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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/Sandyshark/status/1161705214501642240Aug 15 05:32
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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Sandyshark: @schestowitz would you like Beto, Elizabeth or Kam@la As his running mate?Aug 15 05:32
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/dmartin336/status/1161711519333175297Aug 15 05:33
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@dmartin336: @schestowitz Her emails- check the emails!Aug 15 05:33
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/j082298/status/1161727533139845120Aug 15 05:33
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@j082298: @schestowitz There is no difference between any of those in that class of people, the global elites.Aug 15 05:33
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/FrancisJeffrey7/status/1161744208257961984Aug 15 05:33
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@FrancisJeffrey7: @schestowitz @wikileaks https://t.co/yRtdEOP4bqAug 15 05:33
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@wikileaks: UN Special Rapporteur on torture: “In 20 years..I have never seen a group of democratic States ganging up to delibe… https://t.co/FnoEpZzFwiAug 15 05:33
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/FrancisJeffrey7/status/1161744322317832192Aug 15 05:34
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@FrancisJeffrey7: @schestowitz @wikileaks https://t.co/8VIAM8y4brAug 15 05:34
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@FrancisJeffrey7: Notable that on @FoxNews this morning, (former Judge) Napolitano @Judgenap cited #JulianAssange as the ^political^… https://t.co/ZyHQj18kquAug 15 05:34
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schestowitzRe: Bill Gates & EpsteinAug 15 05:53
schestowitz> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7350469/Bill-Gates-flew-Jeffrey-Epstein-Loliota-Express-2013-years-pedophile-prison-stay.htmlAug 15 05:53
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.dailymail.co.uk | Bill Gates flew with Jeffrey Epstein on the Lolita Express in 2013 | Daily Mail OnlineAug 15 05:53
schestowitz  this can't help:  http://techrights.org/2015/01/03/prison-and-gates/Aug 15 05:53
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Thousands of Child Rape Photos Traded Out of Bill Gates’ Mansion | TechrightsAug 15 05:53
schestowitz> Regarding the link:Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> https://www.opindia.com/2019/08/rohit-kachroo-ndtv-koshurrohit-twitter-suspended/Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> In http://techrights.org/2019/08/12/xfce-4-14/Aug 15 06:03
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.opindia.com | Day after Kashmiri Pandit activist exposed NDTV, his Twitter account suspended for 'violating Twitter rules' - Opindia NewsAug 15 06:03
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> This is troubling me a lot.Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> Past few years I am informing you that please dont share links from fakeAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> news sites from india.Aug 15 06:03
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Links 12/8/2019: Xfce 4.14 and Lemur 4 | TechrightsAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> Opindia.com is a fake news site supported by indian fascist party.Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> Where as NDTV is reputed tv channel with decades of history. i am notAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> saying 100% good. they are just like NYTimes kind of capitalistic newsAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> channel.Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> I am subscribed to your rss feed and reads all of the feeds and readAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> selected articles from that. It take long time to read the rss feedAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> since its huge. But in that if you add these fake news links then thatsAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> wastes my precious time.Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> Last time also I mentioned one tip. If a news comes from india that isAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> religious then dont publish it. Because 99.9% chance that it will beAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> from the fascists. Now I am adding one, if any news coming from indiaAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> and its supporting ruling party then it will be fake. Because fascistsAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> are in power. So dont publish that. Please do something about this. IAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> like to know how you get these links?Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> One more question.Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz> Are you getting money for sharing these fake sites. Then its ok. its dogAug 15 06:03
schestowitz> eating dog world. I have no complaints. I will just unsubscribe.Aug 15 06:03
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:04
schestowitz> But if you are doing this because of your islamophobia then you must getAug 15 06:04
schestowitz> some professional help. Because the hate will damage you and your familyAug 15 06:04
schestowitz> internally.Aug 15 06:04
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:04
schestowitz> https://www.altnews.in/?s=opindia.comAug 15 06:04
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:04
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.altnews.in | You searched for opindia.com - Alt NewsAug 15 06:04
schestowitz> Please focus only on free software and  technology.Aug 15 06:04
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:04
schestowitz> this is the program in the fake news article:Aug 15 06:04
schestowitz> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoYX_md8_5AAug 15 06:04
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.youtube.com | Reality Check | Kashmiri View: 'Silenced' By Fear? - YouTubeAug 15 06:04
schestowitzHi,Aug 15 06:04
schestowitzThat link was sent to me by someone I know. I will highlight to him your concerns about that site. I did before as well.Aug 15 06:04
schestowitzNo, I'm not being paid for any of this.Aug 15 06:04
schestowitzWe currently consider splitting the tech stuff from politics, for news at least...Aug 15 06:04
schestowitzIt's work in progress as we reassess which sites are credible and which ones never are.Aug 15 06:04
schestowitzThanks for your feedback, I will pass it on to the person who suggested this link.Aug 15 06:04
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schestowitz>> This list will do for now. It's just something I want to use if or whenAug 15 06:08
schestowitz>> I've exhausted what you send me.Aug 15 06:08
schestowitz>>Aug 15 06:08
schestowitz>> At the moment I post what I receive while researching LF stuff. It helpsAug 15 06:08
schestowitz>> me not get distracted by research on completely unrelated things.Aug 15 06:08
schestowitz> I'm working through my list of blogs and adding them.  Some are updatedAug 15 06:08
schestowitz> only a couple of times per year though.Aug 15 06:08
schestowitzYesterday I managed to get it to work for only one feed at the time. There are still technical issues with most feeds that I try. counterpunch works well.Aug 15 06:08
schestowitz>>> 1. have me send you updated url lists, so you can download all ofAug 15 06:09
schestowitz>>> them and put in a zip file? this means you dont have to use theAug 15 06:09
schestowitz>>> tool, i can send you url lists for each year, so you upload thoseAug 15 06:09
schestowitz>>> per year if you want.Aug 15 06:09
schestowitz>>>Aug 15 06:09
schestowitz>>> the tool i made already was designed to be used once, this oneAug 15 06:09
schestowitz>>> would be more future-proof. plus i can send you the urls.Aug 15 06:09
schestowitz> zip and xz are not very robust compared to gzip.  There areAug 15 06:09
schestowitz> disadvantages to all three but I think that speed of compression andAug 15 06:09
schestowitz> decompression should not be considered a priority instead that emphasisAug 15 06:09
schestowitz> should be on robustness.  I'm not sure about other methods.Aug 15 06:09
schestowitz> The code [1]  doing the word frequency count is not removing theAug 15 06:11
schestowitz> punctuation from words.   Thus "ubuntu" and "ubuntu!" are countedAug 15 06:11
schestowitz> separately instead of together.  Same with "photos" and "photos.", andAug 15 06:11
schestowitz> so on.  So the counts are very wrong and the article should be corrected.Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz> PRCE is the standard, even in python, but I can't spot the patternAug 15 06:11
schestowitz> matching.  The word-break pattern is \b in PCRE:Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz> . . .Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz>     while ($line =~ s/\b(\w+)\b//) {Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz>         $word{$1}++;Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz>     }Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz> . . .Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz> Such a frequency count is a rather basic task.Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:11
schestowitz> [1] http://techrights.org/2019/08/09/techrights-blog-archive/Aug 15 06:11
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Blog Archive and Word Analysis | TechrightsAug 15 06:11
schestowitz> I'm not sure how much space is left on HV on /dev/mapper/vg0-imagesAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> However, if there is enough, it might be time to consider rearrangingAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> TR's partition scheme.  It is now getting dangerously low:Aug 15 06:16
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:16
schestowitz> $  df -h | awk 'NR==1||$6~/var/{print $5,$6,$2,$4}' OFS=$'\t'Aug 15 06:16
schestowitz> Use%MountedSizeAvailAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 92%/var17G1.5GAug 15 06:16
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:16
schestowitz> As we've talked about, it is mainly the database:Aug 15 06:16
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:16
schestowitz> $ du -sh /var/* 2>/dev/null | sort -k1,1hr | head -n 59.4G/var/libAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 646M/var/logAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 173M/var/cacheAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 52M/var/spoolAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 1.2M/var/wwwAug 15 06:16
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:16
schestowitz> $ du -sh /var/lib/* 2>/dev/null | sort -k1,1hr | head -n 5Aug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 9.3G/var/lib/mysqlAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 110M/var/lib/rpmAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 9.2M/var/lib/yumAug 15 06:16
schestowitz> 64K/var/lib/systemdAug 15 06:17
schestowitz> 32K/var/lib/alternativesAug 15 06:17
schestowitz>Aug 15 06:17
schestowitz> Though some logs could be trimmed for a small amount of respite, it isAug 15 06:17
schestowitz> probably time to expand /var.  That will mean some down time during theAug 15 06:17
schestowitz> actual move.Aug 15 06:17
schestowitzCan we test this to ensure the resize is done safely?Aug 15 06:17
schestowitzI have not resized partitions in years.Aug 15 06:17
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15689983#c443a55c-465d-541d-f24e-e9a076541485Aug 15 06:17
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@linux@joindiaspora.com: LibreOffice 6.2.6 is ready, all users should update for enhanced security http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/126939Aug 15 06:17
schestowitzhttps://joindiaspora.com/posts/15689983#c443a55c-465d-541d-f24e-e9a076541485Aug 15 06:17
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> www.tuxmachines.org | LibreOffice 6.2.6 is ready, all users should update for enhanced security | Tux MachinesAug 15 06:17
schestowitzAug 15 06:17
schestowitz@Linux Will this be available in the Debian 10 repositories ?Aug 15 06:17
schestowitz"Aug 15 06:17
schestowitzI imagine so. A matter of time.Aug 15 06:17
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/newhodl/status/1161878392880422913Aug 15 08:03
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@newhodl: I ❤https://t.co/0QsG78sJHGAug 15 08:03
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights.org | Your Freedom and Privacy | Techrights | People's rights in the digital ageAug 15 08:03
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schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9ltkJEY82ittXk15KSAug 15 17:36
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:36
schestowitz" I don't get why immutable system is good. Does that mean one is only able to take what is provided by IBM? What happens when the servers start making decisions in the corporate interest and introduce oddlings to the runtime?"Aug 15 17:36
schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9ltodEoz8pJvzjhATwAug 15 17:36
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:36
schestowitz"“Linux is a cancer”"Aug 15 17:36
schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9ltunh31eNo69sdCPwAug 15 17:36
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:36
schestowitz"Banished! "There is no end, no limit, measure, bound, In that word's death. No words can that woe sound.""Aug 15 17:36
schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9lu5Ox5Tyei2A1BYlUAug 15 17:36
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:36
schestowitz"errr... how much?"Aug 15 17:37
schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9lu9O1vCuxlugHCA3kAug 15 17:37
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:37
schestowitz"What? Really?"Aug 15 17:37
schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9luLUq7SOclXYMwEueAug 15 17:38
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:38
schestowitz"#arctechnica exposed #Elasticsearch as a cause. For them, it is always some free software at fault -- never user error."Aug 15 17:38
schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9luMBUlFgHcHlRtM1IAug 15 17:38
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:38
schestowitz"recently saw an article in #fedoramagazine about #AS2. Email is not securable. It is for general, platform-agnostic communication."Aug 15 17:38
schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9luTMAvST5ON6uhnbUAug 15 17:38
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:38
schestowitz"my favourite, the version immediately before systemd dependency!"Aug 15 17:38
schestowitzhttps://pleroma.site/notice/9luTm42igHrbIDRlFgAug 15 17:39
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pleroma.site | PleromaAug 15 17:39
schestowitz" I read that they'd be up for at least a week or two. Unknown from then..."Aug 15 17:39
schestowitzSo still unknownAug 15 17:39
schestowitz>>> I'm not sure how much space is left on HV on /dev/mapper/vg0-imagesAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> However, if there is enough, it might be time to consider rearrangingAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> TR's partition scheme.  It is now getting dangerously low:Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>>Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> $  df -h | awk 'NR==1||$6~/var/{print $5,$6,$2,$4}' OFS=$'\t'Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> Use%MountedSizeAvailAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 92%/var17G1.5GAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>>Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> As we've talked about, it is mainly the database:Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>>Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> $ du -sh /var/* 2>/dev/null | sort -k1,1hr | head -n 59.4G/var/libAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 646M/var/logAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 173M/var/cacheAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 52M/var/spoolAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 1.2M/var/wwwAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>>Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> $ du -sh /var/lib/* 2>/dev/null | sort -k1,1hr | head -n 5Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 9.3G/var/lib/mysqlAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 110M/var/lib/rpmAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 9.2M/var/lib/yumAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 64K/var/lib/systemdAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> 32K/var/lib/alternativesAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>>Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> Though some logs could be trimmed for a small amount of respite, it isAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> probably time to expand /var.  That will mean some down time during theAug 15 19:12
schestowitz>>> actual move.Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>> Can we test this to ensure the resize is done safely?Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz> I guess so.  But I am not sure what method to try.  Is there any spareAug 15 19:12
schestowitz> space?Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>Aug 15 19:12
schestowitz>> I have not resized partitions in years.Aug 15 19:13
schestowitz> Nor I and certainly not on a production system.Aug 15 19:13
schestowitzIn the past Tracy did it. And usually when we migrated between VMs and rebuilt, strictly. This isn't an ordinary desktop setup because of logical volumes.Aug 15 19:13
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schestowitz>>> ... islamophobia ...Aug 15 20:21
schestowitz>>> ... the hate ...Aug 15 20:21
schestowitz> I did not see this earlier.  The guy might just be trolling.  No hateAug 15 20:21
schestowitz> here.  Just common sense.Aug 15 20:21
schestowitzMaybe the easily offended types.Aug 15 20:21
schestowitz> I've been rsyncing the dumps from TR to a spare HD and it is now abutAug 15 20:22
schestowitz> 70% full.  What kind of rotation scheme would you prefer?  Should I justAug 15 20:22
schestowitz> delete the oldest dumps or try to hang on to some and thin out theAug 15 20:22
schestowitz> middle ones?Aug 15 20:22
schestowitzWe have some offsite copies of the old ones shall they even become needed, so maybe get rid of the oldest. I keep an eye on dump sizes to ensure no silent data loss.Aug 15 20:22
schestowitz> It turns out that if there is space on HV it will be rather easy toAug 15 20:24
schestowitz> expand the VM image itself using just 'qemu-image resize'.Aug 15 20:24
schestowitz>Aug 15 20:24
schestowitz> The part that comes into question would be what happens inside the VM.Aug 15 20:24
schestowitz> On TR:Aug 15 20:24
schestowitz>Aug 15 20:24
schestowitz> $ df -h /var/Aug 15 20:24
schestowitz> Filesystem             Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted onAug 15 20:25
schestowitz> /dev/mapper/sysvg-var   17G   16G  1.5G  92% /varAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz> $ sudo lvdisplay | sed -n '\|/dev/sysvg/var|,$p'Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   LV Path                /dev/sysvg/varAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   LV Name                varAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   VG Name                sysvgAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   LV UUID                roHPr4-yQz4-vhej-kyFA-RMwg-BDDe-PYYsaPAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   LV Write Access        read/writeAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   LV Creation host, time localhost.localdomain, 2017-01-09 03:26:14 -0800Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   LV Status              availableAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   # open                 1Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   LV Size                16.95 GiBAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   Current LE             4340Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   Segments               2Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   Allocation             inheritAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   Read ahead sectors     autoAug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   - currently set to     8192Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz>   Block device           253:3Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz>Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz> So it seems that /var is in a LVM, that might make it easier to scale.Aug 15 20:25
schestowitz> I'll look into setting up a CentOS 7 test VM today or tomorrow.Aug 15 20:25
schestowitzThe LVM part always baffled me.Aug 15 20:25
schestowitzhere at work I'm done installing openvpn, now it's a firewall challenge ;/Aug 15 20:25
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