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schestowitz-TRstill very low temps hereDec 17 03:04
schestowitz-TRgoing to OTA in a momentDec 17 03:04
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techrightssec2s/not use/nor use/Dec 17 07:57
techrightssec2Happy Birthday todayDec 17 07:57
schestowitz-TRthanks!, catching upDec 17 07:57
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schestowitz-TRi did not watch it all, but trust your judgement and reposted thatDec 17 09:58
schestowitz-TRstill falling behind because of all the "happy bday" calls, which are mostly repetitiveDec 17 09:58
schestowitz-TRprobably the thing I like the least tbhDec 17 09:58
techrightssec2The first third was about WeaSeL specifically, the rest was two other segmentsDec 17 10:04
techrightssec2putting it into proper context and warning about what Restricted Boot, TPM 2,Dec 17 10:04
techrightssec2and M$ Pluton are doing against general-purpose computing, specifically howDec 17 10:04
techrightssec2it bans BSD and Linux from the hardware.Dec 17 10:04
techrightssec2.Dec 17 10:04
schestowitz-TRyes, this is the general directionDec 17 10:05
schestowitz-TR"we're not preventing competition; we SUPPORT it!"Dec 17 10:05
schestowitz-TRand canonical sold out in 2016, just like LFDec 17 10:05
mjg59_Pluton doesn't block any OS from the hardwareDec 17 10:10
techrightssec2That direction was laid out back 20+ years ago when M$ tried to buy some BIOSDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2company and at the same time added DRM to WMP after the public rejected it fromDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2MSO or something more serious.  At the time, people let their kids installDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2whatever the fuck they got a hold of regardless of the damage it would doDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2-- on actual work computers.  People rejected the DRM so M$ operated throughDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2their kids and non-essiential software, with the victims not realizing or notDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2caring that the changes affected the whole system.  The BIOS company was eitherDec 17 10:11
schestowitz-TRdraftDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2Pheonix or AMI.  They stopped pursuing the BIOS as it could not lock out LinuxDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2and other kernels until it was replaced by UEFI.  Dec 17 10:11
techrightssec2Canonical was infiltrated but the UEFI team had something very wrong with itDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2from the start.  The premise was wrong from the beginning and thus only foolsDec 17 10:11
techrightssec2or traitors, or a mixture of both, signed on.   Dec 17 10:11
schestowitz-TRgoing to be a busy day todayDec 17 10:12
schestowitz-TRstarted by lots of boring stuffDec 17 10:12
schestowitz-TRI'll try to get ahead with rss feedsDec 17 10:12
psydruidif you don't want M$ Pluton in your hardware, you're an unreasonable puppy kickerDec 17 10:21
psydruidunfortunately for M$ the company will play an increasingly smaller role in the world of computing in general and hardware in particularDec 17 10:27
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schestowitz-TRmg works for microsoftDec 17 10:42
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techrightssec2M$ is spinning and will continue to spin Pluton as either necessary or harmlessDec 17 11:04
techrightssec2and will do a lot to distract from how dangerous it is to self-determinationDec 17 11:04
techrightssec2and general-purpose computing.Dec 17 11:04
techrightssec2DOJ should be considering it an antitrust regression but won't due to politicalDec 17 11:04
techrightssec2and resource constraintsDec 17 11:04
schestowitz-TRrianne found a greeting she wrote to me in 2013 but only handed over last nightDec 17 11:40
schestowitz-TRso that was quite specialDec 17 11:40
schestowitz-TRmost bday greetings are dull, shallow, repetitve, corny and basically without any value/worthDec 17 11:40
schestowitz-TRand that gets worse over the yearsDec 17 11:40
schestowitz-TRlike the age of emojiDec 17 11:40
schestowitz-TRwhere even words can barely be usedDec 17 11:40
techrightssec2:)Dec 17 11:41
techrightssec2and the interpretations of the meanings of 'emoji' change from month to monthDec 17 11:41
schestowitz-TRsome "apps" apparently have "stickers"Dec 17 11:42
schestowitz-TRand I think those are proprietaryDec 17 11:42
schestowitz-TRwe don't use mobile p;hones or "apps"Dec 17 11:42
schestowitz-TRbut I saw exchanges of greetings that boil down to pressing a button or choosing somethingDec 17 11:42
schestowitz-TRfrom a selectorDec 17 11:42
schestowitz-TRthat's not a greetingDec 17 11:42
schestowitz-TRthat's utter bullshitDec 17 11:42
schestowitz-TRit's like writing someone a cheque as a "gift"Dec 17 11:43
schestowitz-TRor worseDec 17 11:43
schestowitz-TRmaking a bank transferDec 17 11:43
schestowitz-TRalthough that takes more effort then sending emojiDec 17 11:43
schestowitz-TRhaha, bank transfer with transaction note that is an emojiDec 17 11:44
schestowitz-TRparty like it's 2025Dec 17 11:44
techrightssec2ackDec 17 11:59
schestowitz-TRi think that owing to our very very old wsl articles being read lately there will be more people out thereDec 17 12:07
schestowitz-TRwho unlike concern trolls and shills will point out what the "grand plan" isDec 17 12:07
schestowitz-TRbut tbh, not much remains to be said nowDec 17 12:07
schestowitz-TRmicrosoft rebrands it and re-annnounces it to googlebomb "linus"Dec 17 12:07
schestowitz-TRwith WINDOWSDec 17 12:07
schestowitz-TRi amk still trying to figure out where to shave off time and howDec 17 12:09
schestowitz-TRsome of that might require writing custom-made programsDec 17 12:09
schestowitz-TRe.g. duplicate detectionDec 17 12:09
schestowitz-TRquiterss is very gui-centri (qt)Dec 17 12:09
schestowitz-TRso writing extensions to it is not an optionDec 17 12:09
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schestowitz-TRone time-consuming task can be figuring out which links you already check throughout the weekDec 17 12:12
schestowitz-TRatm I check against a complete db of the linksDec 17 12:12
techrightssec2One way might be to have a script which loads and processes an OPML file andDec 17 12:15
techrightssec2then creates a web page using the summary/details elements and let the browserDec 17 12:15
techrightssec2track which URLs have been visited?Dec 17 12:15
techrightssec2The script could have duplicate detection easily.Dec 17 12:15
techrightssec2The browser does that the only problem is that there seems to be no way toDec 17 12:15
techrightssec2mark a URL unread once it has been read.  Dec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRi quite like how, more so lately, rss is in headlinesDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TResp. on blogs, not msmDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRhow to make social control media based on rssDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRhow to manage itDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRwhy use rssDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRthat's a refreshing thingDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRsocial control media is inhernely an attack on rssDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRthey promise the do the sameDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRbut the masters are the miamDec 17 12:15
schestowitz-TRmessing about with what you cannot and won't seeDec 17 12:15
techrightssec2Yes and more sites are clearly labeling the Atom or RSS feeds which they have.Dec 17 12:16
techrightssec2Many of those that do not have the feeds can add them very easily throughDec 17 12:16
techrightssec2their CMS.      Dec 17 12:16
schestowitz-TRit's a shame that bakersoft, a gulag subsidiary, won't restoreDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TR1) hot bookmarks or live bookmarksDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TR2) auto highlightingg, once a page is visited, where the RRS feed isDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TR3) proper parsing of xml/atom/rss objectsDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TRthey fucked up all 3 intentionallyDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TRgulag reader ran at a oss to kill the rivals, like feedloungerDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TRthan it shut downDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TRself-destructedDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TRsame for feedburderDec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TRthe WARNING is in thje NAMER ;)Dec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TRBURNER!!Dec 17 12:19
schestowitz-TR(sorry for typos)Dec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TRbtw, gulagtube is not enterring the territory of morality police more and moreDec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TRvaccine science... bannedDec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TRsexy stuff.... bannedDec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TRlinux... demonetised or suspended... kodi is PIRACY!!! Dec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TRthey are doing a musk, gravitating towards msmDec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TRsexy is OK, if it is mainstreamDec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TRlike black women in thongs "shakin' their booty" on some bouncing vehicleDec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TRmorality police, soon qataer and mbs might offer to 'cushion' the losses in gulagtube*Dec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TR___ Dec 17 12:22
schestowitz-TR* conditions applyDec 17 12:22
techrightssec2If one were suspicious, that kind of method worked well to harm RSS/Atom usage.Dec 17 12:23
techrightssec2by centralizing the service so that the alternatives die off or are abandonedDec 17 12:23
techrightssec2and then once the competition is gone pull the plug.  GM and Firestone didDec 17 12:23
techrightssec2that to the streetcars in the US a long while back.Dec 17 12:23
techrightssec2ackDec 17 12:23
schestowitz-TRwe cannot prove that the war on rss was orchetrated like thisDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRrather, more plausible, they had another visionDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRand promoted thisDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRlike that POS "pocket" from mozillaDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRtelling you what to read and tracking firefox usersDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRsee their very latest blog postsDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRthey don't even hide the spyingDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRthey boast about itDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRf* mozillDec 17 12:24
schestowitz-TRmove to librewolfDec 17 12:24
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techrightssec2Either would be a possibile motive but there is insufficient data to preferDec 17 12:42
techrightssec2one explanation over the other at this point.  Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malicDec 17 12:42
techrightssec2e.  :/Dec 17 12:42
techrightssec2Which institution granted m$ the sw patent on ANS-Coding used in JPEG XL ?Dec 17 12:42
techrightssec2Was it USPTO or EPO ?Dec 17 12:42
schestowitz-TRwasn't and the controversial thing duda (polish prof) complained about?Dec 17 12:44
schestowitz-TRyou might want to lookm into itDec 17 12:44
schestowitz-TRTR wote about it sveeral timesDec 17 12:44
schestowitz-TRwe even spoke to duda many timesDec 17 12:44
techrightssec2Yes his approach was to complain to Google to get them to back off but thenDec 17 12:44
techrightssec2m$ just went and submitted a copy of the application somewhere and ignored  Dec 17 12:44
techrightssec2him.  Dec 17 12:44
techrightssec2Which institution granted m$ the sw patent on ANS-Coding used in JPEG XL ?Dec 17 12:44
techrightssec2Can Duda recall which institution, EPO or USPTO, it was which granted the patent?Dec 17 12:44
schestowitz-TRuspto iircDec 17 12:45
schestowitz-TRlook up 'dude theregister 2020' (ish)Dec 17 12:46
schestowitz-TR*dudaDec 17 12:46
schestowitz-TRmaybe arsetechnically pedo also covered that around the same year (from memory)Dec 17 12:46
techrightssec2Features Of Range Asymmetric Number System Encoding And DecodingDec 17 12:48
techrightssec2PATENT NUMBER: 11234023;  DOCUMENT ID: US 11234023 B2; DATE PUBLISHED: 2022-01-25Dec 17 12:48
techrightssec2USPTODec 17 12:48
techrightssec2Not possible to link to the USPTO's database, their web "app" is a javascriptDec 17 12:48
techrightssec2abomination and not an actual useful site or web page.Dec 17 12:48
techrightssec2The front end is /only/ a "web app" and not possible to bookmark or link to.Dec 17 12:48
schestowitz-TRiirc, it is java at the back endDec 17 12:48
schestowitz-TRunless they have changed thatDec 17 12:48
schestowitz-TRand they gave that away in the url structure, which is bad practiceDec 17 12:48
techrightssec2The web "app" even captures the mouse buttons, preventing their function.Dec 17 12:49
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techrightssec2Anyway, looking at the old TR link lists, the topic was not linked to muchDec 17 13:02
techrightssec2so perhaps in light of recent maneuvers by Google and M$ it could be aDec 17 13:02
techrightssec2topic to cover again?Dec 17 13:02
techrightssec2The patent number and such is "new" information.Dec 17 13:02
techrightssec2Duda developed ANS back in 2007 already.  Dec 17 13:05
techrightssec2https://libreplanet.org/2022/speakers/Dec 17 13:05
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-libreplanet.org | LibrePlanet — SpeakersDec 17 13:05
schestowitz-TRyes, i remember his talkDec 17 13:06
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2022/03/28/ans-talk-by-jarek-duda/Dec 17 13:06
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | LibrePlanet 2022 Talk on Software Patent Issues (by Jarek Duda) | TechrightsDec 17 13:06
techrightssec2YesDec 17 13:28
techrightssec2The LibrePlanet web site is a bit hard to navigate, with an excessive numberDec 17 13:28
techrightssec2of links and so on, but then TR is no example either.Dec 17 13:28
techrightssec2https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/ans-coding-replacing-huffman-and-ac-from-introduction-to-patent-issDec 17 13:28
techrightssec2ues/Dec 17 13:28
techrightssec2At about 21:30 he starts to address the sw patents.Dec 17 13:28
techrightssec2At about 35:50 he talks about defending against those who copy-pasta public codeDec 17 13:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 308 @ https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/ans-coding-replacing-huffman-and-ac-from-introduction-to-patent-iss )Dec 17 13:28
techrightssec2and use that for a patentDec 17 13:28
techrightssec2The interviewer doesnt understand patents and talks about implementations asDec 17 13:37
techrightssec2if it were a matter of copyright insteadDec 17 13:37
techrightssec2That misunderstanding persists globally.Dec 17 13:37
techrightssec2^ topic ?Dec 17 13:37
techrightssec2The sound quality is worse than dreadful howeverDec 17 13:45
schestowitz-TRcontents should matter more than quality of equipmentDec 17 13:46
techrightssec2Below a certain threshold, which in this case was crossed, the content is noDec 17 13:49
techrightssec2longer accessible in practiceDec 17 13:49
techrightssec2The sound quality was so poor that most of the words were unintelligible.  Dec 17 13:49
techrightssec2Perhaps some filtering with Audacity or similar might help but few are goingDec 17 13:51
techrightssec2to go through the troubleDec 17 13:51
techrightssec2It is ironic that a talk about lossless compression should be renderedDec 17 13:51
techrightssec2unusable by lossy compression.Dec 17 13:51
techrightssec2.Dec 17 13:51
schestowitz-TRthere ios an interesting discussion atm in irc (tr) re rss vs email vs fedi vs twitterDec 17 14:00
schestowitz-TRbut that sort of goes around in circlesDec 17 14:00
schestowitz-TRatm, the topology of the net is a jokeDec 17 14:00
schestowitz-TRyou have "gadget holders" connecting to just one domainDec 17 14:00
schestowitz-TRsay, tiktokDec 17 14:00
schestowitz-TRand that domain then governs all the othersDec 17 14:00
schestowitz-TRa device should be accessing thousands of domains each dayDec 17 14:00
schestowitz-TRand now rely on one being a sieveDec 17 14:00
techrightssec2ackDec 17 14:01
techrightssec2s/tiktok/bytedance/Dec 17 14:01
techrightssec2ackDec 17 14:01
schestowitz-TRyou called that chokepoint a very, veyr long time agoDec 17 14:01
schestowitz-TRnow that also applied to person-to-person commsDec 17 14:01
schestowitz-TRnot just broadcasting (news etc)Dec 17 14:01
schestowitz-TR"mega-aggragators"Dec 17 14:01
schestowitz-TRI think beign IN a planetDec 17 14:03
schestowitz-TRis a riskDec 17 14:03
schestowitz-TRnot just FOLLOWING oneDec 17 14:03
schestowitz-TRbecause peoplke wrongl;y assume they already follow youDec 17 14:03
schestowitz-TRuntil someone gets in the middleDec 17 14:03
schestowitz-TRand severs the wireDec 17 14:03
techrightssec2ackDec 17 14:03
schestowitz-TR"If you can avoid COVID, avoid COVID. It’s probably not worth doing whatever it was that got you infected." https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/12/17/still-alive-after-the-month-of-hell-covid-and-shingles/Dec 17 14:27
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-baronhk.wordpress.com | Still alive after the month of Hell. (COVID and Shingles) | BaronHK's RantsDec 17 14:27
techrightssec2ackDec 17 14:32
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schestowitz-TRjust book a migration to fibreoptics feb 1st  Dec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRthis time they do it rightDec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRundergroundDec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRnot all over people's homesDec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRthey dug it up and the lines are undergroundDec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRthe connection will be 20 times faster upDec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRand 7.5 times faster downDec 17 17:34
techrightssec2\Dec 17 17:34
techrightssec2Hopefully so.Dec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRcan be 15 times faster for extra charge, but I opted outDec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRnot sure how reliable it'll beDec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRbut I can be refunded within 2 or 4 weeksDec 17 17:34
schestowitz-TRit'll be 6 pounds a monthless than what I pay nowDec 17 17:38
schestowitz-TRanyway, good way to start my 'sabattical' yearDec 17 17:38
schestowitz-TR*bbatricalDec 17 17:38
schestowitz-TRdraftDec 17 17:38
schestowitz-TR after 26 years of non-stop employment almostDec 17 17:38
techrightssec2I expect the reliability and connectivity will be more stable but the speedDec 17 17:40
techrightssec2will be less noticed since so many web sites have devolved into crappy, slow Dec 17 17:40
techrightssec2web "apps" with several layers of up to dozens of objects mostly retrieved Dec 17 17:40
techrightssec2in serial.  Dec 17 17:40
techrightssec2Yes.  A sabbatical is a good way to look at it.Dec 17 17:40
techrightssec2With web "apps" no amount of bandwidth on your part will speed up the subjectiveDec 17 17:40
techrightssec2experience.  But there will be a lot of other smaller benefits.Dec 17 17:40
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