●● IRC: #techrights @ FreeNode: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 ●● ● Feb 23 [00:06] *psymin has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:18] *MathAmphetamine (~coderain@reactos/developer/theflash) has joined #techrights [00:21] *MathAmph1tamine (~coderain@reactos/developer/theflash) has joined #techrights [00:22] *CrystalMath has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [00:25] *MathAmphetamine has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [00:28] *MathAmph1tamine is now known as CrystalMath [00:28] *jpli has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [00:35] *MathAmphetamine (~coderain@reactos/developer/theflash) has joined #techrights [00:36] *MathAmph1tamine (~coderain@reactos/developer/theflash) has joined #techrights [00:39] *CrystalMath has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [00:41] *MathAmphetamine has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [00:43] *MathAmph1tamine is now known as CrystalMath ● Feb 23 [01:16] *gde33 has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [01:16] *gde33 (~gde33@84-106-154-98.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl) has joined #techrights [01:23] techrights-bot The high-profile fan-made reverse-engineering efforts are being proactively censored by #Microsoft on behalf of another company (without as much as due process) http://techrights.org/2021/02/22/microsoft-vs-reverse-engineering/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/22/microsoft-vs-reverse-engineering/ [01:24] techrights-bot A CoC (Code of Conduct) is often crafted or drafted with good intentions; but with enforcement put in the wrong hands it is a tool of corporate oppression instead of protection of peoples dignity http://techrights.org/2021/02/22/conduct-of-large-corporations/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/22/conduct-of-large-co [01:27] techrights-bot The ongoing series which we started yesterday and still publish today (about Microsoft recruiters) shows that Microsoft has rather toxic ambitions and the general idea is to infect everything with #Microsoft http://techrights.org/2021/02/22/telemetry-raspberry-pi-goals/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/22/telemetry-raspber [01:28] techrights-bot As it turns out, just about everyone looking to recruit for a Microsoft-connected project/company (working on Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu etc.) near Microsoft is former #Microsoft http://techrights.org/2021/02/22/poaching-gnu-linux-developers/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/22/poaching-gnu-linux-developers/ [01:33] techrights-bot The 5 best command-line based #passwordmanagers for Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148005 #gnu #linux [01:33] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | The 5 best command-line based password managers for Linux | Tux Machines [01:34] techrights-bot #Android Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148006 #Google #Linux #TuxMachines [01:34] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines [01:35] *galactic (~galactic@ip68-8-236-3.sd.sd.cox.net) has joined #techrights [01:36] *galactic_ (~galactic@ip68-8-236-3.sd.sd.cox.net) has joined #techrights [01:36] *galactic_ has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [01:36] techrights-ipfs IPFS downstream, 60 mins: avg(k/sec) 45.11 IPFS upstream: avg(k/sec) 22.50 swarm size (avg): 117.45 [01:37] techrights-bot FOSS Patents: #patentTroll #Sisvel v. #Haier II: no #patent ambush defense against acquirer of standard-essential patent, Germany's Federal Court of Justice holds http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/02/sisvel-v-haier-ii-no-patent-ambush.html #fosspatents [01:37] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.fosspatents.com | FOSS Patents: Sisvel v. Haier II: no patent ambush defense against acquirer of standard-essential patent, Germany's Federal Court of Justice holds [01:37] *asusbox2 (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techrights [01:38] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) [01:38] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [01:40] techrights-bot More #swpats deemed likely #fakepatents https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/2/22/justservice-patent-determined-to-be-likely-invalid "'868 #patent is related to clown and data-storage technology" [01:40] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.unifiedpatents.com | JustService patent determined to be likely invalid Unified Patents [01:41] techrights-bot Massive #patentTroll #IPCom is using #patents from the corrupt #epo to blackmail many folks https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/court-of-appeal-overturns-vodafones-crown-use-defence-in-ipcom-dispute/ [01:41] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.juve-patent.com | Court of Appeal overturns Vodafone's Crown use defence in IPCom dispute - JUVE Patent [01:43] techrights-bot "Bristows partner Myles Jelf represented IPCom" Yes, of course #bristowsLLP works for #patentTrolls whilst also #lobbying for #upc by lying to us all https://www.juve-patent.com/news-and-stories/cases/court-of-appeal-overturns-vodafones-crown-use-defence-in-ipcom-dispute/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Bristows_LLP [01:43] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Bristows LLP - Techrights [01:44] techrights-bot " #Nike s #patents are challenged. U.S. Patent No. 7,814,598 and No. 8,266,749. The claims appear to be broadly directed to making a shoe-upper from cloth made in a circular knitting machine." https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/02/cert-denied-feb-2021.html [01:44] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-patentlyo.com | Cert Denied Feb 2021 | Patently-O [01:49] techrights-bot "The patentee had added some claims during the reexamination, and the #PTAB found them unpatentable." https://patentlyo.com/patent/2021/02/agency-action-preclusion.html [01:49] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-patentlyo.com | Agency Action and Issue Preclusion | Patently-O [01:50] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-169-167.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techrights [01:54] techrights-bot "Ubuntu 20"? No such thing... https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/DYNATRACE-INC-63216144/news/Dynatrace-Private-Synthetic-Monitoring-locations-now-also-supported-on-Ubuntu-20-32508862/ [01:54] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Dynatrace : Private Synthetic Monitoring locations now also supported on Ubuntu 20 | MarketScreener [01:56] techrights-bot Building and running FIPS #containers on Ubuntu Pro #FIPS | Ubuntu https://ubuntu.com//blog/building-and-running-fips-containers-on-ubuntu-pro-fips #ubuntu | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/23/#latest [01:56] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Building and running FIPS containers on Ubuntu Pro FIPS | Ubuntu [01:56] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-schestowitz.com | Social Control Media Posts [01:57] techrights-bot Arduino Blog - #Bikelangelo is a water-dispensing graffiti bicycle trailer https://blog.arduino.cc/2021/02/22/bikelangelo-is-a-water-dispensing-graffiti-bicycle-trailer/ #Arduino #Hardware #OpenHardware #Hacking [01:57] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-blog.arduino.cc | Arduino Blog Bikelangelo is a water-dispensing graffiti bicycle trailer ● Feb 23 [02:04] *jaggz has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [02:05] techrights-bot On the Terms Master, Main and Abuse http://techrights.org/2021/02/22/master-main-and-abuse/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW #australia gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/22/master-main-and-abuse/ [02:05] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | On the Terms Master, Main and Abuse | Techrights [02:07] *avalos has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [02:08] *avalos (~avalos@ec2-3-13-12-160.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com) has joined #techrights [02:11] techrights-bot Big Web Vs Small Web: Gemini, Gopher, HTTP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OATVXI65z8A they're not "the Web" at all... [02:11] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Big Web Vs Small Web: Gemini, Gopher, HTTP - YouTube [02:12] *mmu_man has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [02:14] techrights-bot #Mesa 21.0.0-rc5 Is Released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147921#comment-28374 #linux #graphics [02:14] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | mesa 21.0.0-rc5 | Tux Machines [02:18] techrights-bot #Netrunner OS 21.01 Run Through http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147917#comment-28375 #gnu #linux [02:18] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Netrunner 21.01 XOXO released | Tux Machines [02:19] techrights-bot Todays #HowTos | #UNIX http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148007 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [02:19] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [02:24] techrights-bot #surveillance attached to one's body marketed as "Smart" and "Health" https://www.iottechtrends.com/smart-blood-pressure-monitor/ #spying #espionage #socialcontrol [02:24] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.iottechtrends.com | 7 Different Types of Smart Technologies to Monitor Blood Pressure - IoT Tech Trends [02:25] techrights-bot #RDMA Changes For Linux 5.12 Add DMA-BUF Support For Peer-To-Peer Transfers With GPUs - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=RDMA-DMA-BUF-P2P-Linux-5.12 #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/23/#latest [02:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-RDMA Changes For Linux 5.12 Add DMA-BUF Support For Peer-To-Peer Transfers With GPUs - Phoronix [02:27] techrights-bot #GNU #libredwg 0.12.2 released http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9945 #freesw [02:27] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-savannah.gnu.org | LibreDWG - News: libredwg-0.12.2 released [Savannah] [02:31] techrights-bot *** *** Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social IRC logs ready. 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[02:31] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Monday, February 22, 2021 [02:31] techrights-bot #OpenMandriva fixes severe issue http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147618#comment-28377 #gnu #linux [02:31] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 Argon Officially Released with Linux 5.10 LTS, ARM64 Port | Tux Machines [02:33] techrights-bot *** *** Yesterday's bulletin ready. http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2021-02-22.txt [02:34] techrights-bot "scant details and no listed OS support." http://linuxgizmos.com/elkhart-lake-arrives-on-thin-mini-itx/ comes with back-doored motherboard/CPU though, so not an option... [02:34] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-linuxgizmos.com | Elkhart Lake arrives on thin Mini-ITX [02:35] DaemonFC[m] schestowitz__: NPR was talking about how a Chicago music organization of some kind got their Twitter banned for CoC violation, which turned out to be something they posted nearly two years ago that used a copyrighted song. [02:35] DaemonFC[m] Sony complained and Twitter took down their entire account. [02:35] DaemonFC[m] I was like "Finally, they report that things like this are happening, but not how outrageous it is.....". [02:36] techrights-ipfs IPFS downstream, 60 mins: avg(k/sec) 45.11 IPFS upstream: avg(k/sec) 22.50 swarm size (avg): 117.26 [02:38] techrights-bot #Ubuntu Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148008 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [02:38] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Ubuntu Leftovers | Tux Machines [02:39] techrights-bot #ZLUDA v2 Released For Drop-In CUDA On Intel #Graphics - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ZLUDA-v2-Released #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux [02:39] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-ZLUDA v2 Released For Drop-In CUDA On Intel Graphics - Phoronix [02:41] techrights-bot Defending #apple holes (remember #TimCrook their CEO added Apple to NSA PRISM, so holes are there BY DESIGN) by blaming their 'love' of cultists... https://www.computerworld.com/article/3608715/apple-tramples-on-security-in-the-name-of-convenience.html [02:41] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Apple tramples on security in the name of convenience | Computerworld [02:42] *jaggz (~jaggz@unaffiliated/jaggz) has joined #techrights [02:42] techrights-bot "Free and open source software communities recently spent a lot of time and effort on renaming the master branches in Git repositories to main, or some other name, due to the association of the word master with the horror of slavery." http://techrights.org/2021/02/22/master-main-and-abuse/ [02:44] techrights-bot More #fakepatents or US #swpats : " #patent generally relates to media advertising and in particular to systems and methods for associating an advertising media signal with another media signal" https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/2/22/1500-for-stratosaudio-081-prior-art [02:44] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.unifiedpatents.com | $1,500 for StratosAudio '081 prior art Unified Patents [02:45] *jaggz (~jaggz@unaffiliated/jaggz) has left #techrights [02:46] techrights-bot Dirk Eddelbuettel: #pkgKitten 0.2.1: Now with roxygen2 support http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2021/02/22#pkgkitten_0.2.1 [02:46] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [02:46] techrights-bot #Linux smartphone news roundup: #Xfce for phones, browser and camera updates, and more http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148009 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [02:46] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Linux smartphone news roundup: Xfce for phones, browser and camera updates, and more | Tux Machines [02:47] *jaggz (~jaggz@unaffiliated/jaggz) has joined #techrights [02:48] techrights-bot #destinationlinux 214: Customizing Your Linux Desktop With GNOME, KDE Plasma & More - Destination Linux https://destinationlinux.org/episode-214/ #gnu #linux [02:48] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-destinationlinux.org | 214: Customizing Your Linux Desktop With GNOME, KDE Plasma & More - Destination Linux [02:51] techrights-bot #RaspberryPiPico is already #microsoft infected (and spied on), but this one supports #ESP8266 too https://www.cnx-software.com/2021/02/23/fuzix-unix-like-operating-system-ported-to-raspberry-pi-pico-and-esp8266/ [02:51] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.cnx-software.com | Fuzix Unix-like operating system ported to Raspberry Pi Pico and ESP8266 [02:53] techrights-bot #systemd makes its RC and final announcements on #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware monopoly #PRISM / PRISON and that's already enough to know it doesn't support freedom https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Systemd-248-RC1-Released #deletegithub [02:53] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-systemd 248 RC1 Released With New "System Extension Images" Concept - Phoronix [02:55] techrights-bot Reminder that #linuxDOTcom became just an LF #marketing spam dump, not a news site like it was supposed to be (corrupt #zemlin and his collaborators shut that down! To line their pockets with outrageous salaries) https://www.linux.com/news/review-of-three-hyperledger-tools-caliper-cello-and-avalon/ [02:55] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Review of Three Hyperledger Tools Caliper, Cello and Avalon - Linux.com [02:56] techrights-bot "I just released #feedgnuplot 1.57, which includes two new pieces that I've long thought about adding" http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2021/02/22_feedgnuplot-labelled-bar-charts-and-a-guide.html [02:56] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-notes.secretsauce.net | feedgnuplot: labelled bar charts and a guide [02:59] techrights-bot Jamming with #Sonobus http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147741#comment-28378 #surveillance and #drm 'openly' on #gnu #linux (we should just eschew #spotify in general) [02:59] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | SonoBus Is An Open Source Low Latency Peer-To-Peer Audio Streaming Application | Tux Machines ● Feb 23 [03:01] techrights-ipfs IPFS local node stats TotalIn: 10 MB TotalOut: 2.0 MB [03:01] techrights-ipfs New bulletin just generated and added to IPFS with CID: [03:01] techrights-ipfs QmQvNZS1LAZnMM4hxFg93Fkzav1osAZoLLmACVyNWTvBEG [03:25] techrights-bot Hardware/Modding: #Arduino , #Fuzix , #Advantech http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148011 #GNU #Linux [03:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Fuzix, Advantech | Tux Machines [03:25] techrights-bot Audiocasts/Shows: #DestinationLinux and Gemini, Gopher, HTTP (WWW) http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148010 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [03:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux and Gemini, Gopher, HTTP (WWW) | Tux Machines [03:37] techrights-ipfs IPFS downstream, 60 mins: avg(k/sec) 44.43 IPFS upstream: avg(k/sec) 24.01 swarm size (avg): 117.34 [03:46] techrights-bot This service is maintained by the Federated Networks Association ● Feb 23 [04:07] *viera has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [04:08] *Ariadne has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [04:11] *Ariadne (~ariadne@2602:fd37:1::86) has joined #techrights [04:13] *viera (~viera@2602:fd37:1::84) has joined #techrights [04:20] techrights-bot NEWS #NBC #PressFreedom #Biden looks to recalibrate relationship with #SaudiArabia and Terrorist #MohammedBinSalman https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/biden-looks-recalibrate-relationship-saudi-arabia-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-n1258354 [04:20] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.nbcnews.com | Biden looks to recalibrate relationship with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman [04:26] techrights-bot #Siemens spreading anti #linux and anti #freesw messages https://www.eetindia.co.in/downloads/siemens_wp_en_202102_01/ [04:26] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.eetindia.co.in | Moving from an RTOS to Linux? (Practical Insights Nobody's Telling You) - EE Times India [04:28] techrights-bot NEWS #DemocracyNow No Heat or Water, Overflowing Toilets, Disgusting Food: #Texas Prisons Went from Bad to Dire in Storm https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/22/texas_prison_conditions_winter_storm [04:28] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.democracynow.org | No Heat or Water, Overflowing Toilets, Disgusting Food: Texas Prisons Went from Bad to Dire in Storm | Democracy Now! [04:28] techrights-bot #GOPKK leader #OrangeNazi #trump : people come here from "shithole countries" Red State #Texas : hold 'ma beer [04:37] techrights-ipfs IPFS downstream, 60 mins: avg(k/sec) 26.78 IPFS upstream: avg(k/sec) 16.51 swarm size (avg): 117.46 [04:52] techrights-bot #Kernel Space: systemd, remote direct memory access (RDMA), and #ZLUDA http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148015 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [04:52] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Kernel Space: systemd, remote direct memory access (RDMA), and ZLUDA | Tux Machines [04:53] techrights-bot #Security Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148012 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [04:53] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Security Leftovers | Tux Machines [04:54] techrights-bot #Programming Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148013 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [04:54] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Programming Leftovers | Tux Machines [04:54] techrights-bot Todays #HowTos | #UNIX http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148014 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [04:54] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines ● Feb 23 [05:02] techrights-bot Links 23/2/2021: Gemini (and Gopher) on the Rise Again, #Systemd 248 Reaches RC1 http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/gemini-and-gopher-on-the-rise/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/gemini-and-gopher-on-the-rise/ [05:02] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Links 23/2/2021: Gemini (and Gopher) on the Rise Again, Systemd 248 Reaches RC1 | Techrights [05:07] techrights-bot #DDOS Attacks and Decentralisation http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/ddos-and-decentralisation/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/ddos-and-decentralisation/ [05:07] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | DDOS Attacks and Decentralisation | Techrights [05:37] techrights-ipfs IPFS downstream, 60 mins: avg(k/sec) 26.78 IPFS upstream: avg(k/sec) 16.51 swarm size (avg): 117.27 ● Feb 23 [06:02] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [06:37] techrights-ipfs IPFS downstream, 60 mins: avg(k/sec) 26.78 IPFS upstream: avg(k/sec) 16.51 swarm size (avg): 117.07 [06:44] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [06:52] *aindilis` (~aindilis@172-12-3-117.lightspeed.sgnwmi.sbcglobal.net) has joined #techrights [06:52] *aindilis has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) ● Feb 23 [07:37] techrights-ipfs IPFS downstream, 60 mins: avg(k/sec) 26.78 IPFS upstream: avg(k/sec) 16.51 swarm size (avg): 116.88 ● Feb 23 [08:37] techrights-ipfs IPFS downstream, 60 mins: avg(k/sec) 26.78 IPFS upstream: avg(k/sec) 16.51 swarm size (avg): 116.68 ● Feb 23 [09:07] techrights-bot Today #techrights will focus on #epo affairs. We have some new things to expose to the public... [09:11] techrights-bot #IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 22, 2021 http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/irc-log-220221/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/irc-log-220221/ [09:11] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | IRC Proceedings: Monday, February 22, 2021 | Techrights [09:12] techrights-bot Our server, which is shared among sites, has been under persistent distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks almost every day in recent weeks, culminating in much worse attacks last night http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/ddos-and-decentralisation/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/ddos-and-decentralisation/ [09:17] techrights-bot #newsweek isn't news but a #propaganda rag owned by an oligarch to whitewash oligarchs. They're quit pretending otherwise. #corrpuptMedia #oligarchy [09:22] schestowitz__ just in [09:22] schestowitz__ " [09:22] schestowitz__ Salary Adjustment Procedure: Final results of the petition [09:22] schestowitz__ More than 2000 of you have voted in favour of the petition against the implementation of the new SalaryAdjustment Procedure (SAP). This is remarkable, especially in view of the circumstances under which it took place. The final results of the petition are as follows: [09:22] schestowitz__ [09:22] schestowitz__ 2191 [09:23] schestowitz__ [09:23] schestowitz__ against the SAP [09:23] schestowitz__ 31 [09:23] schestowitz__ [09:23] schestowitz__ in favour of the SAP [09:23] schestowitz__ 15 [09:23] schestowitz__ [09:23] schestowitz__ abstentions [09:23] schestowitz__ " [09:23] schestowitz__ From EPO insiders [09:50] techrights-bot Corrupt corporate media should "TELL Bill" instead of telling US what "Bill says..." (start speaking for the public, not for oligarchy that buys and bribes you) ● Feb 23 [10:08] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [10:10] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [10:19] techrights-bot The One Percent: Salary Adjustment Procedure (SAP) Supported Only by 1% of #EPO Staff http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/the-epo-one-percent/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/the-epo-one-percent/ [10:19] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | The One Percent: Salary Adjustment Procedure (SAP) Supported Only by 1% of EPO Staff | Techrights [10:24] *CrystalMath has quit (Quit: Support Richard Stallman! | https://sterling-archermedes.github.io/) ● Feb 23 [11:01] techrights-bot 'These Questions Remain Unanswered': #Campinos Became #Battistelli Just Halfway Through His Term http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/bad-5-year-plan/ #epo #europe #corruption [11:01] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | These Questions Remain Unanswered: Campinos Became Battistelli Just Halfway Through His Term | Techrights [11:24] *aindilis` has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [11:29] *mmu_man (~revol@82-65-227-82.subs.proxad.net) has joined #techrights ● Feb 23 [12:27] techrights-bot 3 Best #FreeSW Web-Based #XMPP Clients http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148020 [12:27] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | 3 Best Free and Open Source Web-Based XMPP Clients | Tux Machines [12:27] techrights-bot #Android Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148021 #Google #Linux #TuxMachines [12:27] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines [12:28] techrights-bot What makes the #GNU #Linux community special? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148019 [12:28] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | What makes the Linux community special? | Tux Machines [12:29] techrights-bot #Fuzix Unix-like operating system ported to Raspberry Pi Pico and ESP8266 tuxmachines.org/node/148018 #TuxMachines [12:31] techrights-bot Fuzix Unix-like operating system ported to Raspberry Pi Pico and ESP8266 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148018 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [12:31] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Fuzix Unix-like operating system ported to Raspberry Pi Pico and ESP8266 | Tux Machines [12:32] techrights-bot #Firefox 86 Released with AVIF and Multiple Picture-in-Picture Support by Default http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148017 #TuxMachines #Mozilla [12:32] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Firefox 86 Released with AVIF and Multiple Picture-in-Picture Support by Default | Tux Machines [12:54] techrights-bot Fuzix Unix-like operating system ported to Raspberry Pi Pico and ESP8266 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148018 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines ● Feb 23 [13:17] techrights-bot Heres How Multi-Monitor Support Will Work on #GNOME 40 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148022 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw [13:17] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Heres How Multi-Monitor Support Will Work on GNOME 40 | Tux Machines [13:19] techrights-bot Ubuntu 20.04.2 and Flavors with HWE Stack Released Ubuntu To Replace Ubiquity Installer Apache Project Hoping for New Rust Cryptography Module, with Help from Google Martin Wimpress to Leave Post a [13:19] techrights-bot Out of 2,237 #EPO workers who expressed their position on the SAP, which in essence lowers their salary, only 31 expressed support for it (thats 1.385%) http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/the-epo-one-percent/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/the-epo-one-percent/ [13:20] techrights-bot The Central Staff Committee of the #EPO highlights the grim situation or the deadlock reached after totally dysfunctional Office management somehow managed to kill off channels of communication http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/bad-5-year-plan/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/bad-5-year-plan/ [13:21] techrights-bot #EPO staff and former staff (pensioners) arent happy and the its the responsibility of the Administrative Council to do something before its too late http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/office-reputation-tarnished-epo/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/office-reputation-tarnished-epo/ [13:21] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | The Administrative Council Needs to Fix the EPO While Its Still Possible | Techrights [13:25] techrights-bot On Misapplication, Misuse, Overuse and Abuse of Words (to Suit False Narratives) http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/abuse-of-words/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/abuse-of-words/ [13:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | On Misapplication, Misuse, Overuse and Abuse of Words (to Suit False Narratives) | Techrights [13:37] techrights-bot NEWS #CounterPunch Apocalypse Cow: Point Reyes National Seashore Launches a Propaganda War Targeting Independent #Journalism https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/02/22/apocalypse-cow-point-reyes-national-seashore-launches-a-propaganda-war-targeting-independent-journalism/ [13:37] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Apocalypse Cow: Point Reyes National Seashore Launches a Propaganda War Targeting Independent Journalism - CounterPunch.org ● Feb 23 [14:28] MinceR https://img.pr0gramm.com/2021/02/12/466fbe8e5048c979.jpg [14:29] *wineroots (f24d257755@gateway/shell/disroot.org/x-ypnszadielwaimvm) has joined #techrights [14:30] techrights-bot The Word Master is Not Problematic in Most Contexts and Its Origin Hasn't a Connection to #Slavery http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/minds-of-profound-racists/ #language #research #racism #revisionism [14:30] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | The Word Master is Not Problematic in Most Contexts and Its Origin Hasnt a Connection to Slavery | Techrights [14:41] techrights-bot #Tails 4.16 Anonymous OS Released with Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS, Latest Tor Technologies http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148023 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #debian [14:41] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Tails 4.16 Anonymous OS Released with Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS, Latest Tor Technologies | Tux Machines [14:45] techrights-bot Today in #Techrights http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148024 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [14:45] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Today in Techrights | Tux Machines [14:45] techrights-bot Sok 2021 Update 2 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148025 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #KDE [14:45] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Sok 2021 Update 2 | Tux Machines [14:49] MinceR https://files.explosm.net/comics/Rob/lasereyesurgery.png ( https://explosm.net/comics/938/ ) [14:49] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Cyanide & Happiness (Explosm.net) [14:50] *cybrNaut has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [14:52] *psymin (~psymin@fsf/member/psymin) has joined #techrights [14:54] techrights-bot #GNOMEShell 40 and multi-monitor http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148026 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #GNOME [14:54] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | GNOME Shell 40 and multi-monitor | Tux Machines [14:55] techrights-bot #manpages done another way https://lbry.tv/@DistroTube:2/read-manpages-with-less-bat-vim-or:b [14:55] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-lbry.tv | Read Manpages With Less, Bat, Vim or Neovim [14:56] *cybrNaut (~cybrNaut@rrcs-67-53-148-69.west.biz.rr.com) has joined #techrights [14:56] *cybrNaut has quit (Changing host) [14:56] *cybrNaut (~cybrNaut@unaffiliated/cybrnaut) has joined #techrights [14:56] techrights-bot "Gemini is constantly at a dire risk of being extended upon, a pattern which will ultimately drive it to suffer the fate of the very problems of the web which motivated its creation in the first place." https://lists.orbitalfox.eu/archives/gemini/2021/005452.html [14:56] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-lists.orbitalfox.eu | [tech] [spec] On extending gemini [14:57] techrights-bot Supreme Court clears way for #Manhattan prosecutors to subpoena Trump's taxes https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-trump-taxes-bd5e2384-8403-4ca0-89a0-feab1992be5c.html [14:57] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Supreme Court clears way for Manhattan prosecutors to subpoena Trump's taxes - Axios [14:58] techrights-bot #france https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/world/europe/lucky-luke-comic-france.html [14:58] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.nytimes.com | Lucky Luke, the Comic Book Cowboy, Discovers Race, Belatedly - The New York Times [14:59] techrights-bot "Due to a shortage of teachers with computer science degrees, switching specialisms is a common route to becoming a computing educator." https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/issues/15 [14:59] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-helloworld.raspberrypi.org | Hello World issue 15 Hello World ● Feb 23 [15:01] techrights-bot "Developer and entrepeneur Bert Hubert has written about how software supply chain safety is similar to food supply safety. Both are about recognizing hazards and finding critical control points to monitor." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=21/02/21/2123250 [15:01] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-soylentnews.org | Cybersecurity is Like Food Safety: Digital HACCP - SoylentNews [15:02] techrights-bot "Trump is the only president in recent memory to refuse to release his tax returns" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/supreme-court-trump-taxes-1131317/ [15:02] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.rollingstone.com | Supreme Court: Trump Can't Stop Prosecutors From Seeing Tax Returns - Rolling Stone [15:02] techrights-bot #programming #RakuLang #perl https://mastodon.technology/@profoundlynerdy/105772388590442501 [15:02] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-mastodon.technology | :verified: Jeff Allen: "There is a new 5 part #Rakulang course: "Raku es" - Mastodon for Tech Folks [15:03] techrights-bot " #Intel Corporation grabbing #copyright ownership of Minstrel HT via a one-line diff?" https://bsd.network/@stsp/105752819581850654 [15:03] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-bsd.network | Stefan Sperling: "Intel Corporation grabbing copyright ownership of" - BSD Network [15:04] techrights-bot #fascism enabler. #facebook #fb #socialcontrolmedia #zuckerberg https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/105777134769782564 [15:04] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-mastodon.social | Glyn Moody: "Zuckerberg feared Facebook's conservative users, " - Mastodon [15:05] techrights-bot #Android Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148027 #Google #Linux #TuxMachines [15:05] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines [15:06] techrights-bot ...even those "decentralised social networks" are still #socialcontrolmedia i.e. the wrong sort of thing and distraction from real media https://mastodon.laurakalbag.com/@laura/105758566885689947 [15:06] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-mastodon.laurakalbag.com | Laura Kalbag: "Last nights Small is Beautiful live stream video" - Mastodon [15:07] techrights-bot He must have mean #freesw community because #opensource is not a community but a corporate attack or takeover attempt for #openwashing purposes https://octodon.social/@joeyh/105776891596246030 [15:07] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-octodon.social | see shy jo: ""thank you to the open source community for allow" - Octodon [15:09] techrights-bot #spaceweather https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=172468 [15:09] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-spaceweathergallery.com | Erupcin De Filamento Magntico [15:10] techrights-bot It is looking like the word abuse has been extended to basically mean all sorts of things including the act of actually exposing real abuse http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/abuse-of-words/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/abuse-of-words/ [15:11] techrights-bot Slavery is to the word master mostly disconnected; it might, however, be closely connected in the minds of racists or the agenda of highly #racist corporations (profiting from racism) http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/minds-of-profound-racists/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/minds-of-profound-racists/ [15:12] MinceR https://files.explosm.net/comics/Rob/canyon.png ( https://explosm.net/comics/963/ ) [15:12] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Cyanide & Happiness (Explosm.net) [15:12] techrights-bot "The chart also shows a trend toward ever more protracted litigation." http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/02/ericsson-samsung-escalation-led-judge.html #patents #patent #litigation #monopolies #protectionism [15:12] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.fosspatents.com | FOSS Patents: Ericsson-Samsung escalation led Judge Gilstrap and me to the same miscategorization of certain patents-in-suit: no SEP injunctions being sought YET [15:15] techrights-bot If they say "brown market", we'll call them "racists". The lawyers of the rich white men, or oligarchs, demonise competitors who aren't alike. #protectionism #monopoly #demonisation #lawyers #liars https://www.managingip.com/article/b1qpcr2q28r07s/working-in-parallel-not-enough-in-asian-grey-market-counsel [15:15] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.managingip.com | Working in parallel not enough in Asian grey market: counsel | Managing Intellectual Property [15:16] techrights-bot "March 10 is approaching fast, so the question is whether Epic can locate Mr. Forstall in time, and compel him to testify, ahead of that deadline given by Apple." #censorship #monopolu #antitrust http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/02/in-search-of-scott-forstall-epic-games.html [15:16] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.fosspatents.com | FOSS Patents: The Search for Scott (Forstall): Epic Games trying to locate former Apple software chief so he can testify in App Store antitrust case [15:18] techrights-bot "I'm admittedly biased here because my own app development company is going to sue Google and maybe also Apple in #Munich with direct references to certain holdings in #NetDoktor v. #Google " http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/02/top-notch-antitrust-experts-award-five.html [15:18] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.fosspatents.com | FOSS Patents: Top-notch antitrust experts award five stars to preliminary injunction against Google by Munich I Regional Court [15:27] techrights-bot Replacing #frees with #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware #github crap. https://itsfoss.com/duf-disk-usage/ #deletegithub [15:27] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-itsfoss.com | Check Your Disk Usage Using 'duf' Terminal Tool in Linux [15:30] techrights-bot #ClownComputing = disappointment, frustration and disarray guaranteed, just around the corner, like a ticking time bomb https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/google-bungie-id-software-all-under-fire-in-a-new-stadia-lawsuit #GamingOnLinux [15:30] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Google, Bungie, id Software all under fire in a new Stadia lawsuit | GamingOnLinux [15:31] techrights-bot "Jupiter Hell performs really well on #GNU #Linux too" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/jupiter-hell-097-expanse-is-out-full-release-planned-for-august-5 [15:31] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Jupiter Hell 0.9.7 'Expanse' is out, full release planned for August 5 | GamingOnLinux [15:32] techrights-bot #GNU " #Linux support is confirmed (we spoke to the publisher) and it's planned to launch sometime later this year." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/kur-is-an-upcoming-retro-styled-fps-where-youll-be-kicking-flesh-wearing-robots [15:32] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-KUR is an upcoming retro-styled FPS where you'll be kicking flesh-wearing robots | GamingOnLinux [15:34] MinceR (cat) (audio:unimportant) https://i.imgur.com/OYsSHZ8.mp4 [15:35] techrights-bot Todays #HowTos | #UNIX http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148028 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [15:35] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [15:37] techrights-bot Thrown in https://i.imgur.com/OYsSHZ8.mp4 [15:38] *viera has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [15:38] schestowitz__ [15:12] https://files.explosm.net/comics/Rob/canyon.png ( https://explosm.net/comics/963/ ) [15:39] schestowitz__ one of their least P-C :p [15:39] *vZS1 (~vZS1@host-92-25-9-33.as13285.net) has joined #techrights [15:39] MinceR :) [15:39] *viera (~viera@2602:fd37:1::84) has joined #techrights [15:40] *CrystalMath (~coderain@reactos/developer/theflash) has joined #techrights [15:41] vZS1 I found something amusing in my personal archives. Red Hat fucking Linux kernel up since goodness knows how long: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75. This is how much "quality" you should expect from IBM Dead Hat [15:41] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-lkml.org | LKML: Linus Torvalds: Re: [Regression w/ patch] Media commit causes user space to misbahave (was: Re: Linux 3.8-rc1) [15:41] schestowitz__ wow, very old version [15:42] vZS1 Read the email lol [15:42] schestowitz__ "Mauro, SHUT THE FUCK UP!" [15:42] schestowitz__ This is why the thread is so famous [15:42] schestowitz__ I remember this one [15:42] *superkuh is on linux 3.0.0 w/manually back-ported security fixes. [15:43] CrystalMath nice [15:43] schestowitz__ That was before Torvalds got his tongue castrated [15:43] *jaggz has quit (Quit: I saith goodbye) [15:43] CrystalMath i like using the oldest linux kernel [15:43] vZS1 When he still had a pair of gonads [15:43] CrystalMath that is on kernel.org [15:44] vZS1 You should remind people in an article how incompetent Dead Hat and co really are [15:44] vZS1 Got to get back to work [15:44] vZS1 Cyas [15:44] *psydroid always ran vanilla kernels on RH derivative abominations and remembers why he used to build many more of those back in the day [15:44] schestowitz__ when they move linux to rust/dotnet all will be fixed [15:45] schestowitz__ frameworks to compile... with clang [15:45] CrystalMath i'll be on NetBSD before that happens [15:45] schestowitz__ "linux in a crate" (TM) [15:45] vZS1 They own Linux now so good luck. Lol [15:46] psydroid "linux in a crater" sounds like much more fun [15:46] schestowitz__ mjg59 wanted to fork linux [15:46] *TechrightsBot-tr has quit (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) [15:46] schestowitz__ to it'll say "fart fart fart" instead of "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" [15:46] CrystalMath i want to fork linux as well [15:46] *vZS1 has quit (Quit: Quit) [15:46] CrystalMath i'll call the fork "lunix" [15:46] *TechrightsBot-tr (~TR@techrights.org) has joined #techrights [15:46] TechrightsBot-tr Hello World! I'm TechrightsBot-tr running phIRCe v0.77 [15:47] CrystalMath lun(at)ix [15:47] schestowitz__ xunil [15:47] schestowitz__ xunil psydroid [15:47] CrystalMath basically my idea is... make it more UNIX [15:47] schestowitz__ xunil diorysd [15:47] psydroid lol [15:47] CrystalMath make it such that only a lunatic would want to use it [15:47] CrystalMath but not any kind of lunatic [15:48] CrystalMath a person crazy in love with unix :) [15:48] CrystalMath so, giving up various good features in favor of compatibility with 1970 [15:48] schestowitz__ reiserOS [15:48] schestowitz__ an FS with a kernel [15:48] schestowitz__ like systemD [15:48] schestowitz__ the FS is the killer feature [15:48] MinceR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUnix [15:48] CrystalMath the FIRST order of business, is *removing* dynamic device numbers [15:48] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-en.wikipedia.org | LUnix - Wikipedia [15:49] CrystalMath MinceR: oh dammit [15:49] psydroid I've been thinking about what it would take to write a (micro)kernel from scratch [15:49] CrystalMath okay i'll call mine Lunatix [15:49] psydroid so without looking at or using any Linux code as inspiration to be on the safe side [15:49] CrystalMath MinceR: or loonix [15:50] CrystalMath kernel /vmlooniz [15:50] CrystalMath :P [15:51] CrystalMath basically my goal is to remove modern linux features, anything that would require udev or similar [15:51] CrystalMath and go back to static everything [15:51] CrystalMath dynamic linking will still be allowed, for now [15:51] MinceR you could switch from udev to devfs (in kernel) :> [15:51] CrystalMath yeah but screw devfs [15:51] CrystalMath i want a static /dev [15:51] CrystalMath all dynamic majors will be purged [15:52] CrystalMath and dynamic device numbers in general, major and minor [15:52] CrystalMath everything will have to be static [15:52] CrystalMath up to 65,536 possible devices, no more [15:52] CrystalMath we'll have to have a committee to decide which devices are worthy, and which are not [15:52] CrystalMath if you have the ones that aren't, sorry [15:52] CrystalMath older devices take PRIORITY [15:53] CrystalMath to incentivize people not to buy new stuff :) [15:53] MinceR https://deadlinux.fandom.com/wiki/Loonix [15:53] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-deadlinux.fandom.com | Loonix | The Linux Mausoleum Wiki | Fandom [15:53] CrystalMath MinceR: hmm, lunatix then [15:54] psydroid what will happen if devices get cancelled midway? [15:54] psydroid do they get purged from the tree immediately? [15:54] CrystalMath psydroid: not necessarily [15:55] CrystalMath also, lunatix promises floppy support forever [15:55] CrystalMath and it should implement support for BSD filesystems [15:55] CrystalMath in fact, it's a project to turn linux into BSD [15:55] MinceR you could call it LSD [15:56] MinceR (Linux Software Distribution) [15:57] CrystalMath yeah but that's a trademark [15:58] CrystalMath Lunatix Software Distribution, that would be the official distro [15:58] CrystalMath OpenLSD [15:59] MinceR :) ● Feb 23 [16:01] CrystalMath the default shell would be ksh93 [16:01] cybrNaut then we can also sell acid under the street brand "OpenLSD", to keep the evesdroppers confused [16:02] *dragestil_ is now known as dragestil [16:04] *TechrightsBot-tr has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [16:04] cybrNaut "dude, hook me up with some OpenLSD" could be code for "send me the install files for OpenLSD". And "send me the install files for OpenLSD" could be code for "hook me up with a vile of liquid-L" [16:04] zoobab 8 [16:06] *viera has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [16:06] *Ariadne has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [16:07] CrystalMath MinceR: right now i think the only thing stopping me from doing full no-eudev is RTC support [16:07] *Ariadne (~ariadne@2602:fd37:1::86) has joined #techrights [16:07] cybrNaut an OpenLSD "bundle" could be a distro DVD with a consumable j-card [16:07] CrystalMath i have a patch that restores 10,135 [16:07] techrights-bot Games: Streaming, Jupiter Hell, KUR, and Transport Fever 2 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148029 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [16:07] CrystalMath ut i should write it properly, maybe i could even submit it to kernel.org [16:08] CrystalMath *but [16:08] *TechrightsBot-tr (~TR@techrights.org) has joined #techrights [16:08] TechrightsBot-tr Hello World! I'm TechrightsBot-tr running phIRCe v0.77 [16:10] MinceR :) [16:11] MinceR CrystalMath: what does RTC have to do with [e]udev? [16:12] *TechrightsBot-tr has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [16:13] *Ariadne has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [16:14] schestowitz__ network issues this afternoon [16:15] *Ariadne (~ariadne@2602:fd37:1::86) has joined #techrights [16:16] *TechrightsBot-tr (~TR@techrights.org) has joined #techrights [16:16] TechrightsBot-tr Hello World! I'm TechrightsBot-tr running phIRCe v0.77 [16:17] CrystalMath MinceR: it has a dynamic major number [16:17] CrystalMath you can't use it with a static /dev [16:17] MinceR ic [16:18] MinceR why not reserve a major number for it? [16:18] CrystalMath there is NO option, without my patch [16:18] CrystalMath it has one - 10,135, but linux killed this in 2005 [16:18] CrystalMath with 2.6.0 [16:18] *viera (~viera@2602:fd37:1::84) has joined #techrights [16:18] MinceR you could bring it back [16:18] CrystalMath yes [16:18] CrystalMath it wasn't hard [16:18] CrystalMath but i should make it a proper config option [16:19] CrystalMath CONFIG_RTC_DYNAMIC_MAJOR [16:19] CrystalMath like there is for other stuff like ALSA [16:20] CrystalMath really, it's 10,135 that inspires me to do lunatix [16:20] CrystalMath because i can't take their stupid "dynamic everything" crap [16:21] *TechrightsBot-tr has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [16:21] CrystalMath and their goddamned udev [16:26] *viera has quit (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) [16:41] *Ariadne_ (~ariadne@2602:fd37:1::86) has joined #techrights [16:42] *Ariadne has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [16:46] *Ariadne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) [16:46] *Ariadne (~ariadne@2602:fd37:1::86) has joined #techrights [16:56] *Ariadne has quit (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) [16:56] *Ariadne (~ariadne@2602:fd37:1::86) has joined #techrights ● Feb 23 [17:17] *Ariadne has quit (Quit: No Ping reply in 180 seconds.) 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I'm TechrightsBot-tr running phIRCe v0.77 [18:28] *viera (~viera@2602:fd37:1::84) has joined #techrights [18:30] techrights-bot #mozilla #Firefox 87 Enters Beta with the Backspace Key Disabled as a Back Button http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148031 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [18:30] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Firefox 87 Enters Beta with the Backspace Key Disabled as a Back Button | Tux Machines [18:30] DaemonFC[m] Illinois had its best day on the Coronavirus since last summer. [18:33] techrights-bot #Fwupd 1.5.7 Adds Initial Support for BlueZ Bluetooth Devices, More Improvements http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148030 [18:33] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Fwupd 1.5.7 Adds Initial Support for BlueZ Bluetooth Devices, More Improvements | Tux Machines [18:36] techrights-bot #GNOMEShell + Mutter 40 Beta Released With #Wayland Improvements, Overview Redesign http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148026#comment-28380 #gnu #linux [18:36] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | GNOME Shell 40 and multi-monitor | Tux Machines [18:47] techrights-bot Tails 4.16 is out http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148023#comment-28381 #debian #gnu #linux [18:47] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Tails 4.16 Anonymous OS Released with Linux Kernel 5.10 LTS, Latest Tor Technologies | Tux Machines [18:47] techrights-bot Tails 4.16 is out http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148023#comment-28381 #debian #gnu #linux [18:58] *tdemin (~tdemin@lan.tdem.in) has joined #techrights [18:58] DaemonFC[m] Vivaldi Webmail is down. [18:59] techrights-bot #Firefox 86.0 released in GNU/Linux news sites http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148031#comment-28384 #mozilla [18:59] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Firefox 87 Enters Beta with the Backspace Key Disabled as a Back Button | Tux Machines [18:59] DaemonFC[m] They've been having severe issues lately and they won't comment about why, just that it "should be working again", and then it collapses and gives database errors or just won't load anything. ● Feb 23 [19:01] techrights-bot " #IBM plans to add features like "visual recognition" and "tone analysis" to future versions in order to ensure that public servants using the wrong tone get flagged for reeducation." http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147877#comment-28385 [19:01] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Racist IBM Starts LF PR Campaign to Claim It's Against Racism | Tux Machines [19:07] techrights-bot What is the #KDE Editor in Linux? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148033 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [19:07] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | What is the KDE Editor in Linux? | Tux Machines [19:07] techrights-bot #Brave Web Browser 1.20.108 Is Released With Fix For Major #Security Flaw In Private Tor Windows http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148032 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [19:07] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Brave Web Browser 1.20.108 Is Released With Fix For Major Security Flaw In Private Tor Windows | Tux Machines [19:09] techrights-bot #patentTrolls with #swpats again: "'203 #patent generally relates to a system and method for a broadcast response generally employing RDS, DARC, or similar technology" https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2021/2/23/1500-for-stratosaudio-203-prior-art [19:09] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.unifiedpatents.com | $1,500 for StratosAudio '203 prior art Unified Patents [19:14] techrights-bot #techrepublic is fast becoming an anti- #gnu #linux and #microsoft propaganda site because they have Microsoft moles (for over a decade) like Simon Bisson in there. Stop feeding those Microsoft trolls. [19:16] *phebus has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [19:16] techrights-bot Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 3 https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-3-2-4-rc-3 #godotengine #games #freesw [19:16] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-godotengine.org | Godot Engine - Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 3 [19:17] *phebus (~phebus@fsf/member/phebus) has joined #techrights [19:17] techrights-bot "Roots of Pacha is coming to #GNU #Linux and it's live on Kickstarter." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/stone-age-co-op-farming-sim-roots-of-pacha-is-live-on-kickstarter [19:17] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Stone Age co-op farming sim Roots of Pacha is live on Kickstarter | GamingOnLinux [19:19] techrights-bot #Sony #PlayStation DualSense Driver Headlines The HID Updates For Linux 5.12 - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.12-HID #Phoronix #Kernel #Linux [19:19] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Sony PlayStation DualSense Driver Headlines The HID Updates For Linux 5.12 - Phoronix [19:20] techrights-bot Go on a journey through time in Two Point Hospital: A Stitch in Time out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/go-on-a-journey-through-time-in-two-point-hospital-a-stitch-in-time-out-now #games #gnu #linux [19:20] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Go on a journey through time in Two Point Hospital: A Stitch in Time out now | GamingOnLinux [19:23] techrights-bot What is the #KDE Editor in Linux? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148033 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [19:25] techrights-bot This is NOT how #FreeSoftware works - Common Myths and misconceptions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1aNUDCSNI4 #freesw [19:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-This is NOT how Open Source works - Common Myths and misconceptions - YouTube [19:31] techrights-bot Stable Kernels: 5.11.1, 5.10.18, 5.4.100, 4.19.177, 4.14.222, 4.9.258 , and 4.4.258 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148034 #Kernel #Linux #TuxMachines [19:31] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Stable Kernels: 5.11.1, 5.10.18, 5.4.100, 4.19.177, 4.14.222, 4.9.258 , and 4.4.258 | Tux Machines [19:31] techrights-bot #NeoChat 1.1 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148035 #GNU #Linux #KDE #TuxMachines [19:31] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | NeoChat 1.1 | Tux Machines [19:32] techrights-bot Games: Godot 3.2.4 RC 3, Roots, #Sony #PlayStation DualSense Driver, A Stitch in Time http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148036 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [19:32] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Games: Godot 3.2.4 RC 3, Roots, Sony PlayStation DualSense Driver, A Stitch in Time | Tux Machines [19:34] techrights-bot #TechRepublic rapidly becoming as bad as #zdnet (its sister site). Maybe we should set up a wiki page for TechRepublic soon, something like http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet [19:34] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | ZDNet - Techrights [19:37] techrights-bot "Shells" keeps seeding paid-for spam in #gnu #linux 'news' sites. Please do not participate in such #clownComputing entrapment campaigns.... today it seems to be #fossmint 's turn. [19:45] techrights-bot #GeckoLinux Rolling Editions Get New Releases With KDE Plasma 5.21, Xfce 4.16, GNOME 3.38, and More http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147999#comment-28386 #suse #opensuse [19:45] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | openSUSE-Based GeckoLinux Gets New ISO Release with KDE Plasma 5.21 and Xfce 4.16 | Tux Machines [19:46] techrights-bot This is mostly #gnu rather than #linux but #idg does not want you to know about GNU and what it stands for https://www.networkworld.com/article/3608681/selectively-reusing-commands-on-linux.html [19:46] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.networkworld.com | Selectively reusing commands on Linux | Network World [19:48] techrights-bot Using #Irssi inside a Linux tmux session | Enable Sysadmin https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/irssi-inside-tmux #RedHat #IBM #GNU #Linux Too bad IBM imposes "Slack" (pronounced "S-H-I-T") on ALL staff [19:48] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.redhat.com | Using Irssi inside a Linux tmux session | Enable Sysadmin [19:49] psydroid https://wiki.osdev.org/ARM_Overview, a good starting point to develop an OS without any regard for Microsoft or Intel. It would be good to have something like that for RISC-V too in due time. [19:49] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-wiki.osdev.org | ARM Overview - OSDev Wiki [19:50] *scientes2 (~scientes2@5.152.47.9) has joined #techrights [19:52] techrights-bot "How Linux has dominated in 2021 and will continue to." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFL8gimGaTk see reference: http://techrights.org/2020/06/09/lunduke-concern-trolling-again/ [19:52] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Linux Rules 2021 - YouTube [19:52] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Bryan Lunduke is Still 100% Trolling With His Facts-Free Provocation Masterpiece Called Linux Sucks | Techrights [19:54] techrights-bot #Ardour 6.6 Open-Source DAW Makes Editing Automation Much Faster and Simpler http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148039 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [19:54] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Ardour 6.6 Open-Source DAW Makes Editing Automation Much Faster and Simpler | Tux Machines [19:54] techrights-bot #Android Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148038 #Google #Linux #TuxMachines [19:54] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines [19:55] techrights-bot Allwinner H3-based #CherryPi PC rolls as #OrangePi PC lookalike http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148037 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [19:55] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Allwinner H3-based Cherry Pi PC rolls as Orange Pi PC lookalike | Tux Machines [19:56] techrights-bot #ibm pushing #clownComputing and pure vapour/hype like #serverless (misnomer) https://developer.ibm.com/blogs/dev-diaries-app-modernization-cloud-development/ see http://techrights.org/2019/07/13/buzzwords-confronted/ [19:56] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-developer.ibm.com | Developer Diaries: The Case of the Miscoded Credentials IBM Developer [19:56] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Theres No Such Thing as Cloud Computing, Serverless and All That Other Nonsense | Techrights [19:57] techrights-bot #ibm #redhat #upselling https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-red-hat-vulnerability-scanner-certification [19:57] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.redhat.com | Introducing Red Hat Vulnerability Scanner Certification [19:58] schestowitz__ psydroid: are you sure it does not exist already? [19:59] techrights-bot #clowncomputing aka #outsourcing in action. Ryan at #techrights this evening: "Vivaldi Webmail is down. They've been having severe issues lately and they won't comment about why, just that it "should be working again", and then it collapses and gives database errors or just won't load anything." ● Feb 23 [20:00] psydroid schestowitz__: I haven't looked thoroughly, but a lot of such sites are very x86-centric, which puts me off at least [20:00] schestowitz__ [18:30] Illinois had its best day on the Coronavirus since last summer. [20:00] schestowitz__ best for humans or for coronavirus? [20:00] psydroid I don't see anything here: https://wiki.osdev.org/Main_Page [20:00] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-wiki.osdev.org | Expanded Main Page - OSDev Wiki [20:00] MinceR https://hugelolcdn.com/i/731216.jpg [20:00] schestowitz__ Alex Oliva now works on/with those boards [20:01] schestowitz__ after leaving FSF's Board [20:01] schestowitz__ MinceR: Always use a Condo [20:04] MinceR :> [20:04] MinceR Monster Condo [20:06] techrights-bot #zdnet is so awful a marketing/spam/lying site that it now inserts sponsored or provocative links IN-LINE, i.e. between paragraphs or so-called 'articles'. #boycottZDNet ... it damages the brain. http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/ZDNet [20:06] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | ZDNet - Techrights [20:07] DaemonFC[m] Humans. [20:07] schestowitz__ I herd you like immunity [20:17] Ariadne cumulus linux is so crap [20:21] schestowitz__ I have not heard of it in ages [20:21] schestowitz__ like it vanished off the radar after the takeover [20:21] schestowitz__ unless they also renamed it, which I doubt(ed) [20:23] techrights-bot #Siemens is trashing-talking Linux. Take note, geeks. https://www.eetasia.com/downloads/siemens_wp_en_202102_01/ older: 1) http://techrights.org/2010/07/21/crackers-crack-siemens/ 2) http://techrights.org/2010/05/19/germany-software-patents-ruling/ [20:23] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.eetasia.com | Moving from an RTOS to Linux? (Practical Insights Nobody's Telling You) - EE Times Asia [20:23] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Siemens is Bad for Industry, Partly Due to Microsoft | Techrights [20:23] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Siemens Betrays Germans by Legalising Software Patents in Europe | Techrights [20:25] techrights-bot #ibm #redhat keeps pretending that ol' #monopoly IBM is actually a "community" (a useful, to marketing at least, illusion) https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/new-how-do-you-fedora-video-series-to-interview-members-of-the-community/ [20:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-communityblog.fedoraproject.org | New How Do You Fedora video series to interview members of the community Fedora Community Blog [20:26] techrights-bot Nothing says "security" like crackers from the NSA. Also: #redhat and #ibm work for DoD, so I wouldn't touch this stack with a 1000-mile pole. https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/supplemental-groups-podman-containers [20:26] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.redhat.com | Sharing supplemental groups with Podman containers | Enable Sysadmin [20:27] techrights-bot #oracle seems to be totally exploiting what #ibm #redhat did to #centos https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/oracle-linux-8-advanced-system-administration-certification-exam [20:31] *TechrightsBot-tr has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [20:31] techrights-bot Why the fork would you wish to do such a thing? https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2021/02/appnativefy-turn-website-executable-appimage/ bloat as progress? [20:33] techrights-bot Everything is "clown" now :-) :-) https://medevel.com/what-is-cloud-architecture-design/ what do you do for a living, Sir? CLOWN! #clowncomputing #MarketingTakeover #buzzwords #nonsense [20:33] MinceR 23 212336 < techrights-bot> #Siemens is trashing-talking Linux. Take note, geeks. https://www.eetasia.com/downloads/siemens_wp_en_202102_01/ older: 1) http://techrights.org/2010/07/21/crackers-crack-siemens/ 2) http://techrights.org/2010/05/19/germany-software-patents-ruling/ [20:33] MinceR site demands a login for download [20:34] techrights-bot #clowncomputing is NOT a skill. #OUTSOURCING to OTHER companies does not require skills, except self-harming mindset. [20:35] *TechrightsBot-tr (~TR@techrights.org) has joined #techrights [20:35] TechrightsBot-tr Hello World! I'm TechrightsBot-tr running phIRCe v0.77 [20:36] psydroid Siemens also killed NX (3D CAD/CAM) for GNU/Linux citing a "lack of demand" [20:37] techrights-bot #IBM / #RedHat /Fedora Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148042 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [20:37] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | IBM/Red Hat/Fedora Leftovers | Tux Machines [20:37] techrights-bot Getting Started with #LibreOffice 7.0 Guide Just Arrived! http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148041 #freeSW [20:37] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Getting Started with LibreOffice 7.0 Guide Just Arrived! | Tux Machines [20:38] techrights-bot Todays #HowTos | #UNIX http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148040 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [20:38] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines [20:39] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) [20:41] techrights-bot Today I see some more shallow puff pieces, wherein LF uses or misuses the term "Linux" to portray racist #IBM as 'anti' racism http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147877#comment-28387 see http://techrights.org/2021/02/20/misusing-the-linux-brand/ [20:41] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Racist IBM Starts LF PR Campaign to Claim It's Against Racism | Tux Machines [20:41] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Misusing the Linux Brand for Reputation Laundering and Openwashing of Racist Companies (Which Profit From Racism) | Techrights [20:41] schestowitz__ psydroid: there is alack of demand for 1) siemens [20:41] schestowitz__ 2) a lack of demand for proprietary software too [20:42] schestowitz__ I never heard of that software of theirs [20:42] schestowitz__ in the CAD community many use gnu/linux ('community') [20:42] schestowitz__ Maya3d and the like [20:42] schestowitz__ maybe siemens was late to the party [20:44] psydroid I worked at a major 2D CAD/CAM company selling software for Windows, but it always felt like a wrong fit for me so I left [20:45] techrights-bot 2021-2: "How to issue a Central Bank Digital Currency" published https://taler.net/en/news/2021-01.html #gnu #taler [20:45] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-taler.net | GNU Taler [20:45] psydroid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_NX [20:45] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-en.wikipedia.org | Siemens NX - Wikipedia [20:46] psydroid "Starting with version 1847, support for Windows versions prior to Windows 10 as well as for macOS was completely removed, and the GUI was removed from the Linux version" [20:46] schestowitz__ "Starting with version 1847, support for Windows versions prior to Windows 10 as well as for macOS was completely removed, and the GUI was removed from the Linux version. [19] " [20:46] psydroid well done, I suppose [20:46] schestowitz__ Yeah, I was about to paste the same [20:46] schestowitz__ you beat me to it [20:47] schestowitz__ they can always revive that port [20:47] schestowitz__ but the company works closely with Microsoft [20:47] schestowitz__ so there might be more to that story [20:47] schestowitz__ like some "partnership" [20:47] schestowitz__ with conditions [20:47] psydroid and that is the interesting part [20:47] schestowitz__ http://techrights.org/wiki/Intel_leaks [20:47] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Intel leaks - Techrights [20:47] schestowitz__ maybe they will also become "open"... by getting a subnet at shithub [20:48] schestowitz__ siemens.shithub.cum (semens) [20:48] schestowitz__ I don't like that company [20:48] DaemonFC[m] Starting with an update you can't refuse, we removed a feature you might have set up your entire workflow around. -Every proprietary software program lately [20:48] schestowitz__ more so if you consider their distance past [20:48] schestowitz__ *distant pasr [20:48] schestowitz__ *past [20:48] schestowitz__ DaemonFC[m]: yes [20:49] schestowitz__ and now with AUTOMATIC updates [20:49] schestowitz__ like.... apparently now raspi thinks that's normal too [20:49] schestowitz__ sure, we just added Microsoft keys and repos to your device [20:49] schestowitz__ without telking you [20:49] schestowitz__ and while hiding the change that implements this [20:49] schestowitz__ the raspi competitors are about to get a sales boost [20:50] schestowitz__ the geeks won't recommend raspi as much [20:50] psydroid I never recommended raspi, because I knew what they might do at some point [20:50] schestowitz__ they almost did before [20:50] schestowitz__ windows on pu [20:50] schestowitz__ *pi [20:51] schestowitz__ iirc, vista8 [20:51] schestowitz__ http://techrights.org/2015/02/02/linux-raspi-and-microsoft/ [20:51] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | OLPC Lessons Not Learned: Imposing Microsoft Windows on Young Students Using Embrace, Extend and Extinguish of Raspberry Pi | Techrights [20:52] psydroid I only found out about the raspi in 2017, though [20:52] techrights-bot #raspi will fade away, having failed to learn from past mistakes of #microsoft #entryism http://techrights.org/2015/02/02/linux-raspi-and-microsoft/ [20:52] psydroid and by then there were more options [20:52] DaemonFC[m] It's our recommendation that you use this thing over here, even if it doesn't do the thing you want, and if you had a script set up to automate this task which no longer works, then we don't know what to say. [20:53] techrights-bot #PlasmaMobile applications tarball releases https://plasma-mobile.org/2021/02/23/Plasma-Mobile-applications-tarball-release.html #kde #gnu #linux [20:53] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.plasma-mobile.org | Plasma Mobile applications tarball releases | Plasma Mobile [20:55] DaemonFC[m] iTunes "accidentally" deletes your thousands of dollars worth of music. [20:55] DaemonFC[m] "Helpfully" recommends that it's all on Apple Music, which costs $10 a month. [20:55] DaemonFC[m] You can download it out of Apple Music if you owned it previously, but you have to do it file by file, so nobody will. [20:56] DaemonFC[m] Apple then removes iTunes so that if you still have an older iPod that works, you can't use it with any official software from Apple. [20:56] DaemonFC[m] Recommends a tablet. [20:56] DaemonFC[m] Or an iPhone. [20:57] DaemonFC[m] Which won't have enough storage to put a local music collection on, even if you download thousands of files again one at a time. [20:57] techrights-bot #ASF now controlled by corporations, mostly #ProprietarySofwtare ones https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the-apache-software-foundation-sustains1 see http://techrights.org/2019/04/29/asf-prisoner-of-microsoft/ [20:57] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-blogs.apache.org | The Apache Software Foundation Sustains its Mission of Providing Software for the Public Good through Corporate Sponsorships and Charitable Giving : The Apache Software Foundation Blog [20:57] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | After Killing the Independence of Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Microsoft Steals Its Soul, Too | Techrights [20:57] DaemonFC[m] Turns Macbook into a glorified iPad as a big fuck you to anyone who still wants a laptop and local computing. [20:58] DaemonFC[m] It's the nudge method. You don't "Have to.", at least not all at once. [20:58] DaemonFC[m] They just make it terribly inconvenient so that you;ll give up. [20:59] techrights-bot Software: Plasma Mobile, Appnativefy. dav1d, and GNU Taler on Digital Currencies http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148044 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [20:59] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Software: Plasma Mobile, Appnativefy. dav1d, and GNU Taler on Digital Currencies | Tux Machines [20:59] techrights-bot #KDE Plasma 5.21s First Point Release Improves Support for #Nvidia Optimus Laptops http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148043 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [20:59] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | KDE Plasma 5.21s First Point Release Improves Support for Nvidia Optimus Laptops | Tux Machines ● Feb 23 [21:07] techrights-bot #Libinput 1.17.0 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148046 #kernel #Linux #redhat #ibm [21:07] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Libinput 1.17.0 | Tux Machines [21:07] techrights-bot #Linux 5.12 Adds #eMMC Inline #Encryption For Better Performance, Lower Power Use http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148045 #TuxMachines [21:07] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Linux 5.12 Adds eMMC Inline Encryption For Better Performance, Lower Power Use | Tux Machines [21:08] schestowitz__ Is this spam? https://www.alteraforum.com/blog/nvidia-tesla-t4-gpu-server-review/ [21:08] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.alteraforum.com | Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU Server Review [21:08] schestowitz__ just got posted in lxer [21:08] schestowitz__ the linux connection is not noted [21:08] schestowitz__ and it seems promotional rather than review [21:09] MinceR https://hugelolcdn.com/i/731033.jpg [21:09] schestowitz__ DaemonFC[m]: apple is just "lifestyle" theme of marketing [21:09] schestowitz__ we tell you what to buy [21:09] schestowitz__ follow our cult leaders' advice [21:10] schestowitz__ and get your wallet or debt card ready [21:10] schestowitz__ trust us, your life will improve, somehow [21:11] *Glyphie44____ has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [21:11] schestowitz__ MinceR: we should try that sometimes, better than ethanol, just need to grow many apples [21:12] *Glyphie44____ (sid163528@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-swqumipmdxxqpfan) has joined #techrights [21:13] MinceR :) [21:20] techrights-bot What Is the Best #FreeSW #Compression Tool in Linux? http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148047 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [21:20] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | What Is the Best Compression Tool in Linux? | Tux Machines [21:25] techrights-bot "CAMSS is a V4L2 (Video for Linux 2) Linux driver which focuses on supporting the basic use cases of the ISP, such as receiving the MIPI CSI-2 signals from the sensors, decoding them, and then writing them to memory." https://memcpy.io/upstream-camera-support-for-qualcomm-platforms.html [21:25] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-memcpy.io | Upstream camera support for Qualcomm platforms [21:25] techrights-bot What is #suse turning into? https://www.suse.com/c/find-your-suse-training-courses/ [21:26] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Find Your SUSE Training Courses | SUSE Communities [21:26] *jaggz (~jaggz@unaffiliated/jaggz) has joined #techrights [21:26] techrights-bot https://www.suse.com/c/automating-sap-deployments-using-suse-best-practices/ [21:26] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Automating SAP Deployments Using SUSE Best Practices | SUSE Communities [21:27] techrights-bot Moreover, 'open' #suse seems to be #outsourcing code to #ProprietarySoftware prison/PRISM of #microsoft #DeleteGithub http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Delete_Github [21:27] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Delete Github - Techrights [21:29] techrights-bot Don't fall for #linuxfoundation (NOT #linux ) and #ibm about IBM being against #racism IBM PROFITS from racism and racist regimes. It STILL does. http://techrights.org/2021/02/20/misusing-the-linux-brand/ [21:29] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Misusing the Linux Brand for Reputation Laundering and Openwashing of Racist Companies (Which Profit From Racism) | Techrights [21:30] techrights-bot #lateStageCapitalism : mega corporations and oligarchs tell they're in fact the opposite of what they really are. Corporate media (which they own) helps them. #ibm #microsoft #billgates #greenwashing [21:32] techrights-bot Why would anyone sane think that it's a GoodIdea(TM) to put one's passwords on a device with so many back doors? See #wikileaks #vault7 for starters. https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/keepass-file-conflicts-android.html [21:32] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.ctrl.blog | Be wary of file sync conflicts with KeePass apps on Android [21:33] techrights-bot #Sfeed : Peak Minimal #RSS Feed Reader - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMkW4iJzot0 #GNU #Linux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/23/#latest [21:33] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Sfeed: Peak Minimal RSS Feed Reader - YouTube [21:33] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-schestowitz.com | Social Control Media Posts [21:35] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [21:36] techrights-bot #LinusTorvalds : #FuckYouNVIDIA https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nvidia-linux-drivers-causing-random-hard-crashes-and-now-major-security-risk-still-not [21:36] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.linuxjournal.com | Nvidia Linux drivers causing random hard crashes and now a major security risk still not fixed after 5+ months | Linux Journal [21:38] techrights-bot I thought #SecurityBoulevard had already gone away, but it carries on merely copy-pasting FUD from #microsoft 'proxy' #blackduck (nothing to offer except anti-Linux tropes) http://techrights.org/2019/09/09/attacking-foss-by-proxy/ [21:38] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Security Boulevard is a Microsoft-Connected Attack Site Created by a Free Software-Hostile Person | Techrights [21:39] techrights-bot BLOAT creep: "I used plugins for my tables (multiple plugins). I used plugins for code highlighting. Plugins for LaTeX. Plugins for table of contents, #socialcontrolmedia integration, post tagging, image captioning and formatting, spelling. You get the idea. The result of all this was I ended up with a blog post that was entirely useless in its text only form." https://bwidawsk.net/blog/2021/2/new-blog/ [21:39] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-bwidawsk.net 2.0 Dumbing Things Up [21:42] techrights-bot Audiocasts/Shows: #Sfeed , #LinuxRules 2021, and Common Myths About Free Software http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148050 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [21:42] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Audiocasts/Shows: Sfeed, Linux Rules 2021, and Common Myths About Free Software | Tux Machines [21:43] techrights-bot #Telegram Desktop 2.6 Released with Disappearing Messages in Chats, Groups, and Channels http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148049 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [21:43] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Telegram Desktop 2.6 Released with Disappearing Messages in Chats, Groups, and Channels | Tux Machines [21:43] techrights-bot New Release of GNOME Genius, #GNOME on #AlmaLinux , and Migrating From CentOS to AlmaLinux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148048 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [21:43] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | New Release of GNOME Genius, GNOME on AlmaLinux, and Migrating From CentOS to AlmaLinux | Tux Machines [21:45] techrights-bot #Purism and Linux 5.11 http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/147656#comment-28389 #linux #kernel #librem #gpl [21:45] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Linux 5.11 | Tux Machines [21:48] techrights-bot Try #Firefox Picture-in-Picture for multi-tasking with videos http://www.tuxmachines.org/comment/reply/148017 #mozilla #www [21:48] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Firefox 86 Released with AVIF and Multiple Picture-in-Picture Support by Default | Tux Machines [21:50] techrights-bot This is not a good idea. C was vendor-neutral, whereas #rustlang outsourced just about everything to #microsoft #ProprietarySoftware http://blog.asleson.org/2021/02/23/how-to-writing-a-c-shared-library-in-rust/ see http://techrights.org/2020/08/31/linux-should-reject-github/ [21:50] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-How-to: Writing a C shared library in rust - blog.asleson.org [21:50] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | The Linux Kernel Needs to Reject Rust for the Same Reason Linus Torvalds Rejects GitHub (Where Rust is Hosted and Developed) | Techrights [21:50] techrights-bot #Security Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148051 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [21:50] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Security Leftovers | Tux Machines [21:52] techrights-bot #billgates agenda (for profit) trying to creep into the #uk https://www.itv.com/news/2021-02-23/covid-what-would-vaccine-passports-mean-for-businesses-jobs-or-going-to-the-pub-when-lockdown-ends also see http://techrights.org/2021/02/09/no-shame-left/ [21:52] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Covid: What would 'vaccine passports' mean for businesses, jobs or going to the pub when lockdown ends? | ITV News [21:52] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | The Foundation of Shame | Techrights [21:56] techrights-bot #KDE Plasma 5.21.1, Bugfix Release for February http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148043#comment-28391 #gnu #linux [21:56] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | KDE Plasma 5.21s First Point Release Improves Support for Nvidia Optimus Laptops | Tux Machines [21:58] techrights-bot "The first release candidate for #WordPress 5.7 is now available!" #freesw #cms #wordpress5 https://wordpress.org/news/2021/02/wordpress-5-7-release-candidate/ [21:58] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-News WordPress 5.7 Release Candidate WordPress.org [21:59] techrights-bot My guess: Champion League final between #ManCity and #BayernMunich this year. Probably the strongest clubs at the moment. ● Feb 23 [22:01] techrights-bot "Looking to do more with your Raspberry Pi?" #microsoft certainly does https://www.iottechtrends.com/sbc-enclosure-ready-model-100-kickstarter/ see http://techrights.org/2021/02/22/telemetry-raspberry-pi-goals/ [22:01] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.iottechtrends.com | SBC Enclosure Ready! Model 100 Appears on Kickstarter - IoT Tech Trends [22:01] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Microsoft: We Aint Done Until Raspberry Pi Wont Run (Anything But Our Proprietary Software With Telemetry Surveillance) | Techrights [22:02] techrights-bot "The #libsoup library implements HTTP for the GNOME platform and is used by a wide range of projects including any web browser using #WebKitGTK. This past year we at #Igalia have been working on a new release to modernize the project and Id like to share some details and get some feedback from the community." https://blog.tingping.se/2021/02/23/future-of-libsoup.html [22:02] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-blog.tingping.se | Future of libsoup | TingPings blog [22:04] techrights-bot Early #Ubuntu 21.04 #Benchmarks Point To Some Slides In Performances But Overall Flat - Phoronix https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-21.04-Dev-ZBook-Tests #GNU #Linux | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/23/#latest [22:04] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Early Ubuntu 21.04 Benchmarks Point To Some Slides In Performances But Overall Flat - Phoronix [22:05] techrights-bot Useful Shortcut Keys in #Ubuntu - Make Tech Easier https://www.maketecheasier.com/useful-shortcut-keys-in-ubuntu/ #maketecheasier | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/23/#latest [22:05] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.maketecheasier.com | Useful Shortcut Keys in Ubuntu - Make Tech Easier [22:06] techrights-bot "In this video, we are looking at how to install the Brave Browser on Linux Mint 20.1." Or similar distros... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iTE11NJh_Q #gnu #linux #freesw [22:06] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-How to install the Brave Browser on Linux Mint 20.1 - YouTube [22:10] DaemonFC[m] There's still people that manage to use old PowerPC Macs. [22:10] techrights-bot #Ubuntu #Benchmarks and HowTos http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148052 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [22:10] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Ubuntu: Benchmarks and HowTos | Tux Machines [22:11] DaemonFC[m] They haven't been updated in a decade and a half, but you can make new software because there was no signing. [22:11] DaemonFC[m] It amuses me that anyone still does port some kind of a web browser to them. [22:12] DaemonFC[m] Eventually, that won't be possible because the web is moving away from markup and formatting and to blobs shoved into the browser to run. [22:14] DaemonFC[m] The W3C validator is funny. Right? You go to use valid HTML markup and it goes complaining..... That's old. Use JavaScript. That's archaic! Use CSS. [22:14] DaemonFC[m] What you're doing is allowed by an older version of the standard. In fact, it will work in more browsers than if you update to what they recommend. Hell, it might even do the job you need it to. [22:14] DaemonFC[m] But it's not good enough. [22:15] schestowitz__ [22:10] There's still people that manage to use old PowerPC Macs. [22:15] schestowitz__ if they work, why not? [22:15] schestowitz__ also, there are some gnu linux distros for these [22:15] schestowitz__ maybe not recent builds [22:15] schestowitz__ but they can be used 'offline' [22:16] schestowitz__ DaemonFC[m]: the www is another issue [22:16] schestowitz__ it's a moving target [22:16] DaemonFC[m] I'm shocked that they dropped support for PowerPC Macs, honestly. They were still being sold in 2006. [22:16] schestowitz__ a fast-moving one [22:16] schestowitz__ DaemonFC[m]: no money in it anymore [22:16] schestowitz__ they get to profit more by pushing people to buy more stuff [22:16] DaemonFC[m] QVC is still selling Intel Macs. At very high prices. [22:16] schestowitz__ environment is not a factor [22:17] DaemonFC[m] It's doubtful that the customer knows what the transition going on is. [22:17] DaemonFC[m] Get em! [22:17] schestowitz__ at work I had an old eMac (?) [22:17] DaemonFC[m] It'll probably even work for a couple years, and why would you want a $2,000 computer to last 3-4 anyway? [22:17] schestowitz__ not sure what it was called [22:17] schestowitz__ it still had netscape on it [22:17] schestowitz__ I also had mandrake there [22:18] schestowitz__ DaemonFC[m]: you say that after blowing much money on an overpriced machine yourself [22:18] schestowitz__ after filing for bankruptcy [22:18] schestowitz__ btw, darl mcbride of SCO also filed for bankruptcy a couple of months back [22:18] schestowitz__ so you are in 'good company'... [22:19] schestowitz__ https://unicourt.com/case/pc-bk5-darl-charles-mcbride-1290201 [22:19] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-DARL CHARLES MCBRIDE | 2:20-BK-16309 | Court Records - UniCourt [22:21] techrights-bot #VMware Engineer Revises Work On Concurrent #TLB Flushes For Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148054 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [22:21] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | VMware Engineer Revises Work On Concurrent TLB Flushes For Linux | Tux Machines [22:21] techrights-bot #Programming Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148053 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [22:21] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Programming Leftovers | Tux Machines [22:30] techrights-bot Links 23/2/2021: #Tails 4.16, #Libinput 1.17, #Fwupd 1.5.7, #Firefox 86, #NeoChat 1.1 http://techrights.org/2021/02/23/neochat-1-1/ #Techrights #GNU #Linux #FreeSW gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/02/23/neochat-1-1/ [22:30] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Links 23/2/2021: Tails 4.16, Libinput 1.17, Fwupd 1.5.7, Firefox 86, NeoChat 1.1 | Techrights [22:30] DaemonFC[m] I have quite a bit of money in Savings Bonds. I've been moving some money to those to teach Mandy about savings and interest. [22:30] *Tionis (~Tionis@c-73-225-155-207.hsd1.wa.comcast.net) has joined #techrights [22:30] Tionis /!\ this chat has moved to irc.crimeircd.net #pp /!\ [22:31] DaemonFC[m] I doubt MARISOL's bank is paying more than an I bond now,even if you have lots of money in the account. [22:31] DaemonFC[m] You need like $80,000 minimum to get the "good rates" which are the same as I Bonds, which you can purchase for as little as $25 each. What an idiot. [22:31] *Venusaur (~Venusaur@176-106-204-78.point.lviv.ua) has joined #techrights [22:31] techrights-bot "That when turned out to be February 20, 2021 with it now in Early Access with #GNU #Linux support." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/super-plexis-is-a-fresh-competitive-tile-matching-battler-with-cross-platform-pvp [22:31] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Super Plexis is a fresh competitive tile-matching battler with cross-platform PvP | GamingOnLinux [22:31] Venusaur /!\ this chat has moved to irc.crimeircd.net #pp /!\ [22:31] schestowitz__ MinceR: [22:32] DaemonFC[m] You don't have to tie up a ton of money to get 1.7%. Just buy I-Bonds. If you do it at the end of the month, the effective minimum hold time is only 11 months and the no penalty is 4 years 11 months, because it counts as having bought them on the first. [22:32] *Venusaur has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [22:32] *Tionis has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [22:33] schestowitz__ They left anyway [22:33] *Odd_ (~Odd_@177.38.234.43) has joined #techrights [22:33] *ecksQz (~ecks@5.206.94.58) has joined #techrights [22:33] Odd_ /!\ this chat has moved to irc.crimeircd.net #0 /!\ [22:33] ecksQz /!\ this chat has moved to irc.crimeircd.net #0 /!\ [22:33] *ecksQz has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [22:33] *Odd_ has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [22:34] *schestowitz__ is now known as schestowitz [22:34] *ChanServ gives channel operator status to schestowitz [22:34] schestowitz been years since I've had to mod/op self [22:34] *Guest51933 (~Guest5193@117.254.147.221) has joined #techrights [22:34] Guest51933 /!\ this chat has moved to irc.crimeircd.net #0 /!\ [22:34] *schestowitz has kicked Guest51933 from #techrights (User term) [22:34] DaemonFC[m] "Earn 1.50%APY* with Smart Saver". So yeah, my bonds are paying 20 basis points more with no state tax when I redeem them. [22:35] schestowitz why are we talking about inlaws again? [22:35] schestowitz (unless it's about tech) [22:35] DaemonFC[m] It's sort of tech, I suppose. [22:35] schestowitz BTW, you might want to talk about impact on slaes [22:35] schestowitz all those "Smart" earbud things won't sell well for much longer [22:36] schestowitz [09:34] NEWS #CommonDreams #Finance Opinion | 2021 Update: Half of America In or Near #Poverty https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/02/22/2021-update-half-america-or-near-poverty [22:36] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.commondreams.org | Opinion | 2021 Update: Half of America In or Near Poverty [22:36] DaemonFC[m] Not sure why people are doing fintech savings when they can do effectively 30-40 basis points better with I-Bonds. [22:36] schestowitz This was earlier today [22:36] DaemonFC[m] After figuring in the state tax savings. [22:36] DaemonFC[m] Old school never goes out of style, apparently, if you're smart. [22:36] schestowitz let's not talk about that, it will leave us astray [22:36] schestowitz we should really focus on tech where possible [22:37] techrights-bot #FreeSoftware and Other Leftovers http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148055 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines #freesw [22:37] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Free Software and Other Leftovers | Tux Machines [22:37] DaemonFC[m] Oh Mandy spent $168 on some earbuds and then told me he saved $40 because they went on sale. [22:37] DaemonFC[m] I was so pissed off. [22:37] schestowitz Spying built in: https://net2.com/how-to-find-a-stolen-or-lost-samsung-galaxy-phone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-find-a-stolen-or-lost-samsung-galaxy-phone [22:37] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-net2.com | How to find a stolen or lost Samsung Galaxy phone [22:38] DaemonFC[m] The tax alone on the Apple earbuds are more than they're worth. [22:38] schestowitz Tondo needs more "Smart" earbuds [22:38] schestowitz to life people out of poverty [22:38] schestowitz I don't have a loo, but I have this fingertip-sized "Smart [22:38] schestowitz "smart" thing [22:38] schestowitz "what does it do, mate?" [22:38] DaemonFC[m] Conservatives used to say if you had a VCR you weren't poor. [22:39] schestowitz "you can listen to music on a tape 10 times cheaper that this "smart" piece of plastic [22:39] DaemonFC[m] Anything more than a dirt floor and kids hanging off both your legs, you aren't poor, you know. [22:39] schestowitz VCRs are a hot item now [22:39] schestowitz for some [22:39] schestowitz VCRs are better than "streaming" [22:40] schestowitz at least you get to keep your stuff [22:40] schestowitz and can watch it again every 5 years [22:40] schestowitz magnetic tapes last long... even if in lossy form [22:40] schestowitz unlike CRC-type stuff that would just get all corrupted midway and coredump [22:40] DaemonFC[m] You shame people for buying a beer, or a container of ice cream. [22:40] schestowitz same fro negatives of photos [22:41] schestowitz if you keep them [22:41] DaemonFC[m] Yeah, if the file system underneath gets corrupted a little bit, instead of jumping over the bad spot, the entire video can go bad. [22:41] schestowitz yup [22:41] schestowitz it's build into the encryption algos [22:41] DaemonFC[m] Tapes get a little noisy for a second and clear up. [22:41] schestowitz if you are likely, it might recover after some odd decryption issue [22:41] schestowitz depending on the algo [22:42] schestowitz lots of jokes online about transmission or encoding gone wrong [22:42] schestowitz and then the "flow" impacting lots of pixels for a few seconds [22:42] schestowitz the high-compression stuff won't even deal with recovery and redundancy too well [22:43] schestowitz but HEY.... BETTER file size... who cares about the downsizes anyway? [22:43] schestowitz *downsides [22:43] schestowitz I still have tapes from the 90s [22:43] schestowitz but my tape compartment has not worked in ages [22:45] DaemonFC[m] You can find them at thrift stores. Like $2. [22:45] DaemonFC[m] People scalp on blank tapes but you can find unopened packs of 5 tapes for like $1 at the thrift store. [22:46] techrights-bot "Nice to see even more games appearing built with #GodotEngine too, the free and open source game engine." Would/will be even nicer when/if they #deletegithub https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/02/of-mice-and-moggies-is-an-absolutely-adorable-puzzle-game-of-constant-cat-and-mouse [22:46] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-Of Mice and Moggies is an absolutely adorable puzzle game of constant cat-and-mouse | GamingOnLinux [22:46] DaemonFC[m] Nobody making new ones even though the technology generally worked okay and could have been adapted to HD. [22:46] *Old_Man has quit (*.net *.split) [22:46] *zoobab has quit (*.net *.split) [22:46] *kgz has quit (*.net *.split) [22:46] schestowitz DaemonFC[m]: I still have lots of physical thing [22:46] schestowitz *things [22:47] schestowitz I even have my notebooks from grade one onwards [22:47] *kgz (~kragniz@nyaa.kragniz.eu) has joined #techrights [22:47] schestowitz they don't take up much space [22:48] *Old_Man (~ld@70147.numbersstation.org) has joined #techrights [22:48] *zoobab (zoobab@vic.ffii.org) has joined #techrights [22:50] DaemonFC[m] A cheap DTV converter box and any old TV can still get OTA broadcasts and you can record them on a VCR again. [22:51] techrights-bot #AlpineLinux 3.10.6, 3.11.8 and 3.12.4 released http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148056 #GNU #Linux patchwork by Ariadne and team [22:51] techrights-bot Universal #Android Debloater disables unwanted system apps, no root required http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148057 #Google #Bloat #Linux #TuxMachines [22:51] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Alpine 3.10.6, 3.11.8 and 3.12.4 released | Tux Machines [22:52] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | Universal Android Debloater disables unwanted system apps, no root required | Tux Machines [22:52] schestowitz DaemonFC[m]: good [22:52] schestowitz now good luck making more demand for these [22:52] schestowitz seeing that many are fed up with www [22:52] schestowitz first the geeks [22:52] schestowitz others will follow [22:53] schestowitz maybe we'll go back to storage and data you get to keep [22:53] schestowitz not merely rent (looking at you, NETFLIX!) [22:53] DaemonFC[m] It's not patented. JVC licensed it freely to begin with to create a bigger market than BetaMax. [22:53] schestowitz Wow, is JVC even still around? [22:53] schestowitz As a brand? Or company? [22:53] DaemonFC[m] Technically, you could produce BetaMax systems if you wanted to as long as you didn't call it BetaMax. [22:53] schestowitz DId someone buy JVC? [22:53] schestowitz I could still find their products 2 decades back [22:54] DaemonFC[m] Well, the VHS patents would date back to the late 1970s anyway. [22:54] DaemonFC[m] They started pushing DVDs around the same time the VHS patents expired, even though they allowed royalty free use of the patents. [22:54] techrights-bot Four kinds of data anomalies https://www.datafix.com.au/BASHing/2021-02-24.html #datafix | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/02/23/#latest #bash #programming [22:54] DaemonFC[m] DVD started out as a very expensive high end home theater format. [22:55] DaemonFC[m] Players that weren't even very good were $500 in the 90s. [22:55] schestowitz I have almost not a single DVD [22:55] DaemonFC[m] Now you can pick one up for $40 at Walmart. [22:55] schestowitz they seemed obsolete for many reasons [22:55] schestowitz you could get vastly more on magnetic storage at the time [22:55] schestowitz Remember ZIP Drive? [22:55] schestowitz back when hard drives were small and expensive [22:55] DaemonFC[m] The price dropped on DVD players even more recently. [22:55] DaemonFC[m] The MPEG-2 patents expired. [22:56] schestowitz or as media puts it [22:56] schestowitz MPEG-2 is DEAD! [22:56] schestowitz Move to the "new one" [22:56] DaemonFC[m] They were hovering around $55 or so for a long time and then the MPEG-2 patents expired and the players drops into the $40 range. [22:56] schestowitz with patents [22:56] *TechrightsBot-tr has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [22:56] schestowitz same for MP3 [22:56] schestowitz patent evergreening [22:56] schestowitz now with FIVE GEEEE [22:56] *Ariadne has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [22:56] schestowitz network turbulence back [22:57] *viera has quit (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) [22:57] DaemonFC[m] They're calling everything 5G in the US even when it's just a fancy LTE network. [22:57] schestowitz coz FIVE GEEEE [22:57] DaemonFC[m] LTE with channel bonding = Phone says 5G! [22:57] schestowitz recently factor [22:57] schestowitz it's "new" and "smart" [22:57] schestowitz buy now [22:57] *n0nadaJl (~n0nada@121.162.17.97) has joined #techrights [22:57] schestowitz it is also "cloud" and "ATE OH TEA" [22:57] n0nadaJl GI6rneNKUemOfNlnt7l6F0HmjdxBADLLPWypzMYhtnMnX6drCDqwU90CaboLOKfvRKLY4oLG7iGlYSja8ldzPz9OcblA4K0YsNrM2PgNa5MzcUldntEw5JtinHCWvuAIZ84knXYlkSuHIOYInPWngCLdVBSzR [22:57] *Ariadne (~ariadne@2602:fd37:1::86) has joined #techrights [22:57] *n0nadaJl has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [22:58] schestowitz what is this a hash for? [22:58] DaemonFC[m] Uhm, what is that? [22:58] schestowitz seems too long for a hash [22:58] *planiganYL (~planigan@d118-75-252-156.try.wideopenwest.com) has joined #techrights [22:58] DaemonFC[m] Probably nothing good. [22:58] planiganYL IaWkETsWEpSWLu76GpZ71YN7Q7qFinCARGAIoJwSTi1ZKnPaMJCA6taHYAxvHYuIxcYH4 [22:58] planiganYL f4W8qgqBSw5mT005iEv4bZCbEn3riU4wmeX7ZydVdBszch3rMaRdfp9wc6K0ntYUE277E [22:58] *TechrightsBot-tr (~TR@techrights.org) has joined #techrights [22:58] TechrightsBot-tr Hello World! I'm TechrightsBot-tr running phIRCe v0.77 [22:58] planiganYL tsoIjEsSOk6RjAf0788lxncjH9WVuzuLKy6lGOLfn6pqbDJcDIpYC0enJ9bQanA0Tkr1Q [22:58] planiganYL MiJIMEEMV7fbjGtoFKsVAVso5kWZvGBbKWU1cmBo4MFSjBZF77NKLyLZWji2NmimHXDCM [22:58] *schestowitz has kicked planiganYL from #techrights (User term) [22:58] DaemonFC[m] schestowitz: You might want to ban them. [22:59] schestowitz username plurality [22:59] *fydelZB (~fydel@103.238.228.117) has joined #techrights [22:59] DaemonFC[m] What about by IP address? [22:59] *schestowitz has kicked fydelZB from #techrights (User term) [22:59] DaemonFC[m] I talked to a fraud investigator who is going after MARISOL from the insurance company today. [22:59] schestowitz DaemonFC[m]: too diverse ● Feb 23 [23:00] schestowitz but tell me if you can figure out a pattern [23:00] DaemonFC[m] I said "Well, you need to look into the IP address that was used when signing up for this policy. I guarantee you she's not smart enough to have masked that.". [23:00] schestowitz the risk is that we might also ban people just for being "new" [23:00] schestowitz not "rogue" [23:00] schestowitz back on topic [23:00] schestowitz there's that "Smart" BS [23:00] schestowitz they now have "Smart" vaccine stuff [23:00] schestowitz or "passports" [23:01] DaemonFC[m] Yeah, Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia anyone can edit.....unless you try to hide your identity so your government can't harass you. [23:01] schestowitz for years they're been trying to scare us into "smart" meters [23:01] *viera (~viera@2602:fd37:1::84) has joined #techrights [23:01] schestowitz not sure about the US... [23:01] DaemonFC[m] People have been getting smart water meters and then the water company drives by to read the meter and they get a $11,000 water bill and sent to collections. [23:01] schestowitz or even if it's called the same in USland [23:02] DaemonFC[m] Nobody reviewing it. Lawsuits. [23:02] schestowitz the media focuses on "security" [23:02] schestowitz but never human rights aspects [23:02] schestowitz as in, this stuff is not secure (which is true), but they don't go beyond that [23:02] schestowitz maybe some RuSHAN3 shaming [23:02] DaemonFC[m] Water isn't a "human right" and it doesn't matter that they shut you off because a meter error caused them to overbill you 150 times over. [23:03] DaemonFC[m] :) [23:03] schestowitz Putin "RIGHT INSIDE YOUR HOME!" [23:03] MinceR schestowitz: sorry, i was in the bathroom [23:03] schestowitz that's what she said [23:03] schestowitz he said, she said [23:03] MinceR :> [23:03] schestowitz they were both in the bathroom [23:03] MinceR "i could go either way. and that is also what she said!" [23:03] schestowitz brushing their teeth, obviously [23:03] DaemonFC[m] schestowitz: The guy upstairs at my last apartment said he put a magnet near the meter to slow it down so that it would bill him for about half the water he was using. [23:04] schestowitz sometimes that works with old meters [23:04] DaemonFC[m] It would cause resistance so that the meter wouldn't turn as quickly when the water went through. [23:04] schestowitz not nice if you get caught [23:04] DaemonFC[m] No, probably not. [23:04] schestowitz or if that reading makes no sense like going DOWN [23:04] DaemonFC[m] LOL [23:04] DaemonFC[m] You were putting water back into their mains! [23:04] DaemonFC[m] Net billing! [23:05] DaemonFC[m] Honest, judge! [23:05] schestowitz I had an odd dream where my ISP tells me that my contract is cancelled [23:05] schestowitz without me even asking them to do it [23:05] DaemonFC[m] Wouldn't that be a good thing, if there was someone else to do business with? [23:05] schestowitz reminds me to check if they refunded me for january... [23:05] DaemonFC[m] There's not, which is why they treat you like shit. [23:05] DaemonFC[m] Same as Comcast. [23:05] schestowitz brb [23:06] DaemonFC[m] If you're very lucky, they "compete" with AT&T, where they go and make a handshake agreement to both treat you just as bad. [23:06] techrights-bot #POWER9 , #ARM64 and 64k page sizes http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/148058 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines [23:06] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.tuxmachines.org | POWER9, ARM64 and 64k page sizes | Tux Machines [23:08] MinceR (cat) (audio) https://i.imgur.com/4cr2n06.mp4 [23:20] schestowitz Ariadne: the routing issue to the server seems to be at he.net [23:20] schestowitz at least as seen from Europe [23:31] techrights-bot #linkedin now mass-mailing or spamming people with #microsoft SPAM and propaganda. Maybe time to delete all those stale accounts on there. It's laying off staff (many Microsoft layoffs last year) and turning into a SPAM company. [23:32] techrights-bot #EU openly associating with corrupt #epo https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/news/-/action/view/8540339 even #euipo has been impacted by this #corruption : http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/EUIPO [23:32] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-euipo.europa.eu | NO TITLE [23:32] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | EUIPO - Techrights [23:35] techrights-bot Best continues with his paid-for propaganda for illegal #softwarepatents in #Europe https://www.mondaq.com/germany/patent/1038138/patenting-database-technology-epo-guidelines-update-video These people lack a sense of shame: http://techrights.org/2021/01/21/epo-says-hey-hi/ [23:35] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-www.mondaq.com | Patenting Database Technology: EPO Guidelines Update (Video) - Intellectual Property - European Union [23:35] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Hey Hi (AI) is Just a Trojan Horse for Illegal Software Patents, According to EPO Management and Litigation Firms Its in Bed With | Techrights [23:39] techrights-bot #OIN does NOT work for "community" or for #freesw but for #banks and rich #monopolies like #ibm https://www.ipcg.com/how-the-big-banks-and-oin-can-lock-out-patent-trolls-with-enabled-publications/ see http://techrights.org/2021/02/15/the-oin-delusion/ [23:39] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-How the Big Banks and OIN Can Lock Out Patent Trolls with Enabled Publications - ipCG | Innovation and IP Consulting [23:39] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-techrights.org | Open Invention Network (OIN) and Big Banks: Shared Agenda | Techrights [23:40] techrights-bot Everybody loves #billgates https://twitter.com/NicolasPichot6/status/1363280931163938821 people who call to #ArrestBillGates are correct about the goal, but their reasons tend to be wrong or poorly put (or based on NOT the real crimes/issues) [23:40] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-@NicolasPichot6: Bill Gates cibl par un Carnaval en Croatie qui a tout compris. Son effigie caricaturale finira brle. (voir au d https://t.co/0qOf8T1qlQ [23:40] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-@NicolasPichot6: Bill Gates cibl par un Carnaval en Croatie qui a tout compris. Son effigie caricaturale finira brle. (voir au d https://t.co/0qOf8T1qlQ [23:41] *koo5 (~koo5@78-80-26-141.customers.tmcz.cz) has joined #techrights [23:42] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [23:42] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techrights [23:45] techrights-bot Seems "PR" people (spam) are tired of being ignored, seeing their spam flagged at eyesight. So they rebrand as all sorts of other things like "communications"... same spam, different firm names or job [sic] titles [23:55] Ariadne schestowitz: no, the issue was due to cumulus linux being trash [23:56] schestowitz haha [23:56] schestowitz BTW, congrats on the openssl bugfix release [23:56] schestowitz there's a ddos again tonight against tuxmachines [23:56] schestowitz started minutes ago [23:57] schestowitz took me hours to wrap my head around last night's attacks [23:57] schestowitz they hid as "googlebot" [23:57] schestowitz attacking TM almost every night (sometimes day) so far this month [23:58] techrights-bot #greenParty USA: HR 1s Campaign Finance Program: A Reform that Doesnt Reform https://howiehawkins.us/hr-1s-campaign-finance-program-a-reform-that-doesnt-reform/ #hr1 [23:58] -TechrightsBot-tr/#techrights-howiehawkins.us | HR 1s Campaign Finance Program: A Reform that Doesnt Reform | Howie Hawkins for our Future