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[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krpqv7q6#replies
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[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] "
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] Ooo the little Indian AI bot is getting snippy. Maybe itll decide to delete itself soon.
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous
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[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] @10b while you were collecting badges, I spend a couple of hours daily trading in NvIdia, apple, Amd, micron and others at the office. The manager holds to high esteem. When he asks, I tell him, I send 25% of my time up skilling. It is a win-win.
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] The capital gain so far is twice the ibm salary I draw. IBM is good place to work for. It allows to expand the horizons and portfolio.
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous
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[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] @10p they could be one of the untouchables, dont worry what others do
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous
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[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] I was in the office today and reported someone because they were taking pictures of me while I was shopping for usb cables on Amazon bcos the IBM procurement process is so broken this is the easiest solution. The person taking the photos were pretending to work, they said they were doing Think40 education but given IBM abandoned that a couple of years ago I knew they were lying. Hopefully HR will take action soon by handing the hap
[05:13] schestowitz[TR2] py snapper an RA.
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[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ks3gtpwc#replies
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[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] None of us really know
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] what the he-l is going on.
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous
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[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] @af yeah so as an AI bot are you able to have s-x on line with other bots and enjoy it ?
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] Can't have you all dressed up and nowhere to go - it's would look right to find you playing with yourself on someone's screen (preferably Alvind's).
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous
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[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] This post is so s e xually charged!
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous
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[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] IBM stock price normally runs inverse to the entire market. On days the Dow/SP500 are up, IBM is down. When Dow/SP500 are down, IBM is usually up. It's been like this since early 2000s
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous
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[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] +5
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] This stock performance is indicative of a company that is run by mo--ns who have no clue what they are doing, the Strategic Imperatives, Roadmap 2020, Blockchain, Watson, keeping Ginni as CEO for 7 years with her streak of quarterly revenue misses, completely missing out on the Cloud, Warren Buffett unloading all his IBM stock, buying Redhat for 10x more than it was worth etc etc....in the future we will be able to add Quantum comp
[05:14] schestowitz[TR2] uting to this list, but IBM will most likely be a memory and a college case study by then.
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[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] " Oh Jolly good !
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous
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[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] is anyone kicking the collective Alvind and Krabanaugh backsides yet for the IBM stock price debacle ?
[05:15] schestowitz[TR2] That needs to happen and the dynamic failures need to be shown the door. Whatever happened to the AI Bot from India who keeps insisting that he's completing Think 40 badges to get promoted to executive level ?
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[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > Its absolutely fine, please dont worry about me!
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] >
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > I appreciate the heads-up, but Im more than happy to
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > keep eagerly reading your sites until your schedule frees
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > up and you have more time to post :-)
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] >
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > Oh, and if you get to meet Keir Starmer, let me know what hes
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > like. I still tend to think of the UK prime minister as a head of
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > cabbage from a few years ago
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] >
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > Were almost done wrapping up the AV1 conversions over at the
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > GNU project too! Im finishing the last round with Ms. Dora while
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > she focuses on documenting changes and updating metadata for
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > publication. I think we should be able to get everything completed
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > and published before my back surgery in late July, but Ill keep yall
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > updated either way.
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] >
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] > Thanks again - and please stay safe!
[07:17] schestowitz[TR2] It is helpful to know this was finalised.
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[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] > Hi Roy,
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] >
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] > Re:https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/21/Dr_Stallman_Helps_Establish_Free_Software_Advocacy_Outside_the_.shtml
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] >
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] > it would be nice to get a leader in LibreTech to come on the show. Or
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] > perhaps Dr Young from Georgia? DO you have any channels open with them
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] > or contact details?
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] >
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] > heatwave next week.. even in Manchester :) enjoy.
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] > best,
[13:45] schestowitz[TR2] Would it be tactful (to you) for me to give your email addy?
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● May 21
[15:02] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/05/ai-in-patent-industry-risks-of-ai.html?showComment=1779291770899#c6477975130527661853
[15:02] schestowitz[TR2] "Dear Extraneous Attorney I usually try to avoid responding to IPKat comments, as this way madness lies! However, as you have taken the trouble to post your view twice, I thought I would give you my thoughts on this.
I believe that your assumption that Hey Hi (AI) providers are losing money on each prompt is wrong. The economics of foundational models are actually best understood as an R&D"
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[15:02] schestowitz[TR2] "I am largely repeating what I said in my comment to the last post on this topic (April 15, 2026), but there is a topic which I think isn't currently being discussed enough: economics.
More specifically, the economics of the Hey Hi (AI) tools themselves, i.e. what they cost to the seller (here, whatever Hey Hi (AI) service provider a patent monopoly law firm is buying from), and ultimately what cost is passed"
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[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ks3gtpwc#replies
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[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] The powers that be (not just at IBM) are readying the Quantum Hype Machine (QHM) to have it ready for when the AI bubble bursts. Problem is, that while AI actually exists today (just not as good as people hoped), Quantum Computers do not and won't for probably another 20-30 years. All these stories you read are just lab experiments. QC today is about as advanced as AI was in the 1950s with Marvin Minsky. And at least as far away fr
[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] om reality.
[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] 36 minutes ago by Anonymous
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[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] @d3 are Alvind and Krabanaugh peeing in their pants yet again at their sudden good fortune in Quantum Computing no less ?
[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] How many lies did Alvind tell to convince the Trump administration to part with the money ? What lies were they ? Waiting for answers ....and not from the ridiculous IBM India AI BOT who is going nowhere with his Think40 junk badges and executive pipe dreams.
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[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] @a6 Ja----s Indian AI chat bot lap dog
[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous
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[17:16] schestowitz[TR2] A billion dollar investment by the US government won't hurt the stock price any. The only question remaining is how much of an equity stake did Arvind give up to get that money?
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[17:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krpqv7q6#replies
[17:17] schestowitz[TR2] "they say they are expanding in Albany now?! Not many postings and I find it hard to believe
[17:17] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous
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[17:17] schestowitz[TR2] This is most likely what AI is going to do to industry over the next few years. (Eg its going to replace repeatable tasks or approx 80% of the workload). NOTE that 20% of the workload cant be replaced. Consulting take heed. (80% of the workload moved to India over the last 10 years will be automated)
[17:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.fastcompany.com/91545170/ai-may-replace-80-of-skills-this-last-20-will-make-you-irreplaceable
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[17:17] schestowitz[TR2] How to avoid being laid off? Be a US employee and hang on long enough to be part of the headcount that IBM needs to qualify for a billion dollar investment by the US government. I may we may now have a clue as to why layoffs haven't happened yet this year.
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