●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, September 09, 2022 ●● ● Sep 09 [00:53] schestowitz " [00:53] schestowitz Prioritisation of HR requests: HR Drowning in work [00:53] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [00:53] schestowitz In July, our colleagues in HR posted a cry for help on the Intranet, asking staff to be patient as they were experiencing a large volume of incoming requests and enquiries and needed time to process the requests received. [00:53] schestowitz Over the past months we have met with several HR teams and collected their concerns regarding staffing and IT tools. Instead of enjoying proper working conditions, the workload is piling up, service is delayed and all the conditions for health problems are met. Nevertheless, our HR colleagues continue to strive for quality support. [00:53] schestowitz With this short publication, we reaffirm our support and our determination to follow up the issues with senior management. [00:53] schestowitz The Central Staff Committee - CSC [00:53] schestowitz " ● Sep 09 [02:36] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:38] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:38] *mjg59_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:44] *mjg59_ (~mjg59@ajm54sra9b86c.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:50] *Noisytoot has quit (Quit: ZNC 1.8.2 - https://znc.in) [02:54] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 09 [03:05] *mjg59_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:09] *Disconnected (Connection reset by peer). [03:10] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [03:10] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [03:10] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:10 2021 [03:11] *mjg59_ (~mjg59@ajm54sra9b86c.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [03:20] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:20] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[04:10] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [04:10] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [04:10] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:10 2021 [04:10] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [04:11] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@pmeqtjandsa9n.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [04:58] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Sep 09 [06:04] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 09 [08:31] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [08:51] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Sep 09 [10:05] schestowitz-TR2 leaving home in 2 hours for solicitors and discounts [10:05] schestowitz-TR2 today will be "slow news" anyway [10:05] schestowitz-TR2 for more than one reason [10:05] schestowitz-TR2 this morning I had to restart the gemini-proxy [10:05] schestowitz-TR2 not a big deal [10:05] schestowitz-TR2 not as system level or mission-critical as agate itself [10:45] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 09 [11:27] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [11:27] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [11:27] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:22:10 2021 [11:28] *schestowitz (~roy@ngvjyiryrrbba.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:28] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +q #boycottnovell schestowitz [11:28] *Now talking on #boycottnovell ● Sep 09 [13:02] *_Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [13:02] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-3f3.eg8.185kle.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [13:15] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:23] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Sep 09 [14:26] schestowitz-TR2 afternoon [14:26] schestowitz-TR2 I think I did not miss anything in this buffer, nor have you [14:26] schestowitz-TR2 last I got was back in a few hours [14:26] schestowitz-TR2 then, [14:26] schestowitz-TR2 just 10 mins before we left the house [14:26] schestowitz-TR2 I had added an animated gif converted into another version [14:26] schestowitz-TR2 tbh, animated gifs are best handled by leavint them in tact [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 last time it took over a minute to process [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 this time it took less [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 but when I loaded it in my browser the machine ran out of RAM [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 I had to reboot at short notice [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 and quickly removed that image from the site [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 it did not even render correctly [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 I think for animated gifs better to not attempt to resise at all [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 I did not fully recovered my system until we came back from our appointment [14:28] Techrights-sec If the proxy died, did it leave any information in journalctl? [14:28] Techrights-sec Large GIF animations are yet another problem to avoid. [14:29] schestowitz-TR2 I did not check the logs [14:29] schestowitz-TR2 it is not a problem that happens a lot [14:29] schestowitz-TR2 and I have a feeling it had something to do with our connection issues around 3am [14:29] schestowitz-TR2 very likely to have been the culprit [14:29] schestowitz-TR2 some unclosed connections [14:29] schestowitz-TR2 re gif, we had already decided we had a problem before my machine suffered sverely [14:29] schestowitz-TR2 no data loss, just waste of time [14:29] schestowitz-TR2 and I wanted to get back home to sort out the rest of the services [14:29] Techrights-sec It is rather important, if feasible, to know what killed the process. [14:32] Techrights-sec ack [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 without checking logs, the systems suggest jammed or poor state in process [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 either nginx, proxy, or both [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 btw, I did manage to do videos last night [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 until 3am [14:36] Techrights-sec ack [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 I only did 2 short ones this morening [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 the programmable billboards in the streets are all "HM" [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 which is predictable [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 we went to one shop [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 and the music in the background, playing loud was [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 Bono, "It's a Beautiful Day" [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 (it was heavy rain outside) [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 it's sunny now [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 anyway, the sort of music to play less than a day after the monarch of 70+ years dies [14:41] Techrights-sec This is lacking information in the summary about what happened: [14:41] Techrights-sec gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/09/08/epo-moss-loss/ [14:41] Techrights-sec "why did the above happen?" [14:41] Techrights-sec What is described above? [14:43] schestowitz-TR2 i thought about gemini when I wrote this [14:43] schestowitz-TR2 1) we don't know the answer [14:43] schestowitz-TR2 2) as to what's shown, it just shows new name [14:43] schestowitz-TR2 or names I never heads of [14:43] schestowitz-TR2 *heard [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 I hope some Brits at EPO know more and can tell a backstory if any exists [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 we got some backstories before [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 but I also mentioned this in the video [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 while recording the video I noticed this for the first time [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 asked if someone can explain [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 time will tell... [14:44] Techrights-sec Ok perhaps a follow up post can mention the names? I presume there [14:44] Techrights-sec was a quiet swap of representatives. What was the exact timing? [14:45] schestowitz-TR2 we don't know, I just know the date the EPO.org site mentioned changes [14:45] schestowitz-TR2 and Bulgaria too had changes [14:45] schestowitz-TR2 that might be another story [14:45] schestowitz-TR2 we wrote about the Bulgarian reps months ago [14:45] schestowitz-TR2 their names don't ring a belkl, mean nothing to me [14:45] Techrights-sec hat was the exact timing? [14:45] Techrights-sec Do you know the names, though? Maybe others might recognize the names, if [14:45] Techrights-sec they are posted in an article? [14:46] schestowitz-TR2 I shall do a folloup [14:46] schestowitz-TR2 last night was intense [14:46] Techrights-sec Thanks [14:47] schestowitz-TR2 re gif, 3 options: [14:47] schestowitz-TR2 1) never add animated gifs [14:47] schestowitz-TR2 2) never process animated gifs [14:47] schestowitz-TR2 3) change the processing, either static image or valid animation [14:47] schestowitz-TR2 it filled up my RAM very fast, I could not fkill it fast enough and took me a minute t realise what had happened [14:57] Techrights-sec ack [14:57] Techrights-sec I'd recommend option #1 ;/ [14:57] Techrights-sec Regarding the posts from the other day about Android's extreme dominance in [14:57] Techrights-sec many countries, how many of those countries are vulnerable to zero-rating> [14:57] Techrights-sec ? [14:58] schestowitz-TR2 good question [14:58] schestowitz-TR2 maybe you can research it, as I don't know [14:58] schestowitz-TR2 I hardly hear that term anymore ● Sep 09 [15:01] Techrights-sec Yes it has disappeared from the "news" though I would say there is an increased [15:01] Techrights-sec risk that the usual suspects exploit corruption and swap surveillance/censorship [15:01] Techrights-sec to authorities in exchange for being allowed zero-rating. [15:03] schestowitz-TR2 we ought to revisit it a lot as there is a 'big story' there -- one nobody truly tells or talks about [15:03] Techrights-sec I concur [15:04] schestowitz-TR2 epo was 'put in its place'... 2 "announcements" in 35 days. we still have a big series on the way. [15:04] Techrights-sec old: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/356371-here-is-the-full-list-of-zero-rated-websites-in-south-africa.html [15:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-mybroadband.co.za | Here is the full list of zero-rated websites in South Africa [15:06] Techrights-sec THere is not likely to be a lot of information and I would suspect that much [15:06] Techrights-sec of the worst is done (intentionally) without much oversight [15:07] schestowitz-TR2 put another way, they block rival sites [15:07] schestowitz-TR2 to control the www and minds/information [15:07] schestowitz-TR2 I experienced this at a train station once [15:07] Techrights-sec old: https://openbylaws.org.za/za/act/gn/2020/651/eng/ [15:07] Techrights-sec Yes, that is a more accurate description of zero-rating: blocking rivals [15:07] Techrights-sec for the sake of control of eyes and minds [15:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-openbylaws.org.za | Directions on Zero-rating of Content and Websites for Education and Health - Open By-laws South Africa [15:08] schestowitz-TR2 I had 'net' access, but could only get info from Rupert Murdoch's empire [15:10] Techrights-sec It is more of a threat to the "global south", which tends to be in a weak [15:10] Techrights-sec spot regarding connectivity, pricing, and corruption. 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