●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, April 05, 2023 ●● ● Apr 05 [00:56] schestowitz[TR] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/linuxjobs/2023-March/001376.html [00:56] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-mailman.lug.org.uk | [linuxjobs] Senior Engineer roles at Sirius [00:56] schestowitz[TR] "Sirius was founded in 1998 (the year of the great renaming!) and from humble beginnings has grown to serve household name clients in Government, Private Sector, and Education around the world, with our main focus in America and the UK. You can read more here if you havent heard of us before (https://www.siriusopensource.com). We even provide Open Source services and support to the IETF, were that dedicated to excellence in wh [00:56] schestowitz[TR] at we do. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] The latest vacancy in our UK business is for a Senior Open Source Engineer. Youll be based in the UK, but will work with Sirius clients around the World. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Heres the Job Description: [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Job Summary: [00:56] schestowitz[TR] You are looking for the opportunity to change the world through Open Source, and want to find the right company to call 'home to do that from! Come and join Sirius, on a mission to drive Linux and Open Source into the heart of Businesses, Governments, and Organizations everywhere. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] You will rapidly become a key player in the company, working with other passionate and dedicated individuals, associates, F/L/OSS core teams, and other Open Source partners to really show what the skills you have developed over the years can do, and to unleash the power of Open Source everywhere you go, and on every system you touch. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Essential Functions: [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Applicants will have an outstanding track record of applying contemporary knowledge of prevalent Open Source technologies to build business systems that turn customers into raving fans! From design through to production deployment, you can explain how you did it, including solving support and maintenance issues. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * The chosen applicant will become a Lead Engineer in Deployment and System Integration Projects*, working harmoniously with teammate Engineers and specialist Associates. You will deliver to SOW, passing UAT and meeting AC. (* Including Linux, PostgreSQL, OpenLDAP, Shibboleth, Webstack (LAMP/NGINX/Drupal/etc.), Mailman, Moodle, Squid, Samba, AWS, Terraform, Ansible and Jenkins). [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Candidates must also be willing to serve as Support escalation points for our Helpdesk Operators. Operating as 2nd (and, where possible, 3rd) line Support to resolve issues, closing tickets within SLA and with customers delighted approval. Will require occasional on-call availability. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Candidates will be adept Consultants, able to deliver sound and accurate advice that empowers customers to successfully introduce, or expand the use of, Open Source software into their proprietary, open, or hybrid technology environments. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Successful applicants will periodically work with our Sales Executives as Technical Presales experts. Presales include credible and authoritative supporting discussions with prospective customers, and measurably concise and intelligible technical copy for Proposals. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * You will also help Sirius with our own infrastructure - designing, implementing, maintaining and administering the software stack the company runs on. Sirius must remain an outstanding example, and benchmark, of running a successful business on Free and Open Source Software. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Candidates will need great communication skills, verbal (including phone manner) and written, measured by your ability to collect, diagnose, and convey information precisely and concisely to both technical and non-technical customers and colleagues. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Applicants must be willing to follow all Company Policies, and standard, documented, processes and procedures. Following knowledge-base instructions to perform regular and scheduled tasks (e.g. DevOps, configuration management, deployment and maintenance) is part of the Sirius Way. If you are really good, you can help us write them! [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Knowledge and experience with Policy, Process and Procedures in a Corporate environment, including relevant industry best practice standards such as ITIL, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and GDPR, is an advantage. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * The chosen applicant will adroitly collaborate with other Engineers, Developers, DevOps, Helpdesk and Support Team, Management, and, of course, Customers. You will rapidly establish gung-ho relationships with your colleagues and Sirius associates, working together to turn customers into raving fans! [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Sirius is proud of its coaching, mentoring and training culture, and the successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a history of doing the same. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] * Technical writing skills are a definite plus - writing documentation and keeping legacy documentation relevant and up to date. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Salary Range: 60-90k starting salary, depending on skills and experience. This is a senior position. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Location of Office: We gave up our office due to lack of use during the pandemic. We are a 100% remote working company these days. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Remote Working Policy: As above - we are completely remote working! [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Out of hours / on call expectations: We provide service 24/7/365 out of the USA and UK (for EMEA), and successful applicants will need to be willing to do occasional our-of-hours and escalation duties. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] If any of this looks interesting to you, or to anyone you know with outstanding Linux and F/L/OSS skills - please get in touch with me direct. [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Warm regards to all, [00:56] schestowitz[TR] Mark" [00:56] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.siriusopensource.com | Welcome to Sirius Open Source | Sirius Open Source ● Apr 05 [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > Hi Roy [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > I have started a complaint with standard life. [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > I gave them them the number xxx which you gave me as the 'scheme [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > number' I thought that meant the number for all of us on the sirius scheme [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > They have sent me back a password protected pdf which they said the [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > password was the scheme number, I've brute forced it and it came back [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > xxxx so I am wondering if someone has got mixed up or If i gave them [01:05] schestowitz[TR] > your scheme number and have now worked out my own. [01:05] schestowitz[TR] Hi, [01:05] schestowitz[TR] I'm no expert at this (I learn as I go along), but the way they arrange it, the company has a scheme number acting as umbrella for pertinent staff. [01:05] schestowitz[TR] It's very good that you opened a complaint. It'll force their hand. [01:05] schestowitz[TR] At this point I think they just seriously worry about being held accountable/liable. We need to keep pushing. Don't let them tire you down (this is what they wanted all along). [01:05] schestowitz[TR] Kind regards, ● Apr 05 [02:07] schestowitz[TR] "Dear colleagues, [02:07] schestowitz[TR] On 29 March 2023, 162 colleagues from The Hague participated in the hybrid General Assembly held by the Local staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH). [02:07] schestowitz[TR] As a result: [02:07] schestowitz[TR] The election rules were adopted with 104 votes in favour, 11 against and 11 abstentions; and [02:07] schestowitz[TR] The electoral committee was nominated with 104 votes in favour, 3 against and 10 abstentions and is composed of: Ansgar Wansing, Cinzia Rossi, Eric Siebel, Louis Guastavino, Norddin Amghar, Paloma Sevillano Rodriguez, Roberto Righetti. [02:07] schestowitz[TR] Following the discussion during the General Assembly, an amended wording of the second sentence of Article 22 of the draft election rules as sent to staff on 28 March 2023 was proposed for adoption: Should two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes the order of their inclusion on the list shall be in decreasing order of seniority in the EPO. [02:07] schestowitz[TR] We thank all the colleagues who participated with a special mention for the colleagues who volunteered to be part of the electoral committee." [02:09] schestowitz[TR] "Dear SUEPO members, dear colleagues, [02:09] schestowitz[TR] With regards to the Education and Childcare Reform, it is time for some of you to file yet another Request for Review (RfR) challenging the lack of reimbursement of the school transportation costs (e.g. bus fee). Parents concerned have received the invoice(s) from the transportation company, requested already the reimbursement to the Office and received a negative reply to their request. [02:09] schestowitz[TR] In this case, we have prepared a RfR template that can be adapted to your personal situation. In attachment you will find the following documents: [02:09] schestowitz[TR] the instructions on how to file the RfR [02:09] schestowitz[TR] the RfR template [02:09] schestowitz[TR] the common annexes [02:09] schestowitz[TR] Please remember to meet your specific deadline i.e. within 3 months of the negative decision. [02:09] schestowitz[TR] We would also like to take this opportunity to remind the parents, who have not done so, of their rights to claim the reimbursement of any school costs within the school calendar year 22/23. " [02:37] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:43] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@nqkitbgnqjad4.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 05 [03:19] schestowitz[TR] Reading your comments in this thread, ... http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/03/g-221-did-invention-as-originally.html?showComment=1680614044699#c3082760153482844067 [03:19] schestowitz[TR] Mr Thomas:

Reading your comments in this thread, I cannot help but feel some of the same frustration that occasionally spills over in comments from other participants here.

Every time this topic comes up for debate you simply repeat your mantra about Article 84, second sentence. But nobody, absolutely nobody, here is advocating for the abolition of that sentence, or for it to be ignored. They are simply advocat [03:19] schestowitz[TR] ing a different interpretation of it.

Simply repeating your mantra is not helping to further the debate. What we want to understand better is why you feel that your interpretation of Article 84 is the right one. Simply repeating that, in effect, "it is right because I say so, and I declare that there is nothing more to say" is not conducive to moving the debate forwards.

I must also express my [03:19] schestowitz[TR] frustration that, rather than engaging in good faith with any of the points raised by others, virtually every one of your comments engages in evasion by seeking to change the subject, going off on a tangent, imputing bad motives to people who disagree with you, turning into a finger-wagging lecture, or resorting to a pronouncement ex officio that the debate is closed.

Perhaps this passes for an acceptable standard [03:19] schestowitz[TR] of debate in political circles, and maybe even within the upper circles of the EPO, but I personally had hoped that higher standards might prevail here. [03:19] schestowitz[TR] [03:19] schestowitz[TR] [03:19] schestowitz[TR] Dear Proof of the pudding,

My reply will be very short: the day national courts will be forced to take into account what has been said or decided by the EPO and its boards of appeal, pigs will fly. The same applies in the other direction.

National courts can adopt the views of the boards or they cannot agree with them and leave them aside. There are even national courts claiming that they appl [03:19] schestowitz[TR] y the case law of the EBA, but do exactly the opposite in the same breath!

I am still awaiting to see one decision of a national court which corresponds to the fears you refer to.

The analogy with the fears of British representatives about the limitations induced by reference signs in the claims is flagrant.

Art 84, second sentence, requires consistency between the claims as granted and/or maintaine [03:19] schestowitz[TR] d. What is there wrong with this?

We are really turning in circles. It does not bring anything to continue discussing this topic. The topic was already exhausted when discussing T 3097/19 in the present and in another blog.
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    Building a capable robot is only half of the battle. To take advantage of that robot, youll need a good way to control it. When it makes sense, you can pre-program movements. But when you want to control a robot in real time, you need suitable controller. Conventional joysticks and gamepads dont translate well to robot arm movement, which is why Jelle Vermandere built a miniature robo [06:59] schestowitz[TR] t arm to control a larger robot arm.

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    At risk of repeating myself, here's a brief intro to this article. I got meself a new laptop, one Slimbook Titan. Then, I spent some time configuring it, tested software and some games, and now we're here, tweaking and having fun. Thus, I need to make the system robust and resilient, and that means backups.

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    Of all the things you will ever do on a computer, having a proven, reliable backup strategy is the most important one. Without backups, you're at the mercy of silicon, solder and plastic going bust. My Titan comes with two hard disks, two 1TB NVMe drives to be more precise. The first one is used for the operating system. The second hasn't even been formatted just yet. We will do that now. A [07:38] schestowitz[TR] nd then some.

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    No bullsh*t opt-out: Free noyb tool for quick and broad Facebook objections is now online!
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    As reported last week, Meta switched the legal basis for targeting advertising from one illegal practice to the next: Instead of giving users a yes / no option ("consent") as foreseen by the GDPR, Meta now (unlawfully) claims to have legitimate interest in tracking users and allows for an "opt-out" via the most complicated online form imaginable. Therefore, noyb built a tool f [07:54] schestowitz[TR] or users to opt out of targeted advertising and various other claims made by Meta in an easy and legally sound way.

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    I have two main concerns with the Earth4All population projection. Firstly, it uses GDP per person as the main driver of fertility levels. Secondly, it is even worse at describing recent reality than the UNs model. Together, these issues place it firmly in the realm of fairy tale.

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    The topic of this blog post is not directly related to red teaming (which is my usual go-to), but something I find important personally. Last month, I gave an info session at a local elementary school to highlight the risks of public sharing of childrens pictures at school. They decided that instead of their photos being publicly accessible, changes would be implemented to restrict acces [08:16] schestowitz[TR] s to a subset of people. However, there are many more instances of excessive sharing of information online; photographers portfolios, youth/sports clubs, sharenting on social media, etc.

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    • [08:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.nviso.eu | An Innocent Picture? How the rise of AI makes it easier to abuse photos online. NVISO Labs ● Apr 05 [09:00] *geert (~geert@bvw2wmpswttbc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 05 [10:09] schestowitz[TR] my ip address got blocked from my own site 6+ hours ago, it was oversensitive to me checking email accounts, i was hoping by now it would clear (2, 4., 6 hours) [10:16] schestowitz[TR] "thanks, can you let me know your IP address, click here : https://findip.co/" [10:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-What is my IP address - catalyst2 [10:16] schestowitz[TR] "I've unblocked and whitelisted your IP address, so will be fine now" [10:17] schestowitz[TR] Excellent, thank you! [10:57] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:59] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 05 [11:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [11:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [11:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 05 [12:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [12:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [12:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 05 [13:39] schestowitz[TR] "Liebe Mitglieder, [13:39] schestowitz[TR] [13:39] schestowitz[TR] die IGEPA Berlin ist Teil des europischen Gewerkschaftsverbandes Union Syndicale Fdrale (USF) mit Sitz in Brssel. [13:39] schestowitz[TR] [13:39] schestowitz[TR] Gem Artikel 8 des USF-Statuts tritt alle vier Jahre der Kongress der USF (deren oberstes Organ) zusammen. Er findet vom 6. bis zum 9. Mai 2023 in Alicante statt. [13:39] schestowitz[TR] [13:39] schestowitz[TR] Der Vorstand der IGEPA Berlin hat als Teilnehmer benannt: [13:39] schestowitz[TR] [13:39] schestowitz[TR] - Alfred Exner, [13:39] schestowitz[TR] - Peter Kempen, [13:39] schestowitz[TR] - Christian Schffler. [13:39] schestowitz[TR] [13:39] schestowitz[TR] Weitere Informationen sind auf der USF-Webseite und von den genannten Teilnehmern erhltlich. [13:39] schestowitz[TR] [13:39] schestowitz[TR] Der Vorstand der IGEPA Berlin" ● Apr 05 [14:28] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:28] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:31] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:33] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 05 [15:09] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:11] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:24] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:26] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:52] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:52] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:56] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 05 [16:00] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 05 [17:28] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:38] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:54] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [17:56] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 05 [20:17] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:19] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:53] *Noisytoot has quit (Quit: ZNC 1.8.2 - https://znc.in) [20:55] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes