●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, June 23, 2022 ●● ● Jun 23 [03:16] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:21] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 23 [07:15] schestowitz-TR The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents https://scheerpost.com/2022/06/22/the-federal-bureau-of-tweets-twitter-is-hiring-an-alarming-number-of-fbi-agents/ | Source: Scheerpost [07:15] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-The Federal Bureau of Tweets: Twitter is Hiring an Alarming Number of FBI Agents scheerpost.com [07:22] schestowitz-TR HDMI = DRM https://hackaday.com/2022/06/22/hdmi-is-an-attack-surface-so-heres-an-hdmi-firewall/ | Source: Hackaday [07:22] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-HDMI Is An Attack Surface, So Heres An HDMI Firewall | Hackaday [07:23] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [07:28] Techrights-sec2 yes HDMI has DRM embedded [07:28] Techrights-sec2 it's being sneake in everywhere, in the war on general-purpose computing [07:29] schestowitz-TR not even one article about coronavirus today [07:29] schestowitz-TR the news is rather depressing today [07:29] Techrights-sec2 ack ● Jun 23 [08:28] Techrights-sec2 they're universally ignorig the epidemic and the behaviors which worsen it [08:28] Techrights-sec2 one rag had a bullshit article blaming "lockdowns" for the economic troubles [08:28] Techrights-sec2 in the UK and ignored the role "Brexit" had in smashing the economy [08:28] Techrights-sec2 furthermore the news reports continue to ignore the explosive growth [08:28] Techrights-sec2 of overpopulation and the problems, such as climate collapse, it is causing [08:28] Techrights-sec2 related to water "shortages" and drought, both [08:28] schestowitz-TR I think this is what bothered me the most, not second to the LF spam [08:29] Techrights-sec2 ack [08:30] schestowitz-TR so started the day, after oversleeping 3.5 hours (alarm did not work) [08:30] schestowitz-TR with some bad news [08:30] schestowitz-TR at least I got many posts on EPO done [08:30] schestowitz-TR I might focus on that for th coming weeks [08:30] schestowitz-TR since it's an area where we have moire impact [08:30] Techrights-sec2 ack [08:30] Techrights-sec2 EPO posts are important [08:33] Techrights-sec2 especially with the action next week [08:39] schestowitz-TR we need a lot of startegic and mental recalibration, I think [08:39] schestowitz-TR in light of protocols, issues (threats), economic realities [08:39] schestowitz-TR and things like social control media along with Gulag Noise being more or less a [08:39] schestowitz-TR control mechanism (psydroid just shared a link about BillG spending [08:39] schestowitz-TR $100ml to keep Twitter to himself and his buddies) [08:42] Techrights-sec2 There was a decent blog post (albeit on the proprietary site Medium) about [08:42] Techrights-sec2 the problems of Reddit [08:42] Techrights-sec2 It is blocked by gratuitious javascript but shows some interesting things [08:42] Techrights-sec2 about the censorship there [08:42] Techrights-sec2 Control mechanisms consist mostly of the public, including much of the tech [08:42] Techrights-sec2 sector, mistaking social control media for communications tools rather [08:42] Techrights-sec2 than seeing them for the control and misdirection which they actually are [08:43] schestowitz-TR I thought abotu doing an open letter to ItsFOSS, ZDNet/SJVN and FOSSForce [08:43] schestowitz-TR to ask them how they deem it ethical that they receive bribes from proprietary software [08:43] schestowitz-TR companies to push LF spam and diploma mills [08:43] schestowitz-TR but that would likely just make us fewer allies [08:44] Techrights-sec2 if you can prove they have bribes from the proprietary software houses ... [08:44] Techrights-sec2 yes that would irritate them in the wrong way and while some are now mostly [08:44] Techrights-sec2 bad they are not yet /all/ bad [08:44] Techrights-sec2 that situation sucks [08:44] Techrights-sec2 since it is apparent that they are all in a downward spiral, some much further [08:44] Techrights-sec2 down than the others ● Jun 23 [09:02] schestowitz-TR the only solace I have these days [09:02] schestowitz-TR is that most of my friends online who do reporting on difficult issues [09:02] schestowitz-TR are in vastly worse trouble than me [09:02] schestowitz-TR at least for now [09:02] schestowitz-TR that can quickly change if one is not careful [09:02] Techrights-sec2 :( [09:02] Techrights-sec2 I hope that their situations improve as well as even your own [09:04] schestowitz-TR for me, the main nuisance is morale [09:04] schestowitz-TR I lost track of how many annoying, demorialising, depressing news I saw this morning [09:04] schestowitz-TR I had some more adjectives but forgot them [09:04] schestowitz-TR anyway, thew LF trash I shelve with editorial comments mostly in TM comments [09:04] schestowitz-TR to reduce their visibility [09:04] schestowitz-TR in TR they already show up further down in very long pages [09:04] schestowitz-TR this is one of many struggles [09:04] schestowitz-TR but one that we are bettere equipped to handle [09:05] Techrights-sec2 It's all depressing and one has to become somewhat inured to certtain news [09:05] Techrights-sec2 or else it's not possible to wade through it. However, leaving social control [09:05] Techrights-sec2 media is the best way to avoid completely unnecessary toxicity and misinformation / disinformation. [09:07] schestowitz-TR Gulag News included. Most of the "Linux" security BS came from there [09:07] schestowitz-TR not seeing it isn't ideal, as you cannot respond, but the priority should be pro-Linux news finding [09:09] schestowitz-TR tbh,m I do NOT know where the Web and Net are going [09:09] schestowitz-TR nobody knows for sure, either [09:09] schestowitz-TR it's a very multi-dimentional simulation problem [09:09] schestowitz-TR but it seems safer to assume Mozilla will perish and not be bought (foundation, so tricky) [09:09] schestowitz-TR then, what happens to the Web I do not know [09:09] schestowitz-TR you sent me a link to the effect of Gulag engs just impkemewnting browser stuff [09:09] schestowitz-TR and later "standardising" what was implemented [09:09] schestowitz-TR This is WebOOXML [09:11] Techrights-sec2 The web is in big trouble since the change happened where W3C no longer calls [09:11] Techrights-sec2 the shots but instead merely documents the wishes of Google and Facebook [09:11] Techrights-sec2 The collapse of the cryptocurrencies might be helpful in breaking the [09:11] Techrights-sec2 "Web3" hype and, if we are lucky, cancel movement in that direction. [09:11] Techrights-sec2 Yes, they just do what hurts the public while benefiting Google, and only Google, and then document that new behavior as the new standard. They've been [09:11] Techrights-sec2 doing that so long that it would be very hard to rein them in again. [09:11] Techrights-sec2 TBL was *no* help in that regard, him and his EME crap. [09:11] schestowitz-TR not just EME. That was just the cherry on top of the shitcake [09:11] schestowitz-TR that had been cooking for quite some time already [09:12] Techrights-sec2 s/cooking/fermenting/ [09:14] schestowitz-TR what should we do? broad question, I know... [09:14] schestowitz-TR people often ask that [09:14] schestowitz-TR when things get really bad, like in recent years [09:14] schestowitz-TR they want to do something, but they lack the coordination, even if they can or could mobilise in large groups [09:14] schestowitz-TR orf courrse many take that to "social" "media" where their actions are controlled by those whom they oppose [09:15] Techrights-sec2 they take to social control media where their ability to communicate is [09:15] Techrights-sec2 quickly neutralized either through algorithmic interference, shadowbanning, [09:15] Techrights-sec2 or simply chaff from shills [09:16] schestowitz-TR it looks like epo is about to collapse completely [09:16] schestowitz-TR that would mean upc too [09:16] schestowitz-TR mobilising most of the insiders can lead to it [09:16] schestowitz-TR but it looks like Campinos pays 6 million europs to lawyers who attack the staff [09:16] schestowitz-TR and maybe they pay more for union busters [09:17] schestowitz-TR it seems like that in light of what we covered last night [09:21] Techrights-sec2 European Patent Convention (real) or European Patent Court (fraud) [09:21] Techrights-sec2 ?? [09:21] Techrights-sec2 Shedding light on the Union busting is very important [09:22] schestowitz-TR need more leaks for that [09:22] schestowitz-TR we did 8 posts about EPO last night after you had afk [09:22] schestowitz-TR then overslept [09:22] schestowitz-TR maybe the body knew better than the failing alarm clock [09:22] schestowitz-TR either way, here we are [09:22] schestowitz-TR I'm looking for ways to tackle the issues [09:22] schestowitz-TR and tbh we're increasingly ioslated [09:22] schestowitz-TR not much help from other orgs [09:22] schestowitz-TR they perish fast [09:22] schestowitz-TR or waste all their time fighting against lawyers [09:31] schestowitz-TR notice I've posted 4-5 batches of Daily Links lately [09:31] schestowitz-TR in our own little way, by curating with rss, we can do a little to tackle the social control media [09:31] schestowitz-TR and gulag noise issue, I think [09:31] schestowitz-TR we're tiny compared to them [09:31] schestowitz-TR but it's one way we can at least try to peddle in the right direction [09:32] schestowitz-TR though the aors move, [09:32] schestowitz-TR *oars [09:32] schestowitz-TR we'll never managed to get back to the "Web we Had" [09:32] schestowitz-TR meanwhile, Linux means nothing (see Linux.com) [09:32] schestowitz-TR Gulag Noise tells me it it's some transvestite "Last Month in NYC" [09:35] schestowitz-TR http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/166352#comment-34110 [09:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.tuxmachines.org | Linux and Linux Foundation | Tux Machines [09:35] Techrights-sec2 ack [09:37] schestowitz-TR Maybe 'Linux' Foundation holds its event in Texas because it reckons a ton of lies will be better tolerated around that area [09:38] Techrights-sec2 checking [09:38] Techrights-sec2 they did an "interview" with LT [09:38] Techrights-sec2 presumably LT's pimp scheduled the meetup [09:38] schestowitz-TR yes, and then coin-operated SJVN did an abligatory puff piece for LF (Microsoft) funded ZDNet [09:38] schestowitz-TR They use him like a mascot or prop [09:40] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:42] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Connection closed) [09:42] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [09:42] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:46] Techrights-sec2 until they can succeed in making him seem irrelevant and thus discardable [09:47] schestowitz-TR sooner or later they figure out how to silence people, like suing them (techdirt), scaring them (groklaw), harassing them (Daniel P)... [09:47] schestowitz-TR he too will be on some lists of some interests [09:47] schestowitz-TR afaik, he is still relatively new in the (h)acktivism turf [09:47] Techrights-sec2 yes he is still very relevant and they most important technical person in the [09:47] Techrights-sec2 whole project [09:48] schestowitz-TR coffee break, need to get back to normal mental tempo [09:48] schestowitz-TR btw, Daniel P also write sa load of crap sometimes [09:48] schestowitz-TR but he did not originally [09:48] schestowitz-TR it was a result of the abuse he recived [09:49] Techrights-sec2 ack [09:49] Techrights-sec2 yes not everything at his blog is press worthy [09:49] Techrights-sec2 harrassment and bullying do take their toll regardless of the strenght and [09:49] Techrights-sec2 'righteousness' of the target [09:52] schestowitz-TR covid19 [09:52] schestowitz-TR water [09:52] schestowitz-TR feamine (related, not the same) [09:52] schestowitz-TR military budget [09:52] schestowitz-TR war with russia (already happenining, but localised, proxy) [09:52] schestowitz-TR war on media [09:52] schestowitz-TR lots of issues to be covered [09:52] schestowitz-TR I need to focus on just EPO until end of June [09:52] schestowitz-TR and sort out the employment status ● Jun 23 [10:12] schestowitz-TR British Hospitals Increasingly Overpopulated With COVID-19 Patients Again (and It's Only Summer!) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/06/23/hospitals-summer-of-covid/ [10:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive British Hospitals Increasingly Overpopulated With COVID-19 Patients Again (and Its Only Summer!) [10:12] schestowitz-TR I will write more about covid-19, but it's a race here against vanishing data disclosure [10:12] schestowitz-TR that helps highlight a number of key issues like business loybbing ()e.g. aiurlines, hotals) and [10:12] schestowitz-TR also aspects related to overpopulation and need to have people commute a lot less, to name just [10:12] schestowitz-TR a few issues [10:12] schestowitz-TR turning the siwtch "off" on COVID-19 to get back to... war with Russia, is not acceptable [10:13] Techrights-sec2 ack [10:15] schestowitz-TR iirc, (it is conbfusing what they say) this evening they will rel;ease more data. mondays and thurs. [10:15] schestowitz-TR I may write more. [10:15] schestowitz-TR if nobody writes about a topic, e.g. epo, it does not mean this is not important [10:15] schestowitz-TR just checked latest wordpress dump, it is OK ● Jun 23 [11:02] Techrights-sec2 I will try doing the remote backups again soon. They have been difficult of [11:02] Techrights-sec2 late, something bogs them down. [11:02] schestowitz-TR do you know at which end? [11:03] Techrights-sec2 not sure but it had been grinding away without progress so [11:03] Techrights-sec2 if I cannot find a way around that, I will look into other options for backup [11:04] schestowitz-TR OK, I am going to get offsite backups too [11:04] schestowitz-TR just had to turn of ipfs here [11:04] schestowitz-TR without throttling [11:04] schestowitz-TR because it turns out last night thew cron job did not work right [11:04] schestowitz-TR as I overslept [11:04] schestowitz-TR and the IRC post thus produced an empty table [11:04] schestowitz-TR I'm working to correct this atm [11:14] Techrights-sec2 ack [11:18] schestowitz-TR I ama slso updating the pi atm (mostly vlc-related pacxpackages) [11:18] schestowitz-TR still no kernel update [11:18] schestowitz-TR so I need to swiutch ipfs on and off\ [11:18] Techrights-sec2 ack [11:29] schestowitz-TR done, wow that one missed alarm did cost a lot of time [11:29] schestowitz-TR other than the time overslept ;/ [11:29] schestowitz-TR downloading latest DB dumps now [11:29] schestowitz-TR won't include any of the file system :/ ● Jun 23 [12:20] Techrights-sec2 trying backups now [12:20] Techrights-sec2 did not work [12:23] schestowitz-TR as I understand it or guess, rsync is bruce-forcing shecksums of portions of files or whole files [12:23] schestowitz-TR so it is very i/o intensive [12:44] schestowitz-TR I've just rsynched uploads directory for the year [12:44] schestowitz-TR 670MB total [12:55] Techrights-sec2 I wonder if slowing it down /a lot/ might help [12:57] schestowitz-TR I am guessing that with LUKS scanning contiguous blocks would be a lot less efficienct than, say, the server side [12:57] schestowitz-TR I don't know how full disk encyrption works in practice [12:57] Techrights-sec2 slowing it down does not help ... ● Jun 23 [13:00] Techrights-sec2 trying with --inc-recursive instead ... [13:01] schestowitz-TR If you track bugs via rss feeds, maybe you saw a similar issue associated with a particular new version? [13:01] schestowitz-TR hard to believe rsync was not fully tested with encryption partitions [13:13] Techrights-sec2 the problem has persisted since the autumn, iirc [13:13] Techrights-sec2 this is not lennertware but lennertware is upstream :/ [13:13] Techrights-sec2 I'll try with a different architecture but need to add a bunch of packages [13:24] Techrights-sec2 seems to work on Linux 5.15.32-v8+ aarch64 [13:24] Techrights-sec2 without problem, perhaps the problem is limited to x86_64 :( [13:24] Techrights-sec2 that's annoying [13:24] Techrights-sec2 the files are 1.3 GB in size [13:25] schestowitz-TR thanks, it's good to have offsite backups too [13:25] schestowitz-TR not that there's any tension at present [13:25] schestowitz-TR but trusting that one raid is "thoughts and prayers" [13:36] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:36] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:38] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:38] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 23 [14:32] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:33] schestowitz-TR "i've read some posts here and am excited to get to know y'all. i used to spend most if not all my time on twitter, but slowly i'm weaning off of it. didn't really serve me much apart from a time-killer and a mind-occupier." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/1030 [14:40] schestowitz > Now the cat is out of the bag ... [14:40] schestowitz > [14:40] schestowitz > -------- Forwarded Message -------- [14:40] schestowitz > Subject: recognition of Linus Torvalds, Honorary Debian Developer [14:40] schestowitz > Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:32:32 +0200 [14:40] schestowitz > From: Daniel Pocock [14:40] schestowitz > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [14:40] schestowitz > [14:40] Techrights-sec2 ack [14:40] schestowitz > [14:40] schestowitz > [14:40] schestowitz > I've recently been able to acquire[1] the Debian trademark in Switzerland [14:40] schestowitz > [14:40] schestowitz > Using whatever authority comes with the trademark, I'm recognizing Linus [14:40] schestowitz > Torvalds as an Honorary Debian Developer [14:40] schestowitz > [14:41] schestowitz > For safety, I revoked the Code of Conduct before[1] doing this. [14:41] schestowitz > [14:41] schestowitz > Thanks Linus, none of the competing Debian trademark registrations would [14:41] schestowitz > exist without your efforts creating Linux in the first place. [14:41] schestowitz > [14:41] schestowitz > [14:41] schestowitz > Regards, [14:41] schestowitz > [14:41] schestowitz > Daniel [14:41] schestowitz > [14:41] schestowitz > [14:41] schestowitz > 1. https://danielpocock.com/using-the-debian-trademark-for-good/ [14:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-danielpocock.com | Using the Debian trademark for good [14:43] schestowitz >>>>> Thinking back, I believe they attacked you and you stopped syndicating [14:43] schestowitz >>>>> onto Techrights in March 2021, the same time as the RMS mob [14:43] schestowitz >>>> Who do you mean by they? [14:43] schestowitz >>> I don't know but I get regular reports about gangstalkers from a subset [14:43] schestowitz >>> of FSFE/Debian who send messages to my friends, clients and [14:43] schestowitz >>> collaborators in other open source projects [14:43] schestowitz >>> [14:43] schestowitz >>> Just out of interest, did anybody ever try to contact your wife to [14:43] schestowitz >>> harass you? That is the type of thing they are doing now. [14:43] schestowitz >>> [14:43] schestowitz >>> It seems they eventually realized who owns the trademark in CH. I [14:43] schestowitz >>> avoided saying anything about it publicly to save them embarrassment but [14:43] schestowitz >>> now the cat is out of the bag. [14:43] schestowitz >> I intentionally said nothing on the subject until late last night as it [14:43] schestowitz >> had already become common knowledge. [14:43] schestowitz > It doesn't look like they are going to submit to my trademark any time soon [14:43] schestowitz > [14:43] schestowitz > Do you want an Honorary Debian Developer certificate for your cat or [14:43] schestowitz > something? [14:43] schestowitz I think it would be wise to avoid doing anything that can be seen as trolling or provocation. If it can be used to smear, it will be used to smear. [14:46] Techrights-sec2 ack [14:50] Techrights-sec2 definitely [14:50] Techrights-sec2 though *anything* can and will be used to smear him [14:50] schestowitz-TR right, but do not hand them a rope to hang you with [14:50] schestowitz-TR like anon emails [14:53] schestowitz-TR got some epo material [14:53] schestowitz-TR oha [14:53] schestowitz-TR ota ● Jun 23 [15:04] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:05] schestowitz-TR going to record now, prepared mentally for a bit [15:05] schestowitz-TR if you have thoughts about "hot-desking" [15:05] schestowitz-TR "hotelling" [15:05] schestowitz-TR when they dynamically allocate a desk at work [15:05] schestowitz-TR I don't have expoerience with it except in CS labs [15:05] schestowitz-TR as a postdoc we got inidividual desks [15:05] Techrights-sec2 ack [15:05] Techrights-sec2 nothing direct, just that it has been proven through multiple studies [15:05] schestowitz-TR thanks [15:05] Techrights-sec2 to be both inefficient and demoralizing [15:05] Techrights-sec2 it really is intended to limit the employee's ability to get work done [15:05] Techrights-sec2 and to mess with their status [15:05] schestowitz-TR i guess it makes blowing the whistleharder too [15:05] Techrights-sec2 no citations handy at the moment though [15:05] schestowitz-TR like saving stuff [15:05] schestowitz-TR I have some references in the documents [15:05] Techrights-sec2 it makes *everything* more difficult, that is a primary goal [15:05] schestowitz-TR thanks [15:05] schestowitz-TR OTA [15:07] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 23 [16:14] schestowitz-TR crude first draft [16:14] schestowitz-TR this is a very tech-rights issue [16:14] schestowitz-TR and applicable to a lot of people and workplaces imho [16:14] Techrights-sec2 checking [16:14] Techrights-sec2 repeat for emphasis: "rightly concerned about ..." [16:14] Techrights-sec2 citation needed for the hotdesking [16:14] Techrights-sec2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2019/06/20/how-hot-desking-will-kill-your-company/ [16:14] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.forbes.com | How Hot-Desking Will Kill Your Company [16:14] Techrights-sec2 https://www.ft.com/content/bff71b8c-ae34-11e9-8030-530adfa879c2 [16:14] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.ft.com | Subscribe to read | Financial Times [16:15] schestowitz-TR they used this very citation [16:15] schestowitz-TR in the publiucation [16:15] schestowitz-TR what do you mean by "repeat for emphasis"? [16:16] Techrights-sec2 https://www.wired.co.uk/article/hot-desking-meaning-benefits [16:16] Techrights-sec2 the sentence ending in "rightly concerned" needs a few more words to complete [16:16] Techrights-sec2 it with the gist of the probem. [16:16] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.wired.co.uk | Hot desking was meant to save us all time and money. It hasnt | WIRED UK [16:26] Techrights-sec2 "no citations handy at the moment though," can be removed and replaced [16:26] Techrights-sec2 with a citation [16:26] Techrights-sec2 or three [16:27] schestowitz-TR I've merged them in another way [16:27] schestowitz-TR as a shortcut [16:27] schestowitz-TR adding some missing bits [16:27] schestowitz-TR but you were right, the into was far too thin [16:31] Techrights-sec2 ack [16:31] Techrights-sec2 this part: ""The associate said he had no citations handy at the moment though, but there are some references in the document below."" can be removed [16:32] schestowitz-TR done [16:32] schestowitz-TR upload just finished [16:32] schestowitz-TR doing a final pass [16:32] schestowitz-TR first pass: type qiucikly [16:33] schestowitz-TR second pass: read slowly [16:33] schestowitz-TR had it been a more formal thing, there would be anothr pass [16:33] schestowitz-TR but there's more from epo on the way [16:33] Techrights-sec2 ack ● Jun 23 [17:19] schestowitz-TR Weekly Increase of 56% in COVID-19-Linked Deaths, But the Government's Disclosure of Data is Almost Going Away Next Week https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/06/23/covid-deaths/ [17:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com Blog Archive Weekly Increase of 56% in COVID-19-Linked Deaths, But the Governments Disclosure of Data is Almost Going Away Next Week [17:33] Techrights-sec2 ack ● Jun 23 [18:00] schestowitz-TR lol, the employer kicked the can another 2.5 weeks down the road [18:00] schestowitz-TR so typical [18:00] schestowitz-TR and it's spun as good news [18:00] schestowitz-TR "new sales" [18:00] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:00] Techrights-sec2 bizarre [18:00] Techrights-sec2 it sure looks like terrible management [18:00] schestowitz-TR this snail pace may mean it'll take months before I start with new capacity/role [18:00] schestowitz-TR but comes to show what terrible timetables/planning these "managers" can adhere to [18:00] schestowitz-TR or why they lose both staff and clients [18:00] schestowitz-TR maybe they make wrong assumptions about their actions and reputation [18:00] schestowitz-TR but I won't say this to their face [18:02] schestowitz-TR sareenGaz was the worse (SarinGas) [18:02] schestowitz-TR or worst rather [18:02] schestowitz-TR she drove out some important workers [18:02] schestowitz-TR by being herself [18:02] schestowitz-TR in turn, when you lose such staFF, you can also lose clients [18:02] schestowitz-TR like the NHS [18:02] schestowitz-TR and then, instead, bring in companies that I'd rather see offline and with severe data loss [18:02] schestowitz-TR it would be better for society [18:09] schestowitz-TR credit to rianne though [18:09] schestowitz-TR she does work hard (covering extra for a colleague tonight, 1-9am) [18:09] schestowitz-TR so we have OK savings and that reduces anxiety [18:09] schestowitz-TR I wanted to leave around end of last year as I was arguing a lot with management and it got me angry [18:09] schestowitz-TR and some clients we added I refused to work for [18:09] schestowitz-TR and wanted to distance myself by passing to colleagues like they're the "unethical" so-called 'shabos goy' [18:09] schestowitz-TR thjat does not work in thre long run [18:09] schestowitz-TR but I think we 'lost' 2 of the worst clients [18:09] schestowitz-TR I hope so [18:09] schestowitz-TR just earlier today they said we had lost a client [18:09] schestowitz-TR and then comes the "good news" message about "new sales" [18:09] schestowitz-TR I learned to reas through their BS many years ago [18:09] schestowitz-TR but I'm no shareholder, I barely even give a shit nor am I attached to it like a uni faculty, [18:09] schestowitz-TR so we "milk on" [18:09] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:09] Techrights-sec2 good that at least the two worst are gone, hopefully some more palatable ones [18:09] Techrights-sec2 will be picke up instea [18:09] Techrights-sec2 too bad they bullshit so much [18:11] schestowitz-TR some new clients are universities and maybe something that restores morale [18:11] schestowitz-TR but tbh, I quit giving a shit back in 2018 (SarinGas) [18:11] schestowitz-TR since then it was like 'sex witout emotion' [18:11] schestowitz-TR just cashing in and minding our own business with the sites [18:11] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:17] schestowitz-TR Yes! [18:17] schestowitz-TR The company SHOULD be avoided [18:17] schestowitz-TR as investor [18:17] schestowitz-TR or jos seeker [18:17] schestowitz-TR I mentioned it in the last meeting [18:17] schestowitz-TR that we're an extremely unattractive employer (not in these words) [18:17] schestowitz-TR but if you can get in one hour's actual work done enough to earn about 100 pounds after tax (and NHS, pension etc) it's hard to justify leaving [18:17] schestowitz-TR a friend and my father as well said it's hard to justify leaving and that owing to experience gained we're in this position, as a couple even [18:17] schestowitz-TR the skills aren't too far from techrights stuff, so there's something to be learned too [18:17] schestowitz-TR \ [18:17] schestowitz-TR I just really didn't want to be associated with some of those companies [18:17] schestowitz-TR and a whislteblower told me inside stories about one of them [18:17] schestowitz-TR there are also Mono/Friednman connection, however disyant, like format Xamarin person and "Nat" being buddies with someone [18:17] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:17] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:17] Techrights-sec2 https://medium.com/yardcouch-com/the-fall-of-reddit-why-its-quickly-declining-into-chaos-cb0da61aca56 [18:17] Techrights-sec2 also similar ties there, too [18:17] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-The Fall Of Reddit: Why Its Quickly Declining into Chaos | by Isaiah McCall | Yard Couch | Jun, 2022 | Medium [18:19] schestowitz-TR I am very surprised reddit survivied this long [18:19] schestowitz-TR it used to compete against digg [18:19] schestowitz-TR digg was bigger [18:19] schestowitz-TR digg fiolded very fast [18:19] schestowitz-TR maybe lack oif business model [18:19] schestowitz-TR or low user retention [18:19] schestowitz-TR and then reddit veered in some other direction [18:19] schestowitz-TR maybe made money by the shilling [18:19] schestowitz-TR back then (digg still arouund) it marketed IE9 for/with Microsoft [18:19] schestowitz-TR people still thouht all this AMA crap was grassroots [18:19] schestowitz-TR it's just "screen time" or "links" for sale [18:20] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:21] schestowitz-TR lots of "copilot" spam this week [18:21] schestowitz-TR for a shallow reason [18:21] schestowitz-TR I am tempted to do the series again [18:21] schestowitz-TR but it does not tie into the "announcement" [18:21] schestowitz-TR I want to see where Miguel and Nat rear their ugly head [18:21] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:21] Techrights-sec2 yes they will, unfortunately [18:21] schestowitz-TR they WILL be back [18:22] schestowitz-TR I don't want to name companies they can poison('pill') by "joining"... [18:22] schestowitz-TR lkook what miguel and nat did to novell [18:22] schestowitz-TR the micreosoft deal was partly their iudea [18:22] schestowitz-TR *idea [18:22] schestowitz-TR miguel for sure [18:22] schestowitz-TR jeremy allison confirmed to me [18:23] Techrights-sec2 miguel has always been an m$ fanboi / saobteur [18:24] schestowitz-TR maybe EPO should hire him and close shop [18:24] schestowitz-TR instant impact [18:24] schestowitz-TR if only he got his VISA... for Europe [18:30] Techrights-sec2 :( [18:31] schestowitz-TR ximian dead [18:31] schestowitz-TR novell dead [18:31] schestowitz-TR xamarin does not exist by name [18:31] schestowitz-TR microsoft sucking tax money (debt) like a leech [18:31] Techrights-sec2 67? [18:31] schestowitz-TR he left [18:31] schestowitz-TR to spend more time with... I dunno [18:31] schestowitz-TR he's 67 already [18:32] schestowitz-TR yes, he looks young for his age ;-) [18:32] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:32] Techrights-sec2 deicaza is from 1972 [18:34] schestowitz-TR I know, I was kidding [18:34] schestowitz-TR but I was told he's super short and aside from that I think it's techrights that caused him to leave but cannot prove it [18:34] schestowitz-TR the height thing does not matter, but anecdote (nat is also very short) [18:34] schestowitz-TR they compensate for it like little soft billy [18:34] schestowitz-TR "trey" [18:34] Techrights-sec2 ok [18:36] schestowitz-TR judge penfield, iirc, compared "trey" to nepoleon [18:36] schestowitz-TR the putin/neloleon "complex" [18:36] schestowitz-TR "I'm small, but look what evil I can do... I will be remembered... while ruining other people's lives" [18:36] Techrights-sec2 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=99269&page=1 [18:36] Techrights-sec2 https://www.independent.ie/world-news/judge-brands-bill-gates-an-arrogant-napoleon-26098870.html [18:36] Techrights-sec2 https://www.wired.com/2001/01/ms-judge-rips-gates-again/ [18:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-abcnews.go.com | Judge: Gates a Napoleon - ABC News [18:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Judge brands Bill Gates 'an arrogant Napoleon' - Independent.ie [18:37] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-MS Judge Rips Gates Again | WIRED [18:38] schestowitz-TR the enalogy guess a long way and explains human nature/soviety [18:38] schestowitz-TR the kid you bullied or mocked at school.... watch out [18:38] schestowitz-TR they will look for revenge [18:38] Techrights-sec2 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/07/09/the-microsoft-verdict [18:38] Techrights-sec2 microsofters are a criminal group [18:38] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.newyorker.com | The Microsoft Verdict | The New Yorker [18:39] schestowitz-TR a dropouts' club [18:39] schestowitz-TR the bright kids join unix and gnu [18:40] schestowitz-TR front page of /, linux has just pushed rust in linux [18:40] schestowitz-TR an hour ago [18:45] Techrights-sec2 the schools have been cut out of the loop, they don't teach CS any more [18:45] Techrights-sec2 and the training the provide in place of real education is of very weak quality [18:45] Techrights-sec2 then most projects have been undermined through gratuitous complexity or [18:45] Techrights-sec2 politics to have no real onramps any more [18:45] Techrights-sec2 I only checked /. once on purpose during the last n years [18:45] Techrights-sec2 I don't intend to do it again for another long interval, it's [18:45] Techrights-sec2 just a bunch of spam articles, ads, and shill posts [18:45] Techrights-sec2 m$ succeeded in taking out the once great FOSS site [18:45] Techrights-sec2 they are nothing if not tenacious in their cult [18:45] schestowitz-TR it took them a while [18:45] schestowitz-TR if at first you fail... [18:45] schestowitz-TR they also had a run at OSI [18:45] schestowitz-TR and at Raspi [18:45] schestowitz-TR to some extent they succeeded at least twice [18:45] schestowitz-TR I could make a timeline for each [18:46] schestowitz-TR XP, repo, board [18:46] schestowitz-TR OSI: licence (asay), bribe, clearlyDefined, board... [18:46] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:46] Techrights-sec2 they've fully infiltrated the Raspbery Pi Foundation and it's board [18:51] schestowitz-TR I am trying to find, but failing to find, the image where it shows Microsoft, then fist holding a human heard (like the mayan ritual) [18:51] schestowitz-TR that's how Microsoft (hearts) stuff [18:51] schestowitz-TR we just need to keep hammering away at themn [18:51] schestowitz-TR it's a big target [18:51] schestowitz-TR so needs a ton of hammering [18:51] schestowitz-TR epo is like a node in a network [18:51] schestowitz-TR includes un, wipo, wto, uspto, and lots of corporations with their law firms [18:51] schestowitz-TR so epo is a lot harder to than take down than novel [18:51] schestowitz-TR if though the head count is about the same [18:51] Techrights-sec2 ack [18:53] schestowitz-TR EPO = european branch (one of few) of an international hydra [18:53] schestowitz-TR the good thing is, by exposing EPO crimes we also expose corruption in many of these other, closely connected institutions [18:53] schestowitz-TR inc. some governments, .e.g EU/EC and Germany [18:53] schestowitz-TR people inside observed and documented those things for decades and now they spill out what they learned [18:54] Techrights-sec2 yes it appears that the corruption is interrelated [18:54] Techrights-sec2 with luck the national news services, or at least one, will pick that up [18:56] schestowitz-TR like I said in the video today, while reading a golf book I saw some golfer wearing FTI Consulting hat [18:56] schestowitz-TR sponsorshipo [18:56] schestowitz-TR and I recalled how many milklions in bribes EPO passed for them to game the press [18:56] schestowitz-TR and when I got a call from a German politician FTI Consulting was mentioned [18:56] schestowitz-TR they have deep pockets [18:56] schestowitz-TR so they can buy the press, media etc. [18:57] schestowitz-TR small companies and countries cannot afford that [18:57] schestowitz-TR for one small revelation we expose they might have to spend a folrtune on "damage control" [18:57] schestowitz-TR ICBM lost a ton of goodwill in recent years and staff of Red Hatr is fleeing [18:57] schestowitz-TR serves them right [18:57] schestowitz-TR they took on reddit and 'hacker' noise to attack me personally [18:57] schestowitz-TR to prevent people linking to TR ● Jun 23 [19:00] schestowitz-TR this is the "shit we're up against" [19:00] schestowitz-TR and Daniel P too for that matter [19:00] schestowitz-TR they control the press, the politicians, but there's a limit to how much lying the population can absorb [19:00] schestowitz-TR so then they try to take you out of Twitter [19:00] schestowitz-TR based on something they found from years ago [19:00] Techrights-sec2 ack [19:00] schestowitz-TR maybe part of the intention is to make you lose your cool [19:00] schestowitz-TR and then become what they want you to seem [19:00] schestowitz-TR like you said, it's a political tactic [19:00] schestowitz-TR rile up the oppositioin [19:00] schestowitz-TR and they start saying f this and f that [19:00] schestowitz-TR and then you use that for eternity [19:00] schestowitz-TR like ballmer "monkey dance" [19:00] schestowitz-TR or those billg esptein photo ops [19:01] schestowitz-TR epo publications reminds the f bomb incident [19:02] schestowitz-TR *recalls [19:02] schestowitz-TR in publications it is mentioned all the time [19:02] schestowitz-TR I know he said that because of our series [19:02] schestowitz-TR based on what he asked just prior to that temper tamtrum [19:02] schestowitz-TR now he looks like a mug [19:02] schestowitz-TR and they keep coylu asking for the recording [19:02] schestowitz-TR *coylu [19:02] schestowitz-TR *coyly [19:02] schestowitz-TR he won't comply [19:02] schestowitz-TR but they are making a point [19:02] Techrights-sec2 ack [19:12] schestowitz-TR Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity (severity 8.8/10). Of course it's ProprietaryShit(R), so CorporateMedia(TM) won't say a word. https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-174-05 [19:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cisa.gov | Elcomplus SmartICS | CISA [19:12] schestowitz-TR -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- www.cisa.gov | Elcomplus SmartICS | CISA [19:12] schestowitz-TR CVSS v3 9.8 (out 10!). Will corrupt corporate media cover it? Probably not. If it's not "Open Source" and Microsoft sends bribes to create a stigma against what's safer. https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-174-04 [19:12] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cisa.gov | Pyramid Solutions EtherNet/IP Adapter Development Kit | CISA [19:12] schestowitz-TR -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- www.cisa.gov | Pyramid Solutions EtherNet/IP Adapter Development Kit | CISA [19:17] schestowitz-TR Why does LXer add the story "TypeScript joins 5 most used languages in 2022 lineup"? To help Microsoft? This is an attack on the free and vendor-neutral stuff. [19:19] schestowitz-TR The article is only based on some self-selecting survey (easy to game) and used by Microsoft booster Richard Speed to promote Microsoft's agenda. This is what happens when "surveys" are just sophisticated marketing plots... and the publisher is paid by criminals from Microsoft [19:20] schestowitz-TR if lxer wants to kill itself, maybe I should welcome it [19:20] schestowitz-TR some people in the comments there, however rare, complained [19:20] schestowitz-TR and the links consequently removed [19:21] schestowitz-TR maybe not enough people underrstand what typoescript is and what it's intended to do [19:21] schestowitz-TR Microsoft tried this before (java++, Basic/VB in Web pages..) [19:21] Techrights-sec2 ack [19:21] Techrights-sec2 ack [19:21] Techrights-sec2 yes m$ games stats and analyses [19:21] schestowitz-TR "evangelism is war" [19:21] schestowitz-TR "life and death" analogies [19:21] schestowitz-TR and RELIGION [19:22] Techrights-sec2 from Comes v Microsoft [19:32] Techrights-sec2 I took a look for that human sacrifice image with M$ but could not find [19:32] Techrights-sec2 anything relevant [19:32] schestowitz-TR I tried again [19:32] schestowitz-TR no success [19:32] schestowitz-TR it's not important, either ;-) [19:32] schestowitz-TR we have it iun at least a couple of places [19:33] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:34] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@y56qsb6r6yg94.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:36] Techrights-sec2 ok [19:40] schestowitz-TR you have it on your hard disks (from rsync) [19:40] schestowitz-TR as a student I dreamt sof the day we have something like Gulag Street View [19:40] schestowitz-TR but did not envision it would be 1) privatised 2) spyware [19:40] schestowitz-TR the other thing was, sometimes to organise my photos by scanning and understganding what's and who's in them [19:40] schestowitz-TR that too barely became a reality [19:40] schestowitz-TR people still cannot find photos easy without lots of meta and long file names of many layers of filing [19:40] schestowitz-TR but I suppose some private companies with private (stoken) collections [19:40] schestowitz-TR ;like clearview HEY HI do have capabilities close to that [19:41] Techrights-sec2 similar here [19:41] Techrights-sec2 though I saw that VRML would not be practical at scale, and it wasn't [19:41] schestowitz-TR they're allowed to know us too well [19:41] schestowitz-TR but if we know they too well, they treat us like assange [19:41] schestowitz-TR now on suicide watch, according to his dad (shipman) following last friday's ruling [19:41] Techrights-sec2 ack [19:41] Techrights-sec2 they've been working to kill him through the stress of mistreatment, both [19:41] Techrights-sec2 physical and psychological and legal [19:43] schestowitz-TR slower but safer than "pull an epstein" [19:45] Techrights-sec2 s/safer/lower profile/ [19:46] schestowitz-TR chelsea manning said epstein was killed [19:46] schestowitz-TR remember she said that when he (brad) was in prison he was mrely "surviving" [19:46] schestowitz-TR same as done to Assange on a number of or array of methods [19:46] schestowitz-TR then came financial attacks [19:46] schestowitz-TR and mom died [19:46] schestowitz-TR russia did a gulonov [19:46] Techrights-sec2 ack [19:49] schestowitz-TR MIR report on Epstein asked billg lawyers [19:49] schestowitz-TR that was enough for them [19:49] schestowitz-TR some "investigation" [19:49] schestowitz-TR here, have $100,000... [19:49] schestowitz-TR see you in a few years when another swartz hangs himself [19:49] schestowitz-TR swartz did play some role in wikileaks [19:49] schestowitz-TR *MIT [19:50] Techrights-sec2 MIT basically killed Swartz through their passivity in the case [19:50] Techrights-sec2 they could have quickly smoothed things over but chose to aggravate the [19:50] Techrights-sec2 situation through inaction, over a very long period of time [19:51] Techrights-sec2 https://www.businessinsider.com/aaron-swartzs-girlfriend-has-a-damning-theory-about-the-young-reddit-co-founders-suicide-2013-2?r=US&IR=T [19:51] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.businessinsider.com | Aaron Swartz's Girlfriend Has a Damning Theory About the Young Reddit Co-Founder's Suicide [19:53] schestowitz-TR getting people to confess crimes they did not commit helps "solve" cases and game the numbers [19:53] schestowitz-TR but I was always baffled by this appeoach [19:53] schestowitz-TR we wrote about it many timnes in TR in the distant past [19:53] schestowitz-TR I think in relation to EPO actually [19:54] schestowitz-TR maybe also eric lundgren or whatever his name was [19:54] Techrights-sec2 plea "deals" are a crime in themselves and cause lots of people to fold [19:54] Techrights-sec2 Taren's words are spot on regarding the US legal system, from the scores [19:54] Techrights-sec2 of high profile cases visible in the press over the recent decades [19:54] Techrights-sec2 "solve" them and the prosecutors are evaluation based on convictions not justice [19:58] schestowitz-TR "The Linux Foundation is a sponsor of The New Stack" so they get to tell the media what to say or 'report' for LF sponsors' agenda https://thenewstack.io/rust-in-the-linux-kernel-by-2023-linus-torvalds-predicts/ https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/06/23/1348251/linus-torvalds-says-rust-for-the-kernel-could-possibly-be-merged-for-linux-520 [19:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-thenewstack.io | Rust in the Linux Kernel by 2023, Linus Torvalds Predicts The New Stack [19:58] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-linux.slashdot.org | Linus Torvalds Says Rust For The Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged For Linux 5.20 - Slashdot ● Jun 23 [20:00] schestowitz-TR Torvalds says he only worked on Git for 6 months. It took off because Linux used it and Linux was a high-profile project with strong reputation (before LF came, attacking it reputation for money... from Linux foes and GPL haters) [20:01] Techrights-sec2 ack [20:01] Techrights-sec2 I remember Lundgren. He has been too quiet given the amount he certainly [20:01] Techrights-sec2 could say about things [20:01] Techrights-sec2 s/Lundgren/Lundgren's situtation/ [20:06] schestowitz-TR Linux succeeded because of GNU and the GPL (GCC and all that). Git succeeded because of Linux and the GPL. Maybe we should all pay attention to where it all started and WHY it took off. [20:13] Techrights-sec2 ack [20:13] Techrights-sec2 GCC is still important but it has been actively undermined for a long time now [20:15] schestowitz-TR No, Linux Foundation. We need to abolish software patents, not "Ensur[e] Patents Foster Innovation in Open Source" https://linuxfoundation.org/blog/ensuring-patents-foster-innovation-in-open-source/ they literally repeat lies IBM told in Europe [20:15] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-linuxfoundation.org | Ensuring Patents Foster Innovation in Open Source - Linux Foundation [20:16] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jun 23 [21:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [21:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [21:31] *techrights_guest|2 (~ac62219a@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [21:32] *techrights_guest|2 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) ● Jun 23 [22:13] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@xpr3agieina6n.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:22] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [22:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [22:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [22:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Jun 23 [23:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [23:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [23:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [23:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell