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| schestowitz[TR3] | Re: Follow-up on Club Updates and Free Software Hosting | Apr 10 04:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | > Hey Dr. Schestowitz, | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > Thanks again for posting our pictures - you | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > beat the FSF to publication! :-) | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > I wanted to follow up on my message from earlier | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > this week about what's been happening at the Club. | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > We’re launching an initiative to build a reproducible | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > framework for college students to learn and start free | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > software projects - along side seasoned Free Software | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > developers. Excitingly, RMS has agreed to meet with our | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > extended team from Apereo later this month, and the plan | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > is to officially bring him on as an advisor to Project | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > Super Iugum. (Haven't announced that yet so please keep | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > that on wraps for now!) | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > I also wanted to share some unfortunate news about a free(ish) | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > software project we were hoping to benefit from - BoxyBSD.com | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > shut down a few weeks ago. It was an "open-source–focused" | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > initiative by a solo developer in Germany who aimed to provide | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > an environment independent of Big Tech - something we fully support. | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > They were BSD-based, as you might have guessed, and had pledged | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > about 15 keys to us months before closing. Can't blame him since | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > we didn't pay anything, but certainly disappointing for us broke | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > college students looking for more compute. | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > We’ve got several students eager to deploy their own free software | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > projects, and I was wondering if you knew of any other initiatives | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > that support hosting for free or student-led projects — ideally ones | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > that are themselves free software powered and can provide starter | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > credits or resources to LibreTech? We're trying to encourage development | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > without resorting to “verify your `.edu` email with | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > IBM/Azure/GCP/Oracle/etc. | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > and farm their free student credits.” That would, of course, be a | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > self own for us. | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > Thanks again for your time and for sharing our work! | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | For hosting something like IRC they'd have IRCNow, but that too is BSD based. | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Due to economic woes many nonprofits that did things for free could not endure and survive. | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | See LifeBoat fdn. | Apr 10 04:37 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | April 15: Richard Stallman to Speak at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas ⇨ https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/April_15_Richard_Stallman_to_Speak_at_the_University_of_Texas_i.shtml | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/04/10/April_15_Richard_Stallman_to_Speak_at_the_University_of_Texas_i.gmi | Apr 10 04:37 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights — April 15: Richard Stallman to Speak at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas | Apr 10 04:38 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-pulls-support-for-perfectly-fine-older-kindles/ | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > devices will lose access to the Kindle Store. | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > --- | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/amazon-pulls-the-plug-on-older-kindle-models/ | Apr 10 04:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Thanks, added to next batch of Daily Links. | Apr 10 04:55 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Amazon Pulls Support for Perfectly Fine Older Kindles | WIRED | Apr 10 04:55 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Amazon Is Pulling Support for Kindles From 2012 or Earlier. What to Do Now - CNET | Apr 10 04:55 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knqepgw1 | Apr 10 05:07 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knqepgw1 ) | Apr 10 05:07 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | " think there are dozens of lawsuits brewing right now at this exact moment | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 6 hours ago by Anonymous | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ep+1knqepgw1 | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +4 | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | I will never work for IBM again. My first real adult career job back in 2015. I thought that they had jobs available. Nope its all project based. You compete with others for a project. I was trying to get on a project, remote right out of the Lansing, MI center. My manager, Pilton, told me not worry about that (applying) as I was on a PIP and had to get on any project at this time. He had 2 other interviews in the pipeline. I did b | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | oth interviews and they seemed good to me. When it was my last day, never did find out if i got on those teams. My manager, first thing when i went to the office, he handed me some unemployment forms, and said " Oh I wish you would have gotten on that one remote project.". I said "What, the one you told me not to fully apply too". Made him feel like sh-t after on purpose. Walked out the door with my head high, and onto other advent | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | ures. | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 6 hours ago by Anonymous | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ej+1knqepgw1 | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +4 | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | You’ll get your unemployment because if not IBM would be opening themselves to a lawsuit if they just let you go because of a PIP | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | " | Apr 10 05:07 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knswdccw | Apr 10 05:08 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knswdccw ) | Apr 10 05:08 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | " | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | can the AI agent steal other people's work | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | ask useless questions and create useless Powerpoints | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | does it only work from 10am to 3pm | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | what sort of catch phrases does it have | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | these are the necessary skills | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | no reactions | Reply | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @an+1knswdccw | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +3 | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Is he re--rded? Boy is a little special ain’t he | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 6 hours ago by Anonymous | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @ae+1knswdccw | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +4 | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Virtue signal Dave. Ranked the #5 cheerleader at IBM. A nothing burger. Looked at his LinkedIn and you will see he cannot hold a hold for more than 1 or 2 years. That is the sign of someone with no skills and just hops from lilly pad to lilly pad. Typical IBmer these days. | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | " | Apr 10 05:08 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb | Apr 10 05:10 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1knc3tpsb ) | Apr 10 05:10 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | " | Apr 10 05:10 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | He will simply be removed and then reassigned and installed as the new director in another department. Question is what will he be the director of in 6 months? | Apr 10 05:10 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 33 minutes ago by Anonymous | Apr 10 05:10 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | no reactions | Reply | Apr 10 05:10 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @13j+1knc3tpsb | Apr 10 05:10 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 0 | Apr 10 05:10 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @q3 ALB here. Yes 100% correct. Except he will be just fine. That’s how ALB works. | Apr 10 05:10 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | " | Apr 10 05:10 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | SLOPSLOP: | Apr 10 06:23 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | "Reports indicate significant layoffs at Red Hat in China as of April 2026, with claims that all engineers in certain teams were terminated and VPN access revoked. These actions are part of a broader, long-term restructuring and "bluewashing" process where Red Hat employees are integrated into IBM, with roles frequently being offshored to locations like India." | Apr 10 06:23 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | "Dear Colleagues, | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Today, at 2pm, we had a meeting with the administration to discuss the draft of wording to be included in the Service Regulations defining the salary adjustment procedure that they provided to us at 8pm last night. | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Instead of solving any of the issues that we outlined in our previous meeting last week, they made further concessions to the delegates. The method now includes an entirely new anti-staff clause; the “high inflation clause”. This clause imposes an upper limit to the predefined reference, currently set to Eurozone inflation, of 6%. Any amounts above that will either be delayed to later years or cut and paid as a lump sum after s | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | ix years of the method being applied. Should inflation reach high levels near the end of the six-year period, this could result in a substantial additional cut of our adjustment. For example, if inflation reaches 10% in the sixth year, 4% would be permanently lost from our salaries and pensions for every remaining year of our careers and retirement. | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | The inclusion of this clause is yet further evidence of the desperation of upper management to please the Administrative Council, because of a self-serving desire to secure the renewal of their own, exceptionally highly paid positions (well-above rocket scientist level). The codex shows us that our president earns 135% of G17 step 3, with an extra 10% supplementary allowance, and a monthly €5K housing allowance, which seems enoug | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | h for him to use us as a bargaining chip. The President's resolve to make efforts to protect our working package against the calls for cuts is in question. | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | They underestimate our capacity for solidarity and determination to continue with the actions. In February alone, through strike and work-to-rule actions, we have achieved a 29% reduction in grants compared to last year. During the March Council meeting, one delegate complained about a 20% reduction in grants in 2022 and warned the Office that this must not happen again. The reason is clear: many of the national patent offices are | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | financed in a large proportion by the renewal fees generated from patents we grant. | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | While our upper management may believe that yielding to the delegates demand for cuts is the only route to their re-election, they will soon be forced to reconsider. The delegates, in turn, will come to recognise the full extent of the impact on their income resulting from our industrial actions. We therefore call on all colleagues to remain united and resolute, as only our continued solidarity will ensure that our voices are heard | Apr 10 21:02 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | and finally respected." | Apr 10 21:02 |
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