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schestowitz-TR0/May 31 07:56
schestowitz-TRcorrection to aticle: Microsoft ADMITS to not be hiringMay 31 07:56
schestowitz-TRin the same vein: Facebook ADMITS number of active users downMay 31 07:56
schestowitz-TRthose are significantMay 31 07:56
Techrights-secackMay 31 08:00
Techrights-secnext M$ needs to admit that they have been firing in droves May 31 08:00
Techrights-sechowever, they have been (ab)using temps, permatemps, and consultants to hide    May 31 08:00
Techrights-secthatMay 31 08:00
Techrights-secto be fair, not only Microsoft does thisMay 31 08:01
Techrights-secbut it seems more notorious when it comes to thatMay 31 08:01
Techrights-secbased on reporting I saw when journalist still existed about 12 years agoMay 31 08:01
Techrights-secwe nee dto keep pushing until the company is extinct like Unisys May 31 08:01
schestowitz-TRto be fair, not only Microsoft does thisMay 31 08:01
schestowitz-TRbut it seems more notorious when it comes to thatMay 31 08:01
schestowitz-TRbased on reporting I saw when journalist still existed about 12 years agoMay 31 08:01
schestowitz-TRwe nee dto keep pushing until the company is extinct like Unisys May 31 08:01
Techrights-seccorrect, many do it, but M$ needs to be eliminated before the rest can evenMay 31 08:02
Techrights-secbegin to be cleaned up; the problem will be then where the "former" microsoftersMay 31 08:02
Techrights-secend up at taht point; too many mistake them for IT peopleMay 31 08:02
Techrights-secso they can do damage for a decode or more after M$ gets broken up or shut downMay 31 08:02
Techrights-secshould that ever happenMay 31 08:02
Techrights-secI had forgotten.  VMWare has been bad for a long while and worked hard to doMay 31 08:07
Techrights-seclots of damage during that time.May 31 08:07
Techrights-secThat does illustrate well the problem of what to do with "former" microsoftersMay 31 08:07
schestowitz-TRremember that vmware was not always an evil companyMay 31 08:07
schestowitz-TRit got hijcked by microsoft molesMay 31 08:07
schestowitz-TRwe have many articles about this in the "VMware" wikiMay 31 08:07
Techrights-secI had forgotten.  VMWare has been bad for a long while and worked hard to doMay 31 08:07
Techrights-seclots of damage during that time.May 31 08:07
Techrights-secThat does illustrate well the problem of what to do with "former" microsoftersMay 31 08:07
Techrights-secTM seems to have a heavy load or other difficultyMay 31 09:09
schestowitz-TRright, well caught, I've just restarted httpd on itMay 31 09:09
schestowitz-TRI wouldn't have noticed if you had no alertsMay 31 09:09
Techrights-secthe script caught it here, but it was on/off a bit, not a full outage but for May 31 09:10
Techrights-secseconds at a time over a 10-minute periodMay 31 09:10
Techrights-secIf the outage is continuous for a period, then there is an audible alert,butMay 31 10:01
Techrights-secon and off like that was just under the threshold and caused only a light toMay 31 10:01
Techrights-sectriggerMay 31 10:01
Techrights-secTM againMay 31 10:01
Techrights-secmysqld is having trouble thereMay 31 10:01
Techrights-secrestarting httpd insteadMay 31 10:01
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schestowitz-TRddi you see the video I did last night in schestowitz.com?May 31 11:14
schestowitz-TRIt's not related to my morning post in thereMay 31 11:14
schestowitz-TRI try to keep it WELL OFF... TRMay 31 11:14
schestowitz-TRsensitive topiMay 31 11:14
Techrights-sechttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/coronavirus-cases-actual-hidden-surge/643123/?utm_source=feedMay 31 11:14
Techrights-secnot yetMay 31 11:14
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.theatlantic.com | Coronavirus Cases Are Being Undercounted. What Should You Do? - The AtlanticMay 31 11:14
Techrights-secackMay 31 11:14
schestowitz-TRMy video is a rant about them hiding dataMay 31 11:14
schestowitz-TRand how, if you get to the data, you realise whyMay 31 11:15
schestowitz-TRthe atlantic is a very hostile siteMay 31 11:20
schestowitz-TRwhen opened in falkon empty pageMay 31 11:20
schestowitz-TRin irc (the bot) error 308May 31 11:20
schestowitz-TRthey don't serve pagesMay 31 11:20
schestowitz-TRthey're like a grumpy ol man asking you question before giving you anythingMay 31 11:20
schestowitz-TRmy bot, url.sh, which uses wget, curl and perl, does manage to grab summary from the metaMay 31 11:20
schestowitz-TRso that i don't need to open librewolf.. just for some fessy siteMay 31 11:20
Techrights-secackMay 31 11:32
schestowitz-TRwe deterioratedMay 31 11:32
schestowitz-TRi pushed to git gem fixMay 31 11:32
Techrights-secackMay 31 11:40
schestowitz-TRThis Site Turns 20 This Year https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2022/05/31/turning-20/May 31 11:50
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-schestowitz.com » Blog Archive » This Site Turns 20 This YearMay 31 11:50
Techrights-secackMay 31 12:26
Techrights-secbtw congratulations on thatMay 31 12:26
schestowitz-TRwish I had ta<ken a screenshot of the firsat version of the paghe May 31 12:27
schestowitz-TRit was based ona  kind of template of one of my lecturersMay 31 12:27
schestowitz-TRI remeber his face, not his anmeMay 31 12:27
schestowitz-TRdraftMay 31 12:41
Techrights-secackMay 31 12:44
Techrights-secackMay 31 12:44
Techrights-secThe acronym PCT needs to be expanded the first time it is used thereMay 31 12:44
Techrights-secwe can expect the patent system to drift ... unless ...May 31 12:44
schestowitz-TRyou should ask Tony what PCT isMay 31 12:44
schestowitz-TRwhen he is unpreparedMay 31 12:44
schestowitz-TRprepare popcornMay 31 12:45
schestowitz-TRadded wiki page, expsnsion tooMay 31 12:45
Techrights-secackMay 31 12:47
schestowitz-TRbtw, we recived the latest gas+electric bill this morning, still under 100May 31 12:48
schestowitz-TRthis is considered very, very lowMay 31 12:48
schestowitz-TRand we have 88 computers turned on 24/7, we cook, shower every dayMay 31 12:48
schestowitz-TRthe gov. says it'll hans out (from taxpayers) 400 pouunds to rach household later this yearMay 31 12:48
schestowitz-TR*8 computersMay 31 12:49
Techrights-sec:)  May 31 12:49
Techrights-secso many?May 31 12:49
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schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "So many bots, and the ratio of bot vs human traffic is continuing to increase. The same report tells that 29% of all web traffic is just malicious bots, while 23% are benign" gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-05-04-it-s-bots-all-the-way-down-what-s-an-ad-worth-anyway.gmiMay 31 13:11
Techrights-secackMay 31 13:11
schestowitz-TRI recently did a post and video about thisMay 31 13:13
schestowitz-TRit's too eay to brag about BS these daysMay 31 13:13
schestowitz-TRbecause of the junk trafficMay 31 13:13
schestowitz-TRgemini has the ame issue by the wayMay 31 13:13
schestowitz-TRtons of botsMay 31 13:13
Techrights-secackMay 31 13:13
schestowitz-TRand some people spoke about it, we too covered the subjectgMay 31 13:13
schestowitz-TRbut the traffic in gemini is not cpu- and bw-intensiveMay 31 13:13
schestowitz-TRmy povMay 31 13:15
schestowitz-TRirc and freenode esp...  lots of dummy accountsMay 31 13:15
schestowitz-TRsame in youtubeMay 31 13:15
schestowitz-TRsame in all social control mediaMay 31 13:15
schestowitz-TRmusk said it about twitterMay 31 13:15
schestowitz-TRbut it's the same in FBMay 31 13:15
schestowitz-TRiirc msn space was 99% (!) spam before it was shut down with exports to wordpress.comMay 31 13:15
schestowitz-TRprovided you had a REAL MSN Space accountMay 31 13:15
schestowitz-TRand that's not just a Web thingMay 31 13:16
schestowitz-TRa lot of the financial system is the sameMay 31 13:16
schestowitz-TRpeople's businesses, homes, carsMay 31 13:16
schestowitz-TRthe system encourages the fakingMay 31 13:16
schestowitz-TRit's commendedMay 31 13:16
schestowitz-TRthe metaphr is a man with a 50-pound dollars of champagne... whose daily salary is 50 poundsMay 31 13:19
schestowitz-TR dollar -> bottleMay 31 13:19
Techrights-secackMay 31 13:43
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schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> "A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. Microsoft has reported active exploitation of this vulnerability in the wild." These criminals had the audacity to spread "Linux" security FUD in the media https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/05/31/microsoft-releases-workaround-guidance-msdt-follina-vulnerabilityMay 31 20:40
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.cisa.gov | Microsoft Releases Workaround Guidance for MSDT "Follina" Vulnerability | CISAMay 31 20:40
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> CISA: we recommend the "controlled" back doors. Controlled by us and NSA.May 31 20:40
schestowitz-TR<techrights-news> Ransomware is largely a Windows problem, but Microsoft and its partners try to distort perceptions like this https://duo.com/decipher/cheerscrypt-linux-based-ransomware-targets-vmware-esxi-serversMay 31 20:40
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-duo.com | Cheerscrypt Linux-Based Ransomware Targets VMware ESXi Servers | DecipherMay 31 20:40
schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/datenowney/status/1531690323537174533#mMay 31 21:30
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Nate Downey (@datenowney): "techrights.org/wiki/index.ph…" | nitter.itMay 31 21:30
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schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/WukinaJ/status/1531686551025029120#mMay 31 22:23
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-Liščí bůh (@WukinaJ): "Ooh, #GNOMEShell on Mobile is Shaping Up Nicely Roy Schestowitz http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/165442" | nitter.itMay 31 22:23
schestowitz-TRhttps://nitter.it/conspiracyb0t/status/1531408542602735617#mMay 31 22:23
-TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-conspiracybot (@conspiracyb0t): "Ways to disassociate from the system: 1. Avoid fast food restaurants and chain restaurants. 2. Learn to cook. Make meals from scratch. 3. Shop at local farmer's markets. Or grow your own. 4. Use natural remedies instead of pharmaceuticals 5. Homeschool 6. Install Linux" | nitter.itMay 31 22:24
schestowitz-TR" natural remedies"May 31 22:24
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