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schestowitz__http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/gantry-gate-have-your-say-in-mercer.html?showComment=1581272022703#c2643987421592083270Feb 10 03:09
schestowitz__"How long is this going to take. Its already been 2 years since the 2018 paper and nothing has been done. "Feb 10 03:09
schestowitz__>>> I've set the links-interleave-social-control-media.pl script to alsoFeb 10 05:08
schestowitz__>>> strip hyphens from hashtags when building them from domains.  They areFeb 10 05:08
schestowitz__>>> valid in domain names but not valid in tweeted hashtags.Feb 10 05:08
schestowitz__>> Yes, but different social control media platforms treat theseFeb 10 05:08
schestowitz__>> differently -- same for terminating characters like commas and full stops.Feb 10 05:08
schestowitz__> Oh.  How should it be adjusted then?Feb 10 05:08
schestowitz__It's perfectly fine as it is.Feb 10 05:08
schestowitz__Speaking of hashtags, surely you are aware that inside URLs those are often used to embed surveillance, e.g. ?from-rss or #from-rssFeb 10 05:09
schestowitz__In some of the links you send I sometimes see these in tact and remove these manually. NYTimes URLs that you send typically still have them.Feb 10 05:09
schestowitz__Years ago I taught Rianne how and when to strip these to prevent readers of tuxmachines being 'spied on' when they merely click on a link in tuxmachines.Feb 10 05:09
schestowitz__Stuff like "?" is trickier to clean than "#" because the question mark can be an actual argument to the CMS and if removed the link >may< breakFeb 10 05:09
schestowitz__More of that in-URL surveillance can be found over time. The Web is a sick place.Feb 10 05:09
schestowitz__>> I hope that social control media platforms will go away ASAP, but IFeb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>> worry about what might replace them. YouTube might be one thing...Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>>Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>> The concept behind social control media platforms  is flawed.Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>>Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>> I get no "news" from social control media platforms, only a few zoobabFeb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>> pointers, sometimes wikileaks. As  they have no presence elsewhere :-(Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>>Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>> In JoinDiaspora I quit keeping track of comments I receive as there'sFeb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>> far too many of them.Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>>Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>> In Twitter I check once a day, MINDS and Pleroma a few times a week.Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__> How is MINDS doing?  It has been under attack since it started.Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__I think they have growing painsFeb 10 05:10
schestowitz__Also, the comments I get there these days make me feel like it's another GAB (or getting there)Feb 10 05:10
schestowitz__>> Lunduke said he had quit reading YouTube comments.Feb 10 05:11
schestowitz__> Yes, he stopped long ago.  That was wise of him.Feb 10 05:11
schestowitz__>Feb 10 05:11
schestowitz__> Unfortunately the largest portion of people in the US get theirFeb 10 05:12
schestowitz__> disinformation via social control media and, lately, Youtube.  It'sFeb 10 05:12
schestowitz__> really toxic stuff including open calls for violence and sedition.Feb 10 05:12
schestowitz__What I sometimes see as 'recommended' in the sidebar  (I rarely click) is enough to convince me of Google culpability... or lack of care.Feb 10 05:12
schestowitz__Being against censorship does not being carelessness about quality. All they care about is clicks and ads.Feb 10 05:12
schestowitz__> As mentioned earlier, I have been leaving the ? ones saying somethingFeb 10 05:30
schestowitz__> about RSS.  As a means of promoting RSS.  All the # get removedFeb 10 05:30
schestowitz__> regardless.  I can trim them from now on.Feb 10 05:30
schestowitz__I think the RSS bit inside the URL helps them spy and should be discouraged as a matter of principle.Feb 10 05:30
schestowitz__>>>> In JoinDiaspora I quit keeping track of comments I receive as there'sFeb 10 05:43
schestowitz__>>>> far too many of them.Feb 10 05:43
schestowitz__>>>>Feb 10 05:43
schestowitz__>>>> In Twitter I check once a day, MINDS and Pleroma a few times a week.Feb 10 05:43
schestowitz__>>> How is MINDS doing?  It has been under attack since it started.Feb 10 05:43
schestowitz__>> I think they have growing painsFeb 10 05:43
schestowitz__>>Feb 10 05:43
schestowitz__>> Also, the comments I get there these days make me feel like it's anotherFeb 10 05:43
schestowitz__>> GAB (or getting there)Feb 10 05:44
schestowitz__>>Feb 10 05:44
schestowitz__> Well anything that does not censor heavily 1) attracts those driven outFeb 10 05:44
schestowitz__> from elsewhere 2) becomes the target for attacks and smear campaigns.Feb 10 05:44
schestowitz__> The attacks and smear campaigns try to associate the site with badFeb 10 05:44
schestowitz__> actors so that good people leave, turning the site over to the firstFeb 10 05:44
schestowitz__> group(s).  It's hard cycle to break since many powers want to completelyFeb 10 05:44
schestowitz__> crush any semblance of free speech and they are using both SJWs ansFeb 10 05:44
schestowitz__> fascists to help do that.Feb 10 05:44
schestowitz__Yes, you explained that very clearly.Feb 10 05:44
schestowitz__>>>> Lunduke said he had quit reading YouTube comments.Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>>> Yes, he stopped long ago.  That was wise of him.Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>>>Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>>> Unfortunately the largest portion of people in the US get theirFeb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>>> disinformation via social control media and, lately, Youtube.  It'sFeb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>>> really toxic stuff including open calls for violence and sedition.Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>> What I sometimes see as 'recommended' in the sidebar  (I rarely click)Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>> is enough to convince me of Google culpability... or lack of care.Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>>Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>> Being against censorship does not being carelessness about quality. AllFeb 10 05:45
schestowitz__>> they care about is clicks and ads.Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__> They are neither.  They are driving clicks by pushing people into moreFeb 10 05:45
schestowitz__> and more fringe niches.  One of the presenters at CCC had a deep diveFeb 10 05:45
schestowitz__> into the algorithms a few years ago and complained that no matter howFeb 10 05:45
schestowitz__> radical or extreme links you clicked it was never enough for Google andFeb 10 05:45
schestowitz__> thus Youtube always recommended something even worse.  In short, GoogleFeb 10 05:45
schestowitz__> is messing with the psyche of the youth (and other ages) on purpose.Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__Or simply looking the other way  when that happens...Feb 10 05:45
schestowitz__When "woke" comes to mean "absorbed misinformation"Feb 10 05:45
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schestowitz__https://twitter.com/chase__chang/status/1226790181769863168Feb 10 09:12
schestowitz__open is ambiguousFeb 10 09:12
schestowitz__https://twitter.com/PamMaccabee/status/1226800006658772992Feb 10 09:30
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schestowitz__> customerservices@metrolink.co.ukFeb 10 15:57
schestowitz__>Feb 10 15:57
schestowitz__>Feb 10 15:57
schestowitz__> Hi,Feb 10 15:57
schestowitz__>Feb 10 15:57
schestowitz__> I spoke on the station terminals to your staff twice (around 10:20 am new Islington, 10:30 st peters square). They told me to send you email.Feb 10 15:57
schestowitz__>Feb 10 15:57
schestowitz__> I have had no issues for about 5 years and last time I did it too ages to sort out, so please make it fast.Feb 10 15:57
schestowitz__>Feb 10 15:57
schestowitz__> Like I told two of your reps, the machine gave no change , 6.20 from 10 pounds, zone one travel for wife and I. 1.90x2. I need this missing change reimbursed. My postcode isFeb 10 15:57
schestowitz__> Sorry, my fault, just found, didn't expect it to be in her replies, so IFeb 10 15:58
schestowitz__> RT'ed it from there.Feb 10 15:58
schestowitz__> OK thanks, didn't check my e-mail before, just too busy. I liked theFeb 10 15:59
schestowitz__> article, unblocked xxxx Global and followed her, but don't see theFeb 10 15:59
schestowitz__> tweet which you linked, on her real Twitter account. So she didn't sendFeb 10 15:59
schestowitz__> it (yet) apparently.Feb 10 15:59
schestowitz__I'm not quite following, sounds like FB sorts of "problems"...Feb 10 15:59
schestowitz__Anyway, both those accounts support youFeb 10 15:59
schestowitz__http://munich.suepo.org/lscmn_invitation_to_all_staff_general_assembly_on_tuesday_11_february_15_30h_in_the_canteen_of_ph1_4/d-45949Feb 10 16:20
schestowitz__"More emphasis should be placed on EQEs. We should encourage trainees to focus on passing EQEs first. In my view, UK exams are no longer essential to do the job so it should be a nice to have qualification rather than essential."Feb 10 16:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-munich.suepo.org |Feb 10 16:20
schestowitz__http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2020/02/gantry-gate-have-your-say-in-mercer.html?showComment=1581331916354#c3624117011901744143Feb 10 16:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Gantry-Gate: Have your say in the Mercer Review - The IPKatFeb 10 16:20
schestowitz__https://twitter.com/stautistic/status/1226890678828822529Feb 10 17:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@stautistic: @schestowitz Even that’s a stretch. They had to deploy Windows 10 via GPO in order to get their employees to use Wi… https://t.co/6bPd8XnL1EFeb 10 17:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@stautistic: @schestowitz Even that’s a stretch. They had to deploy Windows 10 via GPO in order to get their employees to use Wi… https://t.co/6bPd8XnL1EFeb 10 17:24
schestowitz__"Even that’s a stretch. They had to deploy Windows 10 via GPO in order to get their employees to use Windows 10 over 8.1. At the time, it was causing my company laptop to crash persistently and they wouldn’t buy me a new laptop that was compatible, so I eventually bought a Mac "Feb 10 17:24
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schestowitz__> Sorry, my mistake, had already corrected myself and RTed her tweet. -Feb 10 18:08
schestowitz__> Maybe she'd like to follow me as well? My tweets are very limited,Feb 10 18:08
schestowitz__> especially after I reported on my cases already, so won't spam her timeline.Feb 10 18:08
schestowitz__> Btw, she still blocks me on her 2nd account, s. screenshot - hope thatFeb 10 18:10
schestowitz__> will be solved.Feb 10 18:10
schestowitz__keep-hope@hushmail.com wrote on 10/02/2020 17:23:Feb 10 18:11
schestowitz__>Feb 10 18:11
schestowitz__> The ILOAT's judgments are online - I only checked them quickly, but IFeb 10 18:11
schestowitz__> don't see my initials. Would you know whether they withdrew my cases offFeb 10 18:11
schestowitz__> the list for the 129th session? (I noticed that they mentioned 2 casesFeb 10 18:11
schestowitz__> as withdrawn from their list...)Feb 10 18:11
schestowitz__If they put or set these aside as exceptional, that would likely be a good sign IMO.Feb 10 18:11
schestowitz__Re: - No judgments on my cases?Feb 10 18:11
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rnvWWgWyR4wH1DOVMFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__|Feb 10 18:20
schestowitz__@schestowitzFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__> and securing the electrical gridFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__"don't put it on the internet"Feb 10 18:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:20
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9ro05JkfS1Bo76zldwFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:20
schestowitz__@schestowitzFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__That’s great. Feb 10 18:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:20
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rofzk6Em0QsAS6mpMFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__"I love your principle, Dr. I wish you success."Feb 10 18:20
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__Thank you, we love your siteFeb 10 18:20
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rompbMr5DFNrwzcfYFeb 10 18:21
schestowitz__" this is good for canada"Feb 10 18:21
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:21
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9ronqpEv5o5x8VQdX6Feb 10 18:21
schestowitz__"Time to ditch all this nonsense and migrate to homed :D"Feb 10 18:21
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:21
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rp3MXhbKXlNK9QTOyFeb 10 18:21
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:21
schestowitz__@schestowitz They changed the default in GIMP 2.10.Feb 10 18:21
schestowitz__ It's easy to toggle back from https://gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.8.html#single-window-modeFeb 10 18:21
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:22
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:22
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.gimp.org | GIMP - GIMP 2.8 Release NotesFeb 10 18:22
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rpFfCjehwKHFT3HuKFeb 10 18:24
schestowitz__"@schestowitz citizens unhappy that their surveillance state isn't as effective as they're accustomed to."Feb 10 18:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:24
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rppsny7BR8gq7bFUuFeb 10 18:24
schestowitz__"@schestowitz lots of screens"Feb 10 18:24
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:24
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rprwnVT2jekTPEQdcFeb 10 18:24
schestowitz__" 3 hours to replace an expired TLS certificate sounds perfectly reasonable… for Microsoft."Feb 10 18:25
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:25
schestowitz__they 'googled it' :-)Feb 10 18:25
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rqgy8bTBcglr7R4kKFeb 10 18:25
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:25
schestowitz__I don't think I'd have a big problem with people being CCTV. The problem I took you're getting at is more like "OCTV".Feb 10 18:25
schestowitz__Tangentially, without actually checking I feel like you're probably the first person in the fediverse to use #cctv in 2020. Might be the last, too.Feb 10 18:25
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:25
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:25
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rquYB4cmJtxLWaWCOFeb 10 18:26
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:26
schestowitz__@schestowitz I do the same, but my text file is also an append-only, loosely structured notepad of things I might need to lookup later, including code snippets, urls, command lines, calculations, bug numbers...Feb 10 18:26
schestowitz__In 10 years, it grew to over 1MB of text, but I don't really care how big it is as long as vim can load it in a blink of an eye.Feb 10 18:26
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:26
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:26
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rr2c0HXduM6fTxuBUFeb 10 18:26
schestowitz__"@schestowitz my money is on a browser exploit"Feb 10 18:26
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:26
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rr2yFIyT3sZdGF1N2Feb 10 18:27
schestowitz__"@schestowitz anyone got a torrent link?  otherwise I'm making one tonight."Feb 10 18:27
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:27
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rr3PaZvTvZvQgCzcOFeb 10 18:27
schestowitz__" this links is censored on #nsafacebook! #censorship https://the-eye.eu/public/Papers/CoronaVirusPapers/"Feb 10 18:27
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:27
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-the-eye.eu | Index of /public/Papers/CoronaVirusPapers/Feb 10 18:27
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rrYv2BnyK6ScSOsrIFeb 10 18:27
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:27
schestowitz__@schestowitzFeb 10 18:27
schestowitz__The publishers want platforms to be held liable for third-party content „in particular if the originator has evaded law enforcement through anonymity“. Such a provision, mooted earlier in a public statement, could amount to a mandatory „real name policy“, requiring users to provide a verifiable ID.Feb 10 18:27
schestowitz__If God exists he’d make them go bankrupt as punishment for even thinking about a real name policy.Feb 10 18:27
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:27
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:27
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rreUgk9gUuYIlHud6Feb 10 18:28
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:28
schestowitz__@schestowitzFeb 10 18:28
schestowitz__"I have to be grateful that sites shoulder that extra burden, since the MITM - the ISP I have, or the trojan on their network - inserts its own content on accessing http:// sites."Feb 10 18:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Could not resolve host: sites; Unknown error ( status 0 @ http:// sites )Feb 10 18:28
schestowitz__"Feb 10 18:28
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rrsu6EVS0YHxCUmdUFeb 10 18:28
schestowitz__"We are the Cloud. Lower your firewalls and surrender your hard drives. We will add all your data to our servers. Your IT systems will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."Feb 10 18:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:28
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rscTtjNuEQpXfNmz2Feb 10 18:28
schestowitz__"@schestowitz which browser they are going to stop supporting?"Feb 10 18:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:28
schestowitz__https://pleroma.site/notice/9rt8IxWIfwJKdo5fFYFeb 10 18:28
schestowitz__"(that's because the healthcare is paid for by federal funds, and the federal govt is already functionally bankrupt)"Feb 10 18:28
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaFeb 10 18:28
schestowitz__> Good Evening Roy.Feb 10 18:32
schestowitz__>Feb 10 18:32
schestowitz__> Thank you for your email.Feb 10 18:32
schestowitz__>Feb 10 18:32
schestowitz__> In order to investigate this further please provide the followingFeb 10 18:33
schestowitz__> information:-Feb 10 18:33
schestowitz__>Feb 10 18:33
schestowitz__> Which tickets were you purchasing, were they Adult Day Travel cards,Feb 10 18:33
schestowitz__> were you purchasing two tickets, and how much was the ticket price.Feb 10 18:33
schestowitz__1.90x2, two adults, offpeak, zone 1Feb 10 18:33
schestowitz__> Please forward your full postal address.Feb 10 18:33
schestowitz__> As soon as I have this information I will request the report for theFeb 10 18:33
schestowitz__> ticket machine.Feb 10 18:33
schestowitz__new islington stationFeb 10 18:33

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