●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, April 18, 2026 ●● ● Apr 18 [02:26] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:30] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@atu2uhbvxaeyw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 18 [07:18] *rianne_ (~rianne@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #techbytes [07:21] *asusbox (~rianne@uwb8s9bfzeyh4.irc) has joined #techbytes [07:29] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:50] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-o96.spj.ifb87q.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 18 [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] Re: New RMS article?> Hi Y'all, [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > Hope you're doing well and enjoying the digital detox! Between y'all and [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > me, since the Reddit fiasco earlier this year - I've started doing the same [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > thing, usually on Saturdays. Life is so much more than 1s and 0s, and haters [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > online screaming at you! [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > I wanted to share an article I just found about Dr. Stallman that was [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > published [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > back in February, and we seem to have all missed! It didn't seem like an [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > awful [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > article, but I did not read it too closely - please check it out here: [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > https://hackernoon.com/the-man-who-wrote-the-rules-of-freedom-for-software [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > Please stay safe! [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] > Best, [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] I've just added this to TM. [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] It looks like someone who contacted RMS. Not slop AFAIK. [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] Regarding breaks, decades from now you and I and Rianne etc. won't look back in our death bed regretting not spending MORE time on the keyboard. [08:11] schestowitz[TR3] I am still catching up with E-mall, I'm months behind on some mail. [08:11] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-The Man Who Wrote the Rules of Freedom for Software | HackerNoon [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > Hi Roy, [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > I was considering (again) porting some cybershow stuff to geminispace, [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > and just wondering how you managed to serve your gemini content? [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > My experience with it hasn't been good. Lots of servers, almost none [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > of them are maintained or work properly. Main issue is getting TLS [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > certs to work is a nightmare. Not at all the "simple and easy". [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > I'm trying to find one that's maintained as a docker container ideally [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > (but I can build my own) [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > Agate fails to handle IP addresses for TLS in a test environment [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > Molly seems unmaintained and relies on very outdated Alpine/golang stuff [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > that doesn't work [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > I tried a few others but most are half-baked hobby projects that the [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > developer got bored with a few years ago. [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > Can you share a workflow that's modern, maintainable and that someone [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > has actually documented and tested? [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] > all best wishes, [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] Sorry for the late response. [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] Lunatics from America try to drag us into courts in another city. [08:21] schestowitz[TR3] I can get you in touch with someone who can give recommendations, if that's OK? [08:25] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:25] *asusbox has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > It took a whole day of messing with TLS certs and getting hostnames [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > to line up everywhere, in certs, in config, in container build, and in DNS, [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > but finally: [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > gemini://gemini.cybershow.uk :) [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > I'd say the gemini community could do a bit more to lower the barrier [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > to entry, But maybe that's the point :) [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] > cheers, [08:42] schestowitz[TR3] Aha, disregard my last message then :) ● Apr 18 [12:51] schestowitz[TR3] hi, I didnt want to ask in the public forum, why was techbytes mentioned at the court? [12:51] schestowitz[TR3] i just mentioned that in the past we did podcasts, that's all ● Apr 18 [13:00] schestowitz[TR3] ah, I just wondered. [13:00] schestowitz[TR3] Im off out to the pub this afternoon, Shell is already talking about what foods she is going to make when you both visit. [13:00] schestowitz[TR3] to be clear, it is by no means bad [13:00] schestowitz[TR3] just a boast/name-drop [13:09] schestowitz[TR3] i didnt think for one minute it was bad, i was just interested. [13:50] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@36imbvshpgubk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Apr 18 [15:01] schestowitz[TR3] "Red Hat Devs Forced to Use AI or "Find Another Job" [15:01] schestowitz[TR3] Red Hat ties financial bonuses to Al use, encourages writing Fedora Linux code with Al, writes articles with Al, buys Al companies, and now makes Al a job requirement." [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kpd10bfd#replies [15:08] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kpd10bfd#replies ) [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] "IBM Troll ChatGPT never sleeps. 1. You are not upskilling. You are filling your day with IBM Cheerleading propaganda. 2. IBM is a DEI dumpster fire. It used to be the most admired, essential and highest revenue generating firm. Turn off ChatGPT. IBM is now 62 in the F500. Congrats you have dropped 61 places. KEEP GOING!!! 3. Comrade do tell us a bit more about yourself. I bet you are in your 20s, been with IBM under 5 years, are a [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] DEI hire, are in a non customer facing role, and were told in college you are amoung the top 1,000 smartest people in the world. And someday if you lead in the Think40 hours for 10 years in a row, you too will someday be IBM CEO. SMH. And that is not shaking my head. Thats SO MUCH HORSE - %^&*. I have been at IBM since the early 80s before-during-after Gerstner. You? [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] 34 minutes ago by Anonymous [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] Post ID: @fx+1kpd10bfd [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] -2 [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] @fk Thats a lot of accusations and very little substance. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] Upskilling isnt propagandaits a baseline requirement in tech. The industry moves fast, and people who invest in learning stay relevant. Dismissing that doesnt make it less true, it just signals resistance to change. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] As for IBM, its a 100+ year company thats gone through multiple reinventions. Not all of them are perfect, but writing it off entirely ignores the reality that it continues to operate at global scale across enterprise, AI, and hybrid cloud. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] If you want to have a serious discussion about strategy, market share, or execution, thats fair. But this isnt thatits just a string of assumptions and personal attacks. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] Ill stick to facts, learning, and actual work. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] | 2 reactions (+0/-2) | Reply [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] Post ID: @fr+1kpd10bfd [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] +3 [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] @db IBM Troll ChatGPT. You are not upskilling. You are an internet troll who has infected this forum with AI supplied IBM propaganda nonsense you paste in as your own. Likely a real IBM exec or their AA or HR. Your posts get near 100% down votes. I guess that gives you an adrenaline rush. You are taking "classes, propaganda) designed by people who have never met a customer, never been a lead on a customer project, never wrote 1 lin [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] e of code, never sold a direct deal. never worked with a business partner etc etc. SO MANY at IBM now have been recruited under the DEI banner of young age, non white skin color, not male. Many 6 months ago were Starbucks barista's. Sold make up at Ulta. Were bar tenders. How many times (of course Comrade you either do not know about this or ignore it with your ChatGPT internet scrapes) has and will IBM be sued? For age discriminat [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] ion. For DEI hiring illegal practices. Etc etc. I guess these topics are not in your THINK40 propaganda classes. I predict IBM will face their Eric Swalwell moment where for far too long they are the pompous entity on the hill spewing obvious nonsense and then finally get caught and the world sees the emperor has no clothers (literally) from the Swalwell pictures that are coming out. IBM screams WE ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR AI [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] AND HYBRID CLOUD! Yet less than 2% of IT pro's have a clue what IBM is doing for AI (and do not care) and IBM cloud has less than 2% share (again no ones cares) about IBM cloud. And do you think ANYONE outside of IBM cares about IBM THINK40 and what you are doing? [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] Post ID: @fk+1kpd10bfd [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] -5 [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] @cj [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] If putting in time to learn and stay current bothers you, thats a strange hill to die on. Upskilling isnt nonsenseits how people avoid becoming obsolete in a fast-moving industry. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] You can mock THINK40 all you want, but companies like IBM dont invest in workforce development for opticsthey do it because the pace of change in AI and tech demands it. And leaders like Nickle LaMoreaux are focused on aligning people, skills, and technology in a way that actually scales. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] As for AI is a joke, thats easy to say from the sidelines. The real work is being done by people who are actually building, learning, and adaptingnot just posting comments. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] 14 hours ago by Anonymous [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] | 7 reactions (+1/-6) | Reply [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] Post ID: @db+1kpd10bfd [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] +5 [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] Our ChatGPT troll is baaack. But but but they said they were doing 1M hours of THINK40 training?! How can this be? Training nonsense and all they do is troll here. Hmmm what is that foul odor in the corner? Is it the troll giving off IBM BS gas? Nickle is the most embarrassing person I saw in IT in 44 years. Checks the DEI boxes though. IBM's AI "stuff" is a joke. Anthropic seems to have won. [15:08] schestowitz[TR3] " [15:13] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 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