●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Monday, March 16, 2026 ●● ● Mar 16 [03:08] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkmbhpt2 [03:08] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kkmbhpt2 ) [03:08] schestowitz[TR2] "" [03:08] schestowitz[TR2] you are correct... reason why IBM built his Bob tool using Anthropic!" [03:08] schestowitz[TR2] "Respectfully, you have no idea what you are talking about. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google all dominate the ENTERPRISE AI market. WatsonX has less than 1% market share. And no one is running AI workloads on mainframes (IBM muddies the waters by calling 1990s style machine learning for things like fraud detection on Z as "AI")." [03:08] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kks1jms4 [03:09] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kks1jms4 ) [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] In the US, Band D severance in the past has been 3 months salary. And any RSUs you hold will expire on your separation date -- meaning if you have RSUs that have not vested, you get $0 from those RSUs. [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] 53 minutes ago by Anonymous [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c2+1kks1jms4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] @az, I am in ready to pi-s on that id--t! [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bv+1kks1jms4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] 5 months severance is standard for Band D and C. Band B and up is individually negotiated. [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+0/-1) | Reply [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @be+1kks1jms4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] This is a BS post. IBM executives have a special employment contract. You should have known your package already unless youre not a band D executive. [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b1+1kks1jms4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] How about you stand in the middle and the rest of us give you a golden shower? [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by LOL [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @az+1kks1jms4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] Executives get golden parachutes [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @aw+1kks1jms4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] @OP, how much do you make? Do you really need to rely on severance to get by? [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] How old are you anyway? [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @at+1kks1jms4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] No need to worry there will not be an RA coming up [03:09] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Mar 16 [05:18] *techrights-sec4 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [05:18] *techrights-sec3 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [05:18] *techrights-sec1 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [05:18] *acer-box____ (~acer-box@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [05:19] *techrights-sec4 (~quassel@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [05:19] *techrights-sec1 (~quassel@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [05:19] *acer-box__ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [05:20] *techrights-sec3 (~quassel@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] > Hey Dr. Schestowitz, [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] > [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] > I hope this email finds you well since we last spoke. [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] > My apologies for the lull in communication - this last [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] > Thursday, I was diagnosed with a stomach ulcer, which has [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] > kept me sidelined for the last few weeks. Im on medication [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] > now and feeling better, and Ive been catching up on your [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] > sites from bed! [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] First of all, be well! Soon. [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] I am going to write about the topic you gave. [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] As you can imagine, my hands are full with GAFAM bullies at the moment, so I tend to be behind E-mail etc. [05:49] schestowitz[TR2] br, ● Mar 16 [12:14] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:18] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 16 [13:06] *psydroid|2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [13:06] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 16 [14:04] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [14:08] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@aksg6tcpv6ixw.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:47] *croissant has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Mar 16 [15:09] *croissant (~croissant@yf8bqngk29h22.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:43] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=rss Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:42:43 +0000 In a situation where everyone will rely on AI, fro... [15:43] schestowitz[TR2] In a situation where everyone will rely on AI, fro... http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-future-of-patent-profession-are-we.html?showComment=1773560563717#c5468146363370112440 [15:43] schestowitz[TR2]
  • In a situation where everyone will rely on AI, fro...
    In a situation where everyone will rely on AI, from all sides, from the inventor's side as a tool for creating new inventions, from the patent monopoly attorney's side as a tool for improved writing and responding t [15:43] schestowitz[TR2] o examiner's findings, and from the examiners' side as a response to the applicant's claims, will there be any significance to this entire industry? Will a patent monopoly have value
    • [15:43] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default?alt=rss Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:06:42 +0000 What is a 'substantial reduction'? [15:43] schestowitz[TR2] Let&#... [15:43] schestowitz[TR2] What is a 'substantial reduction'? [15:43] schestowitz[TR2] Let&#... http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-future-of-patent-profession-are-we.html?showComment=1773533202633#c2017627056671215764 [15:43] schestowitz[TR2]
  • What is a 'substantial reduction'? [15:43] schestowitz[TR2] Let&#...
    What is a 'substantial reduction'?

    Let's assume we mean the overall IP budget of the organisation. Let's assume the organisation is first-filing in GB/EP since this is IPKat. Let's assume they've already done the obvious 'big impact' stuff such as introducing cost caps/volume discounts, insourcing formalities, consolidating cases, and controlling
    • [15:43] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The future of the patent profession: Are we looking into an AI abyss? - The IPKat [15:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The future of the patent profession: Are we looking into an AI abyss? - The IPKat ● Mar 16 [16:40] *psydroid|2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:46] *psydroid|2 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 16 [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] Not on empty, just massive debt. [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] College tution fees are not going to be recovered. [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a69047202/average-new-car-price-rises-above-50000/ [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.usnews.com/insurance/auto/average-cost-of-car-insurance [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://gasprices.aaa.com/ ~ 200 / mo = 2400 / year [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/average-salary-in-us/ [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] car amortized over 5 years ~ $ 10k per year [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] total ~ 15 k per year [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] average salary 63 k [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] about 24% of work hours go to the car, then there is the 3 hour per day commute [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] (round trip) [18:45] schestowitz[TR2] 10+15= 25 hours per week on just the f-ing car [18:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.caranddriver.com | Average New Car Prices Rise Above $50,000 for the First Time Ever [18:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-HTTP/2 stream 1 was not closed cleanly: INTERNAL_ERROR (err 2) ( status 0 @ https://www.usnews.com/insurance/auto/average-cost-of-car-insurance ) [18:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-gasprices.aaa.com | AAA Fuel Prices [18:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.sofi.com/learn/content/average-salary-in-us/ ) ● Mar 16 [20:52] *psydroid|2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Mar 16 [21:11] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)