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| schestowitz[TR2] | admfubar> Rianne's August Birthday posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 12, 2026 | Jul 14 01:06 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | <admfubar> Rianne celebrates his birthday next month and we've set aside some balloons for the occasion. Today Rianne worked in the garden next to her birds, ahead of another very long journey, which will begin tonight. | Jul 14 01:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <admfubar> his birthday? | Jul 14 01:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <schestowitz[TR2]> oops | Jul 14 01:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxbfh4d0#replies | Jul 14 02:03 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Make the tough choices | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Layoffs will continue to target citizens. Offshoring will continue to happen to India. Then those same people will be brought back in L1b in 4-5 years back to USA. Make tough choices once you open your own business and hire locally. Change needs to start at a grassroots level, vote for policies which are towards tougher immigration policies. 20 years down, US cities will be worse than Toronto. It is in our hands now. | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The interests of citizens in north america go unanswered. Politicians do not want to touch this. Companies are untouchable in this regard. | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | With massive amounts of money printing, keeping interests rates low, deficit spending etc., things have gotten so expensive that companies think they have no choice. | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | You want to make a difference? Understand how an economy works and understand how Central Banks and Governments inflate and degrade the spending power of your currency. | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | People are now more aware of what companies are doing because employees are getting laid off, companies are not replacing people that just leave, making do with less etc. Make sure your finances are in order. | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | OP makes reference to twenty years from now, I dare say you will not recognize any North American city due to what is happening. | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxb7v4h8#replies | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Lay people off, get a promotion (sort of) | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the body overseeing the implementation of United States monetary policy, has announced the creation of five task forces intended to evaluate and improve the Fed's operations. In a press release, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh named the "external advisers" who will lead each task force, ranging from economics professors to AI investors and corporate executives—executives like Xb | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ox CEO Asha Sharma, who will preside over a task force on employment and productivity. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/us-federal-reserve-taps-xbox-ceo-asha-sharma-who-just-laid-off-3-200-employees-to-lead-task-force-on-jobs/ | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "" | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | They won't do a darn thing. There is no impetus to implement anything. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The Federal Reserve, since the Great Financial Crisis, is all about keeping interests low. When you keep interest rates low, it drives up prices of everything. Houses, cars etc. Look at their balance sheet since 2008. People love it at first but then people start to see prices go through the roof. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Governments want to keep the party going by inserting cheap money into the system. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 day ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | That’s interesting | Jul 14 02:04 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.pcgamer.com | US Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, who just laid off 3,200 employees, to lead task force on jobs | PC Gamer | Jul 14 02:04 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kwz684wb#replies | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Jeeps will hire on more jeeps because they know they can exploit and dump on them whereas local workers will not take it | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 13 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @138+1kwz684wb | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @dg 100%. h1b program needs to stop completely. And export tariffs should be added to make it difficult to offshore work. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 day ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @yn+1kwz684wb | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Also watch out for fake job postings and fake interview screenings. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 day ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ym+1kwz684wb | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | C level people could care less. They live based on bonuses and they could care less who they let go to get there. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This has been going on for decades. THEY DON'T CARE. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The standard of living is slowly degrading. Between outsourcing, printing money, deficit spending etc, your life will not be the same as the years roll on. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Make sure you think long and hard of how you spend your money. Save. Invest if you can. Having kids? The younger people are realizing that they can't afford it. Save like you've never saved before. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 days ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @pa+1kwz684wb | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Right on cue: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fury-erupts-us-brand-fires-1600-employees-after-securing-thousands-foreign-worker-visas | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I'm getting kind of bored of this. All of these Cxx just do the same thing over and over hoping for a different result. Can they actually just innovate and increase revenue? | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I guess they were spending too much money and those existing employees weren't able to do the job, right? We need the overseas geniuses to save Microsoft? | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | yawn* | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 days ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @kt+1kwz684wb | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3200 US workers | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ~5000 H1B application requested is what I've heard through some news outlets | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 days ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ke+1kwz684wb | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @OP Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has announced the firing of 3,200 American employees. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Sharma, who was appointed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, has also filed for thousands of H-1B visa hires this year. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 days ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @dj+1kwz684wb | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +4 | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Redmond has been known as Little India for over a decade. Microsoft, as well as Google, Amazon and Meta, has been pushing out US citizens in favor of H1Bs for 20 years. The USCIS needs to put an end to the H1B scam. | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | MS is AI Laggard, bloated with useless .NET devs | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Microsoft is more bloated than other FAANGs, and is packed with legacy enterprise .NET devs - a skillset that is irrelevent in the AI era | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | MS is AI Laggard, bloated with useless .NET devs | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Microsoft is more bloated than other FAANGs, and is packed with legacy enterprise .NET devs - a skillset that is irrelevent in the AI era | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1km3gzf4e#replies" | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "other FAANGs"??????? Even MS is not part of the FAANG. | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 13 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:05 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @gk2+1km3gzf4e | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 0 | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | We are doing this | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | April 26 by Anonymous | Jul 14 02:05 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | If AI can really make a huge profit, then the company should replace over 99% of its employees with AI first. | Jul 14 02:05 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:05 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.foxnews.com | Microsoft approves thousands of H-1B visas while Xbox cuts 1,600 jobs | Fox News | Jul 14 02:05 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kx5ecw0r | Jul 14 02:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jul 14 02:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Bad Move (The Economist) | Jul 14 02:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Microsoft’s gaming strategy has misfired badly A supply-chain crisis for Xbox couldn’t have come at a worse time* IT IS NOT yet the PayPal mafia, but the Instacart matriarchy is making its mark. Not long after Fidji Simo, ex-head of the online..." | Jul 14 02:06 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | <admfubar> :P | Jul 14 03:35 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Just to let you know that we are working on this and hope to have the | Jul 14 03:40 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > next parts ready this evening (Monday) or early tomorrow. | Jul 14 03:40 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | We're back. | Jul 14 03:40 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/07/14/Site_Community_News.shtml | Jul 14 03:40 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines — Site Community News | Jul 14 03:40 | |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | >> A lot of money is spent this month trying to silence us. Let us know | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> if you are around. | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Did you publish any details? | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > As far as I know, they haven't made any legal efforts to take down the | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Bicha blog, therefore, everything in it is correct even if it may be | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > inconvenient. | Jul 14 17:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Just to let you know that we are experiencing a small delay at this end. | Jul 14 17:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Nothing serious and we should be able to deliver the remaining parts very soon. | Jul 14 17:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jul 14 17:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Hoping that all went well in court. | Jul 14 17:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | No hurry. | Jul 14 17:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Our legal reps were good. | Jul 14 17:04 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "Could it be an announcement that all US IBMers get Arvind's 2026 bonus divided up amongst them ? It won't be much but better than nothing. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Or news that Arvind and Krabanaugh have quit or been fired for cause by the IBM board of trustees ? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | None of these lame excuses from Arvind should be entertained for even a minute. The man needs to be sent to jail for fraud and cooking the books with Krabanaugh. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 10 minutes ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | no reactions | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @c1+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | There is an executive mantra that says take all of your bad news on the same day. I would expect next Wednesday to be something positive. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 19 minutes ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @c0+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @bw Overperform articles have gone to cover the gravesite of Dead Gerbil. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 26 minutes ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bz+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +4 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ax yeah, where is IBM India HR liar-bot rage-bait troll shill spanky-pants id--t loser parasite ? He must have read the tea leaves about what was coming down today and decided to head for Arvind's toilet to hide out. Not a peep from him about leading his teams to fail or his executive promotion from Arvind. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 40 minutes ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @by+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bs yes, that will happen when He-l Freezes over. Until then, they will be raking in their excessive bonuses and depositing their oversized paychecks starting of course with the chief loser at IBM, Arvind. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 48 minutes ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bx+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Where are all those articles from last quarter and maybe even earlier, with the analysts that had "Overperform" ratings on the IBM stock? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 49 minutes ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bw+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Great thread here. It highlights even more damage: how this sc--wed folks that just got their RSUs vested. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1uw63ug/arvind_krishnas_letter_to_ibm_investors/ | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 52 minutes ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bv+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bs Any executive jump out of the Armonk windows yet ? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bt+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | So I imagine AK and the exec team are going on PIPs for losing 25% of the company's value | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bs+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It's going to depend on the forward guidance issued on the earnings call. If they revise 2H revenue growth estimates down, look out below. You can't keep barking about AI and Quantum while growing slower than the inflation rate. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @br+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The beatings will continue until morale improves. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bq+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | On July 14, 2026, IBM lost roughly $67 billion in market value in a single trading session. So what will happen to the $1 billion in government funding that was awarded for the Albany quantum fab? Is it just poof gone? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bp+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @bm he means the actually earnings call on July 22nd…. Expect stock to drop more then | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bn+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @Bk Care to elaborate? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | no reactions | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bm+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +6 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The bigger news is coming next week. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This announcement goal is to soften next week blow. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bk+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +6 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Well, it sounds like the only solution is to PIP/RA the more senior employees, hire more grads with AI "skills", and make a big announcement that IBM is rebalancing the workforce to accommodate the new company direction. I keep saying space travel to Mars is next, though IBM might just set its sights on Jupiter. To show it's ahead of the competition. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bj+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Last year, we had 2 people highly paid. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | One is a useless POS manager, the second is a developer with very high skills. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The developer was let go, the POS useless manager is still su-king the blood of IBM. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | These recent IBM results are not a surprise to anyone with some critical thinking. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bh+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +4 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Question now is can Red Hat continue to grow 10%+ with the Z17 cycle being kaput. Q3 results will be the tell. RH is carrying all of IBM now, if it falters turn out the lights lock the door and go home. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bg+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bd | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Yup, it now appears that they were Huiming’s attempt to make the Albany site look relevant instead of the major cost center that it really is. If you go back and read the posts that were critical of these announcements, they pointed out the major glaring issues with each of them. They were little more than cheap publicity stunts and tricks that created a week of buzz. Now they’ve been exposed for what they really were. But hind | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | sight is 20/20. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @be+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +7 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @bb 100% bullsh!t. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bd+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +6 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | So how many billions did we lose today? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bc+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +12 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | So all the quantum and sub 1nm news was just bullsh-t? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 12 reactions (+12/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @bb+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It boils down to innovation. What innovative ideas are coming out of each of the divisions | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | SW = none as they have adopted a buy and distribute model | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Consulting = almost none as they have adopted a low cost labor model instead | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Infrastructure = adopted a chip design and farming the IP model | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ba+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | In the possible words of Churchill. “Never let a good crisis go to waste” | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b9+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @b3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Next, selling Power to the Indians. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b8+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +6 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @b3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I am guessing, Power will be completely sold to the Indians. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b7+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Ginni R would be celebrating this as a raging success | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b6+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ax | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Rats are first to leave a sinking ship. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b5+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +4 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The lies! The manipulations! | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b4+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +4 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The preannounce most likely means a restructuring charge. This is different vs an RA charge as restructuring means a fundamental change to the way IBM does business going forward | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b3+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @aw exactly who are we selling all these great new things too exactly?? No one | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b1+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +4 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Mr Gerstner...blah blah blah. Karma AK: | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | That the color of your money speaks all languages most people do believe | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | But if we sow the seeds of bad karma bad fruit we will receive | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | If on your way to financial success others out of money you did cheat | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | To karma you will have to pay the price of your deceit. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | What goes around always comes around some have been known to say | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And for every wrong to others that we do some price we have to pay | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And though the law may not bring you to book your past will follow you | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And one day in some way you will pay for every wrong you do. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | You may be a known billionaire one of the privileged few | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And money brings one respect and power and others look up to you | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | But if in your climb to success you've harmed others in some way | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Karma will not respect you when it visits you one day. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | A very wealthy person you own half of the Town | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | But on your way up the corporate ladder you have dragged a few down | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And you may be one of those who think that to cheat and lie for gain is fair | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | But karma will not ignore you though you are a billionaire. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b0+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +4 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Calling Deep Throat! Where are you Deep Throat? Tell us what you know. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ay+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +8 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Where is Mister I have 500 badges and 6,000 Education hours today? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | How will he spin this ? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ax+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Bob saw this coming a mile away. We don't need no stinking customers. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @aw+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +8 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ak | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | IBM moved Power development to India. You get what you have paid for. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Pay for mediocrity, you get mediocrity. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @as+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | What does "enterprise" even mean? IBM hasn't been in the consumer space since it sold the PC business over 2 decades ago and their SMB market has been channel partner driven for as long as I can remember. Global 2000 has always been IBM's target market and almost all their revenue, no idea what this "enterprise restructuring" talk is all about. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+2/-1) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ar+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +25 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | But but but: | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | IBM ISC IBM sales cloud said they had a pipeline of $400,000,000 for this qtr. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The "sales" people all sent out 200 spam emails last week. How many customers replied? Thats right zero. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | IBM GSS Global sales school graduates were told they are the smartest people on the planet? | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | watsonx and Bob a thons were the job #1 not sales and not customer relationships. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 27 reactions (+26/-1) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @aq+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ad it’s already -33% in trading this morning. what’s to say it isn’t going to get worse. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ap+1kxg5wdz2 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | so https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/IBM (6 month chart) says it’s -33.1258% from its 2 Jun 2026 52wk high of 329.23 as of this writing. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | i guess Jun was the time to get out. | Jul 14 19:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | go figure. | Jul 14 19:38 |
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