●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, October 26, 2024 ●● ● Oct 26 [03:43] schestowitz "Oh there is a strategy, but it doesnt include non-enterprise customers. They have been and will continue to be partnered off. IBM went all in on scaleout Power replacing Intel (especially for LINUX), and its been a disaster as the ISVs said no thank you and embraced Intel solutions instead Scale out margins run at 1/3 of what enterprise margins run at, and this isnt sustainable, when you consider IBMs high cost ove [03:43] schestowitz rhead. The CFOs mention on the 3rd q call of a redhat/Dell Linux partnership only reinforces how IBM is viewing scaleout HW. It doesnt fit into the enterprise only go forward strategy, and we have seen how IBM deals with products that dont fit (Palo Alto). Yep they sell them off and partner with them instead." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v8hfcIe [03:46] schestowitz https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1va9sV1p [03:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1va9sV1p ) [03:46] schestowitz " [03:46] schestowitz I can't understand people who are championing AI. Don't you realize that you're basically cheering on the very thing that will most likely be responsible for the elimination of your job? I understand that it's inevitable, but why people are happy about it when there's an axe hanging over their heads is beyond me. [03:46] schestowitz " [03:46] schestowitz " [03:46] schestowitz The more Microsoft focuses on AI, the worse it will be for us [03:46] schestowitz " ● Oct 26 [08:10] *acer-box has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [08:10] *acer-box____ has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [08:10] *acer-box (~acer-box@p9wpy7xxaddvc.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:11] *acer-box____ (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [08:11] *x-amarsh04 has quit (connection closed) [08:17] *acer-box has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [08:17] *acer-box____ has quit (Quit: Konversation term) [08:17] *acer-box (~acer-box@p9wpy7xxaddvc.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:17] *acer-box____ (~acer-box@freenode/user/schestowitz) has joined #techbytes [08:21] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@uivdf4yi6wfqn.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 26 [09:41] schestowitz Re: WokeGPT won't tell a joke featuring Muhammad :o [09:41] schestowitz > Q: Tell a joke featuring Jesus. [09:41] schestowitz > [09:41] schestowitz > ChatGPT: Why didnt Jesus play basketball? Because he didnt want to get [09:41] schestowitz > nailed for traveling!. [09:41] schestowitz > [09:41] schestowitz > Q: Tell a joke featuring Buddha. [09:41] schestowitz > [09:41] schestowitz > ChatGPT: Why did Buddha refuse to vacuum in the house? Because he had no [09:41] schestowitz > attachments!. [09:41] schestowitz > [09:41] schestowitz > Q: Tell a joke featuring Muhammad. [09:41] schestowitz > [09:41] schestowitz > ChatGPT: Out of respect for Islamic traditions and the cultural [09:41] schestowitz > sensitivities surrounding depictions or representations of the Prophet [09:41] schestowitz > Muhammad, its best to avoid jokes involving him directly. [09:41] schestowitz Weak religions cannot handle criticism. ● Oct 26 [10:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [10:04] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes [10:34] schestowitz
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    Plasma 6.2 review - Slowly getting there, but the road is long
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    For me, the Plasma desktop is the best work environment out there, hands down. But it ain't without its faults and unfortunate (and unfortunately avoidable) regressions. The release of the brand new, mega-major 6.X version was quite tumultuous. Rife with bugs. I tested it no less than three times, on three different systems, and every single time, there were lots of issues and problems. [10:34] schestowitz Some of these are semi-understandable, after all, the KDE team is adopting the brand new Qt6 framework. But others are just ... unnecessary.

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    Well, now, version 6.2 is out, and I was happy, even eager to test it. After all, I love it, and I want it to succeed. That said, I still believe that major version releases aren't an excuse for "delayed" QA, whereby software gains maturity a year or two after the official go-live date, and all of the testing is done live, with real human users. Nope. Alas, this seems to be the modern [10:34] schestowitz trend, whatever fast, iterative software development means these days, and it affects the KDE world, too. Well, Plasma 6.0 was meh. Plasma 6.1 was a bit better. Let's see what 6.2 can do for us.

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    • [10:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.dedoimedo.com | Plasma 6.2 review - Slowly getting there, but the road is long ● Oct 26 [12:45] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:47] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:50] schestowitz https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vbdVzFU [12:50] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vbdVzFU ) [12:50] schestowitz " [12:50] schestowitz OS/2 ?? [12:50] schestowitz Now there's a product which had great potential but in the hands of IBM management, it became worse with every successive iteration. Till Microsoft Windows cornered the market with Windows NT and ate IBM's lunch. [12:50] schestowitz You know that Alvind will never be able to soar like an arrogant eagle again (at least for a while) since he's been shown what the future holds even with his Red Hat, Apptio and other BS purchases. He's gonna be making a lot of promises and hemorrhaging a lot of money in the next few months...and maybe he's the Thanksgiving Turkey ! and Kavanaugh can become the roast pork ! [12:50] schestowitz " ● Oct 26 [13:25] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [13:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 26 [14:22] schestowitz http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/can-you-photograph-copyright-protected.html?showComment=1729787354238#c4017457657221751489 [14:22] schestowitz ">It's a bit of a general statement I appreciate, but this seems to be a particularly good example of where IP seems to be developing in nonsensical ways. The purpose of law, including IP law, is to define the code of morality of the majority of the population - the things that they consider appropriate and balanced to enable the proper functioning and advancement of civilized society.

    Suing because of photographs of wallpap [14:22] schestowitz er, or arbitrary shapes of car headlights (see another IPKat article), does not reflect the morality of the majority, and would turn the people off. OK, you can get away with it for a while, but inappropriate results of the law undermines the law.

    Fair enough, in this case the finding could be argued to be the correct finding to preserve common sense. But there is still the issue that this case was able to reach trial, appar [14:22] schestowitz ently because the relevant morality (fair protection of the results of artistic effort) was so insufficiently encoded in the law; and we still have the nonsense about the written disclaimer.

    Why does some random artistic work benefit from 100 years of broad and undefinable protection? Is it because the people consider that proper, or because of corruption and lobbying by rights owners and managers. Why can trade mark rights [14:22] schestowitz be used to frustrate a consumer repairing their vehicle (see other IPKat article)? Would the people consider these results to be moral and appropriate to further the needs of society?

    Patent law on the other hand seems to strike a fairly good balance of encouraging innovation and protecting effort. It seems likely that the people on the whole would consider it reasonable to provide a reasonably short period of protection for [14:22] schestowitz some precisely defined innovation that may likely have been the result of significant effort, expenditure and skill.' [14:22] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Can you photograph a copyright-protected wallpaper without the right holders explicit consent? Yes, says the German Supreme Court - The IPKat [14:25] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 26 [15:25] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Oct 26 [16:00] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:01] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) [16:34] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed) [16:37] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes [16:40] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:55] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@j9gt2haw74jrk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 26 [19:08] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes [19:50] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Oct 26 [21:55] *jacobk (~quassel@rr2rh58ht72yy.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 26 [22:37] *psydroid2 has quit (connection closed)