●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 ●● ● Dec 17 [00:51] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:54] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Dec 17 [01:16] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:17] *jacobk has quit (Quit: http://quassel-irc.org - Chat comfortably. Anywhere.) [01:28] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:52] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@28zhuu2v47wgn.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 17 [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] "Mitt Romney: Americans can't complain if Trump does what he promised" [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] x https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5041075-romney-you-cant-complain-if-trump-does-what-he-says-he-would-do/ [05:29] schestowitz[TR2] # not "overwhelmingly" but by a fractional margin [05:29] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5041075-romney-you-cant-complain-if-trump-does-what-he-says-he-would-do/ ) ● Dec 17 [06:46] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 17 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:30] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Updating an old Ansible role with multiple OS support
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    I updated my main.yml with that syntax, and It Worked. Now to stop messing with pyinfra and fix this Ansible stuff in time for Christmas cough.

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    • [09:30] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Rubenerd: Updating an old Ansible role with multiple OS support [09:38] schestowitz[TR2] Re: Not Unicode compliant in 2024 [09:38] schestowitz[TR2] > Ha, that's pretty fun. I'll let the team know. If we don't get to it, it [09:38] schestowitz[TR2] > may be because it's a little too old by now. Also I'm away for Christmas [09:38] schestowitz[TR2] > from tomorrow so I will be largely detached from work [09:38] schestowitz[TR2] > [09:38] schestowitz[TR2] > cheers ● Dec 17 [10:48] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [10:53] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@tuzytkrdqu5wy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 17 [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] Part X Public and private tech [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] I hope you are very well and getting into the season of socialbility. [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] " [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] I just posted this and fixed a typo: [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] respct for technology... respect for technology " [12:58] schestowitz[TR2] "Re: For Monday?" ● Dec 17 [13:21] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [13:22] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@28zhuu2v47wgn.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:37] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [13:39] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 17 [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/new-french-draft-law-on-ai-generated-or.html?showComment=1734364931456#c6999650506297954100 [17:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | New French draft law on AI: Generated or not generated, that is the question - The IPKat [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] ">All these comments are perfectly valid, but one important background element was not mentioned.

    In France, there are actually two types of draft laws.

    The first is a "projet de loi", which is tabled by the government (when there is one, which hasn't been very often the case lately) after quite a lot of preparatory work. The resulting law may be watered down, or may be ill-advised because the prepar [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] atory work is in fact flawed in a substantial way, but at least the draft law underwent some legal review by a number of people, including some from the Conseil d'tat. Usually this legal review identifies potential problems with EU law in advance.

    The second is a "proposition de loi", which is tabled by one or more members of Parliament on their own initiative. They may have done as much preparatory work as t [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] he government... or very little or even not at all. In fact, it is not unusual that a "proposition de loi" is merely a communication device for a member of Parliament: "problem X exists, look at how much I care about problem X: I tabled draft law Y!"

    This draft law is a "proposition de loi", and very much looks like a communication device of this kind. I would not bet anything on it ever bec [17:21] schestowitz[TR2] oming law." [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] THanks Rianne, [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] Happy birthday Roy! [17:24] schestowitz[TR2] a." [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] Re: birthday wishes [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] > Your birthday is the anniversary of the attack on Dr Preining, also the [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] > Romanian attack on their citizens [17:25] schestowitz[TR2] I proclaim no responsibility :) ● Dec 17 [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl [18:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl ) [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] "" [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] You are correct Gerstner came in at a very bad time within IBM. The previous execs were borrowing money to make payroll (eg going out of business). Gerstner had to stop the bleeding (layoffs) and build a viable path forward (services). Gerstner realized IBM had a monopoly (enterprise) and he had to restructure IBM around that enterprise to monetize it. What did he do? He doubled down on Enterprise design (coming out with a new Z [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] chip and investing 500 million to invent Power) Both made enterprise viable again and that meant enterprise customers could spend money on what IBM used to give away for free (eg IBM technical expertise) Thus consulting/lab services was invented. The real measurement of IBMs turn around was revenue per employee. In 1992 (pre restructuring) revenue per employee was 215k In 1995 (post restructuring) revenue per employee was 310k. [18:21] schestowitz[TR2] The sweet spot being approx 300k per employee. Given IBMs 2024 revenue of 63.5 billion that says IBM should be aiming for 212k of worldwide employees. In other words IBM still has to shrink by a fair amount. " [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] Dear Colleagues, [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] The 2025 draft budget announced a planned production of 413 000 SEO (Search Examination Opposition) products for 4 025 planned examiner posts. [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] This is a 7% increase from the 2024 plan. It does not come as much of a surprise seeing the now 10-year-old trend of target increases, which coincides with the lifetime of the new career system. [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] This paper stresses how this is a problem, contradictory with the SP2028, and what you can do about it with the template provided in the annex. [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] Sincerely yours, [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] SUEPO Munich" [18:59] schestowitz[TR2] similar to https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/14/The_Patent_Litigation_Industry_Controls_the_European_Patent_Off.shtml [18:59] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights The Patent Litigation 'Industry' Controls the European Patent Office (Vendor Capture) and Everyone Suffers, Even the European Union ● Dec 17 [19:09] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [19:11] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 17 [21:33] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:53] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Dec 17 [22:20] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)