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| schestowitz | " | Jul 13 02:38 |
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| schestowitz | Story on layoffs | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | Hi everyone, | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | My name's Yowei Shaw and I'm a journalist working on a story for the podcast This American Life (www.thisamericanlife.org) about layoffs, after getting laid off myself from NPR (https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/25/us/npr-layoffs-podcasts.html). | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | It was an awful experience and I'm so sorry Microsoft is facing layoffs right now. | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | Which is why I'm reaching out. I'm looking to talk to workers knew layoffs were coming, but had to wait to find out if they were on the list. I'm hoping this story can shed light on what it's like to go through this and some of the larger questions and issues that surround layoffs. | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | If you're open to talking, please get in touch this week or next at shaw.yr@gmail.com. I can tell you more about what I'm working on, and if it helps, we can speak on background or off the record. Feel free to pass this along to anyone who's in the same situation and if you have any leads, I'm all ears. | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | Thanks so much for considering. Sending my very best to you and your colleagues. | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | Oh and here's my website (www.yoweishaw.com) if you want to find out more about me and my previous work. | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | Take care, | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | Yowei | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 13 02:38 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nytimes.com | NPR Cuts 10% of Staff and Halts Production of 4 Podcasts - The New York Times | Jul 13 02:38 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1nzBPvkM | Jul 13 02:38 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.thelayoff.com | Story on layoffs - post regarding Microsoft Corp. layoffs | Jul 13 02:38 | |
| schestowitz | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1nzwl2yv | Jul 13 02:38 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.thelayoff.com | Satya driving us to new heights. - post regarding Microsoft Corp. layoffs | Jul 13 02:38 | |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | Satya driving us to new heights. | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | Except for those being kicked to the curb after record earnings, yeah except for those guys. Its ok though because “its best for the company” and so long as they are told “we are going in a different direction so you have to go”, hearing that from HR makes it all ok. | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | I’m sure at first those being laid off were quite upset and angry but after hearing those words, well it just smoothed things over. So all is forgiven. | Jul 13 02:38 |
| schestowitz | " | Jul 13 02:38 |
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| schestowitz | "The last time I looked, EPC did not say that public prior use requires reproduecability. Allowing that a commercially available product might not constitute part of the prior art opens up the possibility of "forever patents". Even simple mechnical devices could be made tamper-proof so that there would be "undue burden" for the skilled person to figure out how they work and the producer could every 20 years or so pat | Jul 13 09:39 |
| schestowitz | ent a different aspect of a by then decades old product." | Jul 13 09:39 |
| schestowitz | http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2023/06/new-eba-referral-when-is-prior-use-of.html?showComment=1689059118765#c4725102409085261159 | Jul 13 09:39 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | New EBA referral: When is prior use of a product excluded from the prior art for lack of enablement? - The IPKat | Jul 13 09:39 | |
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| schestowitz | > Thanks for your efforts in this | Jul 13 12:31 |
| schestowitz | > | Jul 13 12:31 |
| schestowitz | > There are some more big things in the pipeline. | Jul 13 12:31 |
| schestowitz | > | Jul 13 12:31 |
| schestowitz | > But I have to fill in more gaps about the Outreachy scandal before I can | Jul 13 12:31 |
| schestowitz | > reach the big conclusions | Jul 13 12:31 |
| schestowitz | Thanks for the info. | Jul 13 12:31 |
| schestowitz | Rianne reads that too. | Jul 13 12:31 |
| schestowitz | There are some parallels in http://techrights.org/wiki/Crimes_of_Sirius_Open_Source | Jul 13 12:31 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Crimes of Sirius Open Source - Techrights | Jul 13 12:31 | |
| schestowitz | http://techrights.org/2022/02/10/social-control-media-bubbles/ | Jul 13 12:32 |
| schestowitz | 1.5 years ago | Jul 13 12:32 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Social Control Media is a Bubble and JoinDiaspora Might be the Next Casualty | Techrights | Jul 13 12:32 | |
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