●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, October 07, 2025 ●● ● Oct 07 [00:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 07 [01:31] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:37] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kpkpy434dfgzc.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:37] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:38] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@kpkpy434dfgzc.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:47] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Oct 07 [02:05] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-md3.o22.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 07 [06:56] schestowitz[TR2] " [06:56] schestowitz[TR2] gemini.techrights.org/n/2025/10/07/Richard_Stallman_Confirms_His_Talk_in_Goteborg_This_Coming_Frid.gmi [06:56] schestowitz[TR2] The RMS post doesn't make a lot of sense. Also the body of the post [06:56] schestowitz[TR2] ought to mention the date if not also the time and who to contact. [06:56] schestowitz[TR2] Or who the organizer is. [06:56] schestowitz[TR2] As is, it is kind of two tweets on different topics packed into one. [06:56] schestowitz[TR2] "\ ● Oct 07 [08:37] *Disconnected (Connection reset by peer). [08:38] *Now talking on #techbytes [08:40] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-md3.o22.de6qkt.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 07 [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] "A new way forward: SaaS as a zero-trust enabler" [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] x https://fedscoop.com/a-new-way-forward-saas-as-a-zero-trust-enabler/ [09:12] schestowitz[TR2] # lies [09:12] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-A new way forward: SaaS as a zero-trust enabler | FedScoop [09:23] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Releases like Leap 16 can be used for aviation tracking and it is one of several use cases for the distribution.

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    GIMP 3.0.6 Officially Released with Bug Fixes and UI Improvements
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    Among the most visible improvements are better slider usability, fixes for crashes related to text outlines, improved transparency handling, and new theme color support for brush, font, and palette dockables.

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    • [12:40] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | GIMP 3.0.6 Officially Released with Bug Fixes and UI Improvements ● Oct 07 [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6z5jb5p [13:38] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6z5jb5p ) [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] OMG then she comes home and makes tea and watches CNBC! after walking the dogs? Oh and this is VERY IMPORTANT; "I plan my outfits over the weekend so I don't need to think about it in the morning." [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] Oh Wow when she is in NYC she tries REALLY hard to get to the IBM office by 8:30! And wait for it..."Breakfast is a must for me, and I usually grab a smoothie or anything egg-sandwich-related on my way in. I'm a vegetarian, so I've got to get that protein somehow.". And she walks around the loop of the office!! [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] And this nugget; she keeps mtgs to 20 minutes (what can you get done in 20 minutes?!) and un planned issues can throw her whole day off?! WTF?! [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] "Working on her laptop can be tedious and challenging". So she walks around to people's desks and interrupts them with her cup of water. [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] It just keeps getting better. "She is a big decorator" for her desk. She gets a desk while we get nothing. She made a calendar! And keeps he speaking engagement mtgs badges! And keeps a poster from CEOs who signed it after IBM invested in them. Whoopie! [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] Falling out of my chair now. She makes and brings her own lunch!? And on IBM's time practices sign language?! We have no time to go to the bathroom! [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] This article would make AN AWESOME SNL Saturday Night Live skit but other than that total BS fluff! C'MON IBM BE GREAT AGAIN AND STOP PROMOTING PEOPLE LIKE THIS!!! [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-fontaine-26a94b1ab/" [13:39] schestowitz[TR2] " [13:39] schestowitz[TR2] Ridiculous Work Life Balance article from VC at IBM [13:39] schestowitz[TR2] Alvind's Pipmunks were trying to say that their featured VC id--t has a work life balance. Oh, really ?" [13:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 999 @ https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-fontaine-26a94b1ab/ ) [13:45] schestowitz[TR2]
  • Good. Thank you, both. It is clearer now. If I n...
    Good. Thank you, both. It is clearer now. If I now see it right, at the EPO, the word "intermediate" seems to mean "a level of generalisation located somewhere between the various levels of generalisatio [13:45] schestowitz[TR2] n (lying between the broadest claim and the best mode disclosed embodiment) already disclosed in the patent monopoly application as filed". Thus, every time the EPO uses the term &
    • [13:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The unforgiving gold standard: Why deleting a feature can add matter at the EPO (T 0422/23) - The IPKat ● Oct 07 [15:05] schestowitz[TR2] ""Hi Roy. I didnt disappear off the planet. I am actually running for mayor in my hometown and took a client to fund my campaign. [15:05] schestowitz[TR2] ' [15:07] schestowitz[TR2] "Anyway, I will catch up with you very soon as someone contacted me about some more drama and open source And said its getting bad." ● Oct 07 [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] The deleted reply was salvaged: http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/07/The_Comment_TheLayoff_com_Has_Just_Censored_for_Criticising_a_R.shtml [16:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights The Comment TheLayoff.com Has Just Censored for Criticising a Ridiculous Puff Piece of IBM Management