●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 ●● ● Apr 17 [00:07] schestowitz > In the case of von Bidder, they sent a subsequent email, below, with [00:07] schestowitz > what looks like a more rehearsed heart attack story. It may or may not [00:07] schestowitz > be true. I will publish more details in a subsequent blog at some point. [00:07] schestowitz > [00:07] schestowitz > Based on my experience with the Swiss lawyers and other integrity [00:07] schestowitz > issues, I would simply remain suspicious until there is some official [00:07] schestowitz > report from a doctor. [00:07] schestowitz > [00:07] schestowitz > Even if it was a heart attack, which is very rare for people who are [00:07] schestowitz > young and healthy, the stressful environment could be a factor. [00:07] schestowitz > [00:07] schestowitz > 13% higher risk of heart attack when working over 55 hours/week: [00:07] schestowitz > [00:07] schestowitz > https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/only-the-overworked-die-young-201512148815 [00:07] schestowitz > [00:07] schestowitz > [00:07] schestowitz > 29.04.2011: [00:07] schestowitz > "During the funeral, the circumstances of his death have been explained [00:07] schestowitz > [1]: during a sunny sunday, Adrian went on a biking tour, alone. During [00:07] schestowitz > his tour, he noticed something was going wrong and stepped down from his [00:07] schestowitz > bike and sat down. There, his heart stopped and Adrian died." [00:07] schestowitz You sort of beat me to it. [00:07] schestowitz Upon reading that last piece I thought, impact of stress could be reiterated, emphasised. [00:07] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.health.harvard.edu | Only the overworked die young - Harvard Health [00:16] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [00:18] *jacobk (~quassel@tx7equyw677ue.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:28] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 17 [01:48] schestowitz > Hi Roy, [01:48] schestowitz > [01:48] schestowitz > You're kind to write about this, thank you for raising. Social networks [01:48] schestowitz > do bring out the worst in people, by design. [01:48] schestowitz They call it "engagement". [01:48] schestowitz > But unfortunately I don't think we can blame it entirely. There's a [01:48] schestowitz > deeper cultural issue going on, which social media exacerbates. [01:48] schestowitz Exactly. [01:48] schestowitz > I cop abuse from self-professed GNU/Linux people who aren't on social [01:48] schestowitz > media, and instead read me via RSS, HN/Lobsters, or met me at [01:48] schestowitz > conferences. In other words, I could leave social media today and it [01:48] schestowitz > wouldn't solve the problem. [01:48] schestowitz Only a certain % is like that. I've read your blog for years, but we never talked. The bad ones are most "memorable". [01:48] schestowitz > I'd like to understand why, but it's also happened enough times that I'm [01:48] schestowitz > frankly burned out from it. I'm heeding your advice and not taking it [01:48] schestowitz > too seriously anymore. [01:48] schestowitz Sometimes it is possible not to even read it (it you can resist the desire). [01:48] schestowitz > I'll check out your videos on the topic when I've had a chance to [01:48] schestowitz > recover (anxiety attacks are fun!) [01:48] schestowitz Focus on the positive feedback and carry on. ● Apr 17 [02:31] *jacobk (~quassel@t4pcqqefqberq.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 17 [03:20] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 17 [04:08] *iNvERSeD (~DaxSon@freenode-2ue.6ih.pu7h8v.IP) has joined #techbytes [04:10] *Rodney_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [04:55] *atilla (~atilla@h5kkn39pb5fgq.irc) has joined #techbytes [04:55] *atilla has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 17 [06:22] *atilla (~atilla@h5kkn39pb5fgq.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:22] *atilla has quit (connection closed) [06:46] *jacobk (~quassel@32hz32it3ih2k.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 17 [10:25] *parsifal (~parsifal@uuar9r28yasyu.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 17 [11:25] *libbox (~schestowitz_log@24axkg87jqny6.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:49] schestowitz "Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal" [11:49] schestowitz x https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/technology/microsoft-g42-uae-ai.html [11:49] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nytimes.com | Microsoft Makes High-Stakes Play in Tech Cold War With Emirati A.I. Deal - The New York Times ● Apr 17 [12:22] *Noisytoot has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:22] *Noisytoot (~noisytoot@tkbibjhmbkvb8.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:50] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@u8ftxtfux23wk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 17 [14:50] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:56] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Apr 17 [15:01] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@qezxp5nudz5uq.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:10] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [15:54] *atilla (~atilla@zzjk7m2cn7gj2.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:54] *atilla has quit (connection closed) ● Apr 17 [18:35] *jacobk (~quassel@32hz32it3ih2k.irc) has joined #techbytes [18:44] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/04/czech-court-finds-that-ai-tool-dall-e.html?showComment=1713257427472#c5979331015337318105 [18:44] schestowitz "I wonder, how does one know whether any given image has been created by an Hey Hi (AI) tool, and hence whether copyright monopoly might subsist in it? If I was generating images using these tools I'd be tempted to keep quiet about it, and leave the burden of proof of the production method to any opposing party." [18:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Czech court finds that AI tool DALL-E cannot be the author of a copyright work - The IPKat ● Apr 17 [19:08] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@u8ftxtfux23wk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 17 [20:36] schestowitz https://www.thehansindia.com/business/open-to-anything-says-microsoft-worker-who-was-laid-off-after-3-decades-of-service-873169 [20:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.thehansindia.com | Open to anything, says Microsoft worker who was laid off after 3 decades of service ● Apr 17 [21:53] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Apr 17 [23:13] schestowitz "Dear members, dear colleagues, [23:13] schestowitz [23:13] schestowitz Please find below the SUEPO TH April 2024 digest: [23:13] schestowitz [23:13] schestowitz SUEPO TH committee [23:13] schestowitz The SUEPO TH committee elections took place in December 2023 (see results here) and this is present committee (see composition here): " [23:13] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.0.0 Aria http://www.kvirc.net/) [23:26] *jacobk (~quassel@838aynky6btpe.irc) has joined #techbytes [23:46] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:59] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving)