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schestowitz-TR"Teaching assistants are paid $24,000 per year" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2022/11/16/ucs-student-workers-cant-afford-california/ | Source: ScheerpostNov 17 09:09
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-UC's Student Workers Can't Afford California - scheerpost.comNov 17 09:09
schestowitz-TRsays how much education is valuedNov 17 09:09
TechrightssecExactlyNov 17 09:13
TechrightssecThen if they win the academic lottery they can advance to being part-timeNov 17 09:13
Techrightssec"adjunct" faculty, working three jobs just to stay afloat.  Then if lightningNov 17 09:13
Techrightssecstrikes twice in the same spot, they get a tenure track job and the false hopeNov 17 09:13
Techrightssecof a permanent job, still at low pay unless they are able to pivot intoNov 17 09:13
Techrightssecadministration.  Nov 17 09:13
schestowitz-TRnot a uniquely US problem anymoreNov 17 09:13
TechrightssecNot nice the Bologne Process, which is fancy clothes for the destruction ofNov 17 09:23
Techrightssechigher education on the other side of the Atlantic:Nov 17 09:23
Techrightssechttps://education.ec.europa.eu/education-levels/higher-education/inclusive-and-connected-higher-education/bologna-processNov 17 09:23
TechrightssecIt had fancy marketing and a lot of hangers-on.Nov 17 09:23
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-education.ec.europa.eu | The Bologna Process and the European Higher Education Area | European Education AreaNov 17 09:23
TechrightssecThree years is not enough to either specialize in a topic nor to gain a well- Nov 17 09:29
Techrightssecrounded experience.  The failure is then double if trying to do both.      Nov 17 09:29
schestowitz-TRintroducing lesser skilled people into a workplace typically helps bring wages down, over timeNov 17 09:31
schestowitz-TRsame with introducing women where not many women are suitably qualifiedNov 17 09:31
schestowitz-TRbut it's unpopular to say thatNov 17 09:31
Techrightssec    Nov 17 09:34
TechrightssecThat appears to be one of the goals.  Now there are two or three academic Nov 17 09:34
Techrightssecgenerations of half-educated people flooding the market and vying for Nov 17 09:34
Techrightssecjobs including university jobsNov 17 09:34
TechrightssecIt's not like the universities have a separate supply chaing.               Nov 17 09:34
TechrightssecIntroducing unqualified but certified individuals means that the individualNov 17 09:34
Techrightssecin question knows that they are in over their head and keep their job onlyNov 17 09:34
Techrightssecat the whim of the decision makers.  As a result there is no pushback againstNov 17 09:34
Techrightssecother stupidity.  Nov 17 09:34
Techrightssec        Nov 17 09:34
schestowitz-TRtwo words: jim. zemlinNov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRone word: spamnil.\\Nov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRthey could instead keep carla schroder or jack wallen onboardNov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRvastly more qualifiedNov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRimagine being carla and they choose spamnil over youNov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRshe called LF "poo"Nov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRmaybe she write "shit" and then changed that to something more polite.Nov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRdeep inside many people know what LF really isNov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRbut there is concern that speaking out about it woukd seem "unprofessional"Nov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRor anti-corporations, lessening the % of netting another 6-figure salaryNov 17 09:37
schestowitz-TRif this job candidate can tolerater the shit of the LF, he will tolerate our antics and keep quiet too. -company recruiterNov 17 09:38
TechrightssecLF wants to avoid competent writers likely for similar reasons as above.Nov 17 09:39
TechrightssecIdeally it looks like its goal is to collapse the brand as quickly as possible.Nov 17 09:39
TechrightssecAlso they have to make LT appear irrelevant so he can be shoved out the door tooNov 17 09:39
TechrightssecCoC violation for criticizing a corporation.Nov 17 09:39
TechrightssecCoCs were never, not even for a minute, about anything else than that.Nov 17 09:39
schestowitz-TRrather, it's about allowing corporations to weaponise something (borad, vague, anything) against people who getNov 17 09:40
schestowitz-TRmarked for removalNov 17 09:40
schestowitz-TRseen it firsthand earlier this month ;-)Nov 17 09:40
TechrightssecThe weapon is less important than the targets: the leadership and control ofNov 17 09:40
Techrightssecthe various, key FOSS projects.Nov 17 09:40
TechrightssecThey'd weaponize hairstyle when they can.Nov 17 09:40
schestowitz-TR"he didn't shave often enough. we caught him in his desk with stubble."Nov 17 09:42
schestowitz-TR(apropos, today, this morning, after 5+ years, I reminded myself why I quit using shaving foam)Nov 17 09:42
Techrightssechygiene ...Nov 17 09:43
schestowitz-TRsays a boss who drives a car that emits 3 times the gases of a normal carNov 17 09:44
schestowitz-TRfor vanity purposes aloneNov 17 09:44
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TechrightssecackNov 17 10:10
Techrightssecs/car/suv(truck)/Nov 17 10:10
Techrightssechttps://www.vice.com/en/article/3abk7b/bidens-new-fuel-economy-standards-still-allow-cars-to-pollute-more-if-theyre-not-called-carsNov 17 10:10
Techrightssechttps://me.engin.umich.edu/news-events/news/cafe-standards-could-mean-bigger-cars-not-smaller-ones/Nov 17 10:10
Techrightssechttps://www.fleetmanagementweekly.com/americas-cars-trucks-are-getting-bigger-and-so-are-their-front-blind-zones-children-are-paying-thNov 17 10:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.vice.com | Biden’s New Fuel Economy Standards Still Allow Cars to Pollute More If They’re Not Called CarsNov 17 10:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-me.engin.umich.edu | CAFE Standards Could Mean Bigger Cars, Not Smaller Ones – Mechanical EngineeringNov 17 10:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fleetmanagementweekly.com | America's Cars & Trucks are Getting Bigger and So Are Their Front Blind Zones. Children are Paying the Price - Fleet Management WeeklyFleet Management WeeklyNov 17 10:10
Techrightssece-price/Nov 17 10:10
Techrightssechttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/americas-cars-trucks-are-getting-bigger-are-front-blind-zones-children-rcna52109Nov 17 10:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nbcnews.com | America's cars and trucks are getting bigger, and so are their front blind zones. Children are paying the price.Nov 17 10:10
schestowitz-TRThat's OK as long as they are not embroyes anymoreNov 17 10:11
schestowitz-TR*embryosNov 17 10:11
TechrightssecyepNov 17 10:12
TechrightssecackNov 17 10:39
schestowitz-TRIt's 2022 and some dumb sites like Spamnil's still use the misleading misnomer "serverless". How repulsive and objectionable that liarsNov 17 10:39
schestowitz-TR and charlatans are treated like the more "repesctable" 'web3' 'bros'.... because corporate media officially recognises their buzzwordsNov 17 10:39
TechrightssecackNov 17 10:39
schestowitz-TR. We're in for some painful reckoning when people realise "clown computing" does not exist; it's a ruinous buzzword enshrining a trap.Nov 17 10:39
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schestowitz-TR"Personally, I seek very little social interaction in the real world; the everyday family life is quite enough." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1205Nov 17 12:40
schestowitz-TRshould I rebut the 3 POS 'articles' in "Linux" sites about WSL 1.0 (w00t! 1) or would that just give it more Nov 17 13:09
schestowitz-TRpublicity than it's worth? I think after the 3 I saw it stoppedNov 17 13:09
schestowitz-TRbetanews, itsfoss (idiot took over), and brad linder Nov 17 13:09
schestowitz-TRI'd rather see it going away Nov 17 13:09
schestowitz-TRcountdown to phoronix doing a puff piece about it....Nov 17 13:09
TechrightssecackNov 17 13:10
TechrightssecWSL spam is thick on many sites these days.  Nov 17 13:14
schestowitz-TRI reckon I can ignorew it and cover something else?Nov 17 13:14
schestowitz-TRleft out from Daily Links, as it is WINDOWS newsNov 17 13:14
schestowitz-TRjust hijacking a brandNov 17 13:14
TechrightssecProbably rebut the concept of WSL.  There are certainly some technical shortNov 17 13:15
Techrightsseccomings in addition to the loss of freedom and securityNov 17 13:15
schestowitz-TRI think the 1.0 thing is RER-announcing it to get people to give it another lookNov 17 13:16
schestowitz-TRas very few use it and sites quit mentioning itNov 17 13:16
schestowitz-TRI reckon it will be mothball not too long from nowNov 17 13:16
TechrightssecYes, brand hijacking.  It's marketed as "being able to run Linux" which Nov 17 13:16
Techrightssecat least with the first version, it is not. Nov 17 13:16
TechrightssecIt's definitely a talking point being pushed by m$ marketeerts.Nov 17 13:16
Techrightssec^marketeers.Nov 17 13:16
schestowitz-TRif the googlebombing stops, I'll carry on ignoringNov 17 13:17
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schestowitz-TRthis re-affirms what we've all been seeing for yearsNov 17 13:40
schestowitz-TRsites that behave like this deserve no users at allNov 17 13:40
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TechrightssecThat's usually how it works afaikNov 17 13:55
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schestowitz-TRotaX3Nov 17 14:49
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schestowitz-TRotaX3Nov 17 15:59
schestowitz-TRDONENov 17 15:59
schestowitz-TRcovid-19 tests in the uk has sunk to new lows and it's winter already. gov strategy: pretend we don't see itNov 17 16:15
TechrightssecackNov 17 16:24
TechrightssecIf they don't check, they can then confirm that the number of verified casesNov 17 16:24
Techrightssechas gone down. :/Nov 17 16:24
schestowitz-TRdraftNov 17 16:24
TechrightsseccheckingNov 17 16:34
TechrightssecMastodon and Pleroma etc are social control media not a publishing platform Nov 17 16:34
Techrightsseclike gemini, so a comparison would be irrelevant.Nov 17 16:34
Techrightssecs/videos on/videos about/Nov 17 16:34
schestowitz-TRtypo fixedNov 17 16:35
schestowitz-TRyes, I will add a footnoteNov 17 16:35
TechrightssecexcellentNov 17 16:41
schestowitz-TRwas anything changed in tm-new? Nov 17 16:44
schestowitz-TRrianne tried twice to add a page and it gives a .PM complaintNov 17 16:44
Techrightssecupdated the packages but not the scriptsNov 17 16:44
TechrightsseccheckingNov 17 16:44
TechrightssecAt what stage does it give an error?  Nov 17 16:44
schestowitz [y/N] yNov 17 16:44
schestowitzWaiting for database to unlock ...lock acquiredNov 17 16:44
schestowitzCan't locate object method "host" via package "URI::_generic" at /usr/local/lib/perl5/TuxMachines/ReadOn.pm line 27.Nov 17 16:44
schestowitzCreating temporary directories and filesNov 17 16:44
schestowitzCreating static XHTML and GemText hierarchiesNov 17 16:44
schestowitzUpdating SSI filesNov 17 16:44
schestowitzWriting the RSS feed for HTTPNov 17 16:44
schestowitzWriting the Atom feed for GeminiNov 17 16:44
schestowitzWriting the Gemini indexNov 17 16:44
schestowitzPinging via MQTTNov 17 16:44
schestowitzErasing temporary directories and their files.Nov 17 16:45
TechrightssecJust checked.  It can add, modify, and delete records.  Nov 17 16:48
TechrightssecHOwever the error described is that there is a bad URL in the 'ReadOn' link.Nov 17 16:48
TechrightssecPerhaps a check should be added to ensure that there is something there.Nov 17 16:48
TechrightssecBut if the record can be edited to ensure that there is a valid Nov 17 16:48
TechrightssecURL in the href element it should be good.Nov 17 16:48
TechrightssecPerhaps the URL is outside the quotes?Nov 17 16:48
schestowitz-TRrianne made a mistakeNov 17 16:48
schestowitz-TRshe put the title in the URLNov 17 16:48
schestowitz-TRsorry, our errorNov 17 16:48
TechrightssecnpNov 17 16:49
TechrightssecThe non-bot traffic for tm-new has been increasing.  I see however thatNov 17 17:11
Techrightssecone of the clients (FB?) mangles the URLs resulting in 404 errors.  TheyNov 17 17:11
Techrightssecare not paying attention to the fact that URLs are case sensitive.Nov 17 17:11
schestowitz-TRnothing can save "meta"Nov 17 17:12
schestowitz-TRbtw, the earlier article on twitter mentions someone rianne knows in personNov 17 17:12
schestowitz-TRi didn't know till i sent it to herNov 17 17:12
TechrightssecackNov 17 17:13
schestowitz-TRI haev just added anothger draft. 13 pages of pdf. NOT my area of expertise, but very relevant to daemonFC and us.Nov 17 17:14
TechrightssecPer the discussion about sub-minimum wages for working in academia:Nov 17 17:19
Techrightssec"Mr. Robbins teaches at several universities around Manhattan. "Nov 17 17:19
Techrightssechttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/17/realestate/nyc-harlem-west-side-apartment.htmlNov 17 17:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.nytimes.com | Harlem or Upper West Side? Two Longtime Renters Test 20 Years’ Worth of Savings on a New Apartment. - The New York TimesNov 17 17:19
schestowitz-TR[16:20] <psydruid> https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/academic-publishing-and-the-deathNov 17 17:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-tedgioia.substack.com | Academic Publishing and the Death Instinct - by Ted GioiaNov 17 17:19
schestowitz-TR[16:20] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- tedgioia.substack.com | Academic Publishing and the Death Instinct - by Ted GioiaNov 17 17:19
schestowitz-TR[16:25] <schestowitz[TR]>  Academic Publishing  sucks on MANY levelsNov 17 17:19
schestowitz-TR[16:25] <schestowitz[TR]> it's exploitativeNov 17 17:19
schestowitz-TR[16:25] <schestowitz[TR]> it was not always like thatNov 17 17:19
TechrightssecNot just the publishing.  It's the wages (not salary) and hours too.Nov 17 17:29
TechrightssecThey're not getting quality work if the dude has to juggle three jobs to getNov 17 17:29
Techrightssecby economically.  Nov 17 17:29
TechrightssecThen that just goes to show that the goal is not to provide quality educationNov 17 17:29
Techrightssecor research but to simply go through the motions and siphon money out throughNov 17 17:29
Techrightsseccharades.Nov 17 17:29
TechrightssecHe's probably working hard but multi-tasking four tasks (three jobs       Nov 17 17:29
Techrightssecplus transportation) does not make for an efficient result. Nov 17 17:29
TechrightssecThere is a lot of overhead for multi-tasking, especially in people, but alsoNov 17 17:29
Techrightssecin computers.Nov 17 17:29
TechrightssecThen there are the journals themselves which are churning out lots of fillerNov 17 17:29
Techrightssecin addition to extorative pricing to buy back the work the universities andNov 17 17:29
Techrightssecfaculty provided them for free.Nov 17 17:29
schestowitz-TRafter two years as a postdoc I pulled the plugNov 17 17:31
schestowitz-TRactually after 6 months or lessNov 17 17:31
schestowitz-TRbut then I just worked both my current job and the older job in paralellNov 17 17:31
schestowitz-TR*llelNov 17 17:31
schestowitz-TRdid you see the draftNov 17 17:31
schestowitz-TRI fixed somethingNov 17 17:31
TechrightsseccheckingNov 17 17:42
TechrightssecThe body of the post ought to mention a little about what is in the open Nov 17 17:42
Techrightssecletter to support the link rather than relying 100% on the hope that the Nov 17 17:42
Techrightsseclink will get clicked and the PDF handled.Nov 17 17:42
schestowitz-TRgood suggestionNov 17 17:43
schestowitz-TRI've added a long paragraph and checked it over several times for clatity Nov 17 17:43
schestowitz-TRfinal (3rd) video will cover the WSL BS (without linking)Nov 17 17:43
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TechrightssecackNov 17 17:46
schestowitz-TRthanks for the irc suggestions on thatNov 17 17:47
schestowitz-TRit helps guide what's covered and howNov 17 17:47
schestowitz-TRitsfoss and phoreonix are explained in passingNov 17 17:47
schestowitz-TRin the epo video, i still casually mention the copyright trollingNov 17 17:47
TechrightssecGreatNov 17 17:47
Techrightssecit's apparently a common tacticNov 17 17:48
schestowitz-TRthe claimant is from same place as Campinos' bossNov 17 17:53
schestowitz-TRthe timing of the letter same as OOXML "finish the job" but for UPCNov 17 17:53
TechrightssecackNov 17 17:53
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