●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 21, 2022 ●● ● Mar 21 [00:24] *techrights_guest|11 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [00:32] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [00:32] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hngiv8sdpiaf2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:43] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:44] schestowitz > On 18/03/2022 20:27, Roy Schestowitz wrote: [00:44] schestowitz >>> Have you seen much about this? [00:44] schestowitz >>> [00:44] schestowitz >>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2022/03/msg00132.html [00:44] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-lists.debian.org | Question to all candidates: Ongoing/future legal projects [00:44] schestowitz >> The words there are vague. [00:44] schestowitz > If you read all the messages in the discussion then you get to the point [00:44] schestowitz > where it is clear that Molly does not really say what she wants, she [00:44] schestowitz > simply appears to be fishing for new ideas to stifle people who called [00:44] schestowitz > her out. [00:44] schestowitz > [00:44] schestowitz > [00:44] schestowitz >>> If they are coming for me then maybe they are coming for Techrights too. [00:44] schestowitz >>> Better stop making references to Bully de B [00:44] schestowitz >> She is irrelevant, not important anymore. I rarely bring up the name, [00:44] schestowitz >> except maybe IRC. [00:44] schestowitz > Agreed, I was surprised to see her in the discussion. After GNOME got [00:44] schestowitz > rid of her she appears to have no role in any organization. [00:44] schestowitz > Nonetheless, maybe they will continue buying her flights to conferences [00:44] schestowitz > where she can insult people for them and nobody else has to stick their [00:44] schestowitz > neck out to insult people when Molly is at hand to do it. [00:44] schestowitz > [00:44] schestowitz >>> I wonder who pays for it, maybe funds are simply being passed through [00:44] schestowitz >>> from Google to the lawyer. That would be a story in itself: 5 months of [00:44] schestowitz >>> legal fees would not be a trivial expense, how would they hide that from [00:44] schestowitz >>> the community? [00:44] schestowitz >> They know that leads to self-harm; it's part of their cost analysis. [00:44] schestowitz >> [00:44] schestowitz >>> Do you have any ideas about how to preserve things against lawyer [00:44] schestowitz >>> attack, for example, how easy is it for the sites built with Jekyll and [00:44] schestowitz >>> Planet static content generators to be replicated in Gemini or anywhere [00:44] schestowitz >>> else? It could be an interesting Techrights article, how you would [00:44] schestowitz >>> bulletproof your content if you were the target. [00:44] schestowitz >> IPFS and self-hosting with Gemini do help as deterrents. [00:44] schestowitz > Some problems, maybe you could address these somewhere: [00:44] schestowitz > [00:44] schestowitz > 1. It looks like ipfs.io/ipfs HTTP gateways do some censorship now, e.g. [00:44] schestowitz > the Dmitry Bogatov leak is not always accessible, does it work for you? [00:44] schestowitz > How would you recommend presenting the link in web pages and emails so [00:44] schestowitz > it will frustrate short-term censorship attempts? [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmZo49iDCXJ9acpHHVBsVvgNkuiSrvSF2G8ocCrg1UEcqf [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > 2. IPFS doesn't appear in search engines. There are some tactics to [00:45] schestowitz > skirt around this, for example, put a teaser with the keywords on a [00:45] schestowitz > regular web site and include a link to the full IPFS article. [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > 3. IPFS pinning services are still very awkward. For example, [00:45] schestowitz > https://www.eternum.io/pay/ [00:45] schestowitz > "You can't top up any more, I'm tired of running this service. Managing [00:45] schestowitz > IPFS isn't worth the hassle, I can't even get basic stuff like pinning [00:45] schestowitz > to work reliably, which is kind of a drag when you're running a pinning [00:45] schestowitz > service. I would advise you to use some other service. It'll stay up [00:45] schestowitz > for as long as there are balances, and then I'll probably take it down." [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > Fleek seems more reliable but you have to upload through their web page, [00:45] schestowitz > I couldn't see an option to pin existing content. [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > pinata gives 504 errors when accessing content that has been pinned, not [00:45] schestowitz > sure if that is related to censorship or a technical issue. [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > 4. content has to be modified to use relative links, there is a lot of [00:45] schestowitz > existing discussion about this, it depends on the tools people are [00:45] schestowitz > using. Some people may have a very easy migration but other people may [00:45] schestowitz > find this quite tedious. [00:45] schestowitz IPFS has its limits. I covered that in [00:45] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2021/09/28/ipfs-issues/ [00:45] schestowitz > I am rearranging the URLs on most of my sites to support i18n and other [00:45] schestowitz > things [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > Do you use lint or any other tool to check the links on your sites? [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > Does it already tell you about redirects that I put in place? [00:45] schestowitz > [00:45] schestowitz > The 301 redirects were created a long time ago. I looked at the logs [00:45] schestowitz > and there is virtually no traffic to the original URLs any more. [00:45] schestowitz apache logs can help. but usually not worth the hassle [00:46] *TechrightsBN has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:53] schestowitz-TR 0/ [00:53] schestowitz-TR I have just finished offloading almost 100GB of data from the laptop to 3 external [00:53] schestowitz-TR hard-drives [00:53] schestowitz-TR that data is raely in need of actual access [00:53] schestowitz-TR this completes the first phase [00:53] schestowitz-TR ait brings some benfits, too [00:53] schestowitz-TR that took a lot of my time today [00:53] schestowitz-TR but was well overdue [00:53] schestowitz-TR thansks for the advice on this [00:57] *TechrightsBN (~b0t@ju4kayhrhsm6a.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:57] TechrightsBN Hello World! I'm TechrightsBN running phIRCe v0.77 ● Mar 21 [01:09] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:12] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:13] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:17] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:23] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:53] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) ● Mar 21 [02:00] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@uvd22k2s4b3ii.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:01] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:01] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Mar 21 [05:41] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Mar 21 [07:36] schestowitz x https://yle.fi/news/3-12367887 [07:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yle.fi | Nokia, VTT top Finnish patent applications list | News | Yle Uutiset ● Mar 21 [08:23] Techrights-sec ack [08:23] Techrights-sec would it now be feasible to schedule a migration of TR to a new OS? [08:23] Techrights-sec Maybe just port over the old WordPress stuff as-is. [08:23] schestowitz-TR the problem might then be versions of things, hence the need for extensive testing. We have a lot more than wordpress there. [08:36] Techrights-sec yes, but it seems there might be an opportunity now ● Mar 21 [10:07] Techrights-sec "putler" : https://text.npr.org/1086709135 [10:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-text.npr.org | The war in Ukraine has reintroduced these words and phrases into our vocabulary ● Mar 21 [13:04] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@joseon-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [13:04] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@hngiv8sdpiaf2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:32] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 21 [14:23] *Disconnected (Connection reset by peer). [14:23] *Now talking on #boycottnovell [14:23] *Topic for #boycottnovell is: TechRights.org | Channel #boycottnovell for http://TechRights.org | Free Software Sentry watching and reporting maneuvers of those who oppose software freedom :: please also join channels #techrights and #boycottnovell-social [14:23] *Topic for #boycottnovell set by schestowitz!~schestowi@freenode-18vdut.5mai.fl0c.t29qgt.IP at Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970 [14:23] *Techrights-sec (~quassel@joseon-o3mbmf.am6e.nqgd.t29qgt.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [14:33] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #boycottnovell [14:41] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) ● Mar 21 [15:07] Techrights-sec perhaps before all of the hours saved from eliminating time wasted on social [15:07] Techrights-sec control media become alloted to other activities, some of them can be used [15:07] Techrights-sec for the overdue, major operating system upgrade? [15:08] schestowitz-TR the 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. [15:37] *techrights_guest|56 (~6bb6eaa0@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:38] *techrights_guest|56 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [15:38] *techrights_guest|56 (~6bb6eaa0@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:39] *hourram (~hourram@5krtbtnirc46c.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:40] *hourram has quit (Quit: Leaving) [15:41] *hourram (~hourram@v8snyutjigjuq.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:47] *techrights_guest|56 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [15:58] schestowitz " [15:58] schestowitz We 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: [15:58] schestowitz To: strike_registration@suepo.org [15:58] schestowitz Subject: [MU/TH/VI/BE] Strike on Tuesday 22 March [15:58] schestowitz Body: I confirm that I am on strike [15:58] schestowitz " ● Mar 21 [16:06] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:06] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:14] *hourram has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:30] *hourram (~hourram@hzsrtjzh2x4eu.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Mar 21 [17:03] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@pta4pav9xjc9u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:58] schestowitz-TR back home [17:58] schestowitz-TR phrmacy had no more test kids [17:58] schestowitz-TR we reckon we'll use them a lot when the wave is high and the regime doesn't give a shit [17:59] Techrights-sec Yes but the kits don't prevent anything. Nor, apparently, do most government's [17:59] Techrights-sec current range of public health policies. :/ [17:59] *hourram has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Mar 21 [18:00] schestowitz-TR *kits [18:00] schestowitz-TR yes, I am aware [18:00] schestowitz-TR colleagues of mine, several of them (there are not many), keep getting infected over [18:00] schestowitz-TR and over again [18:00] schestowitz-TR it takes a long time to recover [18:00] schestowitz-TR good for rianne getting extra shifts [18:00] schestowitz-TR but if one of us feels unwell maybe we can prevent it spreading to the next [18:00] schestowitz-TR not sure of the ;;incubation' period of the current "viaraitns" [18:02] Techrights-sec Ouch. How much does it take out of them permanently each time? [18:02] Techrights-sec They are probably rather short incubation cycles now, or so it seems. [18:03] schestowitz-TR you say, correctly, tahat this does not help much and I agree. But it's cheap and [18:03] schestowitz-TR it is bvetter than nothing under some circumstances [18:03] schestowitz-TR let us say that at least one if not twqo of them, some young and petit (no badad healdth), can get ill one week and stil [18:03] schestowitz-TR l be ill the following weekk [18:03] schestowitz-TR too ill to even work from HOME [18:04] Techrights-sec ack [18:04] Techrights-sec Yes, it can and often does do permanent damage. [18:06] schestowitz-TR i am going to echk the latest numbers [18:06] schestowitz-TR of regime decided to release numbers only 5 times a week [18:06] schestowitz-TR I took advantage of COVID to justify walking around town caped, masked, only eyes showing, paying cash [18:06] schestowitz-TR even people who knew me for years cannot identify me and do not know [18:06] schestowitz-TR even when I give them clues [18:06] Techrights-sec :) ● Mar 21 [21:16] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Mar 21 [22:25] *Noisytoot has quit (Quit: ZNC 1.8.2 - https://znc.in) [22:28] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@y56qsb6r6yg94.irc) has joined #boycottnovell