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schestowitz> On 18/03/2022 20:27, Roy Schestowitz wrote:Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> Have you seen much about this?Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>>Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2022/03/msg00132.htmlMar 21 00:44
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-lists.debian.org | Question to all candidates: Ongoing/future legal projectsMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>> The words there are vague.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> If you read all the messages in the discussion then you get to the pointMar 21 00:44
schestowitz> where it is clear that Molly does not really say what she wants, sheMar 21 00:44
schestowitz> simply appears to be fishing for new ideas to stifle people who calledMar 21 00:44
schestowitz> her out.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> If they are coming for me then maybe they are coming for Techrights too.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>>  Better stop making references to Bully de BMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>> She is irrelevant, not important anymore. I rarely bring up the name,Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>> except maybe IRC.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> Agreed, I was surprised to see her in the discussion.  After GNOME gotMar 21 00:44
schestowitz> rid of her she appears to have no role in any organization.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> Nonetheless, maybe they will continue buying her flights to conferencesMar 21 00:44
schestowitz> where she can insult people for them and nobody else has to stick theirMar 21 00:44
schestowitz> neck out to insult people when Molly is at hand to do it.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> I wonder who pays for it, maybe funds are simply being passed throughMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> from Google to the lawyer.  That would be a story in itself: 5 months ofMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> legal fees would not be a trivial expense, how would they hide that fromMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> the community?Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>> They know that leads to self-harm; it's part of their cost analysis.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> Do you have any ideas about how to preserve things against lawyerMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> attack, for example, how easy is it for the sites built with Jekyll andMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> Planet static content generators to be replicated in Gemini or anywhereMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> else?  It could be an interesting Techrights article, how you wouldMar 21 00:44
schestowitz>>> bulletproof your content if you were the target.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz>> IPFS and self-hosting with Gemini do help as deterrents.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> Some problems, maybe you could address these somewhere:Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> 1. It looks like ipfs.io/ipfs HTTP gateways do some censorship now, e.g.Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> the Dmitry Bogatov leak is not always accessible, does it work for you?Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> How would you recommend presenting the link in web pages and emails soMar 21 00:44
schestowitz> it will frustrate short-term censorship attempts?Mar 21 00:44
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmZo49iDCXJ9acpHHVBsVvgNkuiSrvSF2G8ocCrg1UEcqfMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> 2. IPFS doesn't appear in search engines.  There are some tactics toMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> skirt around this, for example, put a teaser with the keywords on aMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> regular web site and include a link to the full IPFS article.Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> 3. IPFS pinning services are still very awkward.  For example,Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> https://www.eternum.io/pay/Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> "You can't top up any more, I'm tired of running this service. ManagingMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> IPFS isn't worth the hassle, I can't even get basic stuff like pinningMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> to work reliably, which is kind of a drag when you're running a pinningMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> service. I would advise you to use some other service.  It'll stay upMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> for as long as there are balances, and then I'll probably take it down."Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Fleek seems more reliable but you have to upload through their web page,Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> I couldn't see an option to pin existing content.Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> pinata gives 504 errors when accessing content that has been pinned, notMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> sure if that is related to censorship or a technical issue.Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> 4. content has to be modified to use relative links, there is a lot ofMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> existing discussion about this, it depends on the tools people areMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> using.  Some people may have a very easy migration but other people mayMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> find this quite tedious.Mar 21 00:45
schestowitzIPFS has its limits. I covered that in Mar 21 00:45
schestowitzhttp://techrights.org/2021/09/28/ipfs-issues/Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> I am rearranging the URLs on most of my sites to support i18n and otherMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> thingsMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Do you use lint or any other tool to check the links on your sites?Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Does it already tell you about redirects that I put in place?Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> Mar 21 00:45
schestowitz> The 301 redirects were created a long time ago.  I looked at the logsMar 21 00:45
schestowitz> and there is virtually no traffic to the original URLs any more.Mar 21 00:45
schestowitzapache logs can help. but usually not worth the hassleMar 21 00:45
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schestowitz-TR0/Mar 21 00:53
schestowitz-TRI have just finished offloading almost 100GB of data from the laptop to 3 externalMar 21 00:53
schestowitz-TRhard-drivesMar 21 00:53
schestowitz-TRthat data is raely in need of actual accessMar 21 00:53
schestowitz-TRthis completes the first phaseMar 21 00:53
schestowitz-TRait brings some benfits, tooMar 21 00:53
schestowitz-TRthat took a lot of my time todayMar 21 00:53
schestowitz-TRbut was well overdueMar 21 00:53
schestowitz-TRthansks for the advice on thisMar 21 00:53
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schestowitzx https://yle.fi/news/3-12367887Mar 21 07:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yle.fi | Nokia, VTT top Finnish patent applications list | News | Yle UutisetMar 21 07:36
Techrights-secackMar 21 08:23
Techrights-secwould it now be feasible to schedule a migration of TR to a new OS?Mar 21 08:23
Techrights-secMaybe just port over the old WordPress stuff as-is.Mar 21 08:23
schestowitz-TRthe problem might then be versions of things, hence the need for extensive testing. We have a lot more than wordpress there.Mar 21 08:23
Techrights-secyes, but it seems there might be an opportunity nowMar 21 08:36
Techrights-sec"putler" : https://text.npr.org/1086709135Mar 21 10:07
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-text.npr.org | The war in Ukraine has reintroduced these words and phrases into our vocabularyMar 21 10:07
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Techrights-secperhaps before all of the hours saved from eliminating time wasted on socialMar 21 15:07
Techrights-seccontrol media become alloted to other activities, some of them can be usedMar 21 15:07
Techrights-secfor the overdue, major operating system upgrade?Mar 21 15:07
schestowitz-TRthe lack of time is not mine but kaniini's. Therein we have a bottleneck, as provisioning a new container and IP address etc. would be required.Mar 21 15:08
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schestowitz"Mar 21 15:58
schestowitzWe do not know whether these problems with the strike registration tool will be resolved on time. For this reason, SUEPO asks you to inform us of your participation by sending an email mentioning your site of employment in the title:Mar 21 15:58
schestowitzTo: strike_registration@suepo.orgMar 21 15:58
schestowitzSubject: [MU/TH/VI/BE] Strike on Tuesday 22 MarchMar 21 15:58
schestowitzBody: I confirm that I am on strikeMar 21 15:58
schestowitz"Mar 21 15:58
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schestowitz-TRback homeMar 21 17:58
schestowitz-TRphrmacy had no more test kidsMar 21 17:58
schestowitz-TRwe reckon we'll use them a lot when the wave is high and the regime doesn't give a shitMar 21 17:58
Techrights-secYes but the kits don't prevent anything.  Nor, apparently, do most government'sMar 21 17:59
Techrights-seccurrent range of public health policies.  :/Mar 21 17:59
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schestowitz-TR*kitsMar 21 18:00
schestowitz-TRyes, I am awareMar 21 18:00
schestowitz-TRcolleagues of mine, several of them (there are not many), keep getting infected overMar 21 18:00
schestowitz-TRand over againMar 21 18:00
schestowitz-TRit takes a long time to recoverMar 21 18:00
schestowitz-TRgood for rianne getting extra shiftsMar 21 18:00
schestowitz-TRbut if one of us feels unwell maybe we can prevent it spreading to the nextMar 21 18:00
schestowitz-TRnot sure of the ;;incubation' period of the current "viaraitns"Mar 21 18:00
Techrights-secOuch.  How much does it take out of them permanently each time?Mar 21 18:02
Techrights-secThey are probably rather short incubation cycles now, or so it seems.Mar 21 18:02
schestowitz-TRyou say, correctly, tahat this does not help much and I agree. But it's cheap and Mar 21 18:03
schestowitz-TRit is bvetter than nothing under some circumstancesMar 21 18:03
schestowitz-TRlet us say that at least one if not twqo of them, some young and petit (no badad healdth), can get ill one week and stilMar 21 18:03
schestowitz-TRl be ill the following weekkMar 21 18:03
schestowitz-TRtoo ill to even work from HOMEMar 21 18:03
Techrights-secackMar 21 18:04
Techrights-secYes, it can and often does do permanent damage.Mar 21 18:04
schestowitz-TRi am going to echk the latest numbersMar 21 18:06
schestowitz-TRof regime decided to release numbers only 5 times a weekMar 21 18:06
schestowitz-TRI took advantage of COVID to justify walking around town caped, masked, only eyes showing, paying cashMar 21 18:06
schestowitz-TReven people who knew me for years cannot identify me and do not knowMar 21 18:06
schestowitz-TReven when I give them clues Mar 21 18:06
Techrights-sec:)Mar 21 18:06
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