#robotics Logs

May 24 2021

01:51 PM mrdata-: the owner, andrew lee, says he donated millions to the FOSS community; so seems committed to that, and freenode is probably not a direct revenue generator for him
01:59 PM mrdata-: but when people ask how the money was spent, he shrugs and says he doesnt know what they did with it
01:59 PM mrdata-: and thats part of what makes people suspicious
01:59 PM mrdata-: plus no one knows who was the benefactor of those donations as he refuses to say; so they're alleging he could use it as a vehicle to launder money
01:59 PM rue_mohr: yea
01:59 PM veverak: https://gist.github.com/prawnsalad/4ca20da6c2295ddb06c1646791c61953
01:59 PM veverak: hmm
01:59 PM veverak: I wonder if this is overdramatic or real situation
01:59 PM rue_mohr: saved the children of a burning orphanage, dispite there having been no orphanages that burned down
01:59 PM mrdata-: those channels who dont like the smell around that, have left
02:01 PM rue_mohr: if libera collapses, people will come back here to find out whats going on, if this network still exists
02:01 PM rue_mohr: and I think it might
02:01 PM mrdata-: wikimedia is moving; several linux distros are moving
02:01 PM rue_mohr: sure
02:03 PM mrdata-: and some trolls are becoming staff, maybe
02:04 PM mrdata-: anti-hate speech rules have been watered down
02:05 PM mrdata-: but new staff are not grossly incompetent; so likelihood of collapse is low
02:05 PM mrdata-: 10%?
02:37 PM mrdata-: so far, looks like two people i am routinely in touch with will become staff here; and that will give me some comfort
02:37 PM mrdata-: i should be able to ask them how things are going, is freenode becoming stable or getting worse (without asking for details of course)
08:28 PM Steffanx is now known as 125AAAJOB
08:28 PM -!- #robotics mode set to +o by passion.freenode.net
11:14 PM rue_mohr: I think we just have to wait and see