●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, February 06, 2026 ●● ● Feb 06 [00:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [00:39] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 06 [01:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgdcc5k7 [01:16] schestowitz[TR2] "Does the total of all 401k contributions, all medical insurance, all misc benefits equal to a near doubling of market cap ($150/sh-->$300/sh?)? A total of all employee salaries does not come close. Part of the price increase is probably a bubble and "financial engineering" as you call it. If "financial engineering" were that simple every CEO would double their stock under their watch. The reality is wall st (predominantly white am [01:16] schestowitz[TR2] erican male) likes layoffs and offshoring and consolidation and cost cutting. This has nothing to do with Alvind or India -- employees are chipmunks for sure in this game. Alvind must be doing something right from a business standpoint, perhaps in the short term. And finally IBM must have been doing a lot of things wrong in the past and course correction produced some good results. There are many examples, Ballmer's tenure ($40B fo [01:16] schestowitz[TR2] r yahoo, wanting to be an apple wannabee with nokia purchase, windows OS for phones etc) being a tech classic. Counting on legacy cobol revenue, wanting to recreate the world of 1960 and complaining about indians (chinese are actually kicking butt and are generally more tribal wrt hiring) is not a solution [01:57] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Feb 06 [02:06] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kcb99h722ua4g.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 06 [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] "On the agenda: Amicale framework & Financial assistance for courses [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] Dear Colleagues, [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] The General Consultative Committee (GCC) met by videoconference on 16 December 2025. The following items were on the agenda of the meeting and the CSC members of the GCC raised their concerns and tried to get further clarifications: [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] New governance framework for Amicale - for consultation GCC/DOC 26/2025 [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] Circ. 434: Financial assistance for courses taken outside the EPO. Update of the minimum threshold and maximum annual amount - for consultation GCC/DOC 27/2025 [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] In any other business, the CSC members in the GCC asked to be consulted as soon as possible on the new salary adjustment procedure and raised concerns over the risk of a further erosion of EPO salaries. [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] Read more in the GCC minutes. [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] The detailed opinions by the CSC members of the GCC are annexed to this paper. [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] Sincerely yours, [03:51] schestowitz[TR2] The Central Staff Committee - CSC" ● Feb 06 [04:31] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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[12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> Expect mobbing. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> It's normal. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > Normal is not enough. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > There are two cases of supernatural caught on camera in 2025. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > With any crowdfunding campaign, it would be good to have a few people [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > chip in just to break the ice and then other people will naturally [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > follow. As in public speaking, nobody ever wants to go first. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] I agree. [12:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh ) [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kfv37vnh [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> Keep on going. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> Expect mobbing. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] >> It's normal. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > Normal is not enough. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > There are two cases of supernatural caught on camera in 2025. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > With any crowdfunding campaign, it would be good to have a few people [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > chip in just to break the ice and then other people will naturally [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] > follow. As in public speaking, nobody ever wants to go first. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2] I agree. [12:45] schestowitz[TR2]
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    First beta for Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0
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    We have started the release process for the next feature release of Krita today! This release is the culmination of years of hard work. From the same codebase, we're building both Krita 5.3, based on Qt5, and Krita 6.0.0. based on Qt6. Krita 6 is not yet available for Android or ChromeOS because Qt6 is unstable on those platforms.

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    • [12:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-krita.org | First beta for Krita 5.3 and Krita 6.0 | Krita ● Feb 06 [14:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsbwe69 [14:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsbwe69 ) [14:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:21] schestowitz[TR2] The analogy in the post of IBM managing it's disparate businesses it has bought because it no longer makes things internally/organically to McDonald's is very spot on in my opinion. Micky D's used to have hot fresh burgers (think Five guys) but someone had the idea to take frozen patties and pre cook them and then hold them in warming trays with warm water until an order comes in. They taste like wet cardboard. So much like IBM "of [14:21] schestowitz[TR2] ferings" that are cheap, inferior, late, hard to use, expensive and perhaps most of all "supported" by people in countries 95% of people could not find on a map with low/no skills and English as a 4th language. [14:21] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Feb 06 [15:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [15:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 06 [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] He said no layoffs this Feb-March everyone is safe due to great earnings [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] d" [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] Office hours [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] AK made clear on feb office hours that 15-70-15 here to stay. Is this means 15% layoff every year in the form of PIP? [16:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsqzeab [16:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kgsqzeab ) [16:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [16:53] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Feb 06 [17:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Feb 06 [18:15] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 06 [19:06] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 06 [23:07] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [23:17] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [23:25] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-j7o.kqt.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techbytes