●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, June 02, 2025 ●● ● Jun 02 [03:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [03:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jwfr49jw [03:56] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jwfr49jw ) [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] "" [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/story/business%2Fcompanies%2Fai-effect-ibm-lays-off-8000-employees-of-hr-departments-worldwide-3562326 [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] Wow, 8000 inhuman resources. Bye bye you an-s holes. [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] 11 hours ago by Anonymous [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @n0+1jwfr49jw [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] IBM fu---d me right up the a-s and then said I was so old it didn't even get any pleasure from it. I feel so damn useless. [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @je+1jwfr49jw [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] I get laid most days, and enjoy it very time! [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] I will still get laid after I get laid off, so that is good! [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] Fu-k IBM! [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @hq+1jwfr49jw [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] EMEA, PIPed, which is the RA strategy for the region as we are not at will employees. Interested to know if others have been PIPed. [03:56] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:56] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.deccanherald.com | IBM Layoffs: IBM to cut 8000 jobs globally amid AI shift ● Jun 02 [04:45] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [04:49] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 02 [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] apparently the ballots have been counted but Poland is not yet releasing [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] the results. There has been a *lot* of election interference there so [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] it is likely that the Kremlin's candidate will come out ahead if the [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] results are not going to be cancelled. But they'd still have to address [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] the Kremlin's campaigns via the grip that social control media has on the [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] populace. [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] << quotew ● Jun 02 [06:24] *liberty_box (~liberty@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:24] *rianne (~rianne@jcfiaarnjjqje.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:24] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-v3a.5o5.hl01nn.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 02 [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.macworld.com/article/2791968/would-you-rather-pay-for-microsoft-365-forever-or-buy-microsoft-office-once.html [07:17] schestowitz[TR2] # m$ fears open formats and the vendor independence which they enable [07:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Would you rather pay for Microsoft 365 forever or buy Microsoft Office once? | Macworld [07:35] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [07:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [07:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jun 02 [08:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jun 02 [09:07] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 02 [10:52] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [10:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 02 [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Not coreutils [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > This appeared in a recent message of mine to the libreplanet list: [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] What article title would be most suitable, in your opinion? [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > for i in *.png; do pngtopam $i | pnmtojpeg >`basename $i .png`.jpg; done [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > Thank you for sharing the article with your readers. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] My pleasure. When we ran in the park 2 hours ago we mentioned you because we saw akita dog. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] :) [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > I wonder whether the title was appropriate. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] Maybe not, it can be changed, but maybe too late to make a difference. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > This for ... do ... done construct (=the framework) is Unix shell. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > Most users would execute within a bash session but other shells work too. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > It is possible to run this as a shell script. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > for i in * [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > do [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > ... [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > done [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > ` ... ` is also a shell construct. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > | and > are also shell features. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > The following are Netpbm utilities (image format converters): [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > pngtopam [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > pnmtojpeg [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] I always use convert in loops, from imagemagick. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > The basename utility is from GNU coreutils. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > (It gives you the file name with the suffix removed.) [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > I'd say that shell is most important. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > If you want to read a book about this, I recommend "The UNIX [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > Programming Environment" by Brian Kernigham and Rob Pike. [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > The following article is a short digest: [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Opening-the-software-toolbox.html [13:14] schestowitz[TR2] I am accustomed to Bash (the GNU one). It's universal enough that decades later "old" scripts still work. [13:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Connection timeout after 10000 ms ( status 0 @ https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Opening-the-software-toolbox.html ) ● Jun 02 [14:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [14:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 02 [17:18] *itech (~itech@mpngdb44f6kf4.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 02 [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-06/msg00000.html [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] "> > In addition, and perhaps more importantly, there is an acute shortage [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] > > of makefiles to use as study material. [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] > I was surprised when reading this when it is well known that there are [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] > so many Make files very easy to find. Did you try searching software [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] > repositories? [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] Yes. I looked through more than 100 source packages. [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] Most packages come with Makefile.am and Makefile.in which are used to [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] generate the makefile. The machine-generated makefile is not easy to [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] analyze. [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] This is a list of the source packages of major OS components: [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter03/packages.html [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] If you want more you can examine packages in this site: [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://ftp2.osuosl.org/pub/blfs/conglomeration/ [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] I think it is possible that I disagree with Mr. Jean Louis because I [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] do not regard Makefile.am and Makefile.in true makefiles. I also believe [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] that the machine-generated makefiles are not ideal for study. [18:15] schestowitz[TR2] As seen above I have been looking for makefiles to use as study material." 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