●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, March 09, 2023 ●● ● Mar 09 [00:30] schestowitz-pi2 had to reboot the pi [00:30] schestowitz-pi2 services seem to have come back correctly [00:30] schestowitz-pi2 but still many tasks needed after that ● Mar 09 [01:54] *Moocher5254 has quit (Quit: https://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) ● Mar 09 [03:22] schestowitz-pi2 year; Sewage analysis suggests more infections https://nltimes.nl/2023/03/07/highest-new-covid-hospitalizations-year-sewage-analysis-suggests-infections [03:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-nltimes.nl | Highest new Covid hospitalizations in a year; Sewage analysis suggests more infections | NL Times [03:24] schestowitz-pi2 re mexiconewsdailyrianne was sent by me their epehant story [03:24] schestowitz-pi2 it seemed improbable, then she said the photo of an "aftican alephant" [03:24] schestowitz-pi2 was in fact asian [03:24] schestowitz-pi2 we saw similar bs in youtube, obv. bad reporting or made up stuff [03:24] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:44] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@n6qmteudyf4cn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 09 [06:43] techrights[sec] Which article? There is none recent in the daily links and the [06:43] techrights[sec] 6th had one on elephants but no photos. [06:43] techrights[sec] The claim of a male circus elephant is suspcious becauwe those are usually [06:43] techrights[sec] female due to the males' temprament and unwillingness to put up with BS [06:43] techrights[sec] The males usually flip out sooner or later and generally hold grudges and [06:43] techrights[sec] remember individiuals ... [06:44] schestowitz-pi2 "sancuaries" articles [06:44] schestowitz-pi2 rianne found it again [06:44] schestowitz-pi2 "big boy" as elephant name [06:44] schestowitz-pi2 BS article [06:44] schestowitz-pi2 and there is a photo [06:44] schestowitz-pi2 shows asian elephant [06:44] schestowitz-pi2 text says "african" [06:48] schestowitz-pi2 Why does Microsoft not sue Bill Gates for actively enabling and helping Jeffrey Epstein? https://federalnewsnetwork.com/business-news/2023/03/jpmorgan-sues-former-exec-over-jeffrey-epstein-relationship/ [06:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-federalnewsnetwork.com | JPMorgan sues former exec over ties to Epstein sex abuse | Federal News Network [06:53] techrights[sec] Should the site be removed from the list of sites to check? [06:54] schestowitz-pi2 no, that's the first time i notice such a thing [06:54] schestowitz-pi2 there was a discussion about finnish medis and schools today in #techrights irc [06:54] schestowitz-pi2 about 3 hours ago ● Mar 09 [07:08] techrights[sec] checking [07:35] techrights[sec] """ [07:35] techrights[sec] it is nearly impossible because everything is digitized, and nothing works [07:35] techrights[sec] """ [07:35] techrights[sec] windoze clown show [07:35] techrights[sec] at enormous economic cost as well as social cost ● Mar 09 [09:34] schestowitz-pi2 did a 90=min video (audio mostly) abour reporting to police, but it's for my site, not TR [09:38] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.15 [SeaMonkey 2.53.15/20230121223026]) [09:38] techrights[sec] Louis Rossmann has started a series on trying to get some state agency to [09:38] techrights[sec] clarify or fix its records. The process goes beyong byzantine and is really [09:38] techrights[sec] more kafkaesque [09:38] techrights[sec] It's not that the New York state is so clueless that the left hand does not [09:38] techrights[sec] know what the right hand is doing, the individual hands don't even know themselves what they are doing. The r [09:38] techrights[sec] ecordings he provides are really strange and [09:38] techrights[sec] if they are in anyway representative of the population then the US has collapsed [09:39] techrights[sec] already [09:40] schestowitz-pi2 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2015/04/14/police-protection/ [09:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Why I Believe British Police Serves and Protects Only Itself (and Maybe the Rich/Powerful) [09:41] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@n6qmteudyf4cn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:47] schestowitz-pi2 / [09:47] schestowitz-pi2 fro the first time I have the thing recorded [09:49] techrights[sec] Is there a text summary? [09:49] techrights[sec] ^ yes, I see it now [09:49] schestowitz-pi2 Kafkaesque ● Mar 09 [10:03] schestowitz-pi2 solace: [10:03] schestowitz-pi2 1) i suppose those are not necessarily new issues [10:03] schestowitz-pi2 2) they're now becoming more visible [10:04] schestowitz-pi2 i've begun contacting past colleagues, telling them what's going on [10:04] schestowitz-pi2 i've not told clients yet [10:04] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: ChatZilla 0.15 [SeaMonkey 2.53.15/20230121223026]) [10:22] schestowitz-pi2 "Certainly self-hosted FOSS communities can die, but these are functions of community activity itself rather than the service theyre hosted on." https://ahelwer.ca/post/2023-03-08-google-groups/ [10:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ahelwer.ca | Google Groups has been left to die - [10:27] schestowitz-pi2 twitter could never "monetise" its huge level of activity [10:27] schestowitz-pi2 it "Gave away" resources and could not profit enough from manipulation, inc. [10:27] schestowitz-pi2 spyng andcensorship [10:27] schestowitz-pi2 assuming youtube does run at a loss (gulag/alphabet hides this), the same will [10:27] schestowitz-pi2 happen there [10:27] schestowitz-pi2 sooner or late [10:27] schestowitz-pi2 *later [10:38] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:46] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:58] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cbcfptirpkfqa.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 09 [11:35] schestowitz-pi2 "As Ive written before, Im all in favor of banning government use of TikTok." https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/09/the-us-governments-war-on-tiktok-is-idiotic-but-there-are-upsides/ | Source: Counter Punch [11:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-The US Government's War on TikTok is Idiotic, But There are Upsides - CounterPunch.org [11:39] schestowitz-pi2 the article does not mention fdroid of freesw [11:39] schestowitz-pi2 it does, however, talk about the nature of the net [11:39] schestowitz-pi2 and so-called 'app' stores [11:39] schestowitz-pi2 the author is usually good ● Mar 09 [14:05] techrights[sec] At this point I am rather certain there is a campaign to promote social control [14:05] techrights[sec] media abuse and to promote ByteDance in particular. [14:06] schestowitz-pi2 https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2038666.html [14:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Growing fears: TikTok seeks to calm Europe's fears over data privacy [14:06] schestowitz-pi2 RTL Today - Growing fears: TikTok seeks to calm Europe's fears over data privacy ● Mar 09 [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 holy. fucking. shit. [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 for the first time ever i lost my working file for daily links [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 despite working on it locally over ssh [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 so in case the machine dies I have remote [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 and if remote down [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 then I have local [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 kate crashed (rare) and then wrote to the remote file 0 bytes [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 good news: after some checks I found that under /tmp kate kept a LOCAL [15:48] schestowitz-pi2 copy [15:49] schestowitz-pi2 so I lost nothing, only about 5 minutes [15:49] schestowitz-pi2 it's good that it keeps such backups [15:49] schestowitz-pi2 even if the program is not configured to make "~" backups by default ● Mar 09 [16:11] schestowitz-pi2 Clover in the opium? https://siliconangle.com/2023/03/08/tiktok-introduces-project-clover-allay-europes-spying-concerns/ [16:11] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-TikTok introduces Project Clover to allay Europes spying concerns - SiliconANGLE [16:33] techrights[sec] Good that it cached the working file. [16:33] techrights[sec] The privacy aspect is a real problem but nonetheless a complete distraction [16:33] techrights[sec] from the more serious damage to physical and mental health. That in turn is [16:33] techrights[sec] only a drop in the bucket compared to the cultural damage that has been [16:33] techrights[sec] inflicted on an entire generation. If it goes longer, and the politicians here [16:33] techrights[sec] will ensure that it does, then I will have to call it what it is [16:33] techrights[sec] cultural genocide facilitated by local politicians, large businesses, and [16:33] techrights[sec] any other individual or group advocating and covering for the (mis-)use of [16:33] techrights[sec] social control media and ByteDance's tiktok in particular. [16:55] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:56] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Mar 09 [17:07] *rianne (~rianne@rbnv8qskr8rgw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:08] *asusbox (~rianne@rbnv8qskr8rgw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 we are enjoying our premium but heavily discounted food [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 we barely need to search any shops anymore [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 the "market" covers about 80% of the whole [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 i hope it'll last, it's over 100 years old already [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 a long tradition [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 i will part for the night soon [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 trying to adjust the sleep cycles to coincide with end of daylight [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 the workflow improved a lot and i actually get used to it now [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 i spoke to more former colleagues about pensions today [17:40] schestowitz-pi2 there will be more material about it soon, maybe tomorrow and weekend [17:42] schestowitz-pi2 Good. This university is smart. Enroll there. https://hongkongfp.com/2023/03/09/covid-19-hong-kong-university-entrance-exam-candidates-must-wear-masks-despite-end-of-mandate/ [17:42] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-hongkongfp.com | Covid-19: Hong Kong university entrance exam candidates must wear masks despite end of mandate - Hong Kong Free Press HKFP [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 i wrote to rms about duckduckgo [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 no reply from him on this issue yet [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 maybe he travels [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 maybe I will ask again next week [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 if FSF cannot speak out against this POS microsoft proxy, then FSF cannot speak against anything [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 which renders it toothless [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 atm gnuemacs www extension defaults tom DDG [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 and many other gnu/linux applications [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 help Microsoft spy via DDG [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 RMS even USES the darn thing, as he noted in an essay [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 this is really now good [17:45] schestowitz-pi2 *not [17:56] techrights[sec] ack ● Mar 09 [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 microsoft censoring, spying on and curating reality for free software is not an option [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 there's no room for compromise on this, not negotiable [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 but what seems to be happening is, astroturfing platforms like reddit [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 and a handful of bribes [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 of chains people to this delusion that DDG must be OK [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 because tor (bribed) et al use it and say it's safer [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 even if they could not spy, the "curation" (censorship) itself [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 places much power in the hands of organised crime [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 and now ddg announced integration of microsoft hey hi [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 i will press rms again if needed [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 maybe fsf is "worried" speaking out against what many fools use [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 will "upset" them [18:00] schestowitz-pi2 like the time rms took my advise and spoke out against spyware in ubuntu [18:09] schestowitz-pi2 "from a "mild" COVID case in November, I developed long COVID, with debilitating symptoms that included persistent shortness of breath, heart palpitations, and insomnia." https://www.axios.com/2023/03/09/long-covid-a-recipe-for-recovery MIIIIILD..... very very mild. [18:09] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.axios.com | Long COVID: A recipe for recovery [18:10] techrights[sec] YaCy did not take off. [18:10] schestowitz-pi2 mild my arse! [18:10] schestowitz-pi2 we barely even know where and when the thing started,, and why... [18:10] schestowitz-pi2 let alone its long-term impact [18:10] schestowitz-pi2 "masks off, peasants!" [18:12] techrights[sec] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/index.htm [18:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cdc.gov | Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) [18:13] schestowitz-pi2 the ttoals are more interesting as with scarce testing the underlying causes(R) get misclassified [18:13] schestowitz-pi2 somewhat [18:13] schestowitz-pi2 based on political "policy" [18:15] schestowitz-pi2 the AZ product was tested on my friends [18:15] schestowitz-pi2 none of them could recommend it, to put it MILDLY [18:15] schestowitz-pi2 it fucking destroyed them [18:16] schestowitz-pi2 in eu parl last year, upon pressing from MEP, pfizer admitted it had not tested whgether [18:16] schestowitz-pi2 te vaccine would curb transmissibility [18:16] schestowitz-pi2 so... what the actual f? [18:19] schestowitz-pi2 i am still a lot more afraid of the live virus [18:19] schestowitz-pi2 not the synthetic stuff [18:19] schestowitz-pi2 but.. it's getting harder to avoid people who are unmasked [18:19] schestowitz-pi2 rianne is in the library at the moment [18:19] schestowitz-pi2 they speak to her [18:19] schestowitz-pi2 so she will take off the masks [18:19] schestowitz-pi2 of course they wear none themselves, so droplets are free to fly both ways [18:36] schestowitz-pi2 we take several parameters other than time into account [18:36] schestowitz-pi2 and sometimes skip some vendors/stores [18:36] schestowitz-pi2 but then again, lots of options in the market and centre of town [18:36] schestowitz-pi2 sometimes I just go "too many people, we are GOING" [18:36] schestowitz-pi2 doing final set of daily links atm [18:36] schestowitz-pi2 i spent hours today on my personal blog [18:40] schestowitz-pi2 Hypocrisy of enterprise IT security gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2023/03-09-hypocrisy-of-enterprise-it-security.gmi "So Apple introduced the new API, System extensions. It runs the extension in it's own "sandbox" (ignoring technical details here) and the system does the IPC." [18:42] schestowitz-pi2 "Signal, the messaging system, published a blog post on how we were all different and they were trying to adapt to those differences. Signal was for everyone, told the title. Ironically, that very same day, Ive lost access to my signal account. We are all different, they said. Except myself." gemini://ploum.net/2023-03-09-losing-signal.gmi ● Mar 09 [22:37] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@4kb9ji7tv5hkk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:43] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:43] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:44] *rianne has quit (Connection closed) [22:44] *rianne_ (~rianne@rbnv8qskr8rgw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:44] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-448.p91.7dgmmg.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [22:45] *liberty_box (~liberty@rbnv8qskr8rgw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 09 [23:51] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed)