●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, January 25, 2025 ●● ● Jan 25 [02:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jan 25 [03:02] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 25 [04:33] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [04:36] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 25 [08:27] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [08:33] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 25 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] "Nebraska can provide a roadmap for U.S. energy and tech leadership" [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] x https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/24/nebraska-can-provide-a-roadmap-for-u-s-energy-and-tech-leadership/ [09:32] schestowitz[TR2] # spam, but from which origin? [09:32] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nebraskaexaminer.com | Nebraska can provide a roadmap for U.S. energy and tech leadership Nebraska Examiner [09:34] schestowitz[TR2] "TikToks timeout: Nationwide TikTok ban has Trumps fingerprints all over it" [09:34] schestowitz[TR2] x https://observer.case.edu/tiktoks-timeout-nationwide-tiktok-ban-has-trumps-fingerprints-all-over-it/ [09:34] schestowitz[TR2] # carrying water for the CCP [09:34] schestowitz[TR2] "TikToks timeout: Nationwide TikTok ban has Trumps fingerprints all over it" [09:34] schestowitz[TR2] x https://observer.case.edu/tiktoks-timeout-nationwide-tiktok-ban-has-trumps-fingerprints-all-over-it/ [09:34] schestowitz[TR2] # carrying water for the CCP [09:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-observer.case.edu | TikToks timeout: Nationwide TikTok ban has Trumps fingerprints all over it The Observer ● Jan 25 [10:17] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Debian 13 Freeze Begins in March, Debian 15 Codename Revealed
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    According to the updated roadmap, the Transition and Toolchain Freeze will start on March 15, 2025 (Milestone 1). Following this, a Soft Freeze is scheduled for April 15, 2025 (Milestone 2).

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    Next, a Hard Freeze for key packages and packages without autotests is set to take place on May 15, 2025 (Milestone 3). The date for the Full Freeze (Milestone 4) will be announced in due course.

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    • [10:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Debian 13 Freeze Begins in March, Debian 15 Codename Revealed ● Jan 25 [14:37] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 25 [15:32] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [15:33] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techbytes [15:39] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Llama 3.1 Community License is not a free software license
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    Not only does it deny users their freedom, but it also purports to hand over powers to the licensors that should only be exercised through lawmaking by democratically-elected governments. Moreover, it has been applied by Meta to a machine-learning (ML) application, even though the license completely fails to address software freedom challenges inherent in such applications.

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    • [15:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.fsf.org | Llama 3.1 Community License is not a free software license Free Software Foundation Working together for free software ● Jan 25 [16:55] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [16:56] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 25 [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > Thanks for the feedback Roy, much appreciated. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > sure ppl can reach me by cybershow.uk [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > I think we stopped regularly monitoring info@ [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > There's a general mail form too that goes to all of us. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > Everything in the episode audio is as it's meant to be, or is done [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > with best available field tech we have to hand. That style of episode [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > is really a form of HipHop. We mix phone clips with high quality [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > studio takes and music composed on the fly. There's a significant [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > artistic component that weaves through, like I deliberately cut in [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > noise and glitching alongside games clips to make the narrative work [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > on several levels. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > I hope that the delivery system we use to respect younger audiences [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > doesn't detract too much for our older listeners and that the content [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > matter is strong enough to keep them. [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] > my thanks to "sec6" and all best [19:12] schestowitz[TR2] Thanks, relaying back to 6. ● Jan 25 [20:24] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jan 25 [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jj8gp8jp [22:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jj8gp8jp ) [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] "If we are to ever become a real leader in anything again, we will need real technical leaders again - STSMs, Principals, Distinguished and Fellows. Unfortunately the best of these are always pushed out first and the ones content with becoming Yes Men are like roaches that survive forever. IBM rewards sycophancy and punishes original thinking - it is like evolution running in reverse and selecting for the worst traits." [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] cheap labor, stock price (or financial gimmicks), and stolen IP [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] it will last until the companies get hollowed out and cannot create anymore [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] they are becoming more like government agencies [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] then the debt or its interest cannot be paid anymore [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] then something big (not in a good way) will happen [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ny+1jj8gp8jp [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] I struggled to get to STSM after over 20 years at IBM. I present at conferences, publish, mentor, win awards - and all of this in my spare time. I work a very full week trying to convince our resource-constrained execs to make smarter investments and to innovate, however small. It is getting harder and harder to do anything of consequence in The IBM that Arvind Built but I keep trying to innovate even if my Veeps have given up. [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] I am hearing a lot of envy here and some flat out falsehoods. I know of NO technical leader who was handed a title without earning it. That distinction is reserved for Directors and VPs and management track titles which are purely political. You need more than a pretty face or ability to bend your knee to get a technical title. It was grueling. [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] If we are to ever become a real leader in anything again, we will need real technical leaders again - STSMs, Principals, Distinguished and Fellows. Unfortunately the best of these are always pushed out first and the ones content with becoming Yes Men are like roaches that survive forever. IBM rewards sycophancy and punishes original thinking - it is like evolution running in reverse and selecting for the worst traits. [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] I was told I will be gone in the March RA - right after I got an award for my latest book. But I never bent my knee to this executive monoculture. That's the difference. [22:17] schestowitz[TR2] " [22:36] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) ● Jan 25 [23:33] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [23:35] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes