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schestowitz-TR "Yes, social media sucks. Yes we'd all be better off without it. Yes, you, who left it, are better off now. But "better off" doesn't mean "better than"." gemini://skylarhill.me/posts/dance-monkey.gmiMay 23 06:34
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schestowitz-TRManchester will be a happy place today https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/manchester-city-parade-63788833May 23 07:30
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.mancity.com | Manchester City to celebrate title win with open-top bus paradeMay 23 07:30
schestowitz-TRwe expect to leave home around 5:30 (I'm off work for about 8 days!!)May 23 07:31
schestowitz-TRthen send parcel (ebay sale), watch the parade (they typically give flags and stuff free), then carry backMay 23 07:31
schestowitz-TRas much bargain as possibleMay 23 07:32
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "The really interesting thing to me is the effect that this has on content creators. This external reward structure in the forms of likes and comments hijacks a user's motivations for posting." gemini://skylarhill.me/posts/dance-monkey.gmiMay 23 07:34
schestowitz-TR "In practice, however, creators end up making stuff they think will get "engagement" (yet another disgusting corporate term for "keeping people on the site as long as possible"). In some cases, this drive to make "engaging" content is monetarily reinforced through ad-share revenue" gemini://skylarhill.me/posts/dance-monkey.gmiMay 23 07:34
schestowitz-TRall of today's gz backup files are OK (just checked), new very slow so far todayMay 23 07:52
schestowitz-TRthe main channel had a lot of Russian politics in itMay 23 08:22
schestowitz-TRbut given the situation and the dissenter it is almost understandableMay 23 08:22
schestowitz-TRI think some feel an obligation or duty to speak outMay 23 08:22
schestowitz-TRalso in emails I receivedMay 23 08:22
schestowitz-TRthey're feeling like 'NPCs'May 23 08:22
schestowitz-TRand so there's a sense of guiltMay 23 08:22
Techrights-secackMay 23 08:39
schestowitz-TRWhen it comes to chromebooks, sounds tends to be remotaly killed by Gulag updates if youMay 23 11:14
schestowitz-TRare using cruotonMay 23 11:14
schestowitz-TRif that boots right into Linux Mint or GalleumOS, then I don't see how Gulag can sabotage anythingMay 23 11:14
schestowitz-TRdraftMay 23 11:19
Techrights-secackMay 23 11:23
Techrights-sec"Team UPC" could be clarified with a few extra wordsMay 23 11:23
Techrights-seci.e. which cabal is still (illegally) pushing for UPCMay 23 11:23
schestowitz-TRthanks, I've expanded thatMay 23 11:24
schestowitz-TRI'm going to record another one nowMay 23 11:24
schestowitz-TRswpats videoMay 23 11:24
schestowitz-TRbased on something I saw ehile shavingMay 23 11:24
schestowitz-TROTAMay 23 11:24
Techrights-secackMay 23 13:28
Techrights-secs/granting/illegal granting of invalid/May 23 13:28
Techrights-secor something similarly strongMay 23 13:28
Techrights-sec"But welcome the bizarre world of diplomatic immunity." ... a few words May 23 13:28
Techrights-secremininding the reader of the role of / scope of diplomatic immunity thereMay 23 13:28
Techrights-secat the EPOMay 23 13:28
Techrights-secwould helpMay 23 13:28
Techrights-secs/how he got here (/how he got there, through /May 23 13:28
schestowitz-TRdraftMay 23 13:29
schestowitz-TRamdnededMay 23 13:29
schestowitz-TRwith boldMay 23 13:29
schestowitz-TRthe text should be clearer nowMay 23 13:29
schestowitz-TRyou can see that the pattern is lowering support for himMay 23 13:29
schestowitz-TRit's importannt at this timeMay 23 13:29
Techrights-seccheckingMay 23 13:50
Techrights-secThe parenthesis can be avoided by using workse like and/or/with/furthermore May 23 13:50
Techrights-secand so onMay 23 13:50
Techrights-sec^parenthesesMay 23 13:50
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schestowitz-TRpamnil appears to have put the clickfarms or clickbots on holdMay 23 15:53
schestowitz-TRthis is what we wantMay 23 15:53
schestowitz-TRlike when we called out forbesMay 23 15:53
schestowitz-TRthey don't wish to deepen the scanal or attract attentionMay 23 15:53
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> The Register gives a platform to Microsoft FUD. Jessica Lyons Hardcastle? Never heard/saw this name before. "Microsoft sounds the alarm on – wait for it – a Linux botnet" = Microsoft TROLLING and Googlebombing to distract from its OWN security blunders.May 23 16:07
schestowitz-TRI never even linked to any of these articlesMay 23 16:14
schestowitz-TRthe news today is slow but not too much FUD so farMay 23 16:14
schestowitz-TRre spamnil, he also stopped sabotaging linux.com or they removed his access to itMay 23 16:14
schestowitz-TRfirst perlow, now some apple userMay 23 16:14
schestowitz-TRLF is a clusterfuckMay 23 16:14
Techrights-secackMay 23 16:15
Techrights-sechopefully the removed his access, but firing the editors and putting him on   May 23 16:15
Techrights-secthere only ever looked like it was intended to destroy the public's interestMay 23 16:15
Techrights-secin the site so that they could later on shut it down without protestMay 23 16:15
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Microsoft and Bad Security • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/165172May 23 16:25
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | Microsoft and Bad Security | Tux MachinesMay 23 16:25
Techrights-secLF could do a lot of good but with the magnitude and scope of the infiltrationMay 23 16:25
Techrights-secat all levels, it only exists to mess witn Linux and wear down LTMay 23 16:25
schestowitz-TRthis, I think, is the most effective rebuttal to the "Micrsofot... says... Linux"May 23 16:26
schestowitz-TRJust need more material on the blunders, e.g. in  Costa RicaMay 23 16:26
schestowitz-TRadvanced morning: will be afk in circa 30mMay 23 16:41
schestowitz-TRfood, sending parcel, watching the Man City parade, which should be funMay 23 16:41
schestowitz-TRyou never know if it's the last time ever they win thisMay 23 16:41
schestowitz-TRor if the next time will be 20 years from nowMay 23 16:41
schestowitz-TR"you don't value it till you lose it"May 23 16:41
schestowitz-TR    /s/morning/warningMay 23 16:41
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "Meta tried to put a positive spin on its latest news about Facebook, but it’s still alarming. The “widely-viewed content report” was shared with a new way of calculating which links belong in the top positions, but it really shows that much of its most-read content on Facebook is spam." https://www.maketecheasier.com/facebook-algorithm-spam-top-20-links/May 23 16:45
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.maketecheasier.com | New Facebook Algorithm Shows Spam in Top 20 Links - Make Tech EasierMay 23 16:45
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schestowitz-TRit was getting overcrowded around the time the buses passed byMay 23 20:12
schestowitz-TRvery crowdedMay 23 20:12
schestowitz-TRdid not foresee thisMay 23 20:12
schestowitz-TRwe'll do a test soonMay 23 20:12
Techrights-secackMay 23 20:21
Techrights-secSARS-CoV-2 or monkeypox? May 23 20:21
schestowitz-TRMozilla MonkeyPoxMay 23 20:21
Techrights-secMozilla is its own type of pox nowadays, but the money trail leads back toMay 23 20:27
Techrights-secGoogleMay 23 20:27
schestowitz-TRsdanitary conditions in gulags are notoriously badMay 23 20:27
schestowitz-TRyou might even catch "bollyinsider"May 23 20:28
schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/resetyoursoul22/status/1528765562570039298#mMay 23 20:29
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Lee (@resetyoursoul22): "Bill Gates’ God Complex: Common Core a One-Man Campaign of Greed and Control | Techrights http://techrights.org/2014/09/04/common-core-backlash/" | nitter.itMay 23 20:29
schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/resetyoursoul22/status/1528765562570039298#mMay 23 20:29
Techrights-secor condenastMay 23 20:30
Techrights-secdidn't quite fit in with their main themeMay 23 20:30
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/KappertGerda/status/1528762042328526848May 23 20:32
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@KappertGerda: https://t.co/lFXVahtmqvMay 23 20:32
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/KappertGerda/status/1528762042328526848May 23 20:32
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Techrights-secinterestingMay 23 20:49
Techrights-secIt's been known for a long time that Ito was up to his ears in the messMay 23 20:49
Techrights-secthe only question is about in what way(s) was he involvedMay 23 20:49
Techrights-sechowever the twitter link is more than a little dodgyMay 23 20:49
schestowitz-TRTwitter IS dodgyMay 23 20:49
schestowitz-TR3dprinting will never be economic and efficient like mass production with pre-customisd machinary and assemblyMay 23 20:52
schestowitz-TRso it should be considered a hobby?May 23 20:52
schestowitz-TRfun? do it. education? great!May 23 20:52
schestowitz-TRwhen the fun is over and it's just a drag (time), you can push it aside, unlike kidsMay 23 20:52
schestowitz-TRsome idiot kids in the parade todayMay 23 20:52
schestowitz-TRone of them dropped out shopping bagMay 23 20:52
schestowitz-TRrianne was more angry than meMay 23 20:52
schestowitz-TRbut she seems to have no patience for them May 23 20:52
schestowitz-TRin an interview about a decade ago linus torvalds said that he had purchased a 3d printing for one of his kidsMay 23 20:54
schestowitz-TRcannot remember which one, but the one more into scienceMay 23 20:54
schestowitz-TRthen again, torvalds can aford to get money expensive toys and then throw them asideMay 23 20:54
Techrights-secackMay 23 20:56
Techrights-secit's not appropriate for most people, it requires a lot of time to get throughMay 23 20:56
Techrights-seclearning all the adjustments needed to actually print an existing designMay 23 20:56
Techrights-secsuccessfully.  Very little is automated and much of that needs to be tunedMay 23 20:56
Techrights-secon a per printer+filament basisMay 23 20:56
Techrights-secthere is even stuff like ambient temperature and humidity to worry aboutMay 23 20:56
schestowitz-TRlike plotters with cad (a friend's parents used both when wee were small kids)May 23 20:56
schestowitz-TRhelp with prototypingMay 23 20:56
schestowitz-TRmaybe this should really be a niche product for prototypers and/or artistsMay 23 20:56
Techrights-secplotters are quite nice and not nearly as difficultMay 23 20:57
Techrights-sec3D is ok for some prototyping and many kinds of one-off itemsMay 23 20:57
Techrights-secHowever, the speeds is measured in hours and days not secondsMay 23 20:57
schestowitz-TRcovid-19 was exploited for marketing in the 3dprinting arenaMay 23 20:58
schestowitz-TRthe life-saving slantMay 23 20:58
schestowitz-TRnot that there was no element of truth to itMay 23 20:58
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Thunderbird By The Numbers: Our 2021 Financial Report • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/165176 Jason Evangelho found a better place to write than Forbes; Forbes is hostileMay 23 21:08
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | Thunderbird By The Numbers: Our 2021 Financial Report | Tux MachinesMay 23 21:08

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