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[08:32] schestowitz >>>> [08:32] schestowitz >>>> Need to think of to better present that table. I have some spare time [08:32] schestowitz >>>> now... so I might as well get to that NOW. [08:32] schestowitz >>> Some browsers have plug-ins for IPFS. Should some items in that table [08:32] schestowitz >>> become IPFS hotlinks? [08:32] schestowitz >> [08:32] schestowitz >> I spent an hour looking into it last week. [08:32] schestowitz >> [08:32] schestowitz >> I've just spent another 10 minutes on it. [08:32] schestowitz >> [08:32] schestowitz >> Short story, that's just not how IPFS works. It's inherently not a [08:32] schestowitz >> hypertext, click-pressing thing. There are some HTTP gateways, but [08:32] schestowitz >> they're sort of centralised, which beats the point. [08:32] schestowitz > [08:32] schestowitz > Ok. I am not up to speed on what IPFS is and how it works, or even how [08:32] schestowitz > from a user perspective items are located and retrieved. [08:32] schestowitz It helps to think about it like p2p networks, except the listing of what's on the network is done differently to avoid centralisation like TPB. [08:32] schestowitz >> I refined the script [08:32] schestowitz >> and sample output has been added to [08:32] schestowitz >> http://techrights.org/2020/11/21/irc-log-201120/ [08:32] schestowitz >> I hope it renders OK for the next batch, automatically. Need to double [08:32] schestowitz >> check those 8 links (yes, 8) to the text versions (4 times two, image [08:32] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | IRC Proceedings: Friday, November 20, 2020 | Techrights [08:32] schestowitz >> and text anchor for each). [08:32] schestowitz >> [08:32] schestowitz >> I'm trying to think how to further improve those things. We can lower [08:32] schestowitz >> server load is people pick static pages, cruft-free. It's not like we [08:32] schestowitz >> push ads or something... or sell data. [08:32] schestowitz > [08:32] schestowitz > Yes, I would agree that static pages are the way to go. The dynamic [08:32] schestowitz > parts are only needed for comments. There ought to be a hybrid model [08:32] schestowitz > out there where new static pages are generated after comments are added, [08:32] schestowitz > modified, or deleted all without javascript. [08:32] schestowitz Comments are a thing is the past in the age of social control media. [08:33] schestowitz >> We have 2 more weeks stuck at home, we invest more time in the fish and [08:33] schestowitz >> arranging the setup at home. I also tweak my sleep patterns. [08:33] schestowitz >> [08:33] schestowitz >> I might soon finish the trove of EPO files I have. I'm told Mediapart [08:33] schestowitz >> will follow, but have no contacts there. When done with EPO I'll likely [08:33] schestowitz >> get back to Microsoft stuff. [08:33] schestowitz >> [08:33] schestowitz >> [21:36] SJVN pushing "MAC" shite now [08:33] schestowitz >> https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-new-m1-macs-make-cutting-edge-machine-learning-workstations/ [08:33] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.zdnet.com | The new M1 Macs make cutting-edge, machine-learning workstations | ZDNet [08:33] schestowitz >> [21:36] [Notice] -TechrightsBot-tr to #techrights- The new M1 Macs make [08:33] schestowitz >> cutting-edge, machine-learning workstations | ZDNet [08:33] schestowitz >> [21:36] SJVN is bygone [08:33] schestowitz > [08:33] schestowitz > It's sad he decided to wrap up his career like that. He had been great [08:33] schestowitz > for many years but no one new would know even a hint of that and most [08:33] schestowitz > old people have long since forgotten out of irritation. [08:33] schestowitz > [08:33] schestowitz >> [21:36] and here's all in on the ZDNet "Script" [08:33] schestowitz >> [21:36] inc. "Microsoft loves Linux" [08:33] schestowitz >> [21:36] or Linux is "hard" [08:33] schestowitz >> [21:36] Assimilation complete [08:33] schestowitz > [08:33] schestowitz > Same old M$ talking points. [08:33] schestowitz Maybe he does not have a pension. And this is what keeps him employed at ZDCrap. [08:33] schestowitz I've just had to edit the IRC post to replace [08:33] schestowitz /irc-archives/irc-log-211120.html [08:33] schestowitz with [08:33] schestowitz /irc-archives/irc-log-211120.txt [08:33] schestowitz in its second instance. I think that's the last bug in the template, linking to the HTML where it should be text [08:33] schestowitz I then added the ipfs bits: [08:33] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2020/11/22/irc-log-211120/ [08:33] schestowitz looks complete now. I've tested all the links (that they go to the right place). 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[17:40] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-112.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [17:41] *rianne_ has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [17:41] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-112.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [17:41] *rianne_ has quit (Client Quit) [17:42] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-173-112.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [17:42] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-112.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 22 [18:39] schestowitz Re: Cory Doctorow at Privacy Week 2020 - on DRM, Freedom/Software freedom, regulation, etc. [18:39] schestowitz > This presentation warrants increased attention because he summarizes the [18:39] schestowitz > issues so clearly in today's context: [18:39] schestowitz > [18:39] schestowitz > "We Used To Have Cake, Now We've Barely Got Icing" [18:39] schestowitz > by Cory Doctorow [18:39] schestowitz > [18:39] schestowitz > https://media.ccc.de/v/pw20-392-we-used-to-have-cake-now-we-ve-barely-got-icing [18:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-media.ccc.de | media.ccc.de - WE USED TO HAVE CAKE, NOW WE'VE BARELY GOT ICING [18:39] schestowitz > [18:39] schestowitz > "Back then, free software was icing on the cake. Then [18:39] schestowitz > they stole the cake and left us hoping for a little [18:39] schestowitz > icing every now and then. Now, software has eaten the [18:39] schestowitz > world and shit out a dystopia." [18:39] schestowitz > [18:40] schestowitz > "When free software licensing was born, software [18:40] schestowitz > copyrights were essentially nonexistent, software [18:40] schestowitz > patents didn't exist at all, terms of service weren't [18:40] schestowitz > enforceable and there was no anticircumvention law. In [18:40] schestowitz > other words, you were legally permitted to clone or [18:40] schestowitz > interoperate with any digital product. Today, we think [18:40] schestowitz > of free software as a way for a company to say, "We [18:40] schestowitz > probably won't sue you if you write code that can [18:40] schestowitz > interoperate with ours" - but when free software [18:40] schestowitz > started, it was more like, "I know I've got the absolute [18:40] schestowitz > legal right to reverse engineer all your code and make a [18:40] schestowitz > competing product, but that's such tedious work. Please, [18:40] schestowitz > make it easy for me by giving me your sourcecode." Back [18:40] schestowitz > then, free software was icing on the cake. Then they [18:40] schestowitz > stole the cake and left us hoping for a little icing [18:40] schestowitz > every now and then." [18:40] schestowitz > [18:40] schestowitz > "This makes a huge difference because software has eaten [18:40] schestowitz > the world and shit out a dystopia: a place where Abbot [18:40] schestowitz > Labs uses copyright claims to stop people with diabetes [18:40] schestowitz > from taking control over their insulin dispensing and [18:40] schestowitz > where BMW is providing seat-heaters as an-over-the-air [18:40] schestowitz > upgrade that you have to pay for by the month. Companies [18:40] schestowitz > have tried this bullshit since the year dot, but Thomas [18:40] schestowitz > Edison couldn't send a patent enforcer to your house to [18:40] schestowitz > make sure you honored the license agreement on your [18:40] schestowitz > cylinder by only playing it on an Edison phonograph. [18:40] schestowitz > Today, digital systems offer perfect enforcement for the [18:40] schestowitz > pettiest, most bullshitty, greediest grifts imaginable." 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