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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2810161 | Jul 06 00:59 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Pen tower https://d2tq98mqfjyz2l.cloudfront.net/image_cache/1373066655779184.jpg | Jul 06 00:59 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2810158 | Jul 06 00:59 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Oracle switches Berkeley DB license http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/oracle-switches-berkeley-db-license-222097 #oracle #database | Jul 06 00:59 |
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| sebsebseb | schestowitz: nice at last finaly :) identi.ca has changed to pump.io ! | Jul 06 01:14 |
| sebsebseb | goblin_: good news if your about to :) ^ | Jul 06 01:14 |
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| DaemonFC | I had so many rebates to mail in this week that I had to use a grocery bag to take them to the post office. | Jul 06 03:02 |
| DaemonFC | It's unreal. | Jul 06 03:02 |
| DaemonFC | I love the beer rebates. Sometimes I have an entire closet full of nothing but beer. | Jul 06 03:03 |
| DaemonFC | Free beer. :) | Jul 06 03:03 |
| sebsebseb | DaemonFC: Humble Ebook Bundle 2 | Jul 06 03:04 |
| sebsebseb | DaemonFC: is ok | Jul 06 03:05 |
| DaemonFC | A lot of what comes with those bundles is crap. | Jul 06 03:05 |
| sebsebseb | the e book ones or? | Jul 06 03:05 |
| DaemonFC | I'd say that with the game bundles, you're lucky if there's one really good game. | Jul 06 03:06 |
| sebsebseb | oh | Jul 06 03:06 |
| DaemonFC | oh, I haven't done the ebook ones. | Jul 06 03:06 |
| sebsebseb | and yeah the weekly doesn't seem that good when I tried to install the games | Jul 06 03:06 |
| sebsebseb | one I had issues with | Jul 06 03:06 |
| sebsebseb | DaemonFC: e book is kind of itneresting this time | Jul 06 03:06 |
| sebsebseb | one book mentiong FIrefox and gimp and bot nets :d | Jul 06 03:06 |
| sebsebseb | and there's some kind of old orietly book as part of it as well and such | Jul 06 03:06 |
| sebsebseb | oreiely above howeveri t's spelt you know what I mean | Jul 06 03:07 |
| sebsebseb | the big geek book s seller | Jul 06 03:07 |
| sebsebseb | the famous one | Jul 06 03:07 |
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| iophk | http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125717-Satoru-Iwata-Refuses-to-Layoff-Nintendo-Employees | Jul 06 10:06 |
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| iophk | '“It’s going to be an exciting transition though because the 360 console wasn’t built with advertising in mind, it was more of an afterthought, so we’ve had to adapt to the technology and how we work to fit them in to the console,” said Technical Account Manager for Xbox LIVE Advertising, “whereas this new one is going to have advertising in mind.' | Jul 06 10:17 |
| iophk | http://sticktwiddlers.com/2013/06/28/xbox-one-dashboard-created-with-advertising-in-mind/ | Jul 06 10:17 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811162 | Jul 06 11:23 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Time to Halt Universities’ Right to Apply for Patents as Boston University Turns Aggressive http://techrights.org/2013/07/06/ban-universities-swpats/ #swpats #boston | Jul 06 11:23 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811178 | Jul 06 11:23 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Too Many Microsoft Proxies Inside the FOSS World http://techrights.org/2013/07/06/copyleft-antagonism/ #microsoft #blackduck #openlogic #outercurve #xamarin | Jul 06 11:23 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811213 | Jul 06 11:23 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Patents Still Kill, Governments Urged to Intervene http://techrights.org/2013/07/06/patents-as-ransom/ #patent #india #monopoly #medicine | Jul 06 11:23 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811229 | Jul 06 11:23 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Vista 8.1 is Already Slammed by Critics, Microsoft Tries to Force People to Use Windows http://techrights.org/2013/07/06/monopoly-against-will/ #windows #vista8 #microsoft | Jul 06 11:23 |
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| schestowitz | iophk: Microsoft really knows what users want :-) | Jul 06 11:24 |
| iophk | moar ads! | Jul 06 11:24 |
| schestowitz | It burns your house down, but hey, it had ads. | Jul 06 11:25 |
| schestowitz | iophk: do me a favour, find out who develops this http://news.softpedia.com/news/Native-exFAT-Support-Finally-Arrives-on-Linux-365770.shtml | Jul 06 11:25 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Native exFAT Support Finally Arrives on Linux .::. Size~: 50.89 KB | Jul 06 11:25 |
| schestowitz | I can't find the real name | Jul 06 11:25 |
| iophk | Can the incendiary be remotely detonated? :> If so it might have been added for an agency or two. | Jul 06 11:25 |
| schestowitz | and the company he/she works for | Jul 06 11:25 |
| iophk | I'll look | Jul 06 11:26 |
| iophk | Not much activity : https://github.com/rxrz/exfat-nofuse/commits/master | Jul 06 11:29 |
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| schestowitz | who is this? | Jul 06 11:29 |
| iophk | Still looking... | Jul 06 11:29 |
| iophk | Few are interested in M$ products like FAT / exFAT | Jul 06 11:30 |
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| iophk | It will take a while. | Jul 06 11:33 |
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| schestowitz | [Joosun Hahn | Jul 06 11:36 |
| schestowitz | In the source file | Jul 06 11:36 |
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| schestowitz | Seattle | Jul 06 11:37 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/jehahn | Jul 06 11:37 |
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| iophk | Maybe different person | Jul 06 11:37 |
| schestowitz | Yes, I'm checking for clues | Jul 06 11:38 |
| schestowitz | Samsung.. | Jul 06 11:38 |
| schestowitz | http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.php?81642-Native-Linux-Kernel-Module-Is-Out-For-Microsoft-exFAT/page5 | Jul 06 11:39 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Native Linux Kernel Module Is Out For Microsoft exFAT - Page 5 .::. Size~: 89.18 KB | Jul 06 11:39 |
| schestowitz | " The code mentions joosun hahn, who seems to work for Samsung." | Jul 06 11:39 |
| iophk | Strange there is no contact info in the README | Jul 06 11:41 |
| schestowitz | mayeb Samsung staff | Jul 06 11:41 |
| schestowitz | outside of work | Jul 06 11:42 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811275 | Jul 06 11:47 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Novell/SUSE is Microsoft in Linux http://techrights.org/2013/07/06/microsoft-in-linux/ #novell #kernel #linux #microsoft #exfat #swpats | Jul 06 11:47 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811298 | Jul 06 12:02 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Microsoft Has Built a Patent Front Against Linux/Android http://techrights.org/2013/07/06/patent-front-with-swpats/ #microsoft #nokia #apple #motorola #google #android | Jul 06 12:02 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811447 | Jul 06 13:35 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Edward Snowden offered asylum by Venezuelan president http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/06/edward-snowden-venezuela-asylum #snowden #venezuela | Jul 06 13:35 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811452 | Jul 06 13:35 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: 'Normalising' bad behaviour https://diasp.eu/uploads/images/scaled_full_fc0c828566e27ddb2aa7.jpeg | Jul 06 13:35 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811475 | Jul 06 13:41 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Mad Crew Animation Studio Makes 'Krita' Part Of Its Workflow http://www.muktware.com/5698/mad-crew-animation-studio-makes-krita-part-its-workflow #kde #gnu #linux | Jul 06 13:41 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811485 | Jul 06 13:41 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: David Brooks Applies His Mental Equipment to the Egypt Coup http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/07/05/david-brooks-mental-equipment/ "been known to cite eugenicist Steve Sailer " | Jul 06 13:41 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811492 | Jul 06 13:43 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "U.S. law seems to require suspending aid to Egypt in case of a coup." http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/07/05/can-the-nyt-call-a-coup-a-coup/ #egypt #policy | Jul 06 13:43 |
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| schestowitz | http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2013/jul/6/party-long-live-finance-officer/ | Jul 06 13:47 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Party: Long live the Finance Officer. - Pirate Party UK .::. Size~: 44.6 KB | Jul 06 13:47 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811493 | Jul 06 13:47 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Mobile Privacy: 'You can't see the contract until after we've done a credit check' https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2013/mobile-privacy-you-cant-see-the-contract-until-after-weve-done-a-credit-check #privacy #uk | Jul 06 13:47 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811498 | Jul 06 13:47 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Good people leave British parliament http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/blog/2013/jul/5/tom-watson-resignation-and-failure-labour-civil-li/ #uk #tomwatson #debill #copyright | Jul 06 13:47 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2808761 | Jul 06 13:48 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "nine-and-a-half-month legal fight against criminal charges brought against him for allegedly stealing a $1" http://www.loweringthebar.net/2013/06/the-dude-who-went-to-pizza-court.html banks? | Jul 06 13:48 |
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| schestowitz | "The customer is always right...." | Jul 06 13:48 |
| schestowitz | or arrested... in some states. | Jul 06 13:49 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2807878 | Jul 06 13:49 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @johpunk@joindiaspora.com:  #gif | Jul 06 13:49 |
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| schestowitz | "nop" | Jul 06 13:49 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2808400 | Jul 06 13:49 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Bit Apple: Savvy pros push Bitcoin currency https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM4tpf2qKYE #bitcoin | Jul 06 13:49 |
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| schestowitz | "I hope the #zerocoin protocol is finished soon; bitcoin must be anonymous, or it will be an instrument of oppression." | Jul 06 13:49 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2807821 | Jul 06 13:50 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Stallman on Operating System Security and Web Anonymity http://bytesmedia.co.uk/2013/07/04/security-and-web-anonymity/ "Well, I generally use DuckDuckGo first" | Jul 06 13:50 |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 06 13:50 |
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| schestowitz | What? Did anyone try to discuss this with him yet? | Jul 06 13:50 |
| schestowitz | #yacy #seeks #startpage #ixquick | Jul 06 13:50 |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 06 13:50 |
| schestowitz | I did bring up the problem with DDG, listen to the audio... | Jul 06 13:51 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811518 | Jul 06 14:02 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Boxee become Microsoft-taxed (Ballnux), by association http://www.muktware.com/5694/samsung-buys-out-boxee-30-million | Jul 06 14:02 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811527 | Jul 06 14:02 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Rootkits and #drm villaint #sony innovates tracking people and remotely disabling, wiping phones http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/07/04/sony-rolling-out-my-xperia-remote-lock-wipe-and-phone-tracking-service-globally-in-the-coming-weeks/ trust them? | Jul 06 14:02 |
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| schestowitz | non-political groups like open source technology advocates | Jul 06 14:05 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811540 | Jul 06 14:06 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Another nail in the #IRS scandal’s coffin http://www.salon.com/2013/07/05/another_nail_in_the_irs_scandals_coffin/ "non-political groups like open source technology advocates" | Jul 06 14:06 |
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| schestowitz | iophk: any need for a post on this? ^ | Jul 06 14:07 |
| schestowitz | Who might be behind this? | Jul 06 14:07 |
| schestowitz | And what motives? | Jul 06 14:07 |
| schestowitz | I heard some theory about OSS being used as a tax scam, but no example given | Jul 06 14:07 |
| iophk | Probably no need for a post yet. At least I cannot think of an angle on it for right now. | Jul 06 14:13 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811544 | Jul 06 14:15 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Netrunner 13.06 #Enigma is here http://www.netrunner-os.com/13-06-released/ #gnu #linux | Jul 06 14:15 |
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| schestowitz | iophk: not something that would add new information | Jul 06 14:15 |
| schestowitz | hence, just a mention in daily links again | Jul 06 14:16 |
| schestowitz | I think the exfat advancement is a subject worth pursuing, it's like UEFI and OOXML | Jul 06 14:16 |
| schestowitz | Some people advance them rather than push for the standards | Jul 06 14:16 |
| schestowitz | ODF, ext4... | Jul 06 14:16 |
| schestowitz | BTW | Jul 06 14:16 |
| schestowitz | Samsung has its own flash media FS | Jul 06 14:17 |
| schestowitz | For Linux | Jul 06 14:17 |
| schestowitz | So soemhow I doubt Samsung would want to shill for exfat | Jul 06 14:17 |
| schestowitz | They made their own Linux FS to compete against exfat | Jul 06 14:17 |
| schestowitz | F2FS or something | Jul 06 14:17 |
| iophk | The code might be a fork of an existing Linux driver. | Jul 06 14:17 |
| schestowitz | !google F2FS | Jul 06 14:17 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | [1] - F2FS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2FS | Jul 06 14:17 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | [2] - F2fs - ArchWiki | https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/F2fs | Jul 06 14:17 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | [3] - [Phoronix] F2FS On Phoronix | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php%3Fpage%3Dsearch%26q%3DF2FS | Jul 06 14:17 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | [4] - filesystem - How To Make Use Of F2FS? - Ask Ubuntu | http://askubuntu.com/questions/267793/how-to-make-use-of-f2fs | Jul 06 14:17 |
| schestowitz | yeah, that's one among several others out there | Jul 06 14:18 |
| iophk | The lack of a license means it's proprietary and it could even also be patented (at least for the US) | Jul 06 14:20 |
| schestowitz | Microsoft wrote proprietary code for Linux | Jul 06 14:23 |
| schestowitz | And then found itself violating the GPL | Jul 06 14:23 |
| schestowitz | So it started a PR campaign to pretend it was ready to comply with the GPL | Jul 06 14:23 |
| iophk | If that code is a fork of an existing driver then it is GPL | Jul 06 14:23 |
| schestowitz | And IDG contacted me for quotes | Jul 06 14:23 |
| schestowitz | While they were planning the PR adsault | Jul 06 14:24 |
| iophk | Yeah, M$ was really spining the license violation. | Jul 06 14:24 |
| schestowitz | He wanted some quotes for 'balance' | Jul 06 14:24 |
| schestowitz | Tom H and Sam R were involved in the PR | Jul 06 14:24 |
| iophk | Chumps and useful idiots, as well as the usual shills and astroturfers, really played up that material. | Jul 06 14:24 |
| schestowitz | history will recall this not as a GPL violatio | Jul 06 14:24 |
| schestowitz | Paul Krill is the one who helped them | Jul 06 14:24 |
| schestowitz | And tried to portray it as such across all the IDG sites | Jul 06 14:24 |
| schestowitz | 2009 IIRC | Jul 06 14:24 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811576 | Jul 06 14:38 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Not a Diaspora post? | Jul 06 14:39 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811576 | Jul 06 14:42 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Ubuntu Touch revamped from the ground up – no longer running as an Android shell http://www.intomobile.com/2013/07/05/ubuntu-touch-revamped-ground-up-no-longer-running-android-shell/ #linux #ubuntu #android | Jul 06 14:42 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811582 | Jul 06 14:43 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: #Birmingham Amps Up Research With New #Linux #Supercomputer http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/supercomputers/birmingham-amps-up-research-with-new-lin/240157761 #hpc | Jul 06 14:43 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811591\ | Jul 06 14:46 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Mozilla launches its own open-source, web-based mobile operating system http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/mozilla-launches-its-own-open-source-web-based-mobile-operating-system/23288 #mozilla #firefox #linux | Jul 06 14:47 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811591 | Jul 06 14:47 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Mozilla launches its own open-source, web-based mobile operating system http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/mozilla-launches-its-own-open-source-web-based-mobile-operating-system/23288 #mozilla #firefox #linux | Jul 06 14:47 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811593 | Jul 06 14:48 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Johns Hopkins University Helps Develop Open Source Software to Track Diseases http://blog.executivebiz.com/2013/07/johns-hopkins-university-helps-develop-open-source-software-to-track-diseases/ #opensource #health | Jul 06 14:48 |
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| schestowitz | Microsoft: http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/OpenSkan-Open-Source-Full-Body-3D-Scanner | Jul 06 14:49 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Couldn't resolve host 'channel9.msdn.com' ( http://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/kinect/OpenSkan-Open-Source-Full-Body-3D-Scanner ) | Jul 06 14:49 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811602 | Jul 06 14:58 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Yet another inane piece by Rachel King ties #linux to iPhone and open source to #facebook http://www.zdnet.com/aspen-ideas-festival-the-influence-of-open-source-tech-on-design-art-7000017543/ #zdnet is a joke | Jul 06 14:58 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2808549 | Jul 06 18:03 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: European firms 'could quit US internet providers over NSA scandal' http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/04/european-us-internet-providers-nsa #eu #nsa #surveillance | Jul 06 18:03 |
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| schestowitz | "Grandstanding. Just like Germany and Japan were going to stop using nuke power....it will still have to be 100% elbow grease and innovation by the tax feedstock, if anything is to be done." | Jul 06 18:03 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2805953 | Jul 06 18:04 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: A lot of US citizens now know that the NSA/CIA don't work for US citizens. And that's an important step: acceptance. | Jul 06 18:04 |
| schestowitz | "Is now a bad time to mention that these agencies (and foreign counterparts) are owned by a diplomatically immune Globalist Elite cabal of insider traders, and their extra-national offshore mega-banks, or are we still waiting for that curtain to drop?" | Jul 06 18:04 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2805082 | Jul 06 18:04 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "US Postal Service scoops metadata from your letters" http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/04/usps_scanning_mail_metadata/ and knows who you meet/talk to based on cellphone geo-snooping | Jul 06 18:04 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | -> Title: Going lo-tech to avoid NSA snooping? Unlucky - they read snailmail too • The Register .::. Size~: 46.15 KB | Jul 06 18:04 |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 06 18:06 |
| schestowitz | I don't see any reason why they couldn't scan an unopened folded letter. Just blast it with bright enough light (or other spectrum), and they could scan/defold the contents. In fact, it would be silly to assume they don't already do this. The USPS has been under intense surveillance throughout its history, and I'm sure this approach occurred to them by at least the 50's. They were storing copies in Xerox machines in Soviet embassies in | Jul 06 18:06 |
| schestowitz | the late 50's, I think. | Jul 06 18:06 |
| schestowitz | If I were to shine a deer-spotting light through a letter (500-1200 lumens), I would easily be able to read much of its contents. | Jul 06 18:06 |
| schestowitz | Soviet Xerox: http://www.editinternational.com/read.php?id=47ddf19823b89 | Jul 06 18:06 |
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| schestowitz | This consumer-grade product can listen through 20cm of concrete: http://dx.com/p/wall-listening-ninja-spy-device-penetrates-20-cm-solid-concrete-11763 | Jul 06 18:06 |
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| schestowitz | " | Jul 06 18:06 |
| schestowitz | One could forge metadata for the "from" address. | Jul 06 18:06 |
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| schestowitz | http://technologytales.com/2013/07/04/a-look-at-windows-8-1/ | Jul 06 18:35 |
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| schestowitz | Lipstick, pig | Jul 06 18:35 |
| schestowitz | "What you get now is more configuration options to go with the new Start button" | Jul 06 18:35 |
| schestowitz | LOL | Jul 06 18:35 |
| schestowitz | https://twitter.com/GaryArmstrong/status/353569854239944704 | Jul 06 18:44 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Not a tweet? | Jul 06 18:44 |
| schestowitz | " like Mint but I keep going back to Ubuntu. #linux" | Jul 06 18:44 |
| schestowitz | I wonder why though... | Jul 06 18:44 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2797223 | Jul 06 18:44 |
| schestowitz | "the slides: http://grothoff.org/christian/uva2013.pdf " | Jul 06 18:44 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Talk on #PRISM and #GNUnet at the University of Amsterdam https://gnunet.org/uva2013 40 minutes from now... #amsterdam #gnu #freedom #privacy | Jul 06 18:45 |
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| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811275 | Jul 06 18:45 |
| schestowitz | "This is bullshit. Interoperability is no harm to anyone." | Jul 06 18:45 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Not a web page! Aborting application/pdf type | Jul 06 18:45 |
| schestowitz | It's a trap and door for extortion. Antitrust complaints are harmed by that. Complaints should be the way t go, but bribed parties stand in the way. It's like OOXML... | Jul 06 18:46 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Not a Diaspora post? | Jul 06 18:46 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2811298 | Jul 06 18:47 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Microsoft Has Built a Patent Front Against Linux/Android http://techrights.org/2013/07/06/patent-front-with-swpats/ #microsoft #nokia #apple #motorola #google #android | Jul 06 18:47 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Couldn't resolve host 'techrights.org' ( http://techrights.org/2013/07/06/patent-front-with-swpats/ ) | Jul 06 18:47 |
| schestowitz | "This is not only an affront to f(l)oss, but general computing innovation as well. Poor, inept Microsoft is a victim of its own incompetence and is tied up in thinking akin to "if you can't join 'em, beat 'em" (rather than the other way around). Poor, backwards Microsoft... I really do pity them... sometimes." | Jul 06 18:47 |
| iophk | Is this ARM? It looks good so far. http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3265 | Jul 06 19:45 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Update on Our Laptop (aka Novena) « bunnie's blog .::. Size~: 56.19 KB | Jul 06 19:45 |
| iophk | http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/05/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-spy | Jul 06 20:19 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Edward Snowden is a whistleblower, not a spy – but do our leaders care? | World news | guardian.co.uk .::. Size~: 143.83 KB | Jul 06 20:19 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2812013 | Jul 06 20:26 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: The #NSA has failed to foil the biggest terror plot of all: itself. Controlling people by fear. Or claiming to be trying to achieve this. | Jul 06 20:26 |
| schestowitz | "Funny that they don't seem to be trying real hard to put jester the molester in jail for doing exactly what both of them claim is the reason they are after anonymous, ain't it?" | Jul 06 20:26 |
| schestowitz | Alex.com redesign: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/twitter.com | Jul 06 20:29 |
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| schestowitz | twiter continues to decline | Jul 06 20:29 |
| schestowitz | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bolivia-says-european-nations-kidnapped-evo-morales-in-hunt-for-nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-8686124.html | Jul 06 20:33 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Bolivia says European nations ‘kidnapped’ Evo Morales in hunt for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden - Europe - World - The Independent .::. Size~: 149.83 KB | Jul 06 20:33 |
| schestowitz | NYTimes justifies the NSA http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/06/opinion/lincolns-surveillance-state.html?ref=opinion&_r=0 | Jul 06 20:34 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Log In - The New York Times .::. Size~: 10.41 KB | Jul 06 20:34 |
| schestowitz | LOL | Jul 06 20:58 |
| schestowitz | http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/uk-world-news/2013/07/02/cia-whistleblower-attacks-obama-59067-33554086/ | Jul 06 20:58 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: CIA whistleblower attacks Obama - Chester Chronicle .::. Size~: 67 KB | Jul 06 20:58 |
| schestowitz | "Attacks Obama" | Jul 06 20:58 |
| schestowitz | Who's attacking who? | Jul 06 20:58 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2812043 | Jul 06 21:06 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Are you more afraid of so-called 'terrorism' or of every government around world hoarding your private chats, videos, etc. for 100 years? | Jul 06 21:06 |
| schestowitz | "Government no question." | Jul 06 21:06 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2812167 | Jul 06 21:06 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: So #Bolivia and #Nicaragua also offer #asylum to #snowden now http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nsa-whistleblower-edward-snowden-offered-asylum-by-venezuela-nicaragua-and-now-bolivia-8691647.html | Jul 06 21:06 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | -> Title: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden offered asylum by Venezuela, Nicaragua and now Bolivia - Americas - World - The Independent .::. Size~: 150.34 KB | Jul 06 21:06 |
| schestowitz | "Mmm, this is getting insteresting . . ." | Jul 06 21:06 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2804416 | Jul 06 21:08 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: State Department Facebook: DOS Spent $630,000 On 'Likes' For Social Media Pages, Report Indicates http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/state-department-facebook-likes-spent-630000_n_3541734.html #astroturf | Jul 06 21:08 |
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| schestowitz | Also: | Jul 06 21:08 |
| schestowitz | The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations... [US Centcom] oversees...what is described as an "online persona management service" that will allow one US serviceman...to control up to 10 separate identities. | Jul 06 21:08 |
| schestowitz | [This single] Centcom contract stipulates that each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 controllers should be able to operate false identities from their workstations "without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries". | Jul 06 21:08 |
| schestowitz | The project has been likened by web experts to China's attempts to control and restrict free speech on the internet...It will allow the US military to create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome opinions and smother commentaries or reports that do not correspond with its own objectives...[D]eveloping false online personalities – known as "sock puppets" – is used by many governments, private companies | Jul 06 21:08 |
| schestowitz | and non-government organisations... | Jul 06 21:08 |
| schestowitz | http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks | Jul 06 21:08 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media | Technology | The Guardian .::. Size~: 120.99 KB | Jul 06 21:08 |
| schestowitz | Doing what they accuse the Chinese of doing. Hypocrites! | Jul 06 21:08 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2804031 | Jul 06 21:09 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: Understanding the latest leaks is understanding the rise of a new fascism http://johnpilger.com/articles/understanding-the-latest-leaks-is-understanding-the-rise-of-a-new-fascism #spying #surveillance | Jul 06 21:09 |
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| schestowitz | "So, wait, I'm paralyzed with inaction until I know whether they're bludgeoning me with a hammer, or mallet? Is it a stick, or a cane??? ANSWER ME. I MUST KNOW" | Jul 06 21:09 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2812207 | Jul 06 21:09 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: "revealed to the world how the CIA used torture to extract information from prisoners as a matter of official policy" http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/353615 | Jul 06 21:09 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | -> Title: Former CIA officer John Kiriakou writes open letter to Snowden .::. Size~: 50.13 KB | Jul 06 21:09 |
| schestowitz | "The wise wizard on Fox News Fear Alert:<BR> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6LtL9lCTRA " | Jul 06 21:10 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Bush: We Don't Torture People - YouTube .::. Size~: 100.27 KB | Jul 06 21:10 |
| schestowitz | http://identi.ca/conversation/100274861#notice-101475373 | Jul 06 21:10 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Conversation - Identi.ca .::. Size~: 12.94 KB | Jul 06 21:10 |
| schestowitz | "and a fighter for Freedom and Democracy for all" | Jul 06 21:10 |
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| schestowitz | iophk: http://www.zdnet.com/whats-behind-microsofts-pending-reorg-7000017629/ | Jul 06 21:35 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: What's behind Microsoft's pending reorg? | ZDNet .::. Size~: 80.01 KB | Jul 06 21:35 |
| schestowitz | the reorg was supposed to be July 1st | Jul 06 21:35 |
| schestowitz | the xbox guy quit | Jul 06 21:35 |
| schestowitz | and they seem to have postponed the bad news | Jul 06 21:35 |
| iophk | Quit and quit. He's probably still working for them somehow. | Jul 06 21:36 |
| schestowitz | "Weeks ago, I received a few tips that Microsoft was planning to split the company along devices and services lines. This isn't too surprising, given Microsoft's work to make itself over from a software company to a devices and services one -- a mission CEO Steve Ballmer announced last year. But the devices/services split seems a bit too simplistic, as Microsoft still is delivering on-premises software, too. So I'm wondering if the new | Jul 06 21:36 |
| schestowitz | business units will be more along the lines of devices/services/software. As I've blogged before, I'm curious if Microsoft plans to do away with its structure, instituted in 2003, of pairing a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with each of its more product-focused divisional chiefs." | Jul 06 21:36 |
| schestowitz | Mary alread helps the damage control | Jul 06 21:36 |
| schestowitz | "According to one of my tipsters, Microsoft is/was considering appointing a consumer- and a business-focused leader of each of its new divisions. In other words, there would be a consumer devices chief, as well as an enterprise devices chief. Given Microsoft execs' insistence that lines between consumer and enterprise are blurring, I'm not sure whether this tip seems believable, however. Like other Microsoft watchers, I've heard the | Jul 06 21:36 |
| schestowitz | Windows and Windows Phone teams would likely become part of the new devices division at Microsoft, if the company ends up cleaving along those lines." | Jul 06 21:36 |
| iophk | Reord is always bad new. It's usually the result of misplaced priorities and confusion. | Jul 06 21:36 |
| schestowitz | The real news is, possibly layoffs | Jul 06 21:36 |
| iophk | There have been layoffs for years. I'm not sure where to dig sources, but permatemps and contractors were a way to do layoffs without having to report them. | Jul 06 21:37 |
| schestowitz | https://joindiaspora.com/posts/2812290 | Jul 06 21:37 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | @schestowitz@joindiaspora.com: According to Microsoft PR (Mary Jo Foley), #Microsoft "reorg" got postponed, the #layoffs are still possibly imminent | Jul 06 21:37 |
| schestowitz | iophk: yes, exactly | Jul 06 21:38 |
| schestowitz | Let me do a quick search | Jul 06 21:38 |
| schestowitz | here is one of ZDnet's boosters for Microsoft http://www.zdnet.com/build-2013-our-first-sight-of-a-faster-hacker-powered-microsoft-7000017671/ | Jul 06 21:39 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Build 2013: Our first sight of a faster, hacker-powered Microsoft | ZDNet .::. Size~: 79.65 KB | Jul 06 21:39 |
| schestowitz | see his Web site | Jul 06 21:39 |
| schestowitz | Another pollutant in ZDNet | Jul 06 21:39 |
| schestowitz | Probably hired as part of the VIsta 7/8 PR contract | Jul 06 21:39 |
| schestowitz | http://allthingsd.com/20110412/nokia-rd-workers-prepare-to-research-and-develop-new-job-leads/?mod=googlenews | Jul 06 21:40 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Nokia CEO announces layoffs - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD .::. Size~: 59.92 KB | Jul 06 21:40 |
| schestowitz | http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/12/are-microsoft-layoffs-coming/ | Jul 06 21:40 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Today in Tech: Are Microsoft layoffs coming? - Fortune Tech .::. Size~: 36.84 KB | Jul 06 21:40 |
| iophk | It'd be useful to update the journalist list. | Jul 06 21:40 |
| schestowitz | http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/01/12/are-microsoft-layoffs-coming/ | Jul 06 21:40 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Today in Tech: Are Microsoft layoffs coming? - Fortune Tech .::. Size~: 36.84 KB | Jul 06 21:40 |
| schestowitz | I think I covered the marketing layoffs at that time | Jul 06 21:40 |
| schestowitz | less astroturf in the pipeline | Jul 06 21:40 |
| schestowitz | the marketers hire shills for social media | Jul 06 21:41 |
| schestowitz | trickle-down bribes also reach journalists | Jul 06 21:41 |
| schestowitz | e.g. laptop 'gifting' | Jul 06 21:41 |
| iophk | * giving | Jul 06 21:41 |
| schestowitz | iophk: who's missing in the list? I updated it last year | Jul 06 21:41 |
| schestowitz | Many of the writers are no longer around | Jul 06 21:41 |
| iophk | Is Bisson there? | Jul 06 21:41 |
| schestowitz | http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-marketing-layoffs-said-to-begin-february-1/11788 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/02/microsoft-american-air-brace-for-reported-layoffs/ | Jul 06 21:42 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Microsoft marketing layoffs said to begin February 1 | ZDNet .::. Size~: 78.7 KB | Jul 06 21:42 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Microsoft, American Air Brace for Reported Layoffs - ABC News .::. Size~: 37.68 KB | Jul 06 21:42 |
| schestowitz | That's from the time marketers got laid off, I remember that | Jul 06 21:42 |
| schestowitz | iophk: nope, not there yet | Jul 06 21:42 |
| schestowitz | He's not so prolific | Jul 06 21:42 |
| schestowitz | and rarely bashed Linux openluy | Jul 06 21:42 |
| schestowitz | Just Microsoft PR placements | Jul 06 21:42 |
| schestowitz | http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/02/tweet-announces-microsoft-layoffs.html | Jul 06 21:42 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Tweet signals Microsoft marketing layoffs - Puget Sound Business Journal .::. Size~: 94.54 KB | Jul 06 21:42 |
| schestowitz | http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2012/02/tweet-announces-microsoft-layoffs.html | Jul 06 21:43 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Tweet signals Microsoft marketing layoffs - Puget Sound Business Journal .::. Size~: 94.41 KB | Jul 06 21:43 |
| schestowitz | What BS: http://oregonbusinessreport.com/2012/07/microsoft-announces-rare-layoffs/ | Jul 06 21:44 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Microsoft announces rare layoffs | Oregon Business Report .::. Size~: 29.4 KB | Jul 06 21:44 |
| schestowitz | Rare? | Jul 06 21:44 |
| schestowitz | Not really | Jul 06 21:44 |
| iophk | Revisionism. | Jul 06 21:44 |
| schestowitz | See the TR wiki for many examples of layoffs prior to that | Jul 06 21:44 |
| iophk | Rare == every Q | Jul 06 21:44 |
| schestowitz | Yeah, rewriting huistory for perception management | Jul 06 21:44 |
| schestowitz | Maybe the PR staff wasn't cut yet | Jul 06 21:44 |
| schestowitz | so they planeted this garbage article | Jul 06 21:44 |
| schestowitz | !google techrights layoffs | Jul 06 21:44 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | [1] - Microsoft Nearly Loses Nokia; Are Major Layoffs Coming? | Techrights | http://techrights.org/2013/06/27/rainy-day-on-monday/ | Jul 06 21:44 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | [2] - Microsoft - Layoffs - Techrights | http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_-_Layoffs | Jul 06 21:44 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | [3] - Rumours of Additional (Stealth) Microsoft Layoffs | Techrights | http://techrights.org/2010/05/31/stealthily-shrinking-microsoft/ | Jul 06 21:44 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | [4] - Quick Mention: More Microsoft Layoffs | Techrights | http://techrights.org/2010/07/07/microsoft-layoffs-2010/ | Jul 06 21:44 |
| schestowitz | http://ur1.ca/ejwjz | Jul 06 21:45 |
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| schestowitz | iophk: another spin pattern | Jul 06 21:47 |
| schestowitz | "Microsoft moving 39 area jobs" | Jul 06 21:47 |
| schestowitz | http://www.newsday.com/business/microsoft-layoffs-other-business-briefs-1.4316579 | Jul 06 21:47 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Microsoft layoffs; other business briefs .::. Size~: 49.12 KB | Jul 06 21:47 |
| schestowitz | 'Moves' | Jul 06 21:47 |
| schestowitz | http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/07/microsoft-owned-yammer-hit-with-small-round-of-layoffs/ | Jul 06 21:48 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: Microsoft-Owned Yammer Hit With Small Round Of Layoffs | TechCrunch .::. Size~: 73.35 KB | Jul 06 21:48 |
| schestowitz | iophk: I have a good post about it comign | Jul 06 21:53 |
| schestowitz | I searched my archives for low-profile/silent layoffs | Jul 06 21:53 |
| schestowitz | There have been quite a few, missed due to media gag | Jul 06 21:53 |
| iophk | How far down on the food chain does the muzzling persist? The top execs have publicly declared 'no-disparragement' clauses in their departure agreements | Jul 06 21:54 |
| iophk | Do the flunkies have the same constraints or is it done out of misplaced loyalty? | Jul 06 21:55 |
| schestowitz | Meh http://www.mis-asia.com/tech/applications/telekom-malaysia-offers-microsoft-office-365-in-its-office-in-a-box/ | Jul 06 21:55 |
| TechrightsBot-tr | Title: MIS-Asia - Telekom Malaysia offers Microsoft Office 365 in its ‘Office in a Box’ .::. Size~: 32.92 KB | Jul 06 21:55 |
| schestowitz | iophk: well, the important thing is to keep the wiki pages re layoffs as complete as possible | Jul 06 21:56 |
| schestowitz | Microsoft will diminish like Nokia | Jul 06 21:56 |
| schestowitz | the less income it gets, the smaller it will become | Jul 06 21:56 |
| schestowitz | Novell was also like that | Jul 06 21:56 |
| schestowitz | Nothing scares a company like rumours of lyoffs | Jul 06 21:56 |
| schestowitz | 1. it harms recruitment | Jul 06 21:56 |
| schestowitz | 2. it arms modale | Jul 06 21:56 |
| schestowitz | 3. staff starts leaving proactively (brain drain | Jul 06 21:56 |
| schestowitz | 4. customers no longer think Microsoft "will always be around" hence safe bet | Jul 06 21:57 |
| schestowitz | Novell hated it when insiders told me about Novel, layoffs anonymously | Jul 06 21:57 |
| schestowitz | Sometimes they don't even have to announce layoffs | Jul 06 21:57 |
| schestowitz | They just stop hiring | Jul 06 21:58 |
| schestowitz | while many people leave | Jul 06 21:58 |
| schestowitz | and then some Novell exec, for example, would give out ever-decreasing staff counts | Jul 06 21:58 |
| schestowitz | to which s/he can lump in some people who are not even full-timers | Jul 06 21:58 |
| iophk | Layoffs through attrition | Jul 06 21:59 |
| iophk | gtg | Jul 06 22:05 |
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