●● IRC: #techbytes @ FreeNode: Tuesday, December 29, 2020 ●● ● Dec 29 [00:26] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [00:26] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 29 [01:50] *gry- (~test@unaffiliated/gryllida) has joined #techbytes [01:51] *randomgry has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [01:55] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [01:56] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 29 [02:22] *rianne__ has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [02:23] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [02:23] *rianne__ (~rianne@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [02:23] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 29 [03:46] *rianne__ has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) [03:46] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [03:46] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) [03:47] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 29 [06:25] *GNUmoon has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) ● Dec 29 [07:04] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes [07:38] Techrights-sec https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/12/28/gpio-screw-terminal-hat-for-raspberry-pi-adds-leds-and-gpio-markings/ [07:38] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.cnx-software.com | GPIO screw terminal HAT for Raspberry Pi adds LEDs and GPIO markings [07:38] Techrights-sec Teminal Screw HAT would make wiring easy. [07:38] Techrights-sec It also has LEDs for each pin. [07:38] Techrights-sec It'd need an accomanying breadboard for the most part. [07:46] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [07:46] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) [07:47] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [07:48] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [07:50] Techrights-sec https://www.olimex.com/Products/Breadboarding/ [07:50] Techrights-sec Biden has now picked some ICT team members based on those who [07:50] Techrights-sec were involved in his campaign. That is why it was such a bad [07:50] Techrights-sec incident that microsofters were allowed in then. [07:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.olimex.com | Breadboarding [07:50] Techrights-sec They will fuck things up for years to come as a result of that. [07:50] schestowitz Microsoft is not a company but state franchise or monopoly, worldwide, they want to float ashore for espionage [07:51] schestowitz that was also true under Trump (MS bailout, Gates favours, TikTok), so let's not treat it like a depression NEW issue [07:52] schestowitz Just like the economy will continues to tank, except for a handful of people who steal capital of future generations (national debt growing) [07:52] schestowitz *continue [07:53] Techrights-sec Broken feed today: https://danielmiessler.com/feed/ [07:53] Techrights-sec Hopefully it will be repaired soon. [07:53] Techrights-sec Yes, M$ is about espionage. [07:53] Techrights-sec It's the easiest way to ensure back doors into all government and business [07:53] Techrights-sec board rooms. [07:53] Techrights-sec The US at least has been in and out of economic depression since little Bush. [07:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 500 @ https://danielmiessler.com/feed/ ) [07:53] Techrights-sec There has been only covering up about that as the problem builds to [07:53] Techrights-sec ultimate collapse which cannot be hidden. [07:54] schestowitz Next to go will be pension funds and other writeoffs like savers' accounts, except those with offshore money (we know whose) [07:54] Techrights-sec Fucking LARPers running both business and government. [07:56] Techrights-sec Yeah pension funds have already been hit several times. I know of several [07:56] Techrights-sec who had put away a tremendous amount which now have only an adequate sum [07:56] Techrights-sec to survive on. If that goes down further, there will be some belt tightening. [07:57] schestowitz This past week I initiated process for emptying my 'future' (prospective) savings. They DONT MAKE THAT EASY! I'm about to give up today, it's just pissing me off to be honest, that's why I set it aside for xmas since November. ● Dec 29 [08:00] Techrights-sec It's important to have something but I have no clue what. If one has enough [08:00] Techrights-sec then one can diversify and minimize the losses, but the way things are set [08:00] Techrights-sec upt currently there can only be losses all-around. [08:00] Techrights-sec I once asked a colleague why he was not saving a pension and what he would do. [08:00] Techrights-sec Half seriously he replied take up sky-diving and other dangerous hobbies. [08:00] schestowitz money is just a promise on paper, whether it's a banknote, a bank statement or some wasteful letter from a financial "instrument" like pension 'company' [08:09] Techrights-sec ZDNet and Tehcrepublic are both owned by the same mass marketing company. [08:09] Techrights-sec the articles only serve as a carrier for their signal. [08:27] *randomgry (~test@unaffiliated/gryllida) has joined #techbytes [08:28] *gry- has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [08:44] *randomgry has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [08:44] *gry- (~test@unaffiliated/gryllida) has joined #techbytes [08:46] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) [08:47] schestowitz https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1343836304178610178 [08:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: @fcassia @lproven @schestowitz @mmasnick @robilad yes, thanks, RT'd few days ago [08:47] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) [08:47] schestowitz https://twitter.com/fcassia/status/1343775140946055169 [08:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@fcassia: #NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR AND #SHA1 WRITTEN INTO #BREXIT AGREEMENT https://t.co/2lupYdas3P cc/@glynmoody @lproven https://t.co/wd8zYZUAK3 [08:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes--> hackaday.com | Netscape Communicator And SHA-1 Written Into Brexit Agreement | Hackaday [08:47] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@fcassia: #NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR AND #SHA1 WRITTEN INTO #BREXIT AGREEMENT https://t.co/2lupYdas3P cc/@glynmoody @lproven https://t.co/wd8zYZUAK3 [08:47] schestowitz " [08:47] schestowitz #NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR AND #SHA1 WRITTEN INTO #BREXIT AGREEMENT [08:47] schestowitz https://hackaday.com/2020/12/28/netscape-communicator-and-sha-1-written-into-brexit-agreement/ [08:47] schestowitz cc/@glynmoody [08:47] schestowitz @lproven [08:47] schestowitz @schestowitz [08:47] schestowitz @mmasnick [08:47] schestowitz @robilad [08:47] schestowitz " [08:48] schestowitz #NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR AND #SHA1 WRITTEN INTO #BREXIT AGREEMENT [08:48] schestowitz https://hackaday.com/2020/12/28/netscape-communicator-and-sha-1-written-into-brexit-agreement/ [08:48] schestowitz cc/@glynmoody [08:48] schestowitz @lproven [08:48] schestowitz @schestowitz [08:48] schestowitz @mmasnick [08:48] schestowitz @robilad [08:48] schestowitz #NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR AND #SHA1 WRITTEN INTO #BREXIT AGREEMENT [08:48] schestowitz https://hackaday.com/2020/12/28/netscape-communicator-and-sha-1-written-into-brexit-agreement/ [08:48] schestowitz cc/@glynmoody [08:48] schestowitz @lproven [08:48] schestowitz @schestowitz [08:48] schestowitz @mmasnick [08:48] schestowitz @robilad [08:48] schestowitz https://twitter.com/RoxaneCrystal/status/1343709971796508672 [08:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@RoxaneCrystal: @schestowitz The CPUC also hasn't answered the State Court of Appeal about their Bagley-Keene violations...is silen https://t.co/sHcX9BUWnf [08:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@RoxaneCrystal: @schestowitz The CPUC also hasn't answered the State Court of Appeal about their Bagley-Keene violations...is silen https://t.co/sHcX9BUWnf [08:48] schestowitz https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1343548898321850371 [08:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: "Unlike Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Canada's laws governing animal welfare have barely evolved over the las https://t.co/4mTN1YVScQ [08:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: "Unlike Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Canada's laws governing animal welfare have barely evolved over the las https://t.co/4mTN1YVScQ [08:48] schestowitz ""Unlike Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, Canada's laws governing animal welfare have barely evolved over the last century" #canada's shame... #animalabuse| [08:48] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Grown_UpWoman/status/1343547309557211139 [08:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Grown_UpWoman: @schestowitz It will fall flat as every other such initiative has. [08:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/buzz8051/status/1343534997496606721 [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@buzz8051: https://t.co/z3K87sNq0G [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #Salon #Finance 50-year study of #taxcuts on wealthy shows they always fail to "trickle down" https://t.co/iXf18yorCx [08:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/jayzengland/status/1343532209748267010 [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@jayzengland: about damn time !! https://t.co/cI50Y9lGRi [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #Telegraph #CivilRights #Police will be banned from 'digital strip searches' of rape victims https://t.co/aOl3rXgc69 [08:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1343526777763848194 [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: #copyright maximalists always want more, more more - and the public loses every single time... https://t.co/gNBs1PTMZ8 [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #TorrentFreak #copyright #copyrights #EU Study Proposes New 'Anti-Piracy Act' to Effectively Tackle Onl https://t.co/cZ9bYayKaZ [08:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Flavia0847/status/1343519547152867328 [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Flavia0847: A corporate decision? https://t.co/k6ClDUYw1M [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #TruthOut #Waltons #monopoly #opioids DOJ Charges Walmart With Illegally Dispensing and Distributing Opi https://t.co/Ueg261LpVU [08:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/stautistic/status/1343494822737264640 [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@stautistic: How are the masses advantaged by patents again? Oh wait, they arent https://t.co/2gSMRmQfeX [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: Even after buying #redhat #ibm continues to act a lot like a #patentTroll shaking down every company imaginable. Se https://t.co/8KkbP6q9k8 [08:49] schestowitz https://twitter.com/iridesce57/status/1343284231859015684 [08:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@iridesce57: @schestowitz Our only instance is a VM running XP for Quickbooks [08:58] *rianne_ (~rianne@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes [08:58] *liberty_box (~liberty@host81-154-173-106.range81-154.btcentralplus.com) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 29 [11:38] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [11:45] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes [11:47] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) [11:47] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes [11:47] schestowitz I am uploading a video about systemd at the moment; is the quality OK and clarity being improved over time? Still one take, no script, hence very fast (except upload). [11:50] Techrights-sec In the previous video the inset moving images of you talking were not flowing [11:50] Techrights-sec they weren't jerky just had a very low frame rate it looked like. [11:51] schestowitz Yes, I am aware, but it's not crucial as we don't do real-time stuff and async sound/image is compensated for. I worry more about compression tbh. The files can be vastly smaller. [11:59] *GNUmoon has quit (Remote host closed the connection) ● Dec 29 [12:00] *GNUmoon (~GNUmoon@gateway/tor-sasl/gnumoon) has joined #techbytes [12:41] Techrights-sec The black&white images help reduce size. [12:41] Techrights-sec I'm not sure of the algorithms otherwise, maybe reduced complexity of patterns [12:41] Techrights-sec could help. [12:42] schestowitz the systemd video is up now. at one point you can hear rianne's samsung s2 (yes, early 2012) ringing [12:47] Techrights-sec ok [12:47] Techrights-sec finishing rC3 video above. will check in about xxxxx min ● Dec 29 [15:21] Techrights-sec Much improved. Though the screen shots of the browser window are not so exciting [15:21] Techrights-sec I'm not sure what to propose instead. I've been kind of used to slides + voiceover [15:21] Techrights-sec So that will influence my experience of the videos. [15:21] Techrights-sec Latest content was rather good. Decent audio quality too. [15:21] Techrights-sec The large mouse pointer was good. Maybe slightly smaller would be even better. [15:22] schestowitz This is my normal/standard pointer; before it, I was losing my position among the screens. ● Dec 29 [17:05] Techrights-sec xxxxxxxxxxxx spoke with someone who used to have a scientific background. They [17:05] Techrights-sec joined into Facebook this year, blaming the pandemic for doing so. [17:05] Techrights-sec Now they claimed vigorously that Trump won the election and hold another [17:05] Techrights-sec dozen debunked opinions like that. Facebook is a pathogen. [17:05] Techrights-sec There is a lot of really stupidly wrong disinformation churning on Facebook, [17:05] Techrights-sec and people really swallow it despite lack of evidence or even a preponderance [17:05] Techrights-sec of counter evidence. [17:05] schestowitz I have just done another video about conspiracy crap, namely the Gates BS [17:28] Techrights-sec Gates has a lot to gain by letting the social control media crazies [17:28] Techrights-sec make strawmen out of all his flaws. ● Dec 29 [18:44] schestowitz Falsehoods promoted in #phoronix today: Windows Subsystem for Linux remaining strong https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-2020-Highlights no, its a #failure - see http://techrights.org/2020/05/06/wsl2-usage-numbers/ #wsl #wsl2 [18:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.phoronix.com | Ubuntu Had A Stellar 2020 From Ubuntu 20.04 LTS To Continued WSL, Cloud Popularity - Phoronix [18:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Only About 150,000 People Worldwide Use WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) | Techrights [18:44] Techrights-sec BrexitL https://www.epressi.com/tiedotteet/hallitus-ja-valtio/ordering-goods-from-the-united-kingdom-your-goods-must-undergo-customs-clearance-as-of-1-january.html [18:44] Techrights-sec :( [18:44] Techrights-sec ]] [18:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.epressi.com | Ordering goods from the United Kingdom? Your goods must undergo customs clearance as of 1 January - ePressi [18:57] schestowitz "In 1999, the programmer and activist Richard Stallman led one related to a lawsuit the company filed against Barnes & Noble to protect a patent covering 1-click ordering, which he worried would stifle competition in e-commerce." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/style/amazon-abstainers.html [18:57] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nytimes.com | Life Without Amazon (Well, Almost) - The New York Times ● Dec 29 [19:05] Techrights-sec I'm always worried for Phoronix of late. I do hope he can hang on without [19:05] Techrights-sec selling out. [19:05] Techrights-sec ^hang on AND NOT sell out. [19:05] Techrights-sec He can do it, but time really are hard in places. [19:06] schestowitz I am merely observing for now... [19:09] schestowitz going offline as groklaw did is arguably even worse [19:10] Techrights-sec He does accept Flattr payments. [19:14] Techrights-sec Groklaw could have done it a lot more gracefully. A heads up before they [19:14] Techrights-sec eliminated comments would have helped with the archiving. I was getting [19:14] Techrights-sec the idea to scrape the site but then noticed the comments were unavailable [19:14] Techrights-sec at least those nested down were gone. [19:14] Techrights-sec I mistakenly though they were having technical difficulties, but I guess [19:14] Techrights-sec not. I presume PJ did it silently to avoid hearing complaints up front. [19:15] schestowitz That assumes she was part of the decision and now some ibiblio volunteers (may be connected to IBM). Techrights reproduced the text of key bits, inc. some comments. [19:15] Techrights-sec Groklaw had lots of valuable material. Some probably irreplacable. 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