TechBytes Episode 66: First of the Second Series

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2012-01-08 01:29:51 UTC
Modified: 2012-01-08 01:29:51 UTC

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Summary: Tim, Rusty and Roy join again for a sort of pilot of the second series (season equivalent, but an annual division)

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People Discuss Rumours of Mass Layoffs at IBM Becoming Public in 1-2 Weeks: IBM is killing its brand or its "goodwill"
The Old Days: In the early days of this site (2006) it was mostly just a couple of people, plus comments
Cisco Systems is a Still Weak Spot With Bug Doors: nothing to offer except storytelling
EPO Strike Begins Today and It's the Longest One Yet (Can Last a Year): Where's the media?
Gemini Links 30/03/2026: Approaching April and Arvelie Calendar: Links for the day
No Daylight Saved: Is there still any practical reason for this ritual?
Microsoft Azure Does Not Have "Hiring Freezes", It Has Had Mass Layoffs Every Year Since 2020: Things are always a lot worse than Microsoft formally or publicly acknowledges
SLAPP Censorship - Part 27 Out of 200: Using the Tor Network to Hide From Consequences: Only 1-2 weeks after the countersuit the Canadian attempted to deplatform several Web sites
The Limits of Inclusion: Inclusion with caution isn't "opinionated"; it's a defence mechanism, sometimes a survival instinct
Almost 20 Years After Microsoft/Novell: The mission has not changed, but the priorities evolve all the time
LLM Slop Kills Sites, as Sites That Adopt Slop Are Doomed: People won't subscribe to such sites and visit them if they recognise it's just slop
Links 29/03/2026: Indonesia Cracks Down on Social Control Media Addiction, China Becomes World’s Scientific Superpower: Links for the day
Fedora at the Mercy of Microsoft Because of Back-Doored Kick-Switch Boot: We'll soon revisit the defamation attacks on Torvalds
Links 29/03/2026: Water Shortages and No Kings Rallies: Links for the day
Gemini Links 29/03/2026: Return to Gopherspace, "Zen of Marking Playing Cards": Links for the day
The Real XBox is Dead, So Microsoft is Calling Everything "XBox" Now: It even wanted to run a campaign to convince everybody that XBox is not actually a console
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, March 28, 2026: IRC logs for Saturday, March 28, 2026
Open Web Destroyed by Centibillionaires, Says Anil Dash of Blogging Fame: Blogging was going through its 'prime years' about 20 years ago
"Linux" Slop Going Away, Microsoft et al Pay 'Linux' Foundation to Promote Slop: It's a timely reminder that the Linux Foundation exists to promote whoever pays the Linux Foundation, even pedophiles and companies that attack the GPL
Links 28/03/2026: Microsoft's LinkedIn a National Security Risk, Microsoft's Slop "Ambitions Face Investor Scrutiny Amid Soaring Costs": Links for the day
Gemini Links 28/03/2026: "Finding My Base Tone", "Astrobotany", and BugoutBack/OFFLFIRSOCH: Links for the day
Links 28/03/2026: More Worldwide Bans on Social Control Media (Harms to Adolescents), Protests in US Against Dictatorship: Links for the day
SLAPP Censorship - Part 26 Out of 200: Asking for Documents and Information You Already Have, Even Letters and E-mails That You Yourself Sent!: barristers are expensive
Gemini Links 28/03/2026: Echo Delay and 0x0.st: Links for the day
Rumours of More IBM Mass Layoffs at Beginning of April: IBM is not doing well
Over at Tux Machines...: GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, March 27, 2026: IRC logs for Friday, March 27, 2026

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