●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, July 25, 2022 ●● ● Jul 25 [00:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [00:08] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 25 [01:15] 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 its to my family. [01:15] schestowitz Presence of loved ones in the hospital is a lot more important than disposable gadgets. :-) ● Jul 25 [02:25] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:35] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 25 [03:11] schestowitz [03:25] Honestly Alex is probably going to leave the country [03:11] schestowitz [03:26] Which is how the last defamation suit I got into resolved itself[03:26] hahaha [03:11] schestowitz [03:26] beat me to it [03:11] schestowitz [03:26] I was gonna say it [03:11] schestowitz [03:26] The guy that sued me last time though it was stupid and I was 19 [03:12] schestowitz [03:27] He had a drug problem and went to South America and didn't come back [03:12] schestowitz [03:27] because South American is known to be solving drug problems :-D [03:12] schestowitz [03:27] *America [03:12] schestowitz [03:28] Sure it's solve the problem of not being able to buy drugs[03:29] haha [03:12] schestowitz [03:29] Do you know arjuna capital ? [03:12] schestowitz [03:31] does not even ring a bell [03:12] schestowitz [03:31] https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/microsoft-shareholders-approve-proposal-on-sexual-harassment-report [03:12] schestowitz [03:31] They engage in shareholder activism [03:12] schestowitz [03:31] Mostly focused on women's rights [03:12] schestowitz [03:31] I linked to this yesterday [03:12] schestowitz [03:31] I've been trying to have them look into Nat Friedman but... No response[03:32] 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/ [03:12] schestowitz [03:32] see above [03:12] schestowitz [03:32] nadella video [03:12] schestowitz [03:32] some CEO, eh??? [03:12] schestowitz [03:33] "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) [03:12] schestowitz [03:33] "don't tell y wife anything.." [03:12] schestowitz [03:37] I imagine Nat is going to focus more on stripe [03:12] schestowitz [03:39] do you know what happened to him at github? [03:12] schestowitz [03:40] I cannot get it verified [03:12] schestowitz [03:40] No idea[03:40] I heard rumors like trouble scaling[03:41] A scandal with firing only Black people in a layoff[03:41] The Jewish employee thing [03:12] schestowitz [03:41] Ice [03:12] schestowitz [03:41] He probably got thrown under the bus a little bit [03:12] schestowitz [03:42] yes [03:12] schestowitz [03:42] my guess also [03:12] schestowitz [03:42] if you have inside contacts, more solid things than rumours would help [03:12] schestowitz [03:43] Yeah I'm not really [03:12] schestowitz [03:43] A lot of those people are people I don't want to get in trouble [03:12] schestowitz [03:43] But they don't give me any inside information [03:12] schestowitz [03:44] I managed to convince some high-profile projects to move off-GH [03:12] schestowitz [03:45] self-hosting isn't infeasible [03:12] schestowitz [03:45] Nice[03:45] we need to weapon the "tech giants" [03:12] schestowitz [03:45] they control lives [03:12] schestowitz [03:45] not tech [03:12] schestowitz [03:46] True [03:12] schestowitz [03:48] controlling journalists [03:12] schestowitz [03:48] spouses etc. [03:12] schestowitz [03:48] but that's what techrights is there to talk about [03:12] schestowitz [03:51] I don't know look for disaffected azure employees [03:12] schestowitz [03:53] Anyways I'm going off-line and I'll try and see about that police report[03:53] azure? [03:12] schestowitz [03:53] yes, please [03:13] schestowitz [03:53] that report can tell a lot [03:13] schestowitz [03:53] the police gave me 2900 pages of report on arrest at bill gates' home [03:13] schestowitz [03:53] apparently ALLLLL the media could not do this [03:13] schestowitz [03:53] for 5 years [03:13] schestowitz [03:53] Azure web services [03:54] 'web'' 'services' [sic] ^_^ [03:13] schestowitz [03:54] when it's back online [03:13] schestowitz [03:54] Oh God I had to use TFS at a job [03:13] schestowitz [03:54] It was so awful [03:13] schestowitz [03:54] Looks like it was designed by SAP [03:13] schestowitz [03:54] the 'german Microsoft' [03:13] schestowitz [03:55] yep[03:55] All right signing off have a good night [03:13] *TechBytesBot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:45] schestowitz https://twitter.com/HabeasCorpus_PT/status/1550548983122124801 [03:45] *TechBytesBot (~b0t@ju4kayhrhsm6a.irc) has joined #techbytes [03:45] TechBytesBot Hello World! I'm TechBytesBot running phIRCe v0.77 [03:45] schestowitz https://twitter.com/HabeasCorpus_PT/status/1550548983122124801 [03:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@HabeasCorpus_PT: Mais detalhes em: (com traduo automtica para portugus) https://t.co/QSAlm4oshk [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 | Techrights [03:46] schestowitz https://twitter.com/enkiv2/status/1550075560818245633 [03:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@enkiv2: Random link from the archives: "" https://t.co/NMOCgdt098 originally retrieved Wed Jul 10 11:49:43 EDT 2019 [03:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> web.archive.org | Microsoft Attempting to Destroy the Careers of Its Critics, Including Free Software Proponents | Techrights ● Jul 25 [06:06] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [06:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [06:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 25 [12:41] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 25 [14:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [14:13] schestowitz " [14:13] schestowitz First of all, thank you for the acknowledgement; its not for nothing and actually made my day. [14:13] schestowitz Secondly, Id 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 youre biased in favor of Microsoft. Thoughts? [14:14] schestowitz " [14:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:19] schestowitz " [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. [14:19] schestowitz Since 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. [14:19] schestowitz https://www.geekwire.com/2022/former-amazon-exec-inherits-microsofts-complex-cybersecurity-legacy-in-quest-to-solve-one-of-the-greatest-challenges-of-our-time/ [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' GeekWire [14:19] schestowitz What did I miss? Do you feel that I let the company off too easily? How would you have approached a story on this topic? [14:19] schestowitz " [14:19] schestowitz "Still a good article and more critical than most." ● Jul 25 [16:33] *Despatche (~desp@u3xy9z2ifjzci.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:34] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:36] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 25 [19:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [19:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 25 [20:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [20:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [20:48] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 25 [22:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [22:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [22:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:30] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [22:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [22:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 25 [23:27] *rianne_ has quit (*.net *.split) [23:27] *schestowitz has quit (*.net *.split) [23:27] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (*.net *.split) [23:27] *lightbringer has quit (*.net *.split) [23:29] *rsheftel1435 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [23:29] *Disconnected (Remote host closed socket). [23:57] *Now talking on #techbytes [23:57] *schestowitz (~schestowi@freenode-i33.jp8.7132oi.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:57] *rsheftel1435 (~rsheftel@freenode-4nq.hn3.1cipql.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:57] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-i33.jp8.7132oi.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:57] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode-i33.jp8.7132oi.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:57] *schestowitz has quit (Changing host) [23:57] *schestowitz (~schestowi@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [23:57] *schestowitz-TR2 has quit (Changing host) [23:57] *schestowitz-TR2 (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [23:58] *schestowitz[TR] (~schestowi@freenode-hao0f9.am6e.nqgd.t29qgt.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:58] *schestowitz[TR] has quit (Changing host) [23:58] *schestowitz[TR] (~schestowi@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes