●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 12, 2025 ●● ● Apr 12 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrjwva52 [05:19] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrjwva52 ) [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] " [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] The managers from at will countries such as the US and Canada, forget that countries in the EU have employment laws and they are legally required to create a safe work environment and demonstrate reasonable mitigation of issues. So if youre based in UK and your manager is in San Jose, youre almost guaranteed a bad time. [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bd+1jrjwva52 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] @b6 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] suggest you speak to an HR lawyer...IBM never takes the side of employees even when there is proof of bullying, management protects their own. [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ba+1jrjwva52 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] Not to derail OP - but while we are on the topic of managersDoes anyone have experience reporting a manager to HR for bullying? [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b6+1jrjwva52 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] Over the years, I had one decent manager, he lasted less than one year on the job. [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ar+1jrjwva52 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] Start your own business. [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Problem Solved [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ac+1jrjwva52 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] uhh, he's middle management at IBM ... useless meetings, no technical skills, and buzzwords are basically their job requirement [05:19] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Apr 12 [07:11] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [07:30] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 12 [08:47] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 12 [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] In the press here, they are puzzling over the steady increase of [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] traffic accidents among young drivers. This is apparently unrelated to [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] earlier changes in licensing where new drivers must complete ~ 4 hours [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] of theory plus ~ 10 hours of driving practice, including some or all of being [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] in a simulator. >:( [09:14] schestowitz[TR2] Why not just give them out instead and "save" more money? " [09:15] schestowitz[TR2] i am surprised you didn't mention skinnerboxes and other in-car distraction [09:24] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:24] schestowitz[TR2] That too, one sees drivers playing with their phones instead of paying [09:24] schestowitz[TR2] attention to the road -- a lot [09:24] schestowitz[TR2] Even on a 10 - 15 minute trip one is guaranteed to see several doing what looks [09:24] schestowitz[TR2] like texting or worse. [09:24] schestowitz[TR2] The hold the phone at the top of the steering wheel so it is quite visible. [09:24] schestowitz[TR2] " [09:26] schestowitz[TR2] Falkon [09:26] schestowitz[TR2] I cannot access your site anymore using Falkon. Maybe you can tweak the access rules? [09:26] schestowitz[TR2] Thank you, ● Apr 12 [10:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:05] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:27] schestowitz[TR2]
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    GhostBSD 25 review - Old-school work and frolic
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    Five years ago, I took GhostBSD for a spin. 'Twas quite decent. Not as approachable as your common distro, but not that far off, either. Behind the scenes, GhostBSD is FreeBSD, which means tight, no-nonsense security. Usually, security and functionality tend to clash, and it's hard having an everyday system that's also locked down to the max. Well, let's have a fresh look, and see if this [10:27] schestowitz[TR2] UNIX can perhaps serve your daily needs, or at least, some of them. It's both a question of could and should. Let's begin.

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    Linux Swap Explained: Do You Need It?
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    Swap is a special area on your storage devicecommonly a partition or a filethat the Linux kernel uses as virtual memory when the systems RAM is full. You can think of it as an emergency overflow for memory. Whenever the operating systems real (physical) memory is in high demand, data can be temporarily shifted out of RAM and into a swap.

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    Force persistent FreshRSS publish date sorting in nginx
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    Theres only one niggling issue with it: the default is to sort your stream by when a post was received, not when it was published. This is fine if you bulk import an OPML file, but if youre like me and taking the opportunity to spring clean, it will sort all the posts of the last feed you imported over all the others.

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    • [10:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Rubenerd: Force persistent FreshRSS publish date sorting in nginx [10:55] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Apr 12 [11:03] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:28] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [11:43] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 12 [20:01] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/beware-of-boilerplate-practical-lessons.html?showComment=1744396478254#c5372889448411310128 [20:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Beware of boilerplate: Practical lessons for patent drafting from G1/24 (Claim interpretation) - The IPKat [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] "The question behind the referral in G 1/24 can also be summarised as follows: can the patent monopoly be its own dictionary? If this is the case, the applicant/proprietor can bring in the description any definition he wishes, even if it contradicts the meaning the skilled person would determine from the claim wording.

    In such a situation, a boilerplate definition incorporated in the description, with or without AI, sho [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] uld not be a problem.

    That definitions obtained by Hey Hi (AI) are highly unsuitable and in many cases overly narrowing does not come as a surprise.

    The problem can also be that the definition of a claimed feature in the description might be broader than the ordinary meaning of the claimed feature. And then we are heading towards a nice Angora cat.

    Whether the definition in the description [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] is broader or more limited with respect to the ordinary meaning of a claimed feature, there is a discrepancy between claim and description. Said discrepancy has to be corrected before a decision to grant can be issued. I would say that this discrepancy leads to the conclusion that the claim is not properly supported by the description.

    Allowing such a discrepancy is completely ignoring the primacy of the claims. What goo [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] d is it to have claims, if the applicant/proprietor is allowed to alter the meaning given by the skilled person to a claimed feature by giving it a different meaning in the description?

    The way to solve the discrepancy is to bring claim and description is accordance with each other. Either the definition of the description is brought into the claim or the feature of the claim is brought in the description. If this is don [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] e correctly, the risk of being faced with an Angora cat" is remote. This is actually what you propose.

    If the ED had correctly ascertained the different definition of gathered in the definition, and requested that claim and description were put in accordance with each other, we might not have ended with G 1/24.

    The question of the adaptation of the description is linked to a certain extent wit [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] h the referral G 1/24. The representatives of the president during the OP pleaded for a reply in G 1/24 on this topic as well. It is doubtful that the EBA will follow this request.

    Whilst in T 56/21, the board refrained to refer to the EBA the question of the adaptation of the description, and decided by itself, there is a referral on the way in EP 2 124 521 B1 (T 697/22). When looking a the register, the decision to re [20:02] schestowitz[TR2] fer should be published on July 30th 2025." ● Apr 12 [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrn9p8w5 [21:28] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrn9p8w5 ) [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] Ginny was incompetent and was a DEI Appointed CEO. If Moffett didnt sc--w up hed be the one replacing Palmesano. [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] Alvind is an incompetent bozo but hes an arrogant A Hole whos another DEI Appointed shill for all things India. [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] I dont know who will replace him. I dont think itll be Krabanaugh. That f@t doofus loves crunching numbers more than gobbling Burgers [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] 54 minutes ago by The Notorious PIP [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @as+1jrn9p8w5 [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] Canada has one of the worst and least productive economies for a first world country. I'm not defending trump but atleast put up a better arguement. Canada without the USA would falter very quickly. [21:28] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrmh9627 [21:29] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrmh9627 ) [21:29] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:29] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/ibm-informs-staff-of-dei-retreat-as-trump-era-scrutiny-grows [21:29] schestowitz[TR2] By: Jeff Green [21:29] schestowitz[TR2] April 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM CDT | [21:29] schestowitz[TR2] Updated on April 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM CDT [21:29] schestowitz[TR2] International Business Machines Corp. spent months revising its diversity initiatives as conservative attacks and souring attitudes toward DEI shifted into a full-blown as--ult from President Donald Trump. " [21:29] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/ibm-informs-staff-of-dei-retreat-as-trump-era-scrutiny-grows ) [21:31] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t [21:31] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t ) [21:31] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:31] schestowitz[TR2] @g3+1jrgn009t - Renegotiate with them. Perfect time to get more out of them since no they realize you are important to what they want. They fu---d up - dont need to punish them but you can make your situation better for yourself. [21:31] schestowitz[TR2] @cc+1jrgn009t - Albany is broken. Disfunctional at best and has been limping along for some time now. Its more favoritism and cronyism then whats other have said on here. Albany leadership is in desperate need of a refresh. [21:31] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrmhey56 [21:32] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrmhey56 ) [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] IBMs exposure to federal contract consulting is quite limited. A previous post said it was 34 million [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b1+1jrmhey56 [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] Darn ! [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] There goes the big bundles of cash that the Big Blue executive pigs were expecting at the Consulting trough. Can Alvind count on his $100 million mega bonus in 2026 ? Or will he have to call up the red headed felon in Washington to beg favors ? Or better, can he sacrifice some of his high paid US execs and carry on as though nothing happened ? Things happen in the middle of the ocean, especially when there's a rearrangement of deck [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] chairs on the sinking Titanic. [21:32] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Apr 12 [22:11] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:14] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes