●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 23, 2021 ●● ● Oct 23 [00:34] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:54] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@qabngysdisnd2.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 23 [01:05] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [01:06] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@qabngysdisnd2.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:29] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [01:30] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@qabngysdisnd2.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:30] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [01:31] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@qabngysdisnd2.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:33] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [01:34] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@qabngysdisnd2.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:35] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [01:35] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@qabngysdisnd2.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:37] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) [01:38] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@6c5xpxtugdc9q.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 23 [02:31] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Oct 23 [03:47] *leah has quit (connection closed) [03:47] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 23 [05:02] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:05] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:46] schestowitz x https://corn.codeberg.page/notlinux.html [05:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-corn.codeberg.page | Reasons to consider NOT switching to Linux [05:59] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Oct 23 [06:12] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@6c5xpxtugdc9q.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:17] *DaemonFC has quit (connection closed) ● Oct 23 [07:54] *leah has quit (connection closed) [07:54] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 23 [08:07] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:11] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:55] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:55] *blitzed has quit (connection closed) [08:55] *blitzed (~blitzed@d3wswzztcj3cy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 23 [09:01] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:02] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:09] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:10] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:21] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:21] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:33] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:35] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:39] *n-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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Friends who only use #msft are amazed and confounded [19:47] schestowitz https://twitter.com/iridesce57/status/1451949337349591046 [19:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@iridesce57: #msft catching up to #gnulinux #kde https://t.co/87pfo1z0iL [19:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: #microsoft #vista11 copying #kde from MORE THAN A DECADE AGO!!! This is w feature??!!?!?!?! https://t.co/VtHYDvASdc [19:47] schestowitz https://twitter.com/lanefu/status/1451947997949014016 [19:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@lanefu: @schestowitz Easy cowboy. Every SBC is different still takes work to add @armbian support. [19:47] schestowitz https://twitter.com/osler_sir/status/1451945396436148230 [19:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@osler_sir: @schestowitz https://t.co/V8aPmdczE6 [19:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@osler_sir: Bill Gates Deleted Documentary - The Transition From Microsoft To Vaccines https://t.co/BJELbT1DB8 #LBRY via @OdyseeTeam [19:48] schestowitz https://twitter.com/NKortyak/status/1451933606369271810 [19:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@NKortyak: @schestowitz The very important climate conference "Global Crisis. Time for the truth" on December 4, 2021. See https://t.co/1T2rzTWg7t [19:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@NKortyak: @schestowitz The very important climate conference "Global Crisis. Time for the truth" on December 4, 2021. See https://t.co/1T2rzTWg7t [19:48] schestowitz https://nitter.eu/NKortyak/status/1451933606369271810 [19:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Natalia Kortyak (@NKortyak): "The very important climate conference "Global Crisis. Time for the truth" on December 4, 2021. See @_GlobalCrisis_ for details. #GlobalCrisis" | nitter [19:49] schestowitz https://nitter.eu/Adam99212507/status/1451877806607159301 [19:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Adam ***** *** (@Adam99212507): "Demonstrators have gathered in #Warsaw to show solidarity with migrants at the Poland-Belarus border who have been turned back by Polish authorities." | nitter [19:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/DebsSweet/status/1451821384469000192 [19:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@DebsSweet: @schestowitz @PrincessBibiRF_ Thank goodness!! [19:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/trolltrip/status/1451820733752041480 [19:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@trolltrip: "on the home front, war is 100 percent public relations" -- Robert C. Koehler #FreeAssange https://t.co/ncZf9KxO9Y [19:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #CommonDreams #Assange #Wikileaks Opinion | Assange: A Threat to #War Itself https://t.co/jgOEVCKcxx [19:50] schestowitz https://twitter.com/RobertR41182121/status/1451781529558863876 [19:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@RobertR41182121: civilian branch of the #nsa https://t.co/WK1ProOFYY [19:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #CommonDreams New #Whistleblower Sparks Calls to 'Crack Down on #Facebook and All Big Tech Companies' https://t.co/47Vo5ZTJyX [19:50] schestowitz https://nitter.eu/stephenreeves/status/1451772711408078860 [19:51] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Steve Reeves (@stephenreeves): ""an architectural shift away from Microsoft solutions; the single best preventative measure that a company can take to defend itself against various attacks plaguing industry throughout the world, ransomware or otherwise"" | nitter ● Oct 23 [20:23] schestowitz > I have had the empty feeling that stems from both of us having busy lives and little time for personal and close communication like we started 20 years ago. [20:23] schestowitz Yes, I agree. I often look back at all that, remembering you and I communicated routinely in that age which predates all the "social control media" stuff/fluff. Sometimes I even look back at some old email -- remember my archive goes about 20 years back. Next to me I have a photo you sent me for my birthday and there's another downstairs where we work out now that a virus makes the gym too risky. Every week we hear some song that you once upon a [20:23] schestowitz time sent me and is still in my playlist, which doesn't grow as fast as it used to. [20:23] schestowitz So although we're far apart, we're still connected in everyday life. It's just not immediately obvious. [20:23] schestowitz Sometimes I wonder if you will travel to the UK, but then I realise it's very unlikely as such flights are long. I try to limit my air travel and I oppose the level of surveillance in American airport, so it's not likely I will travel there in the next 5 years. [20:23] schestowitz I've not been in touch with my second cousins in FL for a number of years. They're all adults now, so I doubt there's much to connect us professionally (only Rachelle works in a discipline similar to mine). [20:23] schestowitz > But life goes on and I am still a big fan of yours. I hope all is well and that your circle of fans, friends and clients has grown exponentially in the UK and around the world. [20:23] schestowitz I'm actually a bit of an introvert. It's not new. I was the same when we met and I choose a very narrow circle of trusted people; some of them more trusted than my own parents. [20:23] schestowitz > My 3 children have have all done well and I am very proud of them. They have strengths of character stemming from what they learned from us and on their own. All 3 have experienced jumping over the high hurdles and difficulties we all encounter in our lives and have to deal with, but they have gone to the front of the pack to win the in their own race to success and if money counts as success they all have become financially well off and [20:23] schestowitz independent. [20:23] schestowitz I like how you separate financial success from real success because many people cannot tell the difference. Media eggs them on to think in those terms. I myself am hardly interested in money (not beyond what cover the basics and some security for difficult times). We already have a national health system here, so medical bills cannot sink a household. [20:23] schestowitz > For me, it is truly a blessing to be able to keep busynot a minute of boredom, and it so good that my brain and memory are functioning surprisingly well. In 18 days I will celebrate my 93rd birthday so I can safely say that I I have climbed to the top of the mountain of longevity; looking back over the long years I have no idea to what age level I can compare and I dont try. I just know that I am one lucky son-of-a-bitch. [20:23] schestowitz I recently thought about your birthday (about a week ago). I didn't know the exact day, but it's around the time Techrights has a birthday. It turns 15 shortly. [20:23] schestowitz > Hope you too have a long and happy life with your good wife along side you in good health doing what you love and a big bank account as a measuring cup of your success. Who could ask for more than that? [20:23] schestowitz Well, the bank account bit leads me to saying: at what expense do people grow their bank account? To a lot of people, this is a lifelong trade-off, in essence giving away their best years (say, 22-68) to help some other person or corporation become more powerful. My sister left her job and moved to Oregon this year. I don't think she plans to go back to work. But being the age that she is, what has she accomplished really? About 20 years working for [20:23] schestowitz a large American company and still not true happiness. [20:23] schestowitz As for me and Rianne, we do our own thing, mostly our Web sites. There's very little we need to worry about except the health of our pet fish. She is vegetarian, I'm still "getting there", and we're generally happy more than 95% of the time. It's not a guaranteed recipe for a long life, but literature says that can help. [20:23] schestowitz 93 is way above the life expectancy and having one's spouse reaching the same age is rare (not sure what that's like statistically in the US as a whole... I bet less than 5% likelihood). [20:23] schestowitz I want to get back to corresponding with you at least once a week to touch base and sort of debate these topics. I actually miss that. 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