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[02:32] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 01 [03:44] *asacengyet has quit (Quit: ZNC 1.9.1+deb2+b3 - https://znc.in) [03:45] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● May 01 [04:11] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-o96.spj.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techbytes [04:20] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [04:27] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-o96.spj.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techbytes ● May 01 [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kq9y3dtj [05:59] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kq9y3dtj ) [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] "Hate dies not have a home here [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+0/-4) | Reply [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @nd+1kq9y3dtj [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] @OP posts are going missing again...guess the corrupt IBM HR Commentator has a thin skin and can't handle the criticism of his master with all these comments. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] What about Robbie the Hood ? [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @n0+1kq9y3dtj [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] @h8 Heehee. On break from the nonsense that is Think40 "training" (cheerleading) I see that you brag about. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] More likely this crook Arvind is returning home to the motherland for a parade in his honor for wiping out IBM's US population and moving tens of thousands of jobs to India. "Is that right?" Not sure if it is cuture or training but every time I get connected with a "support" person in India, they parrot back what you just said and ask "is that right?". So annoying and makes the call like having a root canal. Painful and you just wa [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] nt it over! [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] The IBM BoD Board of Directors are incompetent and "hired" Arvind (Arvind is also his own boss being both CEO and Chair of the Board) in part because he IS Indian and he knows India and could get away with this money grab and destruction in the US. He was brought up knowing and living in the Indian Caste system which is digusting and clarly he views IBM US employees as "Shudras and Dalits". [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] The Indian caste system is an ancient, rigid hierarchical social structure that classifies Hindu society into four main varnas based on birth and hereditary occupation: Brahmins (priests/scholars), Kshatriyas (warriors/rulers), Vaishyas (traders/agriculturists), and Shudras (laborers/servants). Outside this system are the Dalits (formerly "untouchables"), who historically faced severe social exclusion and performed menial tasks, wi [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] th the entire structure traditionally determining marriage, diet, and social interactions. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] Over centuries, this structure evolved into thousands of sub-castes called jatis, intensifying social segmentation. While India's modern constitution outlawed caste-based discrimination in 1947 and implemented affirmative action, caste identity still influences rural social life, marriage, and politics to some extent, despite ongoing efforts toward equality and legal protections for marginalized communities. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] 15 hours ago by Anonymous [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @kc+1kq9y3dtj [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] Well, hes probably moving closer to Armonk. This is a long commute in traffic. Thats also an ugly house in a not a great town. $2.3 millions is not a lot of money for his salary. [05:59] schestowitz[TR2] " ● May 01 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqay796d [06:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqay796d ) [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] " [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @km and why don't you also consider what Alvind has done to thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of American fathers and mothers (and their children) by taking their livelyhoods and moving their jobs to India and gloating over these actions on his Slack calls ? [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] He is a miserable and pathetic excuse of a human being and CEO. And I expect this statement to disappear like others in this forum. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @kq+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] -7 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @k1 It saddens me how people can be so cruel and dehumanize a person like that. Why can't you just disagree with him and leave it at that. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] He is a husband and a father. He has to make important decisions every day leading an esteemed American company that has been around for over 100 years and hundreds of billions in market cap. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+1/-8) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @km+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @hb [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Arvind can lick my taint. He is one of the worst human beings alive, a complete and utter ar--hole unencumbered by a conscience or a soul. I will have a grand party when he passes - dying would be the best thing he could do for humanity. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] So bored with our little resident Indian troll trying to constantly sell Arvind to us as if we weren't aware that he is a complete POS. It is sometimes hard to understand what our troll is saying with Arvind's micro wang in his mouth but I have to imagine this level of "cheerleading" must be he-l on his knees. If you are going to be a Mouth Ho, I recommend investing in a pair of high-quality pair knee pads, you simpering foolish cr [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] etin. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] You come to our place to defend that F-ing monster that has harmed so many people. I hope you get brain he---s from constantly blowing your Lord and Master(bate). [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by F-this-F-ing-troll [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @k1+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @jw Why ? [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] because you say so, Mr. Corrupt IBM India HR crook ? [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @k0+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] -11 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @je [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Enough !!!!!! Bigotry has no home here. Quit with the hate [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 11 reactions (+0/-11) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @jw+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] -5 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @je Arvind is not a parasite, you just don't understand the complexity of his position. He's doing a great job and there are no plan for layoffs. So just cut it out. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+2/-7) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @jt+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Albany leadership could use a small taste of that vitriol! They have been left unsupervised and unchecked with a blank check for far too long. No oversight from HQ! [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 10 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @jf+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @j1 I can keep repeating [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] The Indian id--t at the top of IBM is a su-king blood parasite, [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] The Indian id--t at the top of IBM is a su-king blood parasite, [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] The Indian id--t at the top of IBM is a su-king blood parasite, [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] .... [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] You have no power to stop, [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Go kiss your master's a-s. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 11 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @je+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] -15 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @j1 It's about time someone is standing up for IBM. This historic company is cutting edge and has a great executive team. We are all lucky to be working for such a powerhouse. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 12 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 15 reactions (+0/-15) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @j4+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] -14 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @j0 The vitriol ends right here right now. Dehumanizing Arvind needs to stop [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 13 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 14 reactions (+0/-14) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @j1+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @hb stop showing your outrage concerning the disrespect the id--t Indian at the top is rightfully receiving. He has no shame. He cares only about the millions he is looting from the worker. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] He is no different than any other blood su-king parasite . [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 13 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @j0+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] -15 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @er You are a disgrace and I hope you get fired soon. I can't believe you are one of my coworkers. How about trying to understand the company's strategy for a change? The disrespect of IBM and the executives needs to stop. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] 16 hours ago by Anonymous [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] | 17 reactions (+1/-16) | Reply [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @hb+1kqay796d [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] +12 [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] @er don't worry ! your dreams about getting promoted and becoming IBM CEO will not materialize in a billion years unless you are an Indian or he-l freezes over. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] The crooks have a lockhold on the CEO and Chairperson positions. [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] LOL [06:01] schestowitz[TR2] " [06:37] *asacengyet (~asacengyet@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:40] *asacengyet has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:42] *asacengyet (~asacengyet@spnyw2fxpi54g.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 01 [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] " [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] I check IRC logs only intermittently [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] I pored over a company web site the other day because a friend from school [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] works there. I am sad to say that even after about 20 minutes of wasted [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] time, I could not figure out *anything* about what the company does let [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] alone what he does. My cousin works at a similar kind of company, so do [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] a few others. It's tragic that there are so many bullshit jobs out there. [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] " [07:37] schestowitz[TR2] I said the same to rianne yesterday afternoon ● May 01 [11:43] *asacengyet has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:44] *asacengyet (~asacengyet@8pzu2fcsusfzc.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:56] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [11:56] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 01 [12:35] *asacengyet has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:37] *asacengyet (~asacengyet@spnyw2fxpi54g.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:43] *asacengyet has quit (connection closed) [12:49] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● May 01 [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqay796d [14:29] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kqay796d ) [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] I am not in India, I am not Indian or South Asian background [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] The Hate and vitriol has no place here [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] Mr Gerstner saved IBM so that IBM is relevant today. Arvind brought back growing revenue. His leadership in Acquiring Red Hat is paying off in a good way [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] 10 minutes ago by Anonymous [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+0/-2) | Reply [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @p2+1kqay796d [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] @ns @ny They are the same. [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] You have been barking in your recent garbage about the stupid Indian at the top "blood su-king parasite" vision for IBM with AI and the garbage "Hybrid cloud". [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] Now, you are changing the tune, that IBM is just trying to survive. All, the praise for the sh-t coming out of the mouth of the stupid Indian parasite is muted. [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] So, why the stupid Indian parasite at the top is rewarded Millions ? [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] 22 minutes ago by Anonymous [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @p1+1kqay796d [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] -4 [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] We owe a debt of gratitide to Mr Gerstner. Without his bold leadership, IBM would not be around. My college term paper was based on his [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] 58 minutes ago by Anonymous [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+0/-4) | Reply [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ny+1kqay796d [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] This IBM Company only makes decisions to keep its head above the water. [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] There are no long-term investments (aside maybe Quantum), Ginny sold the company out, 40+ billion of it. Execs always take the easy way, can't fix anything. That tells you everything you need to know. [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+1/-2) | Reply [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ns+1kqay796d [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] @jw Why ? [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] because you say so, Mr. Corrupt IBM India HR crook ? [14:29] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] "Remember the security firm that Ubuntu hired to audit the (ill-advised, highly buggy) Rust-rewrites of all of the GNU Coreutils? [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] Turns out that security firm is run by @gf_256 [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] , who: [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] - Appears to be a man who thinks he's a woman ("trans"). [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] - Uses an anime cartoon of a girl as his avatar. [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] - Appears to have an OnlyFans page. [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] I repeat: Ubuntu hired a "Trans" man, with an anime girl avatar and an OnlyFans page... to audit Rust code. [14:31] schestowitz[TR2] It's hard to get more on-the-nose than that." [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] "Up until a few years ago, we were able to browse the modern web, on a PowerPC Classic MacOS (MacOS 8/9) system, using a port of Firefox. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] This is no longer possible. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] Not because a G3, G4, or G5 systems running MacOS 9 are not beefy enough to handle the task (far from it) but because of forced (deliberate) obsolescence by software developers. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] In this case, Mozilla injected a new (*still* unfinished) programming language (Rust) into Firefox. And Rust doesnt support PowerPC Macs. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] Thus making a port of any version *after* the inclusion of Rust increasingly (and pointlessly) difficult. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] Add on top of that the ever changing standards around HTTPS, which render browsers only a few years old effectively unable to use the modern web. Anyone who has tried to use Netscape recently knows what I mean. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] Again. Those changes are not because of CPU, RAM, or Operating System limitations. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] Purely artificial, forced constraints. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] This isnt a problem unique to PPC Macs. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] Similar problems exist with recent UNIX workstations, Windows 2000, and even Linux from only a FEW years back. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] In some cases these forced constraints and limitations are simply a failure of developers. In other cases it is a deliberate choice forced obsolescence. [14:33] schestowitz[TR2] Either way it makes me grumpy." ● May 01 [17:35] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● May 01 [19:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] " [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] You should be concerend about the megatonnes of fossil carbon that [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] 'business' travel pumps into the biopshere. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] That's recreational travel, which is a drop in the bucket compared to [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] the pollution caused by business travel. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] Recreational travel should avoid planes, but it is the business travel [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] which is burning the planet. " [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] S. Koreans meat-heavy diet carries bigger carbon cost than 10 return flights to Jeju, report finds https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreans-meat-heavy-diet-carries-bigger-carbon-cost-than-10-return-flights-to-jeju-report-finds [19:12] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.straitstimes.com | S. Koreans meat-heavy diet carries bigger carbon cost than 10 return flights to Jeju, report finds | The Straits Times [19:13] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [19:39] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● May 01 [20:49] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Fedora doesn't have to worry about "stable" or "long-term support" releases. It doesn't have them, because those things happen in other products: its downstream distributions. There's a new Fedora version twice a year, and each version only gets a year of updates. You're supposed to upgrade to a new version at least annually in other words, every alternate release. This means the proje [20:49] schestowitz[TR2] ct is free to include newer versions of its tens of thousands of sub-components, and indeed, major components often get upgraded to new versions during each Fedora release's six months as the current version.

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    The Fedora Linux 44 Release is Here!
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    Im excited to announce that Fedora Linux 44 is here! Keep reading to discover highlights of Fedora Linux 44, or if you are ready, just jump right in and give Fedora Linux 44 a try!

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    • [20:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | Fedora 44 is out countless versions of it The Register [20:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-fedoramagazine.org | The Fedora Linux 44 Release is Here! - Fedora Magazine ● May 01 [21:57] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● May 01 [22:01] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!)