●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, November 06, 2025 ●● ● Nov 06 [00:42] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:46] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:54] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:54] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:58] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:59] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 06 [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] I think the EU Commission has made it clear it won't allow patent monopoly rights to mess up the plant variety rights system, i.e. they don't want overlapping rights in for such innovations, and therefore patent monopoly rights need to be cut back whenever they are in danger of interfering with the plant variety rights system. The EPO has clearly understood this, and its case law in this area needs to be [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k98ba427 [03:00] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k98ba427 ) [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] "" [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] you are a bigoted id--t [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] 49 minutes ago by Anonymous [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ff+1k98ba427 [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] @OP I wouldnt go to India if you paid me. The amount of showers needed once back home would offset the cost with my water bills [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+0/-1) | Reply [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @f8+1k98ba427 [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] @c5 I do not know about the red light places but I do know for a fact that people attended weddings and stopped over some beach towns on company dime. [03:00] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:03] schestowitz[TR2] Thank your h1b ceo for the layoffs [03:03] schestowitz[TR2] " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9b689t6 [03:03] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9b689t6 ) [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] You're welcome, now do the needful and join the rest of the Dinobabies with the December 4 exit! [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] 18 minutes ago by GinniBlowsArvind [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ak+1k9b689t6 [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] Dont blame the H1B. The blame sits squarely on the American managers who travel all the time to attend meetings and get to know the India teams. [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] Take away that perk and see how many will no longer have a purpose here. [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+1/-2) | Reply [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a8+1k9b689t6 [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] -3 [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] We do the needful. Kindly RTO promptly [03:04] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Nov 06 [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > Roy, [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > Would Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders's new book REWIRING DEMOCRACY: [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > be a good fit for Tech Rights? [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > I'd be happy to send you a complimentary review copy if you're [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > interested in checking it out. [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] > Jessica [04:55] schestowitz[TR2] Can you please make that a physical copy? [04:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-mitpress.mit.edu | Rewiring Democracy ● Nov 06 [07:46] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Nov 06 [08:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:16] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@7h7y9yu8y5zjw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 06 [09:47] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Nov 06 [11:10] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [11:13] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [11:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 06 [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Richard Michael Stallman (RMS) "IBM presently has 2,840 job openings in India, 376 in the US, 228 in Japan, 225 in the Philippines, 127 in the UK, 112 in Canada, and 96 in Mexico." [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Fantasy Football (RA) List [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Let's crowdsource the next RA list for IBM. I will start: [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Arvind [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Rob [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Nickle [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Ric [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Dinesh [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Joanne [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Kareem [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] who care what you think either, IBM India HR loser ? [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] 18 minutes ago by Anonymous [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a5+1k9chw68s [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] @OP how could you miss the educationally challenged James Kavanaugh from the list ? [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] 19 minutes ago by Anonymous [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a4+1k9chw68s [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] I will add, my manager, a useless, racist POS. [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] 24 minutes ago by Anonymous [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a3+1k9chw68s [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] -2 [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] And no one cares. You will be forgotten 2 days later. Please keep that in mind during next 30 days [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:00] schestowitz[TR2] Jim Cramer [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9cnjcte [13:54] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9cnjcte ) [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] This is a very good article, albeit painful to read: [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] "Layoffs at International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) will not help it lead in artificial intelligence. IBM has a history of letting opportunities to lead pass it by, and now it is no longer relevant." [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] Hey remember when Watson was going to cure cancer?? What a joke, and what a joke of a company: [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] "IBMs only bright future is to be bought by a larger company and be part of someone elses success." [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] Amen. [13:54] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Nov 06 [14:34] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9chw68s [14:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9chw68s ) [14:34] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:34] schestowitz[TR2] Gary Cohn Vice Chairman and all of the BOD board of directors. [14:34] schestowitz[TR2] On another note I cannot even imagine what looks to be the future of Arvind going out with a Gerstner like taking of I dunno $200,000,000 sound about right? AND THEN...wait for it Robbie (I AM THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORD NOT ACTOR JONATHAN GOLDSTEIN FROM DOS EQUIS) Thomas stepping in as CEO. This is like the Twilight Zone. [14:34] schestowitz[TR2] What IBM SHOULD do but NEVER will is roll out the red carpet and $50,000,000 to billionaire AMD CEO Lisa Su and try and get her onboard. She is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And was The G Man Gerstner's TA tech asst for a year at IBM. [14:34] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Nov 06 [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9be79ck [15:29] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9be79ck ) [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] "AK is a dinosaur too, and also an incompetent Tamil ja----s. [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] 9 minutes ago by Anonymous [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ch+1k9be79ck [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] AK said: No more dinosaurs [15:29] schestowitz[TR2] " [15:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Nov 06 [16:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 06 [17:30] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@yu29f4abyrsnc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 06 [21:56] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Nov 06 [22:45] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [22:49] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@4fqyq57tpudzs.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 06 [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9cnjcte [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] I think you say the same thing about AOL. [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+1/-4) | Reply [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @as+1k9cnjcte [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] is the Baton Rouge CIC doing layoffs? [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+2/-1) | Reply [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ak+1k9cnjcte [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] -3 [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] Old news. [23:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k988h0d3 [23:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k988h0d3 ) [23:20] schestowitz[TR2] "I am not an IBMer, but you have to realize IBM has been doing this for decades. Even if you weren't let go, you need to do a couple of things during your working years to survive. Invest in the stock market long term. Don't yank the money out after it climbs and don't yank it out when the market crashes. Over time, it always rises. No matter how rich you are from your big paychecks, don't live like you make it. A 10 year old car i [23:20] schestowitz[TR2] n good working order beats a new fancy car with a car payment. Keeping up with the neighbors only brings stress from over extending yourself financially. As soon as possible, get debt free. Lastly, develop a skill outside of your career so when you do lose your job you can find one fast that pays the bills until you can find one in your line of work. If that still exists. I've known upper management types who never thought they wou [23:20] schestowitz[TR2] ld lose their jobs ending up at the corner convenience store because after years of unemployment they still couldn't find a management job. Another, who was a wiz programmer became a long haul trucker and kept his income close to what he had been making. He didn't have to sell his house or go into debt." [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9chw68s [23:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9chw68s ) [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] "is Adashok the guy who is going to the Middle East to scr-w camels ? That is so disgusting ! [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] Then again, preverts come in all shapes and sizes. just look at Jeffrey Epstein. [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] 37 minutes ago by Anonymous [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bz+1k9chw68s [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] Needs waste of space Jonathan Adashock added to the list. [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bq+1k9chw68s [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] @az Yeah, what was the IBM board thinking when they elected to give the Chairman and CEO jobs to the incompetent Arvind Krishna, instead of Lisa Su ? Were they high on something ? [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] Lisa Su has brains which she uses, Krishna only has Vindaloo in his pants. The same can be said for pretty much all the useless VPs and SVPs at IBM. [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b3+1k9chw68s [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] @ae when Lisa came into AMD as CEO the stock price was $2.70. Today about $237. That is an 8600% increase. Any more questions? [23:21] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9bq9sw0 [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] "Sorry, not understanding. What had to be delivered by Tuesday? Layoff notifications? So if one has NOT been notified in US and Canada as of Thursday, they are not impacted? [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] 35 minutes ago by Anonymous [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dd+1k9bq9sw0 [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Not in US and Canada. They had to be delivered on Tuesday with a few exceptions/persimmons (Vacation, travel, sick) [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] In other markets 3 weeks to go [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @d4+1k9bq9sw0 [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] is the baton rouge CIC doing layoffs? [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9bq9sw0 ) [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9dhkdvt [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] "You should take the coffee maker. Or the microwave. [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] 34 minutes ago by Anonymous [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a8+1k9dhkdvt [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Band 10 [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] F&O [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Never been on a Pip [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] 3 months severance [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] 24 years 11 months and I just missed the quarter century club [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] 53 minutes ago by Anonymous [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a6+1k9dhkdvt [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Go for it!!! The Execs have been plundering and pillaging this company for years, to the tune of HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of $$$! [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] So why shouldn't you at least pillage a few cheap yellow Post-it notepads??? Nab some printer paper while you're at it too. [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9dhkdvt ) [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] Souvenirs [23:22] schestowitz[TR2] So now that I'm being RAed, methinks it's time to think of IBM as a stationery store with danish, as Seinfeld once said. After all, I could use some extra Sharpies and sticky notes at home. [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] "Great, so go work in India. No one owes you a job here [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9bz3eynhttps://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9bz3eyn [23:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9bz3eynhttps://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9bz3eyn ) [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9dn97rh [23:24] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9dn97rh ) [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] " [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] If you are a sales executive and closing deals for IBM, it is unlikely. [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] If not closing deals worth at least 5-10 times your base pay, then yes. [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] 13 minutes ago by Anonymous [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a3+1k9dn97rh [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] @OP You do if you're not doing the nasty with Rob the Slob [23:24] schestowitz[TR2] "