●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, April 29, 2022 ●● ● Apr 29 [00:42] Techrights-sec context? [00:43] schestowitz-TR just some patent chatter and the lies told in Musk Social [00:43] Techrights-sec ok [00:45] Techrights-sec patents not even software patents have held back a lot of fields, [00:45] Techrights-sec so while for diplomatic reasons one has to let non-sw patents slide for now, [00:45] Techrights-sec they do appear to also be causing great harm; however, perhaps most [00:45] Techrights-sec people will figure that out once the final nails are in the coffin for [00:45] Techrights-sec sw patents [00:47] schestowitz-TR the problem is more urgent in some areas than in others because of "benefit"/harm rratio/proportion [00:47] schestowitz-TR frug patents [00:47] schestowitz-TR *drug patents where the drugs are not for rich people but something very life-saving and needed for [00:47] schestowitz-TR billions of people are one area [00:47] Techrights-sec yes however as you know that topic specifically is one which is highly censored [00:47] Techrights-sec in social control media and thus mainstream media which has replaced authoritative sourcces with social control mea [00:47] Techrights-sec dia hearsay [00:52] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:57] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@y56qsb6r6yg94.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 29 [01:44] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:44] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [01:51] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:51] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:51] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [01:51] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 29 [02:27] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:27] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:33] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [02:33] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [02:36] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:36] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Apr 29 [05:05] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Apr 29 [07:00] Techrights-sec the strategy M$ seems to be taking in responses in its "reports" on cybersecurity is to downplay their role and vuu [07:00] Techrights-sec lnerability and to get shills to sing the [07:00] Techrights-sec same tune [07:00] schestowitz-TR shills like Bruce :-) [07:00] schestowitz-TR he literally links to microsoft.com [07:00] schestowitz-TR some 'authority' [07:13] schestowitz
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    SELinux is unmanageable; just turn it off if it gets in your way
    [07:13] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.ctrl.blog | SELinux is unmanageable; just turn it off if it gets in your way [07:13] schestowitz
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    Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) is a type of Mandatory Access Control (MAC) in the Linux kernel. It can prevent software from performing unexpected such as abusive or malicious actions on your Linux systems. However, its also an unmanageable mess, and I have a much greater understanding of why people recommend that people disable it.

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    SELinux is one of many layers of security that helps protect your Linux servers (and desktops) from the lions, and tigers, and bears oh, my! SELinux policies specify which programs, sockets, and files are allowed to interact with each other. It requires everything on the system to be properly labeled with a security context that gets enforced through a policy that maps which labels are allowed to [07:13] schestowitz interact.

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  • [07:35] Techrights-sec yes he has lost a lot of standing and seems to have even forgotten his own [07:35] Techrights-sec skills and experience [07:35] schestowitz-TR the 'SJVN of security' [07:37] Techrights-sec perhaps however I figured SJVN sold out due to being on the rocks economically [07:37] Techrights-sec in regards to pension, who knows. Schneier is probably better off and [07:37] Techrights-sec certainly knows betters. However, he probably receive some personal pressure [07:37] Techrights-sec and targetting around the Snowden leaks. [07:40] schestowitz
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    Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts
    [07:40] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-blog.mozilla.org | Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts [07:40] schestowitz
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    So youve washed your sheets and vacuumed under the couch in the name of spring cleaning. But what about your online clutter?

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    Apps that delight, inform and keep you connected deserve room in your digital space. But if you havent used your Facebook account in years, or youre looking to permanently take back some time from doomscrolling, you might consider getting rid of some accounts once and for all. Of course, like other services that profit off of you in this case, off your user information social media and [07:40] schestowitz other online platforms can make it hard to cut ties. Heres a guide to that elusive delete button for when youve made up your mind.

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  • [07:42] Techrights-sec It is not out of the question for them to have pulled sumething similar to [07:42] Techrights-sec what they did to Durusau, whatever that was. He suddently turned dazed and [07:42] Techrights-sec stayed that way pitifully bleating M$ talking points. If he ever recovered, [07:42] Techrights-sec I have not heard, yet. [07:42] Techrights-sec That change happened immediately after he travelled to meet some microsofters [07:42] Techrights-sec in or near Redmond [07:42] schestowitz-TR they had a lot to gain financially from it [07:42] schestowitz-TR and we know they do bribe a LOT [07:49] Techrights-sec there very existence depended on it; not just bribe. He looked too traumatized [07:49] Techrights-sec for a bribe. Maybe Schneier was bought maybe not, but either way he started [07:49] Techrights-sec softpedalling M$ problems and turning a blind eye to security since then. [07:49] Techrights-sec Spaf also more or less went quiet and soft pedals M$; [07:49] Techrights-sec Knuth has earned his retirement many times over and is not so much online [07:49] Techrights-sec As a result of not being online he can get surrounded and mislead by microsofters [07:49] Techrights-sec That might be one explanation for him going soft on M$ in the last 10 eyars [07:49] Techrights-sec People also tend to project on MM$, doing wishful or 'magical' thinking that [07:49] Techrights-sec M$ can't be as bad as it is. Many regular people, when presented with M$ [07:49] Techrights-sec crimes past and present, deny them saying that "it would not be allowed" and [07:49] Techrights-sec it is hard to get through to them that they are being presented with [07:49] Techrights-sec court-documented facts and not hypotheticals of future action. [07:49] Techrights-sec Average people can't even imaging the scope and depth of the villany involved. [07:49] Techrights-sec Others, get overloaded and helped by desperation for money soften to M$ [07:49] Techrights-sec overtures and may even consider working there when approached to sell out. [07:54] Techrights-sec EFF "Deep Links" are covered automatically, did you notice this one? [07:54] Techrights-sec https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/eff-european-court-no-intermediary-liability-social-media-users [07:54] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.eff.org | EFF to European Court: No Intermediary Liability for Social Media Users | Electronic Frontier Foundation [07:54] schestowitz-TR yes, it is already in Daily Links [07:54] Techrights-sec It's a rare example of them 1) being proactiv, 2) taking the right stance, [07:54] Techrights-sec 3) reaching out in the EU [07:54] Techrights-sec So it's a positive effort on their part to a very bad situation in the EU [07:57] schestowitz-TR When I think of EFF I think off Ba[n]ker, though it's actually Cindy Cohn [07:57] schestowitz-TR Because I don't think they fully understand their supportera and users [07:57] schestowitz-TR (Not rhe gender thing) [07:57] schestowitz-TR I guess corporations like weak leaders or defeatism inside their rivals [07:57] schestowitz-TR Baker already pushed gmail like a decade ago when arguing that Thunderbird [07:57] schestowitz-TR had no future [07:57] schestowitz-TR and all this time later it still has many users [07:57] schestowitz-TR many of them do not use gmail but still use email [07:58] Techrights-sec yes but they are doing what they can to break the thunderbird user base [07:58] Techrights-sec by destroyign the utility of the program and using GMail's "security" [07:58] Techrights-sec measures to lock out Thunderbird users in the name of "security" [07:59] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [07:59] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 29 [08:06] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:06] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [08:07] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [08:07] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [08:38] schestowitz-TR some very good links you have foun [08:38] schestowitz-TR inc. the PDF re Microsoft being misuse of tax money (hololens) [08:38] schestowitz-TR the news about netflix and spotify is welcome [08:38] schestowitz-TR I've long thought it was a bubble [08:38] schestowitz-TR based on promoses and speculations [08:38] schestowitz-TR netflix price hikes are likely due to very high operational expenses [08:38] schestowitz-TR their kernel dev, who is very well knowm, left a month ago [08:38] Techrights-sec thanks [08:38] Techrights-sec I figure any money M$ gets from the US is both a scam and a bailout at the same [08:38] Techrights-sec time [08:38] Techrights-sec Interesting. Netflix is nothing without the custom FreeBSD kernel modifications [08:38] Techrights-sec and they can't go long without maintenance ... [08:42] schestowitz-TR I have this "theory" (I use this word to get attention) [08:42] schestowitz-TR about how 50-90% of companies are 'bullshit' [08:42] schestowitz-TR and the government wants to hide it [08:42] schestowitz-TR the nation overseeing and taxing (however little) these companies [08:42] schestowitz-TR so the strains are passed to the general citizen (poor), making up for relative [08:42] schestowitz-TR economic scales by quantity [08:42] schestowitz-TR so joe and jill won't be able to buy pizza anymore [08:42] schestowitz-TR that's OK [08:42] schestowitz-TR they can live in butter and slided bread [08:42] schestowitz-TR and take fewer showers [08:42] schestowitz-TR no gov. help with gas bills [08:42] schestowitz-TR the inflection point is, when national debt is too much and people don't meet [08:42] schestowitz-TR basic needs [08:42] schestowitz-TR and then the gov. will need to throw actual corporations over the fence [08:42] schestowitz-TR but that won't be pretty [08:42] schestowitz-TR people who worked there are well off already [08:42] Techrights-sec https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/the-bullshit-job-boom [08:42] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.newyorker.com | The Bullshit-Job Boom | The New Yorker [08:48] schestowitz-TR unemployment is misframed [08:48] schestowitz-TR switzerland and sweden experimented around that, e.g. lowering hours to make more people [08:48] schestowitz-TR participate in "the market" [08:48] schestowitz-TR "fair share", UBI... fewer days [08:48] schestowitz-TR the automation and so-called 'industrial revolution' (fourth SPAMNIL revolution) [08:48] schestowitz-TR mean we do not need to have everyone working 8-6 every day (I count communte as well, set aside time to [08:48] schestowitz-TR run errands, maintenance of home, car etc.) [08:48] schestowitz-TR but capitalists entities don't view it that way [08:48] schestowitz-TR worse yet, they need more consumers (births) [08:48] schestowitz-TR at the very least as debt collaterals [08:48] schestowitz-TR at the end I'm all in favour of everyone working [08:48] schestowitz-TR but not as much as some do [08:48] schestowitz-TR my brother recently told me he was working dawn till night [08:48] schestowitz-TR some people take pride in it and think this is normal [08:48] schestowitz-TR it's not even his own business, he's seduced by the salary [08:48] schestowitz-TR i read today hardware shortages will last at least 2 yerars in the US [08:48] schestowitz-TR (people in china now live inside the office, in some companies, like in the sweatshops with bunk beds) [08:48] schestowitz-TR so the goal ought to be (I think), "stgay as far away as possible from 'the system'... it's killing people" [08:48] Techrights-sec I think it was Finland which did the UBI test; it had very positive results [08:48] Techrights-sec but was called short because of that [08:48] Techrights-sec 30 hours per week at a livable wage ought to do it, but that would come [08:48] Techrights-sec out of tax dodges by the oligarchs and wannabee oligarchs [08:48] Techrights-sec ack [08:52] schestowitz-TR let me check which countries tested ubi [08:52] schestowitz-TR wikipedia speaks of Kela [08:52] schestowitz-TR mentioned also a city in south korea [08:52] schestowitz-TR parts of canada [08:52] schestowitz-TR iran india spain israel [08:53] schestowitz-TR mentions switzeerland as referendum only [08:53] schestowitz-TR rejected with 77% majority [08:53] schestowitz-TR poll says in eu 64% would support such a proposal [08:53] Techrights-sec Like most studies which show positive results when political interests wanted [08:53] Techrights-sec the opposite it the studies were cancelled early or buried in spin [08:53] Techrights-sec and misdirection [08:53] Techrights-sec the main obstacle to UBI appears that it would allow people to have free time [08:53] Techrights-sec to educate themselves and, worse, then participate in society [08:53] Techrights-sec referendums are subject to manipulation in many ways and not relevant ot the [08:53] Techrights-sec actual success or failure of UBI [08:54] schestowitz-TR referenda are based on perception, not an actual excperiment with empirical evidence in this case [08:54] schestowitz-TR maybe the population can be riled up, saying that the "Muslims" in Zurich area would use that to have [08:54] schestowitz-TR 10 kids or something [08:54] schestowitz-TR there is always some straw man that can be used [08:55] Techrights-sec yes and perceptions are easily manipulated through mass media and very easily [08:55] Techrights-sec through social control media [08:59] schestowitz-TR One method I personally find out ('cheat' sheet) or found out is, [08:59] schestowitz-TR lower expenses [08:59] schestowitz-TR push them down to the floor, to the basics [08:59] schestowitz-TR then find a way to make up the deficit [08:59] schestowitz-TR for 2 people at about 400 a head it's not too hard [08:59] schestowitz-TR leah rowe discovered the same [08:59] schestowitz-TR but my view of her is deeply tarnished [08:59] schestowitz-TR ryan is still wasting a ton of money "fixing" the "new" car [08:59] schestowitz-TR I told him it was cheap because he would likely need to [08:59] schestowitz-TR bring it up to date [08:59] schestowitz-TR you should watch the video of Gardiner about the massive house he bought [08:59] schestowitz-TR much work to be done, but he makes it sound lie he got it for free or [08:59] schestowitz-TR something, it was just "abandoned" [08:59] schestowitz-TR he barely produced videos this month, maybe a morale issue, with the april [08:59] schestowitz-TR first "joke" about selling out (to "Disney") ● Apr 29 [09:00] Techrights-sec yes [09:00] Techrights-sec I've stopped watching anything he produced since he stopped covering FOSS [09:00] schestowitz-TR You: Gardiner, you sold out!! [09:00] schestowitz-TR Gardiner: haha, nop!! That was just a prank! [09:01] Techrights-sec yeah. what's that kind of distraction? It's kind of like a pre-emptive [09:01] Techrights-sec strawman argument, it's used enough in politics these days that it probably [09:01] Techrights-sec has a specific name [09:04] schestowitz-TR to be fair, many gulagtubers are burned out [09:04] schestowitz-TR those who joined in the past 10 years and beneefited from Gulag partner programs [09:04] schestowitz-TR flown in, given cash, studios etc. [09:04] schestowitz-TR Gulag cut that off [09:04] schestowitz-TR like it did the in-campus chefs like 15 years ago [09:04] schestowitz-TR and now they see new videos receiving barely even half the views they used to get [09:04] schestowitz-TR and feel guilty [09:04] schestowitz-TR "did I offend someone?" [09:04] schestowitz-TR "Am I boring?" [09:04] schestowitz-TR Some are trying to cash in on their way down [09:04] schestowitz-TR like the laptop advertorials [09:04] schestowitz-TR which got "linux experiment" (in shilling) banned [09:04] schestowitz-TR they have no real contingency [09:04] schestowitz-TR odysee maybe gives them 1-5% the views they had [09:04] schestowitz-TR and no income [09:05] Techrights-sec I guess in that regard it is what would be referred to as "self-limiting" :/ [09:06] schestowitz-TR some people drtopped out of college or left their job for gulagtube [09:06] schestowitz-TR just beforre the latest ruthless changes [09:06] schestowitz-TR "MOM, I FINALLY FOUND MY VOCATION" [09:06] schestowitz-TR [oh, wait] [09:06] schestowitz-TR Like the small business that presents a press release about partnering with Microsoft [09:06] schestowitz-TR More like partnering TO Microsoft [09:06] schestowitz-TR to be used up and thrown away [09:06] Techrights-sec partnerign or merely pandering; no company to-date has survived partnership with [09:06] Techrights-sec M$ [09:08] schestowitz-TR Canonical is not a success story [09:08] schestowitz-TR I am 90% sure MS is faking it [09:08] schestowitz-TR Mark S [09:08] schestowitz-TR Because he tossed aside the CEO [09:08] schestowitz-TR after many years she had made no profits [09:08] schestowitz-TR they were insolvent [09:08] schestowitz-TR so the found rides back in [09:08] schestowitz-TR typical story [09:08] schestowitz-TR like Sorsey with Twitter [09:08] schestowitz-TR *Dorsey [09:08] schestowitz-TR they still lost money and sold to another charlatan of "crypto" (like Jack) [09:09] schestowitz-TR another example of founder riding back in was yang with yahoo! [09:09] schestowitz-TR and he could not save his 'baby', Microsoft has made the company vanish in all forms [09:09] schestowitz-TR except on paper [09:11] Techrights-sec Canonical is a sad story now, they had a second chance, an ability to recover [09:11] Techrights-sec from the mono herd in MOTU, but they blew it and added to the harm by [09:11] Techrights-sec hiring actual microsofters into executive positions; thereafter it was only [09:11] Techrights-sec ever dead on its feet and now MS is planning to exit via IPO [09:11] Techrights-sec specualators might keep it alive for a while after that and then it might [09:11] Techrights-sec get sold again but it's game over for Ubuntu / Canonical now. Linux [09:11] Techrights-sec Mint will have to play forward with the Debian (or Devuan) Edition from then [09:11] Techrights-sec on [09:11] Techrights-sec that was a goal of Icahn, along with eliminating t FreeBSD house. Hmm. [09:11] Techrights-sec Perhaps that is a factor in the demise of Netflix, M$ has many inside the [09:11] Techrights-sec company since the beginning and their love of M$ ideology has proably [09:11] Techrights-sec gained the uppoer hand over their love of money. [09:11] Techrights-sec Si tgey kill the goose which lays the golden eggs and fire the BSD people [09:11] Techrights-sec or dtive them out [09:14] schestowitz-TR Netflix CEO is from Microsoft IIRC [09:14] schestowitz-TR but maybe they changed CEO [09:14] schestowitz-TR I've not paid attention [09:14] schestowitz-TR I told this to RMS and he did not mind [09:14] schestowitz-TR he was more focus on their DRM agenda being evil [09:14] schestowitz-TR to clarify, the person who left was a hiogh-profile LINUX dev [09:14] schestowitz-TR not freebsd [09:14] schestowitz-TR I saw it in Planet (Linux) Kernel [09:14] schestowitz-TR I simply could not believe and was mildly horrified TBH that someone with such a salary level [09:14] schestowitz-TR was made to work in a shared office, little cubicle with one laptop, one screen and s little whiteboard [09:14] schestowitz-TR maybe 10 squared feet [09:14] schestowitz-TR to work on kernel staff [09:14] schestowitz-TR but I reckon they found they can get more prooductivity out of people [09:14] schestowitz-TR who are unhappy in a cage [09:15] schestowitz-TR if you "pamper" them too much, "productivity" can decrease [09:15] schestowitz-TR counter-intuitive, I know... [09:15] Techrights-sec A reason for their evil DRM agenda was the M$ presence at the top. [09:15] Techrights-sec Same for their initial move to FreeBSD - they needed something that worked [09:15] Techrights-sec but could not palate Linux for the kernel; [09:15] Techrights-sec Ah my mistake. [09:15] Techrights-sec What were they paying him? 15k per year? [09:15] Techrights-sec ack [09:20] schestowitz-TR who knows... maybe per month. [09:20] schestowitz-TR For kernel devs of a high profile you need to shell out a lot [09:20] schestowitz-TR but the disparity is astounding [09:20] schestowitz-TR I mean, that desk and equipment they provide him with is like less than one week of his salary [09:20] schestowitz-TR to me, personally, it makes no sense at all [09:20] schestowitz-TR I could find the blog post [09:20] schestowitz-TR but it generally reaffirms my thoughts [09:20] schestowitz-TR Linus has a nice office, but it's usually disorganised from what I saw [09:20] schestowitz-TR and I reckon he stopped using the treadmill (probably suggested by GP or the wife) [09:20] schestowitz-TR judging by the looks of his legs [09:20] schestowitz-TR I don't think he has a condition (not Putin either, probably some wartime propaganda) [09:20] schestowitz-TR in old photos of him in bathing suit you can see he had a belly and proportional leg side [09:20] schestowitz-TR for a person at 52 he does not look healthy to me [09:20] schestowitz-TR but I'd be "concern-trolling" if I went along those lines any further [09:20] schestowitz-TR Linus comms, as shared her yesterday (3 links while afak), show he's not in control [09:20] schestowitz-TR he's just some 'suit in a robe' [09:20] schestowitz-TR and his presence has been relegated for late sunday rc/final announcements [09:21] schestowitz-TR he's not 'permitted' to do media interviews [09:21] schestowitz-TR and in events he's managed by a PR clown, Dreck Hondahl [09:21] schestowitz-TR who is now crossing over to crank ville [09:21] schestowitz-TR from SUSE to Intel (crime) to VMware (GPL violation) to cargo cult... [09:21] Techrights-sec he's basically a mascot nowadays; I fully expect they will dismiss him [09:21] Techrights-sec after a few more years of increasing marginalization [09:21] Techrights-sec ack [09:26] schestowitz-TR here is the thing [09:26] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:26] schestowitz-TR (you ewon't appreciate me saying this) [09:26] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:26] schestowitz-TR if Torvalds was sacked in 2005, it would be a MASSIVE uproad [09:26] schestowitz-TR *uproar [09:26] schestowitz-TR no social control media [09:26] schestowitz-TR but Torvalds is barely noticed anymore [09:26] schestowitz-TR he became a respected historical figure with two projects under his name [09:26] schestowitz-TR RMS has even more than two, but it's not an enumeration problem, the impact [09:26] schestowitz-TR varies [09:26] schestowitz-TR GNU included emacs and FSF includes GNU [09:27] schestowitz-TR Linux uses Git et. [09:27] schestowitz-TR but they won't sack Torvalds [09:27] schestowitz-TR he might end up like Guido de Icaza or Miguel de Icaza [09:27] schestowitz-TR retiring, getting away from the limelight, while occassionally helping [09:27] schestowitz-TR "Big Tech" for "appreciating" (and paying) for the "crown jewels" [09:27] schestowitz-TR the movement is being defanged with moral support for it waning as a result [09:27] schestowitz-TR Lunduke is insinuing Linux is "Amazon, FB, Microsoft" [09:27] schestowitz-TR thi is false [09:27] schestowitz-TR Even LF, not Linux, is a lot of things [09:27] schestowitz-TR those three companies are not the sole holders [09:27] schestowitz-TR but being Microsoft Lunduke maybe he has veiled goals there [09:27] schestowitz-TR also, re OSI, he left out what Microsoft did to it [09:27] schestowitz-TR he used the term "Big Tech" [09:28] Techrights-sec Guido met a sad end [09:28] Techrights-sec Vint Cerf ended up in a rather simlar end [09:29] schestowitz-TR tim b-l ended up shilling JS as a 'fix', in Microsoft shithub (NSA, Microsoft criminals, must create [09:29] schestowitz-TR shacropper ID in proprietary jail) [09:29] schestowitz-TR Cerf will die soon, he's just helping Gulag cement the closing of the Internet, not just the Web [09:29] schestowitz-TR they must make him feel very special, their bearded mascot [09:29] schestowitz-TR with his Mac [09:29] Techrights-sec Yep [09:29] Techrights-sec :( [09:34] schestowitz-TR Cerf had COVID-19 some months ago [09:34] schestowitz-TR he survived, but that leave damage usually [09:34] schestowitz-TR and if you don't die within 28 days you don't get counted [09:34] schestowitz-TR I still watch the covid numbers here (still not good) [09:34] schestowitz-TR we're running today outdoors (soon) [09:34] schestowitz-TR I lacked tiem to write about covid yetserdat [09:34] schestowitz-TR I had to defend myself a lot in irc [09:34] schestowitz-TR irc is very busy today as well [09:34] schestowitz-TR thankfully, unless I RE-remind myself, I already forgot the "missing" video [09:34] schestowitz-TR and don't feel annoyed by that [09:34] schestowitz-TR I also caught up with rss feeds before bedtime [09:34] schestowitz-TR without having to fully chase patent news, and with the sites being well-bahaved (still need OS upgrade/change), [09:34] schestowitz-TR I have a one-day buffer for catchup on Sundays [09:34] schestowitz-TR I need to make more local backups of things [09:34] schestowitz-TR I will test the backup script changes tonight at 18:30 [09:34] schestowitz-TR then post part 7, make a video [09:34] schestowitz-TR the microsoft attacks on Linux "slowed" a bit yesterday afternoon [09:34] schestowitz-TR I was about to say this here last night [09:34] schestowitz-TR but thought it would be safe to wait 24 hours in case there's a "part 2" [09:34] schestowitz-TR after Schneier hails Microsoft as dsaviour of Ukraine [09:35] Techrights-sec it apparrently damages mental capabilities, like what might have happened with [09:35] Techrights-sec Lunduke [09:38] schestowitz-TR going on anecdotes, not media reports or studies, I do hear and read about [09:38] schestowitz-TR people who had it [09:38] schestowitz-TR some have foggy memory [09:38] schestowitz-TR not remembering names, cannot focus on PC (I gave an example of a Debian Dev [09:38] schestowitz-TR a week ago) [09:38] schestowitz-TR Those aren't related to internal organs other than brain [09:38] schestowitz-TR but the brain is something that is hard to repair [09:38] schestowitz-TR there are many remedies for internal organs semi-functioning or even ceasing to function [09:38] schestowitz-TR like dialisys (I think I got the i and y swapped around) [09:38] schestowitz-TR but when the brain goes, that's it [09:39] schestowitz-TR you won't even noticed it [09:39] schestowitz-TR it's like telling a demented person s/he demented [09:39] Techrights-sec foggy thought process is a known symptom during and afterwards [09:39] Techrights-sec It may be my misunderstanding but it looks liek the virus damages internal [09:39] Techrights-sec capilaries [09:42] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [09:42] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [09:45] schestowitz-TR The oldest "tgest sample" of data we have is 30 months old [09:45] schestowitz-TR when dealing with polio or similar things (longstanding like Malaria) [09:45] schestowitz-TR you have centuries of knowledge already [09:45] schestowitz-TR China is too busy fending off for its PRODUCTIVE industry [09:45] schestowitz-TR while Europe and US are busy pretending the economy "works" and the "system" [09:45] schestowitz-TR is back (so go to the cage and go watch football, get drunk at the pub, have sex, [09:45] schestowitz-TR have cons^H^hkids). [09:45] schestowitz-TR even the vaccines are not fully understood yet [09:45] schestowitz-TR we know they work to an extent [09:45] schestowitz-TR but little is known other than their short-term "training the body" capacity [09:45] schestowitz-TR this is the "approved-by-Establismenbt-figures" herd immunity strategt [09:45] schestowitz-TR give it to everyone, then open up, see who's left alive afterwards [09:45] schestowitz-TR eradication cuts into profits and the patents are still there [09:45] schestowitz-TR it is possible to edradicate, but not locally, internationally rather [09:45] schestowitz-TR isolate people [09:45] schestowitz-TR check who has it [09:45] schestowitz-TR treat them for it [09:46] schestowitz-TR globally [09:46] schestowitz-TR same in zoos [09:46] schestowitz-TR then open up [09:46] schestowitz-TR repeat again [09:46] schestowitz-TR until the numbers are very small [09:46] schestowitz-TR and it become a niche virus [09:46] Techrights-sec ack [09:46] Techrights-sec yes, quite likely [09:46] Techrights-sec however the governments and in particular the businesses have been unwilling [09:46] Techrights-sec to take the measurss requires *at the beginning* to compartmentalize and [09:46] Techrights-sec such [09:46] Techrights-sec \ [09:47] schestowitz-TR after thew first lockdown in the UK it was hard to even find cases [09:47] schestowitz-TR maybe 500 cases a day in the UK [09:47] schestowitz-TR then they started opening pubs, football, mask policies loosened [09:47] schestowitz-TR 50,000 cases a day, loockdowns again [09:50] schestowitz-TR now the gov. spins that as pandemic of the weak [09:50] schestowitz-TR like Edwqin Black's book title [09:50] schestowitz-TR "War on the Weak" [09:50] schestowitz-TR and thus it's OK to let it spread and let people die [09:50] schestowitz-TR they are "weak" and "antivaxxer" anyway [09:50] schestowitz-TR they deserve it....they say... there's nothing we can do to help them [09:50] schestowitz-TR maybe a placebo 5th shot [09:50] schestowitz-TR BBC now boasts about "first shot receiver... getting a booster" [09:50] schestowitz-TR it's an actual headline! Rianne joked about it and I saw it last night. [09:50] schestowitz-TR AZ mascots (astrozeneca) [09:50] schestowitz-TR bbl (running) [09:50] schestowitz-TR *astra ● Apr 29 [12:23] schestowitz-TR parks, forests (man-made), and other nature-like features near uis are 'criminally' under-used [12:23] schestowitz-TR you can run for 10 mins, on average, without seeing another human being (or dog) [12:23] schestowitz-TR it's like a ghost town\ [12:23] schestowitz-TR I can only assume slobs sit on the sofa with "phone" scrolling FB [12:23] schestowitz-TR it's bright and sunny and nobody is out [12:23] schestowitz-TR I can't complain, but if people don't use these, there's risk it'll get sold to "estates" [12:23] Techrights-sec ack [12:23] Techrights-sec ok [12:29] Techrights-sec The risk of getting sold off is high. One has to stay proactive in politics [12:29] Techrights-sec and remind the councils periodically of the value of greenspace. [12:29] Techrights-sec There are social, health, and economic advantages to the surrounding neighborhoods. Paving them over is a losing p [12:29] Techrights-sec roposition except for the dickhead who [12:29] Techrights-sec builds the first building on it. Everyone else loses, especially those nearby. [12:30] Techrights-sec https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00229-1/fulltexthttps://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/urban-health/publications/2016/urban-green-spaces-and-health-a-review-of-evidence-2016 [12:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell- ( status 404 @ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00229-1/fulltexthttps://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/urban-health/publications/2016/urban-green-spaces-and-health-a-review-of-evidence-2016 ) [12:30] Techrights-sec https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/environment-and-health/urban-health/publications/2016/urban-green-spaces-and-health-a-review-of-evidence-2016 [12:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.euro.who.int | WHO/Europe | Urban green spaces and health - a review of evidence (2016) [12:30] Techrights-sec https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/how-green-are-european-cities [12:30] Techrights-sec etc [12:30] Techrights-sec They won't get converted to estates but to microscopic lots instead or even [12:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.eea.europa.eu | How green are European cities? Green space key to well-being but access varies European Environment Agency [12:30] Techrights-sec apartment buildings [12:30] Techrights-sec and "shoping" centers [12:30] Techrights-sec https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/nature-green-space-urban-cities-exercise-fresh-air/ [12:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.weforum.org | Cities: Why more green spaces means healthier residents | World Economic Forum [12:30] Techrights-sec https://news.stanford.edu/2021/05/10/health-boost-nature/ [12:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-news.stanford.edu | Health boost from nature | Stanford News [12:30] Techrights-sec Greenspace is an investment in health, economy, and society. Unfortunately [12:30] Techrights-sec the trend is to liquidate rather than invest. Doesn't matter the topic or [12:30] Techrights-sec domain -- assholes do what they can to force liquidation so they can siphon [12:30] Techrights-sec off a few cents on the dollar as things go under. Not dissimilar to the [12:30] Techrights-sec "successful bankruptcy" [12:32] Techrights-sec I hope the post about Lunduke is sufficiently diplomatic, it looks so, and that [12:32] Techrights-sec he notices the main point. [12:33] schestowitz-TR Our coverage on these topics is a lot more detailed and more accurate [12:33] schestowitz-TR he cuts corners to turn heads [12:33] schestowitz-TR even the headline [12:37] schestowitz-TR to borrow an analogy that is topical, they close down churches and beautiful libraries (or hospital near us) with h [12:37] schestowitz-TR istoric value [12:37] schestowitz-TR to make way for real estate [12:37] schestowitz-TR in software, they ram down millions of line of code for utter crap that will vanish in 2 years (fad) at the expense [12:37] schestowitz-TR of integrity of core parts [12:37] schestowitz-TR gcc, linux, mozilla [12:37] schestowitz-TR so even the core bits become less reliable [12:37] schestowitz-TR they are outweighed by outdated and unmaintained low-quality crap [12:37] schestowitz-TR like archs that no longer exist [12:37] schestowitz-TR file systems nobody uses [12:37] schestowitz-TR and things like linux-azure [12:37] schestowitz-TR or hyperv shite 20k lines of crap [12:37] schestowitz-TR that kvm can do in a lot less [12:37] schestowitz-TR or wireguard for vpn [12:37] Techrights-sec Yes, but some years ago he did do some really nice coverage of a few important [12:37] Techrights-sec topics. I hope for a return to that from his part. [12:37] Techrights-sec yes [12:41] schestowitz-TR "Throughout this huge region, hundreds of partners conservation groups, private landowners, businesses, government agencies, tribe" https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/28/linking-protected-areas-from-yellowstone-to-the-yukon-shows-the-value-of-conserving-large-landscapes-not-just-isolated-parks-and-preserves/ | Source: Counter Punch [12:41] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Linking Protected Areas From Yellowstone to the Yukon Shows the Value of Conserving Large Landscapes, Not Just Isolated Parks and Preserves - CounterPunch.org [12:43] schestowitz-TR Now they go after people's pensions and oligarchs-owned media is happy https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/28/media-lauds-fidelity-ceo-who-destroyed-good-pensions/ | Source: Counter Punch [12:43] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Media Lauds Fidelity CEO Who Destroyed Good Pensions - CounterPunch.org [12:46] Techrights-sec ack [12:46] Techrights-sec The looting that took place before and during 2008 has still not been properly [12:46] Techrights-sec addressed. Nor have measures been retained to prevent a recurrence. [12:48] schestowitz-TR social control media, pandemic, war, famine [12:48] schestowitz-TR meanwhile people try to "smack a fascist" or "own the lib" [12:48] schestowitz-TR nobody remembers OWS [12:48] schestowitz-TR as if they accomplished something and then went back home [12:48] schestowitz-TR the economy "recovered" [12:48] schestowitz-TR now it's the fault of nature/china/russia [12:49] Techrights-sec ack ● Apr 29 [13:05] schestowitz-TR I am pissed off right now by [13:05] schestowitz-TR 1) report on "voting" machines being a "Trump" thing; now the machines are 'sacred' [13:05] schestowitz-TR 2) microsoft spinning itself as security hero in ukraine while 'linux' (systemd) is the "real" issue [13:05] schestowitz-TR but I am not sure how to properly respond without deepening the issue by amplification [13:05] schestowitz-TR it would be nice if there was a campaign site to make it loud and clear that "WE DO NOT SUPPORT TRUMP BUT" [13:05] schestowitz-TR and [13:05] schestowitz-TR "MICROSOFT IS THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION" [13:05] schestowitz-TR Wikipedia, media, and social control media are dominated by PR [13:05] schestowitz-TR so it is a big challenge [13:05] schestowitz-TR we can compensate by patience and repetiton [13:05] schestowitz-TR I hope twitter collapses already, along with FB [13:18] Techrights-sec """ [13:18] Techrights-sec Microsoft is not the answer, it is the question. [13:18] Techrights-sec No, is the answer. [13:18] Techrights-sec """ [13:18] Techrights-sec Twitter can go away just like many other social control media businesses have [13:18] Techrights-sec before. https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/TWTR/twitter/net-income [13:18] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.macrotrends.net | Twitter Net Income 2011-2021 | TWTR | MacroTrends [13:18] Techrights-sec Beyond mass manipulation of opinion, especially through lazy journalists, [13:18] Techrights-sec it has no value and it is hard for it to exist on its own through its own [13:18] Techrights-sec money. Giving it a bailout directly would be too obvious since they can't even [13:18] Techrights-sec pretend to be selling something legitimate like M$ fakes when it gets bailouts. [13:18] Techrights-sec Same goes for Facebook, though if I were to guess I would say that it has [13:18] Techrights-sec had a lot of covert support in order to acheive a detailed social graph of [13:18] Techrights-sec much of the world's population. [13:18] schestowitz-TR "Congrats, support team member - you have a bullshit job." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ayaron/bullshitjob.txt [13:19] Techrights-sec is there a gemini or http link for that post? [13:20] schestowitz-TR no, but it is new [13:20] schestowitz-TR I use our planet a lot and add over a dozen links a day to "smol" web [13:23] Techrights-sec There's not date of publication [13:23] Techrights-sec in the article body. :( [13:23] Techrights-sec The default gopher client is harder to use than I recall [13:42] schestowitz-TR it is helpful to remind people that net is not web [13:42] schestowitz-TR and web is not just html [13:42] schestowitz-TR or http/s [13:42] schestowitz-TR btw, I got a full final archive from twitter [13:42] schestowitz-TR the way it's done does not feel safe [13:42] schestowitz-TR same as diaspora [13:42] schestowitz-TR which still does not give me the download [13:42] schestowitz-TR they had a new release [13:42] schestowitz-TR but only for RoR-related sec patches [13:42] schestowitz-TR anyway, if people see ftp or gemini urls that helps get across the message [13:42] schestowitz-TR that "new" (or old) thing exist [13:42] schestowitz-TR lbry:// is another one [13:42] schestowitz-TR and they they get "FMONO" [13:42] schestowitz-TR They want to read what's in the link [13:42] schestowitz-TR but their browser does not support it [13:42] schestowitz-TR FOMO = fear of not seeing interesting stuff in geminispace [13:49] schestowitz-TR "retail prices of essential goods like food and energy are not set by simple supply and demand." https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/28/one-way-control-inflation-enforce-price-controls-corporations | Source: Common Dreams [13:49] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | Opinion | One Way to Control Inflation? Enforce Price Controls on Corporations | Wenonah Hauter ● Apr 29 [14:00] schestowitz-TR "The student was up on a windowsill at school and, when instructed to come down, he spit." https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/04/28/failing-and-floundering-school-system-while-us-pumps-pentagon-funding | Source: Common Dreams [14:00] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | Opinion | A Failing and Floundering School System While the US Pumps the Pentagon With Funding | Frida Berrigan [14:00] Techrights-sec ack [14:03] schestowitz-TR coping mehcnisms: when news about "the real world" get you down one solution isn't to change the world [14:03] schestowitz-TR but to disengage to some extent from "the system" [14:03] schestowitz-TR today's news is full of very bad things [14:03] schestowitz-TR from sources that don't talk about will smith, along with other nonsense [14:03] schestowitz-TR we got a bill from the energy company [14:03] schestowitz-TR turns out they overcharged us and now correct it [14:03] schestowitz-TR but we lower our use of energy all in all [14:03] schestowitz-TR taking on the "energy price fixer" is too big a task for any one givernment [14:03] Techrights-sec do you have to constantly change 'supplier' and 'source' ? [14:03] Techrights-sec for the electricty? [14:08] schestowitz-TR no, but there was a series of acquisitions [14:08] schestowitz-TR turns out ours isn't even the expensive one [14:08] schestowitz-TR it's a choice between evils, like in telecoms [14:08] schestowitz-TR the utility sources are the same (Net, water, gas pipe (underground), electric (also undergrouns)), so you [14:08] schestowitz-TR only really choose the logo on your bill [14:08] schestowitz-TR the providers are really the same [14:08] schestowitz-TR george carlin had a nice skit/take on the fake choice we get [14:08] schestowitz-TR "window" or "isle" [14:08] schestowitz-TR *aisle [14:08] schestowitz-TR "oh yea 10x [14:10] Techrights-sec ack [14:10] Techrights-sec Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kodos [14:10] Techrights-sec https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=I%20voted%20for%20kodos [14:10] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.urbandictionary.com | Urban Dictionary: I voted for kodos [14:11] schestowitz-TR Microsoft: we give choice. If you don't like Vista 11, use 10 [14:11] schestowitz-TR If you still use 7, "free upgrade" [14:11] schestowitz-TR sssssooo many choices!! [14:12] schestowitz-TR if you argue with the telecoms and energy billing (yes, billng, resellers) companies long enough [14:12] schestowitz-TR you can get better tarriffs, discounts ("deals"), and compensation for bad service [14:12] schestowitz-TR but sometimes the savings are not worth the amount of effort it takes to get that [14:12] schestowitz-TR and they play psychological games with deeadlines to tire you down [14:12] schestowitz-TR so sometimes you have to fake "leaving" [14:12] Techrights-sec or if you enjoy playing them off against eachother [14:15] schestowitz-TR World Police collective punishment https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/28/coalition-denounces-us-sanctions-harming-people-worldwide | Source: Common Dreams [14:15] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.commondreams.org | Coalition Denounces US Sanctions Harming People Worldwide [14:16] schestowitz-TR they should also blame Putin/Russia in this imperial dick-measuring contest [14:22] Techrights-sec ACK [14:22] Techrights-sec (caps by accident) [14:30] schestowitz-TR eugenics by economics [14:30] schestowitz-TR (btw, rianne says she saw 8 of our neighbours at once... ina home for a couple, with 1 or 2 kids) [14:30] schestowitz-TR it became like a hostel for construction workers [14:30] schestowitz-TR last week they threw a double mattrass (maybe julie's) at the back yard [14:30] schestowitz-TR maybe it'a waste of space and two men won't share a bed [14:30] schestowitz-TR but maybe there's also unused space in summer, outside, can squeeze 3-4 bed there too :-) [14:30] schestowitz-TR this is not about religion, race, or gender [14:30] schestowitz-TR it's about 8+ human beings, occupants, being loud at 1am and over-congesting a place, which [14:30] schestowitz-TR begets more noise (a couple cannot talk that much) [14:30] schestowitz-TR today there is a trolley from a supermarket at the front garden [14:30] schestowitz-TR I don't suppose you buy them off ebay :-) [14:30] Techrights-sec an industry infamous for illegal work; maybe there are a f ew more that were [14:30] Techrights-sec out at the moment she saw the others [14:30] Techrights-sec probably trashing the place as well [14:40] schestowitz-TR I saw it before, when we put a bid in [14:40] schestowitz-TR if the owner is unaware of how many live there, it's possible changes will come soon [14:40] schestowitz-TR Based on the listing online, which I checked like 50 times in one year, it was never sold [14:40] schestowitz-TR it's just rented away to buy time [14:40] schestowitz-TR meanwhile the living room looks like a couple of improvised bedrooms from the outside [14:40] schestowitz-TR and this cheapens nearby homes, too [14:44] Techrights-sec Yes, unfortunately the councils tend to see that reduction as one of the few [14:44] Techrights-sec legitimate complaints. Violation of zoning and safety code does not bother them [14:44] schestowitz-TR just spoke to the wife about it, will check online again... [14:44] schestowitz-TR it was actually sold some time last year [14:44] schestowitz-TR which is not good [14:44] *wallacer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:45] Techrights-sec especially if the new owners are doing illegal renting [14:50] schestowitz-TR prior toi accomodation we think we saw the owner a few times [14:50] schestowitz-TR it would not shock me if there's full awareness and intent [14:50] schestowitz-TR but the main question is, given the number, is there really [14:50] schestowitz-TR one owner, who is not living there [14:50] schestowitz-TR if so, there's a chance of change in the future [14:50] schestowitz-TR whether for the better, I don't know [14:50] schestowitz-TR tey did nothing bad, except speaking (not shouting) at unsocial times [14:50] schestowitz-TR and leaving a bit of a mess outside, sometimes... [14:50] schestowitz-TR there are the adjecent block, not the one one level down, [14:50] schestowitz-TR so it might become more of an issue in the future [14:50] Techrights-sec yes [14:50] Techrights-sec there are probably zoning violations as well as, if one checks indoors, many [14:50] Techrights-sec health and safety violations to be found [14:50] Techrights-sec The sheer number pronably exceeds what is allowed. [14:57] schestowitz-TR I became aware oif this problem a very long time ago [14:57] schestowitz-TR more mattresses than rooms, inc. kitchen and all [14:57] schestowitz-TR but the issue stems from the economic situation that led me down this rabbi hole [14:57] schestowitz-TR as people escape war and starvation [14:57] schestowitz-TR having a mattress is a good place is better than a home somewhere else [14:57] schestowitz-TR so putin and donald biden cause much agony, which impacts everybody [14:57] schestowitz-TR even those who are far from famine and do not particpate in wars [14:57] schestowitz-TR this will worsen [14:57] schestowitz-TR I spoke about it with a friend over a decade ago [14:57] schestowitz-TR maybe around the time of the financial crisis [14:57] schestowitz-TR which later contributes to arab spring amid rise of discontent [14:57] schestowitz-TR now, with covid (and oil, food etc.) there's another wave of suffering [14:57] schestowitz-TR this isn't about identity but the sheer number of people in one place [14:57] schestowitz-TR we are only a wall apart and a fence apart, same level unlike the other wall [14:57] schestowitz-TR so when you rightly point out overpopulation as an issue there's much [14:57] schestowitz-TR at stake even if it's not directly visible [14:58] Techrights-sec ack ● Apr 29 [15:11] *wallacer (~quassel@6bsu33ajs4zs4.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:22] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:23] schestowitz-TR earlier today I said I had seen some very down-puttin (putin?) news [15:23] schestowitz-TR and some of it was about prices of food and famine [15:23] schestowitz-TR set aside water conflict and climate as a factor [15:23] schestowitz-TR I sort of forgot what I wanted to say, but it was to [15:23] schestowitz-TR do with peak oil or lack of ability to provide food [15:23] schestowitz-TR with rationining in the east already [15:23] schestowitz-TR even in belarus there are issues [15:23] schestowitz-TR but anyway, what I wanted to say next was not so important [15:23] schestowitz-TR riuanne says even in china they now have an issue feeding people, [15:23] schestowitz-TR partly due to lockdown, but I have not seen such reports [15:23] schestowitz-TR either way, I'll set this aside, I forgot the main popint I was trying to get at ( [15:23] schestowitz-TR and that's before even catching covid) [15:23] schestowitz-TR in mad max there is weaponisation of the citadel/water [15:23] schestowitz-TR and in ukraine there was stalin using food access [15:23] schestowitz-TR in terms of congestion and integration, or opium wars, there are other means to covertly harm [15:23] schestowitz-TR but either way, things are becoming less safe for everyone [15:23] schestowitz-TR and this was long overdue [15:25] Techrights-sec Water conlficts are function of overpopulation; Droughts come and go but [15:25] Techrights-sec during wet periods, populations explode and societies live as if there is no [15:25] Techrights-sec tomorrow. Then when the local climate resets back to normal and it dries [15:25] Techrights-sec up, they are far above the local carrying capacity. [15:25] Techrights-sec Petrol chemicals do more than power harvest and transportation. They are [15:25] Techrights-sec converted to fertilizers to give innefficient methods an unrealistic and [15:25] Techrights-sec unsustainable illusion of viability and temporarily high yields. [15:25] Techrights-sec Yes, they are considering moving to potatos from rice to better feed the [15:25] Techrights-sec excess. [15:25] Techrights-sec Mad Max was predicated on huge supply chains for petrochemical fuels still [15:25] Techrights-sec working flawlessly despite the rest having imploded. With the just-in-time [15:25] Techrights-sec inventory management, filling stations would be empty in days and then [15:26] Techrights-sec individual vehicles would run dry within days afterwards. [15:26] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: Leaving) [15:27] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:40] *rianne__ (~rianne@s44cwn8sugddy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:40] *asusbox2 (~rianne@s44cwn8sugddy.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [15:41] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:41] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:55] schestowitz-TR I lost my train of thought because I had branched out in many different direction [15:55] schestowitz-TR all at once [15:55] schestowitz-TR it's a critical and unexplored topic [15:55] schestowitz-TR because nobody wants to be called "racist" [15:55] schestowitz-TR maybe speciesist will become a "thing" [15:55] schestowitz-TR like claiiming stuff about humans as a whole [15:55] schestowitz-TR but I will stick to tech for now to avoid too much mental fog [15:55] schestowitz-TR g [15:55] schestowitz-TR I will street away by saying, [15:55] schestowitz-TR the "economy" depends on constant growth in fiunite planet [15:55] schestowitz-TR and projection shiinged on that future, unrealistic expansion [15:55] schestowitz-TR which likely means trampling and squeezing many people [15:55] schestowitz-TR in software, the engineers are made to work on more and more code [15:55] schestowitz-TR even if for worse condition -- a sepatrate issue [15:55] schestowitz-TR joel spolsky tried to explain paypal and ebay a very long time ago [15:55] schestowitz-TR he said that they needed to keep their geeks occupied... with something [15:55] schestowitz-TR anythingf [15:55] schestowitz-TR hence bloat and complexity [15:55] schestowitz-TR sometimes you just need to leave things alone [15:55] schestowitz-TR like web sites [15:55] schestowitz-TR don't add 30 more domains just because the visitor MIGHT have 8 CPU corea and 4G data connection [15:55] schestowitz-TR also, NO, I do not want a computer on my microwave or 6,400,000,000 megapixels on my so-called 'phone' [15:55] schestowitz-TR so I can keep memories of dusk specs on someone's selfie [15:55] schestowitz-TR 480x640 is usually enough [15:55] schestowitz-TR *dust specs [15:56] Techrights-sec that has been the card the oligarchs play when the topic of overpopulation [15:56] Techrights-sec is raised [15:56] Techrights-sec ack [15:56] Techrights-sec "... presented by Catalin Cimpanu" [15:56] Techrights-sec https://risky.biz/RBNEWS2/ [15:56] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-risky.biz | Risky Biz News: Microsoft saw Russia pre-position a year before invasion - Risky Business [15:56] Techrights-sec you had wondered a while back where he had gone [15:56] Techrights-sec yes to keep them running on the hamster wheel so as to prevent them from [15:56] Techrights-sec planning -- anything [15:56] Techrights-sec https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9116 is needed for gemini proxy [15:56] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.rfc-editor.org | RFC 9116: A File Format to Aid in Security Vulnerability Disclosure [15:56] Techrights-sec by pushing things until collapse maximizes the markup for the narrowest possible [15:56] Techrights-sec area, everything else is an externality and does not show up on the monthly [15:56] Techrights-sec or quarterly report [15:58] schestowitz-TR incresasing my buffer a little [15:58] schestowitz-TR softpedia's bogdan popa also stopped troilling Linux from there [15:58] schestowitz-TR and then rianne saw him emerging in something called auto(r)volution [15:58] schestowitz-TR covering things like android [15:58] schestowitz-TR I don't think that site ever got anywhere [15:58] schestowitz-TR meanwhile softpedia was rotting away ● Apr 29 [16:00] Techrights-sec softpedia never t really had any original content that I know of, or maybe [16:00] Techrights-sec I justremember incorrectly [16:01] schestowitz-TR softpedia made copies of a lot of sofwtare froim freshmear and sourceforce [16:01] schestowitz-TR including some of mine [16:01] schestowitz-TR with marius I spoke about how my software there suddenly vanished [16:01] schestowitz-TR they started removing "less often accessed" pages [16:01] schestowitz-TR to cut down [16:01] schestowitz-TR but they built the romanian empire by making a catalogue (hence "pedia") of other people's binaries [16:01] schestowitz-TR not code [16:01] schestowitz-TR they were ranked very well at one point [16:01] schestowitz-TR maybe the news section came much leter [16:02] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:03] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Connection closed) [16:03] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [16:03] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@v6xmmrhxmbafc.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:04] *activelow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:05] *activelow (~activelow@mjccmm7m3mjfg.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [16:06] Techrights-sec ack [16:06] schestowitz-TR based on rianne's cycle through the news (she netted just 3 items since midnight), it's another bloody slow [16:06] schestowitz-TR day for "Linux" [16:06] schestowitz-TR I will do the belarus thing for now [16:06] schestowitz-TR howtos are only OK in bulk as the chance of someone using system x and wanting to install y is rather low [16:06] schestowitz-TR but if I can group them, then it's OK [16:06] schestowitz-TR same for mgames [16:06] schestowitz-TR games are mostly "stream" (DRM) and WINE (WIndows blogs) [16:06] schestowitz-TR *steam [16:06] schestowitz-TR so don't consider me too excited [16:06] schestowitz-TR I'm no gardiner on the payroll [16:06] schestowitz-TR *blobs [16:06] schestowitz-TR DRM, blobs, "entertainment" [16:09] Techrights-sec ack [16:09] Techrights-sec yes, RSS has some stuff but not a lot [16:09] Techrights-sec DRM is a large problem already [16:09] Techrights-sec TBL is to blame mostly but not entirely however blaming at this point does not [16:09] Techrights-sec solve any problem for now [16:09] Techrights-sec The reason games and videos are targeted now are the same reasons the videoa [16:09] Techrights-sec and audio were targeted 20 years ago, they are not taken seriously and are [16:09] Techrights-sec considered frivilous and thus the estrictions are also accepted by the public [16:09] Techrights-sec as being unthreatening. If M$ DRMed the productivity file formats right away [16:09] Techrights-sec there would be rebellion, even against M$, so they have to use games and [16:09] Techrights-sec videos to lock DRM into place first before then making optional for productivity [16:09] Techrights-sec software and then mandatory. Probably in vista12 or 14 [16:10] Techrights-sec if Vista survives that much longer [16:10] schestowitz-TR tbh (thinking laterally here) [16:10] schestowitz-TR maybe I should rethink how I do lInux links [16:10] schestowitz-TR just as I reconsidered the way I digest and post patents [16:10] schestowitz-TR and how I relate to social control media [16:10] schestowitz-TR a lot of the Linux stuff is boring shit [16:10] schestowitz-TR like all the Red Hat/ICBM "news"... purely corporate junk, this isn's Fedora Core days [16:10] Techrights-sec ok [16:10] Techrights-sec Fedora community is gone afaik just some fascade backed up by IBM staff [16:10] Techrights-sec Canonical is going away in 2023, give or take a year [16:14] schestowitz-TR canonical tried to regain community a few times [16:14] schestowitz-TR they reformed a Council like 2 years ago [16:14] schestowitz-TR but nothing came out of it [16:14] schestowitz-TR they looked to appease some bloggers who had moaned about how alienatedd they felt [16:14] schestowitz-TR so Canonical whipped up some press releases with proclamation [16:14] schestowitz-TR anyway, ubuntu is losing share in desktop [16:14] schestowitz-TR Canonical does not know how to stop the bleeding [16:14] schestowitz-TR their blog focuses on devices and servers [16:14] schestowitz-TR they want some big name clients [16:14] schestowitz-TR they have a few [16:14] schestowitz-TR should we consider using the daily links software for more "Linux" feeds? [16:14] schestowitz-TR certain ones are very predictable and mechanical [16:14] schestowitz-TR like the howto sites [16:14] schestowitz-TR bear in mind even formerly "OK" so-called 'news' sites became a word salad [16:14] schestowitz-TR and the writers aren't qualified, except in salad making [16:16] Techrights-sec yes [16:16] Techrights-sec depends on the feeds though [16:18] schestowitz-TR I suppose criteria are: can retrieve [16:18] schestowitz-TR RSS summary is decent [16:18] schestowitz-TR even without any summary it might be OK [16:18] schestowitz-TR esp. for howtos [16:18] Techrights-sec yes that is one prerequisite, another is that the articles are steuctured [16:18] Techrights-sec consistently so that the useful parts are usually in the same place each [16:18] Techrights-sec time. Summary or 1st 2 paragraphs or 1st paragraph or last paragrap, [16:18] Techrights-sec that doesn't matter as long as it is the same each time [16:20] schestowitz-TR ok, I will check and make a list [16:20] schestowitz-TR should I specify which parts are consistently useful? [16:20] schestowitz-TR this way we can scan more feeds or produce more articles [16:20] schestowitz-TR I got the latest camelCase from git today [16:21] Techrights-sec the feed URLs would be all that are needed, though if there are some [16:21] Techrights-sec strings which should trigger exclusion (sponsored articles etc) then those [16:21] Techrights-sec would be good to know up front too [16:23] schestowitz-TR I recently disabled the ones that do seo webspam [16:23] schestowitz-TR they can harm our site anywhere, no matter what we link to in such domains [16:23] schestowitz-TR either way, I check them all manually before using post.ff.sh to catalogue them in the right place [16:23] schestowitz-TR and sometimes I remove irrelevant paragraphs or items [16:23] schestowitz-TR I am going to make a list now while cleaning the feeds [16:23] Techrights-sec yes [16:23] Techrights-sec ack [16:24] schestowitz-TR sorting the wheat from the chaff will only get HARDER, not simpler, as time goes by in the WWW [16:24] schestowitz-TR so we need to cast the net wider on the Net [16:27] schestowitz-TR btw, lxer is like 20 times less in magnitude compared to 15 years ago [16:27] schestowitz-TR slashdhot is maybe the same [16:27] schestowitz-TR they rapidly lose visitors [16:27] schestowitz-TR a [16:27] schestowitz-TR alexa as in alexa rankins shutd down for good in 2 days [16:27] schestowitz-TR netcraft is nnoot accurate [16:27] schestowitz-TR few people use their malware [16:27] schestowitz-TR "plugins" [16:27] Techrights-sec yes [16:27] Techrights-sec one of the problems is that some of the automated feeds are quite good [16:27] Techrights-sec but I don't usually have time to check them so they pass unnoticed for my [16:27] Techrights-sec part [16:27] Techrights-sec yes most sites are like that if they are even around [16:27] Techrights-sec still [16:28] Techrights-sec slashdot was killed off through repeated sales to increasingly disconnected and [16:28] Techrights-sec hostile companies then reddit lied about aaron swartz during an interval of [16:28] Techrights-sec elevated dissatisfaction with slashdot and most left (stupidly) for reddit [16:28] Techrights-sec being conde nast it has marketing money unlike slashdot which had grown [16:28] Techrights-sec organically [16:37] Techrights-sec netcraft has not been accurate for a long time [16:37] schestowitz-TR it never was, but in the "toolbar" era of Web browser some technical people like me had it installed [16:37] schestowitz-TR I don't know who STILL reports to the company [16:37] schestowitz-TR it was always spyware of sorts [16:37] schestowitz-TR justified as "security" [16:39] schestowitz-TR 2025: daddy, what's alexa ranking? [16:39] schestowitz-TR daddy: non, no, alexas isn't doing credit ratings, alexa used to measure traffic before the Musk [16:39] schestowitz-TR without lots of hair plugs bought the original company just to shut it down [16:39] Techrights-sec ack [16:41] schestowitz-TR I wonder if I should include plan ets too, like debian and fedora that I added already [16:41] schestowitz-TR the first para is usually OK [16:41] schestowitz-TR if not, I can void it and just use title, or manually access the page for better outline [16:41] schestowitz-TR so no debian uncoensored either [16:41] schestowitz-TR I will remove from the list [16:42] Techrights-sec no planets have a poor signal to noise ratio and even when they do have ites [16:42] Techrights-sec ^items [16:42] Techrights-sec they are curated heavily and a subset selected to promote a given agenda [16:42] Techrights-sec the closer we can harvest to the original source the better [16:42] Techrights-sec maybe some of the sites it promotes would be of use to add individually though [16:44] schestowitz-TR in the older days planets would have a long list of all the original sites or rss feeds in the sidebar [16:44] schestowitz-TR some still do this [16:44] schestowitz-TR but it's their "secret sauce" [16:44] schestowitz-TR it's like telling you how to recreate or bypass them [16:44] schestowitz-TR like a chef at a restaurant offering you the book of all the recipes [16:44] schestowitz-TR and the secret sauce changes [16:44] schestowitz-TR if one blogger turns "sour" [16:44] schestowitz-TR or "toxic" [16:44] schestowitz-TR they only like "sweet" arse-sucking bloggwers [16:44] schestowitz-TR to the controller of the planet, e./g. mozilla [16:44] schestowitz-TR no dissent tolerated [16:44] schestowitz-TR not after the first time anyway [16:52] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:52] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Apr 29 [17:18] schestowitz-TR go to www.hecticgeek.com [17:18] schestowitz-TR see what happened in March [17:18] schestowitz-TR webspam, seo spam, and Windows spam [17:18] schestowitz-TR it is interesting that windows "content" egts introduced alongside webspam [17:18] schestowitz-TR as if both entail some kind of payment [17:18] Techrights-sec correct [17:18] Techrights-sec ack [17:18] Techrights-sec likely ● Apr 29 [18:47] *activelow has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:47] *activelow (~activelow@tb3bujhpbsxqn.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Apr 29 [20:49] schestowitz-TR I have just passed 2 emails to you [20:49] schestowitz-TR one is preliminary list of rss feeds, the howto-centric ones are further at the bottom [20:49] schestowitz-TR I've just got parts 8-11 of the series ready, want a copy in /tmp? [20:49] schestowitz-TR regarding gulag voice, our very stupid company - WITHOUT CONSULTING WITH STAFF - [20:50] schestowitz-TR wants to move everything from Asterisk hosting (Gradwell) to Gulag, which even [20:50] schestowitz-TR for purely pragmatic reasons is a mistake (it barely works; waste of time and stress) [20:50] schestowitz-TR rianne said, "let's leave the company' [20:50] schestowitz-TR I say, "wait, we can oppose the move and also we can keep milking them" (the job [20:50] schestowitz-TR is easy) [20:50] schestowitz-TR the troubling thing is, key decisions are made that are both wrong and [20:50] schestowitz-TR involve no real cinsultation with the staff [20:50] schestowitz-TR as pointed out at the start, iirc I was told something denying my hypothesis [20:50] schestowitz-TR about the long-erm plan being gulag migratiopn [20:50] schestowitz-TR being left out of the process is one thing [20:50] schestowitz-TR being lied to is a lot worse [20:50] schestowitz-TR we not only lied about this move internally [20:50] schestowitz-TR we also lie externally to clients [20:50] schestowitz-TR as the boss did an hour ago, making fake excuses [20:50] schestowitz-TR they say, if someone you work with lies to others [20:50] schestowitz-TR that someone might lie to you too (like the person being rude to the waiter not being a nice person) [20:50] schestowitz-TR I will go discuss this with rianne now [20:50] schestowitz-TR I will then work on USPTO tip-off and EPO series ● Apr 29 [21:26] schestowitz-TR <techrights-news> "The Steam Deck has had a huge week. 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