●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, March 06, 2025 ●● ● Mar 06 [01:18] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:23] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 06 [03:16] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 06 [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] DONE: [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > Hi. [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > xxxxxxxx contacted me. As well as multiple ppl on LinkedIn. [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > He sent over some information and theres like ongoing Request by him [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > because they suspended his membership, etc. [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > Are you interested in a story? He doesnt want to be the story Just [06:12] schestowitz[TR2] > contribute to the . By the way. ● Mar 06 [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] "FerretDB 2.0 Open-Source Document Database Goes GA" [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] openwashing https://linuxiac.com/ferretdb-2-0-open-source-document-database-goes-ga/ [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] # openwashing [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] "Rural hospitals in US need to invest at least $70 million in cybersecurity, Microsoft finds | The Record from Recorded Future News" [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] x https://therecord.media/rural-hospitals-need-millions-cyber [07:43] schestowitz[TR2] # m$ tco; m$ misrepresented as an authority; marketing as "security" [07:43] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | FerretDB 2.0 Open-Source Document Database Goes GA [07:43] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-therecord.media | Rural hospitals in US need to invest at least $70 million in cybersecurity, Microsoft finds | The Record from Recorded Future News [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] "University of Michigan part of $50M research push from Scam Altmans OpenAI - mlive.com" [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/university-of-michigan-part-of-50m-research-push-from-sam-altmans-openai.html [07:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-University of Michigan part of $50M research push from Sam Altmans OpenAI - mlive.com [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] "University of Michigan part of $50M research push from Scam Altmans OpenAI - mlive.com" [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/03/university-of-michigan-part-of-50m-research-push-from-sam-altmans-openai.html [07:49] schestowitz[TR2] # m$ entryism ● Mar 06 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:45] schestowitz[TR2]
  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: #46: Adding arm64 to r2u

    Welcome to post 46 in the $R^4 series!

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    r2u, introduced less [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] than three years ago in post [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] #37, has become a runaway success. When I last tabulated downloads [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] in early January, we were already at 33 million downloads of binary CRAN packages across the three [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] Ubuntu LTS releases we support. These were exclusively for the amd64 [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] platform of standard (Intel or AMD made) x64_64 cpus. Now we are happy [09:45] schestowitz[TR2] to announce that arm64 support has been added and is available!

    • [09:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [09:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [09:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-eddelbuettel.github.io | CRAN as Ubuntu Binaries - r2u [09:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-dirk.eddelbuettel.com | Thinking inside the box [09:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-cran.r-project.org | The Comprehensive R Archive Network ● Mar 06 [10:03] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [10:05] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 06 [12:39] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:41] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:53] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:59] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Mar 06 [13:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:21] psydruid at last ● Mar 06 [15:10] *Received a CTCP VERSION from Harambe [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnkyjyz7 [15:11] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnkyjyz7 ) [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] " [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] In the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, IBM cared about quality. Then greed took hold. Ever since it's been downhill quality and innovation and uphill free cashflow (= downhill # of US employees). Hiring marketing writers from India is the best example of how much IBM cares about quality in their marketing materials. It's a shame considering the quality of the 8-bar logo and all the Eames' fine work for IBM. The shareholder is king now, mos [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] tly because they're gifting execs with stock instead of cash so it doesn't look like the C-suite is getting 100 times the avg. IBMer salary. [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] 5 minutes ago by Been there, done that [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dj+1jnkyjyz7 [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] no buyouts. best to hope for is an extended time to search for 'internal jobs' which won't be there. Look at the internal job listings then go to the public help wanted. 4005 jobs in India Rest of world about 25% of India numbers. [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+0/-1) [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @d8+1jnkyjyz7 [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] Alvind and the Pipmunks have their backs to the wall and trying to find a way out....but there simply might not be one this time, except to fire more senior employees, starting with those well paid executives. The party is over for more geos, but the Indian circus continues. And Trump is he-l bent on cutting down the size of the US Government, and Alvind hasn't paid "Mr Cofefe" his bribes (called fees) to continue playing at the Fe [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] deral Government Projects table. The perfect storm in a teacup. [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+1/-1) [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @d0+1jnkyjyz7 [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] I saw the last T&O all hands. They were bragging about free cash flow [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] Do you think theyll offer voluntary separation? Ive been with the company only 10 years but Im over 40 [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] Anyone know if IBM does that ? [15:11] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Mar 06 [16:00] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:01] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:27] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [16:53] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 06 [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] as a follow up to this: [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/06/FreeBSD_Foundation_is_Trying_to_Improve_Laptop_Support_But_It_H.shtml [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] there is this: [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/quasiblog/git-no-forge/ [17:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:54] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights FreeBSD Foundation is Trying to Improve "Laptop Support", But It Has Outsourced Everything to Microsoft Proprietary Software [17:54] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.chiark.greenend.org.uk | Git without a forge ● Mar 06 [21:57] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)