IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
beginning of new day, March 13
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2 AM, March 13
02:03 schestowitz[TR2]; <DaemonFC> As much as I would love to hear my attorney scream "ALMA....FUCK!" again.
02:03 schestowitz[TR2]; <DaemonFC> I've heard plenty of people say they self filed everything and it went smoothly. I figure we can handle a request for a naturalization hearing ourselves.
02:03 schestowitz[TR2]; <DaemonFC> I've handled a successful petition in front of them before. It was to renew his EAD after MARISOL chased away the Catholic Charities.
02:03 schestowitz[TR2]; <DaemonFC> Depending on how this goes I may either be ecstatic or kicking myself in 8 months.
02:03 schestowitz[TR2]; DaemonFC: about that...
02:03 schestowitz[TR2]; if it failed, it goes on the record
02:03 schestowitz[TR2]; better not to try and fail
02:03 schestowitz[TR2]; the lawyers are about showing them you have means to fight back
02:04 schestowitz[TR2]; not so much the quality of the paper you put in
02:04 schestowitz[TR2]; it's easy for IRS to pick on poor people
02:04 schestowitz[TR2]; rich people take lawyers
02:04 schestowitz[TR2]; and cost the IRS more
02:05 DaemonFC; There's a similar approval rate on this form either way.
02:05 DaemonFC; schestowitz[TR2]: The people with no attorney who request a fee waiver get approved about the same percentage of the time too.
02:05 schestowitz[TR2]; maybe their cases are easier
02:05 schestowitz[TR2]; so they do it on their own
02:06 DaemonFC; schestowitz[TR2]: Yeah, people who have criminal records and immigration offenses should NOT attempt this.
02:06 DaemonFC; Because the lawyer needs to handle that.
02:06 DaemonFC; But if your case is simple you can self-file.
02:06 schestowitz[TR2]; "
02:06 schestowitz[TR2]; > I world love to be able to provide you with more information but it is necessary for me to be very cautious. The subject is right now very hot and I cannot provide much more information than what you can read from the ILO judgement without making obvious that Information was leaked and therefore putting whistleblowers at risks.
02:06 schestowitz[TR2]; I have sent you is a link to the Judgment.
02:06 schestowitz[TR2]; Can you provide a quick outline of the case? Sometimes I get it wrong due to a lack of context in the resultant PDF."
02:07 schestowitz[TR2]; DaemonFC: easy cases, less fees
02:07 schestowitz[TR2]; hard casses
02:07 schestowitz[TR2]; more fees
02:07 schestowitz[TR2]; so you cannot make then correlation you made
02:07 schestowitz[TR2]; about success rates
02:38 DaemonFC; schestowitz[TR2]: Same fee.
02:38 DaemonFC; About $1750 to file it.
02:38 DaemonFC; Anotehr $1,200 to show up and sit there.
02:54 schestowitz[TR2]; ( _)
02:54 schestowitz[TR2]; waste
02:54 schestowitz[TR2]; and greed
02:55 schestowitz[TR2]; probably exempetion for asylum seekers
02:56 schestowitz[TR2]; anyway, we both wish you good luck and hapiness
3 AM, March 13
03:04 DaemonFC; Thank you Roy, I think I have this.
03:04 DaemonFC; It really depends more on Mandy's performance in there.
03:04 DaemonFC; We filed as good of a case as possible.
03:05 DaemonFC; The lawyer could not have done it much better.
4 AM, March 13
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04:45 schestowitz[TR2]; cool
6 AM, March 13
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9 AM, March 13
09:43 schestowitz[TR2]; <Ingar> schestowitz[TR]: I'm axnious to read the piece on Freenode :D
09:43 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> wasn't that a couple years ago?
09:43 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> lol, #shitlords mentioned
09:43 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> that channel's been around for years and years. it's an unofficial channel for shitposting
09:43 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> there I gave it a +s so it doesn't show up in /list
10 AM, March 13
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <Ingar> we have a shitpost channel? dang
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> I think it was started by TMB
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> fedora made fedora-social
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> and in 2008 we copied that
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> so no bad lang :-)
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> What about Visual Basic?
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; * Ingar burns chromas's eyes out with a glowing hot metal rod
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <Ingar> nobody mentions Visual Basic and lives!
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> oh now you said it!
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <Ingar> oh noes
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <Ingar> you tricked me!
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> that started because a user called "balzac" spoke about strip clubs in the main channel
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> sounds like extra baggage you don't need
10:04 schestowitz[TR2]; <chromas> I assumed you sac'ed him
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <janrinok> schestowitz[TR], there is a problem with preventing people from speaking on this channel. It is used by people who wish to inform us of problems, or to ask questions about a specific aspect of the site. We cannot always be on here reading things in real-time, so if they get not response we do not the communication desired.
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <janrinok> * if they get no response we do not have the communication desired. (Typing too fast again...!)
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <fab23> schestowitz[TR]: As I see it, we do have more traffic in the channel caused by discussing the issue, then what the issue itself causes.
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <janrinok> Those wishing to interrupt the site want people to know who they are - they seek the publicity. They therefore either use their real name or they give themselves away by the things that they say. Anything else and they are not achieving their aim.
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> we adopted a different approach
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> we identified them
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> and then explained what they did
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; * chromas waits for the punchline
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <janrinok> Everybody knows aristarchus. He has accounts elsewhere.
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> it's like MikeUSA
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <schestowitz[TR]> in Linux circles
10:14 schestowitz[TR2]; <janrinok> He was here for a while too
11 AM, March 13
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11:46 schestowitz[TR2]; "Microsoft plans to take on iPhone and Android smartphones with this new device
11:46 schestowitz[TR2]; x https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/microsoft-plans-to-take-on-iphone-and-android-smartphones-with-this-new-device/articleshow/108439136.cms
11:46 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Microsoft plans to take on iPhone and Android smartphones with this new device - Times of India
11:48 schestowitz[TR2]; "Venture with Microsoft: French startup Mistral AI vows to maintain open source"
11:48 schestowitz[TR2]; x https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2177013.html
11:48 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-today.rtl.lu | RTL Today - Venture with Microsoft: French startup Mistral AI vows to maintain open source
11:48 schestowitz[TR2]; "Banning TikTok Is a Terrible Idea"
11:48 schestowitz[TR2]; x https://jacobin.com/2024/03/tiktok-ban-israel-gaza-free-speech/
11:48 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-jacobin.com | Banning TikTok Is a Terrible Idea
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