [11:05] schestowitz-TR there are many examples of this in society [11:05] schestowitz-TR like me "consenting" to cctv in the food store [11:05] schestowitz-TR by virtue of entering it [11:05] schestowitz-TR there is somne small sign near the door, I think [11:05] schestowitz-TR I could reject that and starve [11:09] Techrights-sec old, but ongoing: https://noyb.eu/en/project/forced-consent-dpas-austria-belgium-france-germany-and-ireland [11:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Forced Consent (DPAs in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Ireland) | noyb.eu [11:11] schestowitz-TR it is a form of hostage dilemma [11:11] schestowitz-TR without me even spying what the hostage is ("friends", data, access to employment etc.) [11:11] schestowitz-TR if I called it slavery it would ruffle some feathers [11:17] schestowitz-TR note to self [11:17] schestowitz-TR many people and families drowned in 2000 [11:17] schestowitz-TR then 2008 [11:17] schestowitz-TR then corona!kraine!whatsNext [11:17] schestowitz-TR they then blame the workers [11:17] schestowitz-TR I really loathe this "great resignation" BS [11:17] schestowitz-TR I see many companies announcing layoffs [11:18] schestowitz-TR not many people leaving in droves [11:18] schestowitz-TR but the media is owned by those who do the layoffs [11:18] schestowitz-TR and some of them use "reisgnation" canard to push "skill shortage" [11:18] schestowitz-TR code word for outsourcing or cost-cutting [11:18] schestowitz-TR I think we're in for profound change, not that we've seen none these past 2 years [11:18] schestowitz-TR in 2008 my dad lost all his money [11:18] schestowitz-TR it finished him [11:18] schestowitz-TR some managed to get past that point but are barely surviving now [11:18] schestowitz-TR hence my dad was apprehensive when my sister told (snitched) him about my plans [11:18] schestowitz-TR some siblings work like horses, way beyond 40hours/week [11:19] Techrights-sec ack [11:19] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@aabr3ie36u3vs.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:21] schestowitz-TR it was around that time I even started sending my dad money each money, which he appreciated [11:21] schestowitz-TR even his cousin helped him [11:21] schestowitz-TR and helped my grandpa [11:21] schestowitz-TR that was just a warm-up compared to 2019-[not finished] [11:21] schestowitz-TR because the underlying issues of 2008 were never tackled AT ALL [11:21] schestowitz-TR OWS got crushed [11:21] schestowitz-TR and we're meant to embrace temporarily amnesia [11:23] Techrights-sec nor were the underlying issues from 2000- Although the dotcom bubble burst [11:23] Techrights-sec the main conditions underneath were never addressed even after Enron [11:23] Techrights-sec The economic collapse has been built up all that time rather than mitigated [11:23] Techrights-sec so when things can no longer be propped up and the public is no longer fooled [11:23] Techrights-sec by fraud and misdirection, it will fall down -- hard [11:23] schestowitz-TR there are 2 things: [11:23] schestowitz-TR a) skills [11:23] schestowitz-TR b) savings [11:23] schestowitz-TR with (a) you can replenish (b) [11:23] schestowitz-TR the problem is when you resort to drugs and self-neglect [11:24] Techrights-sec I figure there is more control over inflation that what is let on and that [11:24] Techrights-sec it is grown at this point to ensure that even those who have saved lose their [11:24] Techrights-sec money and will dance to the music. [11:28] schestowitz-TR the salaries have not grown proportionally (at EPO, 'public' sector, 0% while inflation is 12%) [11:28] schestowitz-TR so that in effetc means severe pay cuts [11:28] schestowitz-TR maybe they can 'race down the yuan' [11:28] schestowitz-TR and find a way to make out pay equitable in the "lucrative" parts of mainland china [11:28] schestowitz-TR (even china is outsourcing to cheap labourers abroad) [11:28] schestowitz-TR so iow, to make up for capital deficits the renumerations are altered and with enough crises (nobody talks about [11:28] schestowitz-TR the mortgage crisis; just those "external" ones) they can manufacture consent [11:28] schestowitz-TR "blame china/nature" "blame russia" next they will blame lazy/spoiled "great resignation" workjers [11:28] schestowitz-TR but never wall street and london speculators [11:28] Techrights-sec ack [11:31] schestowitz-TR watch out for this: like in the "developing" (exploited) "world" (nations), parents will increasingly view their [11:31] schestowitz-TR kids [11:31] schestowitz-TR as providers ore insurance policies [11:31] schestowitz-TR it used to be the opp., esp. with inheritance being a clocked jackpot [11:31] schestowitz-TR but pensions are not keeping up with expenditure [11:31] schestowitz-TR and this will cause a lot of misery [11:31] schestowitz-TR I think that subconsciously this is why my dad all along opposed me reducing my hours and why he taught the "others" [11:31] schestowitz-TR to work above and beyond (to stand out) [11:35] schestowitz-TR [personal: mom told me last week she might soon put the house on sale to free up some cash at hand; she lost a lot [11:35] schestowitz-TR due to "the market"] [11:35] schestowitz-TR "developing" "world" 1972: have kids, they can help you with the farm/business [11:35] schestowitz-TR "depeloped" nations 1972: kids are expensive [11:35] schestowitz-TR "developing" "world" 2022: don't have kids, wheat is expensive, russia uses it as "weapon" (billBC this week) [11:35] schestowitz-TR "depeloped" nations 2022: maybe have some kids, they can shelter you when you are out of work or retired [11:35] Techrights-sec yes [11:35] Techrights-sec ack [11:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [11:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:38] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: ^^ [11:38] schestowitz-TR about your mom [11:39] schestowitz-TR rianne's mom took a second job just now, as rent is hiked by about 50% [11:39] schestowitz-TR and the new job pays like 3 times less [11:39] schestowitz-TR oops [11:39] schestowitz-TR not rianne's [11:39] schestowitz-TR RYAN'S [11:39] schestowitz-TR US has a long tradition of working several jobs to make ends meet [11:39] schestowitz-TR his mom must be about 60 [11:39] schestowitz-TR they also bilked her out of her pension [11:39] schestowitz-TR (the church) [11:39] schestowitz-TR I assume she is a nurse in something connected to the church in IN [11:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [11:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:41] DaemonFC Yeah, a Catholic retirement home. [11:41] Techrights-sec The workers' wages are trimmed to keep the workers broken and desperate and [11:41] Techrights-sec thus compliant and without time to organize or push back. It also distracts [11:41] Techrights-sec from the destination for the money: the pockets of a very few executives and [11:41] Techrights-sec a handful of "investors". [11:41] DaemonFC Now she's trying to retire and draw the pension while still working part time like they said she could and they're getting squirrely about whether they'll actually allow it. [11:42] Techrights-sec ack [11:42] Techrights-sec the Catholic Church is a large political entity with a lot of money; the [11:42] Techrights-sec Mormon "Church" is even worse. [11:42] DaemonFC They don't actually want her there and it's because she's been around so long she costs them about $9 an hour more than some nurse they get fresh out of school. [11:43] Techrights-sec One of the reasons for Northern Europe, Scandinavia in particular, taking [11:43] Techrights-sec part in the Reformation so quickly was the ability to confiscate the [11:43] Techrights-sec holdings which were on par or exceeding those of the monarchy. [11:43] DaemonFC They've had a lot of incompetent and embezzling administrators. [11:44] DaemonFC Now they take it out on the people who actually work. [11:45] DaemonFC Her ex husband worked there and hurt his back away from the job and then claimed it was a workplace accident to get them to pay for his back surgery. [11:45] DaemonFC He went to lift a television and went "OWWWWW!". [11:45] DaemonFC They couldn't prove where the accident happened so he got away with doing that. [11:46] Techrights-sec These were [11:46] Techrights-sec then reapportioned internally to both buy domestic alliances and externally [11:46] Techrights-sec to finance endless wars. The pushback against the wars and against the [11:46] Techrights-sec lack of transparency and accountability came in 1776 when the power shifted [11:46] Techrights-sec and the parties which had been locked out and kept in the dark wrote [11:46] Techrights-sec freedom of infromation into the Swedish constitution. However, since the late [11:46] DaemonFC With all of those idiots they had managing the place, that was a drop in the bucket I guess. [11:46] Techrights-sec 1990 privatization has been a way to circumvent that constitutional obligation. [11:47] DaemonFC He didn't admit that until years later. [11:49] DaemonFC He was always buying junk. schestowitz-TR I mean, not like a Bose radio. If he did buy a Bose radio he'd get one that didn't work and say "I'll fix that." and then sit it somewhere and never fix it, and it wouldn't even be a side project that ever got done, and he'd pay $200 for it. [11:50] DaemonFC That's how he did her with things like that rusted out old lawnmower he paid almost $300 for and then it sat there and kept rusting. [11:50] DaemonFC While their gas is being turned off. [11:50] DaemonFC Water, car insurance... [11:51] Techrights-sec If any group claiming to be a religion crosses the line and becomes active in [11:51] Techrights-sec national politics they should have their status revoked and be treated [11:51] Techrights-sec as a political movement instead, that applies to both Catholocism and islamism [11:51] Techrights-sec anyway speaking of status as a religion this is too much of a digression from [11:51] Techrights-sec the spread of microsoftianism within the US public sector. That crap just does [11:51] Techrights-sec not work, yet even in the face of it not working, insiders still keep deploying [11:51] Techrights-sec it. [11:53] schestowitz-TR I think that, over time, there will be fewer such deployments and "clown" is Micrsofot's attempt to also own, [11:53] schestowitz-TR control, and tame what's not its own [11:53] schestowitz-TR then corrupt officials into buying "clown" [11:53] schestowitz-TR and pay rents to Microsoft [11:53] schestowitz-TR for things that Microsoft is still attacking, not just with patents [11:53] schestowitz-TR Amazon exploits these differently, as does Gulag [11:53] schestowitz-TR Gulag and Amazon and Microsoft... exploiting differently [11:53] schestowitz-TR Apple also quite differently [11:54] schestowitz-TR because their main "products" and "services" or "cash cows" are not the same [11:54] DaemonFC I mean, if you can actually fix things and are handy and buy things cheap, then sometimes it's worth going for. [11:54] schestowitz-TR things do not last long anymore [11:54] schestowitz-TR IME [11:54] schestowitz-TR it's still getting worse [11:54] schestowitz-TR people want to buy cheap [11:54] schestowitz-TR so they make it cheap [11:55] schestowitz-TR with the worst possible components [11:55] schestowitz-TR this means [11:55] DaemonFC But getting a rusty lawnmower that doesn't work and needs a new engine and new blades and an evening being sanded down and repainted, and you pay 65% of what a new riding lawnmower costs.... Then never fix it. [11:55] schestowitz-TR 1) repairs cost more than new [11:55] DaemonFC That's just stupid. [11:55] schestowitz-TR 2) they don't last long [11:55] schestowitz-TR iow, you're racing towards industry of 'disposabl;es' [11:56] schestowitz-TR I refuse to buy any more electric kettles [11:56] schestowitz-TR you buy even a decent brand and it lasts one year [11:56] schestowitz-TR I don't fancy feeling like I'm 'renting' a kettle on an annual basis [11:56] DaemonFC If he got it for 10% of what a new one costs and an engine rebuild kit, and some paint and sandpaper and new blades and ended up with one that ran okay and cost him 35% of a new one, that would have been a deal. [11:56] schestowitz-TR and wasting like 100+ dollars every 5 years [11:57] DaemonFC He had boxes from ebay showing up with chains in them. [11:57] DaemonFC Then he threw the chains in a corner and never took them out of the box. [11:57] DaemonFC I don't fancy feeling like I'm 'renting' a kettle on an annual basis [11:57] DaemonFC You can heat water in a microwave. [11:57] schestowitz-TR I use the hob now [11:57] schestowitz-TR "stove" in US [11:58] schestowitz-TR it took me time to get used to it [11:58] schestowitz-TR inc. the timer on the hob [11:58] schestowitz-TR and how many mins for what amount and level [11:58] DaemonFC Yeah, I used a whistling stovetop kettle for years. [11:58] schestowitz-TR electric showers the same [11:58] DaemonFC How many minutes? [11:58] schestowitz-TR ours broke down less than a year after moving in [11:58] DaemonFC It whistles when the water is ready! [11:58] schestowitz-TR so I replaced that with the boiler [11:59] schestowitz-TR they don 't repair the electric shower [11:59] schestowitz-TR they want to sell the same unit again [11:59] schestowitz-TR with all the same components, which could instead be reused [11:59] schestowitz-TR and fitting needs an electrician [11:59] DaemonFC Yeah, if the landlord had any sense he'd just pony up the dough and get a tankless water heater for the building. [11:59] Techrights-sec ack [11:59] DaemonFC It's a one time expense and no cost to store a ton of hot water in a tank that sits there and rusts out and needs flushing. ● Jun 07 [12:00] DaemonFC If you get a traditional water heater, you need to wrap it in one hell of an insulation blanket. [12:00] DaemonFC And don't cheap out on it. [12:00] DaemonFC You can get your cost of running it down by 40-50% by wrapping it with a good water heater blanket. [12:01] DaemonFC But many people don't do that and then bitch about their electric or gas bills. [12:01] schestowitz-TR more modern boilers can heat up water "on demand" [12:01] schestowitz-TR and reach temps like 50 degrees [12:01] schestowitz-TR depending on initial temp and rate of flow [12:01] schestowitz-TR when I grew up we'd have to heat up the whole boiler hours in advance [12:01] schestowitz-TR and it could "run out" of hot water [12:02] DaemonFC If there was something I could do to my car for $40 that doubled the gas mileage, I would! [12:02] schestowitz-TR here we have undeerground gas pipes [12:02] Techrights-sec ack [12:02] Techrights-sec did you have time to check the short Rossmann video above? [12:02] DaemonFC Rossman video? [12:02] schestowitz-TR I have not even clicked on it, many links today [12:02] schestowitz-TR slow news in RSS, but it's good to have that compansated for [12:02] schestowitz-TR I'll check the video now [12:02] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: yes [12:03] schestowitz-TR , hang on [12:03] DaemonFC I didn't see the link. [12:03] DaemonFC About "developed" countries.... [12:03] schestowitz-TR "A word on why exposing corruption doesn't matter" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/a-word-on-why-exposing-corruption:f [12:03] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-odysee.com | A word on why exposing corruption doesn't matter [12:03] Techrights-sec ok [12:03] DaemonFC I think that's code for "stopped growing a long time ago. Termite infested economy.". [12:03] DaemonFC "Here's a queen that does nothing to wave at football." [12:06] DaemonFC Here's Boris with a bill to arrest homeless and throw "boat people" back in the Channel. [12:10] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, The Right to Repair laws at the state level concern these companies because they'll have to design products that comply with all of them or start being unable to sell into certain states for certain reasons based on certain parts of certain bills. [12:10] DaemonFC They want a very weak federal law that stops states from doing something better. [12:10] DaemonFC Like the CAN-SPAM Act. [12:10] schestowitz-TR watching now (btw, falkon struggles with lbry) [12:10] schestowitz-TR so another thing not to like about this oddball protocol [12:10] schestowitz-TR I think that [12:10] schestowitz-TR a) it used to work OK [12:10] schestowitz-TR or [12:10] schestowitz-TR b) sometimes it works, sometimes now [12:10] schestowitz-TR if not, I use librewolf [12:10] schestowitz-TR he speaks of "reddit" [12:10] schestowitz-TR not a good place to read [12:10] schestowitz-TR it makes my blood boil sometimes [12:10] schestowitz-TR because of their social engineering [12:10] schestowitz-TR "token dissent" -digital vegan [12:10] schestowitz-TR ok, that reminds me of epo [12:10] schestowitz-TR write 5000 articles exposing corruption [12:10] schestowitz-TR "crickets" [12:10] schestowitz-TR at&t lobbyists [12:10] schestowitz-TR corporate money [12:10] schestowitz-TR like epo [12:13] schestowitz-TR i like his mention of identity politics (epo uses perception of "unity" or "EU!") and spontaneous, unedited webcam [12:13] DaemonFC "Hochul said the purchase of body armor will be banned, except for those in law enforcement or in professions that could put them in danger." [12:13] DaemonFC Body armor isn't restricted in most states. [12:13] DaemonFC People can just buy it there and take it to New York. [12:14] schestowitz-TR this is a uniquely us issue [12:14] schestowitz-TR [09:07] "Motor vehicle traffic deaths 40,698; All firearm death 45,222" https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/injury.htm [12:14] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cdc.gov | FastStats - Injuries [12:14] DaemonFC You can wear body armor in Illinois, but if you wear it while you're committing a crime, it's another offense. [12:15] DaemonFC Crime being violent crime where you're wearing it so that the police have a harder time shooting you. [12:16] DaemonFC To all those drunk with power who think that they will challenge these laws, James said. The Second Amendment is not absolute. [12:17] DaemonFC Yeah, they're passing more laws when their biggest one, the one against the right to conceal and carry, is about to be struck down in a month or two. [12:17] DaemonFC The rest are going to go. [12:17] DaemonFC They'll be able to enforce them for months, maybe. [12:18] schestowitz-TR millions in us have these fantasies [12:18] schestowitz-TR or delusions of grandeur [12:18] schestowitz-TR wherein they take on the gov. [12:18] schestowitz-TR with fifles [12:18] schestowitz-TR and then "take over" or somthing [12:18] schestowitz-TR like some armed militia would be an improvement over what exists now [12:19] schestowitz-TR this is why the us gov. STILL has some consent from most of the people [12:19] schestowitz-TR who view it as "lesser evil" [12:19] schestowitz-TR and oppose insurrection [12:25] schestowitz-TR Techrights-sec: I've put the top500 link you sent under "Science" as I saw no connection to patent and assumed human error [12:26] Techrights-sec reddit is a disinformation / propaganda medium [12:26] Techrights-sec controlled by microsofters to prevent and discourage ICT growth [12:26] Techrights-sec thanks that was an error [12:27] schestowitz-TR I wonder if rossmann explained how he chooses topic [12:27] schestowitz-TR some linus vloggers mentioned "reddi" x-/ [12:27] schestowitz-TR to avoid repetition you always need to chase topics [12:27] schestowitz-TR and ones you cannot address in one sentence [12:29] Techrights-sec the illusion of topics is deceptive, since the microsofters there quickly [12:29] Techrights-sec suppress any off-message discussion. [12:29] Techrights-sec ack [12:31] schestowitz-TR I am kicking myself trying to recall what it is that last night I thought, "i could respond to this" before [12:31] schestowitz-TR accepting that one "Ed" comment can cover it all, no need for a video [12:31] schestowitz-TR but there are always things like these [12:31] schestowitz-TR they come and go [12:31] schestowitz-TR it really does not matter what it was (that I forgot) [12:31] schestowitz-TR because I already responded to it in text [12:31] schestowitz-TR and later rejected the idea of it meriting a video [12:31] schestowitz-TR I'm GLAD to know that Rossmann is being suppresse in gulagtube, if only just the schafufrunde or [12:31] schestowitz-TR however that's spelled (I'll never remember) [12:31] schestowitz-TR youtube is good for shit videos or fart videos [12:31] schestowitz-TR not literally [12:31] schestowitz-TR those are not too controversial [12:31] Techrights-sec I'm not but I am relieved that he is aware of it though at the moment he [12:31] Techrights-sec might not be aware of how widespread it is and how it is used to manipulate [12:31] Techrights-sec and steer public opinion [12:31] Techrights-sec perhaps but LBRY won't last long IMO [12:33] DaemonFC Whether or not they think that the US Supreme Court is "drunk with power", it does tell New York what its laws are. [12:33] DaemonFC Pretty much the only thing these new laws will do is cost money to defend and get struck down. [12:33] schestowitz-TR heh. lbry ALREADY vanished [12:33] schestowitz-TR and became not a site [12:33] schestowitz-TR but protocoll [12:33] DaemonFC The Illinois FOID Act is on borrowed time. [12:33] schestowitz-TR iirc, due to some sec probe [12:33] schestowitz-TR at first I thought it was about the decentrlised nature [12:33] schestowitz-TR later I realised it's because they recruit "creators" on the condition of inflating [12:33] schestowitz-TR their 'crypto'scam [12:33] DaemonFC Wait for the Supreme Court decision on Conceal and Carry. If they say it's a right that doesn't require a permit, what does Illinois do? [12:34] DaemonFC Back down. [12:34] DaemonFC And crime won't go up if they do that. [12:34] DaemonFC The people who shouldn't have them and don't have a permit just buy them and carry them anyway. [12:34] DaemonFC And if they get arrested for it, it's because that's on top of the million other things they have a record for since they turned 18. [12:35] Techrights-sec LBRY is the protocol [12:35] Techrights-sec anyway I have my doubts about its technical viability in the long run [12:35] Techrights-sec the scam is the main payload the videos are just there as a loss leader [12:35] Techrights-sec cryptocurrency as it exists to day is a scam and at the same time an egregious [12:35] Techrights-sec waste of electicity and CPU time [12:35] DaemonFC This is why gun laws don't work. "You murdered some people and we're sending you to prison, but you violated the conceal and carry law so here's 2 years on top of the life sentence.". [12:36] DaemonFC The law only scares people who don't want to be in trouble for ANYTHING, like me. [12:37] DaemonFC It does nothing to scare people who are like, you know, in trouble whenever they're out of jail briefly anyway and go "Fuck you pig! Blam blam blam!" with the gun that the law said they couldn't have. [12:37] DaemonFC It's like restraining orders. People get them and it's an absolute joke. [12:38] DaemonFC "I believe this person is going to kill me. Please serve them with a document that enrages them and tells them everywhere I'll be so they'll commit a misdemeanor when they come to kill me." [12:38] schestowitz-TR videeos are expensive to stgore and deliver [12:38] schestowitz-TR the more popular they become, the more expensive [12:38] schestowitz-TR i keep good backups of all the raws and finals [12:38] schestowitz-TR those are not too expensive to store on multiple devices [12:38] schestowitz-TR but atm I rely on the generocity of kaniini [12:38] schestowitz-TR I have a rough estimate of hosting w/ TB-level BW [12:38] schestowitz-TR the cost is very high [12:38] schestowitz-TR I've not yet found a SOLID topic for video [12:38] schestowitz-TR and "THIS IS FINE!" [12:38] schestowitz-TR I don't have patreon [12:38] schestowitz-TR rianne always jokes about larabel, [12:38] schestowitz-TR being mandated to keep up to some quotas [12:38] schestowitz-TR which she says she does not have in tuxmachines [12:39] schestowitz-TR she has been spending dozens of hours per week researching recipes [12:39] schestowitz-TR and experimenting a lot in the kitchen [12:39] schestowitz-TR tuxmachines [12:39] schestowitz-TR is doing OK, about 50 nodes per day, despite "slow" news [12:39] schestowitz-TR we got more creative [12:39] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: the law does not protect [12:39] schestowitz-TR from those who don't obey the law [12:39] schestowitz-TR like CCTV does not prevent crime [12:39] schestowitz-TR it might help convict the per [12:39] schestowitz-TR IF you catch the person [12:39] schestowitz-TR IFa [12:39] schestowitz-TR and then prevent repetition [12:39] DaemonFC It's not like people who want to break the law have any self-control whatsoever. [12:39] DaemonFC If they did, they'd take basic measures to not be caught. [12:39] schestowitz-TR galvinised society has no respect [12:40] DaemonFC Or figure out some way to do the same awful thing, but which is entirely legal. [12:41] DaemonFC This country is so screwed up that even when you can tell the police "The bad guys are right THERE!" more than half the time they don't do anything about it. [12:41] schestowitz-TR "Yes, the gun lobby and weapons manufacturers fuel the violence with easily available assault-style weapons" https://scheerpost.com/2022/06/06/hedges-americas-gun-fetish/ | "Yes, the gun lobby and weapons manufacturers fuel the violence with easily available assault-style weapons" https://scheerpost.com/2022/06/06/hedges-americas-gun-fetish/ | Source: ScheerpostSource: Scheerpost [12:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Hedges: Americas Gun Fetish scheerpost.com [12:42] Techrights-sec ack [12:46] schestowitz-TR there is no "easy fix" or longterm solution to the video conumdrum [12:46] schestowitz-TR videos are big [12:46] schestowitz-TR they are expensive [12:46] schestowitz-TR MSM used to be partly done on taxpayer payroll [12:46] schestowitz-TR to create a sense of national unity [12:46] schestowitz-TR which I do not oppose [12:46] schestowitz-TR the problem is, billg et al buying the media [12:46] schestowitz-TR even when taxpayers still pay for it [12:46] schestowitz-TR with or without ads or brainwash for revenue/justification [12:46] schestowitz-TR my uncle in FL still sends me small videos over email [12:46] schestowitz-TR hollywood economics have been failing in recent years [12:46] schestowitz-TR hardly any "big budget" films [12:46] schestowitz-TR maybe they too should ask for "defense" bailout [12:47] DaemonFC Traditional reporting was more or less fact-based and politically neutral. [12:47] Techrights-sec ack [12:47] Techrights-sec national unity is an admirable purpose if done impartially and based on [12:47] Techrights-sec empirical observable facts [12:47] Techrights-sec Maybe are divested from reality so unlike in decades past were people disagreed [12:47] Techrights-sec on interpretation of the facts there is no common base on which to even found [12:47] Techrights-sec a dialog since one or more parties are detatched from reality. [12:47] Techrights-sec Films mostly suck since 1999 or so, when Hollywood started kowtowing to CCP [12:47] DaemonFC Now you have Fox and CNN, and CNN is stuck talking about Trump every day. [12:47] DaemonFC Like, the same stories every day reworded a little about something that happened 2-3 years ago. [12:47] DaemonFC THey really want to save Biden I guess. [12:48] DaemonFC I don't think anything they do will be enough to distract from gas that costs 3x as much. [12:48] DaemonFC It went up to $5.89 this morning. I pulled over and topped up at the Murphy for $5.34 because it usually takes them another day to catch up with everyone else. [12:49] DaemonFC If you see gas going down, fill up somewhere else, if you see it going up, go to Murphy, is the usual rule. [12:49] schestowitz-TR we've not gone "to the movies" since 2018 or 2019 (last of Planet o the Apes) [12:49] schestowitz-TR we did, however, eat popcorn at home and rianne bought a machine that makes it fast [12:49] DaemonFC A microwave? [12:49] DaemonFC :) [12:49] Techrights-sec A defense bailout would be as relevant there, perhaps more so, than for M$ [12:49] Techrights-sec I'm shocked that Trump has avoided prosecution for sedition among other things [12:49] Techrights-sec but that is off topic [12:49] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: no [12:49] schestowitz-TR another toy [12:50] DaemonFC Filling the house with crap during a recession? [12:50] schestowitz-TR rare exception [12:50] DaemonFC I too like to live dangerously. *arches eyebrow* [12:50] schestowitz-TR not my idea [12:51] DaemonFC The "news" keeps saying "if" there is a recession "later". [12:51] DaemonFC Like, it's possible for gas to be $6 a gallon and not have one going on right now. [12:51] Techrights-sec I'm still puzzling over how society can counter the problems of microsoftianism [12:51] Techrights-sec as found in the USDA and USPTO and etc [12:51] DaemonFC A smart CEO would let everyone who can work from home. [12:52] Techrights-sec The damage caused by their substandard, insufficient products is real and [12:52] Techrights-sec far from insignificant when taken at scale. [12:52] DaemonFC If they don't need child care and gas for the car and shit, and can move out of California, they'll probably gladly take a pay cut of some kind, or at least not expect huge raises for a while. [12:53] DaemonFC And if there are no raises coming and people see their standard of living crater, you have another problem. Low morale = low productivity. [12:53] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, I suppose I wasn't cut out for management in a large company because the way I see it is when employees have a problem, the company has a problem. [12:54] DaemonFC We need to be doing enough to keep the employees at least this happy to make sure we're getting an optimal amount of productivity for our employment expense, etc. [12:55] DaemonFC Sometimes that means a decent raise, sometimes it means encouraging them to take a vacation and go do something away for a while, doesn't have to be expensive. [12:55] DaemonFC Maybe they take some days off and go camping or fishing or hiking, which don't cost a lot of money, but it does great things for the mind. [12:56] DaemonFC An overencumbered mind leads to burnout, which leads to lower productivity. [12:57] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, Walmart got a blurb about "job creation" into WGN, probably others. [12:57] DaemonFC They say they want to open four new warehouses with order picking robots. [12:57] DaemonFC "creating jobs" [12:58] DaemonFC Like robots create jobs. They exist so you don't have to create jobs. You have a workforce that doesn't eat, doesn't sleep, doesn't have family problems going on, doesn't take sick days, and no paychecks. [12:58] DaemonFC "job creators" [12:59] DaemonFC My uncle said that nobody takes sick days when they're sick. [12:59] schestowitz-TR the innovation has not been happening where their products exist [12:59] schestowitz-TR neither academic nor industrial/commercial [12:59] schestowitz-TR but I think it's not because Windows and other MSFT products sucjk [12:59] schestowitz-TR but because capable people reject those products [12:59] DaemonFC They go to work sick and take the sick days when they just don't want to be at work. [12:59] schestowitz-TR and get on with real work [12:59] schestowitz-TR the lesser abled people default to shitware [12:59] schestowitz-TR and end up passing capital to Microsoft and the resellers [12:59] schestowitz-TR without accomplishing muchg [12:59] schestowitz-TR therein lies the dangers to companies and depts that choose MDF [12:59] schestowitz-TR a side effect is, they drive out capable technicians [12:59] schestowitz-TR and can only attracts the dropouts [12:59] schestowitz-TR *attract [12:59] schestowitz-TR or people with "certificatios" in place of real merits [12:59] schestowitz-TR (in places of work where they mandated Windows I made it clear I would not be really interested. in one unbiversity [12:59] schestowitz-TR they said it would be ok to install anything I want...) [12:59] schestowitz-TR they need to be flexible to pull people who get work done and not just follow scripts (not in the technical sense) [12:59] schestowitz-TR but we live in a society where even that has become a rariry [12:59] schestowitz-TR you can use devuan or lfs or openbsd or riscos [12:59] schestowitz-TR but to "fo work" they invite you to "the clown" [12:59] schestowitz-TR and that requires 30 millionn lines of "code" [12:59] schestowitz-TR whether it's dressed up as a fox or a jackal ● Jun 07 [13:00] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, I've had jobs where the bosses are just SO awful that I called in sick sometimes just because I didn't want to deal with their shit that day and took at three day weekend instead. [13:00] DaemonFC Then they always wonder why they have staffing problems. [13:00] DaemonFC Why people are always one point from being fired. [13:02] DaemonFC You know, the way I figured it was I had a cheap car, I had a roof over my head, I had food and video games. If I could sick out back when we called that playing hooky instead of a "mental health day", why not? [13:02] schestowitz-TR true [13:02] DaemonFC And the only reason you need a mental health day is because of having a boss like that. [13:02] DaemonFC When I had a good boss, I rarely ever called in. [13:03] DaemonFC I've had jobs where I had to call in one day in three years or something. [13:04] DaemonFC That's the price companies pay for letting the crap float to the top. [13:04] Techrights-sec The capable people reject those products and the work environment in which they [13:04] Techrights-sec can exist and are thus driven out by incompetents and suckups. [13:04] Techrights-sec Certifications are generally a red flag warning that the potential employee [13:04] Techrights-sec has no actual skills or experience or knowledge. HR on the other hand loves [13:04] Techrights-sec box ticking and thus certification. [13:04] Techrights-sec ack [13:04] Techrights-sec bloat == security holes [13:04] DaemonFC You promote evil ignorant people to management, morale goes into the shitter, you start having problems. Lots of problems. [13:04] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: crap wants other crap to join up there [13:04] schestowitz-TR as it poses less risk [13:05] schestowitz-TR to the other crap [13:05] schestowitz-TR same in politics [13:07] schestowitz-TR we got infested with few of those certification-adoring BS [13:07] schestowitz-TR but not without some challenge and dissent [13:07] schestowitz-TR the problem is worse [13:07] schestowitz-TR sometimes the CLIENTS have such expectations [13:07] schestowitz-TR ISO and other toilet paper like "AWS" [13:07] Techrights-sec there are some clever ways to deflect such silliness from clients, sometimes [13:08] DaemonFC The ISO is pretty much worthless. [13:08] DaemonFC They'll standardize pretty much anything, for money. [13:08] DaemonFC No matter how bad. [13:09] DaemonFC I notice that nobody even proposed Opus to the ISO. I think the ISO is losing their relevance though. [13:09] DaemonFC Standards are catching on by their own merit or taking them to standards bodies that still function mostly like they are supposed to. [13:10] schestowitz-TR tickbox checking exercise [13:10] schestowitz-TR or memorisation skills [13:10] schestowitz-TR those are factry floor mentalities [13:10] schestowitz-TR "did you wear gloves"? [13:10] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, So many "news" articles lamenting the "death" of the "iPod". [13:10] schestowitz-TR "did you cut it like we taught you"? [13:10] schestowitz-TR in tech, the problems vary and are not predictable [13:10] schestowitz-TR rianne joked that sarinGas was like candy sore manager [13:10] schestowitz-TR *store [13:10] schestowitz-TR assuming we open up boxes and stuff shelves [13:10] schestowitz-TR or close tickets like they are "people at the counter" [13:10] DaemonFC I pointed out any old Android phone could do more than that. [13:10] schestowitz-TR "here, have candy" [13:11] DaemonFC Even with no data connection, you can still play most music formats on one. [13:11] DaemonFC It's not totally useless without data. Get one for next to nothing and use it as a media player. [13:12] Techrights-sec yes, they are meaningless tickboxes, and as such the "requirements" can often [13:12] Techrights-sec be gamed [13:12] DaemonFC In airplane mode, the battery lasts a good long while. [13:12] DaemonFC The iPod was just an iPhone without a cellular modem at the end. [13:12] DaemonFC What's the point? [13:12] DaemonFC $400 for an iPhone with no modem? [13:12] DaemonFC You can buy an iPhone with a modem for that! [13:12] Techrights-sec ISO was valuable prior to the OOXML scandal. One could argue that one of the [13:12] Techrights-sec primary or secondary goals was to delegitimize ISO as an organization and [13:12] Techrights-sec undermine its reputation to the point of no return [13:12] Techrights-sec ^goals of the scandal [13:15] DaemonFC They standardized things that patent trolls brought them a long time before that. [13:15] DaemonFC Like MP3. [13:16] schestowitz-TR there are some sayings that come to mind [13:16] schestowitz-TR along the linhes of, it takes more effort to resist than to play along [13:16] schestowitz-TR or, how cynicism is the way to go but few do it [13:16] schestowitz-TR there are many idioms to that effect [13:16] schestowitz-TR but this is how I've felt at work... for the past few years [13:16] schestowitz-TR my outlet was confronting the management [13:16] schestowitz-TR as the most senior employee I think I'm entitled or priivileged to do this [13:16] schestowitz-TR unlike some colleagues [13:16] schestowitz-TR and later I can say, "told you so..." [13:16] Techrights-sec ack [13:20] schestowitz-TR some banks here cannot be accessed (online) for periods of the day [13:20] schestowitz-TR not for security reasons [13:20] schestowitz-TR you and I can only imagine what happens in those time slots [13:20] schestowitz-TR the banks would not say [13:20] schestowitz-TR just messages saying come back later [13:20] schestowitz-TR iirc, bt does this too [13:20] schestowitz-TR they are close microsoft partners [13:20] schestowitz-TR if web sites can be up 24/76 on shoestring budget [13:20] schestowitz-TR and LSE could run 24/7 after abandoning Microsoft (outages during daytime) [13:20] schestowitz-TR why can't bank with massive "tech" budgets [13:20] schestowitz-TR that replace physical branches withg "apps" and "on-line" [13:20] Techrights-sec ack [13:21] DaemonFC along the linhes of, it takes more effort to resist than to play along [13:21] DaemonFC Often true. [13:23] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, Active resistance often burns up too much energy. [13:25] DaemonFC There's ways to resist and make it look like you're complying. Then you can gain compliance from people who don't bother to check if you're doing what you're supposed to. [13:25] DaemonFC I learned that lesson early on. My dad had me thrown into a psychiatric facility. [13:25] DaemonFC I went days without eating demanding to be let out. [13:25] DaemonFC I refused my medication. [13:26] DaemonFC The more I did that, the more that they threatened my stay there would be a very long one. [13:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [13:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:26] DaemonFC Then I noticed that if it looked like I'd given up, nobody was actually checking to see what I did. [13:26] DaemonFC So I started playing along. Eating meals, taking the medication (then tossing it when nobody was looking. [13:27] DaemonFC And once they thought I was doing what they wanted me to do, they let me out. [13:27] schestowitz-TR compliance is path of least resistance [13:27] schestowitz-TR when those to whom you comply exercise a lot of control [13:27] Techrights-sec ack [13:28] DaemonFC Yeah, just look like you're some dumb guy who has given up trying to push back. [13:28] DaemonFC And then they mostly just leave you alone. [13:28] DaemonFC And all most people want is to be left alone. [13:28] DaemonFC So that's good enough for most people. [13:38] Techrights-sec ack [13:38] schestowitz-TR Financial security gives people the time and space they need to properly organise against social and class injustice; thus, the ruling class wants to obliterate the middle class. The ruling class DOES have financial security, but this class does not fight itself; yet worse, those people collude to cover up for each other (shared goals) [13:39] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, I just don't buy a lot of stuff. [13:39] DaemonFC I buy cheap clothes and wear them for many years. [13:39] DaemonFC I got an apartment on the lower end of the rent scale. [13:40] DaemonFC I mean, if you don't get many expensive tastes and bad habits, it's not all that bad. [13:40] DaemonFC Children are an expensive thing and a bad habit. [13:40] schestowitz-TR I'm mostly the same [13:41] schestowitz-TR except rianne shelved away many of my much older clothes [13:41] DaemonFC I see people with 3 or 4 kids complaining that gas is expensive. [13:41] schestowitz-TR the ones from my teenage years [13:41] DaemonFC Or their electric bill is $10 higher or lower this month. [13:41] schestowitz-TR kids amplify this [13:41] DaemonFC They're worried about the wrong things because they had some control over their life and they squandered it. [13:41] schestowitz-TR they need heating in winter [13:41] schestowitz-TR adults need cooling [13:41] schestowitz-TR it's about body mass [13:42] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:42] DaemonFC I noticed I need the air conditioner less so far with the dehumidifier running. [13:43] DaemonFC I was mostly using the air conditioner to get rid of that stagnant humid air, which it will do for a lot more money. [13:43] schestowitz-TR fans can help [13:43] DaemonFC It gets the worst in here for days after there was a storm. [13:43] DaemonFC The relative humidity shoots up to like 80%. [13:44] schestowitz-TR when showers, hot showers, use gas [13:44] schestowitz-TR and the prices soar [13:44] schestowitz-TR you can then become more efficient [13:44] DaemonFC I don't like anywhere in the house being over 50% relative humidity. [13:44] schestowitz-TR dry shaving, shorter showers [13:44] DaemonFC So I set the duehumidifier at 45. 45 at the unit = 50 in the other rooms. [13:44] DaemonFC 50 = 58. [13:45] schestowitz-TR not a big problem in england [13:45] DaemonFC It gets pretty gross in here without that. [13:45] schestowitz-TR temperature range here is OK [13:45] DaemonFC High humidity makes it very hard to sleep. [13:46] DaemonFC Speaking of which, I had a weird dream last night. [13:46] DaemonFC John was in it. We were at a library and he annoyed a police officer who made everyone else look away while he took out his baton and cracked John's skull in with it and then walked off. [13:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:47] schestowitz-TR good dream then? [13:47] schestowitz-TR mayeb he needed the skull tom unlock the "smart" KIA [13:47] DaemonFC Disturbing still. [13:48] schestowitz-TR it IS disturbing [13:48] schestowitz-TR I mean, why would you be in a LIBRARY! [13:48] DaemonFC ? [13:48] schestowitz-TR joke [13:49] DaemonFC You go to sleep and your mind can do anything it wants to you. [13:49] schestowitz-TR depends [13:50] DaemonFC Then Mandy wonders why I don't like to sleep at night. [13:50] schestowitz-TR first, another person can wake you up [13:50] schestowitz-TR if you show signs of unease [13:50] schestowitz-TR second, if your life is relatively clam those dreams become less wild [13:50] schestowitz-TR *calm [13:50] DaemonFC Mandy just sleeps through it. [13:50] DaemonFC Then I sleep in the day and in the day I get sleep paralysis. [13:50] schestowitz-TR he saw dogs smashed IRL [13:50] schestowitz-TR he can take a bad dream or two [13:51] schestowitz-TR sleep paralysis happens a lot in daytime [13:51] DaemonFC Part of the reason I put so many locks on the door is because of that. [13:51] schestowitz-TR depending on posture, too [13:51] schestowitz-TR I've not experienced any sleep paralysis in a very very long time [13:51] DaemonFC I always hallucinate that there's someone breaking into the apartment. [13:51] DaemonFC They're going to kill me but I can't move. I can't move and they're coming. [13:51] schestowitz-TR sense of presence [13:52] schestowitz-TR just remind yourself it's a false sense [13:52] schestowitz-TR and go back to sleep [13:52] DaemonFC Yeah, I do that. [13:52] schestowitz-TR or cause adrenaline rush to wake up [13:56] DaemonFC Yeah, if I can manage to move a finger, I come out of it faster. [13:57] DaemonFC It's extremely frustrating. Like my hand doesn't want to move but if I force it to, it will slowly start to move, and then everything else unlocks a few seconds later. [13:58] DaemonFC It's easier to get my left hand to move than my right hand. [13:58] DaemonFC Which is strange, because I'm right-handed. [13:59] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[15:59] Techrights-sec ack [15:59] Techrights-sec yes many sites have misleading names or titles to lure in people and then [15:59] Techrights-sec feed them disinformation and FUD against Linux and FOSS [15:59] Techrights-sec mainstream media could be repaired by abandoning this "both sides" crap and [15:59] Techrights-sec attempting to focus on verifiable facts ● Jun 07 [16:01] schestowitz-TR gang is code for oligarchs who break the media code [16:01] schestowitz-TR like the ones who bought Politico 2 years agi [16:01] schestowitz-TR *ago [16:01] schestowitz-TR 'winged' media causes people not t focus on facts [16:01] schestowitz-TR but worry if one sounds right- or left-wing [16:01] schestowitz-TR when covering those facts [16:06] Techrights-sec yes, except that the media no longer covers facts but instead focuses on 'sides' [16:06] Techrights-sec [16:09] schestowitz-TR the other night I looked a lot or fished for story ideas re epo [16:09] schestowitz-TR the epo picked politics, not unlike mozilla and eff [16:09] schestowitz-TR like all this war stuff [16:09] schestowitz-TR same tactics as eu [16:09] schestowitz-TR so people who oppose epo might seem pro-russia or similar [16:09] schestowitz-TR but of course blasting epo over belarus hits the po where it hurts [16:09] schestowitz-TR as it shows that epo is opposite of what it presents itself as [16:09] schestowitz-TR with eu and esp. germany you could use energy contracts [16:09] schestowitz-TR to contradict what they are saying [16:09] schestowitz-TR iirc, former germany head of state was on board of gasprom [16:15] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:15] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:16] Techrights-sec ack [16:16] Techrights-sec regarding Germany, they talk but do the opposite of the talk [16:16] schestowitz-TR putler is a man of his word [16:16] schestowitz-TR germany politicians are pawns od moneyed interests [16:18] Techrights-sec yes, like M$ which seems to own more than a few high level DE politicians [16:18] Techrights-sec https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/olaf-scholz-and-ukraine-why-has-germany-been-so-slow-to-deliver-weapons-a-7cc8397b-2448-49e6-afa5-00311c8fedce [16:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.spiegel.de | Olaf Scholz and Ukraine: Why Has Germany Been So Slow to Deliver Weapons? - DER SPIEGEL [16:18] Techrights-sec apropos RU and UA [16:19] schestowitz-TR not just microsoft [16:19] schestowitz-TR but for historic reasons mostly them [16:19] schestowitz-TR in 10 years it can be more gulag and other occupying forces [16:19] schestowitz-TR (not loyal to a nation but to shareholders) [16:25] Techrights-sec yep [16:25] schestowitz-TR as I said the other week, I think for the long-term we need to identify the pattern [16:26] schestowitz-TR and keep attacking those [16:26] schestowitz-TR rather than the brands [16:26] schestowitz-TR like with patents, there's a framework being leveraged [16:26] schestowitz-TR and the brands exploiting that will change over time and work in parallel [16:26] schestowitz-TR some patent front groups work for Microsoft and Gulag at the same time [16:26] schestowitz-TR OIN works for ICBM and Microsoft [16:26] schestowitz-TR the problem is the approach [16:26] schestowitz-TR another aspect is how to swerve and avoid the common trolling tactics [16:26] schestowitz-TR like all the pseudo-ethics [16:26] schestowitz-TR while not coming across as a bigot [16:26] schestowitz-TR showing their hypocrisy is a very powerful approach [16:30] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[18:17] Techrights-sec yes, that's true [18:17] Techrights-sec the don't hold elections just bribe [18:18] schestowitz-TR "marketing help" [18:18] schestowitz-TR seriously though, there is also no lack of stories of IBM and Oracle corruption [18:18] schestowitz-TR seems to be a cultural thing [18:18] schestowitz-TR assumption of a lack of oversight and punioshment/consequences\ [18:18] Techrights-sec Oracle tested the lack of punishment when it bought InnoDB [18:19] schestowitz-TR instead of making more robust system for data they just undermine what exists already [18:19] schestowitz-TR this is the whole raison detre of antitrust law and sherman act [18:21] Techrights-sec https://www.databasejournal.com/mysql/oracles-purchase-of-innodb-their-release-of-oracle-express-and-the-effect-on-mysql/ [18:21] Techrights-sec The US DOJ did nothing, so Ellison realized there was nothing to get in the way [18:21] Techrights-sec of doing anything he wanted [18:21] Techrights-sec yes [18:21] Techrights-sec above a certain size, it is more convenient to stifle the market than [18:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.databasejournal.com | Oracle's purchase of InnoDB, their release of Oracle Express, and the effect on MySQL | Database Journal [18:21] Techrights-sec engage in competition or strive for advancement. Also, since the MBAs involved [18:21] Techrights-sec know nothing about computers and even less about databases, it is easier for [18:21] Techrights-sec them to get their tiny minds around the concept. Furthermore there is the [18:21] Techrights-sec zero-sum-game religion that most of them seem to adhere to and through that [18:21] Techrights-sec they seem to figure that they're making a winner by throwing sand in everyone's [18:21] Techrights-sec gears [18:27] Techrights-sec yes but is also the reason that the agency responsible for enforcing those [18:27] Techrights-sec laws has been basically defunded and hobbled [18:27] Techrights-sec that's why Ellison tested the waters first with the purchase of InnoDB; that [18:27] Techrights-sec should have been stopped but wasn't so he went out and bought MySQL too seeing [18:27] Techrights-sec as it was Oracle's only major competitor at the time. [18:29] schestowitz-TR i checked out mysql dumps this morning [18:29] schestowitz-TR they are ok [18:29] schestowitz-TR somehow it feels like mysql has been ok since then, maybe partly because mariadb exists [18:29] schestowitz-TR there's also libreoffice vs openoffice.orfg [18:29] Techrights-sec I think the existence of MariaDB has been the sole reason MySQL has done ok. [18:31] Techrights-sec Berkeley DB has not fared as well under Oracle, BDB was once very widespread [18:31] Techrights-sec but Oracle has more or less killed it off through several measures. [18:32] schestowitz-TR i checked out mysql dumps this morning [18:32] schestowitz-TR they are ok [18:32] schestowitz-TR somehow it feels like mysql has been ok since then, maybe partly because mariadb exists [18:32] schestowitz-TR there's also libreoffice vs openoffice.orfg [18:32] schestowitz-TR at work we standardised around psql a long time ago because our DBAs and experience was based around that [18:33] Techrights-sec That happened in 2006 [18:33] Techrights-sec after InnoDB [18:33] Techrights-sec which was sold in 2005 [18:33] Techrights-sec PostgreSQL is a better choice technically though far less common. [18:33] Techrights-sec BSD whiners made to much noise about the license for it to be taken that [18:33] Techrights-sec seriously however. The whining turned off almost anyone starting to look into [18:33] Techrights-sec the matter and they made it look like the license was the sole difference [18:33] Techrights-sec aside from some incompatiblities. But looking past the license and only at [18:33] Techrights-sec the capabilities, it is a better choice for most deployments [18:34] schestowitz-TR they have a foot now in OSI board [18:34] schestowitz-TR not that it matters so much [18:34] schestowitz-TR OSI is lacking the clout it once had [18:35] Techrights-sec However, one good move is that BDB is now under AGPL + dual license [18:35] Techrights-sec The decline of OSI was an intentional move by the then board. [18:41] schestowitz-TR rianne just came back [18:41] schestowitz-TR saw a shoplifter caught today [18:41] schestowitz-TR full chicken told for 0.3 pounds [18:41] schestowitz-TR *sold [18:41] schestowitz-TR escorted out [18:41] schestowitz-TR anyway, she found enough stuff [18:41] schestowitz-TR saw dead pigeon, wanted to bury it [18:41] schestowitz-TR but hands already full [18:41] Techrights-sec did the shopliffter get thrashed? [18:41] Techrights-sec oh [18:41] Techrights-sec ack [18:41] schestowitz-TR [16:44] Oligarchy https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/06/06/it-doesnt-matter-oligarchy-how-many-mass-shootings-there-are | Source: Common Dreams [18:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | Opinion | It Doesn't Matter to the Oligarchy How Many Mass Shootings There Are | Chris Hedges ● Jun 07 [19:03] schestowitz-TR Stuff Michael Meeks is doing. Blog migrated. https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael [19:03] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-meeksfamily.uk | Stuff Michael Meeks is doing [19:03] schestowitz-TR notice how outsourcing to gnome [19:03] schestowitz-TR and relying on planets [19:03] schestowitz-TR cost him a lot [19:04] Techrights-sec :( [19:05] schestowitz-TR see the tuesday remarks [19:05] schestowitz-TR this is the sort of stuff I've long kept in mind [19:05] schestowitz-TR all those "blogs" I contributed to which later vanished completely [19:05] schestowitz-TR though usually I kepy my own copies and reposted these on my turf [19:05] Techrights-sec yep [19:09] schestowitz-TR planets deter, discourage, obscure, omit, prosecute dissenting voices [19:09] schestowitz-TR they are echo chambers like social control media if not worse [19:10] Techrights-sec yes I would say that planets are mostly bad [19:10] Techrights-sec not just dissenting voices, but off-message posts get censored too [19:10] Techrights-sec not off-topic just off-message [19:10] schestowitz-TR their editors'/eeditor's vanity project [19:10] schestowitz-TR but it doesn't start this way [19:13] schestowitz-TR I was going to use some other words to explain the relation and utility, but forgot... though the underlying concepts [19:13] schestowitz-TR are the same [19:13] schestowitz-TR they cultivate groupthink [19:13] schestowitz-TR hence tghe grouping [19:13] schestowitz-TR see the latest blog post from, wait... forgot his name... norbert [19:13] schestowitz-TR hang on... Norbert Preining: Modern world https://www.preining.info/blog/2022/06/modern-world/ [19:13] schestowitz-TR they did a Linus on him [19:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.preining.info | Modern world | There and back again [19:13] schestowitz-TR forced apology, compelled to give a talk with "diversity" candidate [19:13] schestowitz-TR then he left [19:13] schestowitz-TR now this blog post [19:13] schestowitz-TR I was going to use some other words to explain the relation and utility, but forgot... though the underlying concepts [19:13] schestowitz-TR are the same [19:13] schestowitz-TR they cultivate groupthink [19:13] schestowitz-TR hence tghe grouping [19:13] schestowitz-TR see the latest blog post from, wait... forgot his name... norbert [19:13] schestowitz-TR hang on... Norbert Preining: Modern world https://www.preining.info/blog/2022/06/modern-world/ [19:13] schestowitz-TR they did a Linus on him [19:13] schestowitz-TR forced apology, compelled to give a talk with "diversity" candidate [19:13] schestowitz-TR then he left [19:13] schestowitz-TR now this blog post [19:14] Techrights-sec did they try forced, unnecessary treatment on him like with Torvalds and, [19:14] Techrights-sec presumably, others? [19:15] schestowitz-TR maybe short of him donning rainbows in his blog he will never be forgiven [19:15] schestowitz-TR he tried to play their game [19:15] schestowitz-TR and realised he was wasting his time [19:15] schestowitz-TR they will never be happy [19:15] schestowitz-TR even though he spent like x10 longer in thie project [19:15] schestowitz-TR and made technical mcontributions, not just hearsay and gossip [19:19] Techrights-sec even if he ingratiates himself, it will not help -- as you point out they [19:19] Techrights-sec will never be happy; furthermore it has been shown time and again there and [19:19] Techrights-sec elsewhere over many, many decades that appeasement does not work especially [19:19] Techrights-sec towards bullies and despots and wannabe dictators [19:19] Techrights-sec It's not about technical contributesion is about CoCs and blue hair [19:19] Techrights-sec The goal is to wrest control of the projects from those who made them [19:19] Techrights-sec by using proxies and catspaws [19:19] Techrights-sec https://www.preining.info/blog/2022/01/future-of-my-packages-in-debian/ [19:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.preining.info | Future of "my" packages in Debian | There and back again [19:21] Techrights-sec https://danielpocock.com/debian-jonathan-carter-chris-lamb-resignations/ [19:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-danielpocock.com | Calling for Jonathan Carter & Chris Lamb to resign from Debian [19:21] schestowitz-TR I saw that 10 mins ago, was reading [19:25] schestowitz-TR "then they fight you..." [19:25] schestowitz-TR (me also, remember I walk on narrow pebbles when merely linking to these) [19:25] Techrights-sec ack [19:25] schestowitz-TR if you stand up for nobody, who will stand up for you? [19:27] Techrights-sec correct [19:28] schestowitz-TR I was thinking of collecting screenshots to demonstrate the bias of linuxsecuirty.com [19:28] schestowitz-TR but instead I will wait another week [19:28] schestowitz-TR and see if it improves [19:28] schestowitz-TR reposting a lot of shite for VMware+Microsoft [19:28] Techrights-sec ack [19:51] Techrights-sec https://nypost.com/2022/06/07/paul-pelosis-bought-up-to-2-1m-of-apple-microsoft-shares/ [19:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nypost.com | Paul Pelosi's bought up to $2.1M of Apple, Microsoft shares [19:53] schestowitz-TR USA, Inc. [19:53] schestowitz-TR Not to even be taken seriously anymore [19:53] schestowitz-TR no matter which corporate party [19:53] schestowitz-TR and thus it must be dealt with as a political issue [19:53] schestowitz-TR Ask the Polosis how much they preofited from Biden's bailout to Microsoft [19:53] schestowitz-TR It's like he's passing federal money into his pocket [19:53] schestowitz-TR and months ago demands were made to ban politicians from stocktrading [19:54] Techrights-sec yes he is [19:54] Techrights-sec and he's passing influence into the legislature via his wife, that conflict [19:54] Techrights-sec of interest is unavoidable ● Jun 07 [20:02] Techrights-sec of interest is unavoidable in that situation but banning stock trading [20:02] Techrights-sec while in office for the politician and their spouse would prevent that [20:02] Techrights-sec but the lobbying money from Wallstreet would prevent that as handily as [20:02] Techrights-sec they did prevent Warren from running for office. [20:04] schestowitz-TR you cannot change the game by playing according to its rules [20:04] schestowitz-TR you need to find some laterial path or angle [20:04] schestowitz-TR maybe Sanders too will realise it before he looks like Noam Chomsky at 95 [20:05] Techrights-sec Sanders is already too old for the office of president, so is Biden, amd [20:05] Techrights-sec probably Warren. [20:07] schestowitz-TR earlier this year I check yough photos of Warren out of curiousity [20:07] schestowitz-TR knowing she looks younger than she really is [20:07] schestowitz-TR AOC has some promise and the vicious attacks or hatred from the right reaffirm this [20:07] schestowitz-TR but I don't know if enough a-holes in "red states" can get themselves to vote for a [20:07] schestowitz-TR "foreigner" (not) from "copuntry" (not) like Puerto Rico [20:07] schestowitz-TR This is where oligarchy is not just "cool" witrh gun crime but also with bigotry [20:10] Techrights-sec ack [20:10] Techrights-sec yes that's how it looks from here too [20:11] schestowitz-TR remember they were ready to use atheism against Sanders [20:11] schestowitz-TR while likely relaying on (unofficially, vbehind closed doors) antisemitism coming to the rescure too [20:11] schestowitz-TR esp. in the "middle" states [20:11] schestowitz-TR while the media the oligarchs fund (still) spreads all this "bolshevik" myth [20:14] Techrights-sec ack [20:17] schestowitz-TR trump went on the alex jones show [20:17] schestowitz-TR this is where you can rile up the cranks with their whispers campaigns [20:17] schestowitz-TR nothing is off limits when you want to win power [20:17] schestowitz-TR even meetings int he tower... with RUSSIAN officials [20:17] schestowitz-TR to coordinate the election stategy [20:17] schestowitz-TR sedition is without consequences 18 months later [20:17] schestowitz-TR riling up mobs [20:17] schestowitz-TR and alex jones and all that [20:17] schestowitz-TR if he ran against Sanders [20:17] schestowitz-TR he and breitbart (oligarchs-funded) [20:17] schestowitz-TR would ensure the "ZOG" crankery would kick into full wwing [20:17] schestowitz-TR swing [20:17] schestowitz-TR "unofficially" [20:17] schestowitz-TR like they did with obama and "muslim brotherhood" [20:17] schestowitz-TR calling him muslim and stuff [20:17] schestowitz-TR facts don't matter anymore [20:20] Techrights-sec fact-free news media let that happen rather than calling it and other [20:20] Techrights-sec bullshit out [20:22] schestowitz-TR there is new kind of abused "media" [20:22] schestowitz-TR it is called "fact checkers" [20:22] schestowitz-TR and there is a push to phase in that "fact checking" as a FILTER [20:22] schestowitz-TR in the name of fighting words that the CIA partly came up with, IIRC [20:22] schestowitz-TR censorship spun as "security" [20:22] schestowitz-TR while you let a sitting president rile up for sedition [20:22] schestowitz-TR and get away with it [20:22] schestowitz-TR maybe evben run for president again [20:22] schestowitz-TR "security" [20:22] schestowitz-TR Canada needs to build a wall ;-) [20:22] Techrights-sec snopes used to do that now it only offers spin on the investigated topics [20:22] Techrights-sec not just that but the initial campaign in 2016 had clear legal transgressions [20:22] Techrights-sec which are actionable [20:22] Techrights-sec https://www.vox.com/2020/9/29/21493319/trump-russia-if-youre-listening-comments-rewrite-history [20:22] Techrights-sec that's just one of manhy [20:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Trump says Russia, if youre listening was a joke. Theres tape proving otherwise. - Vox [20:25] schestowitz-TR whichsnopes? [20:25] schestowitz-TR WHICH snopes? [20:25] schestowitz-TR It's like slashdot [20:25] schestowitz-TR around 7 years ago it became a media aite [20:25] schestowitz-TR *site [20:25] schestowitz-TR riding the past reputation as a fact checker [20:25] schestowitz-TR iirc, the owners too change, or the operators [20:25] schestowitz-TR the name stayed [20:33] Techrights-sec yep snopes died but left the name to essentially a new organization with [20:33] Techrights-sec new goals and methods [20:33] Techrights-sec IIRC a divorce was involved too [20:33] schestowitz-TR SPLC ● Jun 07 [22:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [22:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell ● Jun 07 [23:32] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [23:51] schestowitz-TR Twitter is dying, fast. There's a Carl Icahn with hairplugs now. His name is Ilon. [sic] https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/06/twitter_musk_bots/ [23:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theregister.com | Elon Musk threatens to terminate $46.5bn Twitter deal The Register