●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, September 06, 2026 ●● ● Sep 06 [00:41] *KindOne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:42] *KindOne (~KindOne@23xffjdf3phbn.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 06 [02:42] schestowitz[TR2] "Dear SUEPO Berlin members, dear colleagues, [02:42] schestowitz[TR2] The following paper and flyer explain details about the Work-to-Rule action decided in secret ballot as part of the SUEPO Berlin action plan in January 2026. [02:42] schestowitz[TR2] Your SUEPO Local Bureau Berlin" ● Sep 06 [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1swrjs8 [04:56] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1swrjs8 ) [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Striking Similarities [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Does anyone else see a striking similarity between the leadership at the top of IBM and the current leadership of the United States? (I say this as an American, so it's not "some furriner bashing my country"): [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Both are led by apparent sociopaths with huge egos and no empathy [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] In both cases, the leader's inner circle has become populated with incompetent yes-men and toadies who will tell him what he wants to hear, and hide unpleasant truths. [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Actual subject matter experts in both organizations have either been driven out or have resigned on principle [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Wholesale workforce cuts have been carried out for alleged cost savings (RAs, Doge...) with no regard for actual operational needs [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Leadership in both organizations flits from one obsession to another (AI... Quantum... Immigration... Iran..) with no real understanding of the complexities involved. [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Each organization is, sadly, a troubled, fading shadow of a once-great thing that, while imperfect, was an overall benefit to humanity. [04:56] schestowitz[TR2] Anything else? [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] " [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Someday Mandarin (that's Chinese for you republican id--ts) will be not just the pu tong hua but the world's language! [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @as+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] @aq fa-t breath [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ar+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] CCP is the worlds enemy, no IBM technology for you to steal ha ha [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @aq+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] @af republican id--t. You are a sheep. Don't be-doverat IBM. LOL [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ap+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Trump cut China off from Venezuela oil and Panama Canal, China is a failed state led by a d-mb cartoon character Winnie the Pooh ha ha ha !!!! [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @af+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] the current dictator of the China fascist police state, Winnie the Pooh, is a failure like his buddy Putler in RuZZia who he sells all his cheap defective c-r-a-p too [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ae+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] China is banned from IBM, they're trying to steal Quantum stuff [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a7+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] china troll bot [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+4/-2) | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a5+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Completely agree with you. Trump may be a failed businessman - what he has "earned" since returning to office is indistinguishable from criminal behavior - but values are exactly the same as that of the tech bros, including failed ones such as Arvind. The only expertise they value is their own even (and especially) when they have none. [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | 7 reactions (+4/-3) | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a4+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] -5 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] troll bot, get a life [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] | 11 reactions (+3/-8) | Reply [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a2+1m1swrjs8 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] The slimy Indian and the orange man are two peas in a pod. [04:57] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 06 [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] was reading this, "IBM Eliminating Over 20,000 IBM Workers by Year's End, Insiders Claim" was unclear if they are laying off 20k for the year total, or another 20k starting from now.. [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] 20+20 [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] PIPed [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] so 20k for that next quarter? [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] well this quarter [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] 40k marked for exit [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] 15% [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] this quarter? [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] over time [05:01] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1gqc5k1 [05:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m1gqc5k1 ) ● Sep 06 [15:16] schestowitz[TR2]
  • State of the Map 2026

    Last week I attended this years State of the Map (SotM) in Paris, France, [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] OpenStreetMaps annual conference. [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] This was actually my first time making it to SotM since I started working with OSM data for [15:16] schestowitz[TR2] KDE Itinerary eight years or so ago.

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    • [15:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.volkerkrause.eu | State of the Map 2026 [15:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-2026.stateofthemap.org | State of the Map 2026 Paris [15:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.openstreetmap.org | OpenStreetMap [15:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-apps.kde.org | KDE Applications ● Sep 06 [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] "The long time Policy Fellow of the Software Freedom Conservancy (and past Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation), Bradley Kuhn, says that multiple Open Source organizations are corrupt (specifically calling out the Free Software Foundation, The Open Source Initiative, and the Linux Foundation). [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] [Linux Foundation] employees have literally got in trouble for having breakfast with me at [Linux Foundation] events. Like, seriously. [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] [Open Source Initiative and Linux Foundation] have a plurality of attention by folks outside of FOSS about what Open Source is, and that's a terrible problem because it makes FOSS look like primarily an industrial, rather than community, endeavor. [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] He also states that these stances (among others) have caused others within Open Source to attack him: [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] So many ghosted me, yelled at me so loud on the phone that it shook & fell off the table, called me a fascist, sent me copies of _1984_, threatened doxing, etc." ● Sep 06 [22:20] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-4at.ra8.a7lnth.IP) has joined #techbytes [22:23] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [22:35] *Disconnected (Connection timed out). [22:36] *Now talking on #techbytes [22:36] *Topic for #techbytes is: Welcome to the official channel of the TechBytes Audiocast [22:36] *Topic for #techbytes set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:21:34 2021