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    Comparing private and peer-to-peer VoIP solutions
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    One of the top questions people ask RTC developers around Valentine's Day is whether we finally have a private solution people can use to communicate with their partner.

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    There is fresh attention on the issue this year after Twitter and other large providers flexed their muscles and demonstrated that they are more powerful than the US President.

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    Perspective grids for comics in Krita
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    [08:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.davidrevoy.com | Perspective grids for comics in Krita - David Revoy [08:47] schestowitz__

    I'm sharing my perspective grids (CC-0/Public Domain) and show how to use them in Krita: it's a set of PNGs I drag'n'drop over the canvas. I hope they'll be useful for you!.

    • ● Feb 15 [10:24] schestowitz__ x https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9258589/Bill-Gates-daughter-Jennifer-24-joins-11-Americans-whove-COVID-19-vaccine.html [10:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.dailymail.co.uk | Bill Gates' daughter, Jennifer, 24, joins the 11% of Americans who've had COVID-19 vaccine | Daily Mail Online [10:24] schestowitz__ = [10:28] schestowitz__ x https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56042029 [10:28] schestowitz__ # bill sez [10:28] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.bbc.co.uk | Bill Gates: Solving Covid easy compared with climate - BBC News [10:29] schestowitz__ x https://www.computerworld.com/article/3607373/big-nhs-email-migration-also-delivers-access-to-latest-digital-tools.html [10:29] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.computerworld.com | Big NHS email migration also delivers access to latest digital tools | Computerworld [10:29] schestowitz__ # fraud, waste, and abuse [10:29] schestowitz__ = [10:29] schestowitz__ x https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/demonstrators_in_helsinki_protest_covid_restrictions/11790016 [10:30] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-yle.fi | Demonstrators in Helsinki protest Covid restrictions | Yle Uutiset | yle.fi [10:30] schestowitz__ # facebook versus .fi [10:36] schestowitz__ x https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/after-acquitting-trump-mcconnell-slams-him-disgraceful-dereliction-duty-n1257900 [10:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nbcnews.com | After acquitting Trump, McConnell slams him for a 'disgraceful dereliction of duty' [10:36] schestowitz__ # his words are empty, his actions (vote) belie him ● Feb 15 [14:11] schestowitz__ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/02/highlights-from-new-epo-guidelines-for.html?showComment=1613376929143#c8191001574705091911 [14:11] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Highlights from the new EPO guidelines for examination 2021: ViCo oral proceedings, description amendments and antibodies - The IPKat [14:11] schestowitz__ " [14:11] schestowitz__ @ Kant [14:11] schestowitz__ I could, but I will refrain as I am fed up to hear the same things every time. It is thus not your comment which will withhold me. [14:11] schestowitz__ " [14:11] schestowitz__ "Thank the Lord. AO will not be commenting further." ● Feb 15 [16:50] schestowitz__ as part of tidying, should we remove the broken sept. 2020 link for bulletins? Is it part of a sliding window of 6 months? ● Feb 15 [19:23] Techrights-sec Probably [19:23] Techrights-sec Ok, 2018 is in place. [19:23] Techrights-sec I'll see about adding 2017 to Gemini tomorrow. [19:23] Techrights-sec $ df -h / [19:23] Techrights-sec Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on [19:23] Techrights-sec /dev/root 12G 7.3G 4.0G 65% / [19:23] Techrights-sec probably time to start to think about mounting /home/gemini under its own [19:23] Techrights-sec mountpoint on an external drive or else moving to TR [19:23] Techrights-sec though traffic shaping would be needed for iPFS for sure then [19:23] schestowitz__ Yes, I thought about that lately. Endless noise in the IRC channel today totally distracted me and made me less productive. I'll get sleep soon instead of recording. [19:30] schestowitz__ I am guessing that at a later stage the front page at gemini will have a list of years and under that a page with month names? For the archives part? [19:32] Techrights-sec I gueess so. We'll see how it goes, but it does not need to have all years [19:32] Techrights-sec listed at once, at least not on the starting page. [19:32] schestowitz__ I am guessing latest stories being at the top might be suit the visitors, though I don't know why they come and what they look for [19:33] schestowitz__ I have been feeling unhappy this afternoon seeing how much distraction I got from OT highlights from daemon and others, lost my train of thought wrt linux news countless times, maybe even forgot important things in the process [19:34] schestowitz__ to produce faster I might need to just check IRC a lot less casually [19:35] Techrights-sec have all years [19:35] Techrights-sec listed at once, at least not on the starting page. [19:35] Techrights-sec IRC [19:35] Techrights-sec is a bad time sink, though it does have some advantages. [19:38] schestowitz__ an attacker also had a go again, twice, at TM. I flush out the DB queries, then bring back http [19:39] schestowitz__ that attacker brought down the site for about 40 mins yesterday when I was asleep [19:41] schestowitz__ $ grep geminispace log.txt | wc [19:41] schestowitz__ 16719 100314 1554867 [19:41] schestowitz__ looks like today they all started indexing us [19:42] schestowitz__ rianne works 1am-9am, so I will stay awake longer, to babysit the site at least... not ideal, but at least we still manage the sites and kept our jobs [19:42] schestowitz__ I felt many times today like I had lost track or sight of something important due to distractions, trying to think how to tackle such an issue in the future [19:46] Techrights-sec Enough exercise of late? [19:46] schestowitz__ Given physical limitation and lack of equipment, I think it's OK [19:47] schestowitz__ I am going to record something now, based also on the lunduke video you had sent and we've just listened to together, added it to tuxmachines as comment after rianne had added a sjvn story about that [19:47] schestowitz__ relates to rapi blunder [19:53] Techrights-sec be sure to have text also, text has the widest reach and longest persistence [19:53] Techrights-sec there are some more RPF-related in tomorrow's batch too [19:54] schestowitz__ rianne and I had a laugh today seeing swapni's channel with one view on a new video because of his incomprehensible speech, which is even like that post editing [19:55] Techrights-sec I haven't seen swapnils videos, I don't plan too [19:55] schestowitz__ muktware was rebranded a 4th time and become pr/spam/sewer [19:57] Techrights-sec muktware was ok but even then I was not certain about Swapnil and did not [19:57] Techrights-sec trust him ● Feb 15 [21:53] *schestowitz__ has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [21:54] *schestowitz__ (~schestowi@unaffiliated/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 15 [22:17] *gry has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [22:21] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/_not_that_angel/status/1361419365246066690 [22:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@_not_that_angel: Wtf https://t.co/TW0jqw7eiN [22:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Melinda and Zoophilia Found in Tandem in the Illegal Pornographic Stash of Bill Gates Engineer | Techrights [22:21] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/sskras/status/1361370287216996358 [22:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@sskras: @vaukstikalnis @vilmantasr @KaMykolas https://t.co/R5TGsNnaAm [22:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | The GNU GPL is Already Proven and Tested in Court | Techrights [22:22] schestowitz__ https://twitter.com/atillapramhas/status/1361093015268450305 [22:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@atillapramhas: A plethora of otherwise unavailable information on the EPO can be found under https://t.co/oAyg9hXWXw https://t.co/3T5cd5GP3D [22:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | EPO - Techrights [22:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> atillapramhas.tumblr.com | Unbetitelt A plethora of otherwise unavailable information on... [22:37] *gry (~test@unaffiliated/gryllida) has joined #techbytes [22:43] *randomgry (~test@unaffiliated/gryllida) has joined #techbytes [22:43] *gry has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [22:46] schestowitz__ > Hi Roy. Hope things are going well. Sorry to need to write like this, [22:46] schestowitz__ > but may I ask that the latest use of emperor painting be removed. I'd [22:46] schestowitz__ > said about being non-political, plus art hasn't been credited. I really [22:46] schestowitz__ > don't get involved in politics, and not happy with art used with any [22:46] schestowitz__ > politician's face etc on it. Thanks, Mogz. [22:46] schestowitz__ > [22:46] schestowitz__ Hi, [22:46] schestowitz__ Thanks for clarifying; makes perfect sense to me! [22:46] schestowitz__ Sorry for not realising this, I've just changed the image to what you see in [22:46] schestowitz__ http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/king-penguin-head-techrights-politics.jpg [22:46] schestowitz__ Assuming it does not serve a cached image of it. Press CTRL+F5 if so. [22:46] schestowitz__ No more politician's head. [22:46] schestowitz__ I also added credit, sorry for omitting that this time around. [22:46] schestowitz__ Apologies, [22:47] *randomgry is now known as gry [22:56] *gry has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [22:56] schestowitz__ I think the main difference for compatibility would be fewer headings and slightly different date format with year and dashes. I think he alludes to the third approach, Gemtext. [22:56] schestowitz__ If we get it syndicated there, it can be with a page that exists alongside "/feed" rather than something that replaces it? [22:56] schestowitz__ ================== [22:56] schestowitz__ > Makes sense. I want to ask a stupid question. Does it make sense to have [22:56] schestowitz__ > a gemini-only RSS feed? I mean, afaik, no RSS reader supports something [22:56] schestowitz__ > like IPFS or gemini, only http/s. I don't know what exists in gemini to [22:56] schestowitz__ > parse something similarly to atom/xml, but I think you've dropped some [22:56] schestowitz__ > hints. [22:56] schestowitz__ As far as I know there are 3 aggregation methods in geminispace: [22:56] schestowitz__ 1. Atom/RSS feeds, notably used by CAPCOM. There are a few tools to help [22:56] schestowitz__ authors generate these, such as gemfeed. Most programs for aggregating [22:56] schestowitz__ these just look at the links rather than the contents of the article. [22:56] schestowitz__ 2. Detecting when the contents of a page changes by generating a hash, [22:56] schestowitz__ notably used by Spacewalk. This is the simplest from an author's [22:56] schestowitz__ point of view but means the output doesn't have a list of individual [22:56] schestowitz__ posts, just a sorted list of most recently changed pages. [22:56] schestowitz__ 3. Subscribable pages (which I linked before) use a lightweight Gemtext [22:57] schestowitz__ feed format which doubles up as a human readable index page. [22:57] schestowitz__ This is what gmisub uses. [22:57] schestowitz__ For all the above there are standalone programs that can either be [22:57] schestowitz__ run on a server with the generated Gemtext page served over gemini, [22:57] schestowitz__ or run on a local machine and the resulting file accessed locally. [22:57] schestowitz__ There are also clients which integrate one or more of these methods. [22:57] schestowitz__ > I think if you open up to news sites in the gemini space, you'd mostly [22:57] schestowitz__ > get geeky sites, not marketing garbage. I'd urge you to open up to orgs [22:57] schestowitz__ > like ours as I hear from people who show growing interest in moving away [22:57] schestowitz__ > from www, both as writers and readers. [22:57] schestowitz__ Yep I think you're right. There a few mirrors of www news nices so I'm [22:57] schestowitz__ sure people will enjoy native gemini news. Hopefully any attempts at [22:57] schestowitz__ marketing garbage are significantly hampered by the nature of the gemini [22:57] schestowitz__ protocol. [22:57] schestowitz__ > gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/14/ [22:57] schestowitz__ > We already have daily aggregations, updated at 0000 and 1200 UTC [22:57] schestowitz__ > See the above gemini link. If the day aggregation pages are published [22:57] schestowitz__ > after midnight then they'll be up to date for the previous day. [22:57] schestowitz__ > Or does the feed have to be the same URL every day? That's doable too. [22:57] schestowitz__ > It would be a minor tweak to have a "yesterday's links' page [22:57] schestowitz__ > techrights now has a feed for gemini protocol [22:57] schestowitz__ > [22:57] schestowitz__ > gemini://gemini.techrights.org/feed/ [22:57] schestowitz__ The daily aggregation looks great. But I would maybe change the /feed/ [22:57] schestowitz__ page to be a list of links in the subcribable pages format. [22:57] schestowitz__ E.g. gemini://gemini.techrights.org/feed/ could contain links to all [22:57] schestowitz__ posts (or a certain number of the most recent): [22:57] schestowitz__ # Techrights [22:57] schestowitz__ => /path/to/article.gmi 2021-02-14 Article title [22:57] schestowitz__ => /path/to/article.gmi 2021-02-14 Article title [22:57] schestowitz__ => /path/to/article.gmi 2021-02-14 Article title [22:57] schestowitz__ => /path/to/article.gmi 2021-02-13 Article title [22:57] schestowitz__ => /path/to/article.gmi 2021-02-13 Article title [22:57] schestowitz__ => /path/to/article.gmi 2021-02-12 Article title [22:57] schestowitz__ And gemini://gemini.techrights.org/daily-feed/ could contain links to [22:57] schestowitz__ the daily aggregations: [22:57] schestowitz__ # Today in Techrights [22:57] schestowitz__ => /2021/02/14/ 2021-02-14 Sunday 14th February [22:57] schestowitz__ => /2021/02/13/ 2021-02-13 Saturday 13th February [22:57] schestowitz__ => /2021/02/12/ 2021-02-12 Friday 12th February [22:58] schestowitz__ Obviously it's up to you and you'd want to change the titles and stuff, [22:58] schestowitz__ but hopefully that gives you a bit of an idea. ● Feb 15 [23:05] *gry (~test@unaffiliated/gryllida) has joined #techbytes [23:07] *gry has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [23:11] schestowitz__ /In Re/ a few things and what about the EFF [23:11] schestowitz__ > I wanted to say - and I meant to send off the email earlier - I really like what you wrote about your wife in the article - and how she earned her degree and worked hard. I really respect and admire that, especially since I can relate. [23:11] schestowitz__ Eventually we found common ground around that, knowing she studied CS in SE Asia but could not find a career in that discipline. Seems like a common problem. [23:11] schestowitz__ The concerning thing about "women in FOSS" that I see advertised by corporate media is that they can't be shown to have done anything concrete for FOSS, not even coding. And this merely contributes to the stigmatised "women who don't code"... imagine if the media promoted men chefs who never actually cooked anything, just ate and talked about cooking. That would be a disservice, would it not? Later you wonder why a-holes on Slashdot [23:11] schestowitz__ say things about women and kitchen, perhaps thinking of "powerful women in FOSS" (who never actually coded). [23:11] schestowitz__ But I think there's a subliminal and hidden agenda here, similar to what I see in the EPO. But putting inadequate people in positions of powers they make them easier to manipulate. Simon Phipps or Michael Tiemann at OSI, for example, could not be easily pushed around. Same for Perens and ESR, who had to be "cancelled" like RMS. Those disguising' people.... move over, sir, we've selected your puppet/replacement and engineered/groomed [23:11] schestowitz__ that for corporate entryism. [23:11] schestowitz__ > I'm recovering from a procedure, so please forgive my absence for the next few weeks at least - and possibly a few months. [23:11] schestowitz__ Wishing you well! [23:11] schestowitz__ > However, it was important for me to point out something I noticed - about the open source legal people... [23:11] schestowitz__ Few of whom had law degrees, I think... or specialised specifically in Free software. [23:11] schestowitz__ > See, these CoC pushers and fauxpen manipulators, seem to have 1 thing in common. [23:11] schestowitz__ > [23:11] schestowitz__ > They have never been supported by the EFF (to my knowledge). [23:11] schestowitz__ I have some concerns about the EFF too, especially since the leadership vacuum. [23:11] schestowitz__ > I just noticed this because the past great leaders - legal/privacy etc. of the community were somehow connected to the EFF. > However, to my knowledge, none of these open source sjws, MS sponsored CopyleftCon presenters or "legal minds" have been (I don't know if I'm right, but could be researched). [23:11] schestowitz__ I'm not sure I see this pattern myself, maybe as I was not personally involved back in the 90s. [23:11] *gry (~test@unaffiliated/gryllida) has joined #techbytes