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[05:36] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Apr 22 [06:18] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [06:19] schestowitz-TR I've extended this to all 3 DBs nowq [06:19] schestowitz-TR today's dump at TM was OK [06:19] schestowitz-TR So far I saw no such issues at the TM VM [06:32] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:39] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [06:46] schestowitz-TR on TR, as I have just checked, all 3 DB dumps were OK [06:47] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 22 [07:17] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Apr 22 [08:01] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:09] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@y56qsb6r6yg94.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:18] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:18] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:19] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:49] Techrights-sec ack ● Apr 22 [09:03] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [09:25] Techrights-sec there seems to have been no coverage of Julian Assange in the press this week [09:25] Techrights-sec despite being handed a defacto death sentence [09:25] Techrights-sec there are still the appeals which will also be a rubber stamp decision [09:25] Techrights-sec unless politics in the UK change soon [09:25] Techrights-sec or those with conflicts of interest are recused from the process [09:26] schestowitz-TR ack [09:36] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:36] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 22 [10:15] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:22] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[10:31] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [10:31] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [10:31] schestowitz-TR "A court in Great Britain ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States" https://dontextraditeassange.com/post/le [10:31] schestowitz-TR tter-from-adolfo-perez-esquivel-nobel-peace-laureate/ | Source: Don't Extradite Assange [10:31] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-dontextraditeassange.com | Letter from Adolfo Prez Esquivel, Nobel Peace laureate - Don't Extradite Assange [10:31] schestowitz-TR I see a lot of negative light around Twitter lately [10:31] schestowitz-TR Facebook also, but FB as long had this issue [10:31] schestowitz-TR There are 3-4 links about it in the Daily Links and posts in IRC [10:32] schestowitz-TR When accessinf Twitter last night I saw still "faking" of "engagement" [10:32] schestowitz-TR but I also saw Twitter apparently retreiving the black man meme OK on 20 Apr [10:32] schestowitz-TR i.e. quite a few days after it was first published [10:32] schestowitz-TR and less than a day before I noticed the broken file [10:32] schestowitz-TR I hope it's just some rare technical glitch [10:32] schestowitz-TR rather than me being 'shadow-edited' [10:32] schestowitz-TR rianne and I might go cycling today for the first time Oct 2019 [10:32] schestowitz-TR Depending on the state of the chains etc. [10:36] Techrights-sec ack [10:36] Techrights-sec you mean the Yo Dawg recursion meme? [10:38] schestowitz-TR the meme from the post about LF CoC [10:38] schestowitz-TR when you spot something missing, however rare, it's worth understanding why it happened [10:38] schestowitz-TR so it does not happen again [10:38] schestowitz-TR the faulty backup file is something we saw weeks ago but did not worry about too [10:38] schestowitz-TR much as soon as TM was restored to normal [10:38] schestowitz-TR cycling can be done here near canals and in parks, avoiding both risky and pollution [10:38] schestowitz-TR getting to the canal involved crossing the road once [10:38] Techrights-sec from last week or so? [10:39] schestowitz-TR yes, my first reaction was, maybe someone did not like it and can access that file [10:39] schestowitz-TR but it did not look tampered with ● Apr 22 [11:54] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@y56qsb6r6yg94.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 22 [12:55] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 22 [14:50] Techrights-sec ack [14:50] Techrights-sec Ubuntu 22.04 seems to allow/push M$ ActiveDirecctory integration during the installation. It's tragic that "AD" has been allowed to [14:50] Techrights-sec proliferate to [14:50] Techrights-sec the extent it has now spread. It also pushed integration with online [14:50] Techrights-sec accounts rather than warning [14:50] Techrights-sec The installation process also pushes a lot of proprietary applications, [14:50] Techrights-sec again without warning or alternativces [14:50] Techrights-sec It seems to be getting further and further from Freedom [14:50] Techrights-sec And firefox is a 'snap' not a normal package [14:51] schestowitz-TR back from cycling, we got big discounts at the store too [14:51] Techrights-sec excellent [14:51] Techrights-sec how many km ? [14:51] schestowitz-TR maybe 10, but canal and up/downhill [14:52] Techrights-sec nice. sounds scenic as well [14:53] schestowitz-TR more than 100 geese on the war, some toulouse geese and swan too [14:53] schestowitz-TR we fed some, but bread runs out [14:53] schestowitz-TR anyway, first time in ages [14:53] schestowitz-TR I am going to open these two links now [14:58] schestowitz-TR earlier this week I read that russian sanctions now mean more "lumber" (nature) gets taken away from nardic nations [14:58] schestowitz-TR this overpopulation thins won't live much but conrete jungles within 50-100 years [14:58] schestowitz-TR *won't leave [14:58] schestowitz-TR even when humans are gone the ugly jugles will stay around for a good while [14:58] schestowitz-TR but if humans nuke or "conventionally" bomb the jungles, it's even worse ● Apr 22 [15:03] Techrights-sec Yes lumber comes from the Nordic nations which consist of tree farms. There [15:03] Techrights-sec is actually very little forest remaining, just tree farms of various sizes. [15:03] Techrights-sec At least trees are a renewable resource if managed correctly and part [15:03] Techrights-sec of the natural carbon cycle not breaking stuff out from the fossile carbon [15:03] Techrights-sec pool [15:03] Techrights-sec The peat farming is a different matter though, that carbon is on the way out [15:03] Techrights-sec and should not be used. Peat is a step next to lignite :( :( :( [15:08] schestowitz-TR 1) I did wonder about 3-d printers before [15:08] schestowitz-TR like car-sharing, or printer-sharing (in households) [15:08] schestowitz-TR I think it's far too wasteful, unless you do it as a professionm, to have a 3-d printer at home [15:08] schestowitz-TR thje printers such [15:08] schestowitz-TR they cannot cut hard metal [15:08] schestowitz-TR CNC it's called IIC [15:08] schestowitz-TR better to have various shops across town, you give them cad files and they make it for you [15:08] schestowitz-TR better quality, less waste [15:08] schestowitz-TR manchester had an experiment to that effect [15:08] schestowitz-TR 2) gnu/linux distros shilling proprietary junk for "advantage" is NOT a new think [15:08] schestowitz-TR happened a lot in the 90s [15:08] schestowitz-TR the news is, ubuntu is becoming less like debian and more like.. not sure I should say windows [15:08] schestowitz-TR maybe android/ios/ oSUCKS [15:08] schestowitz-TR I noticed the same in LMDE installer and said it in IRC in real time that day [15:08] schestowitz-TR they listed more proprietary things (promotions) than the free stuff [15:13] schestowitz-TR ideally, I think, companies that make "things" should provide CAD files for key components [15:13] schestowitz-TR esp. if they don't offer repairs or spares [15:13] schestowitz-TR then, when things break, you can take the "order" (cad file) down to the local shop [15:13] schestowitz-TR but the way today's things are manufactured ispoor in the modularity sense [15:13] schestowitz-TR they just don't make it repeairable [15:13] schestowitz-TR that's afterthought at best [15:13] schestowitz-TR I checked some electric kettles today [15:13] schestowitz-TR bought none, I do't trust them to last long [15:13] schestowitz-TR we'll keep using the hob with a pot [15:18] Techrights-sec ubuntu seems to be more like iOS but whatever it is, itseems more and more [15:18] Techrights-sec proprietary each release cycle [15:18] Techrights-sec apparently there are a lot of CAD files for 3D printing various car-related [15:18] Techrights-sec widgets [15:18] Techrights-sec hob with a pot works rather well, especially if it is covered; there are [15:18] Techrights-sec also the old style kettles which sit on the hob and whistle once they have [15:18] Techrights-sec enough steam [15:18] Techrights-sec they need to be decalicified periodically though [15:18] Techrights-sec just like the others [15:18] schestowitz-TR our broken kettle started rusting at the bottom after just a year [15:18] schestowitz-TR we rarely left it with any water inside [15:19] schestowitz-TR these things are not made to last [15:19] schestowitz-TR it's not an objective [15:19] schestowitz-TR and their competition seems to be in kahoots [15:19] schestowitz-TR cahoots [15:19] schestowitz-TR with them on it [15:19] schestowitz-TR why not? [15:19] schestowitz-TR what have they got to lose? [15:34] Techrights-sec there is the potential for some new legislation requiring 'reparable' products [15:34] Techrights-sec however the devil is in the details and the actual definition and requirements [15:38] schestowitz-TR 0/ [15:38] schestowitz-TR definition of "green" cars: proprietary piles of shit. "THROW AWAY YOUR OLD CLUNKER!! [15:38] schestowitz-TR Buy THIS new cars... and then use the brand news batteries, recharge them using air and water ;-)" [15:39] schestowitz-TR or with "green" charging stations, in ... [15:39] schestowitz-TR you get my drift [15:39] schestowitz-TR sometimes the legislation doesn't tackle the core issue, which keeps the money [15:39] schestowitz-TR 'circulating' [15:39] schestowitz-TR car-sharing is not even in the books [15:39] schestowitz-TR even though it is very practical when you know neighbours [15:39] schestowitz-TR having a car unused 95-99% of the time is money down the drain [15:39] schestowitz-TR and you might be better of with taxis [15:39] schestowitz-TR gov. can lower their tariffs, e.g. by offering them cheaper fuel [15:39] schestowitz-TR this is something which was done when I was a kid [15:52] Techrights-sec yes taxis are still rather cost effective compared to full ownership of cars [15:52] Techrights-sec despite the outrageous rate increases [15:54] schestowitz-TR like trains, buses etc. [15:54] schestowitz-TR they are very good for [15:54] schestowitz-TR 1) env. [15:54] schestowitz-TR 2) locals, esp. lesser privileged [15:54] schestowitz-TR but they are not good for moneyed interests, not limited to car "companies" [15:54] schestowitz-TR insurance etc. [15:54] schestowitz-TR so you would expect antagonism to affordable and DECENT public transport [15:54] schestowitz-TR the trains here became as expaneive as flight tickets for some routes [15:54] schestowitz-TR you would get a better fare for a flight between UK cities [15:56] Techrights-sec there's probably no avoiding needing 1 car if one has kids but with proper [15:56] Techrights-sec infrastructure, it should be possible to avoid needing a second car [15:56] Techrights-sec most routing trips, such as a work commute, are usually better via mass [15:56] Techrights-sec transit; the time can be used for reading or similar and not just wasted [15:56] Techrights-sec behind the wheel ● Apr 22 [16:02] schestowitz-TR I have taken a TOn of BS out of my life [16:02] schestowitz-TR I still gets tons of spam from my bank tryint to sell my lifestyle through loans [16:02] schestowitz-TR the more incure people are vulnerable to this [16:02] schestowitz-TR they are desperate to show off to people [16:02] schestowitz-TR like Ryan's sister in law "MARISOL" [sic] [16:02] schestowitz-TR overcompensating for growing up in a slum [16:02] schestowitz-TR 1) 1 kid is already too much. The cost of a first is almost the highest [16:02] schestowitz-TR for a whole lot of reasons (yes, we discussed it here before, many times) [16:02] schestowitz-TR 2) second car is like second home (divorice) [16:02] schestowitz-TR (rianne has just interrupted me, saying the enrgy company sent a person here today [16:02] schestowitz-TR to read the meter; they seem to treat us specially now) [16:02] schestowitz-TR 3) looking for parking is time-consuming, the 6-10 costs and chores associated [16:02] schestowitz-TR with owning a car aside (I used to enumerate them mentally) [16:02] schestowitz-TR 4) public transport is safer, the fact you can read while traveling being a plus [16:02] schestowitz-TR some even electric sockets [16:02] schestowitz-TR but reading from paper is good too [16:02] schestowitz-TR if only all these "self-driving" fantasists stopped and thought what that means [16:02] schestowitz-TR wrt to public transport [16:02] schestowitz-TR The Register wrote today about how 'drivers '(now passengers) would be allowed [16:02] schestowitz-TR to watch a movie [16:02] schestowitz-TR they can do the same inside a train [16:02] schestowitz-TR and it's a lot safer than letting a non-human driver crash into things [16:02] schestowitz-TR like cyclists or even walls [16:03] Techrights-sec loans are (most of the time) for fools [16:03] Techrights-sec yep there is a perverse incentive pushing divorces on society, however [16:03] Techrights-sec it's more of the same: [16:03] Techrights-sec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window [16:03] Techrights-sec https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/That_Which_Is_Seen,_and_That_Which_Is_Not_Seen [16:03] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Parable of the broken window - Wikipedia [16:03] Techrights-sec 2) if you're paying for them to read the (*&^% meter they better (*&^% well [16:03] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikisource.org | Essays on Political Economy/That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen - Wikisource, the free online library [16:03] Techrights-sec show up and actually read it [16:03] Techrights-sec If I recall correctly up to a third of the distances driven in cities is spent [16:03] Techrights-sec hunting for parking; it should be treated more like a routing problem with [16:03] Techrights-sec dynamic signs and such at key intersections to route traffic to the right places [16:05] schestowitz-TR cars are just too big [16:05] schestowitz-TR even bicycles can be big [16:05] schestowitz-TR hence the foldable ones became a hit [16:05] schestowitz-TR in japan they have machines thet stack them up underground, IIRC [16:05] schestowitz-TR sksteboards are OK logitically [16:05] schestowitz-TR or scooters [16:05] schestowitz-TR but they have an image problem [16:05] schestowitz-TR weather aside [16:05] schestowitz-TR you can take them into the office without any problem [16:05] schestowitz-TR no need for locks or worries about weather etc. [16:07] Techrights-sec I don't think that most people consider hunting for parking and getting to or [16:07] Techrights-sec from the parking place as part of the time cost of any given trip, even [16:07] Techrights-sec to downtown [16:11] schestowitz-TR "you need to use the car!!! You already paid for it! The battery is low! Show [16:11] schestowitz-TR people you have a car? What else is the point having one !!" [16:11] schestowitz-TR it is the same with flights [16:11] schestowitz-TR the overhead associated with getting there, waiting, takeoff, landing, passports and check-in for international travel ( [16:11] schestowitz-TR even domestic needs check-in, same for boats) [16:11] schestowitz-TR the advertised time is marketing 101 [16:11] schestowitz-TR and it is mentally draining too [16:11] schestowitz-TR but they focus on the meal inside the plane [16:11] schestowitz-TR or the "lounge" at the airport [16:11] schestowitz-TR the gates to the plane are no lounge and you don't get a holicopter from the living room to the airport's roof [16:11] schestowitz-TR they have sayings along the lines of, [16:12] schestowitz-TR everybody shits [16:12] schestowitz-TR or something along those lines [16:12] schestowitz-TR (sometimes farts) [16:12] schestowitz-TR as long as you are human you cannot avoid the tolls and the 'downtime' [16:12] schestowitz-TR and you too will age! [16:12] schestowitz-TR even if you hide it by stretching and injecting things [16:12] Techrights-sec skate board are rather good, except for the image problem [16:12] Techrights-sec sunk cost fallacy [16:12] Techrights-sec flights are worse than cars [16:12] Techrights-sec FWIW today is Earth Day [16:14] schestowitz-TR skateboards are one form of sheel 4 humans [16:14] schestowitz-TR old story about einstein, he asked his parents why his sister (IIRC) did not have wheels [16:14] schestowitz-TR we are very slow animals [16:14] schestowitz-TR no idea how we survived in nature [16:14] schestowitz-TR we never had big numbers anyway... [16:14] schestowitz-TR *wheel 4 humans [16:16] Techrights-sec cosmetic surgery usually is both quite visible and worse than leaving things [16:16] Techrights-sec as they were, in most cases; burns and other injuries are the exception [16:16] Techrights-sec of course [16:16] Techrights-sec Ogre (cyborg) tank(s) [16:16] Techrights-sec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre_(board_game) [16:16] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Ogre (board game) - Wikipedia [16:21] schestowitz-TR I have worked from home for so long that I find it hard to imagine not doing that [16:21] schestowitz-TR except for the rare, few days [16:21] schestowitz-TR I did have some open office experience over the years for a few days [16:21] schestowitz-TR t [16:22] schestowitz-TR That has educational value: DO NOT DO THIS [16:22] schestowitz-TR They make even 6-figure salary engineers sit in a little cubicle [16:22] schestowitz-TR to "maximise" value derived from them [16:22] schestowitz-TR it's a cage or leash of metal and glass [16:22] schestowitz-TR aka "the dream job" [16:22] schestowitz-TR few jobs, from what I have read, pay that much and also let you work from home [16:22] schestowitz-TR pandemic aside [16:22] schestowitz-TR maybe 10% of the jobs or less [16:22] schestowitz-TR IIRC, during pandemic it rose to 20% [16:22] schestowitz-TR but, you know, it's "over now" they insist [16:22] schestowitz-TR so probably bakc to the prior % already [16:22] schestowitz-TR reminds me to check the COVID number this evening... at least the shop where we were has great distancing, sanitiser, plastic separat [16:22] schestowitz-TR ors etc. [16:22] schestowitz-TR most of the people who still wear mask here are east asian [16:22] schestowitz-TR like it's a fashion statement, not a practical consideration [16:23] Techrights-sec tracks not wheels there [16:23] Techrights-sec open plan offices are not about savings of any kind but about taming, breakingor controlling the plebes [16:23] Techrights-sec yes, a /windowless/ cage of metal and glass; the windows are rewards for [16:23] Techrights-sec sucking up enough [16:23] Techrights-sec ack [16:23] Techrights-sec masks should be commonplace still if the general public or the health agencies [16:23] Techrights-sec had even a modicum of concern for other people; [16:39] schestowitz-TR New: "I don't know if I want to do weed again. It did feel good, absolutely, but the thing is, I took maybe two or three hits (i wa [16:39] schestowitz-TR sn't sure how many i needed) and I'm still feeling the effects a whole 24 hours later. That's probably not a good thing!" gemini://pa [16:39] schestowitz-TR rk-city.club/~invis/phlog/039-wead.gmi [16:39] Techrights-sec ack [16:39] Techrights-sec THC is fat soluble and therefore somewhat persistent [16:39] Techrights-sec it also has some interaction with hormones in a way which is not helpful [16:39] Techrights-sec for males [16:45] schestowitz-TR Go Back to Work (the Office), Folks, This Corona Thing is Sooooooo Over http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/04/22/coronavirus-deaths-in-spring/ [16:45] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Go Back to Work (the Office), Folks, This Corona Thing is Sooooooo Over [16:46] schestowitz-TR don't worry, those are just numbers, not people [16:46] schestowitz-TR just numbers [16:46] Techrights-sec ack [16:50] schestowitz-TR https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6296360/ [16:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | Marijuana: interaction with the estrogen receptor - PubMed [16:50] schestowitz-TR https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34460075/ [16:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | The effects of cannabis and cannabinoids on the endocrine system - PubMed [16:50] Techrights-sec https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6296360/ [16:50] Techrights-sec https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34460075/ [16:54] schestowitz-TR i lack statistical data [16:54] schestowitz-TR though I sure some exists [16:54] schestowitz-TR but pot smokers, to me, seem like people who die earl [16:54] schestowitz-TR george carlin, carl sagan, many others [16:54] schestowitz-TR you rarely hear stories like, [16:54] schestowitz-TR "i was having fun smoking joints and here I am aged 90..." [16:54] schestowitz-TR I reckon the probability of this is reduced by a lot [16:54] schestowitz-TR last night I had a strange dream [16:54] schestowitz-TR where snoop dogg (notorious weed smoker) commits suicide [16:54] schestowitz-TR and someone tells me that [16:54] schestowitz-TR when I woke up I realise it's not even so far-fetched [16:54] schestowitz-TR many others rappers I listened to are already dead [16:54] schestowitz-TR very many [16:55] Techrights-sec well maybe it puts people more in tune with reality :/ ● Apr 22 [17:00] schestowitz-TR (I never ever smoked weed; I see no reason to either as alcohol is cheap and works) [17:01] schestowitz-TR alcohol here would cost about 2 pounds for 2-3 glasses of wine [17:01] schestowitz-TR there are cheaper drinks, but they typically mean more calories too [17:01] schestowitz-TR and brewing/distilling process I would not trust [17:01] schestowitz-TR I rarely drink [17:01] schestowitz-TR hallucinations and happiness are not the same thing [17:01] schestowitz-TR both get you away from sadness, the first one more tempoirarily [17:01] schestowitz-TR and at a< high cost [17:01] Techrights-sec no and hallucination is not part of the "normal" weed experience, but the [17:01] Techrights-sec modern varieties have magnitudes more psychoactive components than the old [17:01] Techrights-sec ones [17:06] schestowitz-TR slow news day again, rianne has just "cleaned my feeds" (that's how we say it) [17:06] schestowitz-TR she thinks in terms like cleaning, she keeps the house nice and tidy [17:06] schestowitz-TR (unlike some "local" girls who can be slobs) [17:06] schestowitz-TR not sure if it's a cross-generational thing or cultural [17:06] schestowitz-TR there's a new "starbucks" near us [17:06] schestowitz-TR now we can taste some "Murica" [17:06] schestowitz-TR I spoent ages at the coffee section, which was vast [17:06] schestowitz-TR some brand sell the same things at like 10 times the ptice [17:06] schestowitz-TR *price [17:06] schestowitz-TR one "famous" coffee was 13 pounds for 1 KG [17:07] Techrights-sec nice [17:07] Techrights-sec sounds like great teamwork there [17:07] Techrights-sec The markup at Starbucks is probably terrible; you can get the same coffee [17:07] Techrights-sec beans for 1/10 the cost somewhere else in town; you're paying for [17:07] Techrights-sec 1) having the coffee then and there; 2) the logo [17:07] Techrights-sec Some cultures carry thermoses everywhere [17:10] schestowitz-TR thermoses were every common when I was a kid [17:10] schestowitz-TR then they mostly vanished [17:10] schestowitz-TR as if they were a failed idea [17:10] schestowitz-TR same for hot water bags [17:10] schestowitz-TR grandparents used them a lot [17:10] schestowitz-TR they are ery efficient, next to actually drinking a lot of hot brews [17:10] schestowitz-TR which direcly passed the heat to the circulation [17:10] schestowitz-TR of one's body [17:10] schestowitz-TR atm (still in process) I brew 1 litre of "Arabia" [17:10] schestowitz-TR 1.39 iirc, for 27 grams [17:10] schestowitz-TR one soon per 1.5-2 litres*spoon [17:10] schestowitz-TR the filter is about 3 pennies [17:10] schestowitz-TR and lasts me about 7 litres [17:10] schestowitz-TR so water and electricity became a noticable portion of the overall cost [17:11] Techrights-sec you can have very good coffee in a thermos for 1/10 - 1/20 the price [17:11] Techrights-sec correction (according to going prices) the savings would be at least 1/50 [17:11] Techrights-sec officially it is 7g - 7.5g per 1.25 dl depending on the roast [17:13] schestowitz-TR we got the brewer at 80% at clas olson closedown sale [17:13] schestowitz-TR I add some soy drink [17:13] schestowitz-TR we try not to buy milk unless it's heavily discounted (80-90%+ off) [17:13] Techrights-sec a percolator makes good coffee too [17:13] Techrights-sec soy drink or irish cream ;) [17:15] schestowitz-TR it is a percoilator [17:15] schestowitz-TR we finished 2 or 3 bottles of irish cream this past month [17:15] schestowitz-TR we only have wine left, need to replenish but aldi is full [17:15] schestowitz-TR of covidiots [17:15] schestowitz-TR 2,000 deaths a week is nothing anyway [17:15] schestowitz-TR "man up, son!" [17:16] Techrights-sec :) [17:16] Techrights-sec one can boil coffee too: boil the water and throw in ther right amount [17:16] Techrights-sec of grounds ad then take it off the heat and serve as soon as they grounds sink [17:16] Techrights-sec it helps to shop a few days before the general payday, when most everyone [17:16] Techrights-sec is too broke to buy anything [17:16] Techrights-sec the stores can be quite empty then [17:16] schestowitz-TR Friday noon/lunchtime was good enough. In most isles (~30 meters) it was only us [17:22] Techrights-sec nice; there are /always/ too many people here regardless of when, it's just [17:22] Techrights-sec slightly less crowded certain times over others never clear of crowds [17:22] schestowitz-TR if you feel unwell after you came in close contact with peopole, this can lead to dtress [17:22] schestowitz-TR worse, it can lead to illness [17:22] schestowitz-TR if you feel unwell but you hardly left the house of dressed up like Subzero from Mortal [17:22] schestowitz-TR Kombat, then you know it's probably nothing and carry on, maybbe pop a pill for [17:22] schestowitz-TR pain reduction [17:23] Techrights-sec yes [17:23] Techrights-sec https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Kuai_Liang [17:23] Techrights-sec remember to chew lots of garlic before and while shopping [17:23] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-mortalkombat.fandom.com | Sub-Zero | Mortal Kombat Wiki | Fandom [17:24] schestowitz-TR that is only effective if and when people got too close already [17:24] schestowitz-TR we had bicycle helmets and 4 masks in total, but not too eccentric [17:28] Techrights-sec https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210107-the-432-year-old-manual-on-social-distancing [17:28] Techrights-sec ack [17:28] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-The 432-year-old manual on social distancing - BBC Future [17:29] schestowitz-TR I think only days ago I read something to the effect of, [17:29] schestowitz-TR the old wisdom is, when there's a plague, impose boundaries [17:29] schestowitz-TR people learned later about washing hands [17:29] schestowitz-TR they blamed gods and curses because they knew nothing about micro-organism [17:29] schestowitz-TR not visible at the time [17:29] schestowitz-TR but now we know better. we see the thing, we have detailed statistics, but [17:29] schestowitz-TR even the very basics we decline to do [17:29] schestowitz-TR this is why I use (borrow, steal) the word "covidiot" [17:29] schestowitz-TR Covid Internet of Things [17:29] schestowitz-TR it passes through 5g or something... [17:29] schestowitz-TR (don't say it in Twitter; kaniini got suspended from Twitter for making a joke about this) [17:29] schestowitz-TR Twitter has the sense of humour of a dry potato lik Elon [17:29] schestowitz-TR me opens the two URLs [17:31] schestowitz-TR lol billBC gives me BBC headline, than blank page pretty much [17:31] schestowitz-TR a [17:31] schestowitz-TR browser this bloated is not bloated enough [17:31] schestowitz-TR I also had to click OK like 30 times [17:31] schestowitz-TR so many domains involved in one page [17:31] Techrights-sec :/ [17:31] Techrights-sec twitter, as we all realize, is about mass manipuation of opinion [17:31] Techrights-sec ack [17:32] schestowitz-TR [05:32] schestowitz-TR: https://mas.to/@libreleah/108173793591080886 [17:32] schestowitz-TR [05:32] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- Leah Rowe: "Twitter is blocking me from posting a link to my " - mas.to [17:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Leah Rowe: "Twitter is blocking me from posting a link to my " - mas.to [17:32] schestowitz-TR [05:32] what's that thing you were saying before about "social control media"? [17:32] schestowitz-TR [05:32] i forgot. could you tell me again? [17:32] schestowitz-TR [05:32] fuck twitter [17:32] schestowitz-TR [06:23] leah: so stop being harmful :-D [17:33] Techrights-sec :( [17:33] Techrights-sec I have scripts blocked so I did not notice that crap [17:38] schestowitz-TR https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mkwikia/images/3/3c/Subzero-mk2-fix.gif/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/66?cb=20171230230014 [17:38] schestowitz-TR this is the original one [17:38] schestowitz-TR there were two of this character, the other one in yellow [17:38] schestowitz-TR like ken and ryu in SF2 being the same except in apperance [17:38] schestowitz-TR JP/US [17:38] schestowitz-TR the image shown to the right seems like an "enhanced" version or concept [17:38] schestowitz-TR with lots of ornaments added [17:38] Techrights-sec ack [17:38] schestowitz-TR I don't need sharp objects on me [17:38] schestowitz-TR they would actually increase risk, to me also [17:40] Techrights-sec electicirty maybe? portable tesla coil? [17:44] schestowitz-TR here is the thing [17:44] schestowitz-TR iirc, now we have about 2 million tests per week [17:44] schestowitz-TR and 200,000 cases [17:44] schestowitz-TR that's 1:10 ratio [17:44] schestowitz-TR like I pointed out the other day, when it's 1:2 or 1:3 it means your local authorities [17:44] schestowitz-TR just test to affirm what is almost known already [17:44] schestowitz-TR rather than properly isolating people [17:44] schestowitz-TR in workplace, sick leave exists NOT as a goodwill to workers [17:44] schestowitz-TR it's ABOUT THE EMPLOYER [17:44] schestowitz-TR They don't want you to infect other workers [17:44] schestowitz-TR "Doctor's note" is a formality to make misuse harder [17:44] schestowitz-TR before entering Tesco I reminded rianne the obvious [17:44] schestowitz-TR about the prevalence of it [17:44] schestowitz-TR and said masks are not that important [17:44] schestowitz-TR if you can keep people far away [17:44] schestowitz-TR the masks are not that effective when you suck in air through them [17:45] schestowitz-TR I'm aboout 95KG and would likely not take COVID like a teenager [17:45] schestowitz-TR rianne's sister and my brother did have symptoms [17:45] Techrights-sec ack [17:45] Techrights-sec Not sure. Even with the masks the stores still stink of people. If the [17:45] Techrights-sec stench spreads, presumably so do the pathogens [17:45] Techrights-sec ack [17:47] schestowitz-TR We still wash all the iterms individually [17:47] schestowitz-TR hard to believe lockdowns staretd 25 months ago [17:47] schestowitz-TR 30 days [17:48] schestowitz-TR times 25 [17:48] schestowitz-TR the solution seems to be surrender [17:48] schestowitz-TR as a "balance" between "economy" (whose?) and safety [17:48] schestowitz-TR I should soon do some 2020/21/22 comparisons of people in hospital in summer [17:48] schestowitz-TR it's May soon [17:48] Techrights-sec ack [17:53] Techrights-sec May First there will be lots of crowds and parties and presumably lots of [17:53] Techrights-sec hospitalizations in the following weeks [17:54] schestowitz-TR as crowd sizes double, passage rates more than double, but the relationship depends on the nature of interactions [17:54] schestowitz-TR and incubation, vaccination, infection potency.. [17:55] Techrights-sec ack ● Apr 22 [18:16] schestowitz-TR hang on [18:16] schestowitz-TR just found something else to blog about [18:16] schestowitz-TR eye -opening [18:16] schestowitz-TR Today, UK Count of Deaths With COVID-19 (in the Death Certificate) Officially Rose Above 190,000, But 3,593 More People Have Died Sin [18:16] schestowitz-TR ce http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/04/22/190000-covid-death-certificates/ [18:16] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Today, UK Count of Deaths With COVID-19 (in the Death Certificate) Officially Rose Above 190,000, But 3,593 More People Have Died Since [18:19] schestowitz-TR even though all these blog posts focus on the uk (i spent a lot of time for years tracking the data, so [18:19] schestowitz-TR i understand lapses in it; they still cannot fake death tolls) [18:19] schestowitz-TR the underlying blueprint is liekly shares across nations and regimes [18:19] schestowitz-TR just like their neoliberal policies, inc. privatisation [18:19] schestowitz-TR *shared [18:24] schestowitz-TR I don't supose Falko undmerstands that by outsourcing howtoforge to clownflare [18:24] schestowitz-TR he essentially KILLED all the RSS feeds [18:24] schestowitz-TR I cannot find or do not have contact details for him [18:24] schestowitz-TR no site can survive based on social control media presence or "bookmarks" [18:24] schestowitz-TR not for long anyway ● Apr 22 [19:12] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@dcbid5rj529wa.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:16] schestowitz-TR I am rather sure howtoforge changed quite a few things over the years based on the way [19:16] schestowitz-TR the site is being managed [19:16] schestowitz-TR but their howtos are still very detailed and generally good [19:16] schestowitz-TR but the RSS feed has been dead this year [19:16] schestowitz-TR and I cannot even access articles without running some dodgy JS [19:16] schestowitz-TR From the clowns [19:19] Techrights-sec HowToForge definitely has something very broken about their web "pages" [19:20] schestowitz-TR is it just me? [19:20] schestowitz-TR i assume it's not geo-specific [19:20] schestowitz-TR and that it extends to all objects, even xml/atom [19:20] schestowitz-TR what a bunch of total idiots! [19:20] schestowitz-TR they will kill/doom the site [19:21] Techrights-sec not all their links work on the first few tries :/ [19:21] Techrights-sec Their RSS feed is there and works, but as mentioned not all their links [19:21] Techrights-sec work on the first few tries so that may be a factor interfering with [19:21] Techrights-sec the feeds, too, not just the howtos [19:22] schestowitz-TR try from quiterss [19:22] schestowitz-TR there is a mitm [19:22] schestowitz-TR called clownflare [19:22] schestowitz-TR and it imposes JS on me [19:22] schestowitz-TR always [19:22] schestowitz-TR all requests [19:39] Techrights-sec works from here in QuiteRSS ● Apr 22 [22:09] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [22:09] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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