●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, November 28, 2021 ●● ● Nov 28 [00:16] *altlink_334 has quit (connection closed) [00:16] *altlink_902 (~altlink_902@2f7u5j6f87p9g.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 28 [01:13] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:14] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:37] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:38] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Nov 28 [03:30] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:30] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 28 [06:51] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 28 [08:01] schestowitz >> Yes, HTML is a lot better and easier to work with, otherwise I need to [08:01] schestowitz >> manually convert all the formatting. [08:01] schestowitz > [08:01] schestowitz > Let me help you do any heavy lifting at the org-mode stage, just [08:01] schestowitz > say what you need and some elisp may solve it. [08:01] schestowitz > [08:01] schestowitz >> In the footnote I already see " yound students". [08:01] schestowitz > [08:01] schestowitz > Spotted a few others myself this morning, like misspelling RMS's name [08:01] schestowitz > [08:01] schestowitz >> Are you OK with both Techrights and Tux Machines publishing this? [08:01] schestowitz > [08:02] schestowitz > We're nearly there.. but yes to both. And I don't feel any need to [08:02] schestowitz > pitch it around anywhere else so it's your exclusive unless you [08:02] schestowitz > _want_ to allow others to reprint. [08:02] schestowitz Thanks, appreciated! [08:02] schestowitz >> In Techrights I typically do long videos to discuss publications with [08:02] schestowitz >> personal interjections of my experiences/views. [08:02] schestowitz > [08:02] schestowitz > That sounds interesting. As I build up publicity for the book I've [08:02] schestowitz > been doing a load of BBC radio interviews and now "vloggers" (sorry [08:02] schestowitz > for sounding like an old fart) have been have been asking me to [08:02] schestowitz > participate (I don't do any social media things myself). Long form [08:02] schestowitz > discussions seem a much better way to deeply explore issues which [08:02] schestowitz > don;t work in soundbite-media. [08:02] schestowitz I have a history with the BBC suppressing information and even spiking factual articles. They have conflicting interests. [08:02] schestowitz >> -- : from other message [08:02] schestowitz > [08:02] schestowitz >> personal opinion: better to avoid the term, made up by Microsoft [08:02] schestowitz >> lobbyists to deflect and mislead regulators: Details at [08:02] schestowitz >> http://techrights.org/2021/06/29/microsoft-behind-big-tech-narrative/ [08:02] schestowitz > [08:02] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft is a Lot Worse Than Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple | Techrights [08:02] schestowitz > Fascinating. I think I've swallowed the hook and too far invested in [08:02] schestowitz > the term now. It does have some uses. One cannot avoid the utility of [08:02] schestowitz > saying "tech giants" etc to avoid a tedious list of companies who will [08:02] schestowitz > rebrand in time anyway. Indeed there are so many difficult but [08:02] schestowitz > interesting terms bandying around that may help or hinder the [08:02] schestowitz > conversation; "techno-feudalism" is one I picked up from Yanis [08:02] schestowitz > Varoufakis [08:02] schestowitz > https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/techno-feudalism-replacing-market-capitalism-by-yanis-varoufakis-2021-06. [08:02] schestowitz > The stronger but salient "technofascism" has been in my vocab for a [08:02] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.project-syndicate.org | Techno-Feudalism Is Taking Over by Yanis Varoufakis - Project Syndicate [08:02] schestowitz > while. Shoshana Zuboff' "surveillance capitalism" is obviously [08:02] schestowitz > spot-on. [08:02] schestowitz I didn't know it was her who had coined it. [08:02] schestowitz [08:02] schestowitz >> Don't let M$ steal or disparage a nationality. [08:02] schestowitz > [08:02] schestowitz > Thanks for this check. Actually you are on the money regarding a much [08:02] schestowitz > bigger subject that I may write up as an artcile if I can find a [08:02] schestowitz > taker: about how unconscious prejudice thwarts clear security [08:02] schestowitz > thinking. In my book I prefaced with an apology for any Sinophobia or [08:02] schestowitz > Russophobia that creeps into the prose. Last week we had a very [08:03] schestowitz > vibrant and fun discussion about stereotypes, as my class has 5 [08:03] schestowitz > Nigerian students who are really amused that "westerners" condider [08:03] schestowitz > them all scammers. We ended up talking about how biases should be open [08:03] schestowitz > and treated with fun, but that they swing both ways when we talk about [08:03] schestowitz > Silicon Valley as a bunch of "rich old white guys" etc. [08:03] schestowitz 1 hour ago in our IRC channel: [08:03] schestowitz 7:36] [03:28] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59400762 [08:03] -altlink_902/#boycottnovell- Cloudflare: bbc.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59400762 [08:03] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.bbc.com | Huge fines and a ban on default passwords in new UK law - BBC News [08:03] schestowitz [07:36] proprietary software with GCHQ back doors STILL legal [08:03] schestowitz [07:38] as if passing more laws will stop security breaches [08:03] schestowitz [07:38] it's easy to be cynical [08:03] schestowitz > You asked for electronic review copies of the last book [08:03] schestowitz Thanks, I've sent this to my friend. [08:04] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:04] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:06] schestowitz Re: Article on Information Unchained [08:06] schestowitz > Hope you're keeping very well, [08:06] schestowitz Just catching up with email this morning. Today I'll post a lot about software patents. [08:06] schestowitz > A new Times HE article this week is my first foray into sci-fi, [08:06] schestowitz > imagining what a wonderful world it would be for my little girl if she [08:06] schestowitz > could grow up in a world where science was free for everyone to join [08:06] schestowitz > in. [08:06] schestowitz > [08:07] schestowitz > https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/2048-information-unchained-and-even-schoolgirls-win-nobel-prizes [08:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.timeshighereducation.com | In 2048, information is unchained and even schoolgirls win Nobel prizes | Times Higher Education (THE) [08:07] schestowitz > [08:07] schestowitz > (disabling javascript avoids you having to sign in to read articles) [08:07] schestowitz Thanks for the tip. [08:07] schestowitz > If these article messages are unwelcome/annoying please let me know [08:07] schestowitz > and will stop sending announcements. [08:07] schestowitz > [08:07] schestowitz > Otherwise I'd love to hear your thoughts and feelings about these and [08:07] schestowitz > other tech-rights issues affecting us all these days, or about the [08:07] schestowitz > book https://digitalvegan.net [08:07] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-digitalvegan.net | Digital Vegan Book [08:07] schestowitz > [08:07] schestowitz > all best wishes and thanks [08:07] schestowitz The other day we discussed which barriers remain, and patents are still on the top of the list. 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