●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, September 02, 2024 ●● ● Sep 02 [02:41] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/quick-automated-r-package-development-workflow-assuming-youre-using-macos-or-linux-part2/ [02:41] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/08/quick-automated-r-package-development-workflow-assuming-youre-using-macos-or-linux-part2/ [02:41] schestowitz[TR2] # site is still getting hit by *astroturfers* from m$ [02:41] schestowitz[TR2] # note the fake disclaimer in the Part2 link [02:41] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Quick/automated R package development workflow (assuming youre using macOS or Linux) Part2 | R-bloggers ● Sep 02 [08:59] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.4 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Sep 02 [09:15] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 02 [12:17] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:17] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Sep 02 [13:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [13:56] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 02 [16:26] schestowitz[TR2] Still waiting for new uploads in https://www.youtube.com/@FreeSWITCH [16:26] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-FreeSWITCH - YouTube [16:35] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 02 [17:17] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Sep 02 [20:53] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.4 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Sep 02 [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ui0dOLz [22:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ui0dOLz ) [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] " [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] I suspect this decision was a long time coming. IBM and China have had a 30 year relationship that has weathered the political ups and downs over those 30 years. The four major tipping points most likely have been [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] Chinas inward focus on buying Chinese products which greatly disadvantages foreign suppliers [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] Indias cost advantage, as Chinese labor has doubled vs Indias labor over the last 10 years. [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] Chinas treatment of IP vs Indias. China has a state view of IP whereas India has an private (trademark) view of IP [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] Chinas declining IBM revenue profile (see number 1 above) vs Indias continued increasing revenue profile. In general, Companies invest where revenue is increasing. When revenue stalls, so does employment. When revenue declines so does employment. [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+2/-4) [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @1clf+1ui0dOLz [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] @1rdh [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] Not only this but someone pointed out elsewhere in the comments ( @vhw) that it takes as many as 6 Indian Engineers to do the work of 4 in the US. Where is the efficiency in all this ? It's all about a corrupt Indian CEO running IBM and his bloated Indian bureaucracy who get the most holidays and turn out the least work output. [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] It's about making a profit for the IBM company at the end of the day, not sitting back in arrogance to bring your countrymen into the company and provide them with H1B visas to the US on some pretext or the other. If you have to push a lot of them out to streamline the business, then you need to do so. The needs of the business demand efficiency. The IBM CFO needs to be held accountable for failing to do the job he was put into pla [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] ce to do, as his focus is clearly elsewhere, not on generating results for shareholders. [22:46] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 02 [23:15] *rsheftel1435 has quit (*.net *.split) [23:15] *schestowitz-TR has quit (*.net *.split) [23:15] *rianne has quit (*.net *.split) [23:16] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-01u.ra8.a7lnth.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:16] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [23:16] *rsheftel1435 (~rsheftel@freenode-ims.ilv.1cipql.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:21] *schestowitz-TR has quit (*.net *.split) [23:21] *rsheftel1435 has quit (*.net *.split) [23:21] *rianne has quit (*.net *.split) [23:21] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-01u.ra8.a7lnth.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:21] *schestowitz-TR (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [23:21] *rsheftel1435 (~rsheftel@freenode-ims.ilv.1cipql.IP) has joined #techbytes [23:41] schestowitz[TR2] > [23:41] schestowitz[TR2] > It is Labor Day long weekend in the US [23:41] schestowitz[TR2] > [23:41] schestowitz[TR2] > Some people take the whole week as a vacation [23:41] schestowitz[TR2] I hope to have that video archives soon :-) [23:42] schestowitz[TR2] "Oh, it would help if I attached the file"