●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, February 02, 2026 ●● ● Feb 02 [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Re: RSS News Feed Issue [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > Hi Roy, [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > Quick heads-up: we just noticed that the RSS imports from Techrights and [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > Tux Machines have stopped working on our end. Your feeds display [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > correctly in a browser, and other sites feeds are importing normally in [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > our RSS software, but these two are currently the only ones that show [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > valid items in preview yet import none and always report as up to date. [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > The practical result is that your content is not appearing on our News [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > Wire at the moment. If you change anything on your side that might [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > affect automated RSS fetching, Im happy to re-test; otherwise, well [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > leave our configuration as it is. If you decide to look into this, Ill [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > be happy to supply more information about what were seeing on our end; [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] > just let me know. [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] It looks like the problem may have been unicode in URLs. [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Can you please check now? [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftuxmachines.org%2Ffeed.xml [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://validator.w3.org/feed/check.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechrights.org%2Ffeed.xml [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Thanks for reporting the issue! [04:57] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-validator.w3.org | Feed Validator Results: http://tuxmachines.org/feed.xml [04:57] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-validator.w3.org | Feed Validator Results: http://techrights.org/feed.xml ● Feb 02 [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] > No change in our site. If I reenter your RSS URL it's validate and tell [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] > me how many items there are available. When I update the account with [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] > the "new" RSS URL, it goes through the motions of downloading without [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] > throwing an error code, but your file remains empty. When I hit "fetch," [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] > it messages that "Techrights is already up to date." We have like 180 [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] > RSS feeds in the News Wire and they're all working properly except [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] > Techrights and Tux Machines. Weird. [08:32] schestowitz[TR2] Thanks for this input. We'll check what happened and when that happened. I wonder if it could be some caching thing in WordPress plugins? ● Feb 02 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7 [09:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7 ) [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] "" [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Arvind Krishna. A visionary CEO [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] At a time when many legacy tech companies struggled to adapt, Arvind made the hard, visionary decisionsdoubling down on hybrid cloud, AI, and enterprise modernization rather than chasing hype. The Red Hat acquisition, the focus on open systems, and IBMs renewed relevance in mission-critical enterprise workloads didnt happen by accident. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] True leadership isnt about quarterly soundbitesits about positioning a 100+ year-old company for the next 100 years. Under Arvinds leadership, IBM has shown discipline, clarity, and long-term vision in an industry obsessed with shortcuts. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Thats what real CEOs do: make bold calls early, stay the course, and let results speak. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Arvind's entire focus is on quarterly financial engineering and PR soundbites. He doesn't have a strategic visionary bone in his entire body. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] 14 minutes ago by Anonymous [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cj+1kgdcc5k7 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] how much do you get paid to write this [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] obviously i picked the wrong field, physics [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] the problem is that if everyone is a propagandist [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] nothing ever gets made or created [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bh+1kgdcc5k7 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] IBM sc--ws employees. IBM management can eat sh-t. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @as+1kgdcc5k7 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] -7 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Armchair CEOs love to whine from the sidelines while having zero responsibility for steering a 100+ year-old enterprise through tectonic shifts in technology. They mistake nostalgia for strategy and noise for insight. Leading IBM isnt running a startup from a hoodie and a podcast micits making hard, often unpopular decisions that actually work. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Arvind didnt chase crypto fads, metaverse cosplay, or headline-friendly gimmicks. He focused on hybrid cloud, AI, open systems, and enterprise realitythe stuff real companies pay real money for. Thats not flashy. Thats called adult leadership. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] 10 hours ago by Anonymous [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] | 11 reactions (+2/-9) | Reply [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @aj+1kgdcc5k7 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] @OP: It is very tempting to respond to the garbage, you are spewing. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] No, I am not going to debunk your gibberish. It is so far from the truth, No one believes it. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] You sound like a member of the Indians tribe. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] 11 hours ago by Anonymous [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ah+1kgdcc5k7 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] +11 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] The only reason IBM "seems" to be doing ok now is because they sc--wed it's employees by getting rid of the 401k match and giving them the finger with an IOU. [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] 11 hours ago by Anonymous [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] | 11 reactions (+11/-0) | Reply [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ag+1kgdcc5k7 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] Nope [09:44] schestowitz[TR2] ' ● Feb 02 [11:16] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [11:40] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [13:13] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:17] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [15:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [15:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/g-125-description-amendments-amicus.html?showComment=1769943341704#c2063982454014910069 [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] " [15:55] schestowitz[TR2] I do not overlook the interpretation of G 1/24 by certain Boards of Appeal. I simply doubt whether "EPO-style" primacy of the claims is truly consistent with that decision. In essence, if that is true, then the word "consult" in the EBA's ruling has no substance or practical effect. That hardly seems plausible.

On the other hand, and given your insistence that" [15:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | G 1/25 (description amendments) amicus curiae: The battle lines are drawn - The IPKat ● Feb 02 [16:13] schestowitz[TR2] [16:13] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:13] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:13] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/01/g-125-description-amendments-amicus.html?showComment=1769950363909#c800886664385417517 [16:13] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | G 1/25 (description amendments) amicus curiae: The battle lines are drawn - The IPKat [16:13] schestowitz[TR2] "The EPO Register is now full to bursting with Amicus briefs filed in the last two days.

Notably, Apple's lawyers plead for adaptation. I can well imagine that the combination of Fashion Company Apple + EPO President + considerations of the EPO's duty to the common good and the public interest will weigh heavier on the EBA than all the multitude of Amici who urge the EBA to come down on the" ● Feb 02 [17:16] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [17:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:53] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 02 [18:13] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Feb 02 [19:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7 [19:52] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7 ) [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] " that statement is so funny given that the crone Ginny gave the Indian crook Alvind his chance (opportunity) to get to become CEO and Chairman of IBM. He promised a lot and he has delivered on getting the IBM share price to beyond $300 a share. But, other than that he's been a dismal FAILURE with nothing but Layoffs in the US and Europe while pretending that his Indians do a better job. Alvind talks a good game but he cannot deliv [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] er. Financial engineering at IBM triumphs again. [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dw+1kgdcc5k7 [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] -4 [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] Arvind is the leader IBM needed. After Ginny, we ended Quarter after Quarter od Declining revenue. [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+1/-5) | Reply [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dn+1kgdcc5k7 [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] @dd Well if that doesn't beat everything that has been written about the sc-mbucket and mothertrucker Arvind, I don't know what does. Maybe he will see fit to discuss this assertion and take a poll at his next Slack Chat with IBMers. LOL ! [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+6/-2) | Reply [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @df+1kgdcc5k7 [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] @cj Spot On ! Alvind is just another worthless Indian CEO who likes to show off that he knows more than he actually does, and that he is driving force behind the technologies of tomorrow. He talks a good game on the chat shows but there is no substance behind what he says about IBM. IBM descends into mediocrity and isn't anywhere to be considered one of the Top 10 technology companies. The situation is simply IBM executives playing [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] musical chairs on the sinking IBM Titanic. [19:53] schestowitz[TR2] "