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[coreboot] coreboot community meeting minutes for February 16, 2017
by Eugen Leitl 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

----- Forwarded message from Martin Roth <gaumless(a)gmail.com> ----- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:41:16 -0700 From: Martin Roth <gaumless(a)gmail.com> To: coreboot <coreboot(a)coreboot.org> Subject: [coreboot] coreboot community meeting minutes for February 16, 2017 Message-ID: <CA+e+Ov4E0maX+5PhvepdaGhRMYKBCHcqssF9io78-LYopRgnLw(a)mail.gmail.com> Here are the meeting minutes of today's coreboot community meeting. Info about the next meeting (March 2) is at the bottom. ################################################################## General coreboot news * coreboot is working on joining the Software Freedom Conservancy in a fiscal sponsorship agreement. Work on this is moving forward, and is speeding up. Several announcements about this should be posted soon. - Summary by Martin; there will be a blog post - goal is April, or early May at the very latest Infrastructure Issues & News * Updated coverity tools from 8.5.0.5 to 8.7.0 - coreboot's coverity testing is run twice a week by Jenkins - Tested projects: flashrom, ChromeEC, vboot, Memtest86+ - All other projects are tested daily or when commits happen * Having problems with merging users in gerrit - We plan to email people with multiple existing accounts and merge them, but due to gerrit upgrades, there are currently issues that we need to figure out before we can make progress on this. * Discussions on the current Mailing list vs switching to a forum * coreboot is evaluating the idea switching from the mailing list to a forum package. A poll on this will be posted shortly. - Switch to reddit? - Switch to google groups? - Look for a forum software package that integrates well with the mailing list. - Skepticism was expressed about ditching the mailing list. * Because jenkins builders build in tmpfs, memory was getting filled, and builds were failing. We've taken steps to mitigate this. * IRC/Mattermost - Mattermost was set up to help make it easier for people who aren't familiar with irc - To reduce spam on irc, only allow registered nicks to talk? - How big is the spam/abuse problem? - Deprecate IRC channel? - Not being planned right now, but in the future? - Mattermost's default channel doesn't have irc bridged. It sounds like the latest version of mattermost can add multiple default channels, so we can add the irc channel as a default. Development * Review of commits - Martin has been busy and hasn't been able to review things as much - The best way to get a quick review is to post in chat/irc asking for reviews on specific patches. - How do we get more people to review patches? * Discussion *Add coreboot storage driver* https://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-February/thread.html#83218 - How will a decision on this be made? - If we're going to come to any conclusion, the decision will probably need to be made by Stefan. Interesting External news items * Raptor engineering looking for support in porting openbmc for the ASUS KGPE-D16 board - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KGPE-D16-OpenBMC-Effort and https://firmwaresecurity.com/tag/coreboot/ coreboot community meeting related * Attendance has been spotty. Is this worthwhile? - Yes - The community meeting is useful to people - Ten participants today \o/ * Very few people actually add agenda items. * Is the time the issue? Should we try switching time again? * Announcing it on IRC (about one hour before it begins) helps * We should announce it on the mailing list, the day before too * Several people weren't aware that we had bi-weekly coreboot conference meetings. ################################################################## Next meeting is March 2, 2017 Check the coreboot calendar for the time in your timezone: https://www.coreboot.org/calendar.html Join using the bluejeans web app or the phone bridge: https://bluejeans.com/616384323 Phone bridge call in numbers: https://www.bluejeans.com/numbers Meeting ID: 616384323 Current agenda & history: https://coreboot-meeting.pads.ccc.de/CommunityMeetingTopics -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot(a)coreboot.org https://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot ----- End forwarded message -----

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modest proposal
by Mirimir 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

How about we change the name of this list, to better reflect its use?

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Fully Distributed Torrenting [was: Pirate Bay Blocked]
by grarpamp 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> wrote: > piratebay.red mirror isn't in Sweden Don't know if that one, or any of dozens the "the pirate bay" domains, other than .org / .se / .onion are operated by "the pirate bay". Maybe yes, maybe no. If no, maybe they a true mirror via api, or a scrape, or an import of some scrape / dump appended with subsequent submissions... but still not technically "the pirate bay". And a number of them have interface and or dataset differences, or are broken. Though the hydra meme and model of random popups is certainly fine for those that like playing whack a mole, it's really legacy. Torrenting data itself, once you have the infohash and queried DHT / PEX for peers, and joined into swarm, is reasonably distributed among contributing peers. (Availability there is human, not algorithmic decision, which other networks try to solve.) But what tools are there to publish the torrent name and infohash into a fully distributed index, and to search the names and retrieve infohash from it? And to learn and maintain an in flux list of random active nodes you need to contact to bootstrap your client's DHT? That's not TPB central server index and search model. And decentral bootstrap isn't in clients like vuze or transmission. It's more like a blockchain (or just a log) index, over darknet.

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Fwd: [ PFIR ] Zuckerberg Cut a Line About Monitoring 'Private Channels' From His Facebook Manifesto
by Cecilia Tanaka 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

Whoops! :P ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List < pfir(a)pfir.org> Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:59 AM Subject: [ PFIR ] Zuckerberg Cut a Line About Monitoring 'Private Channels' >From His Facebook Manifesto To: pfir-list(a)pfir.org Zuckerberg Cut a Line About Monitoring 'Private Channels' From His Facebook Manifesto http://gizmodo.com/zuckerberg-cut-a-line-about-monitoring- private-channels-1792462516 On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg published an updated founder's letter for Facebook, his first since the company went public in 2012. Largely summarizing the CEO's previous comments, the sweeping manifesto was newsworthy while containing little news. In at least one version of the text, however, Zuckerberg wrote about using artificial intelligence for online surveillance--a line stricken from the final draft. - - - --Lauren--

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Swedish Court: Pirate Bay Blocked For 3 Years
by grarpamp 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

https://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-must-be-blocked-in-sweden-court-of-… https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/02/16/2056212/swedish-court-rules-block-t… A Court of Appeal has ordered The Pirate Bay and streaming portal Swefilmer to be blocked by an ISP in Sweden. The landmark ruling, in favor of Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music, and the Swedish film industry, will see local ISP Bredbandsbolaget forced to block the sites for the next three years. In today’s judgment, the Patent and Market Court held that right holders such as film and music companies can obtain a court order in Sweden against an ISP, which forces the ISP to take measures to prevent copyright infringement committed by others on the Internet,” Court of Appeals Judge Christine Lager said in a statement.

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I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again. Neither should you.
by Cecilia Tanaka 17 Feb '17

17 Feb '17

*# I’ll never bring my phone on an international flight again. Neither should you.* https://medium.freecodecamp.com/ill-never-bring-my-phone- on-an-international-flight-again-neither-should-you-e9289cde0e5f#.nqzda7bdl (via Lu, bcc. Lulu, I love you. Pardon, bcc you because trolls and haters are annoying some of my favorite journalists since the last week. Sorry, I need to control better this amazing Oriental charm, hahaha!! ;D) => Cute Bonus For Cute Newbies, awww... #love (* - *) <3 *# How to encrypt your entire life in less than an hour* https://medium.freecodecamp.com/tor-signal-and-beyond-a- law-abiding-citizens-guide-to-privacy-1a593f2104c3#.jw1a2rrui Ceci, crossposting again... Sorry, I swear I am very busy now! ;P ------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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Where Are The Crypto / Bitcoin ETFs?
by grarpamp 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3EFyGb104g Published on Feb 16, 2017 Keywords/phrases: Where bitcoin interfaces with the rest of the traditional financial networks: exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC). Bitcoin is sufficiently alien that it can't be swallowed by the traditional financial system; they have no idea how to handle it because it doesn't conform to expectations, counteracting controls, counterparties, risk management layers, checks & balances. They assume custody, oversight, and control, of which Bitcoin expresses none. What they have doesn't work with what is new. Bitcoin is capable of having an ETF; ETFs are quite incapable of encompassing Bitcoin into the current regulatory system. That is a feature, not a bug.

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The path of Islam is always the same.
by Zenaan Harkness 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Now here's an angle I have not seen before - historical nation state wide religious changes. Interesting if true. ----- Forwarded message from Gil May <gilmay97(a)gmail.com> ----- Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2017 20:27:32 +1000 From: Gil May <gilmay97(a)gmail.com> To: reader(a)hotmail.com.au Bcc: zenaan(a)gmail.com Subject: The path of Islam is always the same. Afghanistan was once a Buddhist Nation Pakistan was once Hindu Lebanon was Christian. Do you see the established pattern? Today they are all Islamic nations. Europe will be the next to fall Then America------and Australia The path of Islam is always the same. 1 Establish a Mosque 2 Create an enclave 3 Grow the population 4 Claim victimhood 5 Resist host authorities & Customs 6 Exploit Lawfare 7 Institute Shari Law 8 Secede 9 Take Control

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[OT] list of addresses posting in 02:00-03:59h at night since 2014-04
by Georgi Guninski 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Just an exercise in analytic numerology theory, interpret it as you wish ;) # list of addresses posting in 02:00-03:59h at night since 2014-04 # bugs are possible #emails address 312 grarpamp <grarpamp(a)gmail.com> 93 juan <juan.g71(a)gmail.com> 64 Zenaan Harkness <zen(a)freedbms.net> 52 coderman <coderman(a)gmail.com> 48 jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> 46 Cecilia Tanaka <cecilia.tanaka(a)gmail.com> 36 Mirimir <mirimir(a)riseup.net> 30 xorcist(a)sigaint.org 27 Cari Machet <carimachet(a)gmail.com> 25 "Cypher Piggie" <oinker9003(a)mail2tor.com> 24 Juan <juan.g71(a)gmail.com> 16 Steve Kinney <admin(a)pilobilus.net> 14 rysiek <rysiek(a)hackerspace.pl> 14 =?UTF-8?Q?Lodewijk_andr=C3=A9_de_la_porte?= <l(a)odewijk.nl> 11 Sean Lynch <seanl(a)literati.org> 7 odinn <odinn.cyberguerrilla(a)riseup.net> 6 John Newman <jnn(a)synfin.org> 6 wirelesswarrior(a)safe-mail.net 6 "Shawn K. Quinn" <skquinn(a)rushpost.com> 5 tpb-crypto(a)laposte.net 5 Peter Gutmann <pgut001(a)cs.auckland.ac.nz> 4 Shelley <shelley(a)misanthropia.org> 4 Ryan Carboni <ryacko(a)gmail.com> 4 stef <s(a)ctrlc.hu> 3 Jason McVetta <jason.mcvetta(a)gmail.com> 3 Cannon <cannon(a)cannon-ciota.info> 3 "Dr. J Feinstein" <drjfeinstein(a)mail.com> 2 Troy Benjegerdes <hozer(a)hozed.org> 2 "Griffin Boyce" <datajanitor(a)sigaint.org> 2 "Odinn Cyberguerrilla" <odinn.cyberguerrilla(a)riseup.net> 2 Travis Biehn <tbiehn(a)gmail.com> 2 "Anonymous Remailer (austria)" <mixmaster(a)remailer.privacy.at> 2 Seth <list(a)sysfu.com> 2 Sampo Syreeni <decoy(a)iki.fi> 1 Luther Blissett <lblissett(a)paranoici.org> 1 Andrew <kyboren(a)riseup.net> 1 Deorge Chesterton <deorgie(a)gmail.com> 1 "nymble(a)gmail.com" <nymble(a)gmail.com> 1 Markus Ottela <oottela(a)cs.helsinki.fi> 1 Anton Nesterov <komachi(a)openmailbox.org> 1 justa <russia-insider.com(a)freedbms.net> 1 "Big 'Uns" <hugetits(a)sigaint.org> 1 Me <john(a)johnlgrubbs.net> 1 Michael Best <themikebest(a)gmail.com> 1 rooty <arfspoop(a)protonmail.com> 1 "James A. Donald" <jamesd(a)echeque.com> 1 Griffin Boyce <griffin(a)cryptolab.net> 1 "Xyrs" <xemself(a)sigaint.org> 1 John <jnn(a)synfin.org> 1 "&&cheeez" <izcreem(a)sigaint.org> 1 "EitShat" <EitShat(a)mail2tor.com> 1 Jack Liddy <jackeliddy(a)yahoo.com> 1 hellekin <hellekin(a)dyne.org> 1 No <nonomos(a)mail.com> 1 Felipe Felipe <fe.peressim(a)gmail.com> 1 Peter Fairbrother <peter(a)m-o-o-t.org> 1 anthony(a)cajuntechie.org 1 BizDevCon <bizdevcon(a)protonmail.ch> 1 Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> 1 Gutem <gutemhc(a)gmail.com> 1 Alexis Wattel <alexiswattel(a)gmail.com> 1 greenblue <greenblue357(a)posteo.de> 1 "Cathal (phone)" <cathalgarvey(a)cathalgarvey.me> 1 Alfie John <alfiej(a)fastmail.fm> 1 "" <shakeitoff(a)ghostmail.com> 1 hozer(a)hozed.org 1 Wilfred Guerin <wilfred(a)vt.edu> 1 Rich Jones <rich(a)openwatch.net> 1 Douglas Lucas <dal(a)riseup.net> 1 "Stephen D. Williams" <sdw(a)lig.net> 1 Cubed <chasintail(a)emailcontrol.org> 1 <xxyyzz(a)tuta.io> 1 Fosforo <fosforo(a)gmail.com> 1 gwen hastings <gwen(a)shannon.permutation.net> 1 b0z0(a)sdf.org 1 Yush Bhardwaj <yushbhardwaj91(a)gmail.com> 1 nonomos <nonomos(a)mail.com> 1 rooty <fapspoof(a)protonmail.com> 1 badbiosvictim(a)ruggedinbox.com 1 Mark Steward <marksteward(a)gmail.com> 1 Nick Econopouly <nickeconopouly(a)gmail.com> 1 Jelena Jovanovic <jelena.jovanovic(a)pp-international.net> 1 Beaker Meeps <beaker(a)dropperbox.com> 1 "Dangerous Nic" <sharpknife(a)sigaint.org> 1 Subrosa Team <contact(a)subrosa.io> 1 tigrutigru(a)gmail.com 1 Flipchan <flipchan(a)riseup.net> 1 Steven Schear <schear.steve(a)gmail.com>

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CNN Venezuela ordered off air for "misinterpreting & distorting truth"
by Zenaan Harkness 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Venezuela shuts down CNN for ‘misinterpreting & distorting truth’ Venezuela’s media watchdog has ordered CNN’s Spanish-language channel off the air across the country, accusing it of engaging in a propaganda war. Nicolas Maduro said earlier the channel is “sticking its nose” in the country’s internal affairs and “manipulating” information. https://www.rt.com/news/377495-venezuela-kicks-cnn-out/ If Hitlery had been elected, the gambling inclined would be running a book on Maduro's assassination. Let's hope he survives this one - for no other reason than he ought survive for making a (presumably) correct decision.

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