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schestowitz-TRgmMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRemergency-ish hereMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRwe had 1.5 hour electric outageMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRdo not try to retreieveMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRipfs stuff just yetMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRit has not run yetMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRworse yet, I cannot gegt wlan to show up on the piMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRafter the rebootMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRupon boot iy says "failked to start Load Kernel Module"May 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRthen it goes into the desktopop OKMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRbut it seems like wireless option is hard to get goingMay 25 05:57
schestowitz-TRany pointers?May 25 05:57
Techrights-secI wondered why no access to gemini.techrights.orgMay 25 05:57
Techrights-secwlan troubles here tooMay 25 05:57
Techrights-seccan you do a system update?May 25 05:57
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> 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. These are actively-exploited Microsoft holes! https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/05/24/cisa-adds-20-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogMay 25 05:58
schestowitz-TRfor system update I would need a connection I assumeMay 25 05:58
schestowitz-TRunless you think it will try to amend something locally, tooMay 25 05:58
schestowitz-TRdoes it have ethernet port? or over usb?May 25 05:58
Techrights-secWhat about the package 'debsums" ?May 25 05:59
Techrights-secno Ethernet at all?May 25 05:59
Techrights-secIt has Ethernet next to the USB portsMay 25 05:59
schestowitz-TRi am goint to try May 25 06:00
schestowitz-TRicidentally, I am getting to test my usb clone of the systemMay 25 06:00
schestowitz-TRbrbMay 25 06:00
schestowitz-TRa) usb boots OKMay 25 06:19
schestowitz-TRb) usb very slow for anything, both on rianne's and mineMay 25 06:19
schestowitz-TRc) when it finally booted wlan0 workedMay 25 06:19
schestowitz-TRbut it's an old backup of the whole system, and slowMay 25 06:19
schestowitz-TRd) gooing back to sd cardMay 25 06:19
schestowitz-TRe) running system update nowMay 25 06:19
schestowitz-TRlinux (kernel) has no new version, I assume maybe version update broke it (I did system update about 2 weeks ago)May 25 06:19
schestowitz-TRf) eth0 works fine, I didn't even remember the pi4 has itMay 25 06:19
Techrights-secackMay 25 06:19
Techrights-secackMay 25 06:24
Techrights-secf) it's not quite 1Gb/s but closeMay 25 06:24
Techrights-secbut most home networks are probably still only 100Mb/s  May 25 06:24
schestowitz-TRno, wait, yoiu leap aheadMay 25 06:30
schestowitz-TRso I did full system updateMay 25 06:30
schestowitz-TRno linux update was thereMay 25 06:30
schestowitz-TRyou said you too lost wifi                  #######################################May 25 06:30
schestowitz-TRso I told rianne not to update hers         #     ##########################      #May 25 06:30
schestowitz-TRwhen rebooting now it is the same issueMay 25 06:30
schestowitz-TRwifi works OK when I bot from the older cloneMay 25 06:30
schestowitz-TRI chedked how to boot the pi with an older klernelMay 25 06:30
schestowitz-TRknowing it does not use grubMay 25 06:30
Techrights-secssh: connect to host gemini.techrights.org port 22: No route to hostMay 25 06:31
Techrights-secDNS may be out of date?May 25 06:31
schestowitz-TRdo you know how to choose another kernel? I looked up some info, but it was not too usefulMay 25 06:35
schestowitz-TRassuming the pi does kerp old kernels and lets me select theseMay 25 06:35
Techrights-secackMay 25 06:35
Techrights-secis that in /boot/config.txt ?May 25 06:35
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Techrights-secif so, then shutdown and remove USB drive, mount it in another machine,May 25 06:40
Techrights-secedit the file and then return it and bootMay 25 06:40
Techrights-secmaybe copy the data over to the clone and use that?May 25 06:43
schestowitz-TRokMay 25 06:44
schestowitz-TRwell, the clone is out od dateMay 25 06:44
schestowitz-TRand the approch does not solve the issueMay 25 06:44
schestowitz-TRI may try to downgrade the kernelMay 25 06:44
schestowitz-TRit it does not seem too risky an approachMay 25 06:44
schestowitz-TRI have looked at config.txtMay 25 06:48
schestowitz-TRthe options there do not allude to older kernelMay 25 06:48
schestowitz-TRI do not use a USB drive, I'm back to using the SD cardMay 25 06:48
schestowitz-TRthe goal is to boot into a state where wlan works againMay 25 06:48
schestowitz-TR(I did test wlan works if I boot into the USB clone)May 25 06:48
Techrights-secRPi systems are easier to replace than repair by swapping out the storage mediumMay 25 07:16
schestowitz-TRI am going to try to run it close to me, with ethernet, headlessMay 25 07:26
Techrights-secackMay 25 07:26
schestowitz-TRI have restored things one by oneMay 25 07:58
schestowitz-TRsoon the ipfs processes will be fully caught up withMay 25 07:58
schestowitz-TRnginx is failingMay 25 07:58
schestowitz-TRI don't know hy yetMay 25 07:58
schestowitz-TR*whyMay 25 07:58
schestowitz-TRwould you like to see the error it gives?May 25 07:58
schestowitz-TRmaybe a newer version of it was unhappy with configs?May 25 07:58
schestowitz-TRI think when I did system updates it already restarted nginx as part of the processMay 25 07:58
schestowitz-TR[emerg] socket() [::]:80 failed 97: address family not supported by prtotocol)May 25 08:01
schestowitz-TROK, I think that the ipfs bits are ready to pick up now from the piMay 25 08:11
schestowitz-TRthe internal ip changed from 82 to 84 in D blockMay 25 08:11
schestowitz-TRmaybe some future system update will 'fix' wifiMay 25 08:11
schestowitz-TRfor now, http/s, gemini and ssh route to the ethernet addressMay 25 08:11
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schestowitz-TRmy connection requires that I run the tc scripts on the piMay 25 08:41
schestowitz-TRI changed ip=wlan to ethMay 25 08:41
schestowitz-TRbut it than acts unhappyabout running the commandsMay 25 08:41
schestowitz-TRas if they are only working with wlanMay 25 08:41
schestowitz-TRI guess eome other scripts alsdo make references to thatMay 25 08:41
schestowitz-TRI also had to change internal references to the name of the mchineMay 25 08:41
schestowitz-TRwhioch is not the same when it is on ethernetMay 25 08:41
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Techrights-secyes, but the wifi problem can be at the router posisbly May 25 08:44
schestowitz-TRthe upside is that there are now better fallback and maybe some time in the future the wifi issue will be May 25 08:44
schestowitz-TRsolved by system updateMay 25 08:44
schestowitz-TRmore iurgent that the geminiproxy/nginx, I need to figure out the traffic shapingMay 25 08:44
schestowitz-TRas my connecction is slowMay 25 08:44
schestowitz-TRand rianne's alosoMay 25 08:44
schestowitz-TRit looks like some kernel thingMay 25 08:46
schestowitz-TRas wlan is not even being loaded after the rebootMay 25 08:46
schestowitz-TRlike a missing componentMay 25 08:46
schestowitz-TRand it works ok with the old snapshot running off the sub stickMay 25 08:46
Techrights-secackMay 25 08:48
schestowitz-TRsomething in the OS itself has changedMay 25 08:48
schestowitz-TRI am so tired, been up since 2:40May 25 08:48
schestowitz-TRI just want to get tc rightMay 25 08:48
schestowitz-TRand then take a breakMay 25 08:48
Techrights-secackMay 25 09:00
schestowitz-TRgoing tito get much-needed sleepMay 25 09:01
schestowitz-TRlosing health over it not worth iit givenMay 25 09:01
Techrights-secackMay 25 09:01
schestowitz-TRthat more critical things are unning againMay 25 09:01
schestowitz-TRthe outage did not cause me as much trouble as the pi losing wlanMay 25 09:01
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Techrights-secthat's good news thenMay 25 11:48
Techrights-secthat the outage was minimal May 25 11:48
schestowitz-TRbackMay 25 11:50
schestowitz-TRat the end there were two unrelated issuesMay 25 11:50
schestowitz-TR1) pi after updatedMay 25 11:50
schestowitz-TR2) 1.5 hours of outageMay 25 11:50
schestowitz-TRfirst such outage in 15 yearsMay 25 11:51
schestowitz-TRI was a lot younger when last experiencingf an outage that's not my own fault and fixable on the stopMay 25 11:51
schestowitz-TRrianne and I were like zombies, much better nowMay 25 11:51
schestowitz-TRpriority now is 1) fix tc (maybe kernel change is the culprit?)May 25 11:51
schestowitz-TRs) fix the gemini-proxy or rather nginxMay 25 11:51
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Suffered my first electric outage (not caused by myself and immediately fixable in the fuse box) since more than 15 years ago! Shocking that the emergency line for this used a robot to pick up call. Emergency lines should send you directly to a person.May 25 12:04
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schestowitzx https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4050185/microsoft-open-sources-adatest-toxigenMay 25 14:08
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.computing.co.uk | Microsoft open-sources tools to create safer language modelsMay 25 14:08
schestowitzx https://www.techcityng.com/applications-open-for-the-microsoft-africa-development-center-adc-open-source-connect-for-developers/May 25 14:08
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.techcityng.com | Applications open for the Microsoft Africa Development Center (ADC) Open Source Connect for developers - TechCityMay 25 14:08
schestowitzx https://www.computerworld.com/article/3661673/adobe-tightens-microsoft-integration-for-document-management-validation.htmlMay 25 14:10
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Adobe tightens Microsoft integration for document management, validation | ComputerworldMay 25 14:10
psydruidAdobe trying to keep its friends relevantMay 25 15:04
schestowitz-TRshared crisesMay 25 15:05
psydruidthat's why I always disregard people's discounting GNU/Linux for not having Adobe and Autodesk productsMay 25 15:07
schestowitz-TRI understand those peopleMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRsome have worked for 20 years with theseMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRthey know no other wayMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRthey dee autocadMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRnot windowsMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRand some have used "Mac" for 20 yearsMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRso they see no other wayMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRbut that perception can changeMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRpsydruid: are you good at iptables and nftablesMay 25 15:08
psydruidif you are flexible enough you can learn anythingMay 25 15:08
schestowitz-TRTechrights-sec seems to be offline at the momentMay 25 15:09
schestowitz-TRyeah, but Techrights-sec spent a lot of time learning these, I spend 2 hours today in vainMay 25 15:09
schestowitz-TRI think we need to rewrite our traffic shapersMay 25 15:09
psydruidI worked for one of these CAD/CAM companies as a technical supportMay 25 15:09
schestowitz-TRDebian decided to move to newer packages that are not compatible with oldMay 25 15:09
schestowitz-TRI already had to fix 3 broken thingsMay 25 15:09
psydruidSo I know what I'm talking aboutMay 25 15:09
schestowitz-TRor work aroundMay 25 15:10
schestowitz-TRtechnical support is awful experienceMay 25 15:10
schestowitz-TRyou get abuseMay 25 15:10
psydruidI haven't worked with iptables directlyMay 25 15:10
psydruidThat's why I eventually quitMay 25 15:10
schestowitz-TRthe pi was forcibly reboot [sic]May 25 15:10
schestowitz-TRwe had the first such outage in over 15 yearsMay 25 15:10
schestowitz-TRI was joking to myself about Putler flicking a switchMay 25 15:11
schestowitz-TRjust to "fuck with us"May 25 15:11
schestowitz-TRbut at 2:50am in summer power usage is very lowMay 25 15:11
schestowitz-TRpsydruid: yes, better even garden than handle people on the phone MORE so people who are ANGRY as something went WRONGMay 25 15:12
psydruidI used to set up Slackware with Shorewall for an easier interface to iptablesMay 25 15:12
schestowitz-TRNow I don't even want to make a snapshot/clone of the piMay 25 15:12
psydruidMost customers were nice, except for the French, who have no mattersMay 25 15:12
psydruidmanners*May 25 15:13
schestowitz-TRbecause of all the things 'broken' with the latest patchesMay 25 15:13
schestowitz-TRFrance has a reputation for itMay 25 15:13
schestowitz-TRnot just in EPOMay 25 15:13
schestowitz-TRwhat a strange day it has been todayMay 25 15:13
psydruidSometimes they started cursing and I am the kind of person who treats others the way he is treated himselfMay 25 15:14
schestowitz-TRpushing infra changes to gitMay 25 15:14
schestowitz-TRlet me put it crudelyMay 25 15:14
psydruidCan you go back to a previous working state?May 25 15:14
schestowitz-TRjobs suckMay 25 15:14
schestowitz-TRIT jobs suck moreMay 25 15:14
schestowitz-TRan artilce in The Register 1-2 years agoMay 25 15:15
schestowitz-TRsaid something to the effect ofMay 25 15:15
schestowitz-TR90% of people in tech or IT or softwareMay 25 15:15
schestowitz-TR(cannot recall which)May 25 15:15
schestowitz-TRdislike their jobMay 25 15:15
psydruidI am considering non-IT jobs in the future tooMay 25 15:15
schestowitz-TRthe worst part is working on  stressMay 25 15:15
schestowitz-TRlike downtime, data loss, things breakingMay 25 15:15
schestowitz-TRthat's when the health is also impactedMay 25 15:15
schestowitz-TRI woke up after just 3 hours of sleep, stayed up 6 hoursMay 25 15:16
psydruidI know when I was working for that company I didn't even feel like staying in the workplace for lunchMay 25 15:16
schestowitz-TRuntil I decided that I fixed "enough" of the "more important" thingsMay 25 15:16
psydruidSo I went home not to see or hear from anyoneMay 25 15:16
psydruidAnd I put on weight because of the stressMay 25 15:16
schestowitz-TRmakes senseMay 25 15:16
schestowitz-TRdo not before close friend of colleagueMay 25 15:16
schestowitz-TRor relationshipsMay 25 15:16
schestowitz-TR*becomeMay 25 15:16
schestowitz-TRneed to separate the worldsMay 25 15:17
schestowitz-TRwhen I worked in burger king my girlfriend was a colleagueMay 25 15:17
schestowitz-TRit's getting a bit awkward sometimesMay 25 15:17
psydruidI've always been pursued in the workplace, but held it offMay 25 15:17
schestowitz-TRpsydruid: FURTHER (oops, caps) to main channel powwowMay 25 16:03
schestowitz-TRI mentioned you on the phoneMay 25 16:03
schestowitz-TRto the man I spoke toMay 25 16:03
schestowitz-TRhe worked in IT May 25 16:03
schestowitz-TRfound it stressfulMay 25 16:03
schestowitz-TRnow does power supplier stuffMay 25 16:04
schestowitz-TRthe good thing here is, power cuts are avoided in crowded placesMay 25 16:04
schestowitz-TRin bohol some people have had no power for 6 monthsMay 25 16:04
schestowitz-TRdue to the hurricaneMay 25 16:04
psydruidI think people in IT are undervalued, especially if they have degrees in CSMay 25 16:04
schestowitz-TRmaybe there is an oversupplyMay 25 16:05
psydruidyou learn all this theory and these advanced skillsMay 25 16:05
schestowitz-TRthey moan about "shortages" to lower the salariesMay 25 16:05
schestowitz-TRby increasing oversupplyMay 25 16:05
schestowitz-TRand not even training and teaching properlyMay 25 16:05
psydruidand then you go into the workplace and do all kinds of boring thingsMay 25 16:05
schestowitz-TRshit like "AWS certification"May 25 16:05
psydruidfor which you don't even need the degreeMay 25 16:05
schestowitz-TRyes, that's another issueMay 25 16:06
schestowitz-TRand it  is why rianne and I want to leave our jobMay 25 16:06
schestowitz-TRwe lost some staffMay 25 16:06
schestowitz-TRso sometimes we do shit jobs of people who leftMay 25 16:06
schestowitz-TRI already drafted something about going part timeMay 25 16:06
schestowitz-TRat first about leavingMay 25 16:06
schestowitz-TRbut I softened my stanceMay 25 16:06
schestowitz-TRa friend read my draft yesterdayMay 25 16:06
schestowitz-TRafter speaking to the power supplier our address is registered like a businessMay 25 16:07
schestowitz-TRso maybe we can live up to thatMay 25 16:07
schestowitz-TRand do techrights full time, not that stupid job full timeMay 25 16:07
schestowitz-TRmore people need to do their own thingMay 25 16:07
schestowitz-TRbut gov gives subsidies to very wealthy (graft) copmpaniesMay 25 16:07
schestowitz-TRand they eat all the pieMay 25 16:07
schestowitz-TRthe only way out of it is to not play their gameMay 25 16:08
schestowitz-TRself-hosting is oneMay 25 16:08
schestowitz-TRour company sometimes feels like resellersMay 25 16:08
schestowitz-TRwe used to have our OWN RACKS in the officeMay 25 16:08
schestowitz-TRnow the media says everyone needs THE CLOWNMay 25 16:08
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psydruidI think we should try to change the systemMay 25 16:11
psydruidThe big problem is most companies siding with government and surveillance capitalism businessesMay 25 16:12
schestowitz-TRit is a marriage of convenienceMay 25 16:12
schestowitz-TRgov, military, large companiesMay 25 16:12
psydruidWith the objective of keeping technical people out of top jobs and companiesMay 25 16:12
schestowitz-TRspying and hoarding taxpayers' moneyMay 25 16:12
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schestowitz-TRnow the energy copmpanies and food giants make huge profitsMay 25 16:12
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schestowitz-TRhaving killed off the small shops drting pandemicMay 25 16:13
psydruidIt's technologists vs business peopleMay 25 16:13
schestowitz-TRprices went up by a lotMay 25 16:13
psydruidAnd we should realize thatMay 25 16:13
schestowitz-TRthe other thing is demoting techsMay 25 16:13
schestowitz-TRbecause they are seen as a threat to the 'empty suits'May 25 16:13
schestowitz-TRsee EPOMay 25 16:13
schestowitz-TRbankers and politicians or MBAs at the topMay 25 16:14
schestowitz-TRno scienceMay 25 16:14
schestowitz-TRthe scientists are treated like farmersMay 25 16:14
psydruidI'm in favour of reversing this situationMay 25 16:18
psydruidwith scientists at the top and bankers and politicians at the bottomMay 25 16:18
schestowitz-TRbut we need to organiseMay 25 16:19
schestowitz-TRor unionise across firmsMay 25 16:19
schestowitz-TRthere are some movementsMay 25 16:19
schestowitz-TRbut too scatteredMay 25 16:19
schestowitz-TRgnu helped coders as "hackers" do thisMay 25 16:19
schestowitz-TRand bypass proprietary unixMay 25 16:20
schestowitz-TRso now there are optinosMay 25 16:20
schestowitz-TRbsd alsoMay 25 16:20
schestowitz-TRTechrights-sec: May 25 16:27
schestowitz-TRahaMay 25 16:27
schestowitz-TRand we're backMay 25 16:27
psydruidScientists are competing too much against one another for jobs and salariesMay 25 16:30
psydruidSo yes, I agree about unionisingMay 25 16:30
schestowitz-TREPO uses "promotion" to create hostilityMay 25 16:38
schestowitz-TRbut the union points back at the real issuesMay 25 16:38
schestowitz-TRwhich is not colleaguesMay 25 16:39
schestowitz-TRbut the dictators who plunder everyoneMay 25 16:39
schestowitz-TREPO is a "success story" for unionsMay 25 16:39
schestowitz-TRI wonder if I should make a statement on today's service interruptionMay 25 16:39
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schestowitz-TRthe main issue is the Debian 11 kernel updateMay 25 16:40
schestowitz-TRseems to have broken at least 4 servicesMay 25 16:40
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psydruidYesMay 25 16:42
schestowitz-TRthat'st the part I really hate about techMay 25 16:42
psydruidThis shouldn't happen in a "stable" releaseMay 25 16:42
schestowitz-TRit is stressfulMay 25 16:42
schestowitz-TRtech needs to be judged by what happens when things go wrongMay 25 16:42
psydruidSo standards seem to be slippingMay 25 16:43
schestowitz-TRlike kids bullied into suicide in FBMay 25 16:43
schestowitz-TRor shamed into itMay 25 16:43
schestowitz-TRor when businesses lose a ton of dataMay 25 16:43
schestowitz-TRor server suffer major breachMay 25 16:43
schestowitz-TRransomware tooMay 25 16:43
schestowitz-TRand people then skip a night's sleepMay 25 16:43
psydruidThat's always my way of thinkingMay 25 16:43
schestowitz-TRsame for relationshipsMay 25 16:44
schestowitz-TR'thehoneymoonisover"May 25 16:44
schestowitz-TRso they sayMay 25 16:44
psydruidTest for breakage instead of only proper functioningMay 25 16:44
schestowitz-TRas if marriage is just some long vacationMay 25 16:44
schestowitz-TRI even plugged in the usb cloneMay 25 16:44
schestowitz-TRwifi was OKMay 25 16:44
schestowitz-TRI then used ethernet to bring everything up to dateMay 25 16:44
schestowitz-TRchecked old kernelsMay 25 16:44
schestowitz-TRbut that did not fix wifiMay 25 16:45
schestowitz-TRTechrights-sec told me to just throw it away and use the cloneMay 25 16:45
schestowitz-TRas it would be fasterMay 25 16:45
schestowitz-TRbased on experienceMay 25 16:45
schestowitz-TRwith those types of devicesMay 25 16:45
psydruidI had this with a Debian 11 install a few months agoMay 25 16:45
schestowitz-TRpeople used to say sound brokeMay 25 16:45
schestowitz-TRafter they had upgradedMay 25 16:45
psydruidI applied updates and networking stopped workingMay 25 16:46
psydruidSo I did a reinstallMay 25 16:46
schestowitz-TRto me, eth0 still worksMay 25 16:46
schestowitz-TRI need to rewrite some scripts and stuffMay 25 16:46
psydruidAs I couldn't be bothered figuring out what exactly went wrongMay 25 16:46
schestowitz-TRand it needs to be close to the router nowMay 25 16:46
schestowitz-TRrianne and I are joking today that Putler is flicking the switch on and offMay 25 16:59
schestowitz-TRto feel how much power -- pardom the pun -- he hasMay 25 16:59
schestowitz-TRI spoke for over 30 mins with the power supplierMay 25 16:59
schestowitz-TRthe upstream oneMay 25 16:59
schestowitz-TRgot our addressed registered as "high priority"May 25 16:59
schestowitz-TRI spent a coupld of hours messing with tc, seeing that we now use "deprecated" tools and commandsMay 25 17:02
schestowitz-TRtried to work around that, as ipfs takes up the b/w at homeMay 25 17:03
Techrights-secdid you try it with nftablesMay 25 17:03
Techrights-secackMay 25 17:03
schestowitz-TRI reckon the commands can be converted to nftablesMay 25 17:03
schestowitz-TRbut do not know howMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRThere are similar issues people have with RHEL 8May 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRand some compatibility fallbacksMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRlike patches for the kernelMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRbut in the long run using these tools will get harderMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRuntil rewrittenMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRthis is less of an iissueMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRI did fix the logger and the nginx stuff, pushed to gitMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRso the only remaining PITA is tcMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRmaybe some time in the future the kernel will pick up wlan OKMay 25 17:04
schestowitz-TRwhat complicates me fixing this is that I barely have a grasp of how the tc scripts work at the momentMay 25 17:05
schestowitz-TRbut I reckon a mapping from one command to another would solve thisMay 25 17:05
schestowitz-TRwe vey much r ely on this for all tasks and computerMay 25 17:05
schestowitz-TRas the network is slow and ipfs is still useful enoughMay 25 17:05
schestowitz-TRthe issue with ipfs taking up a lot of bw is widely knownMay 25 17:05
schestowitz-TRbecause it needs to scatter many copies around, that's the whole point of itMay 25 17:05
Techrights-secthe main problem with tc is that it runs on a host within the LAN rather thanMay 25 17:06
Techrights-secthe LAN's routerMay 25 17:06
Techrights-seccan IPFS be adjusted to not use more than a certain amount of bandwidth on itsMay 25 17:06
Techrights-secown?May 25 17:06
schestowitz-TRI looked into it again this morning, with newer docs, but people suggest traffic shapingMay 25 17:06
Techrights-secackMay 25 17:09
schestowitz-TRwe have long known that iptablkes is being phased outMay 25 17:09
schestowitz-TRand now there's an opportunity to future-proof the setupMay 25 17:09
schestowitz-TRThe news is slow today, but I hardly slpt and my RSS feeds need cleaningMay 25 17:09
schestowitz-TRat least all key services are fully restoredMay 25 17:09
schestowitz-TRinc. ones I did not push to git, like changing to the devices nameMay 25 17:09
schestowitz-TRit now has two 'profiles', LAN Eth and WLANMay 25 17:09
psydruidIt's still inexcusable for such changes to take place in a stable distributionMay 25 17:16
schestowitz-TRyes, I mean..May 25 17:16
schestowitz-TRlikle breaking apis and compatibilityMay 25 17:16
schestowitz-TRwith apt/apt-get updateMay 25 17:17
schestowitz-TRnot upgradeMay 25 17:17
schestowitz-TRjust leave it the fuck aloneMay 25 17:17
schestowitz-TRit works, it runsMay 25 17:17
schestowitz-TRno upgradesMay 25 17:17
schestowitz-TRmaybe security fixes, that's enoughMay 25 17:17
schestowitz-TRlike nginx suddenly complaining about the config filesMay 25 17:17
schestowitz-TRbecause the syntax that was OK before it's not "Emerg"(ency)May 25 17:18
schestowitz-TRso the gemini proxy was down for like 9 hoursMay 25 17:18
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Techrights-secackMay 25 17:25
Techrights-secI should look at NFTables again soon.  May 25 17:25
schestowitz-TRthanks so muchMay 25 17:28
schestowitz-TRwe have two  tc scripts that are called by geminiMay 25 17:28
schestowitz-TRat the moment they do nothingMay 25 17:28
schestowitz-TRthey fail to runMay 25 17:28
schestowitz-TRfixing this is more to do with "convenience" (latency etc.) than uptimeMay 25 17:28
schestowitz-TRafaik, I did fix or work around all the other issuesMay 25 17:28
schestowitz-TRbut I will babysit tonight's scripts in real time just to be sureMay 25 17:28
schestowitz-TRalong the way on multiple machines at home we made things more robust in case of a next incidentMay 25 17:28
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Techrights-secackMay 25 17:42
schestowitz-TRmy energy provider is eager to protect what we have here in terms ofreisilienceMay 25 18:08
schestowitz-TRthe person I spoke to used to work as tech in telecomsMay 25 18:08
schestowitz-TRso the network sideMay 25 18:08
schestowitz-TRBT uptime has been superb so far this yearMay 25 18:08
schestowitz-TRno outages at all, just those annoying firmware updates without prior warnings, followd by IP address roll-overMay 25 18:08
schestowitz-TRat leasy my vague and basic understanding is that iptables is being replaced and phased outMay 25 18:08
schestowitz-TRfor good, solid, factual reasonsMay 25 18:08
schestowitz-TRtechnical reasons, not some corporation shoehorning vendor lockinMay 25 18:08
Techrights-secackMay 25 18:09
Techrights-secyes  and nftables is easier to use just it's missing the enormous wealth of May 25 18:09
Techrights-sec(good, bad, terrible) tutorials May 25 18:09
schestowitz-TRtoday's news is (so far) clean of Microsoft shitpostsMay 25 18:10
schestowitz-TRso far...May 25 18:10
schestowitz-TRso we can be offeensive with positive stuff, not "defensive"May 25 18:10
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Spamnil headline 3 hours ago: "Your Much Loved macOS Linux Terminal..." Waaah??? "macOS Linux Terminal"? The kernel has a terminal? Linux is MacOSX? macOS? When clueless people are propped up by Jim and Sheela Zemlin... to attack tech (no spamnil has no tech skills)May 25 18:11
Techrights-secackMay 25 18:12
Techrights-secthough Apple's, Microsoft's, John Deer's, and other's astroturfers have beenMay 25 18:12
Techrights-secactive in framing Apple's repair kit in a way that attacks right to repair andMay 25 18:12
Techrights-sectries to further erode the rightMay 25 18:12
schestowitz-TRthose are other battlesMay 25 18:13
schestowitz-TRlike Florian told me last month, better for us to focus on upc and epoMay 25 18:13
schestowitz-TRhe tackles apple's abuses a lot these daysMay 25 18:13
schestowitz-TRthere are 3 people I know who write 24/7 about fight or right to repairMay 25 18:13
schestowitz-TRthey can explain it a lot better than meMay 25 18:13
Techrights-secyes, of course, but one to check on from time to time because it is increasinglyMay 25 18:14
Techrights-seccrossing into software and with it licensing and, lately, into software patentsMay 25 18:14
Techrights-secyes, that too, however, the increasing misuse of patents and the incursion ofMay 25 18:14
Techrights-secsoftware patents into the fight is sometign to be aware of and check on fromMay 25 18:14
Techrights-sectime to timeMay 25 18:14
schestowitz-TRmaybe there are clips or portions of clips that can illuminate thisMay 25 18:15
schestowitz-TRas expalined by other peopleMay 25 18:15
Techrights-secgood idea.  I'll try to make note next time sw patents come up in one of theMay 25 18:15
Techrights-secvlogsMay 25 18:15
schestowitz-TRvery improbable I'll make videos today as the wind was out of my sails by 9am and I'm just trying to surviveMay 25 18:17
schestowitz-TRas feed items pile up and we only posted 10 nodes in drupal so far today (usually it's about 50 per day), except weekends  May 25 18:17
schestowitz-TRI spoke to the nortjhwest power managerMay 25 18:19
schestowitz-TRand he said that for the router and the pit it makes sense to get a upsMay 25 18:19
schestowitz-TRas the exchanges run on backup batteries anywayMay 25 18:19
schestowitz-TRand a ups for small devices should be 50-80 poundsMay 25 18:19
schestowitz-TRif we have another ppoower cut, I'll go purchase somethingMay 25 18:19
schestowitz-TRthe laoptops have batteriesMay 25 18:19
schestowitz-TRall of them have working batteries, some last longer than othersMay 25 18:19
Techrights-sec:/May 25 18:19
Techrights-secproblems like power outages will do thatMay 25 18:19
Techrights-secwould a UPS for one or two of the computers have helped?May 25 18:19
schestowitz-TRcost of ups ~ 4 hours of babysitting elephants in librewoldMay 25 18:20
schestowitz-TRso we don't have to wake up colleaguesMay 25 18:20
schestowitz-TR(for the NOC, which is useless if you work in the blind)May 25 18:20
schestowitz-TRI reckon we'll live and operate like this for a llong time to comeMay 25 18:24
schestowitz-TRgiven recent circumstancesMay 25 18:24
schestowitz-TRhence renewing domain for 5 years as wellMay 25 18:24
schestowitz-TRthe savings alone can assure thatMay 25 18:24
schestowitz-TRI've manually checked the gzx file this afternoionMay 25 18:24
schestowitz-TRthose are the bread and butter of the sitesMay 25 18:24
Techrights-secackMay 25 18:24
schestowitz-TRthough the file system matters as wellMay 25 18:24
schestowitz-TRwith fibreoptics I'd have backups it up a lot more often rather than rely on RAID and on youMay 25 18:24
Techrights-secI don't feel comfortable until problems with the filesystem are ru;ed outMay 25 18:25
schestowitz-TRyes, hence the need to reduce working hoursMay 25 18:27
schestowitz-TRthe time seems rightMay 25 18:27
schestowitz-TRand we made the decision (final) even before the employer communicated anythingMay 25 18:27
schestowitz-TRnow we have excuse and opportunityMay 25 18:28
schestowitz-TRI already ponsoered years ago either passing to rianne or going part timeMay 25 18:28
schestowitz-TRbut the money was easy and I feared it would insult the bossMay 25 18:28
schestowitz-TRlike "OK, I'm out, but plkease keep rianne in"May 25 18:28
schestowitz-TRbecaause it comes as a setMay 25 18:28
schestowitz-TR(when sareen was being a gas I threatened to quit and the boss reacted in panic sucking upMay 25 18:28
schestowitz-TRand staff; she was sacked shortly after that)May 25 18:28
schestowitz-TRwork politics is toxic shit that wears you downMay 25 18:29
schestowitz-TRworking 9-5 and communiting fnished you, even if you could in theory, type away and blog 7pm to midmnightMay 25 18:29
schestowitz-TRyou do not have the mental and emotional capacity anymoreMay 25 18:30
schestowitz-TRit is a hidden enemyMay 25 18:30
Techrights-secyep and those that don't do any work or anything constructive at all, sahyMay 25 18:30
Techrights-secmicrosofters, have all the time in the world to wear down productive peopleMay 25 18:30
Techrights-secwith their politicsMay 25 18:30
schestowitz-TRwhen getting older some people regret having been "budy making money" (they cannot even use up, just waste like "business c May 25 18:31
schestowitz-TRclass seats") when they could in fact use the time doing something personalMay 25 18:32
schestowitz-TRand at 40 you do start to wonder...May 25 18:32
schestowitz-TRheck, you cpould be that "professional clockMay 25 18:33
schestowitz-TR"along the lines ofm "biological clock" (typically a feminine term)May 25 18:33
Techrights-secmicrosofters often run the clock out on projects, making them miss deadlines May 25 18:37
Techrights-secand fail through obstructionMay 25 18:37
Techrights-secdelay, and interferenceMay 25 18:37
Techrights-secsince they never get measure by the same criteria, they can fail all day      May 25 18:37
Techrights-secevery day and only get praised and promoted for itMay 25 18:37
schestowitz-TRand when all else fails, outsourceMay 25 18:38
schestowitz-TRto places where they still retain some actual engineerrsMay 25 18:38
schestowitz-TRon borrowed moneyMay 25 18:38
schestowitz-TRbecause they lack a business model May 25 18:38
schestowitz-TRtoo obsssessed with grabbing all the "share" ("market") May 25 18:38
Techrights-secoh, too bad, it was almost ready, if there had only been a littleMay 25 18:38
Techrights-secmore time/money/upgradesMay 25 18:38
schestowitzSecurity mjg being pawned again (or pwn3d rather)May 25 18:47
schestowitzI want to spend more time in irc if I spend less time on the jobMay 25 18:47
Techrights-secackMay 25 18:48
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "The malware creates a working directory %TEMP%\\OfficeInit and copies to it INIT and cmpbk32.dll files, as well as a legitimate 32-bit Windows executable cmdl32.exe from either System32 or SysWOW64 folder, depending on if the operating system is 32 or 64 bit." https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/twisted-panda-chinese-apt-espionage-operation-against-russians-state-owned-defense-institutes/May 25 18:58
schestowitz-TR-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- research.checkpoint.com | Twisted Panda: Chinese APT espionage operation against Russian’s state-owned defense institutes - Check Point ResearchMay 25 18:58
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "Filename: eset_ssl_filtered_cert_importer.exe SHA-1 hash: 796362BD0304E305AD120576B6A8FB6721108752 ESET detection name: Win32/Agent.AEGY" https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/05/20/sandworm-ukraine-new-version-arguepatch-malware-loader/May 25 18:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-research.checkpoint.com | Twisted Panda: Chinese APT espionage operation against Russian’s state-owned defense institutes - Check Point ResearchMay 25 18:58
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Sandworm uses a new version of ArguePatch to attack targets in Ukraine | WeLiveSecurityMay 25 18:58
schestowitz-TR-TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- Sandworm uses a new version of ArguePatch to attack targets in Ukraine | WeLiveSecurityMay 25 18:58
Techrights-secackMay 25 19:21
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schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "Despite assurances by Eben Upton that there’s no supply shortage of Raspberry Pi CM4 modules for commercial and industrial customers, installations or projects requiring just a few modules may be out of luck. So alternatives are needed" https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/05/25/raspberry-pi-cm4-compatible-module-amlogic-a311d-cpu/May 25 19:47
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cnx-software.com | Raspberry Pi CM4 compatible module coming soon with Amlogic A311D CPU - CNX SoftwareMay 25 19:47
Techrights-secackMay 25 19:49
Techrights-secack; not all the manufacturing can take place in Wales yet, and of courseMay 25 19:49
Techrights-secthere is the matter of the components tooMay 25 19:49
schestowitz-TRnot computer enthusiats hoard componentsMay 25 19:49
schestowitz-TRcar makers doMay 25 19:49
schestowitz-TRand of course CrankCoin peopleMay 25 19:49
schestowitz-TRbut they are buying into duds that lack value or lose value very rapidlyMay 25 19:49
Techrights-secnot the enthusiasts but the manufacturers of chips and other basic partsMay 25 19:57
Techrights-sectheir not hoarding but are just not able to make enoughMay 25 19:57
Techrights-secscalpers are another problem and a big one which has popped up rather recentlyMay 25 19:57
Techrights-secin response to the shortageMay 25 19:58
Techrights-secpeople buy up units at the normal price and then auction them off for severalMay 25 19:58
Techrights-sectimes higherMay 25 19:58
schestowitz-TRdata is the new aunflower oil :-)May 25 19:58
psydruidit also depends on the types of chipsMay 25 19:58
schestowitz-TRfish and chipsMay 25 19:59
schestowitz-TRwith sunflower oilMay 25 19:59
psydruidI think it's more important to get more smaller chips out there than these x86 monstrositiesMay 25 19:59
schestowitz-TRmade  or farmed in ukraineMay 25 19:59
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