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schestowitz-TR[00:15] <techrights-news> ZDNet "Linux" section: only 9 stories in one month. It used to be 2-3 times PER DAY. ZDNet is dying. Good riddance. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNetMay 10 00:15
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | ZDNet - TechrightsMay 10 00:15
schestowitz-TR <techrights-news> Webspam: "Before we continue, we’d like to tell you about (insert product name here). We host LinuxAndUbuntu on (insert product name here) VPS. Check them out" http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36799/May 10 00:21
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-LXer: Native Advertising: WordPress 6.0 Soon To Be Released With these new FeaturesMay 10 00:21
schestowitz-TR[00:19] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- LXer: Native Advertising: WordPress 6.0 Soon To Be Released With these new FeaturesMay 10 00:21
schestowitz-TR[00:20] <techrights-news> When LXer mistakenly posts links to Microsoft puff pieces. "You are right, I removed it." http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36798/May 10 00:21
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-LXer: Why is this on LXer?: Windows Insider builds are back for Lenovo PCs in ChinaMay 10 00:21
schestowitz-TR[00:20] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- LXer: Why is this on LXer?: Windows Insider builds are back for Lenovo PCs in ChinaMay 10 00:21
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Techrights-secthere is a truckload of crap about the DSA with Thierry Breton and Elon MuskMay 10 06:55
Techrights-secbut it'll be with tomorrows links.        May 10 06:55
Techrights-secsince it appears just nowMay 10 06:55
schestowitz-TRI have just restarted httpd on tuxmachinesMay 10 06:59
schestowitz-TRseems like it was down for 5 hoursMay 10 06:59
schestowitz-TRI am surprised rianne did not noticeMay 10 06:59
Techrights-secackMay 10 06:59
Techrights-sec:(May 10 06:59
Techrights-secI have not monitored it here of lateMay 10 06:59
schestowitz-TRcan you set up alerting? It went down not too long before I went to sleepMay 10 06:59
Techrights-secI can but I'd have to modify the new system; the old stuff has been partiallyMay 10 07:01
Techrights-secdismantled because the hardware it was on is *waaay* past end of lifeMay 10 07:01
Techrights-secI can look at that later todayMay 10 07:01
Techrights-secany reply regarding the apparent disk errors?May 10 07:07
schestowitz-TRno reply, I will retryMay 10 07:08
Techrights-secackMay 10 07:11
schestowitz-TRchecking the latest dumps, drupal is OK, wiki not OK, and wordpress OKMay 10 07:12
Techrights-secackMay 10 07:53
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schestowitz-TRlast night we noticed that the company brought onboard some Windows 'dope' with an Arab nameMay 10 08:36
schestowitz-TRputting aside the name, seems like another step downwards:May 10 08:36
schestowitz-TRin terms of payMay 10 08:37
schestowitz-TRin terms of skillsMay 10 08:37
schestowitz-TRso we think we can see where this is goingMay 10 08:37
schestowitz-TRas I said before, a growing proportion if just a bunch of Windows lusersMay 10 08:37
schestowitz-TRwith zero computer skillsMay 10 08:37
schestowitz-TRthinking they can handle "IT"May 10 08:37
schestowitz-TRat best, they can pick up the phoneMay 10 08:37
schestowitz-TRWhen I joined in 2011 we had some high-profile people on boardMay 10 08:47
schestowitz-TRinc. Debian Developers (wne becoming DD meant something, now a politicalMay 10 08:47
schestowitz-TRdecision)May 10 08:47
schestowitz-TRSo even if they suggest that I do projects, I might turn it downMay 10 08:48
schestowitz-TRwe have no capable workers anymoreMay 10 08:48
schestowitz-TR"skeleton crew" as you call it...May 10 08:48
schestowitz-TRIOW, even if we stayed, we doubt that can last very longMay 10 09:15
schestowitz-TRwe're already down to "d types", after a colleague brough c types with zero qualifications in techMay 10 09:15
schestowitz-TRjust because they lived in the same home (lesbian couple)May 10 09:15
Techrights-secyes, zero skillsMay 10 09:15
Techrights-sec(back)May 10 09:15
schestowitz-TRrianne has sent me a link from voxMay 10 09:19
schestowitz-TRputting aside the "great resignation" canard, she said it suggests many May 10 09:19
schestowitz-TRpeople who got used to working from home don't wish to get "back" to the officeMay 10 09:19
schestowitz-TRso they retireMay 10 09:19
schestowitz-TRVox is owned by banksters, but I got the link and added it to Daily Links moments agoMay 10 09:19
schestowitz-TRwe're discussion option of partial retirement with some job on the side to cover basic expensesMay 10 09:19
schestowitz-TRor self employmentMay 10 09:19
schestowitz-TR*discussingMay 10 09:20
schestowitz-TR(nb: I said to rianne months ago it's very improbable I would pursue another job becauseMay 10 09:20
schestowitz-TRa) I would not want to work outside home (might also require buying a car). b) not many jobs May 10 09:20
schestowitz-TRavailable, except maybe zero-hour or crap ones.. the latter probably does not exist either, it's an May 10 09:20
schestowitz-TRold excuse the rich make about the "lazy" and "spoiled" population)May 10 09:20
Techrights-secthen a "tip jar" should be given more considerationMay 10 09:20
schestowitz-TRI started drafting two things to that effectMay 10 09:22
schestowitz-TRone for schestowitz.com about why leave the jobMay 10 09:22
schestowitz-TRlike how crap the company became in recent yearsMay 10 09:22
schestowitz-TRI don't need a good reference if I doin't look for another job anywayMay 10 09:22
schestowitz-TRthe second would poromise more output if we get support from readersMay 10 09:22
schestowitz-TRand then can focus on the site 100%May 10 09:22
Techrights-secackMay 10 09:22
Techrights-sechiring Windows resellers is a sure sign the company is leaving the marketMay 10 09:22
schestowitz-TRnot Windows resellersMay 10 09:25
schestowitz-TRbut people who use Ubuntu only in a VMMay 10 09:25
schestowitz-TRand get excited about WSL crapMay 10 09:25
schestowitz-TRIOW, technically weak peopleMay 10 09:25
schestowitz-TRthe company has, to put it in terms I thought og this morning, ridden its past reputation 23 years for moreMay 10 09:25
schestowitz-TRyears now than it can pull that offMay 10 09:25
schestowitz-TRIOW, the trail of high-profile clients and goodwill is running thin by nowMay 10 09:25
schestowitz-TRand almost 50% of the "team" listed in our web site are not even in the company!!May 10 09:25
schestowitz-TR(the BETTER people)May 10 09:25
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "Between pandemics, historic economic crashes, bull runs, and crashes again, war, climate change, record breaking weather, the ever encroaching threat of climate change, and the general apparent downward spiral of American society in general, it's hard to find anything to be optimistic about." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/932May 10 09:27
schestowitz-TRone minute ago, just happened to coincide with the topicMay 10 09:27
Techrights-secackMay 10 09:28
schestowitz-TRso far I don't think I ever saw a bad gz file on the TM VM, which resides on the same physical (storage) May 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRdeviceMay 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRI did repeat what I said yesterday, but not in direct message so as to avoid "alerts" or "notifications"May 10 09:50
schestowitz-TR(re the dmesg output)May 10 09:50
schestowitz-TROn the TM VM, if I run dmesg I get similar output May 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRI checked about 5 forum pages just nowMay 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRhere is a theory that can be testedMay 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRhow about if we spread apart the dumps and gz operations?May 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRlike adding sleep commands?May 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRbased on what I am reading, a large mysql DB can lead to thisMay 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRI am testing this theory, but actually the afternoon dumps also fail at times when it comes to gzipMay 10 09:50
schestowitz-TRso never mind what I saidMay 10 09:50
Techrights-secyes it would be the same piece of hardware AFAIKMay 10 09:51
schestowitz-TRtechnically we run a kernel that seems to be not so oldMay 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRthe alpine oneMay 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRnot knowing how the VM "boots" when lxd runs itMay 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRsome reports that I saw do not rush to blame the hardwareMay 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRbut something in xfsMay 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRwhen did we last check dmesg or, put another way, is it possible that these messages predate the change of storage May 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRdevice and maybe go a lot further back?May 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRthe main variable on the hosting side is not packages installed but the % of disk usedMay 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRremember that the gz issue started in januaryMay 10 09:55
schestowitz-TRthe media was changed completely in debruaryMay 10 09:55
schestowitz-TR*fe May 10 09:55
schestowitz-TR*febMay 10 09:55
Techrights-secyes but I am not familiar with the hardware at all, were the old drivesMay 10 10:03
Techrights-secbrought over into the new machine?May 10 10:03
schestowitz-TRNoMay 10 10:03
Techrights-sechow would XFS be part of the problem?May 10 10:11
Techrights-secthe kernels in TR and TM are quite old    May 10 10:11
schestowitz-TRotaMay 10 10:56
schestowitz-TRdraftMay 10 10:56
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Techrights-secackMay 10 11:16
Techrights-secadded preliminary multi-site monitoring just now, testing on tm and trMay 10 11:17
schestowitz-TRthanks!May 10 11:17
Techrights-secarre there hard stats on the demise of zdnet?May 10 11:23
schestowitz-TRoh, did you see my draft?May 10 11:23
schestowitz-TRI was just working on thatMay 10 11:23
schestowitz-TRsee the draftMay 10 11:23
schestowitz-TRit was work in progressMay 10 11:23
schestowitz-TRpoor sjvnMay 10 11:27
schestowitz-TRif his pension is not goodMay 10 11:27
schestowitz-TRmaybe he will become TFIR employee :-)May 10 11:27
Techrights-seccheckingMay 10 11:28
Techrights-secyes I still feel somewhat bad for him but only based on his exxcellent pastMay 10 11:28
Techrights-secwork not the stuff he appears forced to produce these recent yearsMay 10 11:28
Techrights-secspeaking of which maybe a word about the rduced quality, especially i ntegardsMay 10 11:28
Techrights-secto topics thereMay 10 11:28
Techrights-secoh it does but the opponents work extra hard and have a lot of focus to tearMay 10 11:28
Techrights-secthings downMay 10 11:29
Techrights-secsuch a move is dead end, the lose their original audience while never beingMay 10 11:29
Techrights-secaccepted by the actual microsoftersMay 10 11:29
schestowitz-TRit does not pay to promote free softwareMay 10 11:29
schestowitz-TRrms owns almost nothingMay 10 11:29
schestowitz-TRsjvn and spamnil tried to cross to the other sideMay 10 11:29
schestowitz-TRmichael did it more recentlyMay 10 11:29
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Techrights-secas a follow up to monitoring TM :May 10 12:35
Techrights-sec$ ssh tmMay 10 12:35
Techrights-secUnable to negotiate with 23.161.112.115 port 22: no matching host key type found. Their offer: ssh-rsa,ssh-dssMay 10 12:35
schestowitz-TRit's possible to enter via the hvMay 10 12:36
schestowitz-TRin fact, the only reason ssh is still open on there is for remote backupsMay 10 12:36
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "My wife needed to catch a plane this weekend. She hadn't felt quite right while packing, so the night before she left, we picked up two COVID-19 test kits. I had never taken one before, which is an interesting thought to me, since the pandemic has now lasted two and a half years." In 5 months 3 YEARS. How time flies. gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2022/202205/20220509-2022-week-16-17-18-photos.gmiMay 10 12:39
schestowitz-TRwe did our first test a month ago, just to become familiar with the procedure... 12 have 19 test kits (test units) leftMay 10 12:39
Techrights-seccheckingMay 10 12:48
Techrights-secok that way works, throuh lxcMay 10 12:48
schestowitz-TRI deeply apologise for this situationMay 10 12:51
schestowitz-TRif I quit my job, that will be a massive MENTAL thing off my headMay 10 12:51
schestowitz-TRset aside actual time made available and more flexible sleeping schedulesMay 10 12:51
schestowitz-TRI began drafting (cruedly) 3 thingsMay 10 12:51
schestowitz-TRnot that I would publish them, they're just speculativeMay 10 12:51
schestowitz-TRa) why resign b) what it means to the sites (not for my personsl site)May 10 12:51
schestowitz-TRc) something related to rianne (things to discss after Thurs.)May 10 12:51
schestowitz-TRI cannot discuss sooner than the meetingMay 10 12:51
schestowitz-TRsee, dumb lying incompetent employer says.... BIG NEWS... hang on NINE DAYSMay 10 12:51
Techrights-secno worriesMay 10 12:52
Techrights-secackMay 10 12:52
schestowitz-TR(not sure I want to stay, no matter what they offer, in a company that for 4 years compromised and sacrifisedMay 10 12:54
schestowitz-TR"expensive" A and B type for a couple of D types whose skill is having sex with [redacted]"May 10 12:54
schestowitz-TRbecause there's not much of a future to such a company no matter what)May 10 12:54
schestowitz-TRbouncing from one shell to the next and piling up debt, even in two continent, likelyMay 10 12:54
schestowitz-TRmeans that even employee compensation is voided, but IANAL in the labour sectorMay 10 12:54
Techrights-sechence the suggestion to check around for other options May 10 12:54
schestowitz-TRI already checked around, even 2 weeks ago, and spoke to some people around here, also dadMay 10 12:57
schestowitz-TRthey all say it's very improbable a comparable thing can be found, more so for two peopleMay 10 12:57
schestowitz-TRhence. since 2018 we've been just "milking"May 10 12:57
schestowitz-TRif we can milk for a little while longer, maybe we willMay 10 12:57
schestowitz-TRIf we collected enough funds to secure the sites for a decade (plus additional costs), then we're May 10 12:57
schestowitz-TRvastly better off than people with mortgage, kids, or bothMay 10 12:57
Techrights-secyes but the current situation is not sustanible it wears on you if nothing elseMay 10 12:58
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schestowitz-TRoh, silly me, I fogot to mewntion I took today and tomorrow off as holidaysMay 10 13:02
schestowitz-TRso no shifts until the weekendMay 10 13:02
schestowitz-TRyou will see the change in productivityMay 10 13:02
schestowitz-TRbut back to the above-mentioned thing, rianne(dfc mocks walmark for locking up May 10 13:02
schestowitz-TRbaby forumula like it was a diamond ringMay 10 13:02
schestowitz-TRI don't find that funny at allMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRbabies are the next generationMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRand if the "greast and bestest country in the while wild/wide world" resorts to thisMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRthen we're in a tough placeMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRthe young people coming out of the college pipeline do not know computersMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRsome of them barely have a computerMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRit's smart this and thatMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRand zero skills, actual skills...May 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRlike... for them to get VPN working is like a big accomplishmentMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRrianne installed wireguard on debian 11 all on her own and configured itMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRon the pi400May 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRwhile these idiots rejoice getting a VM to boot ubuntuMay 10 13:03
schestowitz-TRputin's tech army will hgave a field dayMay 10 13:03
Techrights-seccongratulationsMay 10 13:04
Techrights-secyes and other countries are doing what they can to redce the likelihoodMay 10 13:04
Techrights-secof a successful new generation; some of that is on social control media, itMay 10 13:04
Techrights-secsuck their attention so that they are learning to be addicted and waste time   May 10 13:04
Techrights-secrather than interacting with people and learning and growingMay 10 13:04
Techrights-secexcellent, wireguard is supposed to be quite goodMay 10 13:04
Techrights-secevery Windoze instance and every social media account makes the job easierMay 10 13:04
Techrights-secfor putin's offensiveMay 10 13:04
schestowitz-TRcorporate media and CONTROL 'media' both mock Putin and RussiaMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRreminds of of the "Hitler has one nut" tacticsMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRin reality, Russia remains a very potent threat, even wiuthout bringing outMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRthe nuclear warheadsMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRukraine is europe's biggest or second-biggest armyMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRthe media does not say thatMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRand now they have a proxy war with cannon fodder and destruction from withinMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRif the polls are true, all that social control median "campaigning" failedMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRand russians mostly support the "secial operations"May 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRIOW,the Internet as a military-grade perception manager is not effectiveMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRRussiaMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRhas shut off a lot of the "hostile" sitesMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRand is doing a Lukashenko on protestersMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRso they go under water and quit spreading the messages Purtin does notMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRwant to spreadMay 10 13:08
schestowitz-TRackMay 10 13:09
schestowitz-TRtheir lockdown of a "splinternet" has been in the works for a decade at leastMay 10 13:09
Techrights-secackMay 10 13:09
Techrights-sectheir lockdown of a "splinternet" has been in the works for a decade at leastMay 10 13:09
schestowitz-TRtheir candidate is planning to run again in 2 yearsMay 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRand reports said he had contacted musKSA (all of them) to take over TwitterMay 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRmaybe just in time to drop Russian-type divisive crapMay 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRtheRealSputnikMay 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRI think it'll be increasingly important to convey to all, inc. wife, thatMay 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRthe old "normals" are long buried and any expectation of "old order"May 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRare delusional wrt employment, social norms, travel, etc.May 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRI have not left Manchester (except "city proper") since Jan 2020May 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRand have no imminent intention toMay 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRthe COVID-19 pendemic is not the reason, it was a trigger almostMay 10 13:15
schestowitz-TR3 years ago, many people (inc. banksters, energy giants and gates) May 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRlatched onto itMay 10 13:15
Techrights-secackMay 10 13:15
schestowitz-TRit is a blessing that our sys owner has a job now, full time I think, and that it's May 10 13:18
schestowitz-TRnot Muppet Labs. It's security company, not an evil one eitherMay 10 13:18
schestowitz-TRso financial pressures are not a factor at the moment. Years ago I asked catalyst2 and othersMay 10 13:18
schestowitz-TRhow much dedicated servers are and they sell "managed" (OVERsell) at about 3k a year (pounds)May 10 13:18
schestowitz-TRthat was 4 years ago, prices have risen)May 10 13:18
Techrights-secexcellentMay 10 13:18
schestowitz-TR-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- wwMay 10 13:21
schestowitz-TR"This year, 2022, May the 4th was my last day at Mozilla." https://www.otsukare.info/2022/05/04/bye-mozillaMay 10 13:21
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.otsukare.info | Mozilla, Bye! - otsukareMay 10 13:21
Techrights-secwordpress is a liabilityMay 10 13:22
schestowitz-TRtransition and migratioin can be made a priority given less mental clutter (2 workers in the home fewersMay 10 13:24
schestowitz-TRwith a broad range of things to watchon the screen and solve)May 10 13:24
schestowitz-TRLOL /me imagines mr. ubuntu VM trying to actually diagnose and solve issue (gets popcorn)May 10 13:24
schestowitz-TR(we did have some misters like these before... imposters who put a VM in full screen mode)May 10 13:24
schestowitz-TR(they solve NOTHING!!! money down the drain)May 10 13:24
Techrights-sec"""May 10 13:25
Techrights-sece are here to make the Web more open, not only for making the Web usable on Firefox products.  May 10 13:25
Techrights-sec"""May 10 13:25
Techrights-secackMay 10 13:25
schestowitz-TRbtw, zdnet did slow down very very noticablyMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRwhereas TM has not because we found lots of news sites and blogs that are active May 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRyesterday 3 batches of Daily Links -- that's a lot for slow-to-start MondaysMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRas long as I can do at least 2 batches a day, I am happyMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRarticles of our own are a plus/bonusMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRgiven how much we worked (job) in recent days May 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRa lot of the patent blogs diedMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRand they really hate it when I point it outMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRbecause there is nothing they can doMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRa few times before they tried to prove me wrong for a few days, then ran out of steam againMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRsome of them before 10 times less active then years backMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRhence GIGO in Gulag NoiseMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRthe spam is what's leftMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRwhen it's GiGO, it is time to move on and leave the spamfarmsMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRsjvn barely writes 2 per week, somtimes only 1May 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRand jack wallen was 'borrowed' by zdnet (from the sister site)May 10 13:40
Techrights-secThe RSS/Atom feed collection here has > 40k posts to sift throughMay 10 13:40
Techrights-secI focus on the blogs and then some ofthe news site if there is timeMay 10 13:40
Techrights-secackMay 10 13:40
schestowitz-TRdid you see in last night's IRC log how people in lxer complained in FORUMS that lxer was posting MicrosoftMay 10 13:43
schestowitz-TRshit?May 10 13:43
schestowitz-TRand then the editor deleted it?May 10 13:43
schestowitz-TRmy theory that they piss off their readers is correctMay 10 13:43
schestowitz-TRcausing emotional annoyance is way to assure people won't eneter l-x-e-r as often in the futureMay 10 13:43
schestowitz-TRit's an instinct not to rpeeat what causes angst or shockMay 10 13:43
Techrights-secI saw part of that, I hope lxet backpedals on that and that it was a mistakeMay 10 13:43
Techrights-secor lapse of judgement rather than a symptom of something more severeMay 10 13:43
Techrights-secright.  they can quickly drive away their bread-and-butter communityMay 10 13:43
schestowitz-TRif you go to their site, click team/people (or other section) to appreciate how out of date the site is,May 10 13:44
schestowitz-TRlike TR with only BN content in the sidebarMay 10 13:44
schestowitz-TRbut maybe if we alter CMS bits we can sort that outMay 10 13:44
schestowitz-TRthe lxer team is frozen in... pre-2010 days May 10 13:46
schestowitz-TRI think Scott and one of the whittingers are the sole operatorsMay 10 13:46
schestowitz-TRand they recently had a 3-day downtimes due to dnsMay 10 13:46
schestowitz-TRworse than our 5-hour TM downtime (today)May 10 13:46
Techrights-secackMay 10 13:48
schestowitz-TRI think it was Bob (the more senor of the two)May 10 13:48
schestowitz-TRhe must be like 80 by now May 10 13:48
Techrights-secthere are so few new people entering IT these daysMay 10 13:50
schestowitz-TRyou said "IT" :-)May 10 13:52
schestowitz-TRI mentioned the term in my view this morningMay 10 13:52
schestowitz-TRthe new "CS"... it's not science anymore... it's "informstion"May 10 13:52
schestowitz-TRpassing around data, not much moreMay 10 13:52
schestowitz-TRnot many people conider "IT" itself a ruinous buzzwordsMay 10 13:52
schestowitz-TRbecause the term IT or ICT is so widely used nowMay 10 13:52
schestowitz-TRit started around here maybe 1990sMay 10 13:52
Techrights-sec:(May 10 13:55
schestowitz-TRof note: I did not do a job interview for my current job (neither did rianne, they trusted me to train her)May 10 13:55
schestowitz-TRthe "interview" was asking me to set up my own account and such, which I did factMay 10 13:55
schestowitz-TRemail, jabber, ldap etc.May 10 13:55
schestowitz-TRnow the clown idiots have no ldap or iam..May 10 13:55
schestowitz-TRjust open some gulag accountMay 10 13:55
schestowitz-TRIT skillz: knowing which "APP/S" to download and memorising GUIsMay 10 13:55
schestowitz-TR(based on true story) ;-)May 10 13:55
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schestowitz-TRpriority/wishlist: stories of people leaving Twitter, esp. those citing good reasonsMay 10 15:21
schestowitz-TRweakening social control media = curtailing the attacks on democracies May 10 15:21
Techrights-secackMay 10 15:21
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Twitter WILL NOT support free speech. Stop believe a CHRONIC liar. MusKSA (it's shared ownership with people who chop down journalists to pieces and cook them!) will manipulate Twitter for PERSONAL GAIN. QUIT NOW. https://etbe.coker.com.au/2022/05/10/elon-free-speech/May 10 15:23
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-etbe.coker.com.au | Elon and Free Speech « etbe - Russell CokerMay 10 15:23
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schestowitz-TR    I hardly know how to answer this questionMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRrant: just wasted over 20 mins helping rianne because paypal decided to add 2FAMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRsecurity theatreMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRand we do not have "mobile"May 10 15:59
schestowitz-TReventually I managed after talking to a call centre of theirsMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRbased on the acceent, somewhere in south asiaMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRpaypal is shit May 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRbut sadly the compettiion to it seems not much betterMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRrianne needed tp pay for deliverty (parcel/sale today)May 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRshe picks up bargain on way backMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRwe might need to use online payments more if we leave the jobMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TR(which we decided to do some time ago anyway, just didn't know when)May 10 15:59
Techrights-sec"security"May 10 15:59
Techrights-secpaypal is high riskMay 10 15:59
Techrights-secyes that will probably increase the necessityMay 10 15:59
schestowitz-TRit's only 4pm, too early to get angrry, it's my day off work and I want to produce some articles/videosMay 10 16:01
schestowitz-TRanyway, another annoying hurdle in lifeMay 10 16:01
schestowitz-TRremember how much time I spent fighting the city council here over trying to impose May 10 16:01
schestowitz-TR"mobile" on EU citizens pursing "permission" to "stay"May 10 16:01
schestowitz-TR*purusingMay 10 16:02
schestowitz-TRat the end I filed a major complaint and had them chasing and invetigatingMay 10 16:02
Techrights-secyes; be sure to get the two exercise sessions per day May 10 16:02
schestowitz-TRwordpress is good for many thingsMay 10 16:04
schestowitz-TRit's not getting a lot betterMay 10 16:04
schestowitz-TRit's feature church since 10 years agoMay 10 16:04
schestowitz-TRthey just need to "keep up"... looking for problems that do not really exist instead ofMay 10 16:04
schestowitz-TRjust leaving the darn thing alneMay 10 16:04
schestowitz-TRthis is also why web sites and then browsers keep getting worse over timeMay 10 16:04
schestowitz-TRthey need to give the engs SOMETHINGto doiMay 10 16:04
schestowitz-TRand they call it INNOVA~1May 10 16:05
Techrights-secackMay 10 16:05
Techrights-secWordPress has a shitload of expensive proprietary plugins of uncertain andMay 10 16:05
Techrights-secvery dubious qualityMay 10 16:05
schestowitz-TRmy uncle broke his blog with oneMay 10 16:07
schestowitz-TRaddeda CRM to it, IIRCMay 10 16:07
schestowitz-TRand then cried that it stopped workingMay 10 16:07
schestowitz-TRafter he had broken itMay 10 16:07
schestowitz-TRI had to fix it the same day/weekend that I bought the new laptopMay 10 16:07
schestowitz-TRand it was a major PITAMay 10 16:07
schestowitz-TRgonna do some weights May 10 16:07
schestowitz-TRI lost my rhytham due to paypalMay 10 16:07
schestowitz-TRbbiabMay 10 16:07
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schestowitz-TRCOVID-19 in the UK: Going Dark, Hiding the Problem Instead of Solving It http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/05/10/hiding-covid/May 10 16:51
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » COVID-19 in the UK: Going Dark, Hiding the Problem Instead of Solving ItMay 10 16:51
schestowitz-TRtypos likely, have not proofread it yetMay 10 16:51
schestowitz-TRlet me know if you read it and see any along the wayMay 10 16:51
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Added: "NHS/Tories: Maybe if we stop publish data, then people will stop blasting our fatally stupid policy." http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/05/10/hiding-covid/May 10 16:57
Techrights-secackMay 10 16:57
Techrights-secread quickly but did not notice anything this timeMay 10 17:00
schestowitz-TRi found one typo (seized)May 10 17:02
schestowitz-TReither way, it's going to be harder for me to do such postsMay 10 17:02
schestowitz-TRno data, no analysis possibleMay 10 17:02
schestowitz-TRI meant, 'only' 2000 people a week dieMay 10 17:02
schestowitz-TRthat's like... less than 9/11May 10 17:02
schestowitz-TRsod it, go back to work ladsMay 10 17:02
schestowitz-TRas we say here, "for queen and country"May 10 17:02
schestowitz-TRfor mom-of-nadrew and countryMay 10 17:02
Techrights-seccutting off the data means cutting off the coverage and resultant discussionMay 10 17:03
schestowitz-TRright now bill and lolita foundation assesses the online reactionmMay 10 17:04
schestowitz-TRand decides if billBC should run next week's puff pieces with COVID guru billMay 10 17:04
schestowitz-TRor maybe "not yet"May 10 17:04
schestowitz-TR(give the public more time to forgot and make new scapegoats)May 10 17:04
schestowitz-TRif they stop updating, I might put together a formal FOI (like FOIA) demanding access to dataMay 10 17:04
schestowitz-TRand making my own portalMay 10 17:04
schestowitz-TRto keep their feet to the fireMay 10 17:04
Techrights-secare there groups there collaborate with on that?May 10 17:05
schestowitz-TRdon't want to be covid alarmist, but if the numbers did in fact go down, then it would be justifiedMay 10 17:06
schestowitz-TRbut that is clearly not the caseMay 10 17:06
schestowitz-TRI think goign through a local MP might work bestMay 10 17:06
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schestowitz-TR[17:14] <techrights-news> 50% of the articles in PHORONIX today are about AMD, a company with 15k workers (Intel is almost 120k). What PHORONIX does not tell you: it's SPONSORED by AMD http://techrights.org/2022/02/03/phoronix-went-too-far/May 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:14] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- techrights.org | When Blogs Become Marketing and Benchmarks Become Product Promotions  | TechrightsMay 10 17:42
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | When Blogs Become Marketing and Benchmarks Become Product Promotions | TechrightsMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:14] <schestowitz-TR> it's like social control mediaMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:14] <schestowitz-TR> things ar enot quite how they seem on the surfaceMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:14] <schestowitz-TR> you need to look below (apropos covid data)May 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:15] <Techrights-sec> it'd be much less problematic, though not ideal, if michael were to remindMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:15] <Techrights-sec> people of the connection now to AMDMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:17] <schestowitz-TR> sometimes he even does AMD job ads as articlesMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:17] <schestowitz-TR> even for just one single roleMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:17] <schestowitz-TR> in a company of that sizeMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:17] <schestowitz-TR> that's like those spammy patent NOISE sitesMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:17] <schestowitz-TR> where they tell you some low-level person moved from firm A to firm BMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:17] <schestowitz-TR> and make it seem like "news", complete with photo, portfolio, and promotional wordsMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TR[17:17] <schestowitz-TR> affirming people's choice os that supposedly impoirtant person and firmMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRI have an ideaMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRwill measure # of iterms in amd categ' before and after estimated time of crateMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRwait, that's not going to workMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRthere is category singularityMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRso many amd iterms go under different ctagsMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRthinking...May 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRremember on an empirical basis I know what I'd findMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRas I see all the headlines there since 15+ years agoMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRbut I need numeric evidenceMay 10 17:42
schestowitz-TRI might nee to use wayback machineMay 10 17:42
Techrights-secthat's a lot of checkingMay 10 17:42
Techrights-secsee /tmp/techrights-monitor-tr-v3.py on the rpiMay 10 17:42
Techrights-sec^ old topic from earlier   May 10 17:42
Techrights-secgoing through the wayback machine is slow, but they have to be slow for selfMay 10 17:42
Techrights-secdefenceMay 10 17:42
Techrights-secmouse middle button stopped working; drop-test fixed it :/May 10 17:43
Techrights-sechope it does not break soonMay 10 17:43
schestowitz-TRwhen it starts doing this, it's time to purchase the spareMay 10 17:43
Techrights-secthis was the newly purchased spare :/May 10 17:45
Techrights-secI'm not sure I can find the receipt thoughMay 10 17:45
schestowitz-TRthese receiptsMay 10 17:46
schestowitz-TRfor such flaky itemsMay 10 17:46
schestowitz-TRcan be just as valuable as the product itselfMay 10 17:46
schestowitz-TRas they are a ticket for the second productMay 10 17:46
schestowitz-TRhere I did have to return a few in the diustant pastMay 10 17:46
schestowitz-TRaMay 10 17:46
schestowitz-TRand pick a replacement of roughly the same priceMay 10 17:46
Techrights-secyes, agreed, it's just I have to look through a stack of themMay 10 17:46
Techrights-sectMay 10 17:46
schestowitz-TRI like playing with data, libreoffice cal time :-p)May 10 17:47
schestowitz-TRwayback machine May 10 17:47
schestowitz-TR*calcMay 10 17:47
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Techrights-seccalc is usefulMay 10 18:18
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Techrights-secit TM unavailable again?May 10 18:36
Techrights-secthe one I uploaded is for hardware / peripherals hereMay 10 18:36
schestowitz-TRi noticedMay 10 18:37
schestowitz-TRbut..May 10 18:37
schestowitz-TRheavy loadMay 10 18:37
schestowitz-TRi might run the script soonMay 10 18:37
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "Ebba Busch is boycotting the Swedish radio because in their Arabic, Somali, and Kurdish transmissions thMay 10 18:37
schestowitz-TRey translated her desire to shoot islamists as her wanting to shoot muslims." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/ebba-radioBBBMay 10 18:37
schestowitz-TRrsync becomes a pig when finding two files, large files, of the same name and no matching hashMay 10 18:48
Techrights-secotr: that must be it; but I've not been able to complete the task this eveningMay 10 18:49
schestowitz-TRotaMay 10 19:17
schestowitz-TRit was about AMDMay 10 19:17
schestowitz-TRan the phenomenon in general May 10 19:17
schestowitz-TRI want to think people will become more suspicious of what they see on the WebMay 10 19:17
Techrights-secackMay 10 19:18
Techrights-secyes, good approach especially now with so many "influencers" but thoseMay 10 19:18
Techrights-secare especially a danger to social control media usedsMay 10 19:18
schestowitz-TRI did mention social control media and gulagtube along thr wayMay 10 19:18
schestowitz-TRand microsoft bribing bloggers for "reviews"May 10 19:18
Techrights-secackMay 10 19:33
schestowitz-TRtoday's tm remote backup is OKMay 10 19:35
schestowitz-TRtm-db-[today].dump.gzMay 10 19:35
schestowitz-TRit'\s an hour oldMay 10 19:35
Techrights-secnot from here, I can't get it to completeMay 10 19:35
Techrights-secmaybe SFTP or tar instead of rsync?May 10 19:35
schestowitz-TRrianne back   May 10 19:36
schestowitz-TRshel will post in TM shortlyMay 10 19:36
schestowitz-TRmany isles are empty, she saysMay 10 19:36
schestowitz-TRso much foir "normal"May 10 19:36
schestowitz-TRNHS portal going darkMay 10 19:36
schestowitz-TRI reckon many recipes of prpoducts lack supply chain ingredients like oils, inc. palm oilMay 10 19:36
schestowitz-TRso cannot make the same product as beforeMay 10 19:36
schestowitz-TRshe didn't find much discounted food eitherMay 10 19:36
Techrights-secackMay 10 19:38
Techrights-secpalm oil is to be avoide for health, environment, and political reasonsMay 10 19:38
Techrights-secsame hereMay 10 19:38
Techrights-secit's really widespread and one has to check the ingredients list carefullyMay 10 19:38
schestowitz-TRwe've bene boycoting all products with palm oil in them for agesMay 10 19:39
schestowitz-TReven soapsMay 10 19:39
schestowitz-TRthey use m,any sneaky namesMay 10 19:39
schestowitz-TRbut we know thoseMay 10 19:39
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