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Techrightssecgood to hear.  Mumble is very useful, especially if echo cancellation is activeNov 26 00:35
schestowitz-TROh, god! 'Linux'Hint has just published another couple dozen WINDOWS stories, Proprietary Crap, and other stuff totally NOT related to Linux. That site has been like this throughout November. Might as well just shut the thing down! In respect to the people who USED to run it.Nov 26 04:35
Techrightssec:/Nov 26 04:35
schestowitz-TR'Linux'Hint is now run/written by people who don't know Linux, don't use Linux, and generally reject LinusNov 26 04:35
schestowitz-TRIt's fair to say 'Linux'Hint is now an anti-Linux site. It promotes Windows!Nov 26 04:37
schestowitz-TRdraft (3 videos this mornign; one as per your suggestion)Nov 26 04:38
TechrightsseccheckingNov 26 04:49
TechrightssecMaybe expand "EPO" for the first occurence of the acronym.  Nov 26 04:49
TechrightssecWhat channels to Eurppean citizens have to ask for oversight of the EPO?Nov 26 04:49
schestowitz-TRthanks, amendingNov 26 04:50
schestowitz-TRno official channelsNov 26 04:50
schestowitz-TRwill emntion this in next artic.e..Nov 26 04:50
TechrightssecThe absence of official channels should be mentioned then, possibly alongNov 26 04:58
Techrightssecwith the existing, suboptimal options such as they are.Nov 26 04:58
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Techrightssecit is not possible for microsofters to 'reskill' and become ICT professionalsNov 26 08:06
Techrightssecbecause not only is the skillset incompatible but the very mindset and illogicalNov 26 08:06
Techrightssecway they have of (not) organizing their thoughts is incompatible.Nov 26 08:06
Techrightssecfor actual ICT you need a clear and organized thought process and logic.Nov 26 08:06
Techrightssecthe m$ crap follows neither and is just randomly put together, thus it drivesNov 26 08:06
Techrightssecaway those that would even have the potential to someday become skilled in ICT.Nov 26 08:06
Techrightssecthat and their gatekeeper style oral tradition ensure that no one who is notNov 26 08:06
Techrightssec100% loyal to the cult will get the essential but undocumented knowledge neededNov 26 08:07
Techrightssecto pretend to operate m$ products.  thus there can be no crossover.Nov 26 08:07
schestowitz-TRi do not have sufficient direct experience with microsofters inside a companyNov 26 08:09
schestowitz-TRmaybe I'm lucky to have dodged thatNov 26 08:09
schestowitz-TRthe cloest was my phd supervisor, but he more than tolerated the use of gnu/linux by his postgrad studentsNov 26 08:09
schestowitz-TRnot to bragNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRand not to claim a correlation for sureNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRbut since calling out spamnil i see he is reluctant with the clicfraud  Nov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRand limits how many he does (I think he sends a list of URLs for the bots)Nov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRyou can see videos almost 2 months old with less than 10 viewsNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRand he doesn't make many videoa anymore, but what owrries me nowadaysNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRis what happened to linuxhintNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRtoday it was a net of 0% linusNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRand lots of windowsNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRit went rhough periods, sometimes doing programming postsNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRthen PLAGIARISING programming postNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRafter it had attemped to do amazon catalogue disguised as reviews and suchNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRa year ago the site was still mostly OKNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRaNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRTON of GOOD howtosNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRthose are very rarely now and author names have changedNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRif this keeps happening to good sites, we'll be short on material for daily linksNov 26 08:23
schestowitz-TRand TMNov 26 08:23
TechrightssecackNov 26 08:26
TechrightssecexcellentNov 26 08:26
Techrightssecthat he is curbing the bullshitNov 26 08:26
TechrightssecYes, site after site has been falling away, eithe shut down outright or passingNov 26 08:26
Techrightssecthrough an ugly pro-M$ phase first.Nov 26 08:26
TechrightssecIt's a matter of national security for all nations that there is only Nov 26 08:26
Techrightssecmicrosoftianism taught (a vocation) instead of theory and applied theoryNov 26 08:26
Techrightssecat universities.  I bet it's not possible to get through a basic 5-yearNov 26 08:26
TechrightssecComp Sci or Electrical Engineering degree without being *required* toNov 26 08:26
Techrightssecuse m$ gimmicks for at least two semesters.  It's a bet I'd like to lose butNov 26 08:27
Techrightssecall the indicators are that Bill has destroyed higher ed in the US.  Nov 26 08:27
TechrightssecReagan took out the primary and secondary education first though.Nov 26 08:27
schestowitz-TRyou are right, even 22 years ago there was a semester with a module where we needed to do some stuff in excelNov 26 08:27
schestowitz-TRor access or somethingNov 26 08:27
schestowitz-TRback then they didn't have staroffice as an optionNov 26 08:27
TechrightssecThe institutions lock people into m$ + blackboard and then don't give a rat's Nov 26 08:30
Techrightssecasshole if either work or if instead the teachers or students end up fritteringNov 26 08:30
Techrightssecaway the contact hours unproductively attempting to accomplished the assignedNov 26 08:30
Techrightssectasks using the toys required in place of real tools.  Nov 26 08:30
schestowitz-TR2 daysa ago I saw a blog post (you sent the rss feeds) about someone who had taught, moved to industry, then madeNov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRa statement on teacher (IIRC, maybe a comeback)Nov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRthe problem with such a trajectory is, people who taught decades ago have not much to go BACK toNov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRas that thing they had come from changed over timeNov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRI recently examples the syllabus of UoM and it's mostly OK, aside from buzzwordsNov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRbut that's a relatively high-ranked CS schoolNov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRbecoming a teachers in universities now, I would gues, means lots of clown, smut "phones",Nov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRand other crap never designed with either productivity nor education Nov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TR*orNov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRin mindNov 26 08:34
schestowitz-TRime, based on Palm PDA/Palm OS since 2001, too much of these gadgets is harmful and possibly addictiveNov 26 08:34
Techrightssechttps://www.bbc.com/news/education-46019429Nov 26 08:36
TechrightssecIt's worse for mental / social healthNov 26 08:36
TechrightssecBack then the PDAs were still about getting work done.  Nowadays the tools areNov 26 08:36
Techrightsseceither designed intentionally as addictive timewasters (engagement) on purpose,Nov 26 08:36
Techrightssecor unintentionally by kids who have only ever seen inefficient, time-wastingNov 26 08:36
Techrightssecuser interfaces and think not only that it is "normal" but expect it.  Nov 26 08:36
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Surgery students 'losing dexterity to stitch patients' - BBC NewsNov 26 08:36
schestowitz-TRyesterday I had a lengthy chat with my mom about what cars were becomingNov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRshe hadn't thought much about it, but the point sank in after a whileNov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRI still don't know what the "latest" cars are like, it's moving ahead fast,Nov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRconverging with what cars are NOT meant to meNov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRbecoming more of a distraction (hence, death toll)Nov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRI still don't fully understand how people "use" [sic] tiktok but sometimes I seeNov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRpeople use "phones" and "apps". Their time would be better spent talking to an Nov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRactual person or using actual programs such as kdenlive or cad suitesNov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRgetting stuff "done" in life using "car" screen and "mobile" is like getting byNov 26 08:42
schestowitz-TRnutrition/diet-wide on 12-pack bags of craisps and pcks of chewing gumNov 26 08:42
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schestowitz-TRgoing through links atm, seeing more on twitter going titsupNov 26 09:13
schestowitz-TRthis is very very very good newsNov 26 09:13
schestowitz-TRalso the alexa bubbleNov 26 09:13
schestowitz-TRlosses upon losses just to record people inside their own homesNov 26 09:13
schestowitz-TRcompanies operating at a loss... for social control, rewarded by "deep state" budgetNov 26 09:13
TechrightssecIIRC it was Cory who has been vocal about cars being computers you put yourNov 26 09:15
Techrightssecbody into; They're more complex than that though and are really rolling    Nov 26 09:15
Techrightssecnetworks of networks which are in turn often connected intentionally or Nov 26 09:15
Techrightssecaccidentally to The Internet.  Nov 26 09:15
TechrightssecIf Musk can take out Twitter permanently then that will only be a good thing.Nov 26 09:15
TechrightssecHowever, there is a small risk that he and his Saudi backers can succeed inNov 26 09:15
Techrightssecturning it into a loud and successful version of Gab or Pravda -- for socialNov 26 09:15
Techrightsseccontrol.  Nov 26 09:15
TechrightssecLike m$, it does not matter how much losses there are nor for how long the losses run.  It's entirely about control.  Nov 26 09:15
TechrightssecJust like the rest of modern computing.Nov 26 09:15
schestowitz-TRyes, that's one message we need to conveyNov 26 09:16
schestowitz-TRwith burden of proof on usNov 26 09:16
schestowitz-TRas that contradicts the well-funded marketing machines, which nowadays include "the media"Nov 26 09:16
TechrightssecIt's hard to convey when almost no one under the age of 40 even knows howNov 26 09:16
Techrightssecto use a computer let alone actually uses one.  Under the age of 30 even fewerNov 26 09:16
Techrightssechave even seen a general purpose computer.  Nov 26 09:16
schestowitz-TRit's not easy to convince peopleNov 26 09:18
schestowitz-TRsame issue when the vast majority do not understand how patents workNov 26 09:18
schestowitz-TRor why some meds, even vaccines, are made so expensive (superficially)Nov 26 09:18
schestowitz-TRand hence the rich get richer rapidlyNov 26 09:18
TechrightssecOr if they have some misguided or misinformed idea that patents are related inNov 26 09:18
Techrightssecany way to innovation.  Yes there is correlation but an inverse one. :(Nov 26 09:18
schestowitz-TRmy mom thought patents are an actual thingNov 26 09:21
schestowitz-TRlike if you see a screw, that's a patentNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRbecause something about it might be patentedNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRthe media played a big role in thisNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRI saw some very misleading headlineNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRwhen I was a teenager and we did a business the media covered us, saying we "invent patents"Nov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRwhich makes no senseNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRalso, we never pursued any patentsNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRso it was a lie on several levelNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRI still have a clipping of that title (headline) and the articleNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRthey basically used teens to make a bunch of noise about "patents"Nov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRwhere none at all were involvedNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRmy guess is that patent-related activists have been quiet due to shock and trauma of this economyNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRor lack of participation from media with broader audiencesNov 26 09:22
schestowitz-TRwhich in turns lowers incentive to do the activism, the workNov 26 09:22
TechrightssecOne of the reasons lawyers and MBAs can get away with so much noise is thatNov 26 09:37
Techrightssecthey've succeeded in confusing and disorienting the public by yammering onNov 26 09:37
Techrightssecabout "intellectual property rights" which are neither intellectual,Nov 26 09:37
Techrightssecnor property, nor rights.  The media has chosen to play along so manyNov 26 09:37
Techrightssecsmart and otherwise well-intentioned individuals don't know better and parrotNov 26 09:37
Techrightssecthose lines.  Basically by steering the discussion away from the concrete    Nov 26 09:37
Techrightssecand distinct domains of 1) patents, 2) copyright, 3) trademarks, or   Nov 26 09:37
Techrightssec4) trade secrets they make discussin impossible and that is the main goal thatNov 26 09:37
TechrightssecI see from use of the misleading term "intellectual property rights" Nov 26 09:37
TechrightssecIf you can't even converse about the topic you certainly cannot fight it or evenNov 26 09:37
Techrightssecreform it because you are *not* talking about it but instead some fantasy in  Nov 26 09:37
Techrightssecits place.  Nov 26 09:37
schestowitz-TRclown computingNov 26 09:38
schestowitz-TRhome assistantsNov 26 09:38
schestowitz-TR"enterprise" softwareNov 26 09:38
schestowitz-TRand so onNov 26 09:39
schestowitz-TRthe media chooses the languageNov 26 09:39
schestowitz-TRand we know who fudns the mediaNov 26 09:39
TechrightssecOne of the spying microphones is losing money.  I wonder how long the companyNov 26 09:58
Techrightssecfronting it will keep it around anyway despite the ongoing losses.Nov 26 09:58
schestowitz-TRiirc, the aws cia contract is circo 10bnNov 26 10:11
schestowitz-TRor 6Nov 26 10:11
schestowitz-TRwas 6 around 2015?Nov 26 10:11
mjg59_CIA have no meaningful need for compute, it's nowhere near that muchNov 26 10:38
mjg59_It's a number that would make sense for the NSANov 26 10:39
TechrightssecNot sure.  Do you mean this one, it is just a drop in the bucket:Nov 26 11:02
Techrightssechttps://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/cia-awards-multibillion-c2e-cloud-contract-aws-microsoft-google-oracle-and-ibm/Nov 26 11:02
Techrightssechttps://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2020/11/exclusive-cia-awards-secret-multibillion-dollar-cloud-contract/170227/Nov 26 11:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/cia-awards-multibillion-c2e-cloud-contract-aws-microsoft-google-oracle-and-ibm/ )Nov 26 11:02
TechrightssecMore bailout money for M$Nov 26 11:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-CIA Awards Secret Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract - NextgovNov 26 11:02
Techrightssechttps://fortune.com/2015/06/29/intelligence-community-loves-its-new-amazon-cloud/Nov 26 11:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-CIA cloud gets kudos from security agencies | FortuneNov 26 11:02
Techrightssechttps://www.govexec.com/magazine/features/2014/07/daring-deal/88207/Nov 26 11:02
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.govexec.com | Daring Deal - Government ExecutiveNov 26 11:02
schestowitz-TRoceans of "money" (debt)Nov 26 11:03
schestowitz-TRbailout (financial, threat to national security) under the guise of "defence"Nov 26 11:03
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schestowitz-TRStatistics About COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/11/26/statistics-about-covid-19-vaccines/Nov 26 13:28
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » Statistics About COVID-19 Vaccines in the United StatesNov 26 13:28
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schestowitz-TRpingNov 26 18:05
schestowitz-TRnever mindNov 26 18:05
schestowitz-TRbut there's a draftNov 26 18:05
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TechrightssecbackNov 26 19:36
TechrightsseccheckingNov 26 19:36
schestowitz-TRbeen setting up pi400 to do thingsNov 26 19:39
schestowitz-TRnice to have a spare to experiment on like thisNov 26 19:39
TechrightssecYes a spare is quite valuable.  If you have additional USB sticks to boot fromNov 26 19:39
Techrightssecthen you effectively have an additional machine from each stick.  Nov 26 19:39
schestowitz-TRthis machine is already a 'hot spare' in case the 2020 pi diesNov 26 19:49
schestowitz-TRand it's hard to get more of them nowNov 26 19:49
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