●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, February 11, 2022 ●● ● Feb 11 [00:08] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@niand7amjkssw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 11 [01:43] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [01:43] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@7hnksqkvhrvj2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:58] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:58] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Feb 11 [02:06] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [02:06] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@7hnksqkvhrvj2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:13] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:24] *liberty_box (~liberty@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 11 [05:13] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:13] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Feb 11 [06:24] *rianne_ (~rianne@suig26pxj59pi.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:24] *rianne (~rianne@joseon-jhg.17c.k31cok.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [06:31] Techrights-sec I think the lockfile issue with gemini-cron-updater.sh may be resolved [06:32] schestowitz-TR thanks, lately I had to manually delete the lockfile every day [06:34] Techrights-sec I think there had been some cases in which it got left behind and worse left [06:34] Techrights-sec an unnecessary process running. [06:35] schestowitz-TR I will probably make another full system clone tonight. I am buying 1 or 2 cd cards to back up rianne's and 2 USB sticks for mine. I'll use low-end peripheral to keep costs low. Those are backups. [06:35] Techrights-sec ack [06:52] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Feb 11 [07:10] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [07:10] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@7hnksqkvhrvj2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:28] schestowitz-TR i finish work 9am , the working money, then free for 4 or 54 more days [07:28] schestowitz-TR *4-5 [07:28] schestowitz-TR draft [07:28] schestowitz-TR (EPO) [07:28] schestowitz-TR (will be out today in evening for food and electronics) ● Feb 11 [08:31] schestowitz-TR i have just added your googlebot ban [08:31] schestowitz-TR I have also added a link to the gemini gateway (in the front page/root) [08:31] schestowitz-TR this can be used in case of downtime [08:31] schestowitz-TR so the site is in effect served from two domains, two countries [08:31] Techrights-sec ack [08:31] Techrights-sec thanks [08:31] Techrights-sec the bot is supposed to honor robots.txt but clearly doesn't. [08:31] Techrights-sec ack ● Feb 11 [09:36] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 11 [10:28] *u-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [10:28] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Connection closed) [10:29] schestowitz-TR did lots of css work on gemini proxy this morning [10:29] schestowitz-TR the only mexternal/image file used is reused [10:29] schestowitz-TR it is favicon [10:29] schestowitz-TR browsers fetch it regardless [10:32] Techrights-sec ack [10:32] Techrights-sec I'm not sure the grey stripes are nice to look at. [10:32] schestowitz-TR yes, there is a fallback plain colour there in the css, as before, you can change the stripes if you want. I did not like that combination either and it does not fit the palletee [10:32] schestowitz-TR *palette [10:36] Techrights-sec The "T" in front of TR links is good. [10:37] schestowitz it does not introduce any file not already retrieved by browsers (I try to keep every page just one single self-contained file). blockquote style shown in http://gemini.techrights.org/proxy?url=gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/10/social-control-media-bubbles/index.gmi [10:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-gemini.techrights.org | Gemini Proxy for Techrights ● Feb 11 [12:50] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [12:50] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@7hnksqkvhrvj2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 11 [14:00] schestowitz-TR possible video topics: [14:00] schestowitz-TR 1) epo [14:00] schestowitz-TR 2) impact of energy prices on low-end low-powered computers [14:00] schestowitz-TR 3. vmware's linux FUD [14:00] schestowitz-TR 4. latest changes to proxy [14:20] Techrights-sec vmware has been GPL-hostile for many years, maybe since its begining [14:34] schestowitz-TR just done 1 and 4 [14:34] schestowitz-TR not sure I want to even mention vmware [14:34] schestowitz-TR as that fud wave slowed down a lot today [14:35] Techrights-sec although the reasons for the upcoming strike are very important to highlight [14:35] schestowitz link from you: http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161291#comment-32792 [14:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | VMware Has Launched Anti-Linux FUD Campaign | Tux Machines [14:36] schestowitz maybe I will wait until the weekend when we have a complete "set" of these attack pieces ● Feb 11 [15:27] Techrights-sec yes, a full set would be easier to analyze. [15:27] schestowitz-TR i did 3, vmware postponed [15:36] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:36] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:37] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [15:37] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@7hnksqkvhrvj2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:43] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:51] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@y56qsb6r6yg94.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:54] Techrights-sec pushed some CSS changs to Git [15:54] Techrights-sec for the Gemini proxy [15:55] schestowitz-TR looks great, I will apply then changes now ● Feb 11 [16:13] schestowitz-TR first draft of 3 videos now in site [16:13] schestowitz-TR I will add the UEFI and ME thing [16:18] Techrights-sec DOn't forget about the unfixabe security hole in Intel hardware.Those too, but [16:18] Techrights-sec "Spectre" and "Meltdown" are whole categories of vulnerabilities and there are se [16:18] Techrights-sec veral other categories on top of them. Not all are repairable with either [16:18] Techrights-sec kernel changes or even microcode replacement. [16:18] Techrights-sec https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-spectre-and-meltdown-hacks-really-worked [16:18] Techrights-sec variants : [16:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-spectrum.ieee.org | How the Spectre and Meltdown Hacks Really Worked - IEEE Spectrum [16:18] Techrights-sec https://www.techrepublic.com/article/spectre-and-meltdown-explained-a-comprehensi [16:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.techrepublic.com | Spectre and Meltdown explained: A comprehensive guide for professionals | TechRepublic [16:18] Techrights-sec ve-guide-for-professionals/ [16:22] Techrights-sec fwiw: https://www.itwire.com/security/81338-handling-of-cpu-bug-disclosure-incred [16:22] Techrights-sec bly-bad-openbsd-s-de-raadt.html [16:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.itwire.com | iTWire - Handling of CPU bugs disclosure 'incredibly bad': OpenBSD's de Raadt [16:22] Techrights-sec fwiw: https://www.itwire.com/security/81338-handling-of-cpu-bug-disclosure-incredibly-bad-openbsd-s-de-raadt.html [16:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.itwire.com | iTWire - Handling of CPU bugs disclosure 'incredibly bad': OpenBSD's de Raadt [16:27] schestowitz-TR ok, final draft in place now [16:27] schestowitz-TR it is processing the next video while the previous one is uploading [16:27] schestowitz-TR a lot more efficiernt yto do many videos in succession [16:27] schestowitz-TR ack, correcting [16:28] Techrights-sec ack [16:28] Techrights-sec s/unfixabe/unfixable/ [16:28] Techrights-sec also the techrepublic link has a good chart of two categories [16:37] schestowitz-TR bbl, gotta get food and hardwae [16:37] schestowitz-TR it looks like the lock filed 'locked up' again [16:37] schestowitz-TR but I gotta reun ● Feb 11 [18:40] Techrights-sec ack [18:40] Techrights-sec checking [18:50] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@zgk86ipra9utw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Feb 11 [20:34] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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