●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, August 28, 2022 ●● ● Aug 28 [00:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [00:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [00:43] schestowitz-TR2 just had to restart httpd on techrights [00:43] schestowitz-TR2 20 mins mins before "afk" [00:43] schestowitz-TR2 i did not investigate why [00:43] schestowitz-TR2 it just didn't respond [00:43] schestowitz-TR2 anyway, later this year we'll have a more reliable base system ● Aug 28 [02:07] starstreak alpine? [02:35] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [02:38] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@r7rnig35fp2en.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 28 [03:17] *starstreak has quit (Quit: Leaving) [03:20] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 28 [04:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [04:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 28 [06:56] schestowitz-TR2 starstreak: yes [06:56] Techrights-sec checked the question of HTML entities locally and they seem to work ok [06:56] Techrights-sec the addition script, updated script, and extraction script all seeem to let them [06:56] Techrights-sec be [06:56] Techrights-sec However, a different bug surfaced. ● Aug 28 [07:03] starstreak schestowitz-TR2, what are you using now? [07:03] schestowitz-TR2 alpinex2 [07:10] starstreak going from alpine to alpine [07:10] starstreak lol [07:39] schestowitz-TR2 no, fro centos on two servers [07:39] schestowitz-TR2 Techrights-sec: [07:39] schestowitz-TR2 riannes exams are next week and the week after [07:39] schestowitz-TR2 she is practising, hence not many tuxmachines updates ● Aug 28 [08:23] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Aug 28 [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 the tm git gemini:// pages were not updating [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 I made some changes [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 but one impasse it [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 gemini account cannot run git on /var/www [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 without some special dir exception being added [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 and maybe it's restricted for a good reason [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 if you go to the repo as user/whoami gemini [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 then git anything [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 you will see what I mean [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 it really just needs read-only access [09:43] schestowitz-TR2 it then generates a list of files [09:44] schestowitz-TR2 they are later read and liste [09:44] schestowitz-TR2 then it gets a list of commits ● Aug 28 [10:17] schestowitz__[TR] https://nitter.eu/financialtaxnow/status/156378403996580249 [10:17] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 429 @ https://nitter.it/financialtaxnow/status/156378403996580249 ) [10:18] schestowitz__[TR] Microsoft Staff Repeatedly Refuses to Tell How Many People Use WSL, Defends Patent Extortion and Blackmail of Linux Instead | Techrights [10:18] schestowitz__[TR] the first Techbrother seem to be Microsoft @IntlCrimCourt [10:18] schestowitz__[TR] ● Aug 28 [11:06] schestowitz-TR2 "During my most recent hospitalization, besides making a video about the IV pump, I was messing around with a Raspberry Pi 4G LTE router project I could stash in my hospital go-bag (I am hospitalized about 2.5x per year, on average)." https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/upgrading-4g-lte-modem-firmware-experience [11:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.jeffgeerling.com | Upgrading 4G LTE modem firmware is an experience | Jeff Geerling [11:06] Techrights-sec correct gemini is the account under which the gemini daemon runs, it must [11:06] Techrights-sec not have write access to the pages it serves [11:06] Techrights-sec w^X [11:06] Techrights-sec related to, but not quite, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%5EX [11:06] Techrights-sec https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege_separation [11:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | W^X - Wikipedia [11:06] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-en.wikipedia.org | Privilege separation - Wikipedia [11:11] schestowitz-TR2 what would thus be the best approach for [11:11] schestowitz-TR2 1) the list of files to be exported to ~gmini/gemini [11:11] schestowitz-TR2 and [11:11] schestowitz-TR2 2) the git commit history to go to that account too? [11:11] schestowitz-TR2 put another way, which account which cron list-git-files? you put it in gemini's crontab [11:14] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@9qsqdkvbw5grk.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [11:19] Techrights-sec oh that was a mistake, it should not be in gemini's crontab [11:19] Techrights-sec perhaps git's instead? [11:19] Techrights-sec checkingg [11:22] schestowitz-TR2 2 other mistakes I corrected were the file for changes being wrong ownership after the changeover [11:22] schestowitz-TR2 and the location of git-files being one level too deep [11:22] schestowitz-TR2 gemini account needs only read access to a list of changes from git (as file in its own homedir) and same [11:22] schestowitz-TR2 for the git-files (/n-separated list) [11:22] schestowitz-TR2 atm tuxmachines at gemini is not advertised anywhere except maybe the irc channel [11:22] schestowitz-TR2 hence the work on a more holistic front page [11:23] Techrights-sec tuxmachines' account seems to be the right place for that script [11:23] Techrights-sec thanks [11:24] schestowitz-TR2 if you move that crontab line to tuxmachines, the path for the script stays the same, althogh there should be a copy someone for git [11:24] schestowitz-TR2 it'll get extended over time [11:24] schestowitz-TR2 and output files (2 of them) ought to be readable to gemini account [11:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell ● Aug 28 [12:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:16] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:16] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:18] *rianne (~rianne@ngvjyiryrrbba.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:18] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-vjf.peq.k31cok.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [12:18] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [12:20] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@ngvjyiryrrbba.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [12:21] schestowitz-TR2 I see that the command was run and crontab was shortened for "gemini" [12:21] schestowitz-TR2 I tried to see whose crontab the other command was moved to [12:21] schestowitz-TR2 git's crontab is empty [12:21] schestowitz-TR2 and tuxmachines does the erss thing only [12:32] Techrights-sec It is in tuxmachines [12:33] Techrights-sec Or I thought it was in tuxmachines. I'll add it there now. [12:35] schestowitz-TR2 thanks, yes, I checked the crontabs of all users [12:35] schestowitz-TR2 I also wonder how we should back up this entire machine, inc. stuff outside /home (site, crontabs, scripts) [12:35] schestowitz-TR2 but then again this is RAIDed (I assume) and there's that other layer of redundany, I think it is structured like a SAN [12:35] schestowitz-TR2 The way I see it, we are rebuilding for the coming decade [12:35] schestowitz-TR2 and this VM is already a gemini server, like techrights is already an IPFS server [12:35] Techrights-sec Yes, it is good to plan ahead a bit. [12:37] schestowitz-TR2 many others will be coming "from behind" [12:37] schestowitz-TR2 having to learn and configure things [12:37] schestowitz-TR2 as the web is already stagnant [12:37] schestowitz-TR2 plenty of data points to show this, not the subject of debate atm [12:37] schestowitz-TR2 we talked about irc in irc today (circular) and I recommended mxlinux and devuan-based peppermind [12:37] schestowitz-TR2 afaik, peppertmint is super-friendly, they just swapped out the base system [12:37] schestowitz-TR2 it's a bit like linux mint [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 aporopos [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 a) tim wilson (goblin/openbytes) was a huge proponent of peppermint, which I never tried myself [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 b) i think github and gitlab can kill git by associating it with bloated and centralised web uis [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 as browsers get less secure, more bloated, and the back end a paint o maintain [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 the biggest android alternative is now seeking approval from devs and user to move from gitLAB to [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 gitea, iirc [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 heroku or whatever has thrown the table this past week [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 you may have seen this in ruben's blog and another in your opml [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 they are pulling a gitlab. [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 no more 'free' accounts [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 and they even delete "inactive" ones [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 sourcehut.. same [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 they are good at gaining 'free' users [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 and then realise it's not so free to do sys admin for it [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 also see: 315,000 obsolete joindisapora accounta [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 and Microsoft losing money on github [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 trying to somehow turn that proffitable without driving everyone away [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 i heard from an inside source they tried to push vscode and azure via github [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 with 'freebies' (at msft's expense ) like cpu cycles (githug actions) [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 daniel stenberf that s***out has just bragged about moving more of curl to that proprietary outsource build process [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 github actions [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 and they hope to upsell [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 it didn't work outa [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 and they fired some people [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 and now they put some azure guy in charge [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 I failed (spent hours) to find any pie charts are gitlab and giuthub share [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 nothing can be found [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 but I reckon they not only lose money (gitlab does for sure!) but also relative share [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 like skype, linkedin, and mixer (shut down compltely) [12:45] Techrights-sec Peppermint OS should be looked into more seriously and probably boosted, [12:45] Techrights-sec it has a branch with a Devuan base. [12:45] Techrights-sec Yes, GitHub especially gets conflated with Git and everyone now knows that [12:45] Techrights-sec M$ GitHub sucks (like all M$ products and services) and has gotten a lot [12:45] Techrights-sec worse recently (like all M$ products and services). Unfortunately fewer and [12:45] Techrights-sec fewer know or make the distinction between GitHub and Git and M$ conrrolled [12:45] Techrights-sec media work to make that confusion worse. [12:45] Techrights-sec ack [12:45] schestowitz-TR2 pasting... [12:48] schestowitz-TR2 [09:53] GitHub is NOT Git. It's Microsoft's ATTACK on Git. If you support Git or "Open Source", you will tell people NOT to use GitHub. [12:48] schestowitz-TR2 [09:52] No, do not make educators prisoners of criminals (Microsoft). GitHub is also proprietary software. https://blog.jonudell.net/2022/08/27 [12:48] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.jonudell.net | 27 Aug 2022 Jon Udell [12:48] schestowitz-TR2 /github-for-english-teachers/ [12:48] schestowitz-TR2 [09:55] Don't help Microsoft spread the lie that things it is ATTACKING it actually "loves" or "supports". Stop helping criminals euphemise the [12:48] schestowitz-TR2 ir crimes; they already bribe a lot of the media to do that for them, don't do that gratis by parroting the same. [12:49] Techrights-sec ack [12:51] schestowitz-TR2 microsoft is pissing off kaniini [12:51] schestowitz-TR2 attacking $employer [12:51] schestowitz-TR2 by making vapourware and misleading "announcements" [12:52] schestowitz-TR2 if kaniini is not happy about them, that's good for us [12:52] schestowitz-TR2 a source of income is important [12:52] schestowitz-TR2 Microsoft is now firing, not hiring [12:52] schestowitz-TR2 the gaming industry reportedlyt dies [12:52] schestowitz-TR2 for several reasons [12:52] schestowitz-TR2 I wonder if trying to reinvent themselves as "gaming" company is wrongly timed [12:52] schestowitz-TR2 sony and nintendo (japan) sell actual products [12:52] schestowitz-TR2 and they also make them ● Aug 28 [13:10] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [13:14] *starstreak has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:16] Techrights-sec ack [13:16] Techrights-sec m$ pisses off and/or stabs in the back everyone eventually [13:16] Techrights-sec at least anyone that pays attention will notice either or both events [13:16] Techrights-sec gaming has been one of the ways that M$ marginalized Apple in addition to [13:16] Techrights-sec blocking desktop GNU/Linux. If it weren't for an addiction to top titles, [13:16] Techrights-sec which are M$-only, many would have drifted away starting 20 years ago [13:16] Techrights-sec increasing over time. The inability to play games has been used repeatedly [13:16] Techrights-sec as an excuse /especially/ in the business community, which should be ironic [13:16] Techrights-sec as hell. [13:37] schestowitz-TR2 thanks for making tm-extract-* more verbose, I've just gone through it line by line [13:37] schestowitz-TR2 I guess -d can already be leveraged to make archive pages (for older days) [13:37] Techrights-sec Has even one "Non-Fungible Token" been sold at all, not to speak of at a [13:37] Techrights-sec profit over the original purchase price? [13:38] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:38] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:39] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [13:39] schestowitz-TR2 NFT=Fedora badges [13:39] schestowitz-TR2 Pocock racked up dozens of these [13:39] schestowitz-TR2 and at the end he was lawyed up against by ICBM [13:39] schestowitz-TR2 maybe he can pay for legal defences with his panda-themed Fedora badges [13:43] schestowitz-TR2 btw, random thought: [13:43] schestowitz-TR2 when jimbo and microsoft sheela started dating GNU/Linux had already been very mainstream [13:43] schestowitz-TR2 so you cannot assume she has changed her mind since [13:43] schestowitz-TR2 she will reinforce bad policies in "pillow talk" [13:43] schestowitz-TR2 by all means I think this is relevant to Linux [13:43] schestowitz-TR2 having said that, given the state of LF, if Jimbo was ousted, [13:43] schestowitz-TR2 I doubt the successor would (or can) be better [13:43] schestowitz-TR2 the board decides [13:45] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-vjf.peq.k31cok.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [13:45] *rianne (~rianne@ngvjyiryrrbba.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [13:46] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@ngvjyiryrrbba.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 28 [14:12] Techrights-sec correct, she would not change her mind and might even work harder to subvert [14:12] Techrights-sec and damage it [14:14] schestowitz-TR2 [roy goes non-P-C] [14:14] schestowitz-TR2 the very fact that someone who looked like his chose her tells me that he's after class/connections more than anything else [14:14] schestowitz-TR2 that in its own right is rather troublesome [14:14] schestowitz-TR2 but what do I know? [14:14] schestowitz-TR2 from his stories (in text and video) it's clear he was the one wooing here and she was just looking at her clock/watch [14:14] schestowitz-TR2 judging people by nothing except $$ [14:18] Techrights-sec ack [14:18] Techrights-sec not even that, since the kernel /is/ big money; [14:18] Techrights-sec i'd guess she's just a zero-sum-gamer and/or bill worshipper [14:20] schestowitz-TR2 "we're just getting started" [14:20] schestowitz-TR2 "just the beginning" [14:20] schestowitz-TR2 one month apart [14:20] schestowitz-TR2 maybe she did his slides for him ;-) ;-) [14:20] schestowitz-TR2 or with him [14:20] schestowitz-TR2 bill gates as success story... in 2022 [14:20] schestowitz-TR2 after losing the wife due to epstein [14:21] Techrights-sec reality has no bearing on the religion of bill worship [14:22] schestowitz-TR2 zero-sum [14:22] schestowitz-TR2 announce ipo [14:22] schestowitz-TR2 go $50+ (from 10) [14:22] schestowitz-TR2 slide down to $2 [14:22] schestowitz-TR2 the chief revenue officer probably has a 7-figure salary [14:22] schestowitz-TR2 whose gain? nope. wrong question. at WHOSE expense? [14:22] schestowitz-TR2 "bakkt" wallet [sic] [14:23] schestowitz-TR2 "gimma your REAL money... I'll you an APP" [14:23] schestowitz-TR2 *simme [14:23] schestowitz-TR2 *gimme [14:24] Techrights-sec IPO are mostly when the company's principals decide to bail and cash out [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 todo: find voices of bakkt's victims online [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 give them platform/room, show what the zemlins do for a living [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 she had also worked for other mirosoft partners [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 paid to lie for epo [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 hides her twitter account, husband deleted ALL his tweets last year [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 i wonder what a very drunk linus torvalds would say about his "boss" [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 from intl hero to "release management" _on probation_ [14:27] schestowitz-TR2 whose salary is lower than a did-nothing bakkt-of-s*m [14:27] Techrights-sec yes its a religion of sort [14:27] Techrights-sec IPO are mostly when the company's principals decide to bail and cash out [14:27] Techrights-sec ack [14:30] Techrights-sec Many companies have no purpose (and no result) other than an IPO spike like [14:30] Techrights-sec Bakkt demonstrated. It's a handout for those that got in prior to the IPO and [14:30] Techrights-sec were in a position where they were able to sell in hours. Those chumps in [14:30] Techrights-sec the company that had stocks which they were forced to retain got taken to [14:30] Techrights-sec the cleaners. [14:32] schestowitz-TR2 if you can research bakkt further (I did my bit, but there's lots more down that bucket), maybe there is more we can show [14:32] schestowitz-TR2 based on his date stories, she's the one controlling him [14:32] schestowitz-TR2 he had no control over her [14:32] Techrights-sec No idea about such companies [14:32] Techrights-sec It's not special in any way, not even in its catastrophic failure. That [14:32] Techrights-sec is part of a common, established pattern. [14:34] schestowitz-TR2 maybe she will soon resurface elsewhere [14:34] schestowitz-TR2 given that revenue fell and losses (already start of the year) deepened [14:34] schestowitz-TR2 and she changes jobs a lot [14:34] schestowitz-TR2 they got sued btw, look that up [14:35] Techrights-sec From a comment: "So this one also typical pump and dump down from 50 without bad news this is not a correction but 15-16 might me good opportunity to buy we shal [14:35] Techrights-sec l see" [14:35] Techrights-sec https://www.investing.com/equities/vpc-impact-acquisition-commentary [14:35] Techrights-sec https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shareholder-alert-pomerantz-law-firm-042200546.html [14:35] Techrights-sec https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bkkt-alert-did-lose-money-234800999.html [14:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Bakkt Holdings Inc (BKKT) Stock Forums - Investing.com [14:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-finance.yahoo.com | SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. - BKKT [14:35] Techrights-sec https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220505006172/en/Bakkt-Holdings-Stock-News-Robbins-LLP-Investigates-Bakkt-Holdings-Inc.-BKKT-fka-VPC-Impact-Acquisition-Holdings-VIH-on-Behalf-of-Shareholders [14:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-finance.yahoo.com | (BKKT) Alert: Did You Lose Money on Your Bakkt Holdings, Inc. Investment? Contact Johnson Fistel Regarding Investigation [14:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.businesswire.com | Bakkt Holdings Stock News: Robbins LLP Investigates Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (BKKT) f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (VIH) on Behalf of Shareholders | Business Wire [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 yes, this is the one I mentioned earlier [14:36] schestowitz-TR2 don't worry, the harvard mba will "step down" and don't call that evidence tampering ;-) [14:36] Techrights-sec https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/bakkts-q2-loss-narrows-27-115052364.html [14:36] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-uk.finance.yahoo.com | Digital Asset Platform Bakkt's Q2 Loss Narrows to $27.6M; Year Revenue Forecast Range Cut [14:37] schestowitz-TR2 It's a good think she did not self-identify as Chief INCOME Officer ;-) [14:38] Techrights-sec https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/22/06/n27630971/bkkt-investors-have-opportunity-to-lead-bakkt-holdings-inc-fka-vpc-impact-acquisition-holdings-sec [14:38] Techrights-sec https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bkkt-investors-have-opportunity-to-lead-bakkt-holdings-inc-fka-vpc-impact-acquisition-holdings-securities-fraud-lawsuit-301564699.html [14:38] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-BKKT Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings Securities Fraud Lawsuit - Benzinga [14:38] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.prnewswire.com | BKKT Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings Securities Fraud Lawsuit [14:40] schestowitz-TR2 so they are "allegedly" a fraud [14:40] schestowitz-TR2 and she is their "Chief Revenue Officer" [14:40] schestowitz-TR2 as Zemlin gragged about... months ago [14:40] schestowitz-TR2 (jim) [14:40] schestowitz-TR2 "my wife is a fraud, but so am I" [14:40] schestowitz-TR2 "companies like Microsoft and VMware support me..." [14:40] Techrights-sec https://bismajeur.com/bakkt-alert-bragar-eagel-squire-pc-announces-class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-bakkt-holdings-inc-and-encourages-investors-to-contact-the-company/ [14:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-BAKKT ALERT: Bragar Eagel & Squire, PC Announces Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Bakkt Holdings, Inc. and Encourages Investors to Contact the Company Bismajeur [14:41] schestowitz-TR2 is it worth taking stock of these articles and highlight they've in fact been sued (class action) for securities fraud? [14:42] Techrights-sec The deadline to join the class action suit passed more than a month ago: [14:42] Techrights-sec https://www.bespc.com/cases/BKKT [14:42] Techrights-sec I would look into how usual it is to appear so fraudulent at to become the [14:42] Techrights-sec target of a class-action lawsuit like that one. [14:42] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.bespc.com | Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. | Bakkt Holdings, Inc. [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 less than a year ago she was seen clapping for the cameras at the floor of NYSE [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 but... [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 I think we need to find a defensible way to connect this to LF [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 I did mention the imminent lawsuit before [14:44] schestowitz-TR2 but the links you found give more info [14:46] schestowitz[TR] NEW: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/460503801 [14:46] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-projects.propublica.org | The Linux Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica [14:46] schestowitz[TR] 2020 [14:46] schestowitz[TR] not in IRS site [14:47] schestowitz[TR] Linux Foundation revenue fall 20 million! [14:47] schestowitz[TR] "The IRS has provided extracted financial data for this filing, but has not yet released the source documents. [14:47] schestowitz[TR] " [14:47] Techrights-sec $ 00.62 USD [14:47] Techrights-sec https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/bkkt.wt/company-profile [14:47] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-BKKT.WT | Bakkt Holdings Inc. Wt Profile | MarketWatch [14:50] schestowitz-TR2 revenue (bakkt): 39 million [14:50] schestowitz-TR2 net income: -183 million [14:50] schestowitz-TR2 LOL!! [14:50] Techrights-sec https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001820302&owner=include&count=40&hidefilings=0 [14:50] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001820302&owner=include&count=40&hidefilings=0 ) [14:52] schestowitz-TR2 OK, I can now tie together tow stories [14:52] schestowitz-TR2 about revenue of LF and bakkt [14:52] schestowitz-TR2 *two [14:55] Techrights-sec ack [14:57] schestowitz-TR2 this is a gold mine [14:57] schestowitz-TR2 for more than one post [14:57] schestowitz-TR2 thanks for the links, I'll woprk my way through them all [14:58] Techrights-sec np [14:58] Techrights-sec at the end of the day there is unlikely to be anything special about bakkt, [14:58] Techrights-sec it might be a garden variety pumpanddump undergrad business school project ● Aug 28 [15:02] schestowitz-TR2 on the upside, linus now gets $1ml bonus [15:02] schestowitz-TR2 hence more than zemlin [15:02] schestowitz-TR2 but I am drafting out the bads, too [15:02] schestowitz-TR2 \ [15:02] schestowitz-TR2 if you open the propublica link (I'll try to get the original pdf and self--host it), maybe you too can find observable nuggets [15:02] schestowitz-TR2 I am doing so right now [15:03] schestowitz-TR2 bakkt will be a "side story" [15:03] schestowitz-TR2 throwing my notes as I go along [15:03] schestowitz-TR2 see draft [15:03] schestowitz-TR2 we don't have etherpad [15:07] Techrights-sec checking [15:07] schestowitz-TR2 they do not have official pdf yet at irs [15:07] schestowitz-TR2 strange... [15:08] Techrights-sec If showing salaries, please be sure to compare the salaries of the deadweight [15:08] Techrights-sec to those that actually bring home the bacon. [15:10] Techrights-sec Maybe some background about [15:10] Techrights-sec the original purpose of OSDL / LF is in order. Also, what is its current [15:10] Techrights-sec charter. Don't let anyone assume anything based on the name. [15:10] schestowitz-TR2 that would demand a lot more time for in-depath article [15:10] schestowitz-TR2 today I want to work on cleaning rss and finish frontpage.php/mobile/php [15:10] schestowitz-TR2 but I' thinking, put the info out there first, raw... [15:10] schestowitz-TR2 then, over time, refer back to it with commentary [15:10] schestowitz-TR2 like I do github copilot [15:16] Techrights-sec https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/460503801 [15:16] Techrights-sec no info from 2021 yet [15:16] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-projects.propublica.org | The Linux Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 in year x you file report for year x-1 [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 but irs is acting as though it was instructed to not publish [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 I don't know much about irs [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 I am just totally guessing [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 I will prioritise this over the tuxmachines work I was planning [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 working againn tonight at 1am [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 but I think this LF thing is 1) interesting 2) something nobody ese will cover [15:20] Techrights-sec https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000120919122024821/xslF345X03/doc4.xml [15:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 403 @ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1820302/000120919122024821/xslF345X03/doc4.xml ) [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 revenue loss harms the idea that people should confide in this current strategy [15:20] schestowitz-TR2 they replace events with diploma mills these past 2 years [15:21] schestowitz-TR2 and bribe publishers to promote the scams [15:21] schestowitz-TR2 now they promote thse with World Bank (WB) [15:28] schestowitz-TR2 thanks, tidying up irc notes and links as if they were a draft makes writing vastly easier [15:28] schestowitz-TR2 but I think I'll start with LF [15:28] schestowitz-TR2 to set the tone and make it on-topic [15:28] schestowitz-TR2 there's stuff in the form I want to cover separately [15:28] schestowitz-TR2 as there won't be any more forms for many months to come [15:28] schestowitz-TR2 this also validated what I said about them turning to diploma mills [15:29] Techrights-sec np [15:34] schestowitz-TR2 some time next week we might be ready to publish the epo series that will cause EPO to shit bricks again [15:34] schestowitz-TR2 at least this past month we showed the gnu/linux market gain a lot [15:34] schestowitz-TR2 while EPO was 'calm' (holiday) [15:34] schestowitz-TR2 no epo announcement in the site for a month already [15:34] schestowitz-TR2 upc complaint might be a month or two away [15:36] Techrights-sec :) [15:36] Techrights-sec There needs to be a complete turn over of top management there along with [15:36] Techrights-sec many a bit further down. [15:36] Techrights-sec The total lack of oversight and accountability is the underlying problem at the [15:36] Techrights-sec EPO [15:37] schestowitz-TR2 Team Corp. has not onlyt discredited but also derailed Lunduke [15:37] schestowitz-TR2 FOSSForce refers to him as a crank [15:37] schestowitz-TR2 this past week all his output was more or less worthless, irrelevant (rss feed) [15:38] Techrights-sec he has been heading that direction for a few years, but he occasionally [15:38] Techrights-sec writes / says things which are spot on. However, those times are getting [15:38] Techrights-sec fewer and further between, so it is no surprise that people are able to [15:38] Techrights-sec discredit him that way. [15:39] schestowitz-TR2 1) badmouth your critic [15:39] schestowitz-TR2 2) critics gets angry, talks trash back [15:39] schestowitz-TR2 3) use (2) to defame critics [15:39] schestowitz-TR2 4) critic ignored [15:39] schestowitz-TR2 at least they didn't call him rapist/rape apologist [15:55] Techrights-sec ack [15:55] Techrights-sec or send him off for unnecessary medical treatments [15:55] schestowitz-TR2 fot self-humiliation. [15:57] Techrights-sec ack [15:57] schestowitz-TR2 rms was referred to anger management [15:57] schestowitz-TR2 what kid of society send people "on the spectrum" to that?? ● Aug 28 [16:01] Techrights-sec those who would parade him for humiliation to take over (and destroy) the [16:01] Techrights-sec movement he started and used to run [16:03] schestowitz-TR2 i've done activism long enough to know methods of copiung with trolling and stress/anger [16:03] schestowitz-TR2 rms also got better at it after that freakout in brazil [16:03] schestowitz-TR2 i remember g greve (original fsfe) getting very upset about people sharing videos of that online [16:03] schestowitz-TR2 greve did support rms [16:03] schestowitz-TR2 i've not heard anything of kolab for years [16:03] schestowitz-TR2 greve was paraded by fsfe months ago [16:03] schestowitz-TR2 and aaron seigo vanished completly after moving to switzerland for kolab [16:03] schestowitz-TR2 and groklaw's pj also vanished after saying she would use kolab [16:05] Techrights-sec ack [16:05] Techrights-sec pj vanished after some possible trouble against the site after one of the [16:05] Techrights-sec mail companies or ISPs unrelated to groklaw got blasted by the US government [16:05] Techrights-sec and required to turn over minutiae on patrons [16:05] Techrights-sec that was in her departure statement [16:05] Techrights-sec then she just kind of retired, even though the SCO case seems to be drag on and [16:05] Techrights-sec on [16:06] schestowitz-TR2 I'll post daily lionks [16:06] schestowitz-TR2 then lf+sheela microsoft [16:07] schestowitz-TR2 then clean rss [16:07] schestowitz-TR2 then tm php is I have time left [16:07] schestowitz-TR2 yes, php is on the old system [16:07] schestowitz-TR2 it acts as a bridge, a one-way bridge using rss as a shim [16:07] schestowitz-TR2 atom rather [16:07] Techrights-sec ack [16:07] Techrights-sec It'd be great to avoid bringing PHP over into the new system. Some [16:07] Techrights-sec functionality can be replaced by HTML5 and maybe some by SSI. [16:07] Techrights-sec ack [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 propublica probably has the pdf but doesn't want to give the cow [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 it wants to sell the milk [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 xml file for which I have no schema [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 just some shitty github project of theirs (MSFT) [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 or weird html [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 sooner or later a PDF will become available, somewhere... [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 maybe I should email torvalds@lf and ask for a copy ;-) [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 @lf [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 they read him mai!! [16:09] schestowitz-TR2 they/them/microsofyt [16:12] Techrights-sec ack [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 anon gmail account would not hold water [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 zemlin uses gmail [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 or used [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 and if he advertised such an account, there would be suspicion [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 so he cannot plan an exit [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 or coordinate a mass exodus from lf [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 no communication independence [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 hence, they got him by the b0lls [16:14] schestowitz-TR2 with osdl they planned a 'coup', a way to leave cohen all on his own shining ballmer's shoes [16:15] Techrights-sec doesn't LF have their own mail service? [16:15] schestowitz-TR2 and run away to the man who glorified "the bill" [16:16] schestowitz-TR2 I think they used Outlook or Zimbra at one point [16:16] schestowitz-TR2 they probably outsource the domain to some clown something [16:16] schestowitz-TR2 like their did their own web site [16:16] schestowitz-TR2 as noted in irc yestewrday [16:16] schestowitz-TR2 they are the splc of tech [16:20] schestowitz-TR2 Debian defects to Microsoft https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-duckduckgo-default-chromium/ disgusting. http://techrights.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo [16:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.itsfoss.com | Debian Linux is Replacing Google With DuckDuckGo as the Default Search Engine for Chromium [16:20] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | DuckDuckGo - Techrights [16:28] *schestowitz__ has quit (*.net *.split) [16:28] *schestowitz[TR2] has quit (*.net *.split) [16:28] *rianne has quit (*.net *.split) [16:28] *Mio14 has quit (*.net *.split) [16:30] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-vjf.peq.k31cok.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:30] *schestowitz__ (~schestowi@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [16:30] *schestowitz[TR2] (~schestowi@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [16:31] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-kn5.7kl.f90g06.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:31] *rianne has quit (Connection closed) [16:31] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-vjf.peq.k31cok.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:33] Techrights-sec ack [16:44] schestowitz-TR2 todau in irc old gtroll youong [sic] came by [16:44] schestowitz-TR2 tro tell me about google ads in techrights (BN) in 2006... I reckon he's linked to Microsoft ● Aug 28 [17:15] Techrights-sec ack [17:15] Techrights-sec probably [17:26] schestowitz-TR2 I can caution you I might write about lf in a bit of a rush to to desire to meet self-0imposed deadline re site migration [17:26] schestowitz-TR2 I'll just check for typos carefully enough to close that leeway [17:26] schestowitz-TR2 will revisit in the future after that [17:26] schestowitz-TR2 typo checking isn't hard if I do exercise while reading [17:26] schestowitz-TR2 writing it carefully and making a proper outline is very time-consuming [17:26] schestowitz-TR2 and TR is not a thesis [17:34] schestowitz-TR2 I'm not the best writer, but I can compensate for it by writing fast and producing a lot, I think [17:34] schestowitz-TR2 eta 20 mins ● Aug 28 [18:06] Techrights-sec there seems to be no text there in the draft [18:06] Techrights-sec ack [18:06] schestowitz-TR2 i took the text back to kate [18:22] schestowitz-TR2 going to take a break now [18:22] schestowitz-TR2 it needs proper work [18:22] schestowitz-TR2 but I will also leave some things aside eof future "parts" [18:22] schestowitz-TR2 nap time [18:22] schestowitz-TR2 and maybe we can get the full PDF "proper" [18:22] Techrights-sec ack [18:22] schestowitz-TR2 before making too many allusions [18:22] schestowitz-TR2 "WHERE IZZZ DA PROOF!!!" ● Aug 28 [19:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [19:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [19:21] *_Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-j6l.j4f.sn4ine.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [19:23] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [19:26] *_Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [19:32] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-j6l.j4f.sn4ine.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [19:38] *Mio14 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [19:41] *Mio14 (~quassel@freenode-94q.u1q.26em7u.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [19:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [19:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Aug 28 [20:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #boycottnovell [20:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:38] *starstreak (~starstreak@muarsy2vret2q.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:41] Techrights-sec the "bail and cash out" part is in there twice [20:41] Techrights-sec the sentence "From a recent ..." needs completion. 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