●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, January 21, 2023 ●● ● Jan 21 [01:59] *schestowitz[TR2] (~schestowitz[TR]@f397t3tebvsnw.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 21 [03:58] schestowitz-TR correspondence published [03:58] schestowitz-TR video processing to explain further [03:58] schestowitz-TR today will be busy,m catching up ● Jan 21 [06:25] schestowitz-TR the contract got signed without taking it home and reading it first [06:25] schestowitz-TR that's what happened [06:57] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[07:39] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [07:39] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [07:48] schestowitz-TR i've come to the conclusion trhat many types of NDA are indistinguishable from bribes [07:48] schestowitz-TR e.g. lobbying [07:48] schestowitz-TR the modus is, we pay the bribe a priori [07:48] schestowitz-TR e.g. freenode [07:48] schestowitz-TR you do some evil things for me [07:48] schestowitz-TR and then, in case you want to talk about what I told you to do [07:48] schestowitz-TR I will offer you a bribe to stop talking about it [07:48] schestowitz-TR inctead the bribes is included in the contract with some distant cash0iin date [07:48] schestowitz-TR assuming the bribe giver can facilitate at all [07:48] schestowitz-TR by that stae, when nda expires or embargo lifted [07:48] schestowitz-TR the interest or impact died down already [07:48] schestowitz-TR like cia declassifying things 50 years (odd) later [07:58] schestowitz-TR rianne also says "it's a form of bribe" [07:58] schestowitz-TR no strings attached [07:58] schestowitz-TR microsoft uses that to silence staff [07:58] schestowitz-TR it should be illegal, it helps encourage and embolden crminals [07:58] schestowitz-TR not even a soft bribe, not even too witty ● Jan 21 [08:08] techrigthssec NDAs are inherently used to silence but also in some ways to prevent [08:08] techrigthssec competition [08:08] techrigthssec It sounds like the one case used it to hide a bribe [08:19] schestowitz-TR it is a bribe to hide another bribe [08:19] schestowitz-TR here is some bribe, don't talk about it and then you will get another one [08:19] schestowitz-TR how bill gates handles the media as well [08:19] schestowitz-TR here is a bribe [08:19] schestowitz-TR don't criticise me [08:19] schestowitz-TR and then I will get another bribe your way [08:20] schestowitz-TR the canary came out only once [08:20] schestowitz-TR in 2019 [08:20] schestowitz-TR or rather, stopped coming out after that [08:38] schestowitz-TR this whole dicussion can, over time, help me more properly explain what happened [08:38] schestowitz-TR we don't know exactly [08:38] schestowitz-TR but I got a hint once and rianne was a witness too [08:38] schestowitz-TR i suppose that verbal mention was itself a violation of the nda ● Jan 21 [10:35] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [10:50] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:50] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:51] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@fpfsqjchsbkme.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:51] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jan 21 [11:24] schestowitz-TR quick search in ebay shows that similar ones, same brand, similar condition would cost 15-20 [11:24] schestowitz-TR we paid 5 [11:24] schestowitz-TR *binoculars [11:24] schestowitz-TR I have them, next to me for watching the bird sometimes [11:24] schestowitz-TR as computer breaks, maybe 2 per hour [11:24] schestowitz-TR tuxmachines busy today as I am catching up with yesterday's links [11:24] schestowitz-TR grep|wc -l shows tuxmachines volume up 5% of so since last month [11:24] schestowitz-TR for tm-new, so at least the trend is positive, despite many sites seeing declines in recent years [11:57] techrigthssec ack ● Jan 21 [12:34] techrigthssec thanks! [12:36] schestowitz-TR listening to these clips as background sound [12:37] schestowitz-TR thanks! ● Jan 21 [14:35] techrigthssec LastPass mentioned: