●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 ●● ● May 24 [00:01] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● May 24 [01:01] *activelow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:03] *activelow (~activelow@472igxb9hwwik.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:18] schestowitz-TR A huge chunk of these are Microsoft holes, actively exploited while Microsoft commandeers the media to obsess over "Linux" https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/05/23/cisa-adds-21-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog [01:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cisa.gov | CISA Adds 21 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog | CISA ● May 24 [03:32] *MinceR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:33] *MinceR (~mincer@bringer.of.light) has joined #boycottnovell [03:33] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +a #boycottnovell MinceR [03:47] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:47] *MinceR has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● May 24 [04:00] *techrights_guest|83 (~519aa9f9@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [04:05] *MinceR (~mincer@bringer.of.light) has joined #boycottnovell [04:05] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +a #boycottnovell MinceR [04:06] *techrights_guest|83 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) ● May 24 [06:41] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [06:47] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 24 [07:40] schestowitz-TR OH DEAR OH DEAR OH DEAR OH DEAR https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/05/24/get-a-windows-10-lifetime-license-for-15-or-microsoft-office-for-28-coupon-code/ CNX is back to SHITPOSTING!! http://techrights.org/2022/02/17/cnxsoftware-partly-compromised/ [07:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cnx-software.com | Get a Windows 10 lifetime license for $15 or Microsoft Office for $28 in May! (Sponsored) - CNX Software [07:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | The C in CNX Software is Not Community | Techrights [07:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [07:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● May 24 [08:03] Techrights-sec ack [08:03] schestowitz-TR I wanted to hear what you make of the libO conference funding dilemma [08:38] Techrights-sec ack [08:38] Techrights-sec can you gice some links to that? [08:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [08:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:43] schestowitz-TR front page of TR (screenshot, too) ● May 24 [09:43] schestowitz-TR you can also see in the front page that we have some eyes and ears around the uspto now [09:43] schestowitz-TR yes, gnu/linux users ● May 24 [10:39] schestowitz-TR https://nitter.it/zoobab/status/1529002427726409728#m [10:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-zoobab "NO Software Patents" (@zoobab): "Taylor Wessing pushing for more litigation via the UPC, of whom Lehne helped them a lot by being a biased rapporteur in the European Parliament, all of that for profit and in total impunity http://techrights.org/2022/05/22/unified-patent-court-inciting-against-law/" | nitter.it [10:39] schestowitz-TR https://nitter.it/zoobab/status/1528996222907957248#m [10:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-zoobab "NO Software Patents" (@zoobab): "JUVE sponsored UPC content by Simmons and Simmons, who will profit from more litigation, not journalism anymore http://techrights.org/2022/05/23/upc-mischief/" | nitter.it [10:40] schestowitz-TR https://nitter.it/zoobab/status/1529002477588303872#m [10:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-zoobab "NO Software Patents" (@zoobab): "@quatremer" | nitter.it [10:43] schestowitz-TR points above: a) libreoffice. b) uspto. d) upc [10:43] schestowitz-TR no need to reply ;-) [10:43] schestowitz-TR I am doing a post or at least draft of going part time (or less) [10:43] schestowitz-TR choosing my worfs carefully, assuming I might post it before a decion is made [10:43] schestowitz-TR but writing about them is like badmouthing amish on live tv ● May 24 [11:05] Techrights-sec ack [11:08] schestowitz-TR the company is so incapable of attracting talent now [11:08] schestowitz-TR I told them so [11:08] schestowitz-TR not just salary [11:08] schestowitz-TR but also the tooling [11:08] schestowitz-TR so we outsource to associates, who cost a lot per hour as they are casual [11:08] schestowitz-TR and it's draining the budget [11:08] schestowitz-TR but such ais the nature of brain drain [11:08] schestowitz-TR as the smart people leave the core of the operatings turns into a sumpster fire [11:08] schestowitz-TR and this dupster fire repels potential joiners [11:08] schestowitz-TR both as clients (unless you like to them) and worker (they see what's inside, even if you lie to them) [11:08] Techrights-sec I think the tooling even more than the salaries drive away talent from even considering working there [11:08] Techrights-sec as menionted, and as shown in studies, when you outsource enough, there is no [11:08] Techrights-sec reason for talent to stay interested, so people leave, as people leave, the [11:08] Techrights-sec skilled people have no peers and over time all of them move on [11:14] schestowitz-TR tldr death spiral [11:14] schestowitz-TR and then they ask technical people to make up for staff vacuums [11:14] schestowitz-TR for tasks that do not suit their skillset [11:14] Techrights-sec of sorts, yes [11:24] schestowitz-TR just chatted about this in the kitchen [11:24] schestowitz-TR the metaphor is a sinking ship and you choosing to stay on deck before it won't be submerged fully for a while [11:24] schestowitz-TR rianne wants to check other jobs [11:24] schestowitz-TR but I told her to be meticilous so as to maintain her technical skills [11:24] Techrights-sec ack [11:29] schestowitz-TR I have a legit question [11:29] schestowitz-TR from a mareketability [sic] perspective [11:29] schestowitz-TR what is the true difference between resigning and going down with the ship so to speak [11:29] schestowitz-TR I heard things about that, but I don't know if they're untrue [11:36] Techrights-sec Again, I would check with the labor union representative for your union and [11:36] Techrights-sec maybe with your union's lawyer(s). In many countries if you leave on your own [11:36] Techrights-sec the company owes you nothing but if they turn you out the door there are [11:36] Techrights-sec obligations from both them and the government for a short period of time, [11:36] Techrights-sec usually. So that is also one of the reasons so many companies try to make [11:36] Techrights-sec life hell for remainin employees so that they go out th edoor on their own [11:37] Techrights-sec the trend for decades has been that of increasing contempt [11:37] schestowitz-TR I've long felt it was a myth based on the notion of pride rather than one's demonstration of willingness to stay [11:37] schestowitz-TR and help even when time gets rough (plus, job hopping is off-putting to some who recruit) [11:37] schestowitz-TR the condept of loyalty to one's employer etc. [11:37] schestowitz-TR as you note, the method of causing edundancies without compensation is preached by HR firms [11:37] schestowitz-TR our company now hires one [11:37] schestowitz-TR and you can see the wording they use [11:37] schestowitz-TR it's designed to make it seem OK [11:48] Techrights-sec HR is a hostile group working against the employees. Don't speak to them ever, [11:48] Techrights-sec if possible and certainly not a word more than necessary if you have to speak [11:48] Techrights-sec with them. [11:50] schestowitz-TR working against the "resources" [11:50] schestowitz-TR anyway, another domension here is naturalisation [11:50] schestowitz-TR active employment for 9 years and letter from employer can hlp a lot [11:50] schestowitz-TR come this summer [11:50] schestowitz-TR so joj-hopping would have a hidden cost [11:50] schestowitz-TR nationality will likely matter a lot worse when SHTF, which is pretty much a present, not a future [11:50] schestowitz-TR based on what my sister says, the US is already a former soviet union [11:50] schestowitz-TR it's a place to leave, not immigrate to ● May 24 [12:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [12:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:10] Techrights-sec how soon can the naturalization application be put in and processed? [12:11] schestowitz-TR it can start this summer, preparation and all [12:11] schestowitz-TR I think factors like these include durations [12:11] schestowitz-TR the longer, the better [12:11] schestowitz-TR but better done before the boat is under water [12:13] schestowitz-TR The shitposting garbage dump boingboing is promoting straw man BS to distract from actual crimes of Bill Gates https://boingboing.net/2022/05/23/conservative-covid-19-expert-stella-immanuel-says-biden-and-gates-downloaded-their-brains-and-have-been-replaced-by-demonic-clones.html [12:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-boingboing.net | Conservative Covid-19 expert Stella Immanuel says Biden and Gates downloaded their brains and have been replaced by demonic clones | Boing Boing [12:17] schestowitz-TR with the ukraine war [12:17] schestowitz-TR I've notice gamification or sportification in the media [12:17] schestowitz-TR like medal counts in olympics and dfc plays along [12:17] schestowitz-TR with this stupid spectator event [12:17] schestowitz-TR half a globe away [12:17] schestowitz-TR occasionally realising that "his" own economy is messed up [12:17] schestowitz-TR not just russia's [12:17] schestowitz-TR (uor ukraine's for that matter) [12:28] schestowitz-TR Microsoft ZDNET: "Microsoft: This botnet is growing fast and hunting for servers with weak passwords..." WAIT... meanwhile, there are ACTIVELY-EXPLOITED WINDOWS holes and the exploits DO NOT need to know any passwords. ZDNet is a Microsoft disinformation machine. [12:39] Techrights-sec ack [12:39] Techrights-sec ZDNet has shilled for M$ for a great many years now. They got rid of all their [12:39] Techrights-sec otherwise excellent FOSS and GNU/Linux writers. [12:41] schestowitz-TR they recently "borrowed" jack wallen (fired by LF from Linux.com) [12:41] schestowitz-TR from their sister site 'tech' republic [sic] [12:41] schestowitz-TR but it's too late and seems like face-saving damage control [12:41] schestowitz-TR sjvn is coin-operated for years now [12:41] schestowitz-TR not just in zdn et [12:41] schestowitz-TR but some LF-bribed 'news' sites [12:41] schestowitz-TR pushing corporate BS [12:41] schestowitz-TR as part of the contract [12:41] schestowitz-TR in the register they borrowed sjvn a few times [12:41] schestowitz-TR and put liam in 'full time' FOSS coverage [12:41] schestowitz-TR I think the register is at l;east trying to tackle what's perceived [12:41] schestowitz-TR to be a real oversight [12:41] schestowitz-TR but again, too much damage done already [12:43] Techrights-sec With the register the need to apologize for the years that occured after [12:43] Techrights-sec their agreement with M$, Damn that was around 20 yeras ago already. [12:45] schestowitz-TR the latest simon sharwood coverage of stable kernel release [12:45] schestowitz-TR did not troll or taunt torvalds as per usual [12:45] schestowitz-TR torvalds already complained about him [12:45] schestowitz-TR and spoke to sam varghese about it [12:45] schestowitz-TR without mentioning the name [12:45] schestowitz-TR for obvious reasons [12:45] schestowitz-TR that was after the "therapy" (to convert LT into a suit; that treatment did not work fully) [12:45] schestowitz-TR sharwood = ms shill in the register [12:57] *wallacer has quit (Quit: wallace dozed off) ● May 24 [13:00] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:16] Techrights-sec 'shillwood' [13:17] schestowitz-TR we used to argue a bit in Musland [13:17] schestowitz-TR then he changed his tone for a bit [13:17] schestowitz-TR then got back to his own ways [13:17] schestowitz-TR he got more "enagegement" [13:17] schestowitz-TR when he took any release of Linux [13:17] schestowitz-TR even a perfectly stable now [13:18] schestowitz-TR and sought to rile up some controversy about iut [13:18] schestowitz-TR not just the editor with a stupid headline [13:18] schestowitz-TR *Muskland [13:18] schestowitz-TR before the fraud pretended to be buying the land, Icahn style [13:21] schestowitz-TR apropos sharwood sensationalising [13:21] schestowitz-TR torvalds' release emails [13:21] schestowitz-TR larabel is now coverting commit messages into 'articles' [13:21] schestowitz-TR and addsphotos to these [13:21] schestowitz-TR the value added by those articles is very low [13:21] schestowitz-TR I just pick the link for the commit from those [13:21] schestowitz-TR the context is there [13:21] schestowitz-TR and code as well [13:21] Techrights-sec too bad [13:21] Techrights-sec selling out cost him much of his audience [13:22] schestowitz-TR "dear linux, please merge".... wait... PHORONIX article [13:22] schestowitz-TR or [13:22] schestowitz-TR (now) [13:22] schestowitz-TR "git push"... wait... Phoronix article linking to your shithub page or gitlab MR [13:22] schestowitz-TR plus photo [13:22] schestowitz-TR I honstly think it's not of much value [13:23] schestowitz-TR "Hi Linus,..." [GIT PULL] platform-drivers-x86 for 5.19-1 - Hans de Goede https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/13e61c61-0d4b-5f48-6373-f056bf8b603f@redhat.com/ Source: Red Hat | ICBM | GNU | Linux [13:23] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-lore.kernel.org | [GIT PULL] platform-drivers-x86 for 5.19-1 - Hans de Goede [13:36] Techrights-sec ctrl-c in wrong window again [13:48] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) ● May 24 [14:19] schestowitz-TR draft [14:19] Techrights-sec ack [14:19] Techrights-sec s/(among other blunders)/, among other wrongdoings./ [14:19] Techrights-sec s/Aast year/Last year/ [14:19] Techrights-sec s/(Nat Friedman had left also)/, and Nat Friedman had left also/ [14:19] Techrights-sec s/The series will/That series will/ [14:19] Techrights-sec the "Stipe mafia bolt thing" needs a few words of explanation [14:19] Techrights-sec ^Stripe [14:19] schestowitz-TR thanks, orrecting and alkso expanding now [14:21] Techrights-sec np [14:22] schestowitz-TR this series has been watched very closely [14:22] schestowitz-TR so timing matters [14:58] Techrights-sec perhaps a word or two about what makes those particular sw patents 'spooky' [14:59] schestowitz-TR I have expandedthat part [14:59] schestowitz-TR I will leave Richard Graveley out of it [14:59] schestowitz-TR he's an oddball [14:59] schestowitz-TR but I think his son is incapacitated by now [14:59] schestowitz-TR Friedman, like BillG, will try toresurface ● May 24 [15:00] schestowitz-TR Friedman is a phoenix [15:00] schestowitz-TR Microsoft [15:00] schestowitz-TR then Ximian [15:00] schestowitz-TR then Novell then Microvell [15:00] schestowitz-TR thgan Xamarin [15:00] schestowitz-TR then Microsoftr [15:00] schestowitz-TR then GithHub [15:00] schestowitz-TR and he's only about 45 [15:11] Techrights-sec or a weasel [15:11] schestowitz-TR weasels are mostly harmless animals ● May 24 [16:13] schestowitz-TR . [16:13] schestowitz-TR ota [16:13] schestowitz-TR draft [16:39] schestowitz-TR DuckDuckGo ceo admits that his Microsoft syndication agreement forces him to not block MS js trackers & that he has [16:39] schestowitz-TR an NDA so he cant disclose details https://graz.social/@publicvoit/108357440909126378 [16:39] schestowitz-TR [16:25] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:: "RT @shivan_kaul@twitter.com This is shocking. [16:39] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:: "RT @shivan_kaul@twitter.com This is shocking. Du" - graz.social [16:39] schestowitz-TR Du" - graz.social [16:40] Techrights-sec ack [16:40] Techrights-sec interesting and incriminating [16:40] Techrights-sec that explains why the firewall here blocks DDG, I had started to wonder about taht but not investigated, but now I know why. N [16:40] Techrights-sec ot that DDG gets used often [16:40] Techrights-sec anyway. [16:40] schestowitz-TR we were right about DDG more than 10 years aog [16:40] schestowitz-TR we also called it Microsoft proxy,. even beforew some of the more incriminating evidence turned up [16:41] Techrights-sec yes [16:41] Techrights-sec it would be useful to remind people of that, too [16:46] Techrights-sec https://privacytests.org/about.html [16:46] Techrights-sec https://privacytests.org/ [16:46] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-PrivacyTests.org: open-source tests of web browser privacy [16:46] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-PrivacyTests.org: open-source tests of web browser privacy [16:51] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [16:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:55] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:55] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● May 24 [17:01] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [17:01] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [17:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [17:44] schestowitz-TR want to read my draft for the scenario of me going part time? [17:44] schestowitz-TR I took 3 shift off this week, rianne covers some of them [17:44] schestowitz-TR I've just lodged it under drafts even though the target site would be schestowitz.com [17:44] schestowitz-TR but I put that in TR [17:56] Techrights-sec ok [17:56] Techrights-sec ack [17:59] Techrights-sec might want to be clear in Moodle v Azue, which is the surveillanceware [17:59] Techrights-sec the part about the NDA needs expansion for context [17:59] schestowitz-TR everything ON Azure becomes surveillanceware [17:59] schestowitz-TR even if the php does not intend for it to be [17:59] schestowitz-TR aws for that matter [17:59] schestowitz-TR but for that we're guilty too [17:59] schestowitz-TR we outsourced even the vpn to aws ● May 24 [18:00] Techrights-sec yes, that's true but could be expounded upon in a coupl of words for those [18:00] Techrights-sec less familiar with Moodle. Moodle is great but many outside education have [18:00] Techrights-sec not worked with it or else maybe even used it without knowing that tghey [18:00] Techrights-sec were using it [18:00] schestowitz-TR we should rename mickeymouseIT.com (US) [18:04] Techrights-sec putting a VPN on AWS renders the VPN pointless, furthermore, the VPN itself [18:04] Techrights-sec is a failed paradigm and M$ oriented. A return to "Zero Trust" is what's needed [18:04] Techrights-sec not crunch-on-the-outside / soft-on-the-inside weak network architecture [18:06] schestowitz-TR the vpn is mostly being used to lock out former stuff, and vice versa [18:06] schestowitz-TR but then again, proper use of openldap (as before), maybe with puppet in the mix, would [18:06] schestowitz-TR enable the same bu better [18:06] schestowitz-TR accounts are already scattered all over the place and outsourced to companies [18:06] schestowitz-TR with NSA on their lap [18:06] schestowitz-TR This reminds me of Mark's book on teaching cybersecurity [18:06] schestowitz-TR I'm not a pro/expert, but come on... [18:06] schestowitz-TR This is the basic stuff! [18:12] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:20] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@2m4gfdsm43622.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [18:28] Techrights-sec Changing group membership in OpenLDAP should have reduced access and then [18:28] Techrights-sec the suspending or removing of the account from Kerberos ought to have done [18:28] Techrights-sec the rest [18:28] Techrights-sec neither basic nor advanced stuff is taught (or used) any more. Just reselling [18:28] Techrights-sec M$ crap or immitating the defective crap out of Redmond if not using it directly [18:30] schestowitz-TR it is tricker when dealing with clients' systems that have their own generic login credentials [18:30] schestowitz-TR and sometimes no firewalls [18:30] schestowitz-TR the better ones would add accounts on a per-user basis [18:30] schestowitz-TR we got caught out a few times [18:30] schestowitz-TR failing to remove accounts of people who had left [18:30] schestowitz-TR and iirc, vpn was not required for access either [18:30] schestowitz-TR but we go around falunting "iso" [18:30] schestowitz-TR all that was... tick some boxes [18:30] schestowitz-TR they don't even check anything [18:30] schestowitz-TR iso itself is a joke [18:30] schestowitz-TR rianne knows it since she was younf [18:30] schestowitz-TR because she saw the processes of granting iso stamp [18:31] Techrights-sec ISO certification and just about any "IT" certification is mostly a joke [18:52] schestowitz-TR "we have no skilled staff, we can loan some upon demand, but L@@k, we have this piece of paper" [18:55] schestowitz-TR I did not ask too many questions, but I assume we pursued this only because of the NHS (post hoc) and we hired [18:55] schestowitz-TR engineers enternally to do the engineering because you cannot pay engineers so little to work overnight on programming [18:55] schestowitz-TR tasks. As NOC, I refuse to do such work; that is another tariff [18:55] schestowitz-TR anyway, that piece of paper is not of much use, it only proves one thing: that we spent monies on some piece of paper [18:55] Techrights-sec https://dilbert.com/strip/1995-11-07 [18:55] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Dilbert Comic Strip on 1995-11-07 | Dilbert by Scott Adams [18:57] schestowitz-TR lol at dilbert cartoon [18:57] schestowitz-TR also lol at having to access and to access tls exception for about a dozen different domains just to see a stupid jpeg [18:57] schestowitz-TR *and to accept [18:59] Techrights-sec https://dilbert.com/search_results?page=2&terms=certification [18:59] Techrights-sec ack [18:59] Techrights-sec worse, it should be PNG or GIF due to the color palette [18:59] Techrights-sec they'd save a little storage and a *lot* of bandwidth that way [18:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Certification Comic Strips - Page 2 | Dilbert by Scott Adams ● May 24 [19:00] schestowitz-TR I did not check the format, but seems a lot of the overhead of user-side like having to run a ton of script and make like 100 c [19:00] schestowitz-TR onnections [19:00] schestowitz-TR and for them, there's lots of cruft that goes with the image [19:00] schestowitz-TR plus technical debt it all addsa [19:00] schestowitz-TR *adds [19:02] Techrights-sec that too [19:02] Techrights-sec I stand corrected, they are GIF, that is good and appropriate for the content [19:03] schestowitz-TR media: mp3 is dead (software patents' expiry) [19:03] schestowitz-TR media: gif is dead (because some person died) [19:03] Techrights-sec many companies only use the formats *because* they were patent encumbered, [19:03] Techrights-sec probably as part ofthe Zero Sum Game religion [19:05] schestowitz-TR there is tat percewption spread by Steve Blows and the likes of him [19:05] schestowitz-TR that only what you pay for is legally safe [19:05] schestowitz-TR so using ogg means uncertainty and that there will be some "patent pool" [19:05] schestowitz-TR Phipps still talks about these issues, but today's OSI is clueless and incompetent [19:05] schestowitz-TR Piana is OK and it's good he and another person joined the board [19:05] schestowitz-TR but a principal in that board is full-time microsofter [19:06] schestowitz-TR who cancels them out [19:06] schestowitz-TR along with OSI bribes from MSFT AND GitHub [19:07] Techrights-sec from here it looks only like they can't get their minds aroudn the idea [19:07] Techrights-sec of an open standard [19:12] schestowitz-TR sorry for suddent change of subject [19:12] schestowitz-TR it gets sunny now, contrary to the weather [19:12] schestowitz-TR maybe not warm enough [19:12] schestowitz-TR but I now realise that my current seyup is problematic in the sense that if I take out the door just one laptop I miss a lot of [19:12] schestowitz-TR components such as irc, ytalk, my main browser with browsing history (for references) and then the monitoring parts [19:12] schestowitz-TR even if I just wantto tyype an article in the sun, for references I need to put "LLL" (means link) instead of retreiveing them [19:12] schestowitz-TR later in summaer this can become an issue [19:12] schestowitz-TR (the door to the back yard is 1.5 meters from me [19:12] schestowitz-TR ) [19:12] schestowitz-TR *two doors [19:12] schestowitz-TR but going in and out is a cleanliness problem [19:17] schestowitz-TR DuckDuckGo is de facto Microsoft proxy, i.e. in NSA PRISM https://www.reviewgeek.com/118915/duckduckgo-isnt-as-private-as-you-thought/ [19:17] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.reviewgeek.com | DuckDuckGo Isnt as Private as You Thought Review Geek [19:17] Techrights-sec ack [19:18] schestowitz-TR [19:16] that DDG-related tweet I mentioned earlier now has an article for it https://www.reviewgeek.com/118915/duckduckgo-isnt-as-private-as-you-thought/ [19:18] schestowitz-TR [19:16] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- www.reviewgeek.com | DuckDuckGo Isnt as Private as You Thought Review Geek [19:22] schestowitz-TR maybe you know this already, but the posts we did on DDG were likely read hundreds of thousands of timea already [19:22] schestowitz-TR they are among the more popular ones [19:22] schestowitz-TR even years down the line [19:22] schestowitz-TR (mostly because so few losers out there bother writing about this) [19:23] Techrights-sec ack [19:23] Techrights-sec I had not checked. That's excellent news [19:25] schestowitz-TR if msm started writing about rick allen jones and about ddg, they would outrank us [19:25] schestowitz-TR same for epo [19:25] schestowitz-TR yet worse, there's a real risk they would promote straw men [19:25] schestowitz-TR to discredit all sceptics of ddg [19:25] schestowitz-TR side story, last night I spent almost 30 mins deleting comment spam in schestowitz.com [19:25] schestowitz-TR at first I thought it was that yorkshare "medicalk" shit I filed a complaint about last year [19:25] schestowitz-TR trying to derank those pages [19:25] schestowitz-TR by shoving endless link spam [19:25] schestowitz-TR but later I convinced myself this was very improbable [19:25] schestowitz-TR based on other patterns I saw [19:26] Techrights-sec ack [19:27] schestowitz-TR there are upsides and downsides [19:27] schestowitz-TR to see the downsides, recall what happened last feb. when you discovered what raspi had done since jan 25th iirc [19:27] schestowitz-TR and how the media was all over this [19:27] schestowitz-TR nobody even mentioned your discovery [19:27] schestowitz-TR ecept the official raspi os site (before the rename) [19:27] Techrights-sec yes [19:29] schestowitz-TR the media and "influencers" of gulagb00b slanted the discovery in a pro-Microsoft slanted way [19:29] schestowitz-TR a bunch of talking points that gave "acceptability" to what Microsoft had been doing to raspi since 2015 when it tried to [19:29] schestowitz-TR shoehorn vista onto these boards [19:29] schestowitz-TR risking their bloating, up-speccing to suit the wrong system [19:30] Techrights-sec ack [19:30] Techrights-sec spinmeisters [19:30] Techrights-sec they've changed attack methods against RPF and are now on the board [19:30] Techrights-sec that is not the end move however and they are causing deadly trouble there [19:30] Techrights-sec but it will take a while (and be too late byt then) to see publicly what they [19:30] Techrights-sec are up to. [19:32] schestowitz-TR you told me they had paid through large magazine ads [19:32] schestowitz-TR I tried to open, I think I gave up, but I trust that it's there [19:32] schestowitz-TR recen tly I saw a new 'article' about putting Vista 11 on a pi [19:32] schestowitz-TR but, to b e fair, I think we caused enough 'damange' that for 14 mon ths now they've [19:32] schestowitz-TR not run any microsoft 'ads' in the official raspi blog, which is in "merged" [19:32] schestowitz-TR so I hope there is an internal mental note/memo about publicly shilling [19:32] schestowitz-TR what their key customer base and enthusiasts hate deeply [19:35] schestowitz-TR last time, based on the publication pattern, they were likely subjected to some secret contracts [19:35] schestowitz-TR or binding agreement of doing scripted blog posts [19:35] schestowitz-TR "times two" (x2) [19:35] schestowitz-TR and then some other promotions [19:35] schestowitz-TR and adding the repo [19:35] schestowitz-TR once this deal was "completed" they sought no similar "partnership" [19:35] schestowitz-TR between 2015 and 2021 there were 6 years [19:35] schestowitz-TR so let's hope the bailout money of "Sleepy Joe" and "Cheeto" runs out [19:35] schestowitz-TR before Microsoft has "defence" budget funneled into it and then into Welsh companies [19:35] Techrights-sec they run a lot of defacto ads for M$ in various articles and blogs [19:36] schestowitz-TR I do not see these anymore, or barely/rarely [19:38] Techrights-sec ack [19:39] Techrights-sec I see them a lot more and more [19:40] schestowitz-TR I mostly judge by what I see [19:40] schestowitz-TR a) blog content (not sidebars) [19:40] schestowitz-TR b) search results related to this [19:40] schestowitz-TR 3) some aggregators like lxer [19:40] schestowitz-TR last time I saw microsoft promotion was them was about 14 months ago [19:40] schestowitz-TR asheley [19:40] schestowitz-TR I responded in video [19:47] schestowitz-TR About half these are Microsoft, for the second day in a row, but the corrupt media lets Microsoft badmouth "Linux" over admins who choose lousy passwords. 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