●● IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, December 30, 2022 ●● ● Dec 30 [00:34] schestowitz-TR I found 3 links about NY [00:34] schestowitz-TR added to TM to raise awareness [00:34] schestowitz-TR not related directly to bsd and gnu/linux, but.. [00:34] schestowitz-TR . [00:35] techrightssec2 I'm sure the tie-in is strong, but it is hard to describe. Both come down [00:35] techrightssec2 to control and ownership. [00:38] schestowitz-TR brb breakfast [00:38] techrightssec2 [00:38] techrightssec2 ack ● Dec 30 [01:05] techrightssec2 One area of heavy overlap would be the first-sale doctrine: [01:05] techrightssec2 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062822/m2/1/high_res_d/White_Paper_17_USC_109_The_First_Sale_Doctrine-1-.pdf [01:05] techrightssec2 The GPL addresses it clearly but not by name in the various enumerated rights. [01:41] schestowitz-TR 2.6ml requests in tm-new this month [01:41] schestowitz-TR less than old, but old has many images and stuff [01:41] schestowitz-TR going to post daily links in a moment ● Dec 30 [03:04] schestowitz-TR "The sad reality is that every major Tech Publication is directly funded by the very same companies that they cover. Publications writing about Microsoft are funded by ad dollars from Microsoft. Publications writing about Enterprise Linux companies are funded by ad dollars from Enterprise Linux Companies." https://lunduke.substack.com/p/help-the-lunduke-journal-speak-truth [03:04] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-lunduke.substack.com | Help The Lunduke Journal "Speak Truth to (Tech) Power" [03:29] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:29] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:35] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@freenode-rmogvn.g0d7.dtdf.mc4289.IP) has joined #boycottnovell [03:35] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@auubhxtweg528.irc) has joined #boycottnovell ● Dec 30 [06:33] schestowitz Re: OpenAI Captured by Microsoft [06:33] schestowitz > https://youtu.be/kC-o8WW3BRw [06:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://inv.riverside.rocks/watch?v=kC-o8WW3BRw [06:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> inv.riverside.rocks | ChatGPT is more dangerous than you think - Invidious [06:33] schestowitz > [06:33] schestowitz > Thoughts? [06:33] schestowitz > [06:33] schestowitz > Happy Holidays my friend. Ill be back on my writing bullshit soon. [06:33] schestowitz "OpenAI Captured by Microsoft" sounds like news from years ago. I recently saw that OpenCV too was getting partly captured. [06:33] schestowitz Do you know many layoffs are planned or rumoured for next month? [06:33] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_-_Layoffs#2022 [06:33] schestowitz BTW, I quit my employer this month. See [06:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Microsoft - Layoffs - Techrights [06:33] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source [06:33] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Sirius Open Source - Techrights [06:46] schestowitz-TR OTA [06:46] schestowitz-TR it looks like bankruptcy might be imminent [06:46] schestowitz-TR unpaid bills to hosts, no office, address changes ● Dec 30 [08:46] techrightssec2 Will Andy's series have two more parts? It seems he has left part 3 at a cliff [08:46] techrightssec2 hanger. [08:49] schestowitz-TR lt me check [08:49] schestowitz-TR *let [08:49] schestowitz-TR the timestam says 24-12 [08:49] schestowitz-TR afetr i had asked him to split it he did [08:49] schestowitz-TR i compared the snapshot I got 27th to now [08:49] schestowitz-TR they are identical, not just the date stamp [08:49] schestowitz-TR so tomorrow if final part [08:49] schestowitz-TR *is [08:49] schestowitz-TR I put a video of his lecture in irc last nigtt/today [08:49] schestowitz-TR did some further digging for better images of his [08:49] schestowitz-TR one was copyrighted, you see him 15 yeras ago (2007) [08:49] schestowitz-TR no beard [08:49] schestowitz-TR "all rights reserved" [08:49] techrightssec2 checking [08:49] techrightssec2 GAFAM also deterimines both the curriculum and teaching methods for more than [08:49] techrightssec2 only CS and ICT, seeing as all courses now are dependent on lab use. [08:54] schestowitz-TR as you rightly note, A LOT, this imperils local culture, heritage, tradition, professional methods, [08:54] schestowitz-TR across a spectrum of things [08:54] schestowitz-TR those "Tech" giantss are a cultural threat greater than tiktok [08:54] schestowitz-TR tiktok does not have that much impact on corporations, schools, gov. [08:55] schestowitz-TR mostly pupils and one-time "useds" [08:55] schestowitz-TR (like drugs; or social "drinking") [08:55] schestowitz-TR you now have people speaking in foreign accents with nforeign dialect and slang [08:55] schestowitz-TR dancing the dances of a distant nation [08:55] schestowitz-TR and behaving towards people are seen on TV (or "social control media"... whhat does tiktok call those? [08:55] schestowitz-TR "tiks"?) [08:55] schestowitz-TR "|shorts"? [08:55] schestowitz-TR so those companies program companies, schools, politicians [08:55] schestowitz-TR and can cause behaviour and perceptions to adapt [08:55] schestowitz-TR because those "apps" or "cloud things" in schools [08:55] schestowitz-TR get to spend more time with people than people nearby [08:55] schestowitz-TR and actively rob thopse other people access [08:55] schestowitz-TR so the dining table has "phones" [08:55] schestowitz-TR from 2 hours face-to-face (family) it's down to 20 minutes [08:55] schestowitz-TR and the rest occupied with fake friends and "mr algorithm" [08:55] schestowitz-TR one fucking piece of shit relative of rianne was literally wearing headphones inside the restaurant [08:55] schestowitz-TR on the dining table (2017, IIRC) [08:57] techrightssec2 I would say that tiktok has an enormous, outsized influence on schools because [08:57] techrightssec2 it has captured one or two entire generations and removed them from the culture [08:57] techrightssec2 their geographical placement would have otherwised allowed / caused them to [08:57] techrightssec2 inherit. [08:57] techrightssec2 ADHD is already pervasive, some of it, in some people, is a learned trait. [08:57] techrightssec2 Whether it can be unlearned is of great concern to the survival of the nation. [08:57] techrightssec2 Not even 20 minutes since many are on their skinnerboxes throughout the meal [08:57] techrightssec2 either actively or it occupies their thoughts while in their pocket. [08:57] techrightssec2 while at the table. [08:57] techrightssec2 EFF calls that "algospeak" rather than making a nod to the established [08:57] techrightssec2 perjorative, "newspeak", coined by Orwell. That hurts by making the old body [08:57] techrightssec2 of literature about the problem less visible while also pretending that it [08:57] techrightssec2 is a new, unexplored problem instead of a dangerous, old problem which has [08:57] techrightssec2 worsened severely. [08:59] schestowitz-TR this was covered in passing by andy [08:59] schestowitz-TR how GAFAM (no, Microsoft mostly!) tries to "correct" what words he should use in his message [08:59] schestowitz-TR next step is using HEY HI to "think" for him [08:59] schestowitz-TR and "plagiarise" (write) for him [08:59] techrightssec2 Yes, that is one example. [08:59] techrightssec2 Think, maybe, but the bossing around is already here: "newspeak" / "algospeak" [08:59] techrightssec2 Youtube and Tiktok both do it to people. ● Dec 30 [09:01] schestowitz-TR you can say "Linux" in youtube titles [09:01] schestowitz-TR but there will be consequences [09:01] schestowitz-TR so better not! [09:01] schestowitz-TR who was that prof who spoke of adapting behaviour based on punishment and cautioning? [09:01] schestowitz-TR (twitter does lots of this) [09:01] schestowitz-TR (not just the words, also the positions/stances you're permitted to a) have and b) express) [09:20] schestowitz [06:33] BTW, I quit my employer this month. See [09:20] schestowitz [06:33] http://techrights.org/wiki/Sirius_Open_Source [09:20] schestowitz > Congrats! Man I love being out of the tech space \U0001f923 [09:21] schestowitz You still know tech. You just get bossed less ;-) [09:21] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-techrights.org | Sirius Open Source - Techrights [09:31] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (*.net *.split) [09:31] *acer-box has quit (*.net *.split) [09:32] *acer-box (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [09:32] *schestowitz[TR] (~schestowi@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [09:33] *acer-box__ (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [09:34] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [09:35] *acer-box has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [09:37] *schestowitz[TR] (~schestowi@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #boycottnovell [09:41] schestowitz-TR biab [09:41] schestowitz-TR back in about 40 mins [09:41] schestowitz-TR workout [09:41] schestowitz-TR weird sleeping times lately, but it works ok, it gets dark around 4pm anyway [09:42] techrightssec2 ack [09:42] techrightssec2 I would say that the censoring of positions, opinions, and stances is one of th3main activities and goals of soci [09:42] techrightssec2 al control media. There has also been a [09:42] techrightssec2 terrible distraction about that, trying to conflate free speech with illegal [09:42] techrightssec2 and or unpopular and or unethical positions and activities. ● Dec 30 [11:08] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [11:31] schestowitz-TR Nowadays you get people who say stuff like "your job title is outdated" instead of focusing on skills and experience. That's the BUZZWORD/S generation, veneer instead of substance. MBAs and marketing liars dominating over the geeks (1990s). They also push hostile things into companies that harm themselves. [11:32] schestowitz-TR in a nutshell, the company wanted to pretend to be hip and trendy and "mondern" [11:32] schestowitz-TR wanting us to learn buzzwords and use crap [11:32] schestowitz-TR becaue "novel" and "newer" [11:32] schestowitz-TR and that only accelerated the demise [11:35] schestowitz-TR After decades in the making it is already stable. Leave it alone. Stop trying to 'fix' (or replace) what's not broken, IBM, Intel, GAFAM https://www.phoronix.com/news/XServer-2022-Development-Pace [11:35] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-X11 Server Development Pace Hits A Two Decade Low - Phoronix [11:35] techrightssec2 appeal to novelty -- yet another fallacy used to promote crap [11:37] schestowitz-TR I use many x tools [11:37] schestowitz-TR wayland does NOT have feature paritya [11:37] schestowitz-TR and it NOT compatible [11:37] schestowitz-TR but they don't care about moving fast and breaking things [11:37] schestowitz-TR they make more sales this way [11:37] schestowitz-TR they even change branch names and break things [11:37] schestowitz-TR because some fictional peopple said "master" offends them [11:37] schestowitz-TR I think they just troll the community and project [11:37] schestowitz-TR because of ICE etc [11:37] schestowitz-TR projecting, provoking, splitting communities along lines of perceived tolerance [11:40] techrightssec2 Wayland can't even do remote forwarding of graphical applications. That [11:40] techrightssec2 made me lose interest in it. However, that lack of functionality will probably [11:40] techrightssec2 ensure that clowns everywhere push for it. [11:41] psydruid Wayland doesn't even work on my laptop [11:41] schestowitz-TR it cripples gnu/linux and more [11:41] schestowitz-TR it removed something we've had and bragged about for over 2 decades [11:41] schestowitz-TR and pushes crap like citrix and, as you note, clown [11:41] schestowitz-TR reddit robertson like wayland [11:41] techrightssec2 It is crippled and will cripple. [11:41] schestowitz-TR psydruid: buy a new one!! [11:41] schestowitz-TR one with U/EFI too [11:41] psydruid Lol [11:41] schestowitz-TR stop being cheap!! [11:42] schestowitz-TR BIOS is "legacy" now [11:42] psydruid I was planning for this to be my last x86 laptop [11:42] techrightssec2 ack ● Dec 30 [12:00] techrightssec2 x86 is up to half the problem there [12:01] schestowitz-TR it can and should be undercut [12:01] schestowitz-TR I see lots of riscv articles lately [12:01] schestowitz-TR today i sub;ed to adsfruit over rss [12:04] psydruid the problem with x86 is all the proprietary software that requires it and just doesn't move anywhere else, so people simply stick with it [12:20] techrightssec2 Should the link taxomony change energy to energy/transportation ? [12:21] schestowitz-TR maybe the title can be expanded to fakecoins [12:21] schestowitz-TR as some people get confused as to why it's there [12:39] techrightssec2 Fakecoins are a waste of energy. When there are fake coin articles there are [12:39] techrightssec2 usually also some there about what a waste of electricity they are. [12:44] techrightssec2 I hope few scripts break the day after tomorrow. ● Dec 30 [13:05] schestowitz-TR i did not know a omglinux site existed [13:05] schestowitz-TR worth adding via rss? [13:05] schestowitz-TR is that the shit /. linked to, shilling wsl via some amazon guy? [13:22] techrightssec2 not sure [13:22] techrightssec2 checking [13:22] techrightssec2 I haven't looked at /. for years though, which link ? [13:22] techrightssec2 The first two pages of aricles look ok at OMGLinux, the third page does mentino [13:22] techrightssec2 ^mention [13:22] techrightssec2 one m$ program but the topic there is the GNU/Linux version [13:59] schestowitz-TR Dumb, harmful, and misleading clickbait from a Valve shill https://yewtu.be/watch?v=UtA0j4ePAo4 [13:59] schestowitz-TR [TechrightsSocial] yewtu.be | Microsoft Steam Deck. *Ominous musical sting* - Invidious [13:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-yewtu.be | Microsoft Steam Deck. *Ominous musical sting* - Invidious ● Dec 30 [15:01] schestowitz-TR "My boss lied all of the time. Despite the fact that it was relatively easy to know they were lying, they didn't care. If you called them out on it, they'd either ignore that, change the subject or somehow try to turn it back around on you." https://jaylittle.com/post/view/2022/12/pop-goes-the-gaslighting-weasel [15:01] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-jaylittle.com | Jay Little - Software Obsessionist - Pop Goes the Gaslighting Weasel [15:23] schestowitz-TR not only timely but very relevant [15:30] schestowitz-TR lobbying https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/29/after-dumb-lobbying-delays-and-ample-watering-down-ny-passes-landmark-right-to-repair-bill/ | Source: Techdirt [15:30] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-After Dumb Lobbying Delays And Ample Watering Down, NY Passes Landmark Right To Repair Bill | Techdirt [15:31] techrightssec2 Unfortunately it is not a landmark bill but and empty shell. [15:33] schestowitz-TR life is full of "I wish I had realized that earlier" moment [15:33] schestowitz-TR it's a very fundamental part of life [15:33] schestowitz-TR otherwise, people would never date, just marry [15:33] schestowitz-TR and never change jobs etc. [15:35] schestowitz-TR ... [15:35] schestowitz-TR everything other than external mouse was always not acceptable [15:35] schestowitz-TR I rejected all the other options [15:35] schestowitz-TR they are just something to be used when a surface is missing, e.g. travel [15:39] schestowitz-TR on some laptops, like all the 4 in front of me right now, there's about 6-7cm in which you can move [15:39] schestowitz-TR the small external mice with very high dpi setting [15:39] schestowitz-TR and then use that as a surface [15:40] schestowitz-TR though small mice and high dpi have their own limitations, esp. when you need precision [15:40] schestowitz-TR a scandinavian sotre in bury, greater manchester has a whole range of laptop "bridges" [15:40] schestowitz-TR they are cheap and go above the lap or table or sofa or bed [15:40] schestowitz-TR they can also help hold a drink/food [15:40] techrightssec2 I think I've seen photos of those [15:42] schestowitz-TR beofre I knew they existed or what they were called I improvised by turning shelves into surfaces and putting the [15:42] schestowitz-TR m on the lap [15:42] schestowitz-TR I even did this years ago [15:42] schestowitz-TR many furniture types havs detachable levels [15:42] schestowitz-TR those lack "feet" through [15:42] schestowitz-TR one [15:42] schestowitz-TR option is, lay on armrest [15:42] schestowitz-TR argos here sells those too, we found them no sooner than 2020 [15:43] schestowitz-TR thew "proper" one [15:43] schestowitz-TR birthday gift [15:44] schestowitz-TR "I do not and have never used a smartphone." https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/30/unmediated-community-ten-years-of-the-invisible-army/ | Source: Counter Punch [15:44] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Unmediated Community Ten Years of The Invisible Army - CounterPunch.org [15:46] techrightssec2 ack [15:51] schestowitz-TR rianne spoke to her cousin today in mumble [15:51] schestowitz-TR it sounds like prices of flights more then doubled [15:51] schestowitz-TR never mind safety, inconvenience etc. [15:51] schestowitz-TR I told her [15:51] schestowitz-TR good [15:51] schestowitz-TR the end of an era [15:51] schestowitz-TR flights SHOULD be expensive like they used to be [15:52] techrightssec2 Flights are terrible for humanity, especially the way Little Bush set the [15:52] techrightssec2 airports up to mistreat people. Nowadays everyone is a prisoner suspected [15:52] techrightssec2 of additional crimes rather than pre-Bush where they were valued customers [15:52] techrightssec2 (for various values). [15:52] techrightssec2 Flights should be *way* more expensive if the fossile carbon emissions are [15:52] techrightssec2 taken into account. But then those are mostly "business-class" emissions [15:52] techrightssec2 though all to much are also vacationers. [15:54] techrightssec2 https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-the-growth-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-commercial-aviation [15:54] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.eesi.org | Issue Brief | The Growth in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Commercial Aviation (2019, revised 2022) | White Papers | EESI [15:56] schestowitz-TR my last time was berlin [15:56] schestowitz-TR with no imminent plan, seeing what happens in uk and ireland with death tolls [15:56] schestowitz-TR regardless of how they "classify" those deaths [15:56] schestowitz-TR the benefits of good hygiene extend well beyond being covid-free [15:56] schestowitz-TR washing food, shut lids, clean a lot, mask when out [15:57] techrightssec2 the contrails also have affected the weather. The "old" farmers had observed [15:57] techrightssec2 that, but they are long dead and their observations dismissed at the time. [15:57] techrightssec2 However, "post-911" there have been several reductions in air traffic and [15:57] techrightssec2 the effect of the lack of contrails observed and confirmed. [15:57] schestowitz-TR the straw man here is "chemtrails" [15:57] schestowitz-TR seems everything has a straw man now [15:57] schestowitz-TR g5, covid etc. [15:59] techrightssec2 Yes, "chemtrails" probably is even traceable back to the fossil industry, or [15:59] techrightssec2 at least if that were found I would not be surprised in the least. The other [15:59] techrightssec2 is balthering about carbon sinks and conflating biocarbon cycles with [15:59] techrightssec2 fossil fuel carbon cycles. The two are unrelated but the fossile fuel industry [15:59] techrightssec2 has confused the politicians to the point that they are yammering about [15:59] techrightssec2 the wrong topics and distracting from the *ongoing* fossil carbon emissions ● Dec 30 [16:01] schestowitz-TR there is a logical fallacy pattern here [16:01] schestowitz-TR sex trafficking --> "not new" --> "some cultures" -> "like stealing a bagel" [16:01] schestowitz-TR there is industrial revolution pollution -> "sun cycles" -> "volcanos" -> there was ice age... [16:01] schestowitz-TR trivialising the wrong humans do by making it sound inherent, natural, unavoidable [16:03] schestowitz-TR krebs on sec turns 13th [16:03] schestowitz-TR congrats on independence, BUT [16:03] schestowitz-TR why so few articles? [16:03] schestowitz-TR iirc, he did a lot more [16:03] schestowitz-TR and over time less and less [16:03] schestowitz-TR even if in-deapth [16:03] schestowitz-TR *turns 13, on the 29th [16:16] techrightssec2 Perhaps he has been spending more time investigating. His cycle used to include [16:16] techrightssec2 frequent quiet intervals followed by big news. [16:16] techrightssec2 So maybe all the easy exposs have been used up already and the clumsier [16:16] techrightssec2 criminals already culled, aside from those in Redmond. ● Dec 30 [18:10] schestowitz-TR Police has already used drones, robots, and suicide bombs against people in the USA. The media seems to be missing this or leaving it out intentionally. Dorner was one example, but in later examples the police deployed self-exploding robots or bomb delivery robotics. "Stopping" this from "commencing" misses the point that it started years ago. EFF asleep at the wheel. [18:30] schestowitz-TR adding to automated feeds? [18:59] techrightssec2 Apropos Windows TCO : https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/12/arresting-it-administrators.html [18:59] techrightssec2 They need to go after the managers who signed off on m$ deployments. [18:59] techrightssec2 not just the administrators, though they are guilty too [18:59] -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Arresting IT Administrators - Schneier on Security ● Dec 30 [20:04] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@pg22z8ea8nzde.irc) has joined #boycottnovell [20:22] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [20:22] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Dec 30 [23:01] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [23:03] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@n2uem4whpq396.irc) has joined #boycottnovell