●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 06, 2023 ●● ● Mar 06 [01:42] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:59] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@nqkitbgnqjad4.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 06 [05:08] schestowitz[TR] >> I mean, faith pretty much by definition involves made-up beliefs, [05:08] schestowitz[TR] >> whether or not they have a root of truth, or an ethical/moral [05:08] schestowitz[TR] >> underpinning. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > I think it would be more accurate to say that faith involves received [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > wisdom which is unfalsifiable. Following Karl Popper, it would be [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > outside the scope of science to say whether the beliefs in question are [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > made up, wise, true or moral. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] >> As much as I trust the scientific method better than religious beliefs [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > My reading on the subject suggests that science and religion being in [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > opposition is an article of faith among secular humanists, but the [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > evidence doesn't point to that conclusion. Galileo Galilei, for example, [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > was devoutly religious despite a previously supportive pope turning [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > against his work. Gregor Mendel was literally a monk. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > Further to this, 'hard' scientists have adopted beliefs which are [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > anything but evidence-based. I note that pure reason is anti-empirical, [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > and that religious people also claim to have reason, so it does not make [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > any sense to bracket science and reason together as the antithesis of [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > religion. Take for example Descartes' belief that the human mind/soul [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > and body are separate entities that interact via the pineal gland. Or [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > the speculations of modern physicists which turn out to have no [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > supporting evidence (after a lot of time, money and energy have been [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > expended). [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > Andy has focussed on US law in his article, but in the United Kingdom I [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > believe there is case to be made that the use of Free Software involves [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > a 'protected belief', with anti-discrimination measures in employment law. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > In the Maya Forstater case, a woman's research contract was not renewed [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > because she had stated on Twitter that a human male cannot become a [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > female (or give birth) as a consequence of social transition of their [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > gender identity. An employment tribunal ruled against her, but she won [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > on appeal, and subsequently won a discrimination claim: [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > https://www.lewissilkin.com/en/insights/maya-forstater-wins-gender-critical-belief-claim [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > Although I am not a barrister and this email does not constitute legal [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > advice, I believe it reasonable to suggest that a belief in personal use [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > of Free Software as a categorical imperative, one not subject to [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > compromise, could be a protected belief under the UK's Equality Act [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > 2010. This law can be very relevant to workplace or employment [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > discrimination claims in the UK. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > My reasoning is that Forstater's belief does not fall within a specific [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > religious tradition, and is derived from the science of biology, just as [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > the Church of Emacs is founded in computer science. Therefore the [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > discrimination she experienced was not directly analogous to religious [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > discrimination, like the case of a Jewish politician being pressured to [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > eat a bacon sandwich to demonstrate their solidarity with the working [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > class: [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Miliband_bacon_sandwich_photograph [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > Of course, religious traditions do advocate that spontaneous transitions [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > occur via divine intervention. For example, Zeus taking the form of a [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > swan, or an ant when fathering Myrmidon, the original Ant-Man. Therefore [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > for Forstater to believe that biology is real, and gender identity is a [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > social construct, is less 'religious' than the quasi-Cartesian belief [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > that people have a gendered soul which exists independently from the [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > body. Yet Forstater's belief based on the science of biology was held to [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > be protected by UK law. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > Neither was it necessary to 'prove' the validity of Forstater's belief [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > one way or the other for the belief to be protected by law; only to [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > observe that she sincerely held the belief. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > On a purely practical level, any potential employee who understood [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > software ethics well enough to understand that being forced to use [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > Microsoft Windows is morally unacceptable would win points with me. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > Personally, I would not work for any company which seeks legal advice on [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > hiring and firing employees via Reddit, as that suggests general [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > cluelessness. [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > [05:08] schestowitz[TR] > Cheers! [05:09] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.lewissilkin.com | Lewis Silkin - Maya Forstater wins gender critical belief claim [05:09] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-en.wikipedia.org | Ed Miliband bacon sandwich photograph - Wikipedia [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > Thank you so much gentlemen for your very thoughtful, generous, and [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > informative comments. I've thought about them and incorporated as many [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > of your contributions as I can. [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > It's an interesting story - one very relevant to my own struggle [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > against university IT madness and bullying. The latest version [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > remains here for now: [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > Roy, unless there are any "You said what!?" objections in the next day [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > please do get it out on Techrights. [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > (note title update: is that okay Roy?) [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > [05:13] schestowitz[TR] > good wishes all, [05:14] schestowitz[TR] My wife read it as well yesterday. No typos reported. [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > > I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on the following with regard [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > > to clarity and message. It concerns recent remarks on the Internet [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > > on "religious choice" and technology. [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > Would you please tell me the URL for those remarks? [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > I'd like to see them. [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > In the US, a common manner of deprecating any ethics-based criticism [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > of anything that people don't usually take an ethics-based stand on, [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > is to call it "religion". The meaning of this insult is that the [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > disagreement is a mere sectarian dispute, not worth arguing about [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > because these beliefs are arbitrary matters of personal faith. [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > Is it the case that the remarks you refer to are an example of that? [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > The response that technology companies are all alike is no argument. [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > The moral individual is simply left with an obligation to choose the [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > least evil digital technologies. Today that choice seems very clearly [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > to be independent, Free Open Source Software like Linux. [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > That is valid, as far as it goes -- though it feels like damning with [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > faint praise. As far as ethics and software areconcerned, choosing [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > freedom-respecting free software, such as the GNU/Linux system, is not [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > merely quantitatlvely_less_ evil. It_eliminates_ a certain aspect [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > of the evil. It deserves stronger praise. [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > This ethical stance is the free software movement, and comes from the [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > GNU system. "Open source" and Linux more or less avoid adding to that [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > evil, but_not_ based on an ethical stance about those issues. [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > Wouldn't it be proper, then, to say "free software and the GNU/Linux [05:17] schestowitz[TR] > operating system" to put the emphasis on those who take the stance? [05:18] schestowitz[TR] > Roy, unless there are any "You said what!?" objections in the next day [05:18] schestowitz[TR] > please do get it out on Techrights. [05:18] schestowitz[TR] I'll wait till RMS gets a reply. ;-) [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > Thanks for sharing this write-up! Before I continue, the same user [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > actually posted an update [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > to say that after a number of meetings with HR, Legal & IT, they gave her a shot and accommodated the requests. This was not due to a force of hand, as the company has legal grounds to declare "undue hardship" and deny the request. If true, I see this as a win, not only for the employee personally, but for the open-source community a [05:24] schestowitz[TR] ll the same. As you mentioned, "Nobody ever got fired for choosing Microsoft". It's nice to see the same in the opposite direction for once. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > I'm sure as no surprise to you, I totally agree with your stance on [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > Microsoft, like most Big Tech companies, being totally unethical; as [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > they have proved multiple times. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > On the surface, as you say, it seems very much like a hijacking of [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > "bona-fide religious identity". Anyone that encompasses a good set of [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > morals and fully understands the situation with Big Tech companies of [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > course would condemn the companies all the same as someone who has [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > inherited their morals from a religious belief - though I don't see it [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > to be damaging to use religion as a specific reason for choosing not to [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > use their products and/or services. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > It's hard to depict a whole company as anti-religious in this scenario [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > just to make a case under employment laws as "ethics" don't (rather [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > annoyingly) carry the same weight, though, for an example, if I stopped [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > working for a software/MSP company because the people who manage and/or [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > profit were/are racist or offensive/damaging toward a group of people, I [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > would argue against using their services at a new company for obvious [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > reasons. Maybe this person could've had previous connections or worked [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > at Microsoft. Whilst that's unlikely to have happened here and is likely [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > to be a fellow open-source activist making waves, I think that is [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > something to consider too. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > In addition, as we know, Big Tech companies such as Microsoft have their [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > fingers in so many pies these days and have done a lot of dirty work to [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > keep themselves on the competitive ladder, increase profits, etc. It [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > wouldn't take too much strength of the imagination to consider one of [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > these companies has been greedy, slandered, stolen (AI training projects [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > & artwork situation as an example), etc. Apple's sweatshops in China and [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > the suffering it causes/has caused to human lives is enough to put me [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > off ever buying their products because of my personal morals and ethics, [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > despite not following a recognised religion. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > In my opinion, paying or using their products/services is showing [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > support for the company which is taking all these actions. The list of [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > unethical actions by Big Tech in favour of profit will go on. The recent [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > sudden lay-offs of so many loyal staff members with little warning as a [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > prime example. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > Forcing someone to use products and services that they do not agree with [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > is wrong, whether they are religious or not, of course. Though, I feel [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > there is an additional level of stress that could stem here from someone [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > who may genuinely feel that they are betraying their religion by using [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > them, rather than just the feeling that they have betrayed their [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > personal ethics. Knowing how much companies like Microsoft now dominate [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > the tech industry, it can make someone starting their career in tech [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > with these beliefs incredibly difficult compared to an individual that [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > doesn't mind or is not aware of the problems it is causing / has caused. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > Anti-Microsoft could be considered career suicide nowadays. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > It's a difficult one; there's no way of drawing a definitive line in the [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > sand when the tide keeps coming in and washing over it. Though I think [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > when we continue to push back with whatever means necessary to fight for [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > technological freedom, whether it be personal or religious ethical [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > beliefs, both are equally contributing in a positive way to the cause [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > and raising awareness - as we have seen from the Reddit post being [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > shared to Hacker News and the email chain it has sparked here. It [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > spreads the word and causes people to question their morals. I would [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > think the religious matter is just helping to carry the ethical [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > arguments, whether they are of a collective religious belief or derived [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > from widely recognised personal ethics. [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > [05:24] schestowitz[TR] > All my very best, [05:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Reddit - Dive into anything ● Mar 06 [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > In other news, Daniel J. Burnstein gets 15 to 35 years of life [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > imprisonment for Bank Fraud across 15 US States - totaling close to over [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > 5 Million. [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > At arraignment Burnstein who fraudulently claimed to be part of the [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > Internet Engineering Task Force (the IETF), which hasn't existed for [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > over 61 years has time to reflect on how big black dong is going to [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > taste in his mouth, whilst finding Jesus in a federal penitentiary. [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > King Charles (KARL the Third) eyeball's 41 Trillion Enron Fraud Bill - [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > whilst shelling Russia exclaiming "One is Broke!" and the "Warburg [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > Banking Pedophile's wire has cost me my family fortune! I need a new [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > world order!" [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > [08:51] schestowitz[TR] > Regards ● Mar 06 [11:12] schestowitz[TR] x https://droidgazette.com/he-wasnt-a-perfect-thing-bill-gates-reveals-one-flaw-apple-co-founder-steve-jobs-had/ [11:12] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-droidgazette.com | 'He wasnt a perfect thing': Bill Gates reveals one flaw Apple co-founder Steve Jobs had - Droid Gazzete [11:24] schestowitz[TR]
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    As a frequent reader of the retrobattlestations and VintageApple subreddits, I see a lot of photos of CRT screens that show significant scanlines resulting in images like the one on the left.

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    Been pining to hear more about the PineTab 2 Linux tablet? If so, youre in luck as new details have been shared by makers Pine64 in their latest monthly update.

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    In an HPC environment, one allocates some resources (cores and memory) for running an R program. In a PC this step is hidden in most cases from the user but under the hood, the R program would assume that all resources in that machine are available and it would try to use them. As in HPC, this step should be done explicitly (through the use of batch text files or some web server such as Ope [12:11] schestowitz[TR] n OnDemand) you will need to consciously decide how much CPU and memory power your R program will use in an efficient manner. For instance, if you request 10 cores and 20 GB (RAM) but your application is not parallelized (serial code) and uses < 1GB, 9 cores will be idle during the simulation. Sometimes, it is fine to work with this type of setup if your application needs more memory than what is provided by a single core though. Al [12:11] schestowitz[TR] so, take into account that most HPC centers work in a project-based manner with some possible cost (monetary or with job priority for instance).

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    Self-Host All the Things?
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    Today in Tedium: Recently, I got a bit of a shocking message in the form of a bill. The bill came from a company named Zapier, which produces a tool for automating tasks of all kinds, such as uploading images to a website or adding lines of text to a spreadsheet. This tool was great for a long time, but then the company decided to raise the price out of nowhere. And not by a little, but by more tha [12:18] schestowitz[TR] n three times the cost of what I was paying. I immediately cut back the plan to the minimum needed in response to this unexpected price increase, which honestly kind of upset me a lot. This got me thinking: Why pay all this extra money to another software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that doesnt necessarily have my best interests at heart? Is there a better way? So, with that in mind, Ive been doing some research on tools that [12:18] schestowitz[TR] I think could be replaced with open-source alternatives without too much trouble, as long as the tools make sense for my needs. But, as always, the rub is always there. Todays Tedium considers open-source alternatives to a few common categories of software-as-a-service tools. Ernie @ Tedium

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    EPA Mandates States Report on Cyber Threats to Water Systems [iophk: Windows TCO]
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    The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks.

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    The Environmental Protection Agency said public water systems are increasingly at risk from cyberattacks that amount to a threat to public health.

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    Maritime Cybersecurity: A Potential Threat to Indias National Security
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    Pirates and opposing nations have been a menace to the maritime transportation business for thousands of years, but as the sector has developed and technology has been more thoroughly integrated for enhanced efficiency, so too has the magnitude of possible cyber threats. Now, even using something as simple as a USB flash drive, or even an unsecured Wi-Fi, the hacker can get access to the cr [12:44] schestowitz[TR] itical systems of the vessel, thereby obstructing the entire port operations. For example, a suspected ransomware attack on the Management Information System (MIS) crippled the operations of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai, in 2017 and again in 2022.

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    But in another form of what I dub the Buffet Problem, you end up downloading a ton of stuff into various folders, and it quickly becomes unwieldy. As an example, Ill buy a EGA graphics card for an old machine, and soon my current desktop is full of archives and folders of various drivers, utilities, and versions of those drivers and utilities to try. Being from different places and times [12:46] schestowitz[TR] , theres no consistency to their naming, or archive type. Even if something works, I soon forget which it was, and the whole exercise repeats.

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    • [12:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Rubenerd: Organising DOS software and drivers in an ISO ● Mar 06 [13:36] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cbcfptirpkfqa.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 06 [14:41] schestowitz[TR] > Hi Roy, [14:41] schestowitz[TR] > Richard has responded and I've made some minor corrections to properly [14:41] schestowitz[TR] > frame Free Software and GNU. I think it's good to go. [14:41] schestowitz[TR] > cheers, ● Mar 06 [15:57] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Mar 06 [16:07] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@nqkitbgnqjad4.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 06 [17:34] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [17:39] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@cbcfptirpkfqa.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:49] schestowitz[TR] >> It's the same when talking about religion. [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > *nod* [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > People who follow one religion often despise those who follow "opposed" [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > alternatives. That's quite aparent when reading the comments to the [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > reddit posts that Andy referenced. [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > It's a dangerous tool to use in the court of public opinion, where other [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > creeds are likely to be dominant, but it may be useful to use in a court [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > of law, where contra-majority norms can sometimes be enforced. [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > Yeah, we're still working on them. We have some translations underway, [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > and those have prompted some reviews to the originals. Hopefully they [17:49] schestowitz[TR] > will settle soon, and then we can start a publishing schedule countdown. [17:49] schestowitz[TR] My wife rianne has read that as well. [17:50] schestowitz[TR] > Very good. Thank you Roy. I will spread the word. [17:50] schestowitz[TR] > a. ● Mar 06 [21:40] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed)