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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jhpaexjq | Jan 23 05:43 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " A small correction - the US IBM motto - fail upwards and often. | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (Until you get the recognition...) | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | no reactions | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @19m+1jhpaexjq | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This nets out the current IBM strategy being implemented by the management team. | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | As legendary investor Warren Buffett once said: “If you’ve got the power to raise prices without losing business to a competitor, you’ve got a very good business.” | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The IBM legacy customers who still rely on IBM equipment, SW or services fall right into the bullseye of Buffetts statement. | Jan 23 05:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jan 23 05:43 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2025/01/17/on_call/#c_4998112 | Jan 23 10:23 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-forums.theregister.com | Tech support fill-in given no budget, no help, no training, and no empathy for his plight • The Register Forums | Jan 23 10:23 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | For similar reasons I have in my time deployed: | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | --- | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | A script that activated on a detected fire alarm, which queried the access control databases, correlated them against staff databases and printed out (to two remote thermal printers) a firelist of who should be on site, who has tagged in this morning and who hasn't tagged out. It also emailed a group with the same information. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It was so fast that it actually started printing BEFORE the alarm was audible, and the printers were so fast that by the time you stood up to walk out, you could just tear and take the entire staff list with you. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The company that fitted our access control system tried to buy it off me, because it was infinitely better than their firelist module (which only printed MANUALLY and only onto A4 and we only had laser printers, which by the time they'd warmed up, you'd already burned to death). | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | --- | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | A complete transparent proxy / filter with routing, load balancing and firewalling for several connections, including multiple DSL modems that were so flaky I included functionality to activate a rely by SMS message to reset the power to the individual modems. My boss used to use it if he was at home and couldn't VPN in, he would text, it would reset the DSL modems, and let him back in. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | That operated from an old desktop PC and ran my entire workplace for about 8 years. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (It was actually a challenge - in interview, with two strangely techy people working in non-techy management jobs - they mentioned the organisation's slow connection. I said I could probably solve that. They let me have a quick look in the interview. I realised what the problem was immediately and said I could triple their "speedtest" score overnight if they wanted, and it would only need an old computer to demonstrate how I could | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | do it. And that it would cost nothing. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | They hired me (they liked me for other reasons) and first thing on day one, the big boss literally invited me into his office, handed me an old desktop taken from storage (that was about 10 years old and a former secretaries' desktop) and said "Go on then". | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | So I did. Linux. Apache. Squid. Dan's Guardian. It transparently cached all the CONSTANT requests for the same websites over and over again coming from the network, filtered out a ton of inappropriate usage, freed up the connection, and the speedtest score (which the big boss was running every hour or so, and they got better each time) ended up something like 5 times better than before I started. I also demonstrated that if it went | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | wrong, all they had to do was join the IN and OUT network cables on the machine together with a coupler, and everything would work like it had previously. They absolutely ADORED me for that. They thought it was just hubris and were - in the nicest way - expecting me to fail (but still do my job and have a good laugh about it all) and I blew them out of the water instead. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Later, some obscure kernel patches (to allow multi-interface dead-gateway detection and automatic seamless network gateway load-balancing), additions of power relays, the DSL interface circuits, and a 3G stick (which acted as emergency backup but also for automated text message retrieval via Gammu), etc. as well as an upgrade to a "real" server were allowed. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I've had dozens of projects like that. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "This is the way to do it" | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "We absolutely can't afford that, find another way" | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <creates and deploys something that works and costs nothing> | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <becomes the main system for precisely that reason> | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <constantly tries to upgrade, replace, budget for the real thing but is always denied> | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Ten years later: "How do we manage this now that you're leaving?" | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "I don't know. Your problem. It's documented." | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Helpdesk software, asset management, access control, visitor management, digital signage, websites, CCTV, you name it, I've been "made to" bodge it because of not having any resources, and then literally it becomes THE MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER and I'm not allowed to turn it off or replace it but also I'm not allowed any money to keep it going, upgrade it, change it for something sensible and manageable, etc. | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Haa .. change of topic: | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Do you remember long ago on COLA, this feller used post on how he was at the epicentre of the early Internet. iir, claimed to be at Sun etc. Well anyways, someone similar has turned up at elREG. Calls himself ‘Lee D’ and among other things has: | Jan 23 10:23 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Link: For similar reasons I have in my time deployed:" | Jan 23 10:23 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Re: Libreplanet mailing list moderation took one week | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I sent a message to the libreplanet-discuss list on January 16 (around | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > noon Japan time). At last it has cleared moderation and the message | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > has been distributed to list subscribers. | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > It is a sad story. Sad but true. | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > --- | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I think we should tell those in charge of documentation of free | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > software projects to examine the Japanese translations. | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > You can you help by showing people these URLs: | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > The Japanese translation of the term "free software" | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-01/msg00006.html | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Translations of the term "free software" | Jan 23 10:44 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fs-translations.html | Jan 23 10:44 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-lists.gnu.org | The Japanese translation of the term "free software" | Jan 23 10:44 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.gnu.org | Translations of the term “free software” - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation | Jan 23 10:44 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I see that you have copied the article to your Techrights site. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Thank you. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Yes, I habitually check the archive but someone had told me before I even checked. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I hope it's attributed OK in its current form. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > As I wrote in previous email, if you could tell people to go examine | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > the Japanese translations it would be much help. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It would be hard for me due to language barrier. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I have some questions on this issue for you: | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > (1) Do you think that the Japanese translator in question was | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > instructed by some group hostile to FSF to sabotage the | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > translation and cause confusion? | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I think the possibility of this is miniscule. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It's possible, but it would help if there was proof, not merely an hypothesis. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > However maybe there were infiltrators in the early 2000s and | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > you know about the early cases. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I don't know about FSF infiltrators per se. Some were disloyal and opportunistic, like Brad Kuhn. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > (2) Do you think that Richard Stallman's attitude or management | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > style contributed to the problem? | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I think this is quite possible. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | My instinct says no. | Jan 23 10:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Jan 23 10:53 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/we-surpassed-our-year-end-goal-of-400-000-usd-thanks-to-you">We surpassed our year-end goal of $400,000 USD thanks to you!</a></h5> | Jan 23 10:53 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Jan 23 10:53 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>We wholeheartedly thank all those who support the FSF and thereby software freedom through all forms of participation in the free software movement, and we thank you for your patience while we asked for your contributions during these important weeks. We want to thank all our individual donors and members who gave to us what they could spare, pushing our progress bar to its max. We also received a | Jan 23 10:53 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | major anonymous donation that put us well beyond our fundraising goal! This overwhelming support from the community makes the FSF stronger and all its staff feel empowered and motivated to take on our fortieth year of promoting computer user freedom. </p> | Jan 23 10:53 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Jan 23 10:53 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </li> | Jan 23 10:53 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fsf.org | We surpassed our year-end goal of $400,000 USD thanks to you! — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software | Jan 23 10:53 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I think I forwarded the URL to the archived message once it finally did | Jan 23 11:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > show up in the list. | Jan 23 11:18 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Yes, he was happy with how we reproduced it. he had spent loads of time on that. we chatted about it some more today. | Jan 23 11:18 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Jan 23 12:32 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-summit-2024-reflections">Ubuntu Summit 2024 Reflections</a></h5> | Jan 23 12:32 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Jan 23 12:32 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>As we move into 2025, we wanted to reflect on the crowning event of the year: the Ubuntu Summit. Just over two months ago, we celebrated Ubuntu’s 20th birthday in The Hague, the Netherlands. We’re still buzzing from the electric atmosphere you all brought to this event, as we came together to showcase what open source excellence should look like. </p> | Jan 23 12:32 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Jan 23 12:32 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </li> | Jan 23 12:32 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Jan 23 12:32 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Ubuntu Summit 2024 Reflections | Ubuntu | Jan 23 12:32 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Jan 23 12:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://rubenerd.com/sometimes-nerds-just-have-to-explain-something/">Sometimes nerds just have to explain something</a></h5> | Jan 23 12:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Jan 23 12:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>I guess… try and see if people are receptive to your explanations, or consider if its an appropriate time or place to be imparting such information. This is as much a reminder for myself as anyone else. </p> | Jan 23 12:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Jan 23 12:51 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </li> | Jan 23 12:51 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Rubenerd: Sometimes nerds just have to explain something | Jan 23 12:51 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> Yes, he was happy with how we reproduced it. he had spent loads of | Jan 23 13:24 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> time on that. we chatted about it some more today. | Jan 23 13:24 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | >> | Jan 23 13:24 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Excellent. His choice of topics and his coverage of those topics are | Jan 23 13:24 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > both excellent. His English seems native level, too. | Jan 23 13:24 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Few people can cover THAT topic. AND ... in ENGLISH. | Jan 23 13:24 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "Hi Keith, | Jan 23 13:48 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I've spent some time over the past few days optimizing LXer performance. We are now at the point where 99.4% of the site requests are returned in under 500ms, 99.0% in under 250ms and 94.2% in under 100ms. | Jan 23 13:48 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Thanks again for your report. I'll tentatively mark this problem as "resolved." | Jan 23 13:48 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Bob | Jan 23 13:48 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I have to agree with Bob in saying that the speed problem, unless it 'creeps' up again is resolved. The entire site, every page, pulls up in less than 1 second and I've visited every page I use and can get too. All of his optimizations have taken effect perfectly. | Jan 23 13:48 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Thank You again Bob. | Jan 23 13:48 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Jan 23 13:48 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36932/ | Jan 23 13:48 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-LXer: Website is dog slow: LXer Meta Forum | Jan 23 13:48 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Jan 23 14:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://ubuntu.com//blog/introduction-to-open-source-licensing">An Introduction to Open Source Licensing for complete beginners</a></h5> | Jan 23 14:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Jan 23 14:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>If you’re new to open source, or if you’re not new and a bit embarrassed about some of your gaps in knowledge, this article is for you. We’re going to work our way from one concept to the next and by the end you’ll know the basic terms and concepts associated with software development, and why open source is such an interesting form of software development. </p> | Jan 23 14:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Jan 23 14:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </li> | Jan 23 14:12 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-An Introduction to Open Source Licensing for complete beginners | Ubuntu | Jan 23 14:12 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Jan 23 15:45 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/libreelec-12-0-2-brings-big-changes-for-raspberry-pi-users/">LibreELEC 12.0.2 Brings Big Changes for Raspberry Pi Users</a></h5> | Jan 23 15:45 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Jan 23 15:45 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>Five months after its previous 12.0.1 release, LibreELEC, a purpose-built OS designed specifically for running Kodi, has launched its second update to the 12.x series, version 12.0.2, which brings Kodi 21.2, and integrated Linux kernel 6.6 for ARM devices. </p> | Jan 23 15:45 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p> A critical shift in this release involves transitioning 64-bit capable ARM SoCs—such as Raspberry Pi 4/5—from the arm to aarch64 userspace. </p> | Jan 23 15:45 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Jan 23 15:45 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </li> | Jan 23 15:45 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Jan 23 15:45 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | LibreELEC 12.0.2 Brings Big Changes for Raspberry Pi Users | Jan 23 15:45 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Re: www.groklaw.net has been disappeared :o | Jan 23 17:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > www.groklaw.net <http://www.groklaw.net> has been disappeared :o | Jan 23 17:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Jan 23 17:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Only available on waybackmachine. | Jan 23 17:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/24/Trying_to_Make_Material_of_Groklaw_Easily_Accessible_Again.shtml | Jan 23 17:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/10/Groklaw_Will_Hopefully_Come_Back.shtml | Jan 23 17:14 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.groklaw.net | NO TITLE | Jan 23 17:14 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights — Trying to Make Material of Groklaw Easily Accessible Again | Jan 23 17:14 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights — Groklaw Will Hopefully Come Back | Jan 23 17:14 | |
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