●● IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 ●● ● Feb 22 [00:10] *techrights-ipfs-bot (~techrights-ipfs-bot@pumv3cb2rfinu.irc) has joined #techrights [00:10] IPFS IPFS downstream 60 minutes average 25.06 k/sec., IPFS upstream 43.06 average k/sec., average swarm size 271.90 [00:12] TR News Links 21/2/2022: #SvenGuckes Remembered, Five Pgpool-II Releases Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/21/sven-guckes-remembered/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/21/sven-guckes-remembered/ [00:12] TR Bot Links 21/2/2022: Sven Guckes Remembered, Five Pgpool-II Releases | Techrights [00:13] TR News #Programming Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161721 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [00:13] TR Bot Programming Leftovers | Tux Machines [00:13] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161722 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [00:13] TR Bot today's howtos | Tux Machines [00:13] TR News Proprietary: Games, Red Hat Satellite (More #Ansible Vendor Lock-in), and Microsoft Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161723 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [00:13] TR Bot Proprietary: Games, Red Hat Satellite (More Ansible Vendor Lock-in), and Microsoft | Tux Machines [00:15] TR News Apache Report and Trump (A)GPL Violations Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161724 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [00:15] TR Bot Apache Report and Trump (A)GPL Violations | Tux Machines [00:29] TR News #facebook "metaverse" and "Meta" BS will end up like Libra -- a bunch of nonsense and hot air with nothing to show for it. #FB collapsing in the market is only the beginning as market cap/valuation of all US "tech" companies is faked by like a whole order of magnitude; they're kept afloat by debt or borrowing from savers [00:30] *CrystalMath (~coderain@gir99mg8ptg5w.irc) has joined #techrights [00:33] TR News #apple : we're worth 3,000,000 MILLION dollars. Also Apple: oh, yeah... never mind that, we're actually losing. https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/08/apple-loses-2-trillion-market-capitalization-for-the-first-time-in-2021 [00:33] Alternative link Cloudflare: appleinsider.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/03/08/apple-loses-2-trillion-market-capitalization-for-the-first-time-in-2021 [00:33] TR Bot loses $2 trillion market capitalization for the first time in 2021 | AppleInsider [00:37] TR News Easily to lose count of the number of times #microsoft announced quarterly losses (and more importantly admitted it) https://eng.culturell.com/pochemu-kompaniya-majkrosoft-ponesla-kvartalnie-ubitki-read-733610 they don't always admit: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_-_Financials [00:37] TR Bot ( status 503 @ https://eng.culturell.com/pochemu-kompaniya-majkrosoft-ponesla-kvartalnie-ubitki-read-733610 ) [00:37] Alternative link Cloudflare: culturell.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://eng.culturell.com/pochemu-kompaniya-majkrosoft-ponesla-kvartalnie-ubitki-read-733610 [00:37] TR Bot Microsoft - Financials - Techrights [00:38] TR News This is false. https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a394293/microsoft-posts-first-ever-loss-after-writing-down-aquantive-deal/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_-_Financials #microsoft [00:38] Alternative link Cloudflare: digitalspy.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.digitalspy.com/tech/a394293/microsoft-posts-first-ever-loss-after-writing-down-aquantive-deal/ [00:38] TR Bot Microsoft posts first ever loss [00:38] TR News Fact: first company of #billgates went bankrupt [00:40] XRevan86 https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/21.02.2/ [00:40] TR Bot Index of /releases/21.02.2/ [00:41] TR News They also have you believe #uber is valued at HUNDREDS of BILLIONS of dollars with performance such as this https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/uber-earnings-q2-2019-losses #fakeEconomy [00:41] TR Bot Uber reports $5bn operations loss in just one quarter [00:43] XRevan86 https://openwrt.org/releases/21.02/notes-21.02.2 [00:43] TR Bot [OpenWrt Wiki] OpenWrt 21.02.2 - Service Release - XX February 2022 [00:43] TR News And less than a decade ago even #amazon was reporting losses while #bezos amassed money in his PERSONAL bank account https://www.geekwire.com/2013/amazon-reports-quarterly-loss-41-million/ [00:43] Alternative link Cloudflare: geekwire.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.geekwire.com/2013/amazon-reports-quarterly-loss-41-million/ [00:43] TR Bot reports quarterly net loss of $41M, sales above $17B, exceeding expectations - GeekWire [00:43] XRevan86 Not yet marked as released, but the builds are there, so it's fair game. [00:45] TR News #apple was always more about #hype than actual substance https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/apple-reports-quarterly-loss/article20447410/ [00:45] Alternative link Cloudflare: theglobeandmail.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/apple-reports-quarterly-loss/article20447410/ [00:45] TR Bot Apple reports quarterly loss - The Globe and Mail [00:46] TR News Buying one's own shares isn't #cleveraccounting but outright #fraud or #embezzlement and instead of arresting those who do this they've basically 'legalised' the crime. Just like they do with #taxEvasion ... [00:48] TR News Get sa $5,000 PC to run a bunch of #javascript ? https://www.talospace.com/2022/02/brief-status-update-on-power9.html [00:48] TR Bot Brief status update on the POWER9 JavaScript JIT [00:49] TR News How to avoid admitting your business is failing. 2020: blame "COVID". 2021: blame "supply chain". 2022: blame "Russia"... it's "NEVER OUT FAULT!" (external forces....) [00:50] TR News #OpenWrt 21.02.2 - Service Release https://openwrt.org/releases/21.02/notes-21.02.2 #gnu #linux [00:51] TR News The "Economy" is great!! It's not a #fakeEconomy ... when it goes wrong we blame "nature" (a virus) or "Russia" or something... or the reckless public (victim) taking loans, which the banks approved for personal gain (2008 collapse) [00:57] *techrights-ipfs-bot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Feb 22 [01:10] *techrights-ipfs-bot (~techrights-ipfs-bot@pumv3cb2rfinu.irc) has joined #techrights [01:27] *Despatche has quit (Quit: Read error: Connection reset by deer) [01:30] *AdmFubar1 has quit (connection closed) [01:52] IPFS IPFS downstream 60 minutes average 27.45 k/sec., IPFS upstream 18.58 average k/sec., average swarm size 271.92 ● Feb 22 [02:37] TR News Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. 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OI Canadian [07:33] TR News NEWS #Variety #Misinformation #Disinformation Donald Trumps Truth Social App Hits No. 1 on Apples App Store https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/trump-truth-social-app-no-1-app-store-1235186845/ [07:33] Alternative link Cloudflare: variety.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/trump-truth-social-app-no-1-app-store-1235186845/ [07:33] TR Bot Truth Social App Hits No. 1 on Apple's App Store - Variety [07:33] TR News NEWS #VOANews #Misinformation #Disinformation #Pakistan Toughens Law Against #FakeNews https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-toughens-law-against-fake-news-/6452434.html [07:33] TR Bot Pakistan Toughens Law Against Fake News [07:39] TR News NEWS #Reuters #Patents #EU launches #WTO dispute against# China over #telecom patents https://www.reuters.com/business/eu-challenges-china-wto-over-telecom-patent-protection-2022-02-18/ [07:39] TR Bot launches WTO dispute against China over telecom patents | Reuters [07:39] TR News NEWS #CNET #Patents #EU Challenges China Over #Telecom Patents https://www.cnet.com/tech/eu-challenges-china-over-telecom-patents/ [07:39] Alternative link Cloudflare: cnet.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.cnet.com/tech/eu-challenges-china-over-telecom-patents/ [07:39] TR Bot Challenges China Over Telecom Patents - CNET [07:39] TR News NEWS #AsiaFinancial #Patents #EU Files WTO Complaint Against China Over #Telecom Patents https://www.asiafinancial.com/eu-files-wto-complaint-against-china-over-telecom-patents [07:39] Alternative link Cloudflare: asiafinancial.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.asiafinancial.com/eu-files-wto-complaint-against-china-over-telecom-patents [07:39] TR Bot EU Files WTO Complaint Against China Over Telecom Patents - Asia Financial News [07:40] TR News NEWS #JURIST #Patents #EU sues China at #WTO over telecom patents https://www.jurist.org/news/2022/02/eu-sues-china-at-wto-over-telecom-patents/ [07:40] TR Bot EU sues China at WTO over telecom patents - JURIST - News [07:42] *techrights-ipfs-bot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:45] TR News NEWS #FOSSForce #CNCF Finding Faults: CNCF Has Moved Chaos Mesh to Its Incubator https://fossforce.com/2022/02/finding-faults-cncf-has-moved-chaos-mesh-to-its-incubator/ [07:45] TR Bot Finding Faults: CNCF Has Moved Chaos Mesh to Its Incubator - FOSS Force [07:46] TR News NEWS #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #SciHub Blocking: Court Denies Researchers' Application to Intervene https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-blocking-court-denies-researchers-application-to-intervene-220221/ [07:46] Alternative link Cloudflare: torrentfreak.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-blocking-court-denies-researchers-application-to-intervene-220221/ [07:46] TR Bot Blocking: Court Denies Researchers' Application to Intervene * TorrentFreak [07:46] TR News NEWS #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #Gulag Punishes Pre-Release #FileSharing Sites Harder in Search Results https://torrentfreak.com/google-punishes-prerelease-piracy-sites-harder-in-search-results-220221/ [07:46] Alternative link Cloudflare: torrentfreak.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://torrentfreak.com/google-punishes-prerelease-piracy-sites-harder-in-search-results-220221/ [07:46] TR Bot Punishes Pre-Release Piracy Sites Harder in Search Results * TorrentFreak [07:50] *techrights-ipfs-bot (~techrights-ipfs-bot@pumv3cb2rfinu.irc) has joined #techrights [07:52] IPFS IPFS downstream 60 minutes average 24.75 k/sec., IPFS upstream 48.28 average k/sec., average swarm size 272.03 [07:59] TR News iophk: "absolutely no details in the Reuters-based #patent articles about the nature of any of the #patents or alleged patents; if they are trying to push software patents, those can be summarily dismissed" ● Feb 22 [08:00] TR News I already see people boycotting #microsoft and #windows over this. Nice own goal there. https://hardforum.com/threads/microsoft-to-remove-ability-to-install-win-11-pro-without-being-online-and-signing-in-to-microsoft-account.2017854/ [08:00] Alternative link Cloudflare: hardforum.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://hardforum.com/threads/microsoft-to-remove-ability-to-install-win-11-pro-without-being-online-and-signing-in-to-microsoft-account.2017854/ [08:00] TR Bot Microsoft to Remove Ability to Install Win 11 Pro Without Being Online and Signing in to Microsoft Account | [H]ard|Forum [08:01] TR News Empty page (to me) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1103 #eu site still blocked by #javascript - a MASSIVE accessibility failure! [08:01] Alternative link Cloudflare: europa.eu | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1103 [08:01] TR Bot Press corner | European Commission [08:01] TR News iophk #microsoft and choking? A theme now? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/melbourne/article-10533745/Microsoft-developer-throttled-SEVEN-year-old-son-refused-stop-playing-Nintendo.html [08:01] Alternative link Cloudflare: dailymail.co.uk | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/melbourne/article-10533745/Microsoft-developer-throttled-SEVEN-year-old-son-refused-stop-playing-Nintendo.html [08:01] TR Bot Microsoft developer throttled his SEVEN year old son after he refused to stop playing his Nintendo | Daily Mail Online [08:02] TR News Blood slave kidnapped by Chinese crime gang in #Cambodia drained for months and threatened with #organharvesting | South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3167429/blood-slave-kidnapped-chinese-crime-gang #scmp [08:02] Alternative link Cloudflare: scmp.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/social-welfare/article/3167429/blood-slave-kidnapped-chinese-crime-gang [08:02] TR Bot Blood slave kidnapped by Chinese crime gang in Cambodia drained for months and threatened with organ harvesting | South China Morning Post [08:03] TR News NEWS #Site36 #Surveillance #Privacy Plans for Prm II: #EU member states also want to query driving licence facial images https://digit.site36.net/2022/02/21/plans-for-pruem-ii-eu-member-states-also-want-to-query-driving-licence-facial-images/ [08:03] TR Bot Plans for Prm II: EU member states also want to query driving licence facial images Matthias Monroy [08:06] TR News NEWS #CommonDreams #Patents #monopolies To Stop 'Endless Cycle of Death,' #Biden Urged to Push Emergency #Patent Waiver https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/21/stop-endless-cycle-death-biden-urged-push-emergency-patent-waiver [08:06] Alternative link Cloudflare: commondreams.org | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/21/stop-endless-cycle-death-biden-urged-push-emergency-patent-waiver [08:06] TR Bot To Stop 'Endless Cycle of Death,' Biden Urged to Push Emergency Patent Waiver [08:08] TR News US STILL has more #covid19 deaths this month than 12 months ago. The #biden stance on #patents is only words, no actions. The #patent #monopolies kill millions of people (for profit). [08:09] TR News Forget State #Surveillance . Our Tracking Devices are Now Doing the Same Job - SoylentNews https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=22/02/21/0455216 #soylentnews would be wise to advise readers to STOP carrying those... [08:09] TR Bot Forget State Surveillance. Our Tracking Devices are Now Doing the Same Job - SoylentNews [08:11] TR News Cory @Doctorow linkblog: "Uber is content to skirt labor, safety..." - La Quadrature du Net - Mastodon - Media Fdr https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/107834212508713930 #pluralistic [08:11] TR Bot Cory Doctorow's linkblog: "Uber is content to skirt labor, safety and transp" - La Quadrature du Net - Mastodon - Media Fdr [08:11] TR News FediTips: "The #Fediverse has lots of blind and partially-sigghted" - Mastodon https://mstdn.social/@feditips/107831535959758249 #feditips [08:11] TR Bot FediTips: "The Fediverse has lots of blind and partially-sig" - Mastodon [08:12] psydroid8 I read some more about that locking Lenovo does now with AMD CPUs [08:12] TR News Number of KNOWN and ACTIVE #geminspace capsules has just exceeded 1750 as per gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [08:13] psydroid8 I guess it's a bigger deal if you are kneedeep into x86 territory [08:13] psydroid8 but they are turning the screws [08:14] psydroid8 and the open nature of the platform will never come back [08:14] psydroid8 if it was ever all that open in the first place [08:18] *techrights-ipfs-bot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:23] schestowitz-TR AMD Pluton :-) [08:24] schestowitz-TR btw, larabel's reply still on my mind, he avoided all the important questions [08:24] schestowitz-TR and one of his excuses was [08:24] schestowitz-TR windows reviewers are the same [08:24] schestowitz-TR as if that's a yardstick [08:24] schestowitz-TR it took him almost 3 weeks to respond [08:30] *techrights-ipfs-bot (~techrights-ipfs-bot@pumv3cb2rfinu.irc) has joined #techrights [08:32] TR News #IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 21, 2022 Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/irc-log-210222/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/irc-log-210222/ [08:32] TR Bot IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 21, 2022 | Techrights [08:35] TR News Headline Words https://xkcd.com/2584/ [08:35] TR Bot Headline Words [08:35] Alternative link Cloudflare: xkcd.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://xkcd.com/2584/ [08:36] psydroid8 Larabel is now a Windows reviewer [08:36] psydroid8 He belongs to that same club [08:36] psydroid8 RIP Moronix [08:37] psydroid8 He isn't even writing articles about something happening with ARM, RISC-V and POWER anymore [08:38] schestowitz-TR they need to sell hardware [08:38] schestowitz-TR for a "review" [08:38] schestowitz-TR it's a currency [08:40] TR News NEWS #CreativeCommons #sharing Episode 7: Open Culture VOICES - #LarissaBorck https://creativecommons.org/2022/02/21/episode-7-open-culture-voices-larissa-borck/ [08:40] Alternative link Cloudflare: creativecommons.org | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://creativecommons.org/2022/02/21/episode-7-open-culture-voices-larissa-borck/ [08:40] TR Bot Episode 7: Open Culture VOICES - Larissa Borck - Creative Commons [08:40] TR News #SlaxLinux: Releasing final Slax 11 2 0 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161725 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [08:40] TR Bot Slax Linux: Releasing final Slax 11 2 0 | Tux Machines [08:42] TR News NEWS #TheNation #Inflation The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/inflation-price-gouging/ [08:42] Alternative link Cloudflare: thenation.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/inflation-price-gouging/ [08:42] TR Bot The Dirty Secret of Inflation: Corporations Are Jacking Up Prices and Profits | The Nation [08:42] schestowitz-TR so we need to buy less [08:42] schestowitz-TR trouble is, [08:42] schestowitz-TR with food it's getting harder to find discounted ones [08:43] schestowitz-TR more competition for it [08:43] schestowitz-TR and with energy there's no real competition [08:43] schestowitz-TR it is like a price-fixing cartel [08:43] schestowitz-TR but much of the rest one can just boycott [08:44] schestowitz-TR BT also jacked up boradband prices [08:44] schestowitz-TR for made up reasons [08:45] psydroid8 we are in the era of universal grifting now [08:45] schestowitz-TR yeah [08:45] schestowitz-TR and the media calls those who oppose this "far right" [08:45] schestowitz-TR collectively [08:45] schestowitz-TR as if they're violent extremists who are dangerous bigots [08:46] schestowitz-TR because the so-called "liberal" or "globalist" system is failing them [08:46] schestowitz-TR with lowered salaries [08:46] schestowitz-TR higher rents etc. [08:46] schestowitz-TR then you say they're "racist" for not liking that [08:50] TR News NEWS #PIA #Privacy Interview With Aleksey Lapshin ANY.RUN https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/interview-with-aleksey-lapshin-any-run/ [08:50] Alternative link Cloudflare: privateinternetaccess.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/interview-with-aleksey-lapshin-any-run/ [08:50] TR Bot Interview With Aleksey Lapshin ANY.RUN [08:50] psydroid8 I have to figure out a plan for myself considering these changing conditions [08:51] IPFS IPFS downstream 60 minutes average 27.03 k/sec., IPFS upstream 37.65 average k/sec., average swarm size 272.06 [08:51] psydroid8 I already find you have to be more flexible and creative than before [08:51] schestowitz-TR yes, important to reassess aeverything [08:52] TR News NEWS #CounterPunch #finance Keep It Simple: Our Elected Officials Shouldn't Sell Stocks https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/21/keep-it-simple-our-elected-officials-shouldnt-sell-stocks/ [08:52] Alternative link Cloudflare: counterpunch.org | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/02/21/keep-it-simple-our-elected-officials-shouldnt-sell-stocks/ [08:52] TR Bot It Simple: Our Elected Officials Shouldn't Sell Stocks - 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Those were the days. This morning: https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2022/02/22/debug-net-applications-running-local-containers-vs-code [09:02] TR Bot Debug .NET applications running in local containers with VS Code | Red Hat Developer [09:05] TR News New #billBC BS: learning to "live with COVID".... as in, #borisnaro isn't trying to protect those not infected. COVID FOR EVERYONE! We have our own Bolsonaro. [09:09] TR News gRPC-Gateway 2 in #Fedora https://fale.io/blog/2022/02/22/grpc-gateway-2-in-fedora [09:09] TR Bot NO TITLE [09:11] TR News #redhat #ibm site this morning: "The first step in implementing transformation is to define your approach." In #ibm the approach is to insult and remove older colleagues https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/2/it-leadership-your-first-90-days-cio see http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM#Ageism [09:11] TR Bot IT leadership: Your first 90 Days as CIO | The Enterprisers Project [09:11] TR Bot IBM - Techrights [09:14] TR News #GordonHaff says "enterprise open source" -- a term desiged to demonise common #freesw as if it's not suitable for "commecial" or "nterprise' needs https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2022/2/5-common-misunderstandings-about-enterprise-open-source-software #ibm #redhat [09:14] TR Bot 5 common misunderstandings about enterprise open source software | The Enterprisers Project [09:17] TR News People New To Investing https://assets.amuniversal.com/6f004c906fe9013a97a6005056a9545d #dilbert [09:20] *psydroid4 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #techrights [09:22] TR News Cabinet https://cad-comic.com/comic/deposited-p2/ [09:22] Alternative link Cloudflare: cad-comic.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://cad-comic.com/comic/deposited-p2/ [09:22] TR Bot Deposited, p2 - Ctrl+Alt+Del Comic Ctrl+Alt+Del [09:23] TR News House of Pine https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/comics/4662.png [09:32] TR News Our governments' subsidies to oil companmies and certain crops mean that we all pay a "base rate" for energy and food, we can then pay "premiums" for more of that or better quality. The problem is, the energy and food giants are double-dipping and the full cost is hidden from us. The tax you pay and plutocrats do not pay is also for basics. [09:33] TR News IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161726 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [09:33] TR Bot IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers | Tux Machines [09:34] TR News 11 Best #FreeSW Personal Finance Software Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161727 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [09:34] TR Bot 11 Best Free and Open Source Personal Finance Software | Tux Machines [09:41] psydroid4 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/12850448 [09:41] TR Bot Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7A40 - Geekbench Browser [09:41] psydroid4 https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/7004026 [09:41] TR Bot realme RMX3031 - Geekbench Browser [09:41] psydroid4 AMD from 2017 is obsolete [09:42] psydroid4 AMD from 2019 is close to being obsolete [09:42] psydroid4 that's why bribes are absolutely necessary [09:44] TR News #redhat staff needs a better understanding of #ibm http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM [09:44] TR Bot IBM - Techrights [09:45] TR News #spamnil reduced from 3 videos a day to 5 in a whole week. You can see 2-month old videos with 21 views on them. It's a waste of time to even participate in those... #linuxfoundation is a joke. [09:45] schestowitz-TR psydroid4: seems so [09:45] schestowitz-TR they are cheap to amd [09:45] schestowitz-TR because much of the cost or margins of "r&d" os "aye pee" [09:46] schestowitz-TR not sure how much the fab process costs [09:46] schestowitz-TR but for epyc probably less than $10 [09:46] psydroid4 imagine being in the position of AMD and basically only have gaming and some productivity applications for Windows as your main selling feature [09:46] schestowitz-TR and ploooooton [09:46] psydroid4 if/when those markets disappear you are screwed [09:46] schestowitz-TR the pluton platoon [09:46] psydroid4 so they have an investment in Windows, DRM, TPM and friends [09:47] schestowitz-TR to head more computatiopnal overhead [09:47] schestowitz-TR like drm does [09:47] psydroid4 else you will be using your phone [09:47] schestowitz-TR drm burns the planet [09:47] schestowitz-TR extra energy nwasted [09:47] psydroid4 or make that phone into a free device [09:47] schestowitz-TR because you assume the viewer is a "criminal" [09:47] psydroid4 attach a keyboard, mouse and screen and voil computer [09:47] schestowitz-TR I have 5 keyboards aropund me [09:48] schestowitz-TR I use only one though [09:48] schestowitz-TR barrier nnd synergy both running [09:48] schestowitz-TR rianne does the same [09:48] psydroid4 the only thing holding phones back is the software running on them [09:48] schestowitz-TR with her quad-core arm [09:48] schestowitz-TR yes, phones are under-utilised [09:48] psydroid4 but more importantly the main chips inside of them [09:48] schestowitz-TR the chips in them could drive DeX [09:48] psydroid4 I compiled some software using termux on android [09:48] schestowitz-TR microsoft seems to have nixed it [09:49] psydroid4 but it's not ideal because of the android environment [09:49] psydroid4 we want that to be actual GNU/Linux [09:49] psydroid4 and of course the baseband modem is something I don't care about [09:49] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2019/10/22/shades-of-elop/ [09:49] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2019/10/21/on-samsung-dropping-dex/ [09:49] TR Bot Looking for Explanations About Samsungs DeX and Other FOSS Initiatives Being Canned | Techrights [09:49] TR Bot Samsung Does Not Say Why Its Dropping DeX, But the ASUS EEE Story Might Offer Clues | Techrights [09:49] psydroid4 these things could be actual pocket computers [09:50] schestowitz-TR yes! [09:50] schestowitz-TR add microhdmi [09:50] schestowitz-TR 2 usb ports [09:50] schestowitz-TR and off you go [09:51] schestowitz-TR maybe 3 usb [09:51] schestowitz-TR mouse, keyboard, storage [09:51] psydroid4 it's unfortunate that I broke the screen of the phone I was gifted [09:51] schestowitz-TR these phones already have a bettery [09:51] psydroid4 I still don't know what to do about it [09:51] schestowitz-TR better than barebones SBCs, as they lack a battery by default [09:51] psydroid4 but I was planning to see if I can replace everything with a GNU/Linux distribution [09:51] schestowitz-TR and cannot do "data connection" [09:52] psydroid4 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage is enough [09:52] psydroid4 but yes [09:52] IPFS IPFS downstream 60 minutes average 25.76 k/sec., IPFS upstream 34.66 average k/sec., average swarm size 272.08 [09:52] schestowitz-TR dex did thatr [09:52] schestowitz-TR but Microsoft had to kill it [09:52] schestowitz-TR there are more of these devices than windows desktops and laptops [09:53] schestowitz-TR maybe 4 billion versus 2 billion [09:53] schestowitz-TR capable of running full OS [09:53] schestowitz-TR and those are more portable [09:53] schestowitz-TR it's basically like a raspberry pi that fits in the pocket [09:53] schestowitz-TR and runs on batteries, too [09:53] schestowitz-TR "just add water" (or keyboard) [09:53] psydroid4 yeah [09:54] schestowitz-TR it's inevitable though [09:54] schestowitz-TR they killed dex [09:54] psydroid4 I think we need to be more active around these devices [09:54] schestowitz-TR maybe more patent blackmail against samsung [09:54] psydroid4 hack them and run our own software on them [09:54] psydroid4 even if that is being made as hard as possible [09:56] psydroid4 hacking in a good sense, what I bought should be mine to control [09:58] schestowitz-TR brb, recording ● Feb 22 [10:04] *techrights-ipfs-bot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:21] TR News #Slax 11.2 Released After More Than 2 Years with EFI Boot Support for USB Devices Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161728 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [10:21] TR Bot Slax 11.2 Released After More Than 2 Years with EFI Boot Support for USB Devices | Tux Machines [10:34] TR News #HowTo make #KDE look like GNOME on Linux | https://opensource.com/article/22/2/make-kde-look-like-gnome #FreeSW #RedHat #IBM [10:34] TR Bot to make KDE look like GNOME on Linux | Opensource.com [10:39] TR News 266: Jills Treasure Hunt Featuring COSMIC INFINITY With Intel Pentium Pro - Destination Linux https://destinationlinux.org/epissode-266/ #destinationlinux #gnu #linux [10:39] TR Bot 266: Jill's Treasure Hunt Featuring COSMIC INFINITY With Intel Pentium Pro - Destination Linux [10:48] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161729 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [10:48] TR Bot today's howtos | Tux Machines ● Feb 22 [11:01] *SkywaveC3 (~SkywaveC3@ch5ygb3p3yqhk.irc) has joined #techrights [11:01] *Skywave has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:05] *SkywaveC3 has quit (Quit) [11:05] *Skywave (~SkywaveC3@ch5ygb3p3yqhk.irc) has joined #techrights [11:12] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/22022139 [11:12] TR Bot IRCZ makes your life worth living https://i.redd.it/uxfdseytwei81.jpg created on 2022-02-21 13:52:54.594007 [11:14] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@yhxz8ukcfq5ba.irc) has joined #techrights [11:14] DaemonFC https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2022/02/21/15-year-old-boy-wrongly-charged-with-shooting-store-clerk-in-waukegan-says-police-offered-him-mcdonalds-in-exchange-for-confession/ [11:14] Alternative link Cloudflare: lakemchenryscanner.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2022/02/21/15-year-old-boy-wrongly-charged-with-shooting-store-clerk-in-waukegan-says-police-offered-him-mcdonalds-in-exchange-for-confession/ [11:14] TR Bot 15-year-old boy wrongly charged with shooting store clerk in Waukegan says police offered him McDonald's in exchange for confession [11:15] DaemonFC I would have said, "Gee, McDonalds sounds great. How about an Egg McFuckYourself?". [11:16] TR News About 5 New #GeminiCapsules (Equivalent of Web Sites) Per Day Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/1750-active-capsules/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/1750-active-capsules/ [11:16] TR Bot About 5 New Gemini Capsules (Equivalent of Web Sites) Per Day | Techrights [11:17] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: did you hear about signup for vista11? [11:17] schestowitz-TR it's making Microsoft enemies [11:17] DaemonFC No [11:17] schestowitz-TR people who abandon Windows completely [11:17] schestowitz-TR [07:31] NEWS #OICanadian #Privacy #Surveillance #Microsoft requires all #vista11 users to create a Microsoft account for initial setup https://oicanadian.com/microsoft-requires-all-windows-11-users-to-create-a-microsoft-account-for-initial-setup/ [11:17] Alternative link Cloudflare: oicanadian.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://oicanadian.com/microsoft-requires-all-windows-11-users-to-create-a-microsoft-account-for-initial-setup/ [11:17] TR Bot Microsoft requires all Windows 11 users to create a Microsoft account for initial setup - OI Canadian [11:17] schestowitz-TR it is a big deal [11:17] schestowitz-TR maybe you can write about it [11:19] TR News The Government's got your number (and more) https://internetfreedom.in/the-governments-got-your-number-and-more/ #internetfreedom #internet #in #india [11:19] Alternative link Cloudflare: internetfreedom.in | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://internetfreedom.in/the-governments-got-your-number-and-more/ [11:19] TR Bot The Government's got your number (and more) [11:24] TR News #Linux Beats Apple, Microsoft, And Google At Security Patches http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161688#comment-32878 [11:24] TR Bot Security Leftovers | Tux Machines [11:24] TR News Ubuntu vulnerabilities allow escalation to root: time to patch http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161587#comment-32877 http://techrights.org/2022/02/19/more-sky-falling-fud/ [11:24] TR Bot Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered in snap-confine | Tux Machines [11:24] TR Bot Snap is Not Linux and the Sky is Not Falling | Techrights [11:25] TR News "Between 2022-02-15 and 2022-02-22 there were 19 new #Steam #games with Native #GNU #Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 227 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 8.4 % of total released titles. Heres a quick pick of the most interesting ones" https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2022-02-22-edition/ [11:25] TR Bot New Steam Games with Native Linux Clients - 2022-02-22 Edition - Boiling Steam [11:27] TR News "new research showing that Linux developers are faster" to patch http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161706#comment-32879 [11:27] TR Bot Security Leftovers | Tux Machines [11:33] DaemonFC https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/waukegan-illinois-police-frame-15-year-old-for-dollar-general-shooting-tried-to-get-a-confession-for-some-mcdonalds-food-and-had-to-stop-only-due-to-video-evidence-that-he-was-elsewhere/ [11:33] TR Bot Waukegan, Illinois police frame 15 year old for Dollar General shooting, tried to get a confession for some McDonalds food, and had to stop only due to video evidence that he was elsewhere. BaronHK's Rants [11:33] DaemonFC "If it had been me and they said theyd get me McDonalds in exchange for a felony confession, Id have (without confessing) told them I could go for an Egg McFuckYourself, but I think Id rather speak with my attorney. Thanks.." [11:34] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, Filet-o-Fish maybe? [11:34] DaemonFC Couple apple pies? [11:35] DaemonFC "Gee, that sounds great and all, but their ice cream machine is always broken." [11:38] DaemonFC Edited: "This is against the new Illinois law on police mistreatment of minors, which says that they cant lie or coerce a minor. Telling a minor they get to go home if they confess to shooting a man in the face is a pretty big lie, in my opinion." [11:42] MinceR (cat) https://i.imgur.com/RfQGeWp.jpeg [11:42] Alternative link Cloudflare: imgur.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://i.imgur.com/RfQGeWp.jpeg [11:43] schestowitz-TR I would rather talk about tech here... [11:47] TR News [Meme] When Managers Do Not Understand the Staff (or Refuse to Understand It) Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/epo-managers-do-not-understand-the-staff/ #Techrights #EPO #Europe #Patents #SUEPO | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/epo-managers-do-not-understand-the-staff/ [11:47] TR Bot [Meme] When Managers Do Not Understand the Staff (or Refuse to Understand It) | Techrights [11:55] *bnchs (~bnchs@46nncqwu92n3c.irc) has joined #techrights [11:58] bnchs throughout the internet, i'm noticing these sites that copy answers off of stack overflow [11:58] bnchs and put their ads on it [11:58] bnchs s/internet/web/ ● Feb 22 [12:01] DaemonFC Sounds like a good business to be in. [12:02] bnchs i htae how vulkan fanatics try to make you believe that you can only do ray tracing in vulkan [12:02] DaemonFC https://innocenceproject.org/chicago-tribune-a-telling-expose-of-waukegan-police-department/ [12:02] Alternative link Cloudflare: innocenceproject.org | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://innocenceproject.org/chicago-tribune-a-telling-expose-of-waukegan-police-department/ [12:02] TR Bot Chicago Tribune: A Telling Expose of Waukegan Police Department - Innocence Project [12:03] bnchs even though you can do ray tracing entirely on the CPU [12:03] DaemonFC " . But, to the contrary, in five out of the six investigations that resulted in wrongful convictions, the officers on the case were actually promoted to chief or deputy chief." [12:04] DaemonFC "A number of officers in the department tried to make changes from within by filing complaints about the corruption they witnessed at the hands of their colleagues, but with little to no success. Their grievances were opposed by superiors who claimed that the whistleblowers were lying and should be fired. City officials have also come to the defense of the department and its detectives, even as it continues to pay large settlements and face law [12:04] DaemonFC suits" [12:05] bnchs and even then, theres these games that remove OpenGL just because its "outdated" [12:05] bnchs and replace it with vulkan [12:05] bnchs breaking support for even decade old devices [12:05] DaemonFC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlqKFlU7YAs [12:05] TR Bot NO TITLE [12:07] bnchs i wonder if they're bribed by the khoronos group [12:08] *rowbee has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [12:08] MinceR it's just the usual idiotism in IT [12:08] MinceR "if it's not brand new, it's bad" [12:10] *techrights-ipfs-bot (~techrights-ipfs-bot@pumv3cb2rfinu.irc) has joined #techrights [12:10] IPFS IPFS downstream 60 minutes average 21.05 k/sec., IPFS upstream 52.10 average k/sec., average swarm size 272.09 [12:13] bnchs also the graphics API shouldn't do the job of tracing rays [12:13] bnchs but they push vulkan's ray tracing extension like shit [12:13] DaemonFC MinceR, Release incomplete standard. [12:14] DaemonFC Wait for it to be implemented in hardware. [12:14] DaemonFC Put important stuff that should have been at the core of the standard, before it went out in. [12:14] DaemonFC Sell MOAR hardware. [12:14] DaemonFC That's Vulkan in a nutshell. [12:14] DaemonFC They're still playing catch up with Direct3D 11 in some cases. [12:16] bnchs the point of Vulkan is lost on me [12:16] bnchs why should you need a new graphics API [12:17] bnchs especially when theres still good devices that have GPUs that dont implement Vulkan [12:17] MinceR Vulkan is supposed to have less overhead than OpenGL [12:19] *bnchs has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:25] DaemonFC There's mods for older Fallout games to get them to use Vulkan through dxvk. [12:25] DaemonFC It's getting pretty clumsy to run those old binaries. [12:25] DaemonFC But if Microsoft recompiled them they'd probably just be even worse than they are now. [12:26] psydroid4 you don't want Microsoft to touch any software [12:26] DaemonFC That's definitely what happened to Fallout 4. [12:26] psydroid4 just like you don't want Bill Gates to be touching anyone [12:26] DaemonFC They've been turning it into a loot box game with lots more dependencies on Windows. [12:26] psydroid4 if that is their end game to keep Windows relevant, it's a new low [12:27] psydroid4 but just when we think Microsoft can't sink any lower, they actually achieve to do just that [12:27] psydroid4 I think (PC) gaming died for me around 2010 [12:28] psydroid4 the last commercial game I played with my friends was UT2K4 using the Linux binaries [12:29] TR News [Meme] Military-grade Propaganda in EPO.org This Past Week Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/epo-military-grade-propaganda/ #Techrights #EPO #unitarypatent #unifiedpatentcourt #coverup | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/epo-military-grade-propaganda/ [12:29] TR Bot [Meme] Military-grade Propaganda in EPO.org This Past Week | Techrights [12:43] DaemonFC I get to try to get my plate sticker today. [12:44] DaemonFC Illinois doesn't put your registration ID and PIN on your first registration. [12:44] DaemonFC And due to COVID, you have to hop on one leg into the building and recite The Night Before Christmas to renew your plate. [12:47] DaemonFC COVID is still very dangerous, but not in Illinois. [12:47] DaemonFC But it's very dangerous in Chicago. [12:48] DaemonFC But only within the city limits. [12:48] DaemonFC And for three months, they'll fine businesses that don't check for your vaccine card. [12:48] DaemonFC Then they'll stop. Maybe. [12:52] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:59] *techrights-ipfs-bot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Feb 22 [13:14] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/22022111 [13:14] TR Bot IRCZ makes your life worth living https://i.redd.it/w8z331alhli81.jpg created on 2022-02-21 04:24:23.866656 [13:24] TR News #Ubuntu Users Get Another Major Kernel Update, Up to 15 Vulnerabilities Patched Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161730 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [13:24] TR Bot Ubuntu Users Get Another Major Kernel Update, Up to 15 Vulnerabilities Patched | Tux Machines [13:29] schestowitz [11:58] throughout the internet, i'm noticing these sites that copy answers off of stack overflow [13:29] schestowitz they do that to all sorts of forums [13:29] schestowitz but search engines typically penalise them for it [13:29] schestowitz so they're mostly wasting their time [13:29] schestowitz in due course the advertisers ban them also [13:30] schestowitz iirc, stack overflow pushes Microsoft ads [13:30] schestowitz like, you search for linux help [13:30] schestowitz and they then push Azure to you [13:40] TR News Now 1752 active capsules. It grows fast! gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi [13:41] TR News #GNOME 42 Desktop Environment Is Now Ready for Public Beta Testing Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161731 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [13:41] TR Bot GNOME 42 Desktop Environment Is Now Ready for Public Beta Testing | Tux Machines [13:43] XRevan86 It's amazing how many resources were pushed into Nordstream 2. I take it yesterday we saw the final nail in that coffin. [13:45] *psymin (~psymin@me3biw7mdts84.irc) has joined #techrights [13:45] *psymin (~psymin@user/psymin) has joined #techrights [13:46] XRevan86 Ariadne: What happened with that AGPLv3+, Commons Clause court ruling thingy? [13:46] XRevan86 The forkers thought it's AGPLv3+ OR Commons Clause, and the authors claimed it's AND? [13:46] Ariadne XRevan86: the court ruled that AGPLv3 + Commons Clause is AGPLv3 + Commons Clause and that section 10 of the GPL does not apply [13:46] Ariadne yes [13:46] Ariadne and the court agreed [13:47] XRevan86 Ariadne: What's the link to the software? [13:47] Ariadne neo4j [13:47] Ariadne i forget what the fork is [13:47] Ariadne ONgDB [13:47] Ariadne i guess [13:47] XRevan86 Don't need the fork, I want to know how licensing is described there. [13:50] XRevan86 > The Software is subject to the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 (http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/agpl-3.0.html), included in the LICENSE.txt file, with the Commons Clause. [13:50] XRevan86 I see [13:50] TR Bot GNU Affero General Public License - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation [13:51] XRevan86 Yea, I see why it's AND. [13:54] *bnchs (~bnchs@46nncqwu92n3c.irc) has joined #techrights [13:55] psydroid4 was it always licensed under AGPLv3+ with Common Clause? [13:55] psydroid4 Commons* [13:56] XRevan86 No, since 2018. [13:56] XRevan86 If the fork is of the pre-relicensing code, then it should still be free. [13:56] psydroid4 yes [13:57] TR News Valve gives #SteamVR and Linux a little love in the latest update | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/valve-gives-steamvr-and-linux-a-little-love-in-the-latest-update/ #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games [13:57] Alternative link Cloudflare: gamingonlinux.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/valve-gives-steamvr-and-linux-a-little-love-in-the-latest-update/ [13:57] TR Bot gives SteamVR and Linux a little love in the latest update | GamingOnLinux [13:58] TR News Godot Engine - Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 3 https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-0-alpha-3 #godotengine #deletegithub [13:58] Alternative link Cloudflare: godotengine.org | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-0-alpha-3 [13:58] TR Bot Godot Engine - Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 3 [13:59] bnchs godot is not safe from microsoft ● Feb 22 [14:02] XRevan86 Ariadne: https://github.com/graphfoundation/ongdb/commit/ab67eff4d8bc69ed4c4393afff065972e29435f8 hm [14:02] TR Bot - Start with Neo4j Enterprise 3.4.0-rc02 under pure AGPLv3 graphfoundation/ongdb@ab67eff GitHub [14:03] XRevan86 Unless they cherry-picked Commons Clause code afterwards, they should be in the clear. [14:03] XRevan86 Because (A)GPL is explicitly non-revokable. [14:04] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@niq969tgf3sru.irc) has joined #techrights [14:04] DaemonFC Oh there we go. My car is legal for another year. Woohoo. [14:05] DaemonFC The lady said I was really early to renew my plate. I told her, "Yeah, I have to get here before my ex poaches my license plate discount.". [14:06] schestowitz clickbait https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-getrandom-8450p [14:06] Alternative link Cloudflare: phoronix.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-getrandom-8450p [14:06] TR Bot getrandom() Sees A 8450% Improvement With Latest Code - Phoronix [14:07] schestowitz bnchs: Microsoft paid them too [14:07] schestowitz to add c# [14:07] schestowitz and I challenged them over it [14:07] schestowitz no intention to get off microsoft platform [14:07] bnchs yes they "donated" to them [14:07] bnchs to add C# support [14:07] schestowitz of course they did [14:07] schestowitz they are now #gatesPartner [14:07] bnchs it was a donation [14:08] bnchs not a bribe [14:08] bnchs it would sound horrible if it was a bribe [14:08] schestowitz haha [14:08] schestowitz now you sound like me [14:08] psydroid4 #godot is now #gatespartner? [14:08] schestowitz godot: we are open to campaign contributions [14:08] XRevan86 > Defendants argue that Plaintiffs were not permitted to alter the form license agreement under the terms of the Free Software Foundations (FSF) copyright over the form AGPLv3. But whether Plaintiffs acted in accordance with the copyright covering the AGPLv3 is not at issue before this Court, as Defendants are not entitled to enforce the FSFs copyright. [14:08] schestowitz kickstarter campaigns [14:08] XRevan86 Interesting detail. [14:09] schestowitz goDOTnet [14:09] XRevan86 > The issue before the Court is whether the Neo4j Sweden Software License permits the [14:09] XRevan86 alleged removal or alteration of CMI in the Neo4j EE source code, such that Defendants alleged [14:09] XRevan86 distribution of that altered source code is not actionable. [14:09] XRevan86 Is it really? [14:11] bnchs at least godot splits up the program binaries into 2 editions [14:11] TR News #Games: Native Steam Ports, SteamVR, and Godot Engine Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161732 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [14:11] TR Bot Games: Native Steam Ports, SteamVR, and Godot Engine | Tux Machines [14:11] bnchs non-micro$oft version and micro$oft version [14:15] XRevan86 Ariadne: I've skimmed the text of the appeal decision, and I don't understand if it's proven that ONgDB *removed* the Commons Clause from the code. [14:17] TR News Daniel Pocock: #WeMakeFedora and #Ukraine under attack https://danielpocock.com/wemakefedora-and-ukraine-under-attack/ #ibm #fedora isn't about inclusion at all: http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/ [14:17] TR Bot WeMakeFedora.org and Ukraine under attack [14:17] TR Bot Imperialistic Blacklist Machines: Racist IBM and Red Hat Just Like Donald Trump Have Turned Fedora Into an Utterly Racist Project That Blacklists, Shuns and Permanently Bans People Based on Their Nationality Alone | Techrights [14:18] TR News #EasyOS version 3.4.1 released Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161733 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [14:19] TR Bot EasyOS version 3.4.1 released | Tux Machines [14:23] XRevan86 Ariadne: Everyone seems to be focused on whether amending restrictions on top of AGPL is legal. [14:23] XRevan86 Does that mean that The Graph Foundation really did strip away the Commons Clause, therefore the question being whether that's a legal thing to do? [14:23] Ariadne 8:17 AM Daniel Pocock: #WeMakeFedora and #Ukraine under attack https://danielpocock.com/wemakefedora-and-ukraine-under-attack/ #ibm #fedora isn't about inclusion at all: http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/ [14:23] XRevan86 From the commit history it's not obvious. [14:24] Ariadne schestowitz: i've been over this with you numerous times and i'm very tired at this point [14:24] Ariadne the websites operated by daniel pocock are harassment vehicles [14:24] schestowitz-TR I didn't say I agreed [14:24] schestowitz-TR I just linked to it [14:25] schestowitz-TR and then linked to my take on Fedora kicking out an Iranian [14:25] schestowitz-TR which I thought was a low blow [14:25] schestowitz-TR and justian F agreed [14:25] schestowitz-TR it actually upset many fedorans [14:26] schestowitz-TR these are very legitimate issue [14:26] schestowitz-TR as were the abuses by FSFE [14:26] schestowitz-TR with Fellows' money [14:26] schestowitz-TR this is what got all this mess started [14:29] MinceR https://ircz.de/p/22022063 [14:29] *bnchs has quit (connection closed) [14:29] TR Bot IRCZ makes your life worth living https://i.redd.it/m9811bzzxki81.jpg created on 2022-02-20 22:44:37.072601 [14:29] TR News This is very spammy https://linuxhandbook.com/eduops/ [14:29] Alternative link Cloudflare: linuxhandbook.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://linuxhandbook.com/eduops/ [14:29] TR Bot EduOps: Applying DevOps To Bring the Academia and Industry Together [14:32] schestowitz-TR orgs to be angry at: [14:32] schestowitz-TR fsfe [14:32] schestowitz-TR ibm [14:32] schestowitz-TR fedora [14:32] schestowitz-TR debian DPL and co [14:32] schestowitz-TR the way it happened was, [14:32] schestowitz-TR concerned raised internally by the fellows' rep [14:32] schestowitz-TR amicably and politely [14:32] schestowitz-TR but instead resulting in retribution and threats from fsfe [14:33] schestowitz-TR then, they decided to destroy his career even well outside fsfe [14:33] schestowitz-TR by targeting him as debian developer [14:33] schestowitz-TR and that's where things went downhill [14:33] schestowitz-TR years later fedora welcomed him back [14:33] schestowitz-TR but back room politics, partly with IBM, worsened thinga [14:33] schestowitz-TR canceling people is, in general, leading to nasty things [14:33] schestowitz-TR which I do NOT endoese [14:34] schestowitz-TR like 'swatting' or doxing [14:34] DaemonFC FSFE is being promoted by /r/linux. [14:34] schestowitz-TR but that's where we are [14:34] DaemonFC That ought to be enough of a warning that something deeply wrong is going on with FSFE. [14:34] schestowitz-TR and we must recognise the situation isn't pretty [14:34] DaemonFC The /r/linux folks never talk up the FSF like this. [14:34] schestowitz-TR I also link to statements from the "other side" [14:34] schestowitz-TR and have included all of them [14:34] schestowitz-TR to people can judge for themselves [14:34] schestowitz-TR that's what any journalist would do [14:35] DaemonFC Debian Project Leader elections have been getting worse for ages now. [14:35] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: reddit =establishment [14:35] DaemonFC Ever since around 2009, I think. [14:35] schestowitz-TR they censor any 'counterculture' [14:35] schestowitz-TR and it's disguised as "community" [14:35] schestowitz-TR corporate SUB-culture [14:35] DaemonFC Candidate quality gets worse. [14:35] schestowitz-TR it's not just FSFE [14:35] schestowitz-TR but also SFC [14:35] DaemonFC As does the people voting. [14:36] schestowitz-TR they badmouth FSF, RMS etc. and incite people, based on half-truth or outright falsehoods [14:36] DaemonFC Debian was starting to push back against IBM/Red Hat. [14:36] schestowitz-TR in an effort to replace the originals with Microsoft-funded shills [14:36] DaemonFC They were going to bring in Upstart and switch the default desktop to Xfce. [14:36] schestowitz-TR FSFE and SFC are both bagging money from Microsoft BTW [14:36] schestowitz-TR and they try to silence me, too [14:36] DaemonFC They should have just gone ahead and done both. [14:36] DaemonFC There are distributions that don't have GNOME. [14:36] Ariadne 8:36 AM they badmouth FSF, RMS etc. and incite people, based on half-truth or outright falsehoods [14:37] Ariadne so does pocock [14:37] Ariadne just sayin' [14:37] DaemonFC They tell you use self-contained applications if you want GTK stuff. [14:37] schestowitz-TR IBM is partly rogue actor at this point, as they don't know how to make up for failing profits [14:37] schestowitz-TR IBM now engages in 'creative accounting' [14:37] schestowitz-TR Ariadne: yes, about a year ago he lost it [14:37] DaemonFC The "news", NPR, keeps pitching IBM. [14:38] DaemonFC As if they were a company on the rise. [14:38] *bnchs (~bnchs@46nncqwu92n3c.irc) has joined #techrights [14:38] schestowitz-TR the levels of ad hom got very bad [14:38] schestowitz-TR it wasn't always good before this either [14:38] *psydroid4 has only been banned from commenting on /r/amd so far [14:38] schestowitz-TR esp. some nazi analogies [14:38] schestowitz-TR IBM is dying [14:38] schestowitz-TR look at their profits [14:38] schestowitz-TR they branches out to a new shell [14:38] schestowitz-TR with a name like cough medicine [14:38] schestowitz-TR and that helps them hide their demise [14:39] schestowitz-TR shell game in the context of accounting [14:39] schestowitz-TR you shuff\le the "buckets" [14:39] schestowitz-TR only gov. bailout can save IBM at this point [14:39] schestowitz-TR they work a lot with governments [14:39] schestowitz-TR psydroid4: can what /r/ stands for... [14:40] schestowitz-TR "reality distortion" [14:40] DaemonFC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Marcellis_Stinnette [14:40] TR Bot Killing of Marcellis Stinnette - Wikipedia [14:40] schestowitz-TR s bunch of lunacy and mofs [14:40] DaemonFC The body camera got the whole thing. [14:40] psydroid4 schestowitz-TR, yes [14:40] Ariadne schestowitz-TR: since over a year ago, he is mad because he was punished by debian due to nepotism [14:40] DaemonFC But the Waukegan police department has a bad reputation that they have earned. [14:40] schestowitz-TR in /r/rust they censors microsoft critics [14:40] DaemonFC So without that, I would have said who knows what happened. [14:40] schestowitz-TR condemning crimes is impermissible in rust [14:40] psydroid4 AMD fans are some of the most rabid ones out there [14:40] Ariadne for example, my girlfriend is also an alpine developer, but if alpine participated in GSoC, and i supervised her as a GSoC student, i would rightly be kicked out of alpine for this [14:41] schestowitz-TR i think this is false [14:41] psydroid4 maybe they got bitten by dogs and got rabies [14:41] schestowitz-TR they made up a false story about him [14:41] schestowitz-TR make sure the sources are correct [14:41] Ariadne they did not [14:41] schestowitz-TR because some people had floated a misleading story [14:41] Ariadne the majority of the messages about this are on the public gsoc-discuss list [14:41] Ariadne would you like me to republish them [14:42] schestowitz-TR a link might do [14:43] Ariadne okay, well, i am setting up some in-ear monitors at the moment [14:43] schestowitz-TR i'd love to see it [14:43] schestowitz-TR and assess it [14:43] Ariadne so i can do these jitsi/zoom/whatever calls without looking like a dork [14:44] bnchs reddit is pretty unpredictable [14:44] Ariadne but i can say that the quoted messages from stephanie wurle are authentic [14:44] schestowitz-TR bnchs: it's not worth the time [14:44] schestowitz-TR when we did boycotttnovell in 2006 and 2007 reddit was already censorious [14:44] schestowitz-TR microsoft and novell employees would park there, defaming me [14:44] bnchs its full of NPCs that go with the upvotes [14:44] schestowitz-TR the idea was to silence their critics [14:44] schestowitz-TR to protect their salaeries [14:45] bnchs they will say anything as long as it gave them upvotes [14:45] schestowitz-TR reddit succumbed in their favious [14:45] Ariadne my IEMs just worked with pipewire too [14:45] Ariadne very good [14:45] schestowitz-TR 'hackers' 'news' does the same now for IBM [14:45] Ariadne winning today [14:45] schestowitz-TR censoring links to factual articles about ibm [14:45] schestowitz-TR stephanie taylor? [14:45] schestowitz-TR same person but married? [14:46] schestowitz-TR pocock had some conflicts with her [14:46] schestowitz-TR it the same person [14:46] bnchs reddit is associated with childish soyboys [14:46] schestowitz-TR over allegations of conflict of interest in cases that are not his [14:46] schestowitz-TR she too has a lot to cover up (taylor) [14:46] schestowitz-TR bnchs: don't know what that means [14:47] schestowitz-TR but like I said, reddit is a waste of time [14:47] schestowitz-TR it does ad campaigns with Microsoft [14:47] bnchs i mean in other social media [14:47] schestowitz-TR like pushing Internet Explorer [14:47] schestowitz-TR because Microsoft paid them to do it [14:47] bnchs they're associated with that [14:47] schestowitz-TR Microsoft was also caught having paid astroturfing in reddit [14:47] schestowitz-TR they deserves each other [14:47] schestowitz-TR they should frown trogether [14:47] schestowitz-TR two ethicless liars [14:47] schestowitz-TR *drown [14:48] bnchs reddit quarantines subreddits [14:48] schestowitz-TR and many are led to think reddit = geeks [14:48] bnchs and even shadowbans users [14:48] schestowitz-TR reddit = corporations and lies [14:48] bnchs they hide the moderator list so you dont know who banned you [14:48] bnchs although you access it with a simple URL change [14:48] TR News #KDE Plasma 5.24.2 LTS Released with More Fixes for Plasma Wayland and Overview Effect Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161734 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [14:48] TR Bot KDE Plasma 5.24.2 LTS Released with More Fixes for Plasma Wayland and Overview Effect | Tux Machines [14:49] bnchs s/you/you can/ [14:49] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161735 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [14:49] TR Bot today's howtos | Tux Machines [14:49] schestowitz-TR bnchs: users are not eddit customers [14:49] schestowitz-TR the advertisers are [14:49] schestowitz-TR like Microsoft [14:49] schestowitz-TR so the business model can be silencing/shadowbanning/banning Microsoft critics [14:50] schestowitz-TR filters as a service [14:50] schestowitz-TR or censorship as a product [14:50] schestowitz-TR same thing other social control media sites do [14:50] bnchs they think microsoft as this "open source" savior [14:50] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2021/07/05/bill-gates-pays-twitter/ [14:50] bnchs and will go apeshit if you criticize them [14:50] TR Bot Reality is Warped When You Pay for Perception Management (or: Bill Gates Pays Twitter for Propaganda) | Techrights [14:50] schestowitz #gatesPartner [14:50] schestowitz bnchs: reddit is stacked by Microsoft [14:51] schestowitz and want to scare Microsoft critics [14:51] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2013/06/09/reddit-infiltrated/ [14:51] TR Bot Microsoft Crime Persists: AstroTurfing a Regular Practice, Reddit Full of Paid Microsoft AstroTurfers | Techrights [14:51] bnchs they can just downvote your post to the bottom [14:51] schestowitz-TR reddit ought not even exist at this point [14:51] bnchs so nobody can see it [14:51] schestowitz-TR it promoted IE9 for money [14:51] schestowitz-TR and it's stacked by paid shills [14:51] schestowitz-TR it's worse by miles than wikipedia [14:52] bnchs and twitter has also adopted the downvotes [14:52] schestowitz-TR twtter is losing money [14:52] schestowitz-TR going down the drain, traffic-wise too [14:52] schestowitz-TR people get tired [14:52] schestowitz-TR and see life outside that hate machine [14:52] schestowitz-TR it's ahate machine [14:52] schestowitz-TR dividing people for "engagement" [14:52] schestowitz-TR and not deranking what's false [14:52] schestowitz-TR but what's not "good for business" [14:53] DaemonFC Promoted IE 9.... LOL [14:53] schestowitz-TR they waited until 2 weeks from biden inauguration before doing ANYTHING to Trump [14:53] schestowitz-TR and all those yearsd they said they did not condone "hate speech" [14:53] *psydroid4 revels in his -99 karma [14:53] schestowitz-TR except their #1 user [14:53] schestowitz-TR the inciter in chief [14:53] bnchs social media shouldn't exisr [14:53] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: paid by Microsoft to do itr [14:53] schestowitz-TR we covered it several times back then [14:54] schestowitz-TR bnchs: right [14:54] schestowitz-TR it won't [14:54] DaemonFC By the time Biden is done negotiating, we'll be giving Alaska back to Putin. [14:54] schestowitz-TR when people learn to rjeect it [14:54] schestowitz-TR and then the network effect is all gone [14:54] bnchs the problem is the people that want them to stay on it [14:55] bnchs making social media access cheap and on a seperate plan, locking in all your friends into social media [14:56] schestowitz-TR zero--rating [14:56] schestowitz-TR fb pushed for it [14:57] schestowitz-TR not sure if it was outlawed in idnai [14:57] schestowitz-TR fb now wants to mess up africa [14:57] schestowitz-TR looking to expand by all means possibe [14:57] schestowitz-TR in place that are already unstable [14:57] schestowitz-TR let's give nigeria more accounts to fight over religion [14:57] schestowitz-TR yeah, that'll go down well [14:57] schestowitz-TR boko haram and all [14:57] schestowitz-TR nigeria's president was censored by twitter [14:58] schestowitz-TR so he blocked twitter completely for half a year [14:58] schestowitz-TR which I can sort of understand t [14:58] bnchs they even make some of FB's shit free to access [14:58] schestowitz-TR those companies mostly seed discord and instability [14:59] schestowitz https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/03/us-cuban-twitter-zunzuneo-stir-unrest [14:59] TR Bot US secretly created 'Cuban Twitter' to stir unrest and undermine government | Cuba | The Guardian [14:59] schestowitz https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-havana-caribbean-health-d909148b730fc0fbb5bd253ab021f349 [14:59] TR Bot Cuba accuses US of organizing new protest demonstrations | AP News [14:59] schestowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZunZuneo [14:59] TR Bot ZunZuneo - Wikipedia [14:59] schestowitz https://www.dw.com/en/us-plan-to-destabilize-cuba-very-foolish-policy/a-17544896 [14:59] TR Bot plan to destabilize Cuba very foolish policy | Americas | North and South American news impacting on Europe | DW | 04.04.2014 [14:59] schestowitz-TR I am guilty of "consuming" that crap ● Feb 22 [15:00] schestowitz-TR mostly before they annulled neutral timelines [15:00] schestowitz-TR and started interjecting crap [15:00] schestowitz-TR like "trending" in your face... everywhere [15:00] schestowitz-TR manipulation and hate tool [15:00] schestowitz-TR I stopped reading [15:00] schestowitz-TR only posted to it from diapora [15:01] schestowitz-TR but for a while I was still exposed to their incitement algorithms... before blocking it [15:01] schestowitz-TR one day I will also stop shipping any copies to twitter [15:01] schestowitz-TR the traffic there is waning anyway, over time... [15:01] schestowitz-TR as more users flee [15:02] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2022/02/20/future-of-the-web/ [15:02] TR Bot There Was Never Web 2.0, So There Cannot be Web 3 and the Future of the Web Doesnt Look Good | Techrights [15:02] schestowitz "* Twitter is still losing money, but it fakes its worth. Stock buyback/share repurchasing, an associate reminds us, is basically legal embezzlement" [15:02] schestowitz Links in the footnote [15:02] schestowitz "This was true last year and the year prior to that. So they pretend to be big while theyre mostly burning money or living on debt." [15:02] schestowitz so it's a fake company in a sense [15:02] schestowitz it only does one thing [15:02] schestowitz it burns money [15:02] schestowitz and burns harmony [15:02] schestowitz in the process [15:03] schestowitz so the sole benefits are political [15:04] schestowitz-TR diaspora is not growing [15:04] schestowitz-TR mastodon is barely growing [15:04] schestowitz-TR because they look to supplant something broken [15:04] schestowitz-TR which already lost its appeal 5-10 years ago [15:04] schestowitz-TR gulagtube is changing very fast [15:05] schestowitz-TR and not for the better [15:05] schestowitz-TR it's becoming just "television" [15:05] schestowitz-TR with programs and governments programming people [15:05] schestowitz-TR they do that in a growing number of ways [15:05] schestowitz-TR 1. censorship [15:05] schestowitz-TR 2. deranking [15:05] schestowitz-TR 3. promotion of videos that autoplay when you finish the current one [15:05] schestowitz-TR infinite scrol;l with zero relevant to what you search for [15:06] schestowitz-TR 4. ads [15:06] schestowitz-TR 5. rejection on nion-JS and maybe Tor-based access [15:06] schestowitz-TR the list will keep on growing until everyone there vomits [15:07] schestowitz-TR you cannot even find videos of goals there anymore [15:07] schestowitz-TR then get taken down or hidden [15:07] schestowitz-TR for "copyright holders" [15:07] schestowitz-TR even if you're a spectator with a "smart" phone [15:10] *bnchs has quit (connection closed) [15:12] XRevan86 Ariadne: neat [15:15] TR News Today is a numerically special day: 22/2/22. Can't wait till 22:22 tonight! [15:15] *techrights_guest|16 (~bf6ac01c@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #techrights [15:16] schestowitz-TR hi techrights_guest|16 [15:16] *techrights_guest|16 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [15:18] TR News Links 22/2/2022: #Slax 11.2.0, #OpenBSD 7.1 Beta Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/slax-version-11-2-0/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/slax-version-11-2-0/ [15:18] TR Bot Links 22/2/2022: Slax 11.2.0, OpenBSD 7.1 Beta | Techrights [15:19] TR News #Programming Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161736 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [15:19] TR Bot Programming Leftovers | Tux Machines [15:19] TR News Todays Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161737 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [15:19] TR Bot today's leftovers | Tux Machines [15:27] schestowitz Ariadne: I cannot find anyone called stephanie wurle [15:28] schestowitz is that the correct spelling? [15:28] schestowitz because if it is stephanie taylor, they have a lot of arse-covering to do, as the FSFE's (by far) biggest sponsor for other a decade [15:28] schestowitz and one that was badly exposed by a former insider (fsfe and gsoc) [15:29] schestowitz *for over a decade [15:29] Ariadne sorry, it is stepahnie taylor now [15:29] schestowitz tephanie taylor did remove some gsoc people [15:29] Ariadne yes, including pocock, for nepotism [15:29] schestowitz after a conflict of interest was found, involved those whom pocock complained about [15:29] Ariadne pocock's version of events is edited [15:30] Ariadne to make himself look innocent [15:30] Ariadne he is not innocent [15:30] schestowitz would help to see what she said [15:30] schestowitz bearing in mind gulag paid the salary [15:30] schestowitz and gulag uses fsfe for lobbying [15:30] schestowitz and fsfe lost a lot of "market value" [15:30] schestowitz like fellows and prestige [15:31] schestowitz http://techrights.org/2020/09/17/ethical-sponsors/ [15:31] *CrystalMath has quit (Quit: Leaving) [15:31] TR Bot The Quandary of Ethical Sponsors and Ones Ability to Criticise Them (Otherwise Its a Potential Bribe in Exchange for Censorship of Critics) | Techrights [15:32] schestowitz google biggest fsfe 'donor' (owners, shareholder) for over a decade [15:32] schestowitz-TR let's check 2021 and 22 [15:34] schestowitz I cannot get results when searching for "sponsors" and "patrons" [15:34] schestowitz will try another approach [15:34] schestowitz fsfe site search seems broken [15:34] schestowitz iirc, they used searx [15:35] schestowitz https://fsfe.org/donate/thankgnus.en.html [15:35] TR Bot Our Donors - FSFE [15:36] schestowitz Gulag number 1 in 2022 [15:36] schestowitz "Gold Donors" [15:36] schestowitz 2021 as well [15:36] schestowitz Gulag was always in the top since.. [15:37] schestowitz since 2009 [15:37] schestowitz in 2009... LOL... top sponsor was Microsoft Black Duck!! [15:37] schestowitz Quack quack [15:37] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wiki/Black_Duck [15:37] TR Bot Black Duck - Techrights [15:37] schestowitz anyway, fsfe ha credibility issues [15:37] schestowitz and that became a liability for gulag [15:37] schestowitz stephanie gets all her salary from gulag [15:38] schestowitz so it's understandable they have their own story to tell [15:38] schestowitz for the shareholders of Google Inc./Alphabet [15:38] schestowitz but still.. [15:38] schestowitz I'd like to read what she said of him [15:38] schestowitz to see if that stacks up with observable evidence [15:38] schestowitz or projection-based PR tactic [15:39] schestowitz (accusing others of what you yourself are guilty of to distract) [15:39] schestowitz which is what Microsoft does to Linux all the time, e.g. calling Linux "not secure" [15:40] TR News Challenger RP2040 LoRa board combines Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU with RFM95W LoRa module Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161738 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [15:40] TR Bot Challenger RP2040 LoRa board combines Raspberry Pi RP2040 MCU with RFM95W LoRa module | Tux Machines [15:41] TR News KDE Plasma 5.24.2, Bugfix Release for February http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161734#comment-32880 [15:41] TR Bot KDE Plasma 5.24.2 LTS Released with More Fixes for Plasma Wayland and Overview Effect | Tux Machines [15:42] TR News Command line tool lover and Free Software enthusiast Sven Guckes died http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161700#comment-32881 [15:42] TR Bot Sven Guckes RIP | Tux Machines [15:45] MinceR (audio) https://hugelolcdn.com/v/812347.mp4 [15:45] Alternative link Cloudflare: hugelolcdn.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://hugelolcdn.com/v/812347.mp4 [15:53] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[17:42] schestowitz-TR ibm was still possible to salvage a dccade ago [17:42] schestowitz-TR IBM's market cap was higher than Microsoft's for a while [17:42] schestowitz-TR maybe 2011 [17:43] schestowitz-TR don't remember the exact year/s [17:43] leah schestowitz-TR: 2010 [17:44] leah i remember because on the drive home, they announced on the news that the conservative party had returned to power, following an election of that year. the 2010 general election [17:44] leah so i know it was 2010 [17:44] leah i was listening to the news on the radio, in the car [17:45] leah well, technically the conservatives didn't re-gain power. they lost the election but formed a coalition with the liberal democrats [17:45] schestowitz-TR god some good news from EPO this afternoon [17:46] schestowitz-TR 2010 was when they still tried to promote ODF [17:46] schestowitz-TR before Ginni makes IBM a slave of Apple cult [17:46] schestowitz-TR anyway, THEIR loss. [17:46] schestowitz-TR for not hiring you [17:55] TR News #EPO - Both the Patent Office and the #Patent Organisation - Celebrating Constitutional Violations, Covering Up #HumanRights Abuses, and Promoting the Facilitators Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/promoting-abusers/ #Techrights #Europe | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/promoting-abusers/ [17:55] TR Bot EPO Both the Patent Office and the Patent Organisation Celebrating Constitutional Violations, Covering Up Human Rights Abuses, and Promoting the Facilitators | Techrights ● Feb 22 [18:10] TR News [Meme] Oversight at the #EPO Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/oversight-at-the-epo/ #Techrights #Europe #Corruption #Patents | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/oversight-at-the-epo/ [18:10] TR Bot [Meme] Oversight at the EPO | Techrights [18:33] TR News Binary Tools Summit 2022: schedule published http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10121 #gnu #freesw [18:33] TR Bot poke - News: Binary Tools Summit 2022: schedule published [Savannah] [18:34] TR News #3DPrinting #Livers | Hackaday https://hackaday.com/2022/02/21/3d-printing-livers/ #hackaday | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/22/#latest [18:34] TR Bot Printing Livers | Hackaday [18:34] TR Bot Social Control Media Posts [18:35] TR News #ibm #redhat foaming at the mouth with #buzzwords again https://opensource.com/article/22/2/devops-documentation-maturity [18:35] TR Bot levels of DevOps documentation maturity | Opensource.com [18:37] TR News What is this, an ad??? https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/22/creality-cr-scan-lizard-3d-scanner-works-on-black-objects-offers-up-to-0-05-mm-accuracy/ see http://techrights.org/2022/02/17/cnxsoftware-partly-compromised/ [18:37] Alternative link Cloudflare: cnx-software.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/02/22/creality-cr-scan-lizard-3d-scanner-works-on-black-objects-offers-up-to-0-05-mm-accuracy/ [18:37] TR Bot Creality CR-Scan Lizard 3D scanner works on black objects, offers up to 0.05 mm accuracy (Crowdfunding) - CNX Software [18:37] TR Bot The C in CNX Software is Not Community | Techrights [18:38] TR News "Id like to thank ANNKE for sending the NightChroma NC800 for review." 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[19:13] TR Bot Questionnaire | CommitStrip [19:40] AdmFubar https://hackaday.com/2022/02/22/no-privacy-cloning-the-airtag/ [19:40] TR Bot Privacy: Cloning The AirTag | Hackaday [19:42] AdmFubar https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2022/02/icij-statement-on-ericsson-investigation/ [19:42] TR Bot ICIJ statement on Ericsson investigation - ICIJ ● Feb 22 [20:00] schestowitz they should unleash the data [20:00] schestowitz they selectively covered tax frauds [20:00] schestowitz for political agenda [20:00] schestowitz rather than exposing all the frauds [20:02] TR News #Ericsson is #terrorism https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2022/02/icij-statement-on-ericsson-investigation/ also: Ericsson is #patent terror against #linux http://techrights.org/2017/12/23/crushing-companies-that-make-phones-with-linux/ [20:02] TR Bot Ericsson and Microsoft-Led Nokia Crush Companies That Make Phones With Linux, BlackBerry Becomes Litigation Firm | Techrights [20:03] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/funny-pictures-2-1-22-13.jpg [20:03] Alternative link Cloudflare: pleated-jeans.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/funny-pictures-2-1-22-13.jpg [20:05] schestowitz MinceR: "I said bombs, NOT boobs" [20:05] MinceR :) [20:06] schestowitz "air support" [20:06] schestowitz don't shoot me, bra! [20:07] schestowitz-TR you could also make d-day jokes [20:07] schestowitz-TR (cup d) [20:07] schestowitz-TR it's a good think they don't have CoC [20:07] schestowitz-TR otherwise we'd be in trouble [20:09] AdmFubar O_o [20:09] schestowitz-TR no humour allowed [20:09] schestowitz-TR it's 2020 [20:09] schestowitz-TR or 2022 [20:09] schestowitz-TR and people are easily offended [20:09] schestowitz-TR slapstick is still legal [20:09] AdmFubar you have a lovely police box [20:10] schestowitz-TR as long as no animal cruelty is involved [20:10] AdmFubar no slapping of stick insects? [20:10] schestowitz-TR yuo beat me to it [20:10] schestowitz-TR I was going to mention bugs [20:10] *techrights-ipfs-bot (~techrights-ipfs-bot@pumv3cb2rfinu.irc) has joined #techrights [20:10] IPFS IPFS downstream 60 minutes average 23.06 k/sec., IPFS upstream 26.70 average k/sec., average swarm size 272.17 [20:10] IPFS IPFS downstream 60 minutes average 23.06 k/sec., IPFS upstream 26.70 average k/sec., average swarm size 272.17 [20:12] TR News #Slax 11.2 Released After 2 Years of Development http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161725#comment-32885 [20:12] TR Bot Slax Linux: Releasing final Slax 11 2 0 | Tux Machines [20:13] TR News #GNOME 42.beta released Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161743 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [20:13] TR Bot GNOME 42.beta released | Tux Machines [20:13] *bnchs (~bnchs@wntwajbrzca5i.irc) has joined #techrights [20:14] bnchs hello [20:14] schestowitz-TR 0/ [20:15] bnchs popular search engines are inaccurate now [20:15] schestowitz-TR define accuracy [20:15] psydroid4 they return garbage much of the time [20:15] schestowitz-TR to them, it is business agenda [20:16] bnchs accurate to what you're looking for [20:16] schestowitz-TR thew ww is junk [20:16] schestowitz-TR garbage in [20:16] schestowitz-TR garbage out [20:16] bnchs i can tolerate a bit of inaccurate especially whem you cant read my mind [20:16] schestowitz-TR GIGO [20:16] bnchs but it keeps returning results that are not relevant to the query [20:16] schestowitz-TR what do you think their business model is? [20:17] schestowitz-TR baidu and yandex censor for their regime [20:17] schestowitz-TR gulagtube became ven worse [20:17] schestowitz-TR it presents results that are intentionally not related to the search query [20:17] bnchs there are search engine that self-insert their own pages [20:17] schestowitz-TR to accommodate addiction and infinite scroll [20:17] bnchs like bing [20:17] schestowitz-TR that started less thaN A YEAR AGO, IIRC [20:18] TR News Albrecht Drers Pillow Studies (1493) The #PublicDomain Review https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/durer-pillow-studies/ #publicdomainreview | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/22/#latest [20:18] bnchs when you search for a function on bing or a "search engine" that outsources their shit to bing [20:18] TR Bot Albrecht Drers Pillow Studies (1493) The Public Domain Review [20:18] TR Bot Social Control Media Posts [20:18] bnchs it prioritizes microsoft site [20:19] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_Reality_Log [20:19] TR Bot Microsoft Reality Log - Techrights [20:19] bnchs which has windows-specific documentation [20:19] schestowitz ddg (mirosoft) feeds microsoft [20:19] schestowitz via b0ng [20:19] bnchs shit like the BSD network API [20:19] bnchs and IP address conversion [20:19] schestowitz yes, spam as results [20:20] schestowitz when jimmy wales started a search engine [20:20] schestowitz (which failed) [20:20] schestowitz he pointed out many searches returned crap in gulag [20:20] schestowitz and that was like 13 years ago [20:20] schestowitz wikia? [20:21] bnchs theres other "search engines" that outsources to bing [20:21] bnchs like ecosia [20:21] schestowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom_(website) [20:21] TR Bot Fandom (website) - Wikipedia [20:21] schestowitz "andom was launched on October 18, 2004, at 23:50:49 (UTC) under the name Wikicities (which invited comparisons to Yahoo's GeoCities),[13] by Jimmy Wales" [20:21] schestowitz yes, microsoft operates through proxies in search [20:21] schestowitz ddg is one of them [20:22] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo [20:22] TR Bot DuckDuckGo - Techrights [20:22] bnchs these "search engines" dont make it clear that you're actually just getting results from bing [20:22] bnchs and they're proprietary [20:23] TR News "This web browsers are not benchmarked, the opinion in this articles is based on personal use and experience. Keep in mind that a browser to be lite it needs to have some things excluded from itself like extensions and plug-ins example." https://lateweb.info/the-best-open-source-lightweight-browsers-for-linux-in-2022/ [20:23] TR Bot The Best Open Source Lightweight Browsers for Linux in 2022 [20:24] bnchs you can tell when something uses bing when they prioritize microsoft as first [20:24] bnchs when possible [20:25] *bnchs__ (~bnchs@wntwajbrzca5i.irc) has joined #techrights [20:25] TR News #Discourse is the Future of Web Forums Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161744 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [20:25] TR Bot Discourse is the Future of Web Forums | Tux Machines [20:26] bnchs who are you bnchs__ [20:26] SomeH4x0r I will check, but I really think it is some buzzword [20:26] bnchs oh i forgot my computer booted up [20:26] TR News #WordPress 5.9.1 Maintenance Release https://wordpress.org/news/2022/02/wordpress-5-9-1-maintenance-release/ [20:26] TR Bot WordPress 5.9.1 Maintenance Release WordPress News [20:28] TR News #ibm is a company of aggressive lawyers. Now, under IBM, #redhat became the same. It engages in SLAPP against the #freesw community and it's frivolously suing. Red Hat staff should protest against this. [20:30] TR News #centos is collapsing under #ibm with its 'dinobaby' managers, including Krishna https://blog.centos.org/2022/02/new-centos-director-celeste-lyn-paul/ #redhat #gnu #linux [20:30] TR Bot CentOS Director Celeste Lyn Paul Blog.CentOS.org [20:30] *bnchs has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:31] TR News #ibm is killing #redhat and many managers from Red Hat have already resigned. So many that I've lost count. [20:31] TR News #ibm has a lost of history and plenty of experience killing things http://techrights.org/2022/01/19/watson-pr/ [20:32] TR Bot Another Video IBM Does Not Want You to Watch | Techrights [20:32] TR News #ibm is "Da bomb" http://techrights.org/2020/08/07/ibm-atomic-bombs/ [20:32] TR Bot IBM and the Bomb: Series Index (on 75th Anniversary of Atomic Bombs Being Dropped on Civilians) | Techrights [20:33] TR News #fedora moments ago: "There is some unspecified network provider issue in the community cage in our lab. One of know issues is that we can not clone from (and thus build packages hosted on) GitHub on the majority of our builders." What on Earth is Fedora even doing OUTSOURCED to #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware Git ted [20:34] TR News #redhat in 2022 #ibm is where #suse was in 2005 #novell ... inside the belly of a dying company, willing to sell out to ANYBODY... even #microsoft [20:36] TR News Racist #ibm censoring critics http://techrights.org/2022/01/18/ibm-censorship/ and also 'canceling' people over their ethnicity: http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/#gemini [20:36] TR Bot Someone Is Very Desperate to Knock My Account Off Twitter | Techrights [20:36] TR Bot Imperialistic Blacklist Machines: Racist IBM and Red Hat Just Like Donald Trump Have Turned Fedora Into an Utterly Racist Project That Blacklists, Shuns and Permanently Bans People Based on Their Nationality Alone | Techrights [20:36] psydroid4 https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/023/397/C-658VsXoAo3ovC.jpg [20:36] TR News #ibm as a company would be better off eradicated at this point. It's a "net negative" on this planet. http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM#Ageism [20:36] TR Bot IBM - Techrights [20:37] bnchs__ how do you build your own CPU [20:37] bnchs__ forbidden knowledge [20:37] schestowitz-TR slowly :-) [20:37] schestowitz-TR build it... slowly [20:37] schestowitz-TR and carefully [20:37] schestowitz-TR use both hands [20:38] bnchs__ yes and? [20:38] bnchs__ it's not like i need a forklift [20:38] schestowitz-TR :D [20:39] psydroid4 building our own CPUs is what we should be doing a lot more of [20:40] TR News Hey, IBM, you need to rename the #redhat project #podman ... it's not inclusive. [20:40] bnchs__ yes [20:41] bnchs__ but how do you expect to make one [20:41] psydroid4 we'll have to find a way [20:41] psydroid4 first we need to learn how to design one [20:42] bnchs__ one architecture i'm interested about is m68k [20:42] psydroid4 and then there is the issue of where do you get it manufactured using what kind of libraries for things outside of the core [20:43] bnchs__ psydroid4, yes thats a problem [20:43] psydroid4 I don't know if there are any materials for designing m68k [20:43] bnchs__ and funding [20:43] psydroid4 I'm going to be learning risc-v first [20:43] bnchs__ we can just reuse old m68k cpus [20:43] bnchs__ its used in philips cd-i players [20:43] psydroid4 not the ISA, which I am already familiar with [20:44] psydroid4 but the design of a core [20:44] psydroid4 there are some courses on edX for that [20:45] TR News More than 720 Games (Playable and Verified) Ready for the Steam Deck Now - Boiling Steam https://boilingsteam.com/more-than-720-games-playable-and-verified-ready-for-the-steam-deck-now/ #boilingsteam #archlinux #gnu #linux [20:45] TR Bot More than 720 Games (Playable and Verified) Ready for the Steam Deck Now - Boiling Steam [20:46] schestowitz-TR 'ed'X [20:46] psydroid4 there are some m68k cores [20:46] psydroid4 yeah [20:46] psydroid4 "pay up or shut up" [20:46] bnchs__ steam deck again [20:46] psydroid4 for certificates that are worthless [20:46] schestowitz-TR diploma mill [20:46] schestowitz-TR without even any HQ [20:46] schestowitz-TR just some lousy site [20:46] schestowitz-TR probably in clown computing [20:47] bnchs__ it's better that valve broken from microsoft's brainwashing [20:47] schestowitz-TR microsoft HATES steam deck [20:47] schestowitz-TR that's enough for me to temporarily look away from DRM [20:47] schestowitz-TR we can wean people off windows [20:47] bnchs__ they used to make windows-exclusive shit [20:47] *techrights-ipfs-bot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:48] bnchs__ now it's cross-platform [20:48] schestowitz-TR and watch the "burning platform" with popcorn drum in both hands [20:48] bnchs__ windows is already sinking because of microsoft's strict requirements [20:48] schestowitz-TR they don't know what to do [20:49] schestowitz-TR they jump and the boat sinks deeper [20:49] bnchs__ it's like the titanic [20:49] schestowitz-TR they even renamed vista10 [20:49] psydroid4 we can help the boat sink [20:49] schestowitz-TR now it's vista11 apparently [20:49] psydroid4 faster and better than before [20:49] schestowitz-TR they shuffled the GUi a bit [20:49] schestowitz-TR introduced more bugs [20:49] bnchs__ there's absolutely no reason to use windows anymore [20:49] bnchs__ since you can simply use windows programs on GNU/Linux [20:49] schestowitz-TR admiration for bill gates [20:49] schestowitz-TR buy windows [20:49] schestowitz-TR think about the kids [20:50] bnchs__ whats keeping them from sinking even deeper is the vendor lock-in [20:50] psydroid4 even paying for windows will not be necessary anymore [20:50] psydroid4 the OEM lock-in too [20:50] bnchs__ but it can be rewritten to something more cross-platofmr [20:50] psydroid4 those are cowards [20:50] *techrights-ipfs-bot (~techrights-ipfs-bot@pumv3cb2rfinu.irc) has joined #techrights [20:50] psydroid4 spineless and obsolete [20:50] TR News Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit gets a new story trailer | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/crowns-and-pawns-kingdom-of-deceit-gets-a-new-story-trailer #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games #Lithuania [20:50] Alternative link Cloudflare: gamingonlinux.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/crowns-and-pawns-kingdom-of-deceit-gets-a-new-story-trailer [20:50] TR Bot and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit gets a new story trailer | GamingOnLinux [20:50] bnchs__ once windows sinks even deeper, OEMs will simply start bundling PCs with FreeDOS [20:51] bnchs__ or GNU/Linux [20:51] psydroid4 I think OEMs will be replaced [20:51] psydroid4 by a new wave of ARM hardware directly from China [20:51] TR News City-builder #Nebuchadnezzar adds Gods, Festivals and more | GamingOnLinux https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/city-builder-nebuchadnezzar-adds-gods-festivals-and-more #GamingOnLinux #GNU #Linux #Games [20:51] Alternative link Cloudflare: gamingonlinux.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/city-builder-nebuchadnezzar-adds-gods-festivals-and-more [20:51] TR Bot Nebuchadnezzar adds Gods, Festivals and more | GamingOnLinux [20:51] psydroid4 who needs middlemen at that point? [20:52] bnchs__ microsoft will try to do windows on ARM [20:52] psydroid4 things like Roblox and Mindcraft are what keeps some kids on WIndows [20:52] bnchs__ but it will be pointless [20:53] psydroid4 but now they have Chromebooks too and just play those games there [20:53] psydroid4 so yeah, it will be pointless [20:53] TR News Fry: not sure if ad... or more #gulagtube plugs free of charge https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9YH5PeRUlb8 #System76 [20:53] TR Bot The 2022 System76 Kudu - Full Review! - Invidious [20:53] psydroid4 Windows on ARM is a second-rate operating system [20:53] bnchs__ psydroid4: minecraft is microsoft-owned, david can go fuck himself like tim sweeney [20:53] psydroid4 bnchs__, indeed [20:54] TR News "In this video, I am going to show an overview of #KaOS 2022.02 and some of the applications pre-installed." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=o_Dzj53XCp0 #gnu #linux [20:54] TR Bot KaOS 2022.02 overview | A Lean KDE Distribution. - Invidious [20:54] psydroid4 but that was Microsoft's strategy with keeping some games on Windows [20:54] bnchs__ there's minecraft java though [20:55] bnchs__ that can be ran on anything that supports Java and OpenGL [20:55] psydroid4 I tried to get Roblox running on Wine, but didn't succeed [20:56] bnchs__ roblox ignored requests to port their game to GNU/Linu [20:56] psydroid4 follow the money [20:56] psydroid4 they are just doing what they were ordered to do [20:56] bnchs__ this is another game like fortnite [20:56] bnchs__ that they don't want on GNU/Linux [20:57] bnchs__ tim and david can be rounded up [20:57] psydroid4 I don't want them on GNU/Linux either [20:57] psydroid4 I want them gone [20:57] TR News Quite the timing, not that #vmware is running a vicious anti- #linux FUD campaign https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/how-integrate-vmware-resources-red-hat-satellite see http://techrights.org/wiki/VMware http://techrights.org/2022/02/13/vmware-epic-fud/ [20:57] TR Bot How to integrate VMWare resources with Red Hat Satellite [20:57] TR Bot VMware - Techrights [20:57] TR Bot Latest Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) Patterns Against Linux (the Real Issue is Proprietary Software) | Techrights [20:57] bnchs__ yes the games are a net negative [20:57] bnchs__ roblox and fortnite thrives off of child labor [20:57] bnchs__ stuff like kids building content for them [20:57] bnchs__ while they get all the money [20:57] psydroid4 I had some kids playing Minetest [20:57] schestowitz-TR if any [20:57] schestowitz-TR they hope to make money [20:57] psydroid4 they liked it just as much [20:57] schestowitz-TR maybe fotnite does [20:58] bnchs__ roblox has robux [20:58] bnchs__ fortnite has v-bucks [20:58] psydroid4 Fortnite is what Epic Games makes most money on, as far as I know [20:59] bnchs__ the children yearn for pretend currency like robux and v-bucks ● Feb 22 [21:00] psydroid4 these companie should be sued for offering gambling to kids [21:00] psydroid4 s [21:00] bnchs__ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ [21:00] TR Bot Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers - Invidious [21:00] bnchs__ roblox went on damage control in response to this video [21:01] TR News #Linux FUD by Microsoft booster Sofia Wycilik-Wilson Linux FUD by Microsoft booster Sofia Wycilik-Wilson http://techrights.org/2022/02/19/more-sky-falling-fud/ [21:01] TR Bot Snap is Not Linux and the Sky is Not Falling | Techrights [21:01] TR News Browse Anonymously #Using #Tor Browser on Ubuntu - OSNote https://osnote.com/ubuntu-tor-browser/ #osnote | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/02/22/#latest [21:01] Alternative link Cloudflare: osnote.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://osnote.com/ubuntu-tor-browser/ [21:01] TR Bot Anonymously Using Tor Browser on Ubuntu OSNote [21:01] TR Bot Social Control Media Posts [21:03] *CrystalMath (~coderain@gir99mg8ptg5w.irc) has joined #techrights [21:03] psydroid4 how to make kids understand this exploitation? [21:03] TR News #BruceSchneier as #NSA megaphone (Inglis) https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/02/a-new-cybersecurity-social-contract.html [21:03] TR Bot New Cybersecurity Social Contract - Schneier on Security [21:04] bnchs__ also the follow-up video has new details [21:04] bnchs__ include a virtual stock market in roblox [21:04] bnchs__ s/include/including/ [21:04] psydroid4 this really shows the dangers of proprietary software platforms [21:05] psydroid4 everything the kids build is tied to that proprietary codebase [21:05] TR News IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161745 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [21:05] TR Bot IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers | Tux Machines [21:06] bnchs__ roblox uses tiktok to advertise their game [21:07] psydroid4 get them while they're young [21:12] bnchs__ they also task their child workers, i mean "creators" to make more addicting games [21:12] bnchs__ for more money (to roblox because fuck you) [21:13] AdmFubar "psydroid4: how to make kids understand this exploitation?" if you had a web site... that would show them all those exploits... and then track them around the web alerting them to new websites that would exploit them... [21:13] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@dm4kxvwkihk32.irc) has joined #techrights [21:14] DaemonFC https://abc7chicago.com/google-nest-doorbell-camera-video-los-angeles-county-sheriffs-department/11589591/?ex_cid=TA_WLS_FB [21:14] TR Bot Google Nest doorbell camera captures stranger following mom, child home in CA; Los Angeles Sheriff's Department investigating - ABC7 Chicago [21:14] DaemonFC When the police showed up, the man was gone. Yes, and that's why we need to depend entirely on the state and nobody needs a gun. [21:15] bnchs__ police are always useless, they come after the deed has been done [21:22] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, Lots more people aren't getting their 1099-B from Uphold. [21:22] DaemonFC Nice. [21:22] TR News Antnios #EPO is Dead, Long Live the #EPC? Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/epo-action-plan-approved-in-ballot/ #Techrights #Europe #Corruption | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/epo-action-plan-approved-in-ballot/ [21:22] TR Bot Antnios EPO is Dead, Long Live the EPC? | Techrights [21:23] DaemonFC You can calculate your taxes yourself and report it as Box C income, not reported to you on a 1099. [21:23] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: faskecoins? [21:23] DaemonFC Yeah, among other things. [21:23] DaemonFC They say you can invest in metals and stuff too, [21:24] schestowitz-TR so they exchanges 'real' money for scam money [21:24] schestowitz-TR who benefits? [21:24] schestowitz-TR those who got realmoney [21:25] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: they don't lie [21:25] schestowitz-TR the do invest in metal [21:25] schestowitz-TR heavy metal VFTs [21:25] schestowitz-TR NFYs [21:25] schestowitz-TR NFTs [21:25] schestowitz-TR IU type while standing [21:26] DaemonFC ABVFFTs [21:26] DaemonFC Asset Based Very Fucking Fake Token [21:27] psydroid4 bnchs__, I think the future belongs to free software games or at least games built on free software engines [21:27] bnchs__ yes [21:28] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: hoooold up [21:28] schestowitz https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/vault-boy-hold-up [21:28] Alternative link Cloudflare: knowyourmeme.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/vault-boy-hold-up [21:28] TR Bot Vault Boy "Hold Up" | Know Your Meme [21:28] bnchs__ iirc fortnite also does the same thing [21:28] schestowitz "Are you telling me all my money is gone?" [21:29] bnchs__ tim sweeney and david can be tied up together [21:29] DaemonFC https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/21/safari-is-about-to-lose-its-place-as-the-worlds-second-most-used-desktop-web-browser/ [21:29] TR Bot losing market share to other desktop web browsers - 9to5Mac [21:29] DaemonFC I can't log in to T-Mobile using Firefox anymore. [21:29] schestowitz loaded headline [21:29] schestowitz ffalse headline [21:29] DaemonFC The entire website just doesn't work. [21:29] schestowitz apple cult site [21:29] DaemonFC You have to use something based on Chromium. [21:29] schestowitz cherry-picked sdtats [21:30] bnchs__ DaemonFC why? [21:30] schestowitz 9-to-5 made-in-china crap with "apple" logo on the enclosure [21:30] bnchs__ is it javascript discriminating user agent [21:30] DaemonFC I don't know. Clicking Log In doesn't work. [21:30] bnchs__ check the source code of the page [21:31] DaemonFC It just stops doing anything and the page hangs if you use Firefox. [21:32] *techrights-ipfs-bot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:33] bnchs__ can i check the page for myself? [21:36] TR News #Microsoft #Windows TCO https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-053-03 "holds DLL files and executables. A low-privilege attacker could write a malicious DLL" [21:36] TR Bot WIN-911 2021 | CISA [21:37] psydroid4 lol, who uses safari [21:37] schestowitz-TR zebras [21:37] bnchs__ lol [21:37] bnchs__ UNIX and UNIX-like OSes have /usr/lib [21:37] MinceR tourists in africa [21:38] bnchs__ windows has incorrectly configured library path which attackers can use [21:39] TR News #gulag does not know how to install and configure #git so it introduces #NetworkOpt and outsources it to #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware (GitHub) [21:41] bnchs__ windows was designed with security (as an after-thought) [21:41] TR News Someone need to tell "Google Open Source Blog" that #github is NOT "open source" but AGAINST "open source". #deletegithub #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware https://opensource.googleblog.com/2022/02/A-New-Library-for-Network-Optimization.html [21:41] TR Bot A New Library for Network Optimization | Google Open Source Blog [21:42] TR News Every #ProprietarySoftware on this planet saying that it is "open source" is akin to our politicians claiming that they "protect kids". #openwashing [21:43] bnchs__ they use proprietary software to protect kids [21:43] bnchs__ "protect" kids [21:44] psydroid4 from GNU/Linux [21:44] psydroid4 because that's evil [21:44] bnchs__ which advertises it's own services [21:44] psydroid4 and you can run more evil free software on that [21:45] TR News #gnu #linux distro from #japan called #BerryLinux has a new release, v1.36 https://berry-lab.net/berry.html [21:45] Alternative link Cloudflare: berry-lab.net | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://berry-lab.net/berry.html [21:45] TR Bot Berry Linux - Fast, Simple Linux [21:45] bnchs__ OMG IT'S FROM JAPAN????? [21:46] TR News "Linux" Foundation abandons physical events again; forcing people to carry #surveillance "passports" did not help, did it? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/open-networking--edge-executive-forum-oneef-returns-virtually-april-12-14-2022-301487663.html [21:46] Alternative link Cloudflare: prnewswire.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/open-networking--edge-executive-forum-oneef-returns-virtually-april-12-14-2022-301487663.html [21:46] TR Bot Open Networking & Edge Executive Forum (ONEEF) Returns Virtually, April 12-14, 2022 [21:48] DaemonFC is it javascript discriminating user agent [21:48] TR News The so-called "linux" foundation spies on you... to protect you... http://techrights.org/2021/06/14/vaccine-spam-in-linux-news/ [21:48] TR Bot Conveniently Conflating Vaccination With the Surveillance Business of IBM/Linux Foundation | Techrights [21:48] DaemonFC No, because Chrome, Safari, and Edge UAs don't work. [21:48] bnchs__ is it proprietary gulag HTML extensions? [21:49] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/funny-pictures-2-1-22-14.jpg [21:49] Alternative link Cloudflare: pleated-jeans.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/funny-pictures-2-1-22-14.jpg [21:49] TR News #linuxfoundation loves #linux as much as GNU/Linux users love Windows. http://techrights.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation [21:49] TR Bot Linux Foundation - Techrights [21:50] *mib_42rf2i (~b0102d0f@q8ban9vyag5t6.irc) has joined #techrights [21:50] *mib_42rf2i has quit (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client) [21:51] AdmFubar here is the latest buzz https://www.snopes.com/ap/2022/02/22/beekeepers-turn-to-anti-theft-technology-as-hive-thefts-rise-2/ [21:51] Alternative link Cloudflare: snopes.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.snopes.com/ap/2022/02/22/beekeepers-turn-to-anti-theft-technology-as-hive-thefts-rise-2/ [21:51] TR Bot Turn to Anti-Theft Technology As Hive Thefts Rise | Snopes.com [21:52] TR News "Caste has taken the lead in my library as the most highlighted book, and is a deep exploration of Caste as the lens through which to see discrimination, drawing parallels between Europe, the United States, and India, providing a universal framing." http://thomas.apestaart.org/log/?p=1649 [21:52] TR Bot Isabel Wilkerson Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents [21:53] TR News ttps://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2022/02/search-download-linux-apps-appimage/ [21:53] TR News #AppImage Pool - Software Center for Linux Apps as AppImage Packages Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161746 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [21:53] TR Bot AppImage Pool - Software Center for Linux Apps as AppImage Packages | Tux Machines [21:54] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [21:55] TR News Amber Ankerholz of #LPI (and IIRC LF at one point) helps #OSI portray the #microaoft connected #OpenLogic as 'authority' in what they ATTACK https://www.fosslife.org/highlights-2022-state-open-source-report see http://techrights.org/wiki/OpenLogic [21:55] TR Bot Highlights from the 2022 State of Open Source Report [21:55] TR Bot OpenLogic - Techrights [21:56] TR News 5 Highlights from the U.S. Senates Log4J Vulnerability Hearing https://fossa.com/blog/5-highlights-us-senates-log4j-vulnerability-hearing/ see http://techrights.org/2022/01/14/white-house-security-theatre/ [21:56] Alternative link Cloudflare: fossa.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://fossa.com/blog/5-highlights-us-senates-log4j-vulnerability-hearing/ [21:56] TR Bot Highlights from the U.S. Senates Log4J Vulnerability Hearing - FOSSA [21:56] TR Bot White House Asking Proprietary Software Companies That Add NSA Back Doors About Their Views on Open Source Security | Techrights [21:58] TR News #RustLang #Compiler Ambitions for 2022 https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2022/02/22/compiler-team-ambitions-2022.html you folks need to #deletegithub and stop silencing people who condemn crimes, e.g. of #microsoft http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/ [21:58] TR Bot Rust Compiler Ambitions for 2022 | Inside Rust Blog [21:58] TR Bot EPO and Microsoft Collude to Break the Law Part XII: Foreign Corrupt Practices, Bid Rigging and Slush Funds | Techrights ● Feb 22 [22:00] DaemonFC I might get a Pixel 6. [22:01] DaemonFC T-Mobile is offering me a free upgrade if I send this piece of shit Spamsung back. [22:01] DaemonFC They can have it! With the malfunctioning modem, the Microsoft crapware.....All of it! [22:01] TR News #syslogng needs to #deletgithub rather than outsource EVEN FORUMS to it https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/contacting-the-syslog-ng-team-reporting-problems-asking-questions #microsoft #vendorLockin #ProprietarySoftware [22:01] TR Bot the syslog-ng team: reporting problems, asking questions - Blog - syslog-ng Community - syslog-ng Community [22:03] TR News They've interjected #linuxfoundation shilling (marketing) into this https://www.fosslife.org/senate-hearing-open-source-foundation-global-economy see http://techrights.org/2021/03/17/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-12/ [22:03] TR Bot Senate Hearing: Open Source a Foundation of the Global Economy [22:03] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: pixel won't last long [22:03] schestowitz-TR also tied strongly to gulag [22:03] schestowitz-TR how much do you really need a spyphone anyway? [22:03] schestowitz-TR most people do not need it [22:03] schestowitz-TR they just THINK they need it [22:04] bnchs__ i had a malfunctioning modem [22:04] bnchs__ turns out it was a corrupted firmware [22:04] TR News Antnios EPO is Dead, Long Live the EPC? Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/epo-action-plan-approved-in-ballot/ #Techrights #EPO #Corruption #Europe #Patents | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/epo-action-plan-approved-in-ballot/ [22:04] TR Bot Antnios EPO is Dead, Long Live the EPC? | Techrights [22:04] bnchs__ microsoft bloatware are also on huawei [22:05] bnchs__ saw their office programs on one of their tablets [22:06] schestowitz-TR sometimes microsoft blackmails them [22:07] AdmFubar thankfully he wasn't trying to make an a-bomb https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/22/brigham-young-university-student-rocket-fuel-dorm [22:07] TR Bot Utah student displaces 22 in dorm after attempt to create rocket fuel on stove | US universities | The Guardian [22:07] schestowitz-TR "install our spyshit" [22:07] schestowitz-TR "or we sue you with patents" [22:07] schestowitz-TR they did this to samsung and others [22:07] bnchs__ with what patents [22:07] DaemonFC Yeah, the Galaxy phones just keep getting worse and more expensive. [22:07] schestowitz-TR in samsung's case, they even sued [22:07] schestowitz-TR bnchs__: microsoft OWNS Linux [22:07] schestowitz-TR according to Microsoft [22:07] DaemonFC The Pixel doesn't have bloatware and carrier junk. [22:07] schestowitz-TR "we have a bunch of patents here..." [22:07] bnchs__ they could strip the code that was patented [22:08] bnchs__ or verify patents [22:08] schestowitz-TR I had a pixel tablet a decade ago [22:08] schestowitz-TR and it got worse over time [22:08] schestowitz-TR gulag would change things [22:08] schestowitz-TR without your approval [22:08] schestowitz-TR your mail client would become gulag client [22:08] schestowitz-TR spying on you [22:08] schestowitz-TR and I didn't follow that shitshow long enough to see all the other bastardisation moves [22:08] schestowitz-TR basically messing around with what you were using [22:09] schestowitz-TR and changing the rules on the go [22:09] schestowitz-TR the tablet had a mind of its own [22:09] bnchs__ i use a custom ROM on my LG phone [22:09] schestowitz-TR it was controlled remotely by gulag [22:09] schestowitz-TR and it would just change it anytime gulag (or maybe NSA) wanted [22:09] bnchs__ schestowitz-TR, tablets would have gulag anti-theft shit [22:09] bnchs__ they can track you down [22:09] schestowitz-TR that was the last time I used android anything... [22:09] bnchs__ ring your tablet [22:09] bnchs__ or even factory reset it [22:09] bnchs__ (in case you had EVINDENCE) [22:10] schestowitz-TR it has linux in it [22:10] schestowitz-TR but as we said a decader ago [22:10] bnchs__ someone cracking your gulag account [22:10] bnchs__ would mean saying goodbye to the data in your phones [22:10] schestowitz-TR having linux in something does not mean freedom [22:10] bnchs__ connected to the gulag account [22:10] schestowitz-TR it just means it has fucking linux inn it [22:10] DaemonFC They always do the best promotions for Samsung phones. [22:10] schestowitz-TR we need to advocate for something more purposeful [22:11] DaemonFC So I always get one, and then I'm sorry somehow because it has all sorts of horrible bloat I can't remove that spies too. [22:11] DaemonFC They don't subsidize the Pixel 6 as much. [22:11] schestowitz-TR i went to a shop with a friend 5 years ago [22:11] DaemonFC Yes, it's Android, so Google. [22:11] schestowitz-TR they had samsung tablets there [22:11] DaemonFC But.... [22:11] schestowitz-TR I wasn't buying [22:11] schestowitz-TR he was buying something [22:11] DaemonFC No Microsoft, no Facebook crap, no carrier junk. [22:11] schestowitz-TR but I saw the samsung things had microsoft crap in them [22:11] DaemonFC It's like buying a PC. [22:11] DaemonFC They make money with shovelware. [22:11] schestowitz-TR that's when it was crystal clear android was not the way [22:12] schestowitz-TR it's better than window [22:12] bnchs__ the problem is that you can NOT uninstall it [22:12] schestowitz-TR sbut that's about it [22:12] bnchs__ you can't uninstall microsoft's shovelware [22:12] schestowitz-TR you could ages ago [22:12] bnchs__ or the carrier's bullshit [22:12] schestowitz-TR they made it harder over time [22:12] schestowitz-TR same with 'chrome'books [22:12] bnchs__ without having root access or unlocked bootloader [22:12] bnchs__ they keep the bootloader locked with no way to unlock it (officially) as "security" [22:13] TR News "The video above discusses what we covered earlier today, in essence demonstrating that the EPO is breaking the law, lying to stakeholders" http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/promoting-abusers/ #Techrights #EPO #Corruption #Europe #Patents [22:13] TR Bot EPO Both the Patent Office and the Patent Organisation Celebrating Constitutional Violations, Covering Up Human Rights Abuses, and Promoting the Facilitators | Techrights [22:14] schestowitz-TR linux 1980s: gnu [22:14] bnchs__ you should buy a phone that can be unlocked either unofficially or officially [22:14] schestowitz-TR gnu means not unix [22:14] schestowitz-TR free unix [22:14] bnchs__ and has custom ROMs [22:14] schestowitz-TR linux 1990s: replace windows [22:14] schestowitz-TR linux 2000+: spread firefox and shit [22:14] bnchs__ schestowitz-TR, what's GNU [22:15] schestowitz-TR linux 2010 (2013): spread systemd [22:15] bnchs__ i never heard of GNU [22:15] bnchs__ or it being in 1980s [22:15] schestowitz-TR linux now: "AND NONE OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF ME" -Zemlin [22:15] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/What-the-Tech-Industry-Has-Learned-from-Linus-Torvalds_-Jim-Zemlin-at-TEDxConcordia-U-Portland.mp4 [22:15] bnchs__ and none of you have heard of me [22:16] bnchs__ i was the one who made GNU [22:16] bnchs__ never mind richard stallman [22:16] schestowitz oh, hello! [22:16] schestowitz you were not born yet [22:16] schestowitz you are 22 [22:16] schestowitz linux was 8 already [22:16] bnchs__ yes it's a joke [22:16] schestowitz RMS was like 48 [22:16] schestowitz with a long bead [22:17] schestowitz 2000 RMS [22:17] DaemonFC You can uninstall some Microsoft shovelware. [22:17] DaemonFC Others, you can only disable. [22:17] schestowitz 2001 RMS http://techrights.org/2020/10/31/rms-lessig-video-2001-san-francisco/ [22:17] TR Bot New Video Release by Marcia K. Wilbur: Richard Stallman (RMS) and Larry Lessig | Techrights [22:17] DaemonFC Some is baked into the Samsung firmware. [22:17] bnchs__ rms looks like a wizard [22:17] DaemonFC "Connect to Windows" what a bunch of shit. [22:17] bnchs__ just give him a hat [22:17] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: you are stuck in Microsoft's galaxy [22:17] schestowitz-TR blackmailing OEMs using patents now [22:18] DaemonFC Value Subtracted Software. [22:18] bnchs__ DaemonFC: install a custom ROM [22:18] schestowitz-TR so they can suck in your data [22:18] schestowitz-TR pass it to NSA [22:18] bnchs__ don't use the stock ROM, it's full of backdoors [22:18] schestowitz-TR and then NSA can blackmail you as a PERSDON [22:19] bnchs__ the stock ROM is always full of shit [22:19] schestowitz-TR how DARE you NOT have heard of Jim Zemlin??? [22:19] DaemonFC No MicroSD slot in the S22s. [22:19] DaemonFC Well, there you have it. [22:19] bnchs__ i found a t-mobile spyware "app" on it [22:19] bnchs__ i looked on the web for the package ID [22:19] schestowitz-TR zemlin says it so slowly [22:19] DaemonFC Opus is now pretty much mandatory if you want to carry around much music in your pocket on your phone. [22:19] schestowitz-TR as in, [22:19] schestowitz-TR in his mind [22:20] bnchs__ and it was associated with t-mobile looking into your activity [22:20] schestowitz-TR the audience is a bunch of cretins to him [22:20] schestowitz-TR "ungrateful bastards" [22:20] schestowitz-TR "never heard of me....! [22:20] DaemonFC 128k Opus sounds pretty good no matter what you end up playing it on. [22:20] MinceR (cat) (no audio) https://i.imgur.com/VHVQkou.mp4 [22:20] Alternative link Cloudflare: imgur.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://i.imgur.com/VHVQkou.mp4 [22:20] bnchs__ BASTARDS you never heard of ME!!!! [22:20] DaemonFC You can store almost 3 of them per MP3. [22:20] bnchs__ i'm executive director linux foundation [22:20] bnchs__ aka never contributed to linux kernel [22:20] schestowitz-TR zemlin made a linux file system [22:20] bnchs__ BUT I'M HERE [22:21] schestowitz-TR he also wrote the whole of busybox [22:21] schestowitz-TR he wrote gplv2 [22:21] schestowitz-TR he got rubbed by ballmer [22:21] bnchs__ yes [22:21] bnchs__ he got rubbed in the thigh [22:22] schestowitz-TR and we all got ROBBED [22:22] bnchs__ sometimes when you're a microsoft ex-CEO [22:22] bnchs__ you gotta rub thighs [22:22] DaemonFC T-Mobile tried to add $13 a month protection on a $600 phone. LOL [22:22] schestowitz-TR bnchs__: and fly epstein express [22:22] schestowitz-TR the former CEO [22:22] DaemonFC Those are for idiots, and mostly people who buy phones that are twice this expensive. [22:22] schestowitz-TR he flew the plane for the alhoholic beverages [22:23] schestowitz-TR 4 planes of gates isn't enough [22:23] schestowitz-TR need to embark on the pedo plane instead [22:23] schestowitz-TR later he said I'm sorry [22:24] schestowitz-TR like that criminal [22:24] schestowitz-TR "sorry I killed your hunsand" [22:24] schestowitz-TR "sorry my ass" [22:24] schestowitz-TR these people get away with almost anything [22:24] schestowitz-TR and nobody dares investigate them to the end [22:24] schestowitz-TR they "settle" [22:24] schestowitz-TR or "fix" the prove [22:24] schestowitz-TR like epstein did in florida at first [22:25] TR News Check Battery Status on Ubuntu Using This GNOME Extension Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161747 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [22:25] TR Bot Check Battery Status on Ubuntu Using This GNOME Extension | Tux Machines [22:25] schestowitz-TR /s/prove/probe/ [22:26] bnchs__ anal probe [22:26] TR News " #GNUParallel 20220222 ('Donetsk Luhansk') has been released. It is available for download at: lbry://@GnuParallel:4 This release has a major change in the remote code. This makes this release beta quality." http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=10120 [22:26] TR Bot GNU Parallel - News: GNU Parallel 20220222 ('Ukraine') [Savannah] [22:27] schestowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Acosta#Jeffrey_Epstein_case [22:27] TR Bot Alexander Acosta - Wikipedia [22:27] schestowitz "According to the Miami Herald, Acosta took the unusual step of meeting with Epstein's attorney at a hotel 70 miles from the U.S. Attorney's office in Miami, and it was Acosta who finalized the agreement. " [22:28] schestowitz https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-attorney-alex-acosta-showed-poor-judgment-giving/story?id=74178029 [22:28] TR Bot US Attorney Alex Acosta showed 'poor judgment' when giving Jeffrey Epstein state-based plea deal in 2008: DOJ - ABC News [22:28] schestowitz covering up now [22:28] schestowitz https://abcnews.go.com/US/lead-prosecutor-prosecute-jeffrey-epstein-fullest-extent-law/story?id=64870331 [22:28] TR Bot Former lead prosecutor tried to prosecute Jeffrey Epstein to the fullest extent of the law: Lawyer - ABC News [22:28] schestowitz lies [22:28] schestowitz revisionism [22:28] schestowitz https://eu.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2020/12/12/jeffrey-epstein-case-pbc-state-attorney-worked-undercut-federal-probe/3881397001/ https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-florida-e2a4431f7319afd037023d9a586aa291 [22:28] Alternative link Cloudflare: palmbeachpost.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://eu.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2020/12/12/jeffrey-epstein-case-pbc-state-attorney-worked-undercut-federal-probe/3881397001/ [22:28] TR Bot Jeffrey Epstein case: PBC state attorney worked to undercut federal probe [22:28] TR Bot Justice Dept.: 'Poor judgment' used in Epstein plea deal | AP News [22:29] schestowitz https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/department-of-justice-alex-acosta-epstein/index.html [22:29] Alternative link Cloudflare: cnn.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/department-of-justice-alex-acosta-epstein/index.html [22:29] TR Bot DOJ review finds Alex Acosta used 'poor judgment' in Jeffrey Epstein deal - CNNPolitics [22:29] schestowitz-TR then you wonder why people are up in arm [22:29] schestowitz-TR protesting [22:29] schestowitz-TR voting for crazies [22:29] schestowitz-TR when your system is run like this... [22:30] AdmFubar https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/22/amsterdam-hostages-apple-store [22:30] TR Bot Amsterdam: gunman takes hostages in Apple store | Netherlands | The Guardian [22:30] bnchs__ saw that news early [22:30] TR News #Microsoft s Human Resources (HR) Policy: We Offer Assistance to Perpetrators of Domestic Violence Techrights http://techrights.org/2021/12/15/microsoft-assists-perpetrators-of-domestic-violence/ #Techrights #Github #deletegithub | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/12/15/microsoft-assists-perpetrators-of-domestic-violence/ [22:30] TR Bot Microsofts Human Resources (HR) Policy: We Offer Assistance to Perpetrators of Domestic Violence | Techrights [22:30] bnchs__ complete with itoddler btfos [22:30] DaemonFC "Magic Eraser easily removes people and objects from the background of your photos" [22:31] DaemonFC So I can engage in damnatio memoriae of John. Super! [22:32] TR News #Technocracy : The Operating System For The New International Rules-Based Order https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/02/investigative-reports/technocracy-the-operating-system-for-the-new-international-rules-based-order-1/ #unlimitedhangout [22:32] Alternative link Cloudflare: unlimitedhangout.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://unlimitedhangout.com/2022/02/investigative-reports/technocracy-the-operating-system-for-the-new-international-rules-based-order-1/ [22:32] TR Bot Technocracy: The Operating System For The New International Rules-Based Order [22:33] TR News Online shopping and a one2many tweak https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2022-02-23.html #datafix #bash #programming [22:33] TR Bot Online shopping and a one2many tweak [22:34] TR News "I've been waiting for the official OBS #flatpak for quite a while now and it's finally here, so I no longer have to deal with the AUR obs, the standard repos OBS, an ancient plugin or any of the other problems that OBS has caused on Linux." https://yewtu.be/watch?v=FPjEdrik-eQ [22:34] TR Bot Official OBS Flatpak Is Here And Is Incredible!! - Invidious [22:37] AdmFubar https://www.accessnow.org/philippines-sim-card-registration-bill/ [22:37] Alternative link Cloudflare: accessnow.org | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.accessnow.org/philippines-sim-card-registration-bill/ [22:37] TR Bot Veto the SIM Card Registration Bill, Protect Fundamental Human Rights - Access Now [22:37] schestowitz-TR [19:06] Veto the SIM Card Registration Bill, Protect Fundamental Human Rights - Access Now https://www.accessnow.org/philippines-sim-card-registration-bill/ #accessnow #Duterte #dictatorship #marcosism [22:37] Alternative link Cloudflare: accessnow.org | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.accessnow.org/philippines-sim-card-registration-bill/ [22:37] schestowitz-TR iirc, mandy and marsol love this stuff [22:38] schestowitz-TR if it's from sarah and rogue-rigo or bongbong, then it's A-OK [22:38] schestowitz-TR bring out the corpses, too... [22:38] schestowitz-TR another good reason to shun spyphones [22:38] schestowitz-TR universally [22:38] bnchs__ sim card registration? [22:39] bnchs__ we already have that [22:39] schestowitz-TR they were not introduced in bad will [22:39] schestowitz-TR but once many people possessed them they turned into something else [22:39] schestowitz-TR bnchs__: yes, it is becoming a "norm" over time [22:40] schestowitz-TR makes you wonder about the purpose of these devices [22:40] bnchs__ i can buy a SIM card without registering though [22:40] schestowitz-TR maybe phone booths will soon ahve fingerprint readers, too? [22:40] schestowitz-TR just to "make sure" who's calling? [22:40] bnchs__ but after a month of usage, it stops working with ID card [22:41] schestowitz-TR so privacy is expensive [22:41] schestowitz-TR very expensive [22:41] bnchs__ it stops working until you register [22:41] DaemonFC I got a Google Pixel 6. [22:42] DaemonFC God, fuck this Samsung crap. [22:42] DaemonFC The Galaxy S20 FE 5G is the worst phone I have ever owned. [22:42] DaemonFC It doesn't even make phone calls half the time. [22:42] DaemonFC You go into Walmart, it's a brick. [22:42] bnchs__ lol [22:42] DaemonFC You try to call someone in my living room, it says my phone isn't registered on a network and can only call 911. [22:42] bnchs__ no-brand phones (xiaomi) are even worse [22:43] bnchs__ i had a xiaomi phone hard-brick after the warranty expired [22:43] DaemonFC My mom says my calls fade in and out and I sound like a robot down here. [22:43] bnchs__ lets just say i had a day shouting at them for having a time-bomb [22:43] DaemonFC Samsung is just a colossal piece of shit, and that's before we get to the Microsoft dick-sucking. [22:44] DaemonFC That's a big pain in the butt, but the phone barely even works aside from that. [22:44] bnchs__ phones have warranty time-bombs [22:44] DaemonFC Mandy said I should just get an iPhone. I said, "Oh no. They can't play Opus files, they can't run F-Droid.". [22:44] DaemonFC They're no good. [22:44] DaemonFC If you use YouTube on an iPhone, it's with YouTube's app or no dice. [22:45] TR News #HowTo Install #GarudaLinux on Your PC https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-install-garuda-linux/ #makeuseof #gnu #linux [22:45] TR Bot How to Install Garuda Linux on Your PC [22:45] DaemonFC You can't run Newpipe and skip the ads, or play music in the background, or download things. [22:45] *bnchs___ (~bnchs@hqrecm6qm2yr2.irc) has joined #techrights [22:45] DaemonFC You can't run the real Firefox or the real Vivaldi, Brave, Opera, or Chrome on an iPhone. [22:45] bnchs___ TCP RESET [22:46] DaemonFC If a site doesn't work on an iPhone and you open it up in another browser, it still has to use Safari's engine. [22:46] DaemonFC So the site still isn't going to work. It's hopeless! [22:47] *bnchs__ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:47] DaemonFC While Safari being a major browser due only to the iPhone probably means few troubles there, the fact remains that it can be a problem, and if it is, there's no diversity of browser engines. [22:47] schestowitz-TR will the real Vivaldi please stand up? [22:47] MinceR lol [22:47] DaemonFC There's no choice, so you can't open up another browser and even try. [22:47] bnchs___ apple forces you to use safari's engine [22:47] bnchs___ per app store RULEZ [22:48] schestowitz-TR yes [22:48] schestowitz-TR this is true [22:48] schestowitz-TR did they not relax the rule? [22:48] DaemonFC Microsoft "liberalized" their crapp store rules. [22:48] DaemonFC You can base your browser on Gecko now. [22:48] DaemonFC But since Pale Moon isn't exactly Gecko as defined by Mozilla, it can't be in there. [22:48] DaemonFC And since you might not be able to pay Microsoft $500 to sign your browser each year, then maybe you can't even afford to be there. [22:49] TR News When you clone a piece of shit you get another piece of shit, sans the #apple logo https://hackaday.com/2022/02/22/no-privacy-cloning-the-airtag/ #surveillance #airtag [22:49] TR Bot Privacy: Cloning The AirTag | Hackaday [22:49] DaemonFC It's just another item on the "You must be this tall to have a web browser." list. [22:49] bnchs___ pale moon doesn't deserve to be there anyway [22:49] bnchs___ i don't accept a browser made by a bunch of bullies [22:50] DaemonFC I can hardly wait, Roy. [22:50] DaemonFC It'll be just like Christmas morning. [22:50] MinceR https://pleated-jeans.com/2022/01/31/businesses-that-made-bad-decisions-and-ended-up-paying-for-it/ [22:50] Alternative link Cloudflare: pleated-jeans.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://pleated-jeans.com/2022/01/31/businesses-that-made-bad-decisions-and-ended-up-paying-for-it/ [22:50] TR Bot 25 Companies That Made Bad Business Decisions And Ended Up Paying For It [22:50] DaemonFC No more HI THERE I'M BIXBY HERP DERP!!! [22:51] DaemonFC Because you hit what used to be the power button, and you just angered everyone at the movies. [22:51] DaemonFC Fuck Samsung. [22:51] bnchs___ you disable bixby [22:51] DaemonFC Did I say Fuck Samsung already? [22:51] bnchs___ or you install a custom ROM [22:51] DaemonFC Well, fuck Samsung some more. [22:51] DaemonFC In fact, I have a plan. [22:51] DaemonFC Fuck them all to death. [22:51] bnchs___ never trust the stock ROM to not be shit [22:52] DaemonFC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwug8xpcC0s [22:52] TR Bot NO TITLE [22:52] TR News Who would trust #ibm with #encryption that lacks back doors? https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-homomorphic-encryption-a-dashing-solution-for-healthcare-dataprivacy/ IBM = US Army http://techrights.org/2020/08/07/ibm-atomic-bombs/ [22:52] Alternative link Cloudflare: ibm.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/ibm-homomorphic-encryption-a-dashing-solution-for-healthcare-dataprivacy/ [22:52] TR Bot IBM homomorphic encryption: A DASHing solution for healthcare data privacy IBM Developer [22:52] TR Bot IBM and the Bomb: Series Index (on 75th Anniversary of Atomic Bombs Being Dropped on Civilians) | Techrights [22:52] *psydroid4 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:57] psydroid8 I would never buy any Samsung devices again [22:58] TR News Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: #KaOS 2022.02, System76, #ZorinOS , and OBS Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161748 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [22:58] TR Bot Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: KaOS 2022.02, System76, Zorin OS , and OBS | Tux Machines [22:58] psydroid8 I am using my mom's old phone with lots of crapware installed [22:58] psydroid8 it's terrible [22:58] schestowitz-TR well [22:59] schestowitz-TR technically it is what it is [22:59] schestowitz-TR a [22:59] schestowitz-TR "phone" [22:59] schestowitz-TR probably "spy" ("smart") [22:59] schestowitz-TR we have cordless landlines [22:59] psydroid8 yes [22:59] psydroid8 landlines are rare here [22:59] TR News #Security Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161749 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [22:59] TR Bot Security Leftovers | Tux Machines [22:59] schestowitz-TR psydroid8: in the empire of shit [22:59] schestowitz-TR coca cola is everywhere [22:59] schestowitz-TR and you cannot drink tap water ● Feb 22 [23:00] TR News Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161750 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [23:00] TR Bot today's howtos | Tux Machines [23:00] schestowitz https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-Minimal-Curl-Default [23:00] Alternative link Cloudflare: phoronix.com | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fedora-Minimal-Curl-Default [23:00] TR Bot Looks To Lighten Its Default Curl Packages - Phoronix [23:00] schestowitz slow day for phoronix [23:00] schestowitz michael trawls fedora wiki [23:00] schestowitz finds: [23:01] schestowitz 'libcurl-minimal and curl-minimal will be installed by default instead of libcurl and curl. The "minimal" variants provide only a subset of protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP). The full versions can be explicitly requested as libcurl-full and curl-full." [23:01] schestowitz https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/CurlMinimal_as_Default [23:01] TR Bot Changes/CurlMinimal as Default - Fedora Project Wiki [23:01] schestowitz there's already libcurl [23:01] schestowitz and many soft forks [23:01] schestowitz maybe ibm wants tofork it too [23:01] schestowitz in shithub [23:02] schestowitz because only "dinobabies" install git [23:02] MinceR what's a dinobaby? [23:02] schestowitz the uni 'grads' were trained to open a microsoft account [23:02] psydroid8 Michael AMDUpsell [23:02] schestowitz ibm: welcome! [23:02] schestowitz with a salary of $50k/annum [23:02] schestowitz MinceR: http://techrights.org/wiki/IBM#Ageism [23:02] TR Bot IBM - Techrights [23:02] schestowitz people who reject systemd and stuff [23:03] schestowitz and other hype [23:03] schestowitz and complexity disguised as "east of use" [23:03] schestowitz like kubernetes [23:03] MinceR lol [23:03] schestowitz *ease [23:03] schestowitz it's easy [23:03] schestowitz you phone up ibm [23:03] schestowitz "hello, red hat?" [23:03] kingoffrance i thought ibm was the dinosaur...it seems more like something someone called them once [23:04] schestowitz "yes, my machine coredumps and I cannot make sense of these 2 million lines of code, so I'll pay you $2000 per year per server" [23:04] bnchs___ "rewrite your code" [23:04] TR News #Games: Steam Deck Titles, Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit, and Nebuchadnezzar Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161751 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [23:04] TR Bot Games: Steam Deck Titles, Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit, and Nebuchadnezzar | Tux Machines [23:04] bnchs___ *end call* [23:05] schestowitz no [23:05] schestowitz "open an Issue in Microsoft" [23:05] schestowitz (GitHub) [23:05] schestowitz "and we'll look into it" [23:05] schestowitz systemd is developed [sic] using Microsoft entrapment platform [23:05] schestowitz please "star" our systemd repo [23:06] schestowitz "if we get a thousand stars bill gates shows up in spaghetti strings" [23:06] bnchs___ spaghetti strings with the code microplanted into them [23:06] schestowitz if we get 2 thousand, steve starts rubbing [23:06] MinceR ooh, bill gAIDS gets stringified? [23:06] MinceR i mean spaghettified [23:07] bnchs___ steve thigh-rubber holiday [23:07] bnchs___ next to richard toejam-eating holiday [23:07] schestowitz and steve crank walnut-for medicine [23:07] schestowitz you'd call him antivaxxer or something if he was still alines [23:07] psydroid8 how many millions of lines of code does systems have now? [23:07] schestowitz *alive [23:07] schestowitz same mindset [23:07] schestowitz maybe he was into mercola [23:08] psydroid8 as we all know more lines = more "features" [23:08] DaemonFC https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/ive-switched-from-samsung-phones-and-will-never-come-back/ [23:08] TR Bot Ive switched from Samsung phones and will never come back. BaronHK's Rants [23:08] schestowitz some tech 'luminaries' [23:08] schestowitz bnchs___: BUT NONE OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF ME!! [23:08] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/What-the-Tech-Industry-Has-Learned-from-Linus-Torvalds_-Jim-Zemlin-at-TEDxConcordia-U-Portland.mp4 [23:08] bnchs___ you're right [23:08] schestowitz he auditioned it [23:08] schestowitz many times [23:08] MinceR i switched from samsung to LG, then LG stopped making phones :( [23:09] psydroid8 DO YOU KNOW WHY? [23:09] schestowitz practiced with sheela zemlin [23:09] bnchs___ i never heard of this gremblin [23:09] schestowitz and she did not tell him, "jim, look..." [23:09] bnchs___ jim gremblin [23:09] schestowitz "you come across like a total dick" [23:09] DaemonFC THere's just so much junk in Samsung phones. [23:09] psydroid8 IT'S BECAUSE I AM ACTUALLY A GREMLIN [23:09] DaemonFC It's not even worth the "$1,000 subsidy" because they massively overcharge for their phones. [23:09] schestowitz imagine him rehearsing that line 20 times [23:09] DaemonFC And that's literally the only reason they cost more to begin with, and then there's all this horrible stuff in them. [23:10] MinceR 23 000916 <~schestowitz> "you come across like a total dick" [23:10] schestowitz and never thinking, "hey, maybe I sound a liiiiiitle pretentious' [23:10] MinceR that's fine [23:10] MinceR then he's in character [23:10] DaemonFC schestowitz, We're back to the full subsidy on the phone. [23:10] schestowitz ok, sorry band language [23:10] schestowitz he comes across as a CoC [23:10] DaemonFC If you finance it for 24 months, it's "free". [23:10] DaemonFC If you pay for it, it's $600. [23:10] bnchs___ "A gremlin is a mischievous folkloric creature that causes malfunctions in aircraft or other machinery." [23:10] bnchs___ accurate to jim gremlin [23:11] schestowitz http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/zemlin-go-away.gif [23:11] psydroid8 malfunction in his brain [23:11] DaemonFC If you cancel your service plan, you owe them for the full retail price of the phone remaining, so it acts like an early termination fee. [23:11] psydroid8 insane in the membrane [23:11] DaemonFC Of course, you can take the phone to another carrier. It is yours. They do unlock it. [23:11] DaemonFC It comes off $25 per month. [23:11] bnchs___ jim gremlin in linux [23:11] bnchs___ he causes malfunctions in linux [23:12] schestowitz grinch zemlin [23:12] DaemonFC Well, that's disturbing. [23:13] DaemonFC The state of Illinois sent a letter to a Sarah Parks about her Medicaid, and the Informed Delivery scanned it as if it was coming to my mailbox because the box number was one off from mine. [23:13] DaemonFC And it gave me a full scan of her incoming mail. [23:14] DaemonFC Then a bazillion emails for Mandy from our bank about how many loans they'd just love to give him. [23:14] DaemonFC Car loans, home loans, student loans. [23:14] DaemonFC Welcome to America. Here's debt! [23:15] DaemonFC schestowitz, I could keep using my Galaxy phone, but T-Mobile has sabotaged the modem. [23:15] DaemonFC They shut down the Sprint network knowing that it would ruin people's phones. [23:15] schestowitz-TR Ok, I see.. [23:15] schestowitz-TR just give up on those gadgets [23:15] DaemonFC And then they sent letters saying you MUST pick a T-Mobile plan that's 30% more expensive to get a new phone. [23:15] bnchs___ how did they sabotage the modem [23:15] schestowitz-TR they add too little to your life anyway [23:15] schestowitz-TR you are 38, you lived without them [23:15] DaemonFC Then when people just bore the nuisance of the malfunctioning phone, they gave up and said "Keep your Sprint plan!". [23:16] DaemonFC I held out and got a better offer. [23:16] DaemonFC Those T-Mobile plans are much much worse than the one I have, and they cost more! [23:16] SomeH4x0r I'm 17, I did only use the "smart phones" for a few years in the past, and I was eventually disappointed [23:16] bnchs___ i wanna use old phones are servers [23:16] bnchs___ as a small HTTP server [23:16] SomeH4x0r "why can a PC update properly, but this thing can't?" [23:16] DaemonFC I have the plan I bought in 2013. [23:17] SomeH4x0r "why can I install nothing I can do on PC?" [23:17] TR News "With a few tweaks, the slider can be vertically mounted, to give those up-and-over shots. Super simple, low tech and not an #Arduino in sight." https://hackaday.com/2022/02/22/super-simple-camera-slider-with-a-neat-twist/ [23:17] TR Bot Simple Camera Slider With A Neat Twist | Hackaday [23:17] DaemonFC So as long as I don't agree to change plans, then I can keep it. They don't sell this plan anymore. [23:17] DaemonFC You can use all the data you want. It's $45 a month. [23:18] DaemonFC It has Hulu included (meh) and also pays for your AAA membership (nice!). [23:18] schestowitz-TR very expensive [23:18] schestowitz-TR you could buy food for that much [23:18] DaemonFC If I switched to T-Mobile's plans, it would cost 30% more for each line, I'd lose AAA, and they'd throw in Netflix. [23:18] DaemonFC Which I don't even need. [23:18] schestowitz-TR and food does not send your data to mother ship [23:18] DaemonFC I don't use Netflix. [23:19] schestowitz-TR nobody does [23:19] bnchs___ just torrent [23:19] schestowitz-TR it uses many people [23:19] DaemonFC I use VLC Player and an HDMI cable and a hard disk. [23:19] SomeH4x0r yes, torrents [23:19] bnchs___ of course ISPs block bittorrent protocol [23:19] bnchs___ only in america [23:19] SomeH4x0r AAA? evil videogames? [23:19] DaemonFC Your ISP doesn't know what you're doing if you use a VPN. [23:19] DaemonFC I use a VPN. It's none of my ISP's business. I pay my bill. Fuck off. [23:20] bnchs___ they use deep packet inspection [23:20] bnchs___ if your packets aren't encrypted [23:20] DaemonFC American Automobile Association (I think.) [23:20] schestowitz-TR they should be [23:20] bnchs___ and they'll figure out if you're using a bittorrent protocol client [23:20] DaemonFC I'm a member because they do free service calls if my car breaks down. [23:20] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: so your ISP is in Panama [23:20] schestowitz-TR the very very very not-dodgy country [23:20] schestowitz-TR but it says "Nord" [23:20] DaemonFC So far, they've had to jump my battery and give me 4 tows down to the repair shop in the last few years. [23:20] schestowitz-TR so you might think you're in iceland or something [23:21] schestowitz-TR [23:20] I'm a member because they do free service calls if my car breaks down. [23:21] schestowitz-TR now you are chaining problems [23:21] schestowitz-TR "cars"... [23:21] DaemonFC Each tow would have been $100, and the battery call? Well, good luck finding someone to help with that if you had to live in a flophouse for two years. [23:21] schestowitz-TR that break down on you every few months [23:21] schestowitz-TR but you get to find dying dogs on the road [23:21] DaemonFC The newer ones are much worse. [23:22] SomeH4x0r then they ban the old cars [23:22] schestowitz-TR sooner or later it'll be them or nothing [23:22] schestowitz-TR I wonder if I'll ever use my licence again [23:22] DaemonFC "We're going to sell you the car and insure it. We know exactly what your risk is. As the company that made it, it's telling us all sorts of things about you.". [23:22] DaemonFC "Did you know you speed too much? Tsk Tsk. There go your rates! Didn't even have to wait for the police to catch you, did we?" [23:22] schestowitz-TR they will say "dumb' cars are "old" [23:23] schestowitz-TR and "Cause" pollution [23:23] schestowitz-TR they will pass the "green car act" [23:23] schestowitz-TR green NSA [23:23] DaemonFC No, "safety". [23:23] schestowitz-TR ah,m that [23:23] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, I sa that car with the missing front end again today. [23:23] schestowitz-TR yes, cars without back doors are security hazard [23:23] schestowitz-TR iut's a national security risk [23:23] DaemonFC The guy driving it was leaning over the airbags. [23:23] DaemonFC He didn't even bother to cut them out. [23:23] schestowitz-TR if you have no back doors and you're a terrorist [23:23] DaemonFC They're just flopping around on him while he drives it! [23:24] schestowitz-TR how will cia take over you car and crash you into a bridge? [23:24] DaemonFC schestowitz-TR, Lock your doors and drive you into the lake? [23:24] DaemonFC :) [23:24] DaemonFC They could, with a new car. [23:24] DaemonFC "Self-drive". [23:24] schestowitz-TR depends on their mood [23:24] schestowitz-TR they have "programmes" [23:24] DaemonFC But hey, it saved one guy who was having a heart attack. [23:25] schestowitz-TR now spy programmes [23:25] schestowitz-TR programs for sequences ;-) [23:25] schestowitz-TR see vault7 and vault8 [23:25] schestowitz-TR they have the back doors in blackberry's car-targeting OS already [23:26] TR News High Severity Flaw in #Istio Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161752 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [23:26] TR Bot High Severity Flaw in Istio | Tux Machines [23:26] schestowitz-TR [08:28] NEWS #TruthOut Calls to Reform the #CIA Are Misplaced. It Shouldn't Exist at All. https://truthout.org/articles/calls-to-reform-the-cia-are-misplaced-it-shouldnt-exist-at-all/ [23:26] Alternative link Cloudflare: truthout.org | Alternative: https://web.archive.org/web/https://truthout.org/articles/calls-to-reform-the-cia-are-misplaced-it-shouldnt-exist-at-all/ [23:26] TR Bot Calls to Reform the CIA Are Misplaced. It Shouldn't Exist at All. [23:28] DaemonFC MinceR, The Galaxy Z Flip 3 has a Snapdragon "888" CPU. [23:28] DaemonFC The T-888 was a Terminator model in the TV series. [23:28] schestowitz-TR 666 [23:28] schestowitz-TR DaemonFC: well, if it shuts down [23:28] schestowitz-TR "it'll be back" [23:29] DaemonFC They were an iterative improvement on the 800 series. The T-850 had upgrades to its power cells and to its endoskeleton to be more survivable to plasma weapon attacks. [23:29] DaemonFC The 888 has more body templates (can look like anyone), a tougher endoskeleton than the 850, and upgrades to the CPU and software. It's smarter and it behaves more like a human. [23:30] DaemonFC One successfully managed to be an impostor of a woman's husband for several months without her noticing. [23:30] MinceR the T-888 didn't ship with MICROS~1 malware though, did it? [23:30] DaemonFC They also seem to be able to power down and stay that way for many years, and their skin won't age. [23:30] MinceR and it also didn't have a touchscreen that was curved for no reason, and its touch functionality was broken because of the curve [23:31] DaemonFC One was shown going back to the wrong time period, and encasing itself into a wall with a tommygun to wait over 80 years for the target of the assassination. [23:32] DaemonFC It accidentally caused the timeline it was from. It became a businessman who got into real estate and construction and built the tower where the assassination was to take place. [23:36] DaemonFC the T-888 didn't ship with MICROS~1 malware though, did it? [23:36] DaemonFC Unclear what it was based on. [23:36] DaemonFC The HUD of the T-800 from the first movie indicated that it was using some sort of Intel Assembler for its program. [23:37] TR News #WordPress 5.9.1 Maintenance Release and Best Free WordPress Themes for 2022 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161753 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [23:37] TR Bot WordPress 5.9.1 Maintenance Release and Best Free WordPress Themes for 2022 | Tux Machines [23:43] TR News Links 22/2/2022: GNOME 42 Beta and #Istio Flaw Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/02/22/istio-flaw/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/02/22/istio-flaw/ [23:43] TR Bot Links 22/2/2022: GNOME 42 Beta and Istio Flaw | Techrights [23:44] TR News Todays Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161754 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [23:44] TR Bot today's leftovers | Tux Machines [23:45] TR News #ibm not only engages in acts of #intolerance and #racism like http://techrights.org/2021/08/20/we-build-fedora-and-then-ibm-blacklists-us/ it's also suing members of the #freesw community now, having already slandered the movement's father/founder [23:45] TR Bot Imperialistic Blacklist Machines: Racist IBM and Red Hat Just Like Donald Trump Have Turned Fedora Into an Utterly Racist Project That Blacklists, Shuns and Permanently Bans People Based on Their Nationality Alone | Techrights [23:46] bnchs___ blacklist?? [23:46] bnchs___ that's racist [23:47] schestowitz-TR no [23:47] schestowitz-TR read it [23:47] schestowitz-TR and watch video [23:47] DaemonFC The Blacklist [23:47] schestowitz-TR IBM decided that arabs or persians are not allowed [23:47] schestowitz-TR they are "too dodgy" for IBM [23:47] bnchs___ no it's a joke with the term being banned [23:47] schestowitz-TR and for Trump [23:47] bnchs___ "blacklist" is blocklist now [23:47] schestowitz-TR and later they lecture us on diversity and people's feelings [23:48] schestowitz-TR ignore the words for now [23:48] schestowitz-TR I don't succumb to their vocabulary policing [23:48] schestowitz-TR the issue is more profoundt [23:48] schestowitz-TR they're racist and evil [23:48] schestowitz-TR and they make money from nukes [23:48] schestowitz-TR which cause genocides [23:48] immibis ironically if you do not like words like "blocklist" you are also vocabulary policing [23:48] schestowitz-TR I don't have preferences [23:49] schestowitz-TR I just stick with what textbooks use [23:49] schestowitz-TR and that's blacklist [23:49] schestowitz-TR it's commonly understood [23:49] schestowitz-TR people get confused when you start changing terms needlessly [23:49] schestowitz-TR I still say "server" [23:49] schestowitz-TR not clown [23:50] *darwin has quit (connection closed) [23:56] *psymin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [23:56] *psymin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [23:56] *darwin (~darwin@7d3n498busjrn.irc) has joined #techrights [23:59] DaemonFC The Waukegan Police give McDonalds to the black list. [23:59] DaemonFC If they confess to murder.... [23:59] DaemonFC And then maybe they can "go home".