●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Saturday, July 27, 2024 ●● ● Jul 27 [00:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tHlUImo [00:15] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tHlUImo ) [00:15] schestowitz[TR2] " [00:15] schestowitz[TR2] Good start ! The layoffs should be planned also for North Castle, Armonk, Raleigh, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai and site which are manager "top-heavy" and with too many higher bands who are not client facing and not generating sufficient sales and revenue to keep the sites paying for themselves. F&O and Consulting managers and partners should have targets on their backs. If any organization has 6 or more levels of management in the B [00:15] schestowitz[TR2] luepages from the bottom to the top of the ladder, it's time for a Supreme haircut and a push to retire any managers who have been at Indian Bowel Movement for more than 20 years. [00:15] schestowitz[TR2] After all, AK said "no more dinosaurs at IBM" and that should also include him also - he is the classic example of an unproductive, out-of-touch dinosaur. [00:15] schestowitz[TR2] " [00:17] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tHe2Oyy [00:17] schestowitz[TR2] " yes that is the point - managers, partners and executives in IBM are a protected class in the US and India and it is not based on pay for performance for any of these crooks. There are well over 20000 heads that can be cut in this class, and they will not be missed by anyone who does actual work. They are not client facing, they do not fix anything, they do not bring in the sales but they are ready to collect their undeserved bon [00:17] schestowitz[TR2] uses for running to meetings and achieving the sum total of nothing. At best, they spew out some lame but pretty Powerpoint presentations showing IBM's pathetic AI offerings (they are pathetic compared to those of the real competition). These so called leaders need to be let go in 2024 and their compensation go towards the profit that shareholders expect. Right ? " [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1tHlUImo [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] " [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] "After all, AK said "no more dinosaurs at IBM" and that should also include him also - he is the classic example of an unproductive, out-of-touch dinosaur." [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] su-king up useful resources that could be better spent elsewhere [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] "AI impact has already started" [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] what AI impact [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] it's the we can't create anymore so we are going to fire a bunch of people in the US and rehire for those positions in india and save(make) a lot of money impact [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] this is how they get a bump in their profit margins [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] this of course will turn the company into a hollowed out burger king [00:22] schestowitz[TR2] " [00:27] *jacobk (~quassel@q9j5uhw5wt8yu.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:28] *Rodney_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [00:57] *Rodney_ (~Rodney@freenode-94n.fcd.2mlqpl.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 27 [01:21] *IsambardPrince has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) ● Jul 27 [03:02] *Guest18812 (~Rodney@freenode-94n.fcd.2mlqpl.IP) has joined #techbytes [03:04] *Rodney_ has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [03:39] *Guest18812 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [03:45] *Guest18812 (~Rodney@freenode-94n.fcd.2mlqpl.IP) has joined #techbytes [03:48] *IsambardPrince (~isambardprince@uv27a6cvmtqf6.irc) has joined #techbytes [03:56] *Guest18812 has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Jul 27 [04:08] *Guest18812 (~Rodney@freenode-94n.fcd.2mlqpl.IP) has joined #techbytes [04:08] *Guest18812 has quit (Connection closed) [04:26] *gyemsz (~gyemsz@freenode-94n.fcd.2mlqpl.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Jul 27 [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20240726-bill-gates-on-kamala-harris-s-us-presidential-bid-it-s-great-to-have-somebody-younger [05:17] schestowitz[TR2] # bill sez [05:17] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 404 @ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20240726-bill-gates-on-kamala-harris-s-us-presidential-bid-it-s-great-to-have-somebody-younger ) ● Jul 27 [06:05] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:10] *phdcfotm (~phdcfotm@freenode-gt1.c2s.rq8j89.IP) has joined #techbytes [06:10] *phdcfotm (~phdcfotm@freenode-gt1.c2s.rq8j89.IP) has left #techbytes ● Jul 27 [08:20] *parsifal (~parsifal@6thegygyadsu4.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:20] *parsifal has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Jul 27 [10:24] schestowitz[TR2]
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    KDE Human Interface Guidelines update
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    Its been about a month and a half since I wrote about KDEs new Human Interface Guidelines (HIG). It turns out theres a surprising amount to report since then!

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    First of all, the news got picked up by Linux Magazine which did a story about it, including an interview with me! That felt nice.

    Next, there have been a number of contributions and enhancements: [...]

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  • New CCTV cameras in Hong Kong to be equipped with facial recognition technology, security chief says
    New CCTV cameras in Hong Kong will be equipped with facial recognition technology, the city’s security chief has said. In an interview pu [19:14] schestowitz[TR] blished by iCable on Friday, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said the government planned to introduce artificial intelligence to be able to identify faces in the thousands of new CCTV cameras the city […]
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