●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, December 25, 2022 ●● ● Dec 25 [00:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:13] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@ggq4vsky9tccu.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 25 [02:31] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:31] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:31] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [02:31] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uvxvchtayzkvk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 25 [04:18] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:19] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Connection closed) [04:19] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [04:19] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uvxvchtayzkvk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 25 [05:26] schestowitz-TR "Sadly those factors, among others, continue to put a major strain on operations and challenge my ability to continue as Phoronix approaches its 19th birthday in June." https://www.phoronix.com/news/Holidays-Christmas-2022 [05:26] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays From Phoronix - Phoronix [05:27] schestowitz-TR merry xmas [05:27] schestowitz-TR had some extra sleep, now back on the saddle ● Dec 25 [06:53] techrightssec2 merry xmas, it'll still be some hours before back in routine [06:54] schestowitz-TR we'll go feed bird in a few hours [06:54] schestowitz-TR *birds [06:54] schestowitz-TR a flock of about 50 in that area [06:55] schestowitz-TR at least nothing broke, we also set up a better and more ergomic workstation (for her) [06:55] schestowitz-TR she was leaning forward too much [06:56] schestowitz-TR i put that video in latest Daily Links and copied its title, in quotes... [06:56] schestowitz-TR watched the first few minutes ● Dec 25 [07:14] schestowitz-TR i amm subscribed for some time now [07:14] schestowitz-TR just added ebuzz central too [07:14] schestowitz-TR see latest page in TM [07:14] schestowitz-TR he's good [07:14] schestowitz-TR and relatively ok s/n ratio [07:14] schestowitz-TR robertson sounds like reddit BS amplified these days [07:14] schestowitz-TR having run our of material like tiling WMs ● Dec 25 [08:08] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:09] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [08:16] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [08:16] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@auubhxtweg528.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:19] schestowitz-TR "Since Elon Musk is trying to ban any mention of Mastodon on Twitter, I thought I'd just make it as easy as possible to find me on the former. I'm at https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody I look forward to meeting lots of you there, where we can discuss the continuing and inevitable decline of Twitter under Musk." http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2022/12/where-to-find-me-on-mastodon.html [08:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Glyn Moody (@glynmoody@mastodon.social) - Mastodon [08:19] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-opendotdotdot.blogspot.com | open...: Where to find me on Mastodon ● Dec 25 [09:17] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [09:27] schestowitz-TR this was the ONLY blog post from glyn moody in 2022, at least this blog [09:27] schestowitz-TR biab, feeding time [09:28] techrightssec2 Tragically, and inappropriately, many people of all ages mistake Reddit for [09:28] techrightssec2 a discussion forum. [09:28] techrightssec2 ack ● Dec 25 [11:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [11:45] schestowitz-TR with 6 days left in the month, december in TM now has same # of hits as november [11:45] schestowitz-TR let's hope tthis upward trend continues [11:45] schestowitz-TR most sites only observed downward trend this past decade [11:45] schestowitz-TR i hope people do revisit rss [11:45] schestowitz-TR zonker (slashdot, novell, red hat, aws, not some db company) thinks rss is coming back [11:45] schestowitz-TR as per his latets blog post [11:45] schestowitz-TR rss is the logical path forward [11:45] schestowitz-TR not activitypub ● Dec 25 [12:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:28] techrightssec2 activitypub is overly complicated and I also wonder about scalability [12:30] schestowitz-TR rss has its own scale issues, but you don't need real time update for rss [12:30] schestowitz-TR sites and readers generally agree to not poll or serve more than about once per hour [12:30] schestowitz-TR the "push notification" and real-time obsession (going "viral" within minutes) leads to distraction [12:30] schestowitz-TR like having a mail client open and sending notification within a minute [12:30] schestowitz-TR even when you are in the middle of doing something [12:30] techrightssec2 pull seems to work well, within limit, as you mention it's not for real-time [12:30] techrightssec2 notification, but that is fine [12:31] schestowitz-TR you might be reading a book at a time [12:31] schestowitz-TR anything that take attention away for even 5 secs is too mmuch [12:31] schestowitz-TR more so if you write the text of somenthiong like an article and need to remember what all the previous sentences [12:31] schestowitz-TR said [12:31] schestowitz-TR and in what odrder [12:32] techrightssec2 RSS does not hook people for 'engagement' and supports a more asynchronous way [12:32] techrightssec2 of working or publishing ● Dec 25 [13:01] techrightssec2 that is the point -- not opening either an "app" or a full page [13:02] schestowitz-TR it can lower traffic [13:02] schestowitz-TR people can get everything in the feed reader [13:02] schestowitz-TR no need to open "app" or "page" [13:02] schestowitz-TR more important to me: unified presentation [13:02] schestowitz-TR no sidebar [13:03] schestowitz-TR not much to be distracted by [13:03] schestowitz-TR except maybe icons that symbolise the source [13:03] schestowitz-TR it's even better in kate [13:03] techrightssec2 that is the point -- not opening either an "app" or a full page [13:03] schestowitz-TR gemini weeds out the presentation inconsistency [13:03] schestowitz-TR and sidebars etc not possible [13:03] schestowitz-TR linear flow [13:11] schestowitz-TR in kde 4 about a decade ago I had a world clock plasmoid, showing several time zones and globe that [13:11] schestowitz-TR says where it's light or dark [13:11] schestowitz-TR I don't check other time zones, but you might need to find the right "plasma" "widget" [13:11] schestowitz-TR kde has many extensions for clocking/timing [13:13] schestowitz-TR spamnil is buying fake "views" again [13:38] schestowitz-TR Gemini also focuses on content, that is enhanced by its linear flow [13:38] techrightssec2 Gemini also focuses on content, that is enhanced by its linear flow [13:39] schestowitz-TR ack [13:39] techrightssec2 ack ● Dec 25 [14:50] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:51] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:55] *rianne (~rianne@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [14:58] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Dec 25 [15:01] *rianne (~rianne@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:01] *asusbox (~rianne@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:12] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:12] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:13] *asusbox (~rianne@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:13] *rianne (~rianne@ubimf8izmv24i.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [15:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 25 [17:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [17:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 25 [18:18] techrightssec2 Yes, as I don't have, and shouldn't, have access there. 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