●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 ●● ● Mar 26 [01:34] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [01:35] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:39] *deb1an (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:46] *deb1an has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Mar 26 [02:01] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 26 [03:17] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [03:31] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq76ayfm [03:31] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq76ayfm ) [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] Arvind Krishna: Jobs at IBM are like chemistry; no jobs are lost; to the contrary, expensive jobs are moved from high cost countries and more jobs are created to third world countries like my so beloved homeland India [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq79tj52 [03:32] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jq79tj52 ) [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] The only reason why I'm staying [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] This job is exhausting, but at least the company name still carries weight on a resume. Ill endure it a little longer for the sake of future opportunities. [03:32] schestowitz[TR2] " [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] "I agree with your comment. Working for IBM should a last resort solution for young people ( new grads ...). If a young person is duped into working for IBM US, remember that IBM can spend the same amount in India and get 5 workers at least. [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+2/-3) [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @as+1jq79tj52 [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] Oh really ?? where does the IBM name carry weight these days for future opportunities ? [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] In some slum in India, or some Third World country in Sub-Saharan Africa ? [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] The IBM name has no value in most big companies unless you have key skills as in mainframes. One can find cloud folks - a dime for a dozen - without even searching hard on the Internet. At the end of the day you get a job based on your achievements, not IBM's name. [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] But the comment posted is great for telling others that someone got paid by IBM (or IBM HR) to post such a ridiculous comment. It also warns others to stay away from employment at this awful IBM company. After all, laying off 9000 people in the USA and transferring their jobs to India is not something that anyone should take lightly. Unless you are Alvind or his Pipmunks. [03:34] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Mar 26 [04:00] schestowitz[TR2] >> reboot pi? [04:00] schestowitz[TR2] > [04:00] schestowitz[TR2] > Will update at the same time. [04:00] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] "> Also, just curious, what do you use to do the emails? [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] I use Thunderbird, but am relaying the messages to another person." [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] "Did you test this extensively? I seem to have some artefacts in firefox sometimes still [04:03] schestowitz[TR2] Maybe increase the bitrate a bit more?" ● Mar 26 [05:04] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [05:14] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 26 [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] "Microsoft tastes the consequences of tariffs on time" [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/24/microsoft_opinion/ [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] # sufficiently advanced incompetence and stupidity is indistinguishable from [07:44] schestowitz[TR2] # malice [07:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | Microsoft tastes the consequences of tariffs on time The Register [07:50] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 26 [08:01] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [08:58] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 26 [11:17] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [11:27] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@h5zkbfemmwig6.irc) has joined #techbytes [11:50] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@8p6k6zizq5nqc.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 26 [12:51] *lightbringer has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:52] *MinceR` (~lb@iyhwsi75rjzuq.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 26 [13:34] schestowitz[TR2] "Microsoft tastes the consequences of tariffs on tim [13:34] schestowitz[TR2] > Did you test this extensively? I seem to have some artefacts in firefox [13:34] schestowitz[TR2] > sometimes still [13:34] schestowitz[TR2] > Maybe increase the bitrate a bit more? [13:34] schestowitz[TR2] "Tested to the extent I could on my end without artifacts. However, I've now restored the sample rate back to 22kHz " [13:38] schestowitz[TR2]
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    EU OS aims to free the European public sector desktop
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    The proposed base OS Fedora is what gave us pause, though. In these times of heightened tensions between the US and well, frankly, everyone, including large parts of the US itself why pick the Red Hat-backed Fedora, an American distro, rather than one of European origin such as openSUSE? To be fair, the immutable Fedora KDE version, Kinoite, is among the most mature [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] immutable distros out there. The Register first looked at it over four years ago now.

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    Linus Torvalds forgot to release Linux 6.14 for a day
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    Among the added features in this release are more work to allow future drivers to be written in Rust which may re-ignite recent arguments among kernel coders support for Qualcomms latest and greatest mobile chip the Snapdragon 8 Elite, a fix for the GhostWrite vulnerability present in some of Alibaba subsidiary T-Head Semiconductor's RISC-V processors, and completion of work on [13:38] schestowitz[TR2] the NTSYNC driver that will mean the WINE emulator improves its ability to run Windows code (especially games) on Linux.

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    Fwupd 2.0.7 Brings UEFI Memory Protection Verification
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    Over a month after its previous 2.0.6 release, Fwupd, an open-source utility designed to make updating firmware on Linux-based systems easier and more automatic, rolled out its new 2.0.7 version.

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    MPV 0.40 Media Player Brings Native HDR, Major UI Enhancements
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    The open-source media player mpv has just released version 0.40, marking over six months of development since its last update. This release introduces many improvements and fixes across nearly all components, significantly enhancing the user experience.

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    • [13:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Fwupd 2.0.7 Brings UEFI Memory Protection Verification [13:53] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | MPV 0.40 Media Player Brings Native HDR, Major UI Enhancements ● Mar 26 [14:32] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] " [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] I'll wait for regeneration an [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] > Did you test this extensively? I seem to have some artefacts in [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] firefox [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] > sometimes still [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] > Maybe increase the bitrate a bit more? [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] "Tested to the extent I could on my end without artifacts. However, [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] I've now restored the sample rate back to 22kHz "d test in my browsers, thanks [14:42] schestowitz[TR2] "" [14:50] *MinceR` is now known as lightbringer ● Mar 26 [17:48] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Mar 26 [18:01] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [18:03] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [18:06] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [18:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [18:34] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Mar 26 [19:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [19:39] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Mar 26 [20:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:08] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [20:37] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [20:42] *psydruid has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Mar 26 [21:56] *psydroid3 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/)