●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 ●● ● Nov 13 [00:08] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:12] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:56] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 13 [01:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 13 [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] Debian (and its remaining devs) is under such vicious attack by the microsofters [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] becuase it is such an important and centrally placed project. It sure is [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] convenient to build distros upon debian but that has allowed a single point [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] of failure to arise. Much activity has moved to Arch but I worry that they [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] lack the political insight to see what happened / is happening to Debian and [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] to defend Arch appropriately. ie zero-tolerance for microsoftianism among [02:35] schestowitz[TR2] contributors and potential developers, not to speak of actual developers." [02:52] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 13 [03:37] *alphazone has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Nov 13 [06:12] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 13 [07:04] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@zr4wcq3y82n62.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 13 [08:12] *rianne_ has quit (*.net *.split) [08:14] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [08:14] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-v3a.5o5.hl01nn.IP) has joined #techbytes [08:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 13 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:15] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [09:22] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@zr4wcq3y82n62.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 13 [11:21] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:22] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:49] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:49] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Nov 13 [14:26] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Five Unusual Raku Features
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    v0.5 marks the official end of alpha! With the new version, all of the content I wanted to put in the book is now present, and all that's left is copyediting, proofreading, and formatting. Which will probably take as long as it took to actually write the book. You can see the release notes in the footnote.1

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    QNX 8 Goes Free for Learning and Personal Projects
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    Wait, you havent heard of QNX? Let me explainits not your typical OS for everyday computing needs. Instead, it is a real-time operating system (RTOS) known for its microkernel architecture, primarily designed for embedded systems that require high reliability, stability, and performance. QNX Software Systems originally developed it and was later acquired by BlackBerry in 2010.

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    • [14:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | QNX 8 Goes Free for Learning and Personal Projects ● Nov 13 [15:22] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer ● Nov 13 [16:23] *croissant has quit (Quit: Leaving) [16:43] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Nov 13 [19:40] *jacobk (~quassel@6wygwq2t5e2hw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 13 [21:12] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:37] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:37] schestowitz[TR2] New innovative enterprise hybrid SW is where IBMs focus is at. It replaces a pile of legacy SW costs which IBM is aggressively pursuing. (yes IBM SW division is shrinking quickly due to the new SW purchases, but also due to AI automating the legacy SW stack). SW divisions legacy replacement strategy gives IBM an opportunity to exploit its distribution via the established IBM enterprise relationships. Enterprise Consulting just e [21:37] schestowitz[TR2] nhances the ability of IBM to push the new SW offerings and modernize the old HW offerings. Everything else IBM dabbles in outside of Enterprise relationships will fade away. IBM will gladly sacrifice cloud revenue if it can be replace via Enterprise Hybrid SW revenue. You are watching that happen even as we speak as Infrastructure shrinks every quarter. Expect Infrastructure division to be 40% of itself by the end of 2025 [21:37] schestowitz[TR2] " [21:38] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vs7nBHV [21:38] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vs7nBHV ) [21:38] schestowitz[TR2] " IBM is following the BUNCH into obscurity and computing history. Each member of the BUNCH was a major manufacturer in the computing world in the 1970s and even the 1980s, but they abandoned manufacturing and the R+D that goes along with it, in favor of software development and consulting, marketed via the "enterprise relationships" you speak of. [21:38] schestowitz[TR2] IBM is not a leader anymore, and it is no longer trying to be one. Its legacy mainframe business is still viable for as long as it lasts, but aside from incremental improvements we probably won't see much action. IBM's future, if it has any, will probably be in niche applications like HR and payroll processing and the like...stuff that is tailor-made for mainframes. The technological leadership (new systems, new architectures, new [21:38] schestowitz[TR2] designs) of things will be left to companies like NVidia, Google and Microsoft, among others. IBM doesn't have the fight in it anymore, and soon they will no longer have the money to compete on any serious playing field. " ● Nov 13 [22:00] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:14] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:21] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:32] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:48] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Nov 13 [23:01] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)