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schestowitz> I forgot to add… I do not hAve my iPad with me in the hospital, only iPhone. I have great > difficulty typing on the phone and have avoided doing so unless it’s to my family.Jul 25 01:15
schestowitzPresence of loved ones in the hospital is a lot more important than disposable gadgets. :-)Jul 25 01:15
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schestowitz[03:25] <Source> Honestly Alex is probably going to leave the countryJul 25 03:11
schestowitz[03:26] <Source> Which is how the last defamation suit I got into 😂 resolved itself[03:26] <schestowitz> hahahaJul 25 03:11
schestowitz[03:26] <schestowitz> beat me to itJul 25 03:11
schestowitz[03:26] <schestowitz> I was gonna say itJul 25 03:11
schestowitz[03:26] <Source> The guy that sued me last time though it was stupid and I was 19Jul 25 03:11
schestowitz[03:27] <Source> He had a drug problem and went to South America and didn't come backJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:27] <schestowitz> because South American is known to be solving drug problems :-DJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:27] <schestowitz> *AmericaJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:28] <Source> Sure it's solve the problem of not being able to buy drugs[03:29] <schestowitz> hahaJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:29] <Source> Do you know arjuna capital ?Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:31] <schestowitz> does not even ring a bellJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:31] <Source> https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/microsoft-shareholders-approve-proposal-on-sexual-harassment-reportJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:31] <Source> They engage in shareholder activismJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:31] <Source> Mostly focused on women's rightsJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:31] <schestowitz> I linked to this yesterdayJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:31] <Source> I've been trying to have them look into Nat Friedman but... No response[03:32] <schestowitz> misogyny https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/corporate-news/microsoft-shareholders-back-proposal-seeking-report-on-harassment/88020947 see bill gates and Microsoft CEO for examples http://techrights.org/2020/07/30/microsoft-gender-equality/Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:32] <schestowitz> see aboveJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:32] <schestowitz> nadella videoJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:32] <schestowitz> some CEO, eh???Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:33] <schestowitz> "alright, Sayta, I'm going to drive this "fuck buddy" of mine... will be back to board meeting later... take care of Microsoft for me, will ya?" --Bill Gates (not real quote)Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:33] <schestowitz> "don't tell y wife anything.."Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:37] <Source>  I imagine Nat is going to focus more on stripeJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:39] <schestowitz> do you know what happened to him at github?Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:40] <schestowitz> I cannot get it verifiedJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:40] <Source> No idea[03:40] <Source> I heard rumors like trouble scaling[03:41] <Source> A scandal with firing only Black people in a layoff[03:41] <Source> The Jewish employee thingJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:41] <Source> IceJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:41] <Source> He probably got thrown under the bus a little bitJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:42] <schestowitz> yesJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:42] <schestowitz> my guess alsoJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:42] <schestowitz> if you have inside contacts, more solid things than rumours would helpJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:43] <Source> Yeah I'm not reallyJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:43] <Source> A lot of those people are people I don't want to get in troubleJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:43] <Source> But they don't give me any inside informationJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:44] <schestowitz> I managed to convince some high-profile projects to move off-GHJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:45] <schestowitz> self-hosting isn't infeasibleJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:45] <Source> Nice[03:45] <schestowitz> we need to weapon the "tech giants"Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:45] <schestowitz> they control livesJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:45] <schestowitz> not techJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:46] <Source> TrueJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:48] <schestowitz> controlling journalistsJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:48] <schestowitz> spouses etc.Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:48] <schestowitz> but that's what techrights is there to talk aboutJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:51] <Source> I don't know look for disaffected azure employeesJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:53] <Source> Anyways I'm going off-line and I'll try and see about that police report[03:53] <schestowitz> azure?Jul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:53] <schestowitz> yes, pleaseJul 25 03:12
schestowitz[03:53] <schestowitz> that report can tell a lotJul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:53] <schestowitz> the police gave me 2900 pages of report on arrest at bill gates' homeJul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:53] <schestowitz> apparently ALLLLL the media could not do thisJul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:53] <schestowitz> for 5 yearsJul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:53] <Source> Azure web services [03:54] <schestowitz> 'web'' 'services' [sic] ^_^Jul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:54] <schestowitz> when it's back onlineJul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:54] <Source> Oh God I had to use TFS at a jobJul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:54] <Source> It was so awfulJul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:54] <Source> Looks like it was designed by SAPJul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:54] <schestowitz> the 'german Microsoft'Jul 25 03:13
schestowitz[03:55] <Source>  yep[03:55] <Source> All right signing off have a good night Jul 25 03:13
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/HabeasCorpus_PT/status/1550548983122124801Jul 25 03:45
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schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/HabeasCorpus_PT/status/1550548983122124801Jul 25 03:45
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@HabeasCorpus_PT: Mais detalhes em: (com tradução automática para português) https://t.co/QSAlm4oshkJul 25 03:45
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> techrights-org.translate.goog | Guest Post: Finer Details About Rick Allen Jones, Bill Gates Employee Arrested for Trade of Child Exploitation Footage | TechrightsJul 25 03:45
schestowitzhttps://twitter.com/enkiv2/status/1550075560818245633Jul 25 03:46
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@enkiv2: Random link from the archives: "" https://t.co/NMOCgdt098 originally retrieved Wed Jul 10 11:49:43 EDT 2019Jul 25 03:46
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> web.archive.org | Microsoft Attempting to Destroy the Careers of Its Critics, Including Free Software Proponents | TechrightsJul 25 03:46
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schestowitz"Jul 25 14:13
schestowitzFirst of all, thank you for the acknowledgement; it’s not for nothing and actually made my day.Jul 25 14:13
schestowitzSecondly, I’d much rather give you 1,500 words in a new article rather than wasting both our times revising a 6 year old article or arguing ad nauseam about whether you’re biased in favor of Microsoft. Thoughts?Jul 25 14:13
schestowitz"Jul 25 14:14
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schestowitz"Jul 25 14:19
schestowitz, thanks. This is a lot to digest. I'm going to need to spend more time reading it, and exploring some of the links you've referenced. Jul 25 14:19
schestowitzSince you raise the security issue, have you read this story? I'd be interested in hearing how this squares with your perception of GeekWire's coverage of the company. Jul 25 14:19
schestowitzhttps://www.geekwire.com/2022/former-amazon-exec-inherits-microsofts-complex-cybersecurity-legacy-in-quest-to-solve-one-of-the-greatest-challenges-of-our-time/Jul 25 14:19
-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft's complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve 'one of the greatest challenges of our time' – GeekWireJul 25 14:19
schestowitzWhat did I miss? Do you feel that I let the company off too easily? How would you have approached a story on this topic?Jul 25 14:19
schestowitz"Jul 25 14:19
schestowitz"Still a good article and more critical than most."Jul 25 14:19
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