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schestowitz>>> Looking back at the older cron job e-mails, it was only 12% full on theMay 19 02:51
schestowitz>>> 15th.May 19 02:51
schestowitz>> It seems to be that longstanding problem with image dumps, imagemagick.May 19 02:51
schestowitz>>May 19 02:51
schestowitz>> Running the job that runs twice a week fixes it. Maybe we should runMay 19 02:51
schestowitz>> that job more often?May 19 02:51
schestowitz> It's running twice a week now.  If that is a recent change, we can keepMay 19 02:51
schestowitz> it that way.  Otherwise we might move it up to three times per week.May 19 02:51
schestowitz> However, it is a weakness that can still bring down the service.May 19 02:51
schestowitzNo reason not to run it every day, either, except it wipes another thing in the processMay 19 02:51
schestowitz> Here is a good Worpress theme spotted in the wild:May 19 02:53
schestowitz> https://masgnulinux.es/May 19 02:53
schestowitz> I guess it is, partly, a matter of taste.May 19 02:53
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-masgnulinux.es | masGNULinuX Blog – Software Libre y otras hierbasMay 19 02:53
schestowitzThat site reprinted techrights a number of times.May 19 02:53
schestowitzRemember that if we widen the layout we break some assumptions made when composing and publishing older articles.May 19 02:54
schestowitz>> Since around 1am I have attempted mitigation against over 20 reqs/secMay 19 03:17
schestowitz>> against a particular drupal page/items. They slow the site down. I amMay 19 03:17
schestowitz>> temporarily going to block the Drupal section of the site, the restMay 19 03:17
schestowitz>> should work OK.May 19 03:17
schestowitz>>May 19 03:17
schestowitz> I wonder if it would help to have a static mirror of the site and turnMay 19 03:17
schestowitz> parts of that on for such occasions?May 19 03:17
schestowitzIt happens rarely enough to not be worth the bother/trouble, IMHO.May 19 03:17
schestowitzEarlier on:May 19 03:17
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schestowitzI uncommented it because load went up to ~50 or more.May 19 03:17
schestowitzLoads of knocking on it, about 20 times/sec. Then it stopped.May 19 03:17
schestowitzI can see that in terms of uptime we're close to perfect since the HV system update. I dread the day we need to reboot the VM, which we cannot without a HV reboot and password reset. It'll happen one day... and I suppose that since HV reboot is a big deal, then we might as well sneak in a kernel update when the opportunity is there... along with password recovery for sudoers.May 19 03:17
schestowitzI am working on some articles at this moment... news is exceptionally slow, so it gives me times to research properly things whose coverage is longstanding, even if belated ;-)May 19 03:17
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/18150361#2825fd907b85013877e65f3195d3601aMay 19 03:18
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@linux@joindiaspora.com: Best music players for Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/137763May 19 03:18
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.tuxmachines.org | Best music players for Linux | Tux MachinesMay 19 03:18
schestowitz"May 19 03:18
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schestowitzStrawberry!May 19 03:18
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schestowitz                <li>May 19 05:43
schestowitz                  <h5><a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/desktop-linux-why-open-source-is-heading-for-a-new-breakthrough/">Desktop Linux: Why open source is heading for a new breakthrough</a></h5>May 19 05:43
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/desktop-linux-why-open-source-is-heading-for-a-new-breakthrough/">desktop )May 19 05:43
schestowitz                  <blockquote>May 19 05:43
schestowitz                    <p>But that's not to say that Fedora 32 Workstation doesn't have the technical chops to go toe-to-toe with mainstream operating systems, with Miller alluding to the huge advances that Linux as a desktop has made over the past 15 years as it has moved from the server to being the default choice for embedded everything everywhere. </p>May 19 05:43
schestowitz                    <p> "It's so flexible and so able to fit into all of these different use cases," he says. "To me, it's clear that Linux is technically superior." </p></blockquote></li>May 19 05:43
schestowitz"Any mention of  location, even state, will be presented to hospital management as a good reason to keep paying the assholes.  I also want to avoid fowling my own nest.  If details leak and the hospital can be identified, Microsoft and pals will work overtime to discredit the hospital as exceptionally bad, at fault,  etc.  They are going to do that anyway, but I'd hate to be special.  I don't  even think it would be smart to name May 19 05:50
schestowitzthe malware, if I even hear what it is,  because the spooks will probably make it up and use it as a watermark to identify leakers.  We can wait a couple of weeks for another attack to be current and stick in a few general details about how the actual attacks are worse than generally reported, but any particular details can identify me and  the hospital and be waved in front of hospital management. "May 19 05:50
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/WithaVeeAy/status/1262427667661574148May 19 10:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@WithaVeeAy: @sjvn @extremelabs @ZDNet @LiamT @Microsoft Some of the activity documented on Techrights suggest the column inches… https://t.co/Osbofun7MGMay 19 10:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@WithaVeeAy: @sjvn @extremelabs @ZDNet @LiamT @Microsoft Some of the activity documented on Techrights suggest the column inches… https://t.co/Osbofun7MGMay 19 10:10
schestowitz"Some of the activity documented on Techrights suggest the column inches MS have got from this "confession" really should have been examined more. (not getting at your journalism here, but generally, the line has not been challenged much or at all. MS's record suggests it should)"May 19 10:10
schestowitzTactics changed, the goals are the same, and we're not their friends, we're inmates to them in sites like GitHubMay 19 10:11
schestowitzMicrosoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change https://zd.net/2ZiBwIz via @ZDNetMay 19 10:11
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.zdnet.com | Microsoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change | ZDNetMay 19 10:11
schestowitz & @LiamTMay 19 10:11
schestowitz Nice to see @MicrosoftMay 19 10:11
schestowitz brass admitting to their #opensource and #Linux mistakes and that now they're on-board with both.May 19 10:11
schestowitzMicrosoft: We were wrong about open source, but luckily you can change | ZDNetMay 19 10:11
schestowitzMicrosoft president Brad Smith talks open source, privacy, and coronavirus contact-tracing apps.May 19 10:11
schestowitzzdnet.comMay 19 10:11
schestowitzTom HendersonMay 19 10:11
schestowitz@extremelabsMay 19 10:11
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schestowitz17hMay 19 10:11
schestowitzI do not believe their motives are in the spirit of the tenets of _The Cathedral and the Bazaar_.May 19 10:11
schestowitzS. Vaughan-NicholsMay 19 10:12
schestowitz@sjvnMay 19 10:12
schestowitz·May 19 10:12
schestowitz17hMay 19 10:12
schestowitzRMS still doesn't care for them, but ESR doesn't disagree with where Microsoft has gone.  Hmmm... maybe I should get them on the record for what they and other early FLOSS people make of MSFT today.May 19 10:12
schestowitzTom HendersonMay 19 10:12
schestowitz@extremelabsMay 19 10:12
schestowitz·May 19 10:12
schestowitz17hMay 19 10:12
schestowitzEmbrace, extend, exterminate is the fear of many open source advocates today. We question Microsoft's motives, their tacitly for-profit mandate, & wonder if Microsoft will disrupt their efficient if small/delicate ecosystems with Big Brother-isms. MUCH history supports this fear.May 19 10:12
schestowitzS. Vaughan-NicholsMay 19 10:12
schestowitz@sjvnMay 19 10:12
schestowitz·May 19 10:12
schestowitz17hMay 19 10:12
schestowitzThat's been the worry forever and a day. But, by open-source's very nature, the triple E doesn't work that well.May 19 10:12
schestowitzStevanMay 19 10:12
schestowitzFlag of ScotlandMay 19 10:12
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schestowitzSome of the activity documented on Techrights suggest the column inches MS have got from this "confession" really should have been examined more. (not getting at your journalism here, but generally, the line has not been challenged much or at all. MS's record suggests it should)May 19 10:12
schestowitz5:59 PM · May 18, 2020·Twitter Web AppMay 19 10:12
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schestowitzS. Vaughan-NicholsMay 19 10:12
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schestowitzIt's been challenged over and over and over again. Some people can't accept that companies change, open source has won, and Steve Ballmer hasn't been the CEO for over six years now.May 19 10:12
schestowitzStevanMay 19 10:12
schestowitzFlag of ScotlandMay 19 10:12
schestowitzFlag of European UnionMay 19 10:13
schestowitz@WithaVeeAyMay 19 10:13
schestowitz·May 19 10:13
schestowitz15hMay 19 10:13
schestowitzYou're right that the wounds of experience shouldn't colour one's judgement of their future actions, of course.May 19 10:13
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/WithaVeeAy/status/1262280110109069312May 19 10:13
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@WithaVeeAy: @nixcraft No mention of the "extinguish" part of their long-standing three-word policy. A look at the Techrights we… https://t.co/LeEI97cuWeMay 19 10:13
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@WithaVeeAy: @nixcraft No mention of the "extinguish" part of their long-standing three-word policy. A look at the Techrights we… https://t.co/LeEI97cuWeMay 19 10:13
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/WithaVeeAy/status/1262280110109069312No mention of the "extinguish" part of their long-standing three-word policy. A look at the Techrights website any day of the week suggests the emperor's new clothes aren't what he says they are."May 19 10:13
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@WithaVeeAy: @nixcraft No mention of the "extinguish" part of their long-standing three-word policy. A look at the Techrights we… https://t.co/LeEI97cuWeMay 19 10:13
schestowitz"May 19 10:18
schestowitzTactics changed, the goals are the same, and we're not their friends, we're inmates to them in sites like GitHubMay 19 10:18
schestowitzTom HendersonMay 19 10:18
schestowitz@extremelabsMay 19 10:18
schestowitz·May 19 10:18
schestowitz16hMay 19 10:18
schestowitzReplying to May 19 10:18
schestowitz@sjvnMay 19 10:18
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schestowitz@WithaVeeAyMay 19 10:18
schestowitz and 3 othersMay 19 10:18
schestowitzAfter witnessing what seems like an endless stream of proxy battles, you're looney to feel the love, the warmth, the *trust*, Steven. This is an organization that has megabyte files on you & I, and plays for keeps. Their ethos & actions have engendered deeply deserved mistrust.May 19 10:18
schestowitzDon MartiMay 19 10:18
schestowitz@dmartiMay 19 10:18
schestowitz·May 19 10:18
schestowitz15hMay 19 10:18
schestowitzHow is their patent licensing business coming along?May 19 10:18
schestowitz"[M]any Microsoft technologies have found powerful new applications in the mobile revolution."May 19 10:18
schestowitzMobile & Tablet | Microsoft IP LicensingMay 19 10:18
schestowitzMobile technology is changing our world—and Microsoft innovation continues to shape mobile. Learn how Microsoft IP is powering the devices of tomorrow.May 19 10:18
schestowitzmicrosoft.comMay 19 10:18
schestowitzTom HendersonMay 19 10:18
schestowitz@extremelabsMay 19 10:18
schestowitz·May 19 10:18
schestowitz15hMay 19 10:18
schestowitzIndeed what of Android patent threats? How much more must the FOSS community be cowed by Microsoft patent threats???May 19 10:18
schestowitzS. Vaughan-NicholsMay 19 10:18
schestowitz@sjvnMay 19 10:18
schestowitz·May 19 10:18
schestowitz15hMay 19 10:18
schestowitzIn 2018, Microsoft released all its patents, including the Android and exFAT ones, to the open-source community.May 19 10:18
schestowitz"May 19 10:18
schestowitzAnd one year later Microsoft sued again, over Linux!  http://techrights.org/2019/03/12/microsoft-foxconn/May 19 10:18
schestowitzAnd one year later Microsoft sued again, over Linux!  http://techrights.org/2019/03/12/microsoft-foxconn/May 19 10:18
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft is Complaining About Android and Chrome OS (GNU/Linux) Vendor Not Paying for Microsoft Patents (Updated) | TechrightsMay 19 10:18
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Gonzalo_VC23/status/1262586913971675141May 19 10:19
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Gonzalo_VC23: @sjvn @ZDNet @LiamT @Microsoft EEE., neck biting and a blood sucking from FLOSS, m$!May 19 10:19
schestowitzIs MIT their guarded territory now? http://techrights.org/2020/05/18/microsoft-in-mit/May 19 10:20
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Look Who’s Back in MIT | TechrightsMay 19 10:20
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/merelyjim/status/1262412652963336196May 19 10:21
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@merelyjim: @sjvn @ZDNet @LiamT @Microsoft Does this mean Linux isn't a cancer anymore? (No, Steve, we haven't forgotten.)May 19 10:21
schestowitzSteven, what you say about RMS and Microsoft is false and what do you care anyway? Months ago you shamelessly defamed RMS to distract from what Bill Gates had done at MITMay 19 10:22
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/extremelabs/status/1262412207876423682May 19 10:23
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@extremelabs: @sjvn @ZDNet @LiamT @Microsoft Microsoft is about communities that they control and dominate, and are famous for bu… https://t.co/YJqTPwuTW9May 19 10:23
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@extremelabs: @sjvn @ZDNet @LiamT @Microsoft Microsoft is about communities that they control and dominate, and are famous for bu… https://t.co/YJqTPwuTW9May 19 10:23
schestowitz"Microsoft is about communities that they control and dominate, and are famous for building restrictive walls around their sales channels. Aggressive, even brutish history, along with LOUSY CODE sets and damnable ancient APIs permeate their history."\May 19 10:23
schestowitzLook what they've done with github since ambushing it in 2014, based on Dina Bass. http://techrights.org/2020/05/17/gnuhub-pt-5/May 19 10:24
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft GNU-Hub (Part 5) | TechrightsMay 19 10:24
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schestowitzx https://www.networkworld.com/article/3543845/how-to-use-windows-subsystem-for-linux-to-open-linux-on-windows-10-machines.htmlMay 19 11:20
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schestowitzx https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262103/microsoft-open-source-linux-history-wrong-statementMay 19 11:20
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.networkworld.com | How to use Windows Subsystem for Linux to open Linux on Windows 10 machines | Network WorldMay 19 11:20
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theverge.com | Microsoft: we were wrong about open source - The VergeMay 19 11:20
schestowitzlolMay 19 11:20
schestowitzlies and bsMay 19 11:20
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1262636007431852033May 19 11:27
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: Judge Huber’s comment in the FAZ reaffirms that the Constitutional Court’s reservations against the UPC Agreement a… https://t.co/u5WnGo6xXyMay 19 11:27
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@zoobab: Judge Huber’s comment in the FAZ reaffirms that the Constitutional Court’s reservations against the UPC Agreement a… https://t.co/u5WnGo6xXyMay 19 11:27
schestowitz"Judge Huber’s comment in the FAZ reaffirms that the Constitutional Court’s reservations against the UPC Agreement are not limited to the formal errors of the 2/3 majority http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2020/05/18/primacy-of-eu-law-over-national-law-german-federal-constitutional-court-judge-comments-on-unified-patent-court-decision/ …"May 19 11:27
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-patentblog.kluweriplaw.com | Primacy of EU Law over National Law – German Federal Constitutional Court Judge Comments On Unified Patent Court Decision - Kluwer Patent BlogMay 19 11:27
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schestowitz"May 19 15:17
schestowitzGregory CasamentoMay 19 15:17
schestowitz‏> @bheronMay 19 15:17
schestowitzReplying to @schestowitzMay 19 15:17
schestowitzIf RMS wants us to not use GIthub than, perhaps, Savannah shouldn’t take three weeks to add a repo that we desperately needed. Sorry, but that is what prompted the switch.May 19 15:17
schestowitz#deletegithubMay 19 15:17
schestowitzwhat a lame excuse. these are the guys to whom rms specifically said: “GitHub does things that are quite bad for free software and is not interested in changing them. If you want to move off Savannah, please pick some other place.”May 19 15:17
schestowitzgithub was not their only option. granted the discussion was in 2015, well before the microsoft acquisition.May 19 15:17
schestowitznotice that they still dont seem to care at all that microsoft owns their repo. this is simply not a gnu project anymore.May 19 15:17
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/wabrandsma/status/1262812178580725760May 19 20:56
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@wabrandsma: France Is About To Waste A Ton Of Money Trying To Build Its Own Airbnb https://t.co/kwu8QVOEZR Just like 'Quaero' i… https://t.co/c7NO3p1Gh8May 19 20:56
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> www.techdirt.com | France Is About To Waste A Ton Of Money Trying To Build Its Own Airbnb | TechdirtMay 19 20:56
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@wabrandsma: France Is About To Waste A Ton Of Money Trying To Build Its Own Airbnb https://t.co/kwu8QVOEZR Just like 'Quaero' i… https://t.co/c7NO3p1Gh8May 19 20:56
schestowitz"France Is About To Waste A Ton Of Money Trying To Build Its Own Airbnb https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200517/17402644515/france-is-about-to-waste-ton-money-trying-to-build-own-airbnb.shtml … Just like 'Quaero' it is clear that it is just a way for French companies to siphon off free money from the French government without ever building anything useful. #boondoggle"May 19 20:56
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