●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, October 14, 2024 ●● ● Oct 14 [01:21] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:22] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uivdf4yi6wfqn.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [01:26] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 14 [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] " [IPSO] WebEx Webinar on Dark Personalities in the Workplace - October 15, 2024 at 17:00 CET [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] Please click on the banner to register for the webinar [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] Dr. Cynthia Mathieu is an industrial-organizational psychologist and Professor of Organizational Behavior at the University of Qubec in Trois-Rivires (Canada). [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] Tuesday 15 October starting at 17:00 CET. [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] She studies and has published research on psychopathy and other dark personalities in the workplace, leadership, toxic workplace culture, and employee well-being. She consults with organizations and teaches on corporate psychopathy, employee selection, mental health in the workplace, organizational fraud, dark leadership, and work culture. She has been invited to speak for different types of organizations, such as the Conference Bo [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] ard of Canada, the Canadian federal government, the US government, the Retail Council of Canada, and Facebook. [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] Book description [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] Dark Personalities in the Workplace defines dark personalities, their prevalence in the workplace, and how they are best managed. The book brings together research in psychology and business to both profile these employees and impart best practices for businesses to manage them. Chapters explore narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy in a work context. [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] Coverage includes common behaviors such as incivility, negative attitudes, counterproductive behavior and escalating to harassment, bullying, violence, and fraud. Practical advice is given on how to avoid hiring dark personalities, avoid promoting dark personalities, and how to perform investigations and interventions with dark personalities. [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] With a background in forensic psychology and industrial/organizational psychology, Cynthia Mathieu provides a researched understanding to these personalities, case studies to better understand them, and practical tools and applied solutions for dealing with them. [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] IPSO Board Member Vronique Michel will host the webinar. She will be supported by Bernhard Stricker and Marco Luigi Fassetta. You will have the opportunity to discuss the views of the speakers during their presentations and also during the Q&A session. [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] Best regards, [02:01] schestowitz[TR2] The IPSO Board" ● Oct 14 [03:23] *croissant (~croissant@6q7dd3vuaf9b6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 14 [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36914/ [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] "From: https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-start-using-linux/ [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] "In the past, there was a website called DistroTest that would let you do that for free, but it's now defunct. Luckily, there's a spiritual successor called DistroSea with myriad distros for you to try. The experience of course is limited by your internet connection. For me, DistroSea even on high-speed wired connection is still slower than a virtual machine. The project is volunteer-run, though, and meant just for testing..." [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] (Aug 28, 2023) [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] An excellent idea for all those computers currently in service that aren't Windows 11 hardware compliant. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] Tick Tock: https://windowscountdown.com/ [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] I really liked that it had some distros that I hadn't heard of before and some I just had.. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] Definitely a little slow depending on your internet connection but still, it gives you a lot of different versions of the distro you're checking out to choose from very recent to much older. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] I really liked the EndeavorOS one and the Archcraft one but then I've only been on the site a couple of times so far. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] I want to check out VanillaOS I just found out existed and Garuda along with a few others too. [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] One Year to Go! [05:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hlBeV0IIoU " [05:52] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-LXer: Anyone remember Distrotest.net? I found a new one!: LXer Meta Forum [05:52] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.howtogeek.com | You Don't Have to Leave Windows: 8 Ways to Start Using Linux [05:52] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-windowscountdown.com | windows 10 EOL countdown Windows OS End of Life countdown [05:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Invidious: https://y.com.sb/watch?v=9hlBeV0IIoU [05:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 500 @ https://y.com.sb/watch?v=9hlBeV0IIoU ) ● Oct 14 [07:41] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [07:42] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 14 [08:43] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:43] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Oct 14 [09:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [09:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 14 [10:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:03] *wanted has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [10:04] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:43] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:46] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Oct 14 [11:50] schestowitz[TR2] "This is more akin to dollar cost averaging a technique recommended for individuals. With this strategy, individuals buy a fixed dollar amount of stock on a regular schedule over a long period of time, regardless of the share price. This is a tactic to maximize an individuals long-term wealth in the stock market by investing in stocks through good times and bad; it is not a viable strategy for a corporation such as IBM to invest i [11:50] schestowitz[TR2] n stocks to create shareholder wealth when it should be investing in business-first: making people more productive, processes more effective, and products more valuable." https://www.discerningreaders.com/ibm-twenty-first-century-share-buybacks.html [11:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.discerningreaders.com | An Overview of IBM's Share Buyback Strategy & Cost ● Oct 14 [12:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [12:04] *blase (~blase@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 14 [13:01] schestowitz[TR2] "Further to the recently held IPSoc event, focusing on the first year of the UPC, I would like to inform that CEIPI organised a conference on the same topic: The UPC - The first year in review.

The program of the day can be found on the following link:

https://www.ceipi.edu/websites/ceipi/Documents/Colloques__conferences__seminaires__tables_rondes_du_CEIPI_dont_photos/2024/The_Unified_Patent_Court_The_f [13:01] schestowitz[TR2] irst_year_in_review/The_Unified_Patent_Court_-_The_first_year_in_review_10_09.pdf

The program was extremely dense and various speakers, from the UPC itself, from private practice or industry as well as a representative of the boards of appeal of the EPO were giving presentations.

Should you be interested, I published on my blog a summary of an extremely dense day in which a wide range of topics were presented [13:01] schestowitz[TR2] .

The link is the following:

https://blog.ipappify.de/ceipi-conference-on-one-year-of-upc-on-26-09-2024-a-summary/

What was remarkable a the end of the day was the presence of a white elephant in the room: the referral G 1/24." [13:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://www.ceipi.edu/websites/ceipi/Documents/Colloques__conferences__seminaires__tables_rondes_du_CEIPI_dont_photos/2024/The_Unified_Patent_Court_The_f ) [13:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://blog.ipappify.de/ceipi-conference-on-one-year-of-upc-on-26-09-2024-a-summary/