●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, May 09, 2022 ●● ● May 09 [00:15] schestowitz-TR ---- [00:15] schestowitz-TR 0:00 OK, I've cleaned feeds except patents, now checking the timeline a bit. Seeing that the office visit [00:15] schestowitz-TR was in July 2019, new company incorporated 13 months earlier, they were very evasdive about the dtails [00:15] schestowitz-TR as to why. Correction: it was incorporated Orc 2017. *Oct [00:15] schestowitz-TR With 1 (one) pound paid in, maybe around the time of separation/divorce [00:15] schestowitz-TR 24 Sept. 2019 address changed to USA [00:15] schestowitz-TR That's 10 or so days after RMS slandered in media [00:15] schestowitz-TR I don't know is US has a similar registry for business or rather if it is public for all to see [00:15] schestowitz-TR but this was around the time I ran "Mansion of Pedophilia" seires and then we were told about [00:15] schestowitz-TR "First US client" (you know who) [00:15] schestowitz-TR checking when the abuse from SsrisGas peaked (email trail). #SarinGas [00:15] schestowitz-TR Wow! That was end of Augist/Start of Sept. 2019, so some alignment there too [00:45] schestowitz-TR Totally ridiculous https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Olkb7fYSyiI [00:45] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yewtu.be | The Man That Uploaded 2 Million Videos To YouTube - Invidious ● May 09 [03:58] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 09 [08:00] schestowitz This morning all gz files were malformed, but there was no output sent to the file. I suppose the real goal should be to avoid the issue, not just detect it. Any thoughts? I look up info online atm, already tried manpages [08:04] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [08:07] Techrights-sec ack [08:07] Techrights-sec yes borh avoid the problem /and/ detect it if it does occur. [08:07] Techrights-sec It would take a little more space but the gzip can be done separately. [08:09] schestowitz-TR I ran, by accident, the command you now see in tmux. This accidental one does in fact output errors to the file, for the fi [08:09] schestowitz-TR orst time since April 22nd [08:09] schestowitz-TR There is something about > that gzip and gunzip treat specially for streams that are the compressed [08:09] schestowitz-TR or uncompressed data [08:16] Techrights-sec ok [08:16] Techrights-sec $ gzip -t drupaldatabase-20220509.dump.gz; gzip -t wikidatabase-20220509.dump.gz; gzip -t wordpressdatabase-20220509.dump.g [08:16] Techrights-sec z [08:16] Techrights-sec gzip: drupaldatabase-20220509.dump.gz: invalid compressed data--format violated [08:16] Techrights-sec gzip: wikidatabase-20220509.dump.gz: invalid compressed data--format violated [08:16] Techrights-sec gzip: wordpressdatabase-20220509.dump.gz: invalid compressed data--format violated [08:16] Techrights-sec modified ~/bin/get_dbs.sh, running manually [08:17] schestowitz-TR yes, I noticed that all of today's are not valid [08:17] schestowitz-TR what I cannot understand is how to make it properly send the output to the file [08:17] schestowitz-TR I test now with a very broken command that somehow does write to the file [08:17] schestowitz-TR there is some different way in how gzip handles standard io [08:18] Techrights-sec /home/boycottn/bin/get_dbs.sh: line 14: /home/boycottn/wikidatabase-20220509.dump.gz: Input/output error [08:18] Techrights-sec too slow ? [08:18] Techrights-sec the ionice might be throttling it beyond what part of the script can [08:18] Techrights-sec tolerate? [08:20] schestowitz-TR we could try removing some of the nice-ing and see if that was a contributing factor [08:20] schestowitz-TR it was used when the number of codes was like 4 times smaller, evenm 8 times smaller [08:21] schestowitz-TR iirc, on TM local we never saw issues with the gz files and the nice-ing may not be there at all [08:21] schestowitz-TR that might still not explain why only on Jan 6th the problem started [08:22] Techrights-sec the nice might be ok but the ionice might be the problem, giving [08:22] Techrights-sec the script a test without the ionice on the redirection [08:23] schestowitz-TR can you try that now? Maybe that's the issue, it has always been mysterioud, inc. the timing, [08:23] schestowitz-TR and it meant that I had to restore manually another 24 hours of TM when the latest available backup [08:24] schestowitz-TR was a bad file [08:25] Techrights-sec there are still IO problems: [08:25] Techrights-sec /home/boycottn/bin/get_dbs.sh: line 23: /home/boycottn/wordpressdatabase-20220509.dump.gz: Input/output er [08:25] Techrights-sec ror [08:25] Techrights-sec /home/boycottn/bin/get_dbs.sh: line 32: /home/boycottn/drupaldatabase-20220509.dump.gz: Input/output error [08:25] Techrights-sec "Input/Output errors during filesystem access attempts generally mean hardware issues." [08:25] Techrights-sec see dmesg output [08:26] schestowitz-TR I think the issue started more than a month before the physical disk was replaced [08:26] schestowitz-TR so maybe something at the host level, like hv? [08:26] Techrights-sec see dmesg output [08:26] Techrights-sec yes but perhaos the drive is failing or something else going bad [08:26] Techrights-sec # dmesg | less [08:26] Techrights-sec [7438905.114373] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev vda, sector 1159255952 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x104000 phys_seg 197 prio [08:26] Techrights-sec class 0 [08:26] Techrights-sec [7438905.199835] XFS (vda3): writeback error on sector 1159085712 [08:26] Techrights-sec for example [08:31] schestowitz-TR I can see lots of them, yes [08:32] Techrights-sec /dev/vda3 is accessible via hv [08:32] Techrights-sec however the standard diagnostic tools are not available within HV so there [08:32] Techrights-sec is not much we can do without kaniini, most likely [08:32] schestowitz-TR I am going to ask politely [08:38] Techrights-sec thanks, I am loathe to bother hi but it does need a check ● May 09 [09:10] schestowitz-TR IBM continues to perpetuate the "Great Resignation" while laying off a huge number of workers, against their will. https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/5/it-hiring-assumptions-truths-current-talent-shortage [09:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-enterprisersproject.com | IT hiring: Assumptions and truths about the current talent shortage | The Enterprisers Project [09:10] schestowitz-TR -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- enterprisersproject.com | IT hiring: Assumptions and truths about the current talent shortage | The Enterprisers Project [09:10] schestowitz-TR IBM did have talent, but it had to pay decent salaries to such people, so it laid them off instead. ● May 09 [10:28] Techrights-sec IBM is similar to most medium and large companies in that way [10:28] schestowitz-TR [07:46] IBM Still Suing Companies Using Software Patents, Still Paying for Puff Pieces Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/164625 [10:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | IBM Still Suing Companies Using Software Patents, Still Paying for Puff Pieces | Tux Machines [10:30] schestowitz-TR I thought about doing an article/video on that matter, but it would feel like repetition [10:30] schestowitz-TR because several times in the past we mentioned how IBM had resorted to that, even [10:30] schestowitz-TR after taking over Red Hat [10:30] schestowitz-TR imagine working for such a company, insisting that's about "Software Freedom" [10:30] schestowitz-TR no wonder lxo left [10:30] schestowitz-TR iirc, they also impose slack on all staff [10:32] Techrights-sec way too many people are exploited during the firing process and tricked [10:32] Techrights-sec or extortedd into signing nondisparagement clauses in their termination [10:32] Techrights-sec contract, so while there is an enormous, and I mean really enormous, [10:32] Techrights-sec pool of people who would be in position to report first hand on the [10:32] Techrights-sec problem few to none can legally. MY guess is that the cluases can't don't [10:32] Techrights-sec hold up in court any better than the non-compete clauses did. [10:32] Techrights-sec However, once people ar elready beaten and down they are not willing to [10:32] Techrights-sec be that first test case and get their lives dragge through the courts [10:37] Techrights-sec I'm not keen on the naming of that proprietary messaging service because [10:37] Techrights-sec I think it rode in on name confusion and exploited the good reputation [10:37] Techrights-sec of Slackware, which was and still is refered to as "Slack" [10:41] schestowitz-TR we are going to record our call on thursday [10:41] schestowitz-TR there are at least 3 cliennts I do not wish to work for [10:41] schestowitz-TR and have repeatedly complained about it for months [10:41] schestowitz-TR but having said that, the job as a whole was easy money [10:41] schestowitz-TR we reckon there's nothing to lose hearing what's on offer [10:41] schestowitz-TR rather than resigning earlier this year [10:41] schestowitz-TR this sort of job, for TWO people, working from homr, is impossible to [10:41] schestowitz-TR even find, let alone get [10:41] schestowitz-TR I have a question I could never answer, nor did I ask [10:41] schestowitz-TR how does an NDA work in practice? [10:41] schestowitz-TR if a boss signs some NDA, who does that apply to? Him? The company? Me? [10:41] schestowitz-TR how the f* do you make mere knowledge a "crime"? Like "trade secrets"? [10:42] Techrights-sec yes best to wait until they make their move, just my recommendation in [10:42] Techrights-sec advance, is to *not* sign anything stifling the ability to communicate [10:42] Techrights-sec what they have and are doing to staff [10:42] Techrights-sec One trick is to ask for an electronic copy to take home and then [10:42] Techrights-sec edit and print out and sign a modified version [10:42] Techrights-sec NDAs are mostl self-enforced [10:45] schestowitz-TR thanks, another question [10:45] schestowitz-TR how the f* is it considered "normal" to tell someone that in NINE days there will be such a meeting [10:45] schestowitz-TR without going into the pertinent details? Not that it borhters me as much as .... here [10:45] schestowitz-TR *her [10:45] schestowitz-TR though let me put it like thus: [10:45] schestowitz-TR since 2019 we had some incompetence [10:45] schestowitz-TR this year the lying peaked [10:45] schestowitz-TR and that's why we wanted to quit [10:45] schestowitz-TR but the job did not get more difficult [10:45] schestowitz-TR and we checked around for a bit about similar things elsewhere [10:45] schestowitz-TR found nothing [10:45] schestowitz-TR I very much doubt many companies would pay 50-100 per hour of net work, from home.. [10:47] Techrights-sec has the lying peaked ? Or has it only reached new heights on the way [10:47] Techrights-sec to even mor elying? [10:47] Techrights-sec Sorry to be cynical [10:51] schestowitz-TR no, this is a fair point (slash question) [10:51] schestowitz-TR evasive bosses who moreover do bad things [10:51] schestowitz-TR (I had no restraint telling what I think to them) [10:51] schestowitz-TR even if at risk to my job, I did not care that that point [10:51] schestowitz-TR it is a multi-faceted issue [10:51] schestowitz-TR a lot of "reverse-engineering" in the company [10:51] schestowitz-TR speculatioon and test cases, to see the if, why, how... [10:51] schestowitz-TR and getting affirmative answers is like drawing blood from a rock [10:51] schestowitz-TR because even when you get an answer it can be a lie [10:51] schestowitz-TR if you get an answer at all [10:51] schestowitz-TR on a per hour (pro rata) basis, we're probably best paid in the company [10:51] schestowitz-TR and losses don't affect us as we are not shareholders [10:51] schestowitz-TR but professional pride has reached new lows [10:51] schestowitz-TR with that, new degree of opaqueness [10:51] schestowitz-TR so since last year the "maybe we should quit" chrous came both from me and rianne [10:51] schestowitz-TR in alternation, depending on the day or straw [10:53] Techrights-sec opacity is always a problem, but is more a symptom and enabler of much [10:53] Techrights-sec larger problems than one in and of itself [10:53] Techrights-sec you might check with your union representative about strategy; there [10:53] Techrights-sec may be more compensation if the employer makes the first move rather [10:53] Techrights-sec than quiting first; furthermore (yet again) watch out that they don't [10:53] Techrights-sec try to extort some kinds of unreasonable concessions on the way out [10:53] Techrights-sec Are union dues tax deducatble there in the UK? [10:55] schestowitz-TR are you suggesting I reach out to one this week? [10:55] schestowitz-TR mind you, there are gaps in information here, likely by design [10:55] schestowitz-TR but someone with extensive experiment in uk labour law can help [10:55] schestowitz-TR (side issue, the company would likely say they're a US company now) [10:55] schestowitz-TR (I did not sign any US contract, but maybe they want to sink the debt-saddled UK one) [10:55] schestowitz-TR (debt burying, to avoid liabilities of all sorts) [10:55] Techrights-sec If I were in that situation, I would investigate joining and, depending [10:55] Techrights-sec on the circumstances, give consideration to encouraging others to do so [10:55] Techrights-sec *afterwards* as well. ● May 09 [11:00] schestowitz-TR this seems *extremely* improbable in our case [11:00] schestowitz-TR though a good friend once asked me something to that effect [11:00] schestowitz-TR when his employer was having issues [11:00] schestowitz-TR not sure if he was a shareholder [11:00] schestowitz-TR then again, maybe I signed something in 2019 without [11:00] schestowitz-TR checking carefully what it said [11:00] schestowitz-TR but the regsitration suggests only one person associated [11:00] schestowitz-TR so again, that is extremely unlikely [11:00] schestowitz-TR the purpose of reminting was likely to remove the ex-wife from [11:00] schestowitz-TR control or stake in the company [11:00] schestowitz-TR based on the incorporation date and separation [11:00] schestowitz-TR the idea was to move away all the same staff to a new shell with a similar [11:00] schestowitz-TR name [11:00] schestowitz-TR and then discard the old one [11:00] schestowitz-TR let me check something... I want to see the status of the older one [11:00] Techrights-sec ack [11:02] schestowitz-TR (mind you, we are not resentful. This morning we estimated that pre-tax they paid about 320k in salaries) [11:02] schestowitz-TR that did help towards many things, including our sites [11:02] schestowitz-TR the key thinbg now is, paving the next route [11:02] schestowitz-TR within a small window of time [11:04] Techrights-sec ack [11:04] Techrights-sec yes lining up several alternatives and exits does not necessarily mean [11:04] Techrights-sec having to act upon them [11:07] schestowitz-TR mayeb I should also phone the pension provider [11:08] Techrights-sec yes how portable is the pension and can they loot it? [11:11] schestowitz-TR I found the "old" company [11:11] schestowitz-TR it still 'operates' [11:11] schestowitz-TR going through the docs now [11:12] schestowitz-TR still uses old and invalid address [11:12] schestowitz-TR no longer valid [11:12] schestowitz-TR no cash in bank [11:12] schestowitz-TR net laiabilities 138k 2020, 139.8 2021 [11:12] schestowitz-TR so growing a bitBBBBBBBBBAAABBBBBBBBBBBB [11:12] schestowitz-TR so that is likely "in addition" to the "new" company [11:12] schestowitz-TR maybe the move to the US was not just dodging two ex wives and 4 girld (kids) [11:12] schestowitz-TR but also dodging uk ddebt [11:12] schestowitz-TR a little john mcaffee ;)) [11:52] Techrights-sec ack [11:53] schestowitz-TR this is dated Dec 24th, 2021 [11:53] schestowitz-TR for fianncial year ending march 31 2021 [11:53] schestowitz-TR ok, got off a call, 25 mins [11:53] schestowitz-TR pension company says it is safe from them [11:53] schestowitz-TR and in the uk cashing in a pension cannot be done until 55 [11:53] schestowitz-TR they will also send out a stetement [11:53] schestowitz-TR *statement [11:57] Techrights-sec excellent [11:57] Techrights-sec can you put into two pensions until 55 and then cashout both ? [11:59] schestowitz-TR I already have it scattered into 3 providers [11:59] schestowitz-TR but the one I spoke to is the latest [11:59] schestowitz-TR I don't like that, consolidation is possible [11:59] schestowitz-TR if I live super-frugal, maybe I can just about get to 55 but [11:59] schestowitz-TR 1) assumes no inflation [11:59] schestowitz-TR 2) 55 is for cashing in the lot, not actually receieving a monthly pension I assume ● May 09 [12:19] Techrights-sec that and they cost > 250 k EUR up to 18 and more beyond, [12:19] Techrights-sec s/cashout/receive pension/ [12:21] Techrights-sec :( [12:22] schestowitz-TR the good thing is, I can do TM and TR "full time" under some conditions [12:22] schestowitz-TR one of the joys of having no offspring [12:22] schestowitz-TR haha, what a world [12:22] schestowitz-TR just been on the phone with in law [12:22] schestowitz-TR turnes out a relative has business issues [12:22] schestowitz-TR I used thr word "insolvent" [12:22] schestowitz-TR as the bank would not lend money [12:22] schestowitz-TR so much economic uncertainty at the moment [12:22] schestowitz-TR I read some articles about inflation this morning (in Daily Links already) [12:23] schestowitz-TR you have to wonder if this becomes a world [12:23] schestowitz-TR of, "just take whatever is available" [12:23] schestowitz-TR that would of course suck [12:24] Techrights-sec that is one of the goals AFIAK [12:24] Techrights-sec one of the ideas that MBAs seem to subscribe to is that everything must [12:24] Techrights-sec suck [12:24] Techrights-sec If all employees had offices and windows then it would be harder to rub [12:24] Techrights-sec their noses in the differences [12:26] schestowitz-TR I certainly hope it's not "end of an era(TM)" for us [12:26] schestowitz-TR in the sense that we change the projectioms [12:26] schestowitz-TR as I said, we and the sites are financially safe [12:26] schestowitz-TR but not for a lifetime [12:26] Techrights-sec That's most important [12:31] schestowitz-TR here is the thing, people talk about "recession" cyclles [12:31] schestowitz-TR as if upswings are inevitable and guaranteed [12:31] schestowitz-TR I don't subscrive to that [12:31] schestowitz-TR as most people never recorered from 2008 [12:31] schestowitz-TR they just emerged again with new reality [12:31] schestowitz-TR if I hibernate and dul the sites full time from age 40 to 50, no assurance at [12:31] schestowitz-TR 50 I can just do work resumption [12:31] schestowitz-TR 10 years is a very long time [12:31] schestowitz-TR and many big decisions are due this week [12:31] schestowitz-TR a relative is trying to become a yoke on us [12:31] schestowitz-TR not even a relatrive that I like [12:31] schestowitz-TR but sometimes the person drowning hangs on to a floating person whom you [12:31] schestowitz-TR care about and would like to defend from drowning, that's a collectivism effecf [12:33] Techrights-sec ack [12:36] schestowitz-TR this past wneekend we sat down taking stock of "asssets" inc. provisional [12:36] schestowitz-TR if inflation rates down go back to 2-3% per annum, then wealth is basically being r [12:36] schestowitz-TR robbed, collectively, to sustain the phat cats [12:36] schestowitz-TR and it's a universal tax more or less [12:36] schestowitz-TR we noticed that banks are back to savings accounts with "saner" interets rates [12:36] schestowitz-TR but inflation is like 4 times higher [12:36] schestowitz-TR must sustain the graft and musk+ksa buying social control media firehoses [12:36] schestowitz-TR :-) [12:36] schestowitz-TR I don't support #Inflation is trending in Twitter ;-) [12:41] schestowitz-TR aggregate intest, case study for cumulative groiwth=100*107*107*107*107 [12:41] schestowitz-TR me gets calculator to see what % rate is double in 10 years [12:41] schestowitz-TR 31% in 4 years50% in 6 [12:41] schestowitz-TR assuming 7% inflation rate [12:41] schestowitz-TR 195% in 10 years [12:41] schestowitz-TR sorry, I don't have enough for a savinga "accoubnt" in bermuda or cayman [12:41] schestowitz-TR along with billg ;-) [12:41] schestowitz-TR So I'm doomed to forever labour [12:42] Techrights-sec yes and "savings" accounts have not only basically 0% interest but [12:42] Techrights-sec are peppered with service charges and fees, often for no value added [12:42] Techrights-sec that brings up the possiblity that inflation is used to keep the general [12:42] Techrights-sec population below a certain economic threshold; above a certain level [12:42] Techrights-sec of assets, inflation has little to no effect, but for your average slob [12:42] Techrights-sec it is killer, especially pensioners [12:43] schestowitz-TR assets increase in value [12:43] schestowitz-TR (most types) [12:43] schestowitz-TR they control which one "gain" in value anyway [12:43] schestowitz-TR so it is a deeply rigged game [12:43] schestowitz-TR the best gameplay is to shave expenses to bare minimum [12:43] schestowitz-TR like heavily discounted food and minimal use of energy [12:43] schestowitz-TR but then too there are limits to how low one can go [12:49] Techrights-sec quadrupled would be a small increase compared to the real situation; [12:49] Techrights-sec realestate speculators got in on the market around the time [12:49] Techrights-sec the dotcom crash was coming [12:51] schestowitz-TR pensioners are doomed, even EPO pensioners [12:51] schestowitz-TR in 20 years a 7% interest rate means prices quadruple! [12:51] schestowitz-TR and get this [12:51] schestowitz-TR maybe their sole asset is a home [12:51] schestowitz-TR and it too increases in price [12:51] schestowitz-TR what then? [12:51] schestowitz-TR sell the home [12:51] schestowitz-TR then what? [12:51] schestowitz-TR you do need a home, they all quadrupled in price ;-) [12:51] schestowitz-TR so you shuffle one marble for another [12:51] schestowitz-TR of course this means "wonderful" western system means more rantal [12:51] schestowitz-TR car, home, phone on "plan" (installment) [12:51] schestowitz-TR so that few people/companies own everything [12:51] schestowitz-TR the Murcian Drimmmmmm! [12:51] schestowitz-TR (I forgot to mention reverse-mortgage/remortgage, I first heard of the concept [12:51] schestowitz-TR less than a decade ago, almopst like it was a new invention... how to rob people off [12:52] schestowitz-TR their inheritance, too) [12:52] schestowitz-TR remember we cycle past tons of EMPTY NEW homes... [12:52] schestowitz-TR still with plastic across the windows [12:52] schestowitz-TR maybe they reckon it's worth what it says on papere [12:52] schestowitz-TR even if nobody buys or can buy [12:52] schestowitz-TR in reality, the owneres might be foreign and that merely increases the price of homes [12:52] schestowitz-TR harming everyone [12:52] schestowitz-TR but it's good for the bubble [12:52] Techrights-sec don't forget us-style college fees coupled with inescapable loans [12:52] Techrights-sec yes that seems to be the scam, the regulations in place seem to favor [12:52] Techrights-sec letting them stand empty for years rather than reducing prices [12:54] schestowitz-TR these illuminating things aren't the "trending" topics in twitter [12:54] schestowitz-TR maybve some pretender slapped some "comedian" [12:54] schestowitz-TR I will discuss this later here [12:54] schestowitz-TR iirc, here too uni fees went through the roof [12:54] schestowitz-TR hence the 2010 student protestsand now those unis barely guarantee any job at all [12:54] Techrights-sec ack [12:55] Techrights-sec around here not only is there no guaranetee of a job, a "degree" is [12:55] Techrights-sec no guarantee of an education; one has to fight against the university [12:55] Techrights-sec to get that; what's provided is daycare and neither education nor training [12:55] Techrights-sec [12:56] schestowitz-TR true. i will leave you to it. will get back to posting links now, at least we had a constructive chat [12:56] Techrights-sec yes ● May 09 [13:43] schestowitz-TR Venezuela should not waste any time on Twitter. Twitter is s total shithole controlled by mass murderers (who shop down journalists to pieces) and total shits. Venezuela is several classes above that. https://globalvoices.org/2022/05/07/what-does-elon-musks-twitter-purchase-mean-for-venezuelan-twitter/ [13:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Empty reply from server ( status 0 @ https://globalvoices.org/2022/05/07/what-does-elon-musks-twitter-purchase-mean-for-venezuelan-twitter/ ) [13:43] schestowitz-TR [13:37] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- Empty reply from server ( status 0 @ https://globalvoices.org/2022/05/07/what-does-elon-musks-twitter-purchase-mean-for-venezuelan-twitter/ ) [13:43] schestowitz-TR [13:39] Having robbed billions of people worldwide, the looters (oligarchs) now fight to also own the means of communications to control what people think, hear, and say about them. Social CONTROL media. Repression by criminals. [13:43] schestowitz-TR [13:41] The alternative to Twitter is not Twitter. It's not another Twitter or something LIKE Twitter. Just abandon social control media. It's designed to MANIPULATE for the highest bidders (the rich). ● May 09 [14:34] schestowitz-TR [14:33] The biggest thieves do their theft "legally". The biggest crackers and biggest privacy violators likewise. We're meant not to think of clown computing as a massive, worldwide, complete data/system breach. [14:39] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 09 [15:27] schestowitz-TR OTA [15:27] schestowitz-TR :( [15:27] schestowitz-TR some old videos and refs about red hat and patents are dead [15:27] schestowitz-TR no way to resurrect them [15:27] schestowitz-TR maybe groklaw is next [15:27] schestowitz-TR it was down for several months [15:27] schestowitz-TR even fairly recent sttuff like ms-red hat patent deal (2015) [15:27] schestowitz-TR to provide consolation to myself [15:28] schestowitz-TR at least it can increase trhe probability of people who turn to TR for info [15:28] schestowitz-TR on these issues [15:28] schestowitz-TR IF... I don't trust Gulag to help people [15:28] schestowitz-TR they de-rank for age [15:28] schestowitz-TR better if we teach people to avoid centralised search [sic] 'engines' ● May 09 [16:22] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:22] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:30] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:30] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 09 [17:32] Techrights-sec yes Google deranks quickly for age, regardless of how authoritative or [17:32] Techrights-sec important a site may be [17:32] Techrights-sec Yacy was an attempt at a decentralized search engine [17:53] schestowitz-TR I wanted to sya something else and forgot, though I left that aside for fear the scrollback would be [17:53] schestowitz-TR exceeded [17:53] schestowitz-TR Today the news is not TOO slow, I'm managing to keep TM quite busy [17:53] schestowitz-TR TM busy -> TR Daily Links busy [17:53] schestowitz-TR Maybe wht I wanted to see was that for 2 days the gemini updated did not run because of the lockfile [17:53] schestowitz-TR when finally it ran it missed some posts from 7/5/2022 and I don't think there is a simple way to "readd" [17:53] schestowitz-TR them [17:53] schestowitz-TR but from now on I will check more carefully the lockfile [17:53] schestowitz-TR for a few weeks it ran OK and I think messing about with planet to test things over and over again [17:53] schestowitz-TR got it off balance :-) [17:53] schestowitz-TR (re DT on YouTube, I am GLAD about it... shows how bad search can be and how "search as video [17:53] schestowitz-TR monopoly" screws real hard workers... seeems like some dude running ffmpeg on autopiloit all [17:53] schestowitz-TR day long had impunity) [17:56] Techrights-sec checking [17:56] schestowitz-TR > yes Google deranks quickly for age [17:56] schestowitz-TR same as social control media. There's 0.0001% chance of people finding what you wrote 10 years ago and maybe 0.01% of them finding what you said a month ago [17:59] Techrights-sec the RSS feed only goes back to the 6th. Are there any missing before that? ● May 09 [18:00] schestowitz-TR if you check the front page, nothing from 7th and same in the daily "feeds", which are groups of artilces for that day [18:01] Techrights-sec ok 7th is easily fixable. working... [18:03] schestowitz-TR thanks! [18:03] schestowitz-TR speaking of working, I do my last shift right now before the thurs meeting when we might throw in the towel [18:03] schestowitz-TR I was in my 20s when I did my first first and even back then the job was easy, for rianne it's her longest- [18:03] schestowitz-TR running job (9 years this year) [18:03] Techrights-sec np [18:03] Techrights-sec ack [18:04] *techrights_guest|63 (~d8d21417@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:05] *techrights_guest|63 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [18:07] Techrights-sec ok check gemini now [18:07] Techrights-sec :18 [18:08] schestowitz fantastic gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/05/07/index.gmi [18:09] Techrights-sec good catch [18:12] schestowitz-TR gemini is not just gemini to use [18:12] schestowitz-TR it has the gateway and it is leading to irc logs, bulltins, videos etc. [18:12] schestowitz-TR apropos, yesterday I noticed that even oilder versions of lagrange let you play mp3s "in place" [18:12] schestowitz-TR if they are served over gemini:// [18:12] schestowitz-TR / [18:12] Techrights-sec I had wondered why the posts in gemini had quieted a little [18:12] Techrights-sec :( [18:12] schestowitz-TR skyjake responded to accusation of bloat over the weekend [18:12] schestowitz-TR kristall ALMOST plays videos in place, using kpart [18:12] schestowitz-TR though I worry about secuity ramifications [18:12] schestowitz-TR they should use external programs for these [18:12] schestowitz-TR that's how thunbderbird ends up adding a second copy of gecko to the PC [18:14] schestowitz-TR "Thinking of moving all my apps to a self hosted server" gemini://alex.flounder.online/journal.gmi [18:15] schestowitz-TR "I, too, deeply appreciate the Unix philosophy when it comes to system-level utilities and command line tools, but when it comes to GUI apps, and cross-platform ones at that, things get a lot less clear." gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2022-05_bloat.gmi [18:15] Techrights-sec by the way, using the string IBM will associate the article with IBM in the [18:15] Techrights-sec search engines, to the extent that they can/will. ICBM prevents that. [18:16] schestowitz-TR yes, this is why in articles I say IBM, at least in headlines [18:16] schestowitz-TR the joke can be done once or twice in the body, with a link to IBM wiki, as I did over the weekend IIRC [18:19] schestowitz-TR I think I have lowered our dependnace on search [sic] engines [18:19] schestowitz-TR and on monopolistic browsers [18:19] schestowitz-TR even the site is, in general, accessible with IE6 era browsers [18:19] schestowitz-TR inc. video [18:19] schestowitz-TR putting other protocols aside [18:19] schestowitz-TR social cotrol media we never did... so nothing lost there [18:19] schestowitz-TR many will keep whining about gulagtube and MusKSA Social [18:19] schestowitz-TR as the impact there will drop, more so if they criticise [18:19] schestowitz-TR the powers that be (no, its name is not JK Rowling) [18:19] Techrights-sec ack [18:21] schestowitz-TR 1960s: women should stay home [18:21] schestowitz-TR 1970s: maybe women should not stay home [18:21] schestowitz-TR 1980s: women should be equal [18:21] schestowitz-TR 2000s: feminists are"nazis" (feminazis) [18:21] schestowitz-TR 2020+: women who support women are "TERFs", "radicals" [18:21] schestowitz-TR ... [18:21] schestowitz-TR "let strike them with drones" [18:22] schestowitz-TR MusKSA = owner of Twitter [18:22] schestowitz-TR Twitter, can women drive? [18:23] schestowitz-TR "99 KLOC (53 KLOC without libraries) is relatively ... a lot, for a Gemini client." gemini://gemini.dimakrasner.com/re-bloat.gmi [18:23] schestowitz-TR found this literally one minute ago [18:24] schestowitz gemini://gemini.techrights.org/planet/latest/ [18:24] schestowitz I am going to enhance these pages a bit, navigation, timestamps etc. [18:30] Techrights-sec ack [18:32] schestowitz-TR among gopher enthsiasts it looks like gemini is "the new gopher" and there are spartan and titan also [18:32] schestowitz-TR but with very scarce usage, maybe like gnunet, which (last when I checked) was still unready for production [18:32] schestowitz-TR many "web giants" are in for a tough time [18:32] schestowitz-TR seems the goal is to compete with tiktok etc. over minds [18:32] schestowitz-TR not over money [18:33] schestowitz-TR "TikTok is working on an answer: Project Texas, a plan to host data for U.S. customers on U.S. servers" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/08/opinion/tiktok-twitter-china-bytedance.html | Source: New York Times [18:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nytimes.com | Opinion | TikTok May Be More Dangerous Than It Looks - The New York Times [18:33] schestowitz-TR like FB trying to get into china and zuck memorising some shit in mandarin [18:33] Techrights-sec yes mindshare is what they are aiming at, specifically cognitive / attention [18:34] schestowitz-TR "how authentication decisions will be made." https://restofworld.org/2022/where-anonymity-on-twitter-is-a-matter-of-life-or-death/ [18:34] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-restofworld.org | Why Elon Musks ambition to have Twitter authenticate all real humans will get people killed - Rest of World [18:34] schestowitz-TR credit score etc. [18:35] schestowitz-TR gulag search not enough to farm minds and rank docility [18:36] schestowitz-TR Larry Ellison, Saudi Regime, Musk... promoted here in the Bezos Post. The plutocrats take direct control of the communications of so many people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/05/05/musk-twitter-financing-ellison/ [18:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.washingtonpost.com | Musk lines up more than $7 billion in investor financing for Twitter deal - The Washington Post [18:36] schestowitz-TR Trump try to give Ellison TikTok on the plate, not sure if that ever materialised [18:37] Techrights-sec FB does that [18:37] Techrights-sec ack [18:38] schestowitz-TR experiment complete [18:38] schestowitz-TR like with bitcoin [18:38] schestowitz-TR handover to owner signed off [18:38] schestowitz-TR making an exit [18:39] schestowitz navigation, timestamp etc. added to gemini://gemini.techrights.org/planet/latest/ [18:39] schestowitz will add some more things before git commit [18:39] Techrights-sec yep [18:40] Techrights-sec ack [18:41] schestowitz-TR fwiw, the only time twitter did make some profit was the year when it drove people AND [18:41] schestowitz-TR developers OFF the platform [18:41] schestowitz-TR so from a biz model POV it was doomed to fail [18:41] schestowitz-TR Twitter 2018 (August they killed off the APIs) is GulagTube 2021 [18:48] schestowitz-TR TR is so prolific in geminispace that campcom et al add a link to the daily lump instead of all individual posts [18:48] schestowitz-TR I should sort the result by criteria other than alphabet, which I do just so that uniq can annul adjacent dupes [18:48] schestowitz-TR this leaves a daily archive bdhind it [18:48] schestowitz-TR :-) [18:48] schestowitz-TR I saw your push in real time. Nice! [18:48] Techrights-sec :) [18:58] schestowitz-TR gnu uniq has an option to compare (or ignore) only N chars in line [18:58] schestowitz-TR but not N words (like URL) [18:58] schestowitz-TR I want to eliminate dupes [18:58] schestowitz-TR I was thinking of cut | uniq [18:58] schestowitz-TR but then I lose the bits I want to keep [18:58] Techrights-sec "" 'uniq' does not detect repeated lines unless they are adjacent. "" [18:58] Techrights-sec sort | uniq [18:58] Techrights-sec -k can sort by 'field' [18:58] Techrights-sec awk | sort | uniq ? [18:58] Techrights-sec or awk with an associative array? ● May 09 [19:01] schestowitz-TR difficulty steammping from the issue that different sources have overlaps [19:01] schestowitz-TR and they use different anchor text for the same URL [19:01] schestowitz-TR there must be some trick... [19:01] schestowitz-TR if all URLs were of predicted length, uniq.. wait, I can try -f, but it's the opposite order [19:05] schestowitz-TR *stemming (bad typo) [19:05] schestowitz-TR --skip-field= would have worked if the anchor came before the URL [19:05] schestowitz-TR stack overflow shows someone asking the same [19:05] Techrights-sec xmlstarlet would be the bare mimum possible for parsing HTML [19:05] Techrights-sec that is a real parser and a real parser is neede for the task [19:05] schestowitz-TR gemini is not parsed like sgml though [19:08] Techrights-sec gemini is more or less unparsable [19:08] Techrights-sec it's terminal stage data format [19:12] schestowitz-TR they drop a hint in "rev" [19:12] schestowitz-TR so I can compare the url written from end to start [19:12] schestowitz-TR then rev it back at the end [19:12] schestowitz-TR trying.... [19:12] schestowitz-TR heh, now I have another issue before after => URL who knows how man "fields" exist... it's free form text for ancho [19:12] Techrights-sec yep [19:26] Techrights-sec patterns are neede to "parse" Gemini ^=>\s+(\S+)\s+(.*)$ [19:26] schestowitz-TR unless uniq could accept MAX-2 or similar for each line [19:33] schestowitz sed -n -e "/2022-05-08/,/2022-05-07/p" ~/gemini/planet/index.gmi | sort | grep "=>" [19:33] schestowitz becomes [19:33] schestowitz sed -n -e "/2022-05-08/,/2022-05-07/p" ~/gemini/planet/index.gmi | sort -u -k2,2 | grep "=>" [19:33] schestowitz you can run as user "gemini" and compare [19:33] schestowitz-TR this rev() approach makes the false assumption that all lines have the same number of "fields" [19:33] schestowitz-TR I think I found a way [19:34] Techrights-sec ack [19:47] Techrights-sec sed -n -e "/2022-05-08/,/2022-05-07/{/^=>/p}" [19:47] Techrights-sec ? [19:53] schestowitz-TR it works now [19:53] schestowitz-TR will push ● May 09 [20:31] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@as8x6usxcukwe.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 09 [22:09] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)