●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, May 23, 2022 ●● ● May 23 [00:02] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [00:23] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 23 [03:13] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:13] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:20] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [03:20] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [03:44] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) ● May 23 [04:04] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [04:04] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● May 23 [06:34] 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.gmi [06:51] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● May 23 [07:30] schestowitz-TR Manchester will be a happy place today https://www.mancity.com/news/mens/manchester-city-parade-63788833 [07:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.mancity.com | Manchester City to celebrate title win with open-top bus parade [07:31] schestowitz-TR we expect to leave home around 5:30 (I'm off work for about 8 days!!) [07:31] schestowitz-TR then send parcel (ebay sale), watch the parade (they typically give flags and stuff free), then carry back [07:32] schestowitz-TR as much bargain as possible [07:34] schestowitz-TR "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.gmi [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.gmi [07:52] schestowitz-TR all of today's gz backup files are OK (just checked), new very slow so far today ● May 23 [08:22] schestowitz-TR the main channel had a lot of Russian politics in it [08:22] schestowitz-TR but given the situation and the dissenter it is almost understandable [08:22] schestowitz-TR I think some feel an obligation or duty to speak out [08:22] schestowitz-TR also in emails I received [08:22] schestowitz-TR they're feeling like 'NPCs' [08:22] schestowitz-TR and so there's a sense of guilt [08:39] Techrights-sec ack ● May 23 [11:14] schestowitz-TR When it comes to chromebooks, sounds tends to be remotaly killed by Gulag updates if you [11:14] schestowitz-TR are using cruoton [11:14] schestowitz-TR if that boots right into Linux Mint or GalleumOS, then I don't see how Gulag can sabotage anything [11:19] schestowitz-TR draft [11:23] Techrights-sec ack [11:23] Techrights-sec "Team UPC" could be clarified with a few extra words [11:23] Techrights-sec i.e. which cabal is still (illegally) pushing for UPC [11:24] schestowitz-TR thanks, I've expanded that [11:24] schestowitz-TR I'm going to record another one now [11:24] schestowitz-TR swpats video [11:24] schestowitz-TR based on something I saw ehile shaving [11:24] schestowitz-TR OTA ● May 23 [13:28] Techrights-sec ack [13:28] Techrights-sec s/granting/illegal granting of invalid/ [13:28] Techrights-sec or something similarly strong [13:28] Techrights-sec "But welcome the bizarre world of diplomatic immunity." ... a few words [13:28] Techrights-sec remininding the reader of the role of / scope of diplomatic immunity there [13:28] Techrights-sec at the EPO [13:28] Techrights-sec would help [13:28] Techrights-sec s/how he got here (/how he got there, through / [13:29] schestowitz-TR draft [13:29] schestowitz-TR amdneded [13:29] schestowitz-TR with bold [13:29] schestowitz-TR the text should be clearer now [13:29] schestowitz-TR you can see that the pattern is lowering support for him [13:29] schestowitz-TR it's importannt at this time [13:50] Techrights-sec checking [13:50] Techrights-sec The parenthesis can be avoided by using workse like and/or/with/furthermore [13:50] Techrights-sec and so on [13:50] Techrights-sec ^parentheses [13:53] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 23 [14:58] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:58] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 23 [15:53] schestowitz-TR pamnil appears to have put the clickfarms or clickbots on hold [15:53] schestowitz-TR this is what we want [15:53] schestowitz-TR like when we called out forbes [15:53] schestowitz-TR they don't wish to deepen the scanal or attract attention ● May 23 [16:07] schestowitz-TR 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. [16:14] schestowitz-TR I never even linked to any of these articles [16:14] schestowitz-TR the news today is slow but not too much FUD so far [16:14] schestowitz-TR re spamnil, he also stopped sabotaging linux.com or they removed his access to it [16:14] schestowitz-TR first perlow, now some apple user [16:14] schestowitz-TR LF is a clusterfuck [16:15] Techrights-sec ack [16:15] Techrights-sec hopefully the removed his access, but firing the editors and putting him on [16:15] Techrights-sec there only ever looked like it was intended to destroy the public's interest [16:15] Techrights-sec in the site so that they could later on shut it down without protest [16:25] schestowitz-TR Microsoft and Bad Security Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/165172 [16:25] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | Microsoft and Bad Security | Tux Machines [16:25] Techrights-sec LF could do a lot of good but with the magnitude and scope of the infiltration [16:25] Techrights-sec at all levels, it only exists to mess witn Linux and wear down LT [16:26] schestowitz-TR this, I think, is the most effective rebuttal to the "Micrsofot... says... Linux" [16:26] schestowitz-TR Just need more material on the blunders, e.g. in Costa Rica [16:41] schestowitz-TR advanced morning: will be afk in circa 30m [16:41] schestowitz-TR food, sending parcel, watching the Man City parade, which should be fun [16:41] schestowitz-TR you never know if it's the last time ever they win this [16:41] schestowitz-TR or if the next time will be 20 years from now [16:41] schestowitz-TR "you don't value it till you lose it" [16:41] schestowitz-TR /s/morning/warning [16:45] schestowitz-TR "Meta tried to put a positive spin on its latest news about Facebook, but its 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/ [16:45] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.maketecheasier.com | New Facebook Algorithm Shows Spam in Top 20 Links - Make Tech Easier [16:47] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@h7iw4a7g7hh8u.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 23 [17:37] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 23 [18:00] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:53] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@bcxkc2v6udpeu.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 23 [20:12] schestowitz-TR it was getting overcrowded around the time the buses passed by [20:12] schestowitz-TR very crowded [20:12] schestowitz-TR did not foresee this [20:12] schestowitz-TR we'll do a test soon [20:21] Techrights-sec ack [20:21] Techrights-sec SARS-CoV-2 or monkeypox? [20:21] schestowitz-TR Mozilla MonkeyPox [20:27] Techrights-sec Mozilla is its own type of pox nowadays, but the money trail leads back to [20:27] Techrights-sec Google [20:27] schestowitz-TR sdanitary conditions in gulags are notoriously bad [20:28] schestowitz-TR you might even catch "bollyinsider" [20:29] schestowitz-TR https://nitter.it/resetyoursoul22/status/1528765562570039298#m [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.it [20:29] schestowitz-TR https://nitter.it/resetyoursoul22/status/1528765562570039298#m [20:30] Techrights-sec or condenast [20:30] Techrights-sec didn't quite fit in with their main theme [20:32] schestowitz https://twitter.com/KappertGerda/status/1528762042328526848 [20:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@KappertGerda: https://t.co/lFXVahtmqv [20:32] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> Google Image Result for http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/mit-epstein-gates.jpg [20:32] schestowitz https://twitter.com/KappertGerda/status/1528762042328526848 [20:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [20:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [20:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:49] Techrights-sec interesting [20:49] Techrights-sec It's been known for a long time that Ito was up to his ears in the mess [20:49] Techrights-sec the only question is about in what way(s) was he involved [20:49] Techrights-sec however the twitter link is more than a little dodgy [20:49] schestowitz-TR Twitter IS dodgy [20:52] schestowitz-TR 3dprinting will never be economic and efficient like mass production with pre-customisd machinary and assembly [20:52] schestowitz-TR so it should be considered a hobby? [20:52] schestowitz-TR fun? do it. education? great! [20:52] schestowitz-TR when the fun is over and it's just a drag (time), you can push it aside, unlike kids [20:52] schestowitz-TR some idiot kids in the parade today [20:52] schestowitz-TR one of them dropped out shopping bag [20:52] schestowitz-TR rianne was more angry than me [20:52] schestowitz-TR but she seems to have no patience for them [20:54] schestowitz-TR in an interview about a decade ago linus torvalds said that he had purchased a 3d printing for one of his kids [20:54] schestowitz-TR cannot remember which one, but the one more into science [20:54] schestowitz-TR then again, torvalds can aford to get money expensive toys and then throw them aside [20:56] Techrights-sec ack [20:56] Techrights-sec it's not appropriate for most people, it requires a lot of time to get through [20:56] Techrights-sec learning all the adjustments needed to actually print an existing design [20:56] Techrights-sec successfully. Very little is automated and much of that needs to be tuned [20:56] Techrights-sec on a per printer+filament basis [20:56] Techrights-sec there is even stuff like ambient temperature and humidity to worry about [20:56] schestowitz-TR like plotters with cad (a friend's parents used both when wee were small kids) [20:56] schestowitz-TR help with prototyping [20:56] schestowitz-TR maybe this should really be a niche product for prototypers and/or artists [20:57] Techrights-sec plotters are quite nice and not nearly as difficult [20:57] Techrights-sec 3D is ok for some prototyping and many kinds of one-off items [20:57] Techrights-sec However, the speeds is measured in hours and days not seconds [20:58] schestowitz-TR covid-19 was exploited for marketing in the 3dprinting arena [20:58] schestowitz-TR the life-saving slant [20:58] schestowitz-TR not that there was no element of truth to it ● May 23 [21:08] schestowitz-TR 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 hostile [21:08] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | Thunderbird By The Numbers: Our 2021 Financial Report | Tux Machines