●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, July 29, 2021 ●● ● Jul 29 [02:27] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Jul 29 [07:58] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jul 29 [10:17] *psydroid_ (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:55] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@avascqchmtewq.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 29 [11:07] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@f7ia4f3i2mnqk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 29 [12:08] schestowitz x https://record.umich.edu/articles/midas-joins-microsoft-city-of-detroit-to-enhance-digital-inclusion/ [12:08] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-record.umich.edu | MIDAS joins Microsoft, city of Detroit to enhance digital inclusion | The University Record [12:08] schestowitz # :( kicking Detroit while it's down [12:10] schestowitz x https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/28/americas/ecuador-wikileaks-julian-assange-citizenship-intl-hnk/index.html [12:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-edition.cnn.com | Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder has his Ecuador citizenship revoked - CNN [12:10] schestowitz x https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ecuadorian-court-revokes-citizenship-julian-assange-79100875 [12:10] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-abcnews.go.com | Ecuadorian court revokes citizenship for Julian Assange - ABC News [12:59] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [12:59] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@f7ia4f3i2mnqk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 29 [13:04] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Jul 29 [17:26] *DaemonFC (~DaemonFC@7yzc5xqsnng58.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:33] schestowitz https://twitter.com/crystalshen6/status/1420752579638738944 [17:33] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@crystalshen6: OMG look at this 16-point list of why Microsoft is bad for hospitals. & ppl wonder why I don't want Windows. #3 "Mi https://t.co/U0rVvcAf36 [17:33] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@crystalshen6: OMG look at this 16-point list of why Microsoft is bad for hospitals. & ppl wonder why I don't want Windows. #3 "Mi https://t.co/U0rVvcAf36 [17:33] schestowitz " [17:33] schestowitz OMG look at this 16-point list of why Microsoft is bad for hospitals. & ppl wonder why I don't want Windows. #3 "Microsoft Kills: Hospitals Taken Over by Windows Crackers and Hospital Staff Threatened Not to Talk About It" [17:33] schestowitz Threats are an instant red flag. [17:33] schestowitz ' [17:34] schestowitz https://twitter.com/JL_Kroger/status/1420706658381139968 [17:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@JL_Kroger: @schestowitz Thanks for sharing our work, @schestowitz. I summarized this article in a thread: https://t.co/jqJO4aUOzc [17:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@JL_Kroger: What can companies learn about you by analyzing how you hold and move your mobile devices (e.g., smartphone/-watch) https://t.co/fH1zGKssNp [17:34] schestowitz https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1420653864597000192 [17:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: "for a catalogue of crimes including provoking trouble https://t.co/0MmhgDdqoN [17:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #France24 #CivilRights #SunDawu Chinese court sentences #whistleblowing agricultural tycoon to 18 years https://t.co/vRuOebrhJr [17:35] schestowitz https://twitter.com/jrbrtson/status/1420476637464956932 [17:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@jrbrtson: Mozilla, once a daring small company punching above their weight to compete against #bigtech are now celebrated as https://t.co/BR3ix39uEy [17:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@jrbrtson: Mozilla, once a daring small company punching above their weight to compete against #bigtech are now celebrated as https://t.co/BR3ix39uEy [17:35] schestowitz "Mozilla, once a daring small company punching above their weight to compete against #bigtech are now celebrated as a darling company who flaunt with bigtech." [17:35] schestowitz https://twitter.com/chaz_6/status/1420399872709120002 [17:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@chaz_6: @schestowitz Wrong link? There is no mention of rpm on that page. [17:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/SilverForest155/status/1420298534348328961 [17:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@SilverForest155: @schestowitz @immrbill3 #FreeDanielHale [17:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1420294862361010176 [17:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: @PoochOTron @schestowitz slippery slope stuff [17:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/PoochOTron/status/1420291918903357444 [17:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PoochOTron: @schestowitz @glynmoody I do wonder what happened to at least the idea of accepting election results, knowing in a https://t.co/s5fw5yFnYm [17:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@PoochOTron: @schestowitz @glynmoody I do wonder what happened to at least the idea of accepting election results, knowing in a https://t.co/s5fw5yFnYm [17:36] schestowitz "I do wonder what happened to at least the idea of accepting election results, knowing in a few years the other-side would have to do the same, rather than simply trying to despotically hang on to power no matter what" [17:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/GetOnMyBroom/status/1420291878717595653 [17:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@GetOnMyBroom: @schestowitz no worries bc soon the cabal is going to be reading the vaxxed like a scanner reads the groceries at the checkout counter. [17:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/GetOnMyBroom/status/1420283427555713027 [17:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@GetOnMyBroom: @schestowitz nah. it's geoengineering [17:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/GetOnMyBroom/status/1420282441932046340 [17:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@GetOnMyBroom: @schestowitz John Ted 573 @lordstanley2019 11h JUST IN - CDC reverses course: Fully vaccinated Americans are now https://t.co/mdZAWvRmdq [17:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@GetOnMyBroom: @schestowitz John Ted 573 @lordstanley2019 11h JUST IN - CDC reverses course: Fully vaccinated Americans are now https://t.co/mdZAWvRmdq [17:37] schestowitz | [17:37] schestowitz JUST IN - CDC reverses course: Fully vaccinated Americans are now asked to wear masks indoors [17:37] schestowitz CDC Director says "new data" shows "breakthrough cases" of vaccinated individuals can have as much virus to shed and spread as an unvaccinated person [17:37] schestowitz | [17:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/ClipperChip/status/1420281585803333635 [17:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@ClipperChip: @schestowitz @glynmoody "modest" [17:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/censors_t/status/1420255725696077824 [17:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@censors_t: @schestowitz @CoZza_86 Ridicule is a potent weapon Keep pressure on w/ different tactics. https://t.co/3Kn6KUTLHf [17:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@censors_t: @schestowitz @CoZza_86 Ridicule is a potent weapon Keep pressure on w/ different tactics. https://t.co/3Kn6KUTLHf [17:37] schestowitz "Ridicule is a potent weapon Keep pressure on w/ different tactics. The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself. Push the negative hard & deep to break people Rules for Radicals - Saul Alinsky" [17:39] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:39] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:45] schestowitz Fwd: Afterthoughts on T 1422/19 [17:45] schestowitz Bastian Best [17:45] schestowitz Bastian Best [17:45] schestowitz @https://twitter.com/bastianbest [17:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 400 @ https://mobile.twitter.com/bastianbest ) [17:45] schestowitz Quick afterthought on my post about T 1422/19: [17:45] schestowitz My key point in this decision is when the board argues that the invention measures raw information about a running web browser and processes this information to produce an estimate of a technically meaningful parameter. [17:45] schestowitz Now when is a parameter technically meaningful? [17:45] schestowitz According to the board the extent to which a content item displayed within a web page is visible to the user is technically meaningful. [17:45] schestowitz Good to have such a clear statement by the EPO boards of appeal! 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[23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > I left a voice message for Donald at FSF. [23:42] schestowitz > Please add the GFDL as a potential content license for this white paper. [23:42] schestowitz > If this is not going to be an option, please explain because I am confused how your organization won't allow your content license. [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > Personally, after seeing the opensource push, I wouldn't even use CC0. [23:42] schestowitz > Maybe some people would like "pubic domain" instead. Anything BUT CC! [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > https://opensource.creativecommons.org/ [23:42] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-opensource.creativecommons.org | Welcome Creative Commons Open Source [23:42] schestowitz > https://opensource.creativecommons.org/community/code-of-conduct/enforcement/ [23:42] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-opensource.creativecommons.org | Codes of Conduct Enforcement Creative Commons Open Source [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz >>From https://www.fsf.org/blogs/licensing/fsf-funded-call-for-white-papers-on-philosophical-and-legal-questions-around-copilot [23:42] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fsf.org | FSF-funded call for white papers on philosophical and legal questions around Copilot Free Software Foundation Working together for free software [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > ===================== Publication ===================== [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > If your submission is selected for publication, we will contact you about choosing a license for the publication. [23:42] schestowitz > We would expect to agree on one or more from the following list: [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal; [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license; [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 license; and [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 4.0 license. [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > We strongly prefer to publish the authors' names, but on the authors' request we may agree to withhold their names. [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > ===================== Publication End ===================== [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > [23:42] schestowitz > Thank you for your time and consideration, [23:42] schestowitz Same Creative Commons which attacked the FSF's Board 4 months ago :-)