●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, September 08, 2025 ●● ● Sep 08 [00:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Sep 08 [02:02] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:06] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:13] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer [02:34] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:37] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:37] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer ● Sep 08 [03:01] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:06] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@9jpvxnxwc8abw.irc) has joined #techbytes [03:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] Hope he liked the taste of tiny mushroomd ick. [03:44] schestowitz[TR2] " https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4h3ayvp [03:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4h3ayvp ) ● Sep 08 [06:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [06:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4e2284n [06:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4e2284n ) [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] "Yes Donny Dementia is addicted to McJunk. [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] Otherwise, it would be a case of Vindaloo in Da Loo. [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @jf+1k4e2284n [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] Klishna was at the AI meeting, but not at the White house dinner [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] They were serving McDonald's junk, not vindaloo. [06:34] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 08 [10:03] schestowitz[TR2]
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    [Repeat] Googles AI cites web pages written by AI, study says
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    Welcome to the age of ouroboros. Googles AI Overviews (AIOs), which now often appear at the top of organic search results, are drawing around 10 percent of their sources from documents written by ... other AIs, according to a recent report.

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    • [10:03] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | Googles AI cites web pages written by AI, study says The Register [10:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [10:44] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 08 [11:28] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [11:36] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [11:43] *fantom (~fantom@freenode-kp6.s9d.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techbytes [11:54] *fantom_ (~fantom@freenode-kp6.s9d.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techbytes [11:55] *fantom has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [11:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 08 [12:07] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:21] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://x.com/LundukeJournal/status/1965010798096335113 [12:29] schestowitz[TR2] "SUSE just hired a new Chief Marketing Officer: Margaret Dawson [12:29] schestowitz[TR2] Dawson was previously the Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Red Hat (IBM) during a time when Red Hat actively discriminated against White men (resulting in multiple lawsuits). [12:29] schestowitz[TR2] This is the new face of SUSE Linux." [12:29] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-x.com | NO TITLE [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] "JetBrains sells commercial IDE called GoLand which comes pre-loaded with a plugin which warns the user when they are using: [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Racially insensitive language (like whitelist or master). [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Male pronouns. [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Honorifics such as Mrs, recommending people use Mx instead.JetBrains sells commercial IDE called GoLand which comes pre-loaded with a plugin which warns the user when they are using: [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Racially insensitive language (like whitelist or master). [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Male pronouns. [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Honorifics such as Mrs, recommending people use Mx instead.JetBrains sells commercial IDE called GoLand which comes pre-loaded with a plugin which warns the user when they are using: [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Racially insensitive language (like whitelist or master). [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Male pronouns. [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Honorifics such as Mrs, recommending people use Mx instead.JetBrains sells commercial IDE called GoLand which comes pre-loaded with a plugin which warns the user when they are using: [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Racially insensitive language (like whitelist or master). [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Male pronouns. [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Honorifics such as Mrs, recommending people use Mx instead." [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] JetBrains sells commercial IDE called GoLand which comes pre-loaded with a plugin which warns the user when they are using: [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Racially insensitive language (like whitelist or master). [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Male pronouns. [12:32] schestowitz[TR2] - Honorifics such as Mrs, recommending people use Mx instead. ● Sep 08 [13:16] *rianne (~rianne@2ucsqicx9e432.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:16] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-rol.hkq.88agpa.IP) has joined #techbytes [13:23] *liberty_box (~liberty@2ucsqicx9e432.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 08 [14:14] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:14] *rianne (~rianne@2ucsqicx9e432.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:26] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [14:36] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:36] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:38] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [14:38] *rianne (~rianne@2ucsqicx9e432.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:38] *rianne (~rianne@freenode-rol.hkq.88agpa.IP) has joined #techbytes [14:38] *liberty_box (~liberty@2ucsqicx9e432.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 08 [15:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [15:53] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:54] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:55] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [15:57] schestowitz[TR2] Interesting. View counts on YouTube took a nosedive last month. Wonder why. Maybe a change to what YouTube considers a view? [15:57] schestowitz[TR2] Doesnt really impact The Lunduke Journal at all YouTube rarely hits even 10% of my total views and is usually around the 5th most used platform for me. [15:57] schestowitz[TR2] Just the same, curious what caused the change. [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] "Statement from Aaron Prisk, a Canonical employee who uses the Trans flag in his/her(?) bio. [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] This was a mistake and should not have happened [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] We will be working directly with our Community Council to ensure our community mod practices and posting guidelines are fully in line with the mission and spirit of Ubuntu. [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] The Ubuntu community is and will always be for everyone. [15:58] schestowitz[TR2] The statement was ended with the Trans flag." ● Sep 08 [16:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4fkycj8 [16:06] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4fkycj8 ) [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] Started April Fools Day 4-1-93 when the G Man Lou Gerstner came in and THOUGHT he had a culture problem that needed to be destroyed, visibly and violently. He knew nothing about IT and computers and had never been in a data ctr etc. I bet the first time he heard "...but Lou we cannot do that as that would violate the 3 Basic Beliefs we have held as bonds for decades..." he went ballistic. Then he had to satisfy Wall St and did mass [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] ive layoffs. Then he started the "fuzzy math and financial engineering" and broke the pension promises hyped during recruiting" etc etc. So for over 30 years IBM has been adrift and wandering in the woods once WINTEL took over for compute and Cisco networking and EMC storage and then AWS/MSFT/Google for cloud more recently. Almost 200 acquisitions since 2000. IBM no longer has customer relationships, everything is a transaction. IB [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] M no longer has people that know what customers want (used to be called Offering Mgrs who knew very little) and now called Product Mgrs (who also know very little). As a returning IBMer I was stunned to see how WOKE IBM became. You have many people who just spew WOKE opinions in Slack all day and do nothing else. It is so blatant the recruiting and hiring being done seeking young, female, offshore, non male non white people. Being [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] a white male over 35 at IBM is a very hostile place to be. I saw Slack channels dedicated to women only. I saw mtgs and trainings be setup for women only. When I asked a trusted lady why this is, she sighed and said ..."well I also do not like how males are excluded at IBM but some females feel "safer and more comfortable" in female only things". That was the day I decided to leave. Imagine if males (God forbid white makes over 35) [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] started to have their own channels and mtgs?! IBM is toast like that leaking toilet. It still kind of works but reeks with bad smells and do-do all over the floor. [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] 12 minutes ago by Anonymous [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @k8+1k4fkycj8 [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] IBM has always been organized around the 10-1 employee to manager ratio. It comes from Watson Sr and how he was influenced by the military. Now contrast that with management efficiency tools introduced over time (PCs, SW, e-mail, etc etc) and you can easily justify a 20-1 ratio. If IBM just implemented a 20-1 model for 1st lines, and 10-1 for second lines and above (this should include admins), you would conclude that IBM is way [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] over managed. Now throw in a FaceTime with customers requirement for band 10 and above, and you start to see IBM is way way top heavy and inefficient. Meta realized this 2 years ago and cut management and employees (admin) 25% across the board. Just making those two changes, OR saying management and band 10s and above are going to be reduced by 25% would impact IBMs bottom line far greater than the current PIP and RA protoco [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] l. Its time that IBM management takes a good hard look in the mirror, and begins to address the elephant in the room. [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4kn35br [16:08] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4kn35br ) [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] IBM management can eat sh-t. [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] 19 minutes ago by Anonymous [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c6+1k4kn35br [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] AK said: Go riddance to those Canadian losers [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+3/-2) | Reply [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bv+1k4kn35br [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] +10 [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] @at [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] This is the typical pump-and-dump scam run by Alvind and his corrupt and dishonest Indian management to transfer jobs to India. Under Alvind, IBM has become an unethical and disreputable company. This is all you can expect from a gangster who claims a lot of wonderful things, but is worthless trash. [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] 50% Tariffs sounds like a good thing for Indian gangsters. And no bonus for Alvind for 2026 sounds like a very good thing. [16:08] schestowitz[TR2] " [16:19] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] https://x.com/LadiesOfReddit/status/1964941641132970406 [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] "Famous partner dancing guys [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] -Richard Stallman [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] -Robert Reich [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] The list could go on! [16:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-x.com | NO TITLE [16:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 08 [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] "The moderators of the Void Linux sub-reddit (r/voidlinux) are now censoring screenshots of Void Linux showing XLibre running. [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] No political content in the screenshot. No offensive or vulgar content. [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] Just a screenshot showing an open source X server. [18:14] schestowitz[TR2] But it's the *wrong* software, written by the "wrong" people, so it gets censored." [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] "" [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] Hey, would you look at that! XLibre is now available for Void Linux as well! [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] The number of systems with third party XLibre support is growing rapidly. Ubuntu, Nix, Gentoo, Fedora, Arch on and on. [18:17] schestowitz[TR2] I wonder how long until the Red Hat controlled FreeDeskop crew officially ends support for Xorg? Since theyve already stated that their intention is to provide so little support for Xorg that people feel compelled to migrate to Wayland (which is a bit of a jerk move if you ask me) and now we have an actively maintained, increasingly accepted X11 implementation in XLibre why continue Xorg under FreeDesktop at all?" 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