IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, March 12, 2022

beginning of new day, March 12

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00:21 TR News; The Wine development release 7.4 is now available http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162457#comment-33039

00:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Wine 7.4 changes the default theme and more PE conversion work | Tux Machines

00:26 TR News; self-hosting git; or, how git servers actually work, and how to keep yours secure gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-03-07.gmi

00:26 TR News; OpenZFS 2.1.3 released Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162458

00:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | OpenZFS 2.1.3 released | Tux Machines

00:29 TR News; Venezuela: Government Raises Wages as Inflation Hits Eight-Year Low | Venezuelanalysis.com https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15472 "near twentyfold salary hike."

00:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Venezuela: Government Raises Wages as Inflation Hits Eight-Year Low | Venezuelanalysis.com

00:30 TR News; Making Putin's face turn blue? https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/dbusiness-daily-update-blue-cross-blue-shield-buildings-go-blue-and-yellow-to-support-ukraine-and-more/

00:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-DBusiness Daily Update: Blue Cross Blue Shield Buildings Go Blue and Yellow to Support Ukraine, and More - DBusiness Magazine

00:34 TR News; This FUD was funded by Microsoft proxies and used Microsoft data. Now it's being used against Linux, which the Linux Foundation happily harms for Microsoft proxies that have infiltrated it. https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/hundreds-of-open-source-components-could-undermine-security see http://techrights.org/2022/03/07/marketing-with-microsoft-npm/

00:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.darkreading.com | Hundreds of Open Source Components Could Undermine Security, Census Finds

00:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The Studies of Linux Foundation Research Based on Data From Microsoft and Experts in Adobe, Not Open Source | Techrights

00:34 TR News; Linux Foundation is like Republican Party, named after the thing it is attacking

00:42 TR News; Wow. Lunduke got canceled. See this text. https://www.osnews.com/story/134655/elementary-os-is-imploding/

00:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-elementary OS is imploding OSnews

00:43 TR News; "Cancel Culture is a real danger. Remove traces of every{body,thing} we dont agree withso orwellianis it the future we really want? Freedom and ability to face the truth is what should we expect from FLOSS/Freedom community.but its taking reverse." https://www.osnews.com/story/134655/elementary-os-is-imploding/

00:45 TR News; "Yeah thats the problem. Were replacing one mob with another. I wish we could evolve past this and recognize vindictiveness as socially harmful in and of itself." https://www.osnews.com/story/134655/elementary-os-is-imploding/

00:49 TR News; When the Water Stops: Water Survival Skills for a Disaster https://cedarmillnews.com/article/0322-community-news/

00:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cedarmillnews.com | Community News March 2022 The Cedar Mill News

00:49 TR News; Linux Foundation: FUD, Microsoft Outsourcing, and Clown Computing Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162459

00:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Linux Foundation: FUD, Microsoft Outsourcing, and 'Clown' Computing | Tux Machines

00:52 TR News; ZDNet is now shilling the CompTIA disloma mill. CompTIA helps Microsoft corruption.

00:58 TR News; Poor zoo animals in Ukraine, starving, being shelled, shot at :( (I mean literally zoo animals). So sad... as if being in a cage wasn't bad enough already.

1 AM, March 12

01:00 TR News; LOL. Delete it. https://www.maketecheasier.com/revisiting-facebook-privacy-settings/

01:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | How to Secure Your Facebook Account - Make Tech Easier

01:01 TR News; "Yes, we can run Linux Ubuntu from SSD or HDD which is not embedded on PC/laptop." https://www.fosslicious.com/2022/03/can-i-run-ubuntu-via-external-ssdhdd.html

01:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Can I run Linux Ubuntu Via external SSD/HDD? - Fosslicious

01:06 TR News; FSF still hiring https://www.fsf.org/news/contract-opportunity-bookkeeper

01:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fsf.org | Contract opportunity: Bookkeeper Free Software Foundation Working together for free software

01:10 TR News; Kali Linux adds VM-like snapshot feature to bare-metal installs http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162443#comment-33041

01:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Kali Linux on bare-metal gets snapshotting functionality | Tux Machines

01:13 TR News; "If you know about Geminis early development then you know that Gemini evolved from /Gopher/, not from HTTP! As such, Gemini attempts to capture Gopher-era sentiments about the web. Gopher is absolutely not a do everything protocol, it can serve like 8 types of media and text files." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-02-14.gmi

01:14 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162460

01:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines

2 AM, March 12

02:31 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-110322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-110322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-110322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-110322.txt

02:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, March 11, 2022

02:32 TR News; Yesterday's #techbytes IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-110322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techbytes-110322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-110322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techbytes-110322.txt

02:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, March 11, 2022

02:33 TR News; Yesterday's #boycottnovell-social and #techpol IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-110322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-social-110322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-110322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-social-110322.txt

02:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #boycottnovell-social and #techpol @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, March 11, 2022

02:34 TR News; Yesterday's #techrights IRC logs ready. HTML: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-110322.html TEXT: http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-110322.txt GEMINI GemText: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-110322.gmi GEMINI Plain Text: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/irc-log-techrights-110322.txt

02:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, March 11, 2022

02:43 TR News; Yesterday's bulletin is now ready! : http://techrights.org/txt-archives/techrights-2022-03-11.txt | gemini://gemini.techrights.org/tr_text_version/techrights-2022-03-11.txt (tentative address, to work an hour from now)

5 AM, March 12

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6 AM, March 12

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06:59 TR News; #Techrights Bulletin for Friday, March 11, 2022 http://techrights.org/txt full archive: http://techrights.org/txt-archives #gnu #linux #freesw #plaintext

06:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Bulletin Archives

06:59 TR News; #Techrights full #IPFS index updated just now http://techrights.org/ipfs available as plain text @ http://techrights.org/ipfs/txt #dweb #sharing

06:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Techrights Full IPFS Index

7 AM, March 12

07:05 TR News; "How hard could it be to fix a vintage solderless breadboard that doesn't quite work?" http://www.righto.com/2022/03/reverse-engineering-waveform-generator.html

07:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.righto.com | Reverse-engineering the waveform generator in a 1969 breadboard

07:06 TR News; "However, there is now an SCD41, which is much smaller, and neater." https://www.revk.uk/2022/03/environmental-sensors-scd41-co.html

07:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.revk.uk | RevK's ramblings: Environmental sensors (SCD41 CO)

07:07 TR News; "To get my feet wet with the whole "investigations" thing that we'd do, I started looking into this one day and chose one of the many temp sensors which were being logged by the servers." https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2021/10/13/temp/

07:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-rachelbythebay.com | Looking at the outlying data points

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07:09 TR News; "M. Brown's idea was interesting enough for me to think about it and write an article." https://blog.plover.com/2022/03/09/#notation

07:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.plover.com | The Universe of Discourse : Bad but interesting mathematical notation idea

07:10 TR News; html

07:10 TR News; "China Fabricated Top Official's Quote" https://www.voanews.com/a/european-union-says-china-fabricated-top-official-s-quote/6481835.html

07:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | European Union Says China Fabricated Top Official's Quote

07:11 TR News; Adding a layer of proprietary software and spying is not really security https://goteleport.com/blog/how-to-setup-aws-bastion/

07:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-goteleport.com | Tutorial: Set-up an Identity-Aware Access Proxy as a Bastion Host in AWS | Teleport

07:12 TR News; Spying on users in the US https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/11/22972530/tiktok-oracle-china-bytedance-trump-cfius

07:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | The TikTok and Oracle trusted technology partner deal might really happen - The Verge

07:13 TR News; Why would you trust Texas with data? https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-project-texas-bytedance-user-data?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4

07:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.buzzfeednews.com | China-Owned TikTok Is Racing To Move User Data To The US

07:14 TR News; "Though he was alone in his room, he was using drugs with other people. As he was injecting methamphetamine, he connected with hundreds of other individuals doing the same thing over Zoom." https://www.nbcnews.com/specials/internet-meth-underground-hidden-in-plain-sight/index.html

07:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | The internets meth underground, hidden in plain sight

07:16 TR News; "More than 450 attacks were recorded against banks, more than four times higher than the figure for February." https://cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-security/russian-company-websites-hit-by-increased-hacking-in-march-says-cyber-firm/90163070

07:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com | cyber security: Russian company websites hit by increased hacking in March, says cyber firm, CIO News, ET CIO

07:17 TR News; "Last week's assault by Russian forces on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was far more dangerous than initial assessments suggested, according to an analysis by NPR of video and photographs of the attack and its aftermath." https://text.npr.org/1085427380

07:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | Video analysis reveals Russian attack on Ukrainian nuclear plant veered near disaster

07:21 TR News; "What was once seen as a niche play for tech enthusiasts and investors crypto is now becoming a mainstream financial asset." https://text.npr.org/1084166077

07:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-text.npr.org | With federal rules unclear, some states carve their own path on cryptocurrencies

07:22 TR News; "Many zoos worldwide are joining Tallinn Zoo's example of collecting donations to help Ukrainian zoos and their animals" https://news.err.ee/1608529006/tallinn-zoo-launches-fundraising-for-ukrainian-zoos

07:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.err.ee | Tallinn Zoo launches fundraising for Ukrainian zoos | News | ERR

07:25 TR News; Microsoft 'proxy' as censorship https://www.komando.com/technology/duckduckgo-fighting-russian-disinformation/829782/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

07:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.komando.com | DuckDuckGo changes its RULES about what you see in search results

07:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | DuckDuckGo - Techrights

07:26 TR News; Well, disinformation is bad, but these companies usually tolerate one side (of disinformation), not the other https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/11/performative-conservatives-are-mad-that-a-search-engine-wants-to-downrank-disinformation/

07:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Performative Conservatives Are Mad That A Search Engine Wants To Downrank Disinformation | Techdirt

07:27 TR News; NOT the Internet we need... https://thehill.com/policy/technology/technology/597922-white-house-briefs-tiktok-creators-on-ukraine

07:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-White House briefs TikTok creators on Ukraine | TheHill

07:27 TR News; New avenues for government propaganda https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/11/tik-tok-ukraine-white-house/

07:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.washingtonpost.com | TikTok stars receive White House briefing on Ukraine - The Washington Post

07:28 TR News; "Over the last 4 years, I've onboarded 28 national government CERTs onto Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) and given them free and open access to APIs " https://www.troyhunt.com/setting-the-bar-for-government-access-to-have-i-been-pwned/

07:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.troyhunt.com | Troy Hunt: Setting the Bar for Government Access to Have I Been Pwned

07:28 TR News; "Sunk cost is cost that's already been incurred. You can't reverse sunk costs." https://matt-rickard.com/ignore-sunk-costs/

07:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-matt-rickard.com | Ignore Sunk Costs

07:29 TR News; Great example of political bias. Calls for death tolerated by Facebook. https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1878502.html

07:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Can of worms: Facebook allows calls for violence against 'Russian invaders'

07:30 TR News; Facebook and violence https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/11/22972460/russia-threatens-instagram-ban-meta-violent-threats-russian-soldiers

07:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Russia threatens Instagram ban in response to Meta allowing violent threats against soldiers - The Verge

07:31 TR News; to post information containing calls for violence against Russian citizens" https://thehill.com/policy/technology/597875-russian-regulators-restrict-access-to-instagram

07:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Russian regulators restrict access to Instagram | TheHill

07:31 TR News; Twitter is violence http://techrights.org/2022/03/01/twitter-happier-during-wars/

07:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Twitter Profits From Conflict | Techrights

07:34 TR News; We grew up making fun of our parents and grandparents falling for spam emails, but every single day I see young people falling for false narratives" https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/ukraine-conflict-shows-gen-z-isnt-immune-misinformation-online-rcna19606

07:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | Ukraine conflict shows Gen Z isn't immune to misinformation online

07:35 TR News; Social control media misleads people https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/well-oiled-conspiracy-theorists-push-ukraine-disinformation-1090585.html

07:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.deccanherald.com | Well-oiled conspiracy theorists push Ukraine disinformation | Deccan Herald

07:35 TR News; Social control media needs to be avoided. It's bad for the brain. https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ukraine-war-conspiracy-theorists-move-to-ukraine-crisis-after-covid-disinformation-2818548

07:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.ndtv.com | Ukraine War: Conspiracy Theorists Move To Ukraine Crisis After Covid Disinformation

07:40 TR News; Imagine the people who did this to him own a football club in ENGLAND!!! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-60714086 "caused a global outcry and he became an emblem of rights abuses in the country."

07:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bbc.co.uk | Raif Badawi: Saudi blogger freed after decade in prison - BBC News

07:40 TR News; China doing what a lot of the West already does too (usually in more subtle ways) https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-state-censors-at-work-to-control-messaging-on-war-/6480253.html

07:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Chinese State Censors at Work to Control Messaging on War

07:41 TR News; ">The Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of Belarus (GUBOPiK) has detained prominent Wikipedia editor Mark Bernstein, according to the Belarusian publication Zerkalo." https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/11/22973293/wikipedia-editor-russia-belarus-ukraine

07:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | A top Wikipedia editor has been arrested in Belarus - The Verge

07:46 TR News; Gulag collusion against the Internet/Web https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1878731.html

07:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - "Jedi Blue" agreement: Google, Meta face EU-UK antitrust probes over online ads deal

07:46 TR News; To surveillance companies https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/11/22972384/eu-uk-antitrust-investigation-google-meta-facebook-jedi-blue-adtech-deal they have ruined Mozilla, too http://techrights.org/2019/11/03/the-privacy-scam/

07:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | EU and UK launch antitrust investigation into Google and Metas adtech dealings - The Verge

07:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Facebook and Other Surveillance Capitalists Wont Save Mozilla From Google Dependence | Techrights

07:47 TR News; Social control media promoting violence https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/10/22970705/russia-ukraine-moderation-facebook-instagram-hate-speech-violence-policy see http://techrights.org/2022/03/01/twitter-happier-during-wars/

07:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theverge.com | Facebook allows posts with violent speech toward Russian soldiers in specific countries - The Verge

07:48 TR News; EU should also investigate Microsoft crimes https://thehill.com/policy/technology/597855-eu-uk-probe-meta-and-google-on-advertising-agreement e.g. http://techrights.org/2021/03/22/epoleaks-report-march-2021-finale/

07:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-EU, UK probe Meta and Google on advertising agreement | TheHill

07:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | EPO and Microsoft Collude to Break the Law Summing Up: EPO Administrative Council Still Asleep at the Wheel | Techrights

07:49 TR News; Due to lawyers and the copyright cartel you cannot make decent music anymore (it is fiscally risky) https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/katy-perry-ninth-circuit-dark-horse-copyright-verdict-1319870/

07:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.rollingstone.com | Katy Perry Wins Again in $2.8 Million 'Dark Horse' Copyright Battle - Rolling Stone

07:50 TR News; Cracks, not "hacks" https://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-hacks-russias-roscomnadzor-site-blocking-agency-220311/

07:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Anonymous Hacks Russia's Roscomnadzor Site-Blocking Agency * TorrentFreak

07:50 TR News; Legal channels leave you behind https://torrentfreak.com/spider-man-no-way-home-blu-ray-leaks-early-on-pirate-sites-220311/

07:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Blu-Ray Leaks Early on Pirate Sites * TorrentFreak

07:51 TR News; "his long presence on the show allowed him to continually contradict stereotypical characterizations of Mexican Americans and other Latinos on television, while also demonstrating that bilingualism and biculturalism were indeed American." https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/emilio-delgados-luis-sesame-street-was-rebuttal-latino-stereotypes-rcna19715

07:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nbcnews.com | Emilio Delgado's Luis on 'Sesame Street' was a rebuttal to Latino stereotypes

07:52 TR News; "Pressure on Russias independent media and international outlets has forced several to close or move operations outside the country" https://www.voanews.com/a/journalism-has-been-lost-in-russia-says-novaya-gazeta-journalist/6481450.html

07:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.voanews.com | Journalism has Been Lost in Russia, Says Novaya Gazeta Journalist

07:53 TR News; "Finland's biggest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, has begun publishing articles in Russian, covering Moscow's invasion of Ukraine" https://yle.fi/news/3-12352547

07:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yle.fi | Spike in interest in Yle's Russian-language news; HS offers articles in Russian | News | Yle Uutiset

07:54 TR News; Apple ranks LAST in USPIRG repairability report https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/apple-ranks-last-in-uspirg-repairability:1

07:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-odysee.com | Apple ranks LAST in USPIRG repairability report

07:57 TR News; Estimating excess mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic analysis of COVID-19-related mortality, 202021 - The Lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02796-3/fulltext of note: http://techrights.org/2011/01/10/lancet-gates-exxon-mobil/

07:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-secure.jbs.elsevierhealth.com | DEFINE_ME

07:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Gates Foundation Pays the Lancet Journal Now Distorts Academic Literature Too | Techrights

07:57 schestowitz; theyhttps://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02796-3/fulltext

07:58 TR News; iophk: "it is just another corporate handout unless this includes work to actively migrate away from Windows" https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/597902-spending-bill-includes-large-funding-increase-to-boost-cybersecurity http://techrights.org/2021/07/19/microsoft-national-security/

07:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Spending bill includes large funding increase to boost cybersecurity | TheHill

07:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Is Microsoft a National Security Threat? | Techrights

07:59 TR News; There are much better reasons to boycott duckduckgo https://www.mediaite.com/news/duckduckbye-conservatives-revolt-after-duckduckgo-vows-to-down-rank-russian-disinformation-sites/ see http://techrights.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo

07:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.mediaite.com | Conservatives Revolt After DuckDuckGo Down-Ranks Sites

07:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | DuckDuckGo - Techrights

8 AM, March 12

08:01 TR News; Ukraine is Paying the Price for the U.S. Recklessly Pushing NATO Expansion https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/11/andrew_bacevich_iraq_connection_russian_invasion

08:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.democracynow.org | Andrew Bacevich: Ukraine is Paying the Price for the U.S. Recklessly Pushing NATO Expansion | Democracy Now!

08:02 TR News; Delete Windows https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/03/report-recent-10x-increase-in-cyberattacks-on-ukraine/ http://techrights.org/2021/07/19/microsoft-national-security/

08:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-krebsonsecurity.com | Report: Recent 10x Increase in Cyberattacks on Ukraine Krebs on Security

08:04 TR News; An event in support of Julian Assange https://dontextraditeassange.com/events/set-julian-assange-free-oslo/

08:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dontextraditeassange.com | Set Julian Assange Free! An event in support of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and freedom of expression! - Don't Extradite Assange

08:05 TR News; Twitter = violent propaganda https://www.propublica.org/article/infamous-russian-troll-farm-appears-to-be-source-of-anti-ukraine-propaganda

08:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.propublica.org | Infamous Russian Troll Farm Appears to Be Source of Anti-Ukraine Propaganda ProPublica

08:14 TR News; "One of Tikhanovskayas senior advisers, Franak Viacorka, confirms that Putin had planned for the Belarusian military to join his invasion (which Minsk denies)" https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/11/belarus-military-dissent-could-be-a-key-to-peace-in-ukraine/

08:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Belarus Military Dissent Could be a Key to Peace in Ukraine - CounterPunch.org

08:16 TR News; When war enters the gaming scene https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/11/video-games-for-good-itch-io-releases-bundle-for-ukraine-raises-millions-of-dollars/

08:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Video Games For Good: Itch.io Releases Bundle For Ukraine, Raises Millions Of Dollars | Techdirt

08:20 TR News; This week in KDE: fewer korners, more multi-cursor, better apps Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162461

08:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | This week in KDE: fewer korners, more multi-cursor, better apps | Tux Machines

08:22 TR News; "A month ago, the controversial EARN IT Actsailed throughamarkup hearingin the Senate Judiciary Committee." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/11/ignoring-earn-its-fourth-amendment-problem-wont-make-it-go-away/

08:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Ignoring EARN ITs Fourth Amendment Problem Wont Make It Go Away | Techdirt

08:24 TR News; "By now you surely know that former Congressman and current satirical cow censor Devin Nunes has become quite well known for his series of SLAPP suits against people who made him feel bad" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/11/devin-nunes-loses-appeal-of-slapp-suit-against-liz-mair/

08:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Devin Nunes Loses Appeal Of SLAPP Suit Against Liz Mair | Techdirt

08:29 TR News; Russia's Internet https://www.thenation.com/article/world/russia-censorship-war-ukraine/

08:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.thenation.com | The Tightening Grip of Censorship in Russia | The Nation

08:30 TR News; $249 Rockchip RK3588 8K mini PC comes with up to 16GB RAM Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162462

08:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | $249 Rockchip RK3588 8K mini PC comes with up to 16GB RAM | Tux Machines

08:33 TR News; Patents kill millions https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/11/nobel-laureates-world-leaders-mark-two-years-covid-simple-call-end-patents

08:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Nobel Laureates, World Leaders Mark Two Years of Covid With Simple Call: End the Patents

08:36 TR News; Mary Coombs, first woman commercial programmer, dies at 93 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162463

08:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Mary Coombs, first woman commercial programmer, dies at 93 | Tux Machines

08:36 TR News; Mary Coombs, first woman commercial programmer, dies at 93 Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162463

08:36 TR News; Google #Android Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162464

08:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines

08:52 TR News; "Corporations are quick to blame this new reality on the pandemic, but another major culprit is hiding in plain sight: their own profiteering." https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/11/its-not-just-inflation-its-price-gouging/

08:52 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Its Not Just Inflation, Its Price Gouging - CounterPunch.org

08:54 TR News; Police" officers routinely engage in excessive force, especially when dealing with residents suffering from mental illness" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/11/survey-says-portland-cops-should-be-locked-out-of-recordings-until-after-theyve-written-reports-answered-investigators/

08:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Survey Says Portland Cops Should Be Locked Out Of Recordings Until After Theyve Written Reports, Answered Investigators | Techdirt

08:54 TR News; "corporate efforts to monopolize repair resulted in a flood of proposed state and federal laws" https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/11/farmers-unions-right-to-repair-coalition-files-ftc-complaint-against-john-deere

08:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Farmers Unions, Right To Repair Coalition Files FTC Complaint Against John Deere | Techdirt

08:56 TR News; Surveillance https://www.techdirt.com/2022/03/11/following-the-murder-of-george-floyd-the-minneapolis-pd-built-a-large-scale-surveillance-program/

08:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Following The Murder Of George Floyd, The Minneapolis PD Built A Large-Scale Surveillance Program | Techdirt

9 AM, March 12

09:00 TR News; Human Rights Watch should issue a statement about the patents https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/11/two-years-pandemic-human-rights-watch-warns-lessons-not-learned

09:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Two Years Into Pandemic, Human Rights Watch Warns of Lessons Not Learned

09:04 TR News; These sorts of prophecies only give excuses for food giants to increase the prices while production costs stay the same https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/11/un-warns-russias-attack-ukraine-could-spike-global-food-prices-22

09:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | UN Warns Russia's Attack on Ukraine Could Spike Global Food Prices by 22%

09:05 TR News; Pandemic plunder: 11 trillion more in PUBLIC DEBT. Who pockets it all? https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/11/700-us-billionaires-got-17-trillion-richer-during-two-years-pandemic

09:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | 700 US Billionaires Got $1.7 Trillion Richer During Two Years of Pandemic

09:14 TR News; Patents kill. These sorts of messages need to become a DAILY routine. https://truthout.org/articles/130-world-leaders-nobel-laureates-scientists-call-for-end-to-vaccine-patents/

09:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-truthout.org | 130+ World Leaders, Nobel Laureates, Scientists Call for End to Vaccine Patents

09:18 TR News; How Putler deals with criticism on the Internet https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/11/amnesty-condemns-kremlin-blocking-its-russian-language-website this is part of a worrisome trend: http://techrights.org/2022/03/09/breaking-internet/

09:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.commondreams.org | Amnesty Condemns Kremlin for Blocking Its Russian-Language Website

09:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The Internet is Breaking and We Need Contingencies | Techrights

09:37 TR News; IRC Proceedings: Friday, March 11, 2022 | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/irc-log-110322/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/12/irc-log-110322/

09:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC Proceedings: Friday, March 11, 2022 | Techrights

09:39 TR News; Techrights Gemini capsule: 86,000 objects http://techrights.org/irc-archives/irc-log-techrights-110322.html#tMar%2011%2017:54:00

09:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | IRC: #techrights @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, March 11, 2022

09:43 TR News; Obarun 2022.03.12 https://web.obarun.org/

09:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-web.obarun.org | Obarun

09:47 TR News; "What is particularly sad is the truths in that person's forum post. He referred to the great lie of "weapons of mass destruction" used as an excuse to invade Iraq. Yes, I believe that Tony Blair of the UK and George W. Bush are war criminals" https://bkhome.org/news/202203/the-sad-history-of-ukraine.html

09:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | The sad history of Ukraine

09:48 TR News; "Crystal-ball gazing, trying to think of possible futures, none of it looks good. Is Moldova next on the invasion-list? Finland, if it chooses to join Nato?" https://bkhome.org/news/202203/the-sad-history-of-ukraine.html

09:50 TR News; "There are tutorials on how to install EasyOS to a hard drive partition..." https://bkhome.org/news/202203/easier-frugal-install-of-easyos.html

09:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bkhome.org | Easier frugal install of EasyOS

10 AM, March 12

10:00 TR News; "Imagine my excitement when I discovered the new second edition of an important book by Brian W. Kernighan, one of the leading figures in the creation of Unix, author or co-author of many influential books, and a professor of Computer Science at Princeton University." https://opensource.com/article/22/3/review-understanding-digital-world

10:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Understanding the Digital World: My honest book review | Opensource.com

10:01 TR News; "US software development company EPAM is one example: It is currently trying to find ways to relocate its displaced Ukrainian devs - all 14,000 of them, Thomson adds." https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/ukraines_war_developers/

10:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | One person's war is another hemisphere's developer crunch The Register

10:03 TR News; Dirk Eddelbuettel: Rcpp 1.0.8.2: Hotfix release per CRAN request http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2022/03/11#rcpp_1.0.8.2

10:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box

10:04 TR News; "If I am to believe various free software implementations talking to such boiler, the interpretation of the line of numbers differ between type of boiler and software version on the boiler." https://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Publish_Hargassner_wood_chip_boiler_state_to_MQTT.html

10:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-people.skolelinux.org | Petter Reinholdtsen: Publish Hargassner wood chip boiler state to MQTT

10:05 TR News; XS versus clang: Infinite warnings http://blogs.perl.org/users/tom_wyant/2022/03/xs-versus-clang-infinite-warnings.html

10:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-XS versus clang: Infinite warnings | Tom Wyant [blogs.perl.org]

10:06 TR News; Only 3 out of 13 target Windows (this article conflates that with "PC") https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-typing-games/

10:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | 13 of the Best Typing Games and Apps for Everyone - Make Tech Easier

10:16 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162465

10:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines

10:25 TR News; Connecting an electric typewriter to a modern computer https://jbb.ghsq.ga/2022/03/12/electric-typewriter.html

10:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-jbb.ghsq.ga | Connecting an electric typewriter to a modern computer

10:26 TR News; It needs external, real, physical keyboard though https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-gets-a-15fps-option-new-keyboard-themes

10:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Deck gets a 15FPS option, new keyboard themes | GamingOnLinux

10:28 TR News; "We care until it's inconvenient or unpopular or expensive to care. Forgive me for feeling pessimistic about COP26." gemini://sixohthree.com/log/packt-like-sardines.gmi

10:29 TR News; "I've grown very fond of older tech. Me and kelbot egged each other on to get a Palm m500 and it's been pretty great!" I still have 2 Palm PDAs and use one of them. gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-09-25-2.gmi

10:30 TR News; "I picked up a Palm Ultra-Thin Keyboard which is supposed to be better than the Portable Keyboard anyways so I'll probably be writing away on my Palm soon enough." On my Palm keyboard, which was shipped from the US more than 20 years ago (a real struggle), some keys no longer work. gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-09-25-2.gmi

10:31 TR News; "with part of this being moving toward an "offline first" mode of computing, where I connect to the internet only when I need to for as long as I need to to accomplish some specific task. My primary motivation for this was to cut down on distraction and procrastination, both of which a permanent internet connection facilitates wonderfully" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/~solderpunk/gemlog/progress-toward-offline-first.gm

10:35 TR News; "deprecated a.out support with the promise to remove it a couple of releases later. That commit landed in v5.1. Now it is more than a couple of releases later, no one has complained so remove it." https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?h=x86/cleanups&id=f9444ea5e20847d1dd4a98d4dff4cc97655834bb

10:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-git.kernel.org | kernel/git/tip/tip.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.

10:37 TR News; "That idea hadnt even been listed for twenty years before it was converted into code by HexTheDragon and landed in curl the other day (with this commit). To get included in the pending curl 7.83.0 release." https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/03/12/curl-no-clobber/

10:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-curl no clobber | daniel.haxx.se

10:38 TR News; Disclosure ('gift') missing https://yewtu.be/watch?v=zW8XeqCLf4o

10:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | The Steam Deck transformed how I play games - Invidious

10:39 TR News; "On Monday the Wikidata Data Reuse Days 2022 start, a series of online events from March 14 to March 24 for users of Wikidata content. Ill present KDEs use of Wikidata in our travel apps KTrip and KDE Itinerary on Thursday March 17 at 15:00 UTC." https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2022/03/12/kde-itinerary-wikidata-data-reuse-days-2022.html

10:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.volkerkrause.eu | KDE Itinerary @ Wikidata Data Reuse Days 2022

10:57 TR News; roadtest: a driver testing framework https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220311162445.346685-1-vincent.whitchurch@axis.com/

10:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-lore.kernel.org | [RFC v1 00/10] roadtest: a driver testing framework - Vincent Whitchurch

11 AM, March 12

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11:21 TR News; 2021: "Hello from my Palm m500! Unlike last time I'm writing on an actual real Palm Ultra-Thin Keyboard rather than slowly and painfully writing out paragraphs in Graffiti." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-10-06.gmi

11:23 TR News; "If you're interested in getting a PDA, I would get one now because I think we're right on the border of them being old enough to be cool again and they'll get really expensiveright now we're still in the "they're junk so I'm giving them away for cheap" stage." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-10-06.gmi

11:24 TR News; "Diop underscored that women are mainly the ones who are severely affected but stressed the "resilience of women in Africa" is not publicized well enough." https://www.dailysabah.com/world/africa/au-special-envoy-coins-woman-as-soft-power-in-politics

11:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.dailysabah.com | AU special envoy coins "woman" as soft power in politics | Daily Sabah

11:27 TR News; Slackware on Calibre 5.x - I cant create a working package | Alien Pastures https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/calibre-5-x-i-cant-create-a-working-package/

11:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-alien.slackbook.org | Calibre 5.x I cant create a working package | Alien Pastures

11:28 TR News; Bloat on top of bloat on top of bloat. https://www.cloudsavvyit.com/15529/how-to-dockerize-a-node-js-web-app/

11:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cloudsavvyit.com | How to Dockerize a Node.js Web App CloudSavvy IT

11:30 TR News; Astro Slide 5G Hands-On: Slider in your hand, Debian in your pocket Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162466

11:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Astro Slide 5G Hands-On: Slider in your hand, Debian in your pocket | Tux Machines

11:42 TR News; It's amusing. There's this vegetarian alternative to meat in the fridge. It says in massive fonts, all caps, right at the front: "CARBON NEUTRAL". Greenwashing marketing for overpriced foods. Livestock is more expensive to grow than vegetables.

11:59 TR News; You Can Build Your Own Sushi Train https://hackaday.com/2022/03/11/you-can-build-your-own-sushi-train/

11:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-You Can Build Your Own Sushi Train | Hackaday

noon, March 12

12:18 TR News; Links 12/3/2022: Wine 7.4 and OpenZFS 2.1.3 | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/openzfs-2-1-3/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/12/openzfs-2-1-3/

12:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Links 12/3/2022: Wine 7.4 and OpenZFS 2.1.3 | Techrights

12:20 TR News; Programming Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162467

12:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Programming Leftovers | Tux Machines

12:20 TR News; Todays Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162468

12:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's leftovers | Tux Machines

12:20 TR News; Devices/Embedded Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162469

12:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Devices/Embedded Leftovers | Tux Machines

1 PM, March 12

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13:58 TR News; "First, lets look at gemserv. My computer was already tarnished with rust when I accidentally installed it as a dependency, so I decided to poke around in the package since cargo was already polluting my hard disk anyways. I decided to run a simple `cargo tree`, and oh my, what a mistake that was." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-04-13.gmi

13:59 TR News; Rust sucks: "Why should something as simple as Gemini need over 100 dependencies? For reference, Molly Brown uses one (1) dependency, and it doesn't even have anything to do with the server itself, all it pulls in is a TOML parser for configuration!" gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-04-13.gmi

13:59 TR News; "I've complained before about Go making massive fucking binaries. Even if you count in the runtime which adds some heft, the compiler just doesn't seem to be that efficient at stripping away unneeded stuff. The molly-brown binary is 5.8MB despite it being pretty simple code. However, the compiled gemserv binary is /36 fucking megabytes/!" gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-04-13.gmi

2 PM, March 12

14:00 TR News; "For a """""systems programming language""""" rust certainly doesn't seem to have any of the qualities of one. No real architecture support beyond the most common desktop arches, massive binaries that would barely fit on anything with even moderately constrained sources." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-04-13.gmi

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3 PM, March 12

15:10 TR News; Best 5 Alternatives to Microsoft Office [Compared] Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162470

15:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Best 5 Alternatives to Microsoft Office [Compared] | Tux Machines

15:34 TR News; [Meme] EPO Behaving Like a Bank, Not Like a Patent Office | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/epo-behaving-like-a-bankster/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/12/epo-behaving-like-a-bankster/

15:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] EPO Behaving Like a Bank, Not Like a Patent Office | Techrights

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15:41 TR News; "First, we have to talk about the absolute galaxy brain decision by Stphane Bortzmeyer and Sean Conner to use gitlab of all places for discuss the Gemini specification." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-10-10.gmi

15:41 TR News; "Okay, so after that big fuck you to anybody not using a graphical browser, you open up your non-chromium and non-firefox NetSurf browser. Every single page is blank except for a partially populated but broken sidebar. Fuck you again, you have to use the status quo and open up your mainstream browser." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-10-10.gmi

15:43 TR News; "Oh yeah gitlab also uses cloudflare, woe betide the reader who dares use Tor or cares even a modicum about their privacy (nobody on Gemini cares about privacy, right?)." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-10-10.gmi

15:48 TR News; "I like to shoot on manual all the time, and most smartphones don't let you even adjust something like aperture (most phone cameras are fixed-aperture) or shutter speed & iso (even though phone cameras support manually setting it)." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-06-17.gmi

15:49 TR News; "I am living proof that, even someone like me who has suffered from occasional impostor's syndrome, can, and will, be accepted into the linux and Free and open source software community." gemini://gemini.lottalinuxlinks.com/posts/2021-01-31-fosstodon.gmi

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15:54 TR News; Circle of YouTube Influencers | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/on-influencers/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/12/on-influencers/

15:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Circle of YouTube Influencers | Techrights

6 PM, March 12

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18:04 TR News; EPO Advertises European Patents and Jobs Based on Deliberate Falsehoods (Lies) | Techrights http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/killing-its-own/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/03/12/killing-its-own/

18:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | EPO Advertises European Patents and Jobs Based on Deliberate Falsehoods (Lies) | Techrights

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18:11 TR News; A paradox. Windows itself is a toy or a game. You're being played, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjHfCDPfLdI

18:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=KjHfCDPfLdI

18:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social--> yewtu.be | Optimize Windows for Gaming - Invidious

18:12 TR News; Wine 7.4 Dev Released! Vkd3d bundle, Defauts to Light Theme http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162457#comment-33043

18:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Wine 7.4 changes the default theme and more PE conversion work | Tux Machines

18:16 TR News; Help! Backspace Doesn't Work in the Linux Terminal <p><img src="" border="0" align="left" width="160" hspace="20" vspace="20" style="padding: 17px 17px 17px 17px; box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #222;" /> <p class="dropcap-first"> <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/backspace-not-working-in-linux-terminal/"><img src="/files/read-on-white.png" alt="Read more" title="Read the rest of this article" /></a>

18:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | Help! Backspace Doesn't Work in the Linux Terminal

18:18 TR News; http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162392#comment-33044Afraid of the big bad Linux desktop? Zorin 16.1 is here

18:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Zorin OS 16.1 is Here, Creators to Donate All Profits from Zorin OS Pro to Aid Ukraine | Tux Machines

18:19 TR News; Afraid of the big bad Linux desktop? Zorin 16.1 is here http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162392#comment-33044

18:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Zorin OS 16.1 is Here, Creators to Donate All Profits from Zorin OS Pro to Aid Ukraine | Tux Machines

18:19 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162472

18:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines

18:21 TR News; Has Gardiner Bryant defected over to marketing for Valve? https://yewtu.be/watch?v=E_qKUNUly7M see http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/on-influencers/

18:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | The hidden way the Steam Deck will forever change your gaming experience. If you give it a chance... - Invidious

18:21 TR News; Steam Deck Benchmark Battle: I wasnt expecting this! - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=c7_SlNWm3oc

18:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Steam Deck Benchmark Battle: I wasn't expecting this! - Invidious

18:22 TR News; The EPO has long behaved like its sole goal was money maximisation, not science, let alone compliance with the EPC, so its hardly surprising that it is stiffing its very own workers (who do and did all the actual work) http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/epo-behaving-like-a-bankster/

18:26 TR News; The images above, explained in the video below them, hopefully sum up the state of the Web, the state of YouTube (GulagTube), and the state of journalism; online cabals and sometimes corporate mobs are running ads as content http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/on-influencers/

18:27 TR News; The workforce of Europes largest patent office (notably patent examiners from all across Europe) is being robbed by corrupt management that illegally transformed the EPO into a gambling vessel, exploiting longstanding impunity to destroy not only the Office but also the European economy http://techrights.org/2022/03/12/killing-its-own/

18:31 TR News; "A quick post today, but I just released comitium, yet another feed aggregator for Gemini! None of the other aggregators that I've found do quite everything I want them to do, so I decided to write my own." gemini://nytpu.com/gemlog/2021-03-20.gmi

18:32 TR News; "I'm doing well! My hatred for the node ecosystem has reached previously unimaginable heights. Definitely justified." gemini://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2022-03-12-anti-procrastination-update.gmi

18:35 TR News; "Today I set up GPG in my mutt on sdf.org account. It wasn't as easy, as it could be. As always it is need to search some manual on the Internet, and look under the hood of the car." gemini://szczezuja.space/gemlog/2022-03-12-Three-decades-of-easy-public-key-cryptography.gmi

18:36 TR News; "It is also interesting that the survey was conducted within a group of secondary school and college teachers. So where we expected a lot of interest in Gopher. Additionally, school teachers in the US and their counterparts in the world were listed." gemini://szczezuja.space/gemlog/2022-03-12-So-how-much-time-people-spent-on-gopher-in-the-90s.gmi

18:37 TR News; "If I don't need them Tasks, who does? Well, those poor souls called project managers, they need them. Their perspective on real life is totally different from mine. For them the mile-high pile of funny and not so funny details about my portion of real life is ... invisible." gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2022/20220312-rant-jira.gmi

18:39 TR News; "Ticket systems are not for the people who have to use them. They're for people who want to know "What are those tech people DOING??"" gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2022-03-12_Re__Rant__Ticket_System.gmi

18:39 TR News; 8 Best Free and Open Source Wireless Security Tools Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162474

18:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 8 Best Free and Open Source Wireless Security Tools | Tux Machines

18:41 TR News; PinePhone Keyboard Review gemini://ainent.xyz/gemlog/2022-03-11-pinephone-keyboard-review-part-ii.gmi "if you are looking for a small, lightweight, low-powered and cheap 'laptop' or 'PDA', you can definitely make do with this"

18:41 TR News; 6 Best Open Source Firewall Distros (Updated 2022) Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162475

18:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 6 Best Open Source Firewall Distros (Updated 2022) | Tux Machines

18:46 TR News; 8 Best Whiteboard Apps for Linux: Useful for Teachers & Project Planners Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162473

18:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | 8 Best Whiteboard Apps for Linux: Useful for Teachers & Project Planners | Tux Machines

18:51 TR News; Google #Android Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162476

18:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Android Leftovers | Tux Machines

18:52 TR News; Manchester United 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur. Ronaldo on the scoresheet.

18:54 TR News; Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Rise and Fall of Nation-States https://blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2022/03/the-rise-and-fall-of-nation-states.html

18:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.irvingwb.com | Irving Wladawsky-Berger: The Rise and Fall of Nation-States

18:59 TR News; Thomas Koch - lsp-java coming to debian https://blog.koch.ro/posts/2022-03-12-lsp-java-coming-to-debian.html #koch | more in http://schestowitz.com/2022/03/12/#latest

18:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.koch.ro | Thomas Koch - lsp-java coming to debian

7 PM, March 12

19:00 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-schestowitz.com | Social Control Media Posts

19:01 TR News; Kingdom of the Dead: Obra Dinn FPS, Review on Linux - Boiling Steam https://boilingsteam.com/kingdom-of-the-dead-fps-review/

19:01 TR News; Denemo 2.6 released Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162477

19:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-boilingsteam.com | Kingdom of the Dead: Obra Dinn FPS, Review on Linux - Boiling Steam

19:01 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Denemo 2.6 released | Tux Machines

19:03 TR News; "kitty is a terminal with some nice features (I particularly like the focus on low latency, and the best-in-class support for emoji) but with a rather unusual default configuration." http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2022-03-12-19-03_kitty_rxvt_like_config.html

19:03 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-blog.sesse.net | Steinar H. Gunderson

19:04 TR News; You know youve been in Finland too long, when https://dt.iki.fi/you-finland-too-long

19:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-You know youve been in Finland too long, when | dt.iki.fi

19:05 TR News; Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppGSL 0.3.11: Small Maintenance http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2022/03/12#rcppgsl_0.3.11

19:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box

19:07 TR News; "Spotted within the IGSCU FU in Linux, the Intel SOC3 which is the codename for the DG2-256 GPU has been spotted." https://wccftech.com/intel-dg2-256-soc3-gpu-spotted-with-256-eus-2048-alus/

19:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wccftech.com | Intel's Third Xe-HPG Powered DG2 GPU Spotted: DG2-256 'SOC3' With 256 EUs, 2048 ALUs

19:10 TR News; <a href="https://linux.slashdot.org/story/22/03/12/0251257/arch-linux-turns-20?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed"><img src="/files/read-on-white.png" alt="Read more" title="Read the rest of this article" /></a>

19:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-linux.slashdot.org | Arch Linux Turns 20 - Slashdot

19:10 TR News; Jolla brings AppSupport for Android apps on Linux platforms Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162478

19:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Jolla brings AppSupport for Android apps on Linux platforms | Tux Machines

19:10 TR News; Todays #HowTos | #UNIX Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162479

19:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | today's howtos | Tux Machines

19:15 TR News; Hey, "WindowsReport", tell Windows useds [sic] how to install REAL GNU/Linux, not Microsoft's fake that's an ATTACK on GNU/Linux https://windowsreport.com/uninstall-wsl-windows-11/

19:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-windowsreport.com | How to uninstall WSL in Windows 11

19:16 TR News; Microsoft-loving sites also love (bashing) Linux http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162251#comment-33045 see Microsoft-loving sites also love (bashing) Linux

19:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Security Leftovers | Tux Machines

19:16 TR News; BTW, its my birthday - Arch Linux becomes 20 years old today Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162480

19:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | BTW, its my birthday - Arch Linux becomes 20 years old today | Tux Machines

19:17 TR News; Sounds like someone has a "mancrush" https://www.modernghana.com/sports/1144581/i-want-to-play-with-cristiano-ronaldo-before-he.html

19:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 403 @ https://www.modernghana.com/sports/1144581/i-want-to-play-with-cristiano-ronaldo-before-he.html )

19:18 TR News; Manchester United 3 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur. 2 more mins+extra time.

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19:29 TR News; John Cleese Absolutely OBLITERATES Woke BBC Interviewer on Her 'Cancel Culture Agenda' - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=tJ7PPUTT3KY

19:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | John Cleese Absolutely OBLITERATES 'Woke' BBC Interviewer on Her 'Cancel Culture Agenda' - Invidious

19:34 TR News; HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/neuromorphic_chips_sandia/

19:34 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Sandia: Brain-like neurochips chips useful in supercomputers The Register

19:37 TR News; Joseph 'Stalin' Biden resorts to xenophobia in the dying economy that is his own. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/politics/biden-putin-inflation.html

19:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Biden Urges Americans to Blame Rising Prices on Putin. Many Do, for Now. - The New York Times

19:38 TR News; When the real economy is collapsing no wonder many run away to fake/parallel ones https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/biden_executive_order_cryptocurrency/

19:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Biden issues Executive Order to tame digital currencies The Register

19:39 TR News; "The Canadian government is investing CA$240m ($187m) to boost the country's semiconductor and photonics segments in hopes of bolstering its role in the global market." https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/canadian_chip_investment/

19:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Canada invests in semiconductors and photonics The Register

19:46 TR News; Trust in British media almost lowest in the whole of EU - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=ULfqhCNHQPA

19:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | John Cleese on Brexit, newspapers and why he's leaving the UK - BBC Newsnight - Invidious

19:56 TR News; hat trick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx_3vHBQoV8

19:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Tx_3vHBQoV8

19:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Tx_3vHBQoV8 )

19:57 TR News; Akin to Trump-era blackmail https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/us_warns_chinese_chipmakers/

19:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | US warns Chinese chipmakers: Don't sell to Russia The Register

8 PM, March 12

20:02 TR News; FSF appoints program manager Kooyman as executive director http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162003#comment-33047

20:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Free Software Foundation announces new executive director, Zo Kooyman | Tux Machines

20:04 TR News; The mainframe is dying: just like IBM... https://www.cio.com/article/306280/the-mainframe-is-dying-long-live-the-mainframe-application.html

20:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-The mainframe is dying: Long live the mainframe application! | CIO

20:05 TR News; Heres how I brought a 2010 MacBook Pro back to life Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162481

20:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Here's how I brought a 2010 MacBook Pro back to life | Tux Machines

20:07 TR News; Gulag collusion https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/cma_ec_blue_jedi/

20:07 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Google and Meta ad deal under investigation in Europe The Register

20:09 TR News; your

20:09 TR News; "This is often done with a "TOTP app" or "Token-Based Authenticator", which is normally installed on your smartphone." IOW, a back door. Bad solution. gemini://ruario.flounder.online/gemlog/2022-03-10_MFA-involving-TOTP-simplified.gmi

20:11 TR News; DevSecAISmartClownSomethingOp https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/Top-DevSecOps-certifications-and-trainings maybe learn real kills, not cargo cults and bullshit

20:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techtarget.com | Top DevSecOps certifications and trainings

20:11 TR News; Linux Foundation = Diploma Mill http://techrights.org/2021/09/23/lf-diploma-mill-and-narrative-control-by-fake-research/

20:11 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Linux Foundation and Other Diploma Mills Say Theres Demand for Their Products in Their New Research (Marketing) | Techrights

20:13 TR News; File sharing is better off done on Free protocols, not NSA contractors' junk https://9to5mac.com/2022/03/12/windows-file-shares-are-still-buggy-on-macos-its-time-to-fix-it-once-and-for-while/

20:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple @ Work: Windows file shares are still buggy on macOS; it's time to fix it once and for all - 9to5Mac

20:13 TR News; Apparently "UNIX" has a new meaning now... https://williamsrecord.com/460007/features/one-in-two-thousand-maki-yoshimura-22-5/

20:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-williamsrecord.com | One in Two Thousand: Maki Yoshimura 22.5 The Williams Record

20:14 TR News; Well, mainframes are very proprietary; can openwashing save them? https://malaya.com.ph/news_special_feature/open-source-on-mainframes-pushed/

20:14 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-malaya.com.ph | Open source on mainframes pushed

20:15 TR News; Russia increasingly used as an excuse to break the Internet https://fee.org/articles/misinformation-isnt-a-russia-problem-1/

20:15 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fee.org | Misinformation isn't a 'Russia problem' - Foundation for Economic Education

20:17 TR News; "Mozilla Firefox's new update fixes not one, but two zero-day vulnerabilities, which are actively exploited by [cra]ckers." https://www.techtimes.com/articles/272645/20220306/mozilla-firefox-new-update-fix-firefox-exploited-bugs-firefox-mozilla.htm

20:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techtimes.com | Mozilla Firefox New Update FIXES Two Actively Exploited Bugs | Tech Times

20:18 TR News; Bezos oligarchy's spin https://www.theday.com/business/20220306/millions-of-baby-boomers-have-left-workplace-since-2020-are-they-coming-back

20:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theday.com | The Day - Millions of baby boomers have left the workplace since 2020. Are they coming back? - News from southeastern Connecticut

20:19 TR News; Making excuses for oligarchy, reputation laundering based on a false assumption of meritocracy https://fee.org/articles/why-anger-against-the-elites-is-misplaced/

20:19 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-fee.org | Why Anger Against the Elites Is Misplaced - Foundation for Economic Education

20:20 TR News; Wall Street bubbles https://seekingalpha.com/article/4493205-elastic-stock-buy-near-2018-ipo

20:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-seekingalpha.com | Elastic Stock: A Chance To Buy Near 2018 IPO Prices (NYSE:ESTC) | Seeking Alpha

20:21 TR News; Plenty of money available for fake 'journalism' https://www.cjr.org/criticism/gates-foundation-journalism-funding.php

20:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.cjr.org | Journalisms Gates keepers - Columbia Journalism Review

20:23 TR News; Fake security has been popularised https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-pass-the-hash-attack/ we already know states DO want back doors, they even MANDATE these

20:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.makeuseof.com | What Is a Pass the Hash Attack and How Does It Work?

20:24 TR News; This is mostly adding complicity and bloat https://hackernoon.com/10-reasons-why-you-should-use-docker

20:24 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why Dockerizing Applications is the Key to Building Scalable Software | HackerNoon

20:24 TR News; This is mostly adding complexity and bloat https://hackernoon.com/10-reasons-why-you-should-use-docker

20:25 TR News; The Register now pushes fake news for Microsoft Azure, which not only failed but also has layoffs. They use fictional meters to make it seem like AWS loses to Microsoft.

20:27 TR News; The real cost of Microsoft Windows https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/fbi_says_ragnar_locker_ransomware/ see http://techrights.org/2021/05/02/ransomware-task-force/

20:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Ragnar Locker ransomware hits critical infrastructure The Register

20:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft-Centric Ransomware Task Force | Techrights

20:28 TR News; "Yet another top-tier PC maker seemingly isn't interested right now in Microsoft's vision of hardware-level security for Windows 11 systems." https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/dell_pluton_microsoft/ fake security http://techrights.org/2022/01/09/ppp-traitors/

20:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Dell opts out of Microsoft's Pluton security for Windows The Register

20:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Pluton Proponents Working for Plutocracy (and Pentagon Agenda) | Techrights

20:29 TR News; When the real economy is collapsing people resort to fantasies and there are people looking to prey on them https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/12/cryptocurrency_atms_banned/

20:29 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | FCA: Cryptocurrency ATMs are illegal right now in UK The Register

20:31 TR News; Steve and Connie Ballmer avoid paying tax https://www.philanthropy.com/article/montana-governor-gianforte-and-wife-give-50-million-to-state-u in the US the oligarchs paint themselves as "philanthropists" for tax avoidance reasons

20:31 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.philanthropy.com | Montana Governor Gianforte and Wife Give $50 Million to State U.

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20:33 TR News; Greenwashing and glorification of surveillance. Forbes = the voice of oligarchy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/2022/03/12/connected-cars-are-just-as-revolutionary-as-electric-vehicles/

20:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.forbes.com | Connected Cars Are Just As Revolutionary As Electric Vehicles

20:34 TR News; Pump-n-dumping. Financial webspam is abundant, as journalism online is so rare. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/looking-for-safe-double-digit-returns-check-out-dropbox-stock

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20:44 TechrightsSocial; Hello World! I'm TechrightsSocial running phIRCe v0.77

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20:49 TR News; HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI! APPLY TODAY!! HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI. "AI Platform Senior Software Developer..." https://it-online.co.za/2022/03/11/ai-platform-senior-software-developer-semi-remote-r680-per-hour-at-emerge-it-recruitment/ Then you have recruits on the phone asking about "Smart" and "Clown" and "HEY HI"

20:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-it-online.co.za | AI Platform Senior Software Developer - Semi Remote - R680 Per hour at eMerge IT Recruitment - IT-Online

20:51 TR News; Ha! I almost spat out my coffee when I scrolled down to pricing. Come on, Apple, add a trigger warning for laughter. https://forums.appleinsider.com/discussion/226594

20:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-forums.appleinsider.com | Which upgrades are worth it for the Mac Studio - Current Mac Hardware Discussions on AppleInsider Forums

20:58 TR News; It would be obsolete if more people used ODF https://www.androidheadlines.com/2022/03/30-years-later-the-idea-of-pdf-still-living.html

20:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.androidheadlines.com | 30 Years Later The Idea Of The PDF Format Is Still Living

20:59 TR News; No, Samsung, we don't need so much RAM and CPU cores... on a "phone" https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-A53-5G-Leak-reveals-an-Exynos-1280-and-other-details-of-the-imminent-mid-range-phone.606689.0.html or 64,000,000 crude, lousy pixels from undersized aperture. Massive files, no crispness.

20:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Samsung Galaxy A53 5G: Leak reveals an Exynos 1280 and other details of the imminent mid-range phone - NotebookCheck.net News

9 PM, March 12

21:02 TR News; WordPress became so ubiquitous. https://wptavern.com/strattic-acquires-wp2static-plugin-plans-to-relaunch-on-wordpress-org I was involved in its earlier years

21:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wptavern.com | Strattic Acquires WP2Static Plugin, Plans to Relaunch on WordPress.org WP Tavern

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21:16 TR News; Maybe rename the company? https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2022/ecommerce-tumbles-for-dicks-sporting-goods/

21:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-eCommerce Tumbles for Dick's Sporting Goods | PYMNTS.com

21:17 TR News; HEY HI HEY HI HEY HI. Now that call everything that... https://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/new-on-netflix-ryan-murphy-programs-an-ai-to-read-the-andy-warhol-diaries-aloud/Content?oid=31146606

21:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.orlandoweekly.com | New on Netflix: Ryan Murphy programs an A.I. to read The Andy Warhol Diaries aloud | Streaming | Orlando | Orlando Weekly

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21:21 TR News; Gulag might even care ABOUT REAL SECURITY.... one day https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/08/google_buys_mandiant_5_4bn_dollars/

21:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Google to buy Mandiant in $5bn+ deal The Register

21:22 TR News; LOL. A bubble like never before? Who fabricates these numbers??? https://www.fastcompany.com/90721894/canva-design-platform-most-innovative-companies

21:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fastcompany.com | The rise of Canva, the $40 billion design juggernaut

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21:23 TR News; These mashups are good because they help show how much of music is really just recycled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nQoRH3vRFM

21:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4nQoRH3vRFM

21:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social--> yewtu.be | Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give Up My Destiny (Lovelyz Mashup) - Invidious

21:25 TR News; This is a lie: "Microsoft has gone out of its way to bolster the Windows 10 system against attack and compromise" https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterprisedesktop/tip/Key-native-features-for-Windows-10-security-and-maintenance No, they add back doors: http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_and_the_NSA

21:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.techtarget.com | Key native features for Windows 10 security and maintenance

21:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft and the NSA - Techrights

21:26 TR News; The espionage family is trying openwashing now. Yes, we spy on the planet, but open open something https://cziscience.medium.com/growing-our-support-for-scientific-open-source-e71d692e7772

21:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-cziscience.medium.com | Growing Our Support for Scientific Open Source | by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science | Mar, 2022 | Medium

21:40 TR News; Blame HEY HI HEY HI. No algorithms. Not programmings. Not companies... It's thhhhheee Heeeeeey Aiiiiiiii https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/driverless_car_first_chinese_company/

21:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Driverless car first: Chinese biz recalls faulty AI The Register

21:41 TR News; "your mom dies in a car accident? it's the hey hi, real sorry, lol..."

21:42 TR News; Windows TCO https://videocardz.com/newz/stolen-nvidia-certificates-are-now-used-to-sign-malware

21:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Stolen NVIDIA certificates are now used to sign malware - VideoCardz.com

21:43 TR News; "a decade since Google released Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the first version of the companys mobile operating system specifically designed for tablets." https://liliputing.com/2022/03/lilbits-google-is-taking-android-tablets-seriously-again-elementary-os-troubles-and-more-about-apples-m1-ultra.html

21:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Lilbits: Google is taking Android tablets seriously (again), Elementary OS troubles, and more about Apple's M1 Ultra - Liliputing

21:45 TR News; Slower production? Good. For the planet, too. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/ukraine_neon_supplies/

21:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Chip world's major suppliers of neon gas shutter in Ukraine The Register

21:45 TR News; Gartner is a lie firm. Stop propping up frauds and liars. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/gartner_only_29pc_of_it/ http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Gartner_Group

21:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | 2 out of 3 IT staffers plan to switch from current work The Register

21:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Gartner Group - Techrights

21:46 TR News; The CA 'cartels' or pyramid scheme revealed for what it is... or was all along https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/russian_ca/

21:46 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Moscow to issue TLS certificates to Russian websites The Register

21:48 TR News; Of course Microsoft ("you may remember me from Microsoft loves Linux and Ukraine loves Putin") will deny a port to GNU/Linux https://www.sportskeeda.com/esports/quake-remastered-5-reasons-revisit-quarter-century-old-fps-masterpiece

21:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.sportskeeda.com | Quake Remastered: 5 reasons to revisit this quarter-century-old FPS masterpiece

21:49 TR News; Wall Street DESPERATE for "external devil" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/opinion/putin-ukraine-russia-usa.html

21:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Opinion | Americas Right Has a Putin Problem - The New York Times

21:50 TR News; No, JavaScript is not a community. There's plenty of evidence of that. https://thenewstack.io/debate-in-javascript-community-over-proposed-types-syntax/

21:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-thenewstack.io | Debate in JavaScript Community Over Proposed Types Syntax The New Stack

21:51 TR News; I'm sure Huawei would protest a lot if/when China physically invades Taiwan with tanks https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/huawei_uk_board_members_resign/

21:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Huawei UK board members resign over Ukraine stance The Register

21:53 TR News; What's with this picture? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/opinion/north-carolina-pennsylvania-gerrymandering.html

21:53 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Opinion | The Supreme Court Did the Right Thing. Im Still Worried. - The New York Times

21:55 TR News; As if Russia suffers from this. Well, this does come to shown 'clown' computing is a suicide cult. https://www.insideimaging.com.au/2022/photo-industry-sanctions-russia/

21:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.insideimaging.com.au | Photo industry sanctions Russia - Inside Imaging

21:56 TR News; "Runa Sandvik, who has previously helped journalists secure their devices and data at The New York Times, Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Tor Project, recently discussed her work on the Decipher Podcast. This is a condensed and edited version of the conversation." https://duo.com/decipher/q-and-a-runa-sandvik

21:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-duo.com | Q&A: Runa Sandvik | Decipher

10 PM, March 12

22:02 TR News; Does not say which OS is impacted. Too value, maybe intentionally. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/canadian_netwalker_ransomware_extradited_america/

22:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Canadian extradited to US on NetWalker ransomware charges The Register

22:02 TR News; Does not say which OS is impacted. Too vague, maybe intentionally. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/canadian_netwalker_ransomware_extradited_america/

22:02 TR News; Security Leftovers Tux Machines http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/162482

22:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.tuxmachines.org | Security Leftovers | Tux Machines

22:02 TR News; Wait, this is what the US wanted when it sought to expand NATO to the border of Russia https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/opinion/nato-russia-the-west-ukraine.html

22:02 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Opinion | Putin Wants a Clash of Civilizations. Is The West Falling for It? - The New York Times

22:04 TR News; Some of these run natively on GNU/Linux, the rest can use WINE https://gameranx.com/features/id/292103/article/best-city-builder-games-you-cant-afford-to-miss/

22:04 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-25 Best City Builder Games You Cant Afford To Miss - Gameranx

22:05 TR News; It should say lay OFF. Notice how they spin bad news as "GROWTH" ... in a PAID-FOR "press" [lie] "release" https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220310006035/en/ATT-Lays-Out-Growth-Strategy-for-Company-Following-Pending-Close-of-WarnerMedia-Transaction

22:05 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.businesswire.com | AT&T Lays Out Growth Strategy for Company Following Pending Close of WarnerMedia Transaction | Business Wire

22:06 TR News; OK, so the criminals from Microsoft needs to bribe Jim Zemlin and his corrupt friends some more to help with the greenwashing lies https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/business/microsoft-climate-carbon-emissions.html see http://techrights.org/2021/11/09/linux-foundation-greenwash/

22:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nytimes.com | Microsofts Pursuit of Climate Goals Runs Into Headwinds - The New York Times

22:06 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Linux Foundation Has Become Even Worse Than Climate Science Deniers | Techrights

22:10 TR News; How much do IBM and Red Hat pay the NC media to spread these lies and corporate propaganda? This isn't journalism, it's just embarrassing https://wraltechwire.com/2022/03/11/ibm-ceo-hails-big-blue-progress-we-dont-just-create-business-value-we-create-progress/ "IBM has defined a clear strategy to lead in the era of hybrid cloud and AI." HEY! Hi! Tell me more!

22:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-wraltechwire.com | IBM CEO hails Big Blue progress: We dont just create business value; we create progress | WRAL TechWire

22:12 TR News; They've taken the mask off. US tech companies are just extensions of military/imperialism/hegemony, disguised thinly... as "neutral" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-11/tech-walls-off-russia-like-never-before-posing-new-risks-for-u-s

22:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

22:13 TR News; "Profit motivations come a distant second, as least for now." Clownflare admits it! We're trying to take control of you, we'll screw you and milk you after we've closed our grip/fist around your neck. Pay attention, Mozilla, stop working for Empire. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/cloudflare_disrupt/

22:13 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Cloudflare: More focused on growing userbase than profits The Register

22:16 TR News; Sonatype still singing its sonata for Microsoft and other companies which actively undermine real security https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Open-Source-Insider/Sonatypes-sonar-smart-sonata-for-open-source

22:16 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.computerweekly.com | Sonatypes sonar-smart sonata for open source - Open Source Insider

22:17 TR News; Internet is being destroyed https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/lumen_quits_russia/ see http://techrights.org/2022/03/09/breaking-internet/

22:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Internet backbone provider Lumen quits Russia The Register

22:17 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | The Internet is Breaking and We Need Contingencies | Techrights

22:20 TR News; It looks like Microsoft Tim nearly left or was marginalised by The Register. I hope the latter. Microsoft boosting there decreased a slight bit this year. They even hired Liam to focus on GNU/Linux news.

22:21 TR News; Should move to GNU/Linux. Those problems don't exist there. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/769648/lost-activation-status-now-in-trial-mode-pro-x64-bit/

22:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.bleepingcomputer.com | lost activation status-now in trial mode-Pro x64 bit - Windows 7

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22:25 TR News; still very, very early in development (about 55% complete), and as such, lack of polish, and game-breaking bugs are to be expected. https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/11/aim-lab-valorant-king-george-r6/

22:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.washingtonpost.com | From TenZs Twitch to healthcare, Aim Lab wants to do it all - The Washington Post

22:26 TR News; MIT pushing HEY HI nonsense https://sloanreview.mit.edu/audio/extreme-innovation-with-ai-stanley-black-deckers-mark-maybury/ while covering up for pedophiles: http://techrights.org/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/

22:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-sloanreview.mit.edu | Extreme Innovation With AI: Stanley Black & Deckers Mark Maybury

22:26 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Massachusetts Institute of Tall Tales (MIT) Covers Up Bill Gates Bribery of MIT Through a High-Profile Pedophile, Citing No Evidence Other Than Representatives of Gates Himself | Techrights

22:27 TR News; It means not approved by US Empire https://themarkup.org/ask-the-markup/2022/03/08/what-does-the-connection-not-private-warning-really-mean

22:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-themarkup.org | What Does the Connection Not Private Warning Really Mean? The Markup

22:27 TR News; Comcast pushing DRM https://www.engadget.com/apple-tv-plus-comcast-xfinity-x1-flex-xclass-tv-161729218.html

22:27 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Apple TV+ is now available on Comcast Xfinity | Engadget

22:30 TR News; Didn't Mozille peddle this trash until Mozilla's own founder BLASTED the company for it? https://www.business2community.com/cryptocurrency/dogecoin-price-prediction

22:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.business2community.com | Dogecoin Price Prediction 2022-2025 - How High Will DOGE Reach?

22:32 TR News; "patent licensing compulsory" as in "screw patents", we ignore this monopolistic crap https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/08/russia_software_piracy/

22:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Russia mulls making software piracy legal The Register

22:33 TR News; Wait, this is GULAG... which PAID 40 million to a manager who was getting blow jobs from subordinates. PAID HIM! And now they pretend to care for women????? https://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/business/google-s-jigsaw-unit-open-sources-code-for-harassment-manager-tool-in-partnership-with-twitter/article_f224d3b9-aa83-5ebc-aef8-6baa58273ca5.html

22:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Googles Jigsaw Unit Open Sources Code for Harassment Manager Tool in Partnership with Twitter, Thomson Reuters Foundation | Business | valdostadailytimes.com

22:35 TR News; Remember, kids!!!! First one's free! That first one becomes half. And then it's not free at all https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/07/amazon_cuts_credit_for_charities/

22:35 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Amazon cut our web services credits, say non-profits The Register

22:36 TR News; Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/revil_suspect_ukrainian_arraigned_us_court/

22:36 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | REvil suspect extradited to US, arraigned The Register

22:37 TR News; Security for buzzwords ;-) https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/03/08/oems-iot-security/

22:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.helpnetsecurity.com | 5 steps that simplify IoT security for OEMs - Help Net Security

22:38 TR News; If it's GPL, Russia laughs, forks, and stops paying them https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/red_hat_suse_russia/

22:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Red Hat, SUSE suspend sales in Russia The Register

22:39 TR News; They very recently ported to GNU/Linux https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/spec_developing_benchmarks_for_ml/

22:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | SPEC developing benchmarks for ML processing performance The Register

22:40 TR News; Does the pope poop in the woods ;-) ? https://news.trust.org/item/20220304092506-aky0c

22:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-news.trust.org | Pandemic surveillance: is tracing tech here to stay?

22:41 TR News; Contact tracing predates COVID-19. In 2020 it was formalised and normalised. They even said that all this data collection was for your safety/protection/security. Disagree? Then you're a filthy dangerous conspiracy buff/crank.

22:42 TR News; Oracle wants to become "too big to fail" by stealing everyone's medical data. Don't let them do it. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/oracle/ really awful company with notorious CIA roots. http://techrights.org/wiki/Oracle

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Oracle reveals plans for healthcare amid Q3 results The Register

22:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Oracle - Techrights

22:43 TR News; Literacy? A lot of today's "tech"... e.g. social control media, actively LOWERS literacy and harms comprehension skills https://www.streetinsider.com/PRNewswire/SXSW+EDU+Panelists+Discuss+the+Role+of+Technology+in+Addressing+Low+Literacy/19758790.html

22:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.streetinsider.com | SXSW EDU Panelists Discuss the Role of Technology in Addressing Low Literacy

22:45 TR News; Companies testing their OWN products, find "diagnostic accuracy of 98.5 per cent". https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-field-based-patient-trial-cell-free-zika.html one year ago companies told us their vaccines were 96% effective, after just a few months of self-testing and no long-term clinical trials

22:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-medicalxpress.com | Field-based patient trial for cell-free Zika testing delivers highly accurate results

22:46 TR News; Meanwhile, government propaganda organ BillBC (bribed by Bill Gates to lie to us and sell stuff of his, though we are also forced to pay this organ) admits that in spite of 92% of the adult population in the UK being "vaccinated" COVID-19 is surging again

22:47 TR News; This is not a gendered issue, no need to interject identity politics into it https://fortune.com/2022/03/10/female-entrepreneurs-not-paying-themselves-as-they-launch-businesses/

22:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Female entrepreneurs arent paying themselves as they launch their businesses | Fortune

22:48 TR News; IBM/Red Hat pay this publisher now; so puff piece come out https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/ibm_redhat_strategy/ IBM is sucking the life out of Red Hat, FAST http://techrights.org/2021/08/21/ibm-layoffs-in-marketing/

22:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | The long-term strategy behind IBM's Red Hat purchase The Register

22:48 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Many IBM Layoffs (in Marketing), But the Media Is Not Mentioning Those Layoffs At All | Techrights

22:54 TR News; Is this journalism? Looks like classic webspam to me. :/ I.e. the usual... https://www.fastcompany.com/90724386/most-innovative-companies-design-2022

22:54 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fastcompany.com | The most innovative design companies of 2022

22:55 TR News; LOL. The tamperer in chief is Mark Zuckerberg, who calls you "dumb fuck" (he did) and said he's "fuck you in the ear" https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/whatsapp_cloudflare_code/

22:55 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | WhatsApp extension to detect desktop web app tampering The Register

22:56 TR News; Airlines are dying, so they try a new approach for improving their image (while they treat passengers like cattle, presuming they're all terrorists and all suitcases are time bombs) https://www.aviationpros.com/airlines/press-release/21259526/jetblue-the-jetblue-foundation-announces-2021-grantees-and-opening-of-next-foundation-granting-cycle

22:56 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.aviationpros.com | The JetBlue Foundation Announces 2021 Grantees and Opening of Next Foundation Granting Cycle | Aviation Pros

22:57 TR News; Crankfest. Posers showing off how much energy they wasted to make something that does not even exist. https://bitcoinmagazine.com/industry-events/the-bitcoin-conference-differences

22:57 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-bitcoinmagazine.com | The Bitcoin Conference Differences - Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides

22:58 TR News; "400Gbps and 800Gbps Ethernet networks respectively." Now Bill Gates can get his CP faster, without hiring another Rick Allen Jones. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/spirent_400g_800g_ethernet/

22:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Spirent test kit targets 400 and 800Gbps Ethernet The Register

11 PM, March 12

23:00 TR News; "the ability to block access poses a threat to the decentralization of the ecosystem." https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-promise-of-stateless-ethereum

23:00 TR News; How do states target decentralised platforms? Easy. Home raids. See what Russia did to Tor node operators...

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23:03 TR News; Openwashing for the most part: "The Eclipse Foundation, which champions open-source software development, has formed a new Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) working group dedicated to developing a software platform for the automotive industry" https://www.automotivetestingtechnologyinternational.com/news/test-equipment/industry-led-initiative-looks-to-create-open-source-automotive-software-platform.html

23:05 TR News; Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (SJVN) pushing Microsoft talking points. What a truly awful way to end his career. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/where_are_the_russian_cyberattacks/

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23:06 TechrightsSocial; Hello World! I'm TechrightsSocial running phIRCe v0.77

23:08 TR News; Selling people GPUs they don't really need isn't a long-term strategy, esp. with production woes and collapsing economies. They want more vendor lock-in now. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/nvidia_software_services/

23:08 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Nvidia repositions as a software and services company The Register

23:09 TR News; Yeah yeah, they're promises us such computers for at least 25 years. Hype and buzz. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/germany_qsolid_quantum_computing/

23:09 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Germany bankrolls effort to build home-grown quantum systems The Register

23:09 TR News; Yeah yeah, they've promised us such computers for at least 25 years. Hype and buzz. https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/germany_qsolid_quantum_computing/

23:10 TR News; Microsoft proxies https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/infosys_wipro_russia_silence/ Microsoft profiting from Russia by proxy? See http://techrights.org/2022/02/27/microsoft-complicity-russia/

23:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Infosys, Wipro silent on Russian operations The Register

23:10 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | [Meme] Microsoft Complicity | Techrights

23:12 TR News; Scenes from Ukraine. https://www.pymnts.com/news/international/2022/today-in-the-fintech-ukraine-daily-airbnb-utah-jazz-foundation-team-to-provide-housing-for-ukrainian-refugees-bunq-ceo-debuts-people-for-people-to-aid-ukraine/

23:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Airbnb, Utah Jazz Team to Provide Refugee Housing | PYMNTS.com

23:12 TR News; Paid-for press release trying to paint Twitter and Gulag as allies of women https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/news/google-s-jigsaw-unit-open-sources-code-for-harassment-manager-tool-in-partnership-with-twitter/article_6be80c54-b88d-5aa2-91ab-45de1237cf38.html see http://techrights.org/2022/01/10/twitter-streisand/

23:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Googles Jigsaw Unit Open Sources Code for Harassment Manager Tool in Partnership with Twitter, Thomson Reuters Foundation | News | bakersfield.com

23:12 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Twitter is Silencing Victims of Sexual Abuse to Protect Violent Men Who Assault Women (Also: GitHub/Microsoft Employees Too Have Complained About the Perpetrator) | Techrights

23:18 TR News; Proprietary software: "Miscreants have launched massive, amplified distributed denial-of-service attacks by exploiting a vulnerability in Mitel collaboration systems." https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/mitel_amplification_ddos_attack/

23:18 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Mitel VoIP systems used in staggering DDoS attacks The Register

23:20 TR News; Fake coins collapsing in perceived value? No way!! Quick, hurry up and find new gullible people to inject some real money into this pyramid scheme. Until you run out of gullible people (as always happens with MLM) https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/22/03/26011417/why-defi-coins-fantom-and-yearn-finance-are-seeing-major-slumps-today

23:20 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Why DeFi Coins Fantom And Yearn Finance Are Seeing Major Slumps Today - Ethereum - United States Dollar ($ETH) | Benzinga

23:21 TR News; Russia will now collapse. No more gaming! Who is punished here? https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/playstation_quits_russia/

23:21 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Sony Interactive Entertainment pulls PlayStation from Russia The Register

23:22 TR News; Microsoft webspam disguised as "news" https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/microsoft_windows_11_insider_tabs/ see http://techrights.org/2021/10/19/vista-11-hoax/

23:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | New Windows 11 build hits Dev Channel for Insiders The Register

23:22 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Proof That Windows 11 is a Hoax | Techrights

23:23 TR News; This used to be an IBM business, but today's IBM is too busy making a killing.... killing Red Hat like it killed CentOS https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/10/lenovo_thinksystem_truscale/

23:23 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | New servers and services from Lenovo target midsize firms The Register

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23:25 TR News; More hey hi from Hoffman https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/09/linkedin_hoffman_ai/ Jeffrey Epstein associate: http://techrights.org/2020/08/11/linked-in-to-pedophilia/

23:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | LinkedIn billionaire launches Inflection AI startup The Register

23:25 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Linked In to Pedophilia | Techrights

23:28 TR News; Microsoft Windows TCO (see between the lines) https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/russia-invasion-cyber-war-rages/ see http://techrights.org/2021/09/30/azure-brute-force/

23:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | We're seeing 800% increase in cyberattacks, says MSP The Register

23:28 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft Whistleblower and Clients Warned, More Than 2 Years Ago in Fact, About the Current Azure Mess (But Microsoft Ignored Those Warnings, Buried Facts) | Techrights

23:30 TR News; Microsoft Windows TCO https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/conti_leaks_code/

23:30 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Leaked Conti files reveal life inside ransomware gang The Register

23:32 TR News; A lot of that boils down to nepotism really. It's highly rigged. https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/putnam_news/some-high-income-jobs-can-be-done-without-college-education/article_b4d09dbd-4ad7-5cb1-9b00-032b1366d208.html

23:32 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Some high-income jobs can be done without college education | Putnam News | herald-dispatch.com

23:33 TR News; Interesting use of the word "inclusion" https://www.thereporteronline.com/2022/03/10/congressman-announces-inclusion-of-more-than-6-5m-for-local-projects-in-house-appropriations-bill/

23:33 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Congressman announces inclusion of more than $6.5M for local projects in House Appropriations Bill thereporteronline

23:35 TR News; To corporations, there's no such thing as inclusive policy and diversity. It's PR. It's inclu$ive (of money) and diver$ity (of income sources; they're open to everyone's revenue stream; give us YOUR money, TOO!).

23:37 TR News; Moneitisng defects after selling MySQL to SCOracle (well, SUN initially). https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514448/Tech-brands-sign-on-to-HackerOne-responsible-security-drive

23:37 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.computerweekly.com | Tech brands sign on to HackerOne responsible security drive

23:38 TR News; "Smart Speaker" = not really a speaker but a microphone that spies not only on your but on people around you, whom you hurt without their consent https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/03/10/2401017/0/en/Benetech-Unveils-Bookshare-Reader-Suite-for-Smart-Speaker-Web-and-Mobile.html

23:38 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.globenewswire.com | Benetech Unveils Bookshare Reader Suite for Smart Speaker,

23:39 TR News; Technology becomes more authoritarian over time: "Twitter has added a number of features to try to be a more welcoming, less toxic online destination, such as asking people to reconsider their tone when drafting angry tweets" https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/harassment-manager-this-google-app-to-look-into-social-media-attacks-see-details-11646898937016.html http://techrights.org/2022/01/10/twitter-streisand/

23:39 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.livemint.com | Harassment Manager: This Google app to look into social media attacks. See details

23:40 TR News; Twitter is ALL ABOUT the attack.s This is how Twitter tries to actually make money, for a change (it wasn't profitable until Trump became president, causing havoc there) http://techrights.org/2022/03/01/twitter-happier-during-wars/

23:40 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Twitter Profits From Conflict | Techrights

23:41 TR News; Burkina Faso is a convenient test set. If they die, they cannot sue. https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003943 Bill Gates likes doing clinical trials on them http://techrights.org/2020/06/25/philanthropic-racism/

23:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-journals.plos.org | Serum cobalamin in children with moderate acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial

23:41 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Philanthropic Racism (Clinical Trials/Experimentation on Live Subjects and Ethnic Cleansing as Public Good) | Techrights

23:42 TR News; "Unplug the... oh, wait... your catheter is defective. lol, real sorry" https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/medtronic-fda-expand-hawkone-atherectomy-recall-include-turbohawk-catheters

23:42 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.fiercebiotech.com | Medtronic, FDA expand HawkOne atherectomy recall to include TurboHawk Plus catheters | Fierce Biotech

23:43 TR News; Automated analysis of activity, sleep, and rhythmic behaviour in various animal species with the Rtivity software https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-08195-z

23:43 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.nature.com | Automated analysis of activity, sleep, and rhythmic behaviour in various animal species with the Rtivity software | Scientific Reports

23:44 TR News; Just more buzzwords and nonsense from NSA partners that sneak back doors into everything https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/csa_zero_trust/

23:44 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Cloud Security Alliance tackles zero-trust networking The Register

23:45 TR News; Western media puts scare quotes around "standards" when the standards aren't set and imposed on the whole world with Western patents and monopolistic steering https://www.theregister.com/2022/03/11/bytedance_alibaba_tencent_video_standard/

23:45 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.theregister.com | Three Chinese web giants create streaming video 'standard' The Register

23:47 TR News; Ronaldo FC beats Spurs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx_3vHBQoV8

23:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-@Invidious: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Tx_3vHBQoV8

23:47 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social- ( status 500 @ https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Tx_3vHBQoV8 )

23:49 TR News; The newer ones have back doors too and even more extensive surveillance. The real question should be, should any sane person still carry around such malicious devices in spite of everything publicly known about them? https://www.maketecheasier.com/should-you-use-older-android-phone/

23:49 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-www.maketecheasier.com | Should You Use an Older Android Phone? - Make Tech Easier

23:50 TR News; "On first launch with Proton 7, what it was verified against, it tells you it needs to install the Rockstar Launcher before you can play. The annoyance begins here of course as I've already waited on a 100GB download." LOL, 0.1 TB!!! https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-verified-has-issues-grand-theft-auto-v-edition

23:50 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-Steam Deck Verified has issues, Grand Theft Auto V edition | GamingOnLinux

23:51 TR News; Automount USB storage with Raspberry PI OS Lite: fstab and autofs https://peppe8o.com/automount-usb-storage-with-raspberry-pi-os-lite-fstab-and-autofs/

23:51 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-peppe8o.com | Automount USB storage with Raspberry PI OS Lite: fstab and autofs

23:52 TR News; "Really, Valve needs to take another look at how they run Deck Verified if trust in it is to be a real thing. Otherwise, like my friend Nick from The Linux Experiment said in our big collaboration video, the green Verified tick will end up meaningless if strict standards aren't followed" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/03/steam-deck-verified-has-issues-grand-theft-auto-v-edition

23:58 TR News; How to give Microsoft and the NSA root over your machine: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=iXcBm7PpZJo see http://techrights.org/2022/02/28/microsoft-github-expose-part-xviii-the-story-of-npm/

23:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Stop Piping Github Links Into Sudo Bash!! - Invidious

23:58 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-techrights.org | Microsoft GitHub Expos Part XVIII The Story of NPM | Techrights

23:59 TR News; Why Is There No Software For Linux!!! - Invidious https://yewtu.be/watch?v=JLTErwGqP44 it is about QUALITY, not QUANTITY

23:59 -TechrightsSocial/#boycottnovell-social-yewtu.be | Why Is There No Software For Linux!!! - Invidious

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