●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, February 19, 2025 ●● ● Feb 19 [00:12] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:14] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:19] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:21] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:24] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:27] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:36] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:40] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:49] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:52] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:54] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [00:56] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 19 [01:00] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:07] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:09] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:14] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:17] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:26] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:28] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:31] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:44] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:55] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:55] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 19 [02:05] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:07] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:11] *jacobk has quit (Quit: No Ping reply in 180 seconds.) [02:19] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:36] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:36] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:39] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:44] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:47] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [02:47] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:51] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:53] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 19 [03:56] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:57] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 19 [05:03] pi_ db [05:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Feb 19 [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] "Hackers use sophisticated macOS malware to steal cryptocurrency, Microsoft says | The Record from Recorded Future News" [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] x https://therecord.media/hackers-use-macos-malware-to-steal-crypto [07:40] schestowitz[TR2] # misrepresents m$ as an authority on anything [07:40] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-therecord.media | Hackers use sophisticated macOS malware to steal cryptocurrency, Microsoft says | The Record from Recorded Future News [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * #soylent :Cannot join channel (+r) - you need to be logged into your NickServ account [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * #soylent :Cannot join channel (+r) - you need to be logged into your NickServ account [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * Disconnected (Connection timed out). [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * Looking up chat.soylentnews.org [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * Connecting to chat.soylentnews.org (2602:fd63:12::2) port 6667... [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * Connection failed. Error: Connection timed out [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] Cycling to next server in SN... [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * Disconnected (). [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * Looking up chat.soylentnews.org [07:56] schestowitz[TR2] * Connecting to chat.soylentnews.org (2602:fd63:12::2) port 6667... ● Feb 19 [09:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:05] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 19 [11:32] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Rhino Linux 2025.2 Brings Stability and Performance Enhancements
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    In this update, users will notice that the Unicorn Desktop now behaves much more reliably. Configuration files no longer get overwritten when you update the desktop package, and the global menus tendency to push the end of the panel off the screen has finally been resolved.

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    Moreover, the wallpaper properly scales to different screen sizes, and the audio issues that previously caused some devices to lack out-of-the-box sound have been addressed, ensuring a more consistent multimedia experience across various setups.

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  • [11:32] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Rhino Linux 2025.2 Brings Stability and Performance Enhancements [11:33] schestowitz[TR2]
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    KDE Plasma 6.3.1 Desktop Environment Released
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    With that said, the Breeze theme no longer causes occasional crashes in non-KDE apps, KScreen Doctor now handles DPMS mode outputs more reliably, and Info Center no longer struggles with page flickering on its energy panel.

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    Moreover, KWin, KDEs window manager, reduces graphical glitches and polishes advanced display features like night light and offloading for HDR. Among these changes, one of the more important is a fix that ensures brightness does not ramp up unexpectedly when you enable night light.

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  • [11:33] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | KDE Plasma 6.3.1 Desktop Environment Released [11:37] schestowitz[TR2]
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    NVIDIA vs AMD on Linux: Which GPU Should You Choose?
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    This has been one of the longest-running debates in the Linux community, going back many years. Both brands have their loyal supporters, and discussions can get pretty heated. But in this article, were leaving bias at the door. I aim to give you a well-reasoned answer to help you navigate this not-so-simple decision.

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    Lets cut straight to itif youre looking for a quick and simple answer, go with AMD. But that recommendation comes with a few important caveats. Keep reading if you want to make a truly informed decision based on your particular requirements. As always, the right choice depends on what you need from your GPU.

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  • [11:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | NVIDIA vs AMD on Linux: Which GPU Should You Choose? ● Feb 19 [12:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmbge75p [12:26] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmbge75p ) [12:26] schestowitz[TR2] " [12:26] schestowitz[TR2] They warmed up on the GNOME Foundation in 2024. Two very experienced women were publicly sacked due to "budget" reasons. At exactly the same time, another Albanian woman was secretly hired without any comment though. The board member Sonny Piers was removed right in the middle of the discussion about the hiring and firing, it was first reported by a former community representative who published a photo of the two Albanian women aft [12:26] schestowitz[TR2] er they were arrested by suspicious border police in Switzerland. [12:26] schestowitz[TR2] https://danielpocock.com/arrested-albanian-outreach-whistleblowers-sonny-piers-gnome-debian-connections/ [12:26] schestowitz[TR2] " [12:26] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-danielpocock.com | Arrested: Albanian Outreachy whistleblowers, Sonny Piers GNOME & Debian connections ● Feb 19 [13:05] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:30] *Disconnected (Network is unreachable). [13:31] *Now talking on #techbytes ● Feb 19 [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-morality-and-patentability-of.html?showComment=1739818572518#c3105051960389800494 [14:18] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The morality (and patentability) of inventions derived by immoral means (T 2510/18) - The IPKat [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] "I'm coming this rather belatedly but it seems to me that the BoA has got it right on the moral point and very wrong on the substantive patentability point.

    As regards morality, the question of whether the source of the knowledge was legitimately obtained must surely be a question for national law. That's not to say that _exploitation_ of the invention is solely a matter for national law - the EPO is quite within its r [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] ights as a transnational organisation to decide that patents are not to be granted for legal acts in various states including contracting states, just as member states can rule that patentable subject matter is not legal - but here this is not the question. How is the EPO to judge the background of the invention in a patent, and how far back should that analysis go? Given the identical patent monopoly disclosure, would (and shoul [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] d) the outcome be different if the inventor was a member of the traditional community at issue? How about for a commercial entity that "purchased" that knowledge from such a community? How can the EPO assess this?

    Where the EPO is manifestly wrong, though, is in finding a claim that embraces every possible embodiment of a known and publicly available substance to be new. This cannot be right.

    [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] It seems to me that the flaw in reasoning is the Board's conflation of the gold standard for amendments/priority and that for novelty. Clearly, a direct and unambiguous prior disclosure of an invention _will_ be novelty-destroying that is obvious - but Art 54 extends this to the whole state of the art that is made available to the public by any means and at any time, regardless of the level of its description. If the inventio [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] n is a compound, then more precision is needed than made available in the art such that the claimed invention has not been disclosed: the patentee could have looked to purity levels, specific compositions, new uses, or pretty much anything else. But by the Board's logic I should now be able to validly claim the same compound using a different terminology (e.g. defining certain groups in the compound in functional terms, e.g. a gr [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] oup which binds to a specific residue in a binding site in a protein) which could not be derived from this patent monopoly (thus passing the non-disclosure test). This can't be right.

    The conflation with infringement seems most helpful as an illustration. Of course a later patent monopoly can create FTO risks for known inventions: we all know a specific formulation of a drug can be patented in view of the drug being k [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] nown, or a new medical use can be patented in view of a compound's more general use. But insofar as there is an infringement question, the point is surely that the claim cannot embrace *every* possible embodiment of what was known before. In other words, if the claim embraces any and all possible forms, uses and compositions of the natural product (which it does) then it cannot be novel. If it only covers some uses/forms and tho [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] se are not known in the art, then we can (potentially) acknowledge novelty and move onto inventive step.

    And yes I would have denied Flemming a patent monopoly for penicillin if the claim embraced a naturally occurring foxglove plant. He can have a novel claim to an isolated/purified form of the compound, or a pharmaceutical composition that comprises it, and we can then argue whether or not that claim is inventive bas [14:18] schestowitz[TR2] ed on the traditional knowledge :)<" [14:21] *zso has quit (*.net *.split) [14:21] *316BKIEYH has quit (*.net *.split) [14:22] *zso (~haver@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techbytes [14:22] *316BKIEYH (~quassel@freenode-50vmi7.ldvb.0amm.hij1op.IP) has joined #techbytes [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jme9y3jr [14:52] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jme9y3jr ) [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] " Alvind! Is that you? [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] 30 minutes ago by Anonymous [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+0/-1) [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bq+1jme9y3jr [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] -2 [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] Lets keep on cutting useless support functions these people are true costs, they bring nothing to the table bye! [14:52] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Feb 19 [15:53] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [15:56] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:56] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer ● Feb 19 [16:07] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:09] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:10] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:10] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer [16:58] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Feb 19 [17:01] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:01] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer [17:39] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [17:44] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Feb 19 [22:13] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:14] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:17] *MinceR` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:19] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:24] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer [22:27] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:37] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:38] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer ● Feb 19 [23:04] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [23:40] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:42] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes [23:43] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer