●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, April 11, 2025 ●● ● Apr 11 [01:32] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:37] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 11 [02:01] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:13] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:19] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:26] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:29] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:41] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 11 [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] https://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36944/ [03:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-LXer: Are they: EU OS: the Hatchling Distro that Wants to Unify the EUs Public Sector [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] "actually this stupid? To even think that your solution to the EU sovereignty in an OS is a US parasite corporation based one is simply beyond belief. Replace one scumbag American controlled OS with another is somehow these clowns idea. What a bunch of fools if they think the Europeans are going to fall for it again when they dump the Commercial American OS when they have fully European solutions to use and that is what they will d [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] o if/when they do it, use the European controlled/made solution. [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] nmset [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] Apr 04, 2025 [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] 6:58 AM CST It's a lot noise through recurring articles about a private initiative that did not consult the target audience first, at least as I understand. There's more noise than work done. It's doubtful to be a serious project." [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgka311 [03:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgka311 ) [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] " ...and when I want to watch a troop of baboons from India, I go to Armonk IBM HQ. [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ax+1jrgka311 [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] I think Alvind will take home over 100 Million next year [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] He is a marionette beholden to Wall Street [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] Axing people and moving jobs to IBM East aka India will reap him big rewards [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] The same goes for Krabanaugh and the rest of those greedy disgusting Sh1tMunks [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Krabanaugh needs a gym membership [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @as+1jrgka311 [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] Is there really absolutely no respect left for the ceo ? It was so apparent to me be fo-e I left IBM 4 months ago his stock was falling fast. ( Deservedly so. ) . Seemed all he really cared about was stuffing his pockets with cash .. [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ap+1jrgka311 [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] When I want to watch a monkey, I go to the zoo. [03:45] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t [03:48] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t ) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] An employee may be RA'd when he/she has too much dignity to su-k up to the powers that be - and even after receiving good, if not excellent, performance reviews. There's no room for an employee who is not a member of the club. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b0+1jrgn009t [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] @af [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] I'm afraid It's a case of mis-identification - it is not a tribe of monkeys from India, but a troop of rare Indian baboons who try to impress their coworkers with their multi million dollar salaries, outdated technical knowledge and lame Indian jokes. They exist as a tight knit colony in Armonk for fear of offending a bigger red Baboon whose name rhymes with ru-p.. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @aw+1jrgn009t [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] -2 [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] "Monkeys in India?" Come on now. This is a professional site. This isn't the place for those types of insults. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+2/-4) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @af+1jrgn009t [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Happened to me in Australia. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] RAd due to my job being eliminated in a restructure. Then the role reappeared two months later, filled by a younger person at a lower salary band. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Its all smoke and mirrors at IBM. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ac+1jrgn009t [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Report your manager! [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ab+1jrgn009t [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] In North America, the only way you can get a backfill (but in India or Poland) is by labeling the person being laid off as low performer. There is no automatic low performance labeling as your manager claims. But his org may be forcing him to do so in order to (double) contribute to the 70% headcount in cheap locations target. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @aa+1jrgn009t [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] No, thats not true. Managers do this so they can get a back fill and it makes them look like they are doing performance management. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a5+1jrgn009t [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] I care because it's insulting. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a2+1jrgn009t [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] Why do you care, after being let go from IBM ? IBM did cut your job to hire monkeys in India. [03:48] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Apr 11 [05:01] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:07] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:13] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:22] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 11 [06:04] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [06:12] *d (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:12] *d is now known as x-amarsh04 [06:24] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 11 [07:35] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 11 [08:02] schestowitz[TR2] "Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Future Revolution Technology Daily Sundial" [08:02] schestowitz[TR2] x https://sundial.csun.edu/192410/sundialbrandstudio/sundial-marketplace/artificial-intelligence-in-education-a-future-revolution-technology/ [08:02] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-sundial.csun.edu | Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Future Revolution Technology Daily Sundial [08:56] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 11 [09:34] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:57] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Good morning! Your Microsoft 365 Family license is broken
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    Microsoft's Service Health page says a "licensing issue" is causing users with Family subscriptions to be unable to open their Office suite. Problems started around 1100 UTC this morning, with fully paid up and licensed shared users seeing the message "Your subscription expired," while others say they are seeing the message "your subscription has been canceled."

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    Enhancing Your MIDI Devices: Round II
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    As we discovered previously, your MIDI devices can be enhanced to function in different ways besides just triggering a single note per key (or pad) press.

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    Being a serial module creator, and with the help of the author John, I bundled these concepts and more into a few handy CPAN packages that allow you to control your devices with minimal lines of code. So far, these are: MIDI::RtController, MIDI::RtController::Filter::Tonal, and MIDI::RtController::Filter::Drums.

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    With these, you can do lots of cool things to enhance your MIDI device with filters (special subroutines). These routines are then executed in real-time when a key or pad is pressed on your MIDI device.

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    Debian-Based Sparky 7.7 Now Available for Download
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    This release integrates the Linux kernel 6.1 LTS by default while providing other kernel options (6.14, 6.12 LTS, and 6.6 LTS) in the Sparky repositories. Meanwhile, ARM devices benefit from the 6.12 LTS kernel.

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    Proxmox Backup Server 3.4 Brings Performance and Sync Enhancements
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    For those unfamiliar with it, Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise open-source backup and recovery solution that integrates seamlessly with Proxmox Virtual Environment. It allows simple storage configuration and provides tools like deduplication, compression, and encryption for streamlined and secure backups.

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    Proxmox Backup Server 3.4 employs chunk-based data storage and relies on a garbage collection process to eliminate unused data segments after removing backup snapshots.

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    [Old] I'm done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux)
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    I almost wrote off Red Hat back then. It felt like someone stuck a knife in my back.

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    This past week, Red Hat took that knife and twisted it hard, when they published this blog post. Let there be no mistake: this was meant to destroy the distributions the community built to replace what Red Hat took away.

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    • [11:05] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.jeffgeerling.com | I'm done with Red Hat (Enterprise Linux) | Jeff Geerling [11:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Apr 11 [12:17] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 11 [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] ] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/use-versus-process-patents-implications.html?showComment=1744220827999#c493325698244267825 [15:18] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Use versus process patents: Implications for novelty and scope (T 1913/21) - The IPKat [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] "Fundamentally this case serves to highlight, once again, that G 2/88 is a bad and intractable decision and we are still grappling with its implications over 35 years later. And yet no Board seems willing to step up to the plate and ask the EBA to have another go. Why is that, do readers think?

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    (1) if claims are in substance considered "process" and not "use" claims, this ob [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] viously has implications for their scope vis-a-vis the protection conferred on the direct product of that process, regardless of how they are written. This is well known.

    But now imagine a situation where claims of the type which were at issue here are interpreted in substance as process claims, and then found novel and inventive by the EPO (i.e. in situations where the prior art did not disclose all of the integers of t [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] he claim "but for" the novel technical effect). Article 64(2) then says that the direct product of the process is protected, notwithstanding their formatting as "use" claims. Would that be respected by the courts in an infringement action, hinging as it does upon the EPO's interpretation?

    (2) does this decision highlight a tension between the Enlarged Board's case law on second medical indications on [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] the one hand (see the Case Law book, I.C.8.1.1 quoting G 5/83: "whether an activity is claimed as a method of carrying out the activity ... or as the use of a thing for a stated purpose ... is a matter of preference. For the Enlarged Board of Appeal there is no difference of substance") and the special treatment given to G 2/88-style use claims on the other hand?

    (3) it is worth noting that it was only one of t [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] he two opponents who argued that this was in substance a process claim - the other opponent did not raise novelty as a ground of opposition in the appeal, and in fact supported the Patentee's request for referral of questions to the EBA.

    (4) did the Board get it right in denying a referral to the EBA in this case? Part (iii) of the order in G 2/88 says "A claim to the use of a known compound for a particular purpose [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] [...] should be interpreted as including that technical effect as a functional technical feature [...] provided that such technical feature has not previously been made available to the public." It does not say "unless the claim is in substance to be interpreted as a process claim". It's arguable that the order in G 2/88 focuses principally on legal form - "is it written as a use claim or not" - rather tha [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] n the substance of the steps recited in the claim (as long as the alleged technical effect was not previously disclosed).

    (5) Is the distinction between "processes that make a product vs uses that do not" as clean as the Board here suggests? One could argue that at least the fungicide example discussed in G 2/88 falls into the same category as the claims in this case - the "product" being a plant with [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] a lower degree of fungal infection than if the fungicide had not been used. Would the fungicide in G 2/88 still be considered novel today in light of T 1913/21, and if so, is that merely because the fungicide "use" claim in question did not include any steps defining a process and/or defining the characteristics of an end product? Again, is this a question of legal form ("does the claim recite certain features or no [15:18] schestowitz[TR2] t"), or one of technical substance ("how does the alleged new use manifest itself")?" ● Apr 11 [16:36] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:39] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 11 [17:03] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t [17:03] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t ) [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] "https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t" [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] Indian Business Monkeys ? [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgfam4v [17:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgfam4v ) [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] Alvind is a DEI Appointed CEO [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Krabanaugh needs to lose weight [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dj+1jrgfam4v [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] @cs [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] And are the "new" Chinese overlords better than the "old and inferior" Indian overlords at IBM ? [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+2/-1) [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @d1+1jrgfam4v [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] The Trumpfu-ks and Republifu-ks are going to destroy the USA and there won't be any more jobs when they are done, DEI or not. [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] The rest of the tech world is cheering them on. There is plenty of trade between USA companies and they are going to rise up, while the USA falls down. [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] Welcome your new Chinese overlords. [17:04] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Apr 11 [20:25] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:28] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 11 [21:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [21:40] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [21:55] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed)