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TechrightssecFWIW SN is downNov 12 07:07
schestowitz-TRcause known?Nov 12 07:09
schestowitz-TRbtw, did you follow the link I posted to my blog last night?Nov 12 07:09
TechrightssecnoNov 12 07:09
Techrightssecno, why?Nov 12 07:09
Techrightssecjust checked , many heart attacksNov 12 07:10
schestowitz-TRnot just in the ukNov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRsome countries speak about it formallyNov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRthe countries, not some random MP whom people try to paint as antivaxNov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRI told rianen last night that the psychology of it is complicatedNov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRas many of those other MPs took the boosters tooNov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRthey would rather shoe away the messenger Nov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRthan consider the possibility laid forthNov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRhe correctly points out that the boosters were only tested on animalsNov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRthey leapfrogged the traditional protocols, to put it mildly, an understatementNov 12 07:16
schestowitz-TRand people were righly suspicious of the speedNov 12 07:16
TechrightssecackNov 12 07:50
schestowitz-TRthese protocols exist as a response to past blundersNov 12 07:51
Techrightssecit looks like a lesson about to be relearned the hard wauyNov 12 07:58
schestowitzhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide_scandalNov 12 08:00
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Thalidomide scandal - WikipediaNov 12 08:00
Techrightssecyes that was one of severalNov 12 08:02
Techrightssecthis one is much larger in scope :(Nov 12 08:02
schestowitz-TRmy friend might die soonNov 12 08:06
schestowitz-TRhe beat me in Mr. Fitness competition a couple of timesNov 12 08:06
schestowitz-TRnow his heart is considered defective and there is no cureNov 12 08:06
schestowitz-TRbut they attribute this to his intensive rowingNov 12 08:06
schestowitz-TRhe is one of two friends whose knees swelled after the first/second jabNov 12 08:06
schestowitz-TRand whose doctors (it was that severe) said it had become very commonNov 12 08:06
schestowitz-TRboth attribute this to the jab, one of prof. in medical field, the other has 3 masters degrees and Nov 12 08:06
schestowitz-TRis an athleteNov 12 08:06
schestowitz-TRgaslighting in the media makes sense when you consider who pays that media (e.g. gaurdian, billbc)Nov 12 08:06
Techrightssecthat's a tragedyNov 12 08:07
Techrightssecyes the media is paid indirectly through the purchase of the doses, if Nov 12 08:07
Techrightssecyou think about it a bit.  it's 20 - 30 EUR per dose or something likeNov 12 08:07
Techrightssecthat and if the company is only thinking 1) itself and 2) a few weeks at a timeNov 12 08:07
Techrightssecinto the future, then it "makes sense" to push out something unhealth or evenNov 12 08:07
Techrightssecdamaging and then use social control media to stigmatize all non-praiseNov 12 08:07
Techrightssecusing similar tactics as m$ usesNov 12 08:07
schestowitz-TRI forgot the name of that 'singer'Nov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRwho was suspended by twitter   Nov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRfor just mentioning what happened to her cousin in trinidad (IIRC)Nov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRbecause she had many followeNov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRnicki minaj?Nov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TR*followersNov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRI think it's perfectly obvious that not only GSK paid twitter for ads (seen many of them in 2020)Nov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRBill and Lolita gates Foundation infested my timeline a lotNov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRso the money cameNov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRand censorship followed Nov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRI didn't say anything not subtantiated or well sourcedNov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRbut that does not matterNov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TRI was "disruptive" to the relationship with some clients (advertisers) of TwitterNov 12 08:10
schestowitz-TR--Nov 12 08:13
schestowitz-TRsocial control media is something that gets IN BETWEEN peopleNov 12 08:13
schestowitz-TRin that videoi I shared last night the MP (Sir something) explains than every "mainstream Nov 12 08:13
schestowitz-TRmedia" bias does not help because people talk to one another and the gov. cannot control thatNov 12 08:13
schestowitz-TRanf thus confidence in the gov, media and medical profession will waneNov 12 08:13
Techrightssecyep.  one possible side effect of a full implosion of twitter would beNov 12 08:15
Techrightssecthat such tight censorship becomes once again difficult to achieve.Nov 12 08:15
Techrightssecyes, way to many a-hole /want/ to believe that social control media is Nov 12 08:15
Techrightsseca raw communications medium and parrot statements to that effect,Nov 12 08:15
Techrightssecwhen it is a strong filter in reality.  sadly it seems that a lot of topNov 12 08:15
Techrightssecpoliticians are the worst affected by their delusion.Nov 12 08:15
Techrightssecconfidence also wanes because there are fewer competent people as a long termNov 12 08:15
Techrightssecfall out effect from the bologne agreement.  :( :(  Nov 12 08:15
Techrightssecbusiness has basic been a game of LARP for decades and now that is spillingNov 12 08:15
Techrightssecover into the rest of societyNov 12 08:15
Techrightssecfacts can be overruled by loud opinions     Nov 12 08:15
schestowitz-TRbtw, as noted in irc moments ago, a source told me friedman was involved in ftxNov 12 08:18
schestowitz-TRprofessionally, not ass clientNov 12 08:18
schestowitz-TRbut this isn't notable at this timeNov 12 08:18
schestowitz-TRa lot of stupidity, vanity, and fools who listen to musk "tweets"Nov 12 08:18
schestowitz-TRbought into those "trading" platformsNov 12 08:18
schestowitz-TRmany lost nearly everything, those who ended up on top include Sheela Microsoft (Bakkt)Nov 12 08:18
schestowitz-TR[on bit of a tangent]Nov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRthat is why i ended up rather cynical and I keep telling people that BY DAULT Nov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TR*DEFAULTNov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRI do not trust people and do not believe what they tell meNov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRI need to establish some rust over timeNov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRKirk Wiebe said 90% of Americans were polled as saying that cheating and 'embellishing' is OKNov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRto get aheadNov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRa bit of that 'fake it till you make it' psycheNov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRthe same is true here, with job titles, salaries, homes (owned by banks, backed by money that DOES NOT EXISTNov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TReven in the banks!!)Nov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRthe sooner you realise what's going on, the easier it gets to brush off "social constructs"Nov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TR(or corporater consptrusts such as "intelectual property")Nov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRset aside stupid gimmicks like clown, smart, iot etc.Nov 12 08:24
TechrightssecYes, that is such a tragic cultural shift.  The US has been NewYorkifiedNov 12 08:24
TechrightssecYep, fraud all the way down.Nov 12 08:24
TechrightssecackNov 12 08:24
schestowitz-TRis that really a new york thing or going by canards or steretypes?Nov 12 08:27
schestowitz-TRI am curious as I saw the same among Italians and East AsiansNov 12 08:27
schestowitz-TRmaybe we're just better familiarised with anglo-saxon-franco variants of thatNov 12 08:27
schestowitz-TRwe have a friend from malaysia who built his whole social life on liesNov 12 08:27
schestowitz-TRa male nurse who since his early 20s said he was a heart surgeonNov 12 08:27
schestowitz-TRand walks away if you ask the "right" questionsNov 12 08:27
schestowitz-TRhe lies about many other things, which built upon this fakeness Nov 12 08:27
Techrightssechard to say, it is definitely the stereotype going back to the 1800sNov 12 08:38
Techrightssechowever, it seems to be cultivated and praised in movies the last few decadesNov 12 08:38
Techrightssecas well as tv shows.  so with that kind of encouragement, it spreads to theNov 12 08:38
Techrightssecrest of society.  "I'm not really a waiter|busboy|taxidriver,  Nov 12 08:38
TechrightssecI'm really an actor|singer|dancer|politician|etc"Nov 12 08:38
TechrightssecMaybe there's also some overlap with the propaganda that gets much of theNov 12 08:38
Techrightssecpublic to vote as if they themselves were in the 1% most wealthy and thatNov 12 08:38
Techrightssechave an obligation to screw over the rest for further personal gain. Nov 12 08:38
Techrightssechttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/328134-john-steinbeck-once-said-that-socialism-never-took-root-inNov 12 08:38
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.goodreads.com | Quote by Ronald Wright: “John Steinbeck once said that socialism never t...”Nov 12 08:38
Techrightssechttps://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck#DisputedNov 12 08:38
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikiquote.org | John Steinbeck - WikiquoteNov 12 08:38
Techrightssecattribution of that one is hard but the observation standsNov 12 08:38
Techrightssecjust watch some of the interviews with "average" people there, they are Nov 12 08:38
Techrightssecglad that they themselves cannot afford health care, not even dental, ifNov 12 08:38
Techrightssecthat means that someone else who "doesn't deserve it" is also denied :/Nov 12 08:38
Techrightssechttps://jacobin.com/2018/05/americans-class-politics-pistonNov 12 08:45
TechrightssecThat's also why people build myths around the rich and ignore several generations of inheritance.  Perhaps only Larry Ellison went fromNov 12 08:45
Techrightssec poor to rich butNov 12 08:45
Techrightsseceven he got there through more or less a lottery: massive defense contractNov 12 08:45
Techrightssechttps://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-project-1636592238Nov 12 08:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-jacobin.com | The Myth of the Temporarily Embarrassed MillionaireNov 12 08:45
TechrightssecAlso the fake-it-till-you-make-it psychology /encouarges/ behaviors destructiveNov 12 08:45
Techrightssecto society instead of policing them; every billionaire is a failure on theNov 12 08:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-gizmodo.com | Larry Ellison's Oracle Started As a CIA ProjectNov 12 08:45
Techrightssecpart of social policy.Nov 12 08:45
Techrightssechttps://inequality.org/research/billionaires-sign-econ-failure/Nov 12 08:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Billionaires Are a Sign of Economic Failure - Inequality.orgNov 12 08:45
Techrightssechttps://www.newsweek.com/billionaires-are-policy-failure-that-must-addressed-opinion-1699411Nov 12 08:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.newsweek.com | Billionaires Are a Policy Failure That Must Be Addressed | OpinionNov 12 08:45
Techrightssechttps://www.teenvogue.com/story/billionaires-should-not-existNov 12 08:45
TechrightssecThat's money not spend building anything, advancing anything, or evenNov 12 08:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.teenvogue.com | Billionaires Should Not Exist — Here’s Why | Teen VogueNov 12 08:45
Techrightssecmaintaining or supporting anything.  It's just GONE from the world forNov 12 08:45
Techrightssecall practical purposesNov 12 08:45
Techrightssechttps://fcw.com/digital-government/2014/09/oracle-the-cia-and-governments-role-in-picking-winners/240320/Nov 12 08:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Oracle, the CIA and government's role in picking winners - FCWNov 12 08:45
schestowitz-TRyes, I agree (on phone atm)Nov 12 08:51
schestowitz-TRdoneNov 12 09:18
schestowitz-TRyes, the cynicism is justifiedNov 12 09:18
schestowitz-TR1) people claiming to be something they are notNov 12 09:18
schestowitz-TR2) success stories not even being profitable (necessarily)Nov 12 09:18
schestowitz-TR3) the gov. or nations run like cliques, with "formalities" like job criteriaNov 12 09:18
schestowitz-TRwhen in reality it often boils down to nepotism, e.g. EPO and places I've workedNov 12 09:18
schestowitz-TR(3) is a threat to the diploma bubble, as people are led to think displomas ratherNov 12 09:18
schestowitz-TRthan "nmetworking" will assure them "success"Nov 12 09:18
TechrightssecackNov 12 09:19
Techrightsseceuphemism for sucking up rather than true networkingNov 12 09:19
schestowitz-TRsee ENA (Battistelli and Macron)Nov 12 09:21
schestowitz-TRalso see the letter sent from Christine Lagarde (battistelli friend)Nov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRwhen she was some lawyerNov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRpromising blind loyaltyNov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRthis way she rose to power in franch politica, imf, now ecbNov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRtechrights covered this years ago in relation to thierry bretonNov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRthen they need to "play the role" as impostersNov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRto make it look like they are worthy of the roleNov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRand wear the right costumes with the right "designer" namesNov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRand pay people to 'improve' 'their' wikipedia articlesNov 12 09:22
schestowitz-TRand issue press reports on their supposed qualificationsNov 12 09:22
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schestowitz-TRtonight it'll be 96 hours since last pc crashNov 12 09:40
schestowitz-TRnot seen any storage related line in syslog since 2 days agoNov 12 09:40
schestowitz-TRwe leave the house in 3 hoursNov 12 09:40
schestowitz-TR14 degress todayNov 12 09:40
schestowitz-TRfeels like spring (evenings)Nov 12 09:40
schestowitz-TRtomorrow 17 degreesNov 12 09:40
schestowitz-TRit's bizarre because it's mild, no wind, no humidityNov 12 09:40
schestowitz-TRfeels like "wrong" seasonNov 12 09:41
schestowitz-TRbillbc even wrote about this yesterday (rainne read, I did not)Nov 12 09:41
schestowitz-TRthere are even some leaves on trees and bushes that should be naked by nowNov 12 09:41
schestowitz-TRnot sure if you saw it, but this morn I republished a new video of rms on anony paymentsNov 12 09:41
schestowitz-TRhe explains how that relates to freedom, e.g. abortion in the usNov 12 09:41
TechrightssecI saw the post on RMS but not the video itself.Nov 12 09:41
TechrightssecInterestingly I was just looking at GNU Taler again the other day.Nov 12 09:41
schestowitz-TRfor things we cannot pay for with cash as there is no hand-to-hand contactNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRusually due to distanceNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRthe first question to ask is, do they need to know who I am?Nov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRe.g. plane passenger, football spectatorNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRor, what is there to lose?Nov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRif I pay the webhost witH, and my domain is easy to link to the - gasp - hostNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRthen paying with CC might be OKNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRso we need to draw lines in the sandNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRand limit how much is known about us and who toNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRemail is not secure, esp. when reponding to gmail accountsNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRthose accounts aren't just plain text but actively scanned for contents both waysNov 12 09:44
schestowitz-TRfor commercial reasons and moreNov 12 09:44
TechrightssecWhen flying, one has to pay $85 to get even a modicum of the dignity thatNov 12 09:46
Techrightssecwas afforded travellers prior to Little Bush.  It's hard for people to believeNov 12 09:46
Techrightssecnow, even if they are old enough to have experienced it, but flyers were onceNov 12 09:46
Techrightssectreated as valued customers rather than as captive opponents and criminalsNov 12 09:46
TechrightssecNot just scanned, it seems that URLs are followed as well.  Nov 12 09:46
schestowitz-TRshorly after microsoft stashed skype in NSA PRISM the H (heise) noted that in "private" chats in skype URLsNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRwere not only followed but more was done (I forgot the details; is site still offline? was itNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRbrought back permanently after the protests?)Nov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRthe editor of The H pretty much vanishedNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRI followed his personal blog for a while, but it was never quite functionalNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TR"morgan" was in the surname iircNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRfabsh also vanishedNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRtried to do podcasting for a while after linuxnews, linux outlaws and The H gigNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRthey re-allocated him to cover some windows crapoNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRfor heiseNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRwhich he was not happy withNov 12 09:49
schestowitz-TRnow he's history like matt hartley, whose comebacks keep failingNov 12 09:49
TechrightssecThere are several problems with that activity, especially if the link happensNov 12 09:50
Techrightssecto be a one-off activation link :(Nov 12 09:50
Techrightssechttp://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-gave-NSA-s-PRISM-access-to-Skype-Outlook-com-and-SkyDrive-1916730.htmlNov 12 09:50
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.h-online.com | Microsoft gave NSA's PRISM access to Skype, Outlook.com and SkyDrive - The H Security: News and FeaturesNov 12 09:50
schestowitz-TR'wrong' linkNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TRiirc, they 'broke' the story about microsoft following urls and moreNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TRin skypeNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TRso the site is still online at leastNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TRunlike angrypenguin (bought and buried), linuxelectron and hundress of othersNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TRnobody can recall even existedNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TRback when the www was a lot biggerNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TRand hence better s/n ratioNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TRnow the spamfarm it is nowNov 12 09:52
schestowitz-TR*notNov 12 09:52
TechrightssecMany have been shut down.Nov 12 09:53
TechrightssecI had forgotten those you just mentionedNov 12 09:53
Techrightssechttp://www.h-online.com/news/item/Skype-with-care-Microsoft-is-reading-everything-you-write-1862870.htmlNov 12 09:53
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.h-online.com | Skype with care – Microsoft is reading everything you write - The H Security: News and FeaturesNov 12 09:53
TechrightssecThe EFF was still alive back then Nov 12 09:53
schestowitz-TROSI seems to exist now to pay one salary and cover up Microsoft's crimes against the GPLNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TREFF still does some OK work sometimes, as the coup seems incomplete but still ongoingNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TRyou know the canary won't come out of the coal mine anymore when you are told the founder or foundersNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TRhad died/left/got oustedNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TRI updaqted the OSI post this moprningNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TRthey still drone on and on about "HEY HI"Nov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TRsponsored by Microsoft to be a parrotNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TRI never shared details in any articles about what Phipps had saidNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TRI still think he is the only person who can still save the OSI, save the 2 cofounderNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TR*save or sans the cofoundersNov 12 09:58
schestowitz-TRbut esr is down for the countNov 12 09:59
schestowitz-TRperens left twitter and his blog is not active, eitherNov 12 09:59
schestowitz-TRI have this rather politically-incorrect theory about the levels of [something] going downNov 12 10:02
schestowitz-TRas people age, so we cannot expect thewm to blog as much as they used toNov 12 10:02
schestowitz-TRmmasnick was able to do 10 articles every day until around 2010Nov 12 10:02
schestowitz-TRI too wrote a lot back thenNov 12 10:02
schestowitz-TRPhoronix is mostly posting "tweets" or "PR" (push request, not just public relations) are quickNov 12 10:02
schestowitz-TR'articles'Nov 12 10:02
schestowitz-TRit was to be loads and loads of benchmarks Nov 12 10:02
schestowitz-TRtoday, even the benchmarks are more like "marketing for gift"Nov 12 10:02
schestowitz-TR(This worries me at times; what if TR was OK financially but the mind was not keeping up orNov 12 10:06
schestowitz-TRnot working? Hence diet, sleep, medical care. Schneier has a book coming next year, but he blogsNov 12 10:06
schestowitz-TRonly one liners; he was a lot more active in the past. Doctorow limits himself to an article a day; inNov 12 10:06
schestowitz-TRsites like boingboing he was very prolific)Nov 12 10:06
schestowitz-TRRMS has something important to say less than once a monthNov 12 10:06
schestowitz-TRand Lunduke is speaking about LundukeNov 12 10:06
schestowitz-TRbut hardly ever dealing with any important topic, nor does what's left of "tech media"Nov 12 10:06
schestowitz-TRthat last one creates a crisis, as there are no "leads" to followNov 12 10:06
schestowitz-TRso not much for blogs or for web forums (of various kinds) to act onNov 12 10:06
TechrightssecackNov 12 10:09
TechrightssecMoshe Barr wrote in BYTE shortly before it shut down a lot about his newNov 12 10:09
Techrightssecbaby, new motorcycle, and various other time-intensive things.  Then someNov 12 10:09
Techrightssecmonths later, he wrote that he was honestly puzzled why he could not codeNov 12 10:09
Techrightssecat the levels he used to.  The brain changes over time, various events Nov 12 10:09
Techrightssecsuch as births, sicknesses, or other forms of severe hardship and stressNov 12 10:09
Techrightssecaffect it.  Then there is just plain age.  Nov 12 10:09
schestowitz-TR(RMS in that latest video obviously reads a script -- albeit probably one he co-wrote himself)Nov 12 10:09
Techrightssec                                    Nov 12 10:10
Techrightssechttps://www.jstor.org/stable/284859Nov 12 10:10
Techrightssechttps://www.jstor.org/stable/2778031Nov 12 10:10
Techrightssec(possibly)Nov 12 10:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.jstor.org/stable/284859 )Nov 12 10:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.jstor.org/stable/2778031 )Nov 12 10:10
Techrightssecwhile reading from the script, does he blink his eyes in any morse message Nov 12 10:10
Techrightssecsuch as "torture" or anything else?  ;)Nov 12 10:10
schestowitz-TR /me thinks of that chinese journalist rolling her eyes to the cameraNov 12 10:11
schestowitz-TRreadinjg previews in jstorNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRrms started gnu at 30Nov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRbut had already developed a version of emacsNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRso one of those papers debates all that stuff with cherry-picked examplesNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRnot sure how old timbl was... checkingNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRabout 35 when he made wwwNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRabout the same as when sagner and wales made wikipediaNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRso a lot of tech innovation of "great impact" (not a reliable yardstick) is done by people in their 30s, notNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TR20s. but either way, keeping at it for a long time and not stagnating is the harder partNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRif the work has profound impact, it helpsNov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRrob malda basically became a nobody after selling /.Nov 12 10:21
schestowitz-TRand his 'pasrtner in crime' just went to work in Gulag last I checkedNov 12 10:21
TechrightssecMalda wanted to try a different career while there was still time. Nov 12 10:26
TechrightssecThat did not pan out.  Nor did Slashdot survive the sale.  He was not Nov 12 10:26
Techrightsseccareful with his selection of buyers for that first sale.  Once it was Nov 12 10:26
Techrightssecout of his hands it was in the hands of those that had an axe to grind overNov 12 10:26
TechrightssecFOSS, Open Standards, and Open Formats.  It only got worse with each sale.Nov 12 10:26
TechrightssecSN just lost 10 days worth of posts and comments in yesterday's crash.Nov 12 10:26
Techrightssecncommander aims to hold the site up until 2024, it's tenth anniversary,Nov 12 10:26
Techrightssecand if it is not on its feet by then to probably go static-only archiveNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TRincidents of this severityNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TR1) cost timeNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TR2) lowee moraleNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TR3) put off readers and/or sponsorsNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TRthankffully we never suffered any serious data lossNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TReverNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TRnot something that could not be recovered with some workNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TRer.g. from Gulag CacheNov 12 10:26
schestowitz-TRa long time ago I already realised that much of what I had posted would vanish within yearsNov 12 10:37
schestowitz-TRmy own web site has had the same url structure and urls for 20+ yearsNov 12 10:37
schestowitz-TRand nothing gets removedNov 12 10:37
schestowitz-TRwith ipfs things exist as long as something has a copy of themNov 12 10:37
schestowitz-TRand the hashes identity the itemsNov 12 10:37
TechrightssecThings only kind of exist in IPFS.  IF they are not easily searchable and areNov 12 10:37
Techrightssechard to retrieve then they might as well not exist. Nov 12 10:37
schestowitz-TRI will try to finish all the links and post Daily Links before we leave the house in 2 hoursNov 12 10:40
schestowitz-TRmice should have wiresNov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TRthe wires (tails)Nov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TRis why they are called miceNov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TRand they workNov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TRI got a new one that I told you aboutNov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TRAOC, for a change...Nov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TRso far, so goodNov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TRdurable, "gaming", cost about 17 poundsNov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TR6 buttonsNov 12 10:43
schestowitz-TRmore degrees of freedom -> more things that can and will failNov 12 10:57
schestowitz-TRin recent years the mice we bought and used heavily lasted about 3 yearsNov 12 10:57
schestowitz-TRmany things can ruin a mouseNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRusually the first is one of:Nov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TR-scrolling sucks/reversedNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TR--bad buttonNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TR-laser dies offNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRyou can work around one but it becomes impractical as it builds upNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TR"gaming" ones do seem moredurableNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRand you must change mouse every x yearsNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRthey don't build them to last, fall, etc.Nov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRso without bluetooth they are cheaperNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TR(battery costs aside)Nov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRif you buy a new one every x years, and it has no bluetooth, you don't end up buying like 3Nov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRbluetooth devices every decadeNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRearliert today in irc eletric toothbrush and their "heads" were discussedNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRI've just mae a very largew kttle of tea, using only the hobNov 12 11:01
schestowitz-TRwe've quit buying electric kettles, they don't last longNov 12 11:01
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schestowitz-TRno bluetooth -> zero interference ;-)Nov 12 11:04
schestowitz-TR"dude, you are interfering with my workflow"Nov 12 11:04
schestowitz-TRyou could get 'revenge' with a laser pointer or severalNov 12 11:04
schestowitz-TR---Nov 12 11:10
schestowitz-TRre aforementioned point about age and productivityNov 12 11:10
schestowitz-TRin my personal assessment, it's not that I type slower or sleep more or cannot focusNov 12 11:10
schestowitz-TRit's just that the complexity of multi-tasking increasedNov 12 11:10
schestowitz-TRlessening activity like wasteful social control media has helpedNov 12 11:10
schestowitz-TRbut!!Nov 12 11:10
schestowitz-TRat the same time we have more routines that take up time, such as irc, bulletins, backups, and Nov 12 11:10
schestowitz-TRhome choresNov 12 11:10
schestowitz-TRbefore xmas I'll try to 'consolidate' some of these to make more times for writing Nov 12 11:11
schestowitz-TRthe workflow is very sub-optimalNov 12 11:11
schestowitz-TResp. now that circumstances changed a lotNov 12 11:11
TechrightssecMulti-tasking is inherently inefficient and should be avoidedNov 12 11:19
schestowitz-TRphone push notifications are like thatNov 12 11:20
schestowitz-TR1) you don't control when they comeNov 12 11:20
schestowitz-TR2) they follow you around (in pocket usually)Nov 12 11:20
schestowitz-TR3) it's 24/7Nov 12 11:20
schestowitz-TRemail is OK when left closed (no polling)Nov 12 11:20
schestowitz-TRrianne and I use mumble now all the time, but usually mutedNov 12 11:20
schestowitz-TRback around 6pm gmtNov 12 11:29
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schestowitz-TRbackNov 12 16:47
schestowitz-TRyes, health is not high up on the list atmNov 12 16:47
schestowitz-TRit feels like there is also more obesityNov 12 16:47
TechrightssecObesity and the secondary diseases it causes are rampant in the USNov 12 17:02
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schestowitz-TRcrypto crap ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/11/warren-says-crypto-empires-collapse-must-be-wake-call-regulators | Source: Common DreamsNov 12 18:26
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | Warren Says Crypto Empire's Collapse Must Be 'Wake Up Call' for RegulatorsNov 12 18:26
schestowitz-TRkaniini has just deleted twitterNov 12 18:42
schestowitz-TR➲ 𝕿𝖚𝖝 𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖊𝖘 ⨦ (NEW): Twitter's demise is ActivityPub’s future ⇨ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/12/Twitter_s_demise_is_ActivityPub_s_future.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2022/11/12/Twitter_s_demise_is_ActivityPub_s_future.gmi ∎Nov 12 18:43
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines — Twitter's demise is ActivityPub’s futureNov 12 18:43
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