●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 ●● ● Oct 27 [00:01] schestowitz > Hi Susan/Roy [00:01] schestowitz > I hope you are all doing well. [00:01] schestowitz > [00:01] schestowitz > I am the author of the Linux Portal - https://www.debugpoint.com [00:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Empty reply from server ( status 0 @ https://www.debugpoint.com ) [00:01] schestowitz > . I want to know how to get featured in the [00:01] schestowitz > left sidebar of your homepage http://www.tuxmachines.org/ [00:01] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines | Do you waddle the waddle? [00:01] schestowitz > , where I can see similar websites are also [00:01] schestowitz > featured. [00:01] schestowitz > Are there any criteria, or any selection method? [00:01] schestowitz > [00:01] schestowitz > Please do let me know. [00:01] schestowitz > [00:01] schestowitz > Thank you [00:01] schestowitz > Arindam [00:01] schestowitz Hi Arindam, [00:01] schestowitz We can add your site to it. [00:01] schestowitz Thanks for also adding to the front page; it helps a lot in keeping the site on the cutting edge in terms of time (quick response to emergent news). [00:01] schestowitz The other day I saw a site plagiarising your articles. LinuxStony it's called... [00:01] schestowitz re Featuring in Tux Machines - home page - sidebar [00:39] schestowitz https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/10/upcoming-cipa-webinar-on-mercer-review.html?showComment=1635238947589 [00:39] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Upcoming CIPA webinar on the Mercer Review, 29 Oct 2021 - The IPKat [00:39] schestowitz " [00:39] schestowitz 12 Comments: [00:39] schestowitz AnonymousMonday, 25 October 2021 at 15:47:00 GMT+1 [00:39] schestowitz As far as I can see, there seems to be a recommendation for more exams! exams! for candidates. Suggesting for all to move towards PEB foundations examinations which has about 7 exams. Suggesting that candidates should also do FD2 and FD3 even though these are the same exams as their corresponding EQE papers A and B. [00:39] schestowitz Why the addition of more and more exams. Don't we already have enough in this profession? [00:39] schestowitz Reply [00:39] schestowitz AnonymousMonday, 25 October 2021 at 15:49:00 GMT+1 [00:39] schestowitz I have been quite dissapointed - this was the chance to radically shake up the patent examination system, where many of the exams particularly FD4 are not fit for modern day practice/purpose. [00:39] schestowitz Reply [00:39] schestowitz AnonymousMonday, 25 October 2021 at 17:45:00 GMT+1 [00:39] schestowitz The point raised by IPKAT on timescales is important. This review was started in 2018, it is now 2021. Candidates have gone through three exam years in this time. What timescales are on the PEB to respond to this review? To make changes? I suspect absolutely none and this will be ignored by PEB, much like the earlier Middlesex review. [00:39] schestowitz Reply [00:39] schestowitz AnonymousMonday, 25 October 2021 at 18:19:00 GMT+1 [00:39] schestowitz My view is that this report is pretty much pointless. There is no commitment for CIPA, IPREG or PEB to take on board any of the recommendations and if they do, I fear they will only cherry pick recommendations that they like. [00:39] schestowitz The recommendations are pretty weak as they are but it is a small step forward in reforming the professional exams. [00:39] schestowitz Reply [00:39] schestowitz Replies [00:39] schestowitz AnonymousMonday, 25 October 2021 at 18:27:00 GMT+1 [00:39] schestowitz Cherry picking what they like could be problematic. [00:39] schestowitz AnonymousTuesday, 26 October 2021 at 08:50:00 GMT+1 [00:39] schestowitz Good point - CIPA, PEB and IPREG can just cherry pick what they want from the review. That is a big worry. For example, they could make it compulsory for all trainees to do PEB foundations and FD2, FD3 exams but will do nothing to address the time pressure for candidates. [00:39] schestowitz Reply [00:40] schestowitz AnonymousMonday, 25 October 2021 at 18:24:00 GMT+1 [00:40] schestowitz I'm glad they've decided to do a webinar. Frankly, some of the recommendations really could do with explanation especially around getting rid of mark schemes. It's going to take some persuasion. [00:40] schestowitz Reply [00:40] schestowitz AnonymousTuesday, 26 October 2021 at 08:48:00 GMT+1 [00:40] schestowitz The points in the review would not substantially change the examination system and in 5-10 years, we will probably be in uproar again. Many qualified and trainee attorneys do not like the current exam system. Put simply, a significant portion of the profession do not believe the exams, especially FD4, are fit for purpose. None of this has been addressed one bit by the review. [00:40] schestowitz Reply [00:40] schestowitz AnonymousTuesday, 26 October 2021 at 08:55:00 GMT+1 [00:40] schestowitz I see no point of this review if it is "optional" to take on board the recommendations. It would be a complete waste of time for everyone who have contributed to the review in the last 3 years. [00:40] schestowitz Reply [00:40] schestowitz AnonymousTuesday, 26 October 2021 at 08:58:00 GMT+1 [00:40] schestowitz Would someone be willing to take some of the valid queries on here and send to CIPA? Don't know what the best route forward would be but some of the concerns/queries on here is worth notifying to CIPA. [00:40] schestowitz Reply [00:40] schestowitz AnonymousTuesday, 26 October 2021 at 09:22:00 GMT+1 [00:40] schestowitz Suppression of wages for experienced trainees and qualified European attorneys is also another area of concern which I hoped it would have been partly covered by the Mercer review as it is somewhat linked to the examination process. Even if you have qualified as both UK and European attorneys, UK wages for the average attorney have consistently lagged behind their European and US counterparts. I guess the Mercer review may not be the correct forum [00:40] schestowitz to address this issue but nevertheless, it should be highlighted. [00:40] schestowitz Reply [00:40] schestowitz Replies [00:40] schestowitz AnonymousTuesday, 26 October 2021 at 10:02:00 GMT+1 [00:40] schestowitz Do you have a source for the salary info? Not saying it's wrong, but I'd be interested to see the numbers [00:40] schestowitz " ● Oct 27 [01:34] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:34] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:34] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Oct 27 [02:08] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:08] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:08] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:20] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [02:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [03:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [03:08] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@evhgacymdbaui.irc) has joined #techbytes [03:28] *DaemonFC has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [03:31] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@vc3q2vduvxhz8.irc) has joined #techbytes [03:31] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [03:33] *DaemonFC (~daemonfc@theapzc5tv6n2.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [04:31] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [05:00] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [05:01] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:01] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:01] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:09] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:09] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:09] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:22] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:22] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:22] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:22] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:23] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:24] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:34] *liberty_box_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:34] *liberty_box has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:34] *rianne has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [05:43] *leah has quit (connection closed) [05:43] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [06:04] *DaemonFC has quit (Quit: Leaving) [06:11] schestowitz > Thanks. Please add. Here's the feed URL for the site: [06:11] schestowitz > https://www.debugpoint.com/feed . If [06:11] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Empty reply from server ( status 0 @ https://www.debugpoint.com/feed ) [06:11] schestowitz > you need any additional information, let me know. [06:11] schestowitz > [06:11] schestowitz > I have not heard about LinuxStony. Honestly, so many sites started [06:11] schestowitz > copying articles these days, that too without even giving a proper [06:11] schestowitz > reference link. Thanks for informing me. I will take a look. [06:30] schestowitz >> http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/157231 [06:30] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.tuxmachines.org | On Free Software, Red Hat, and Iran | Tux Machines [06:30] schestowitz >> [06:30] schestowitz > Thanks for pointing this out [06:30] schestowitz > [06:30] schestowitz > Iran and Justin are separate issues [06:30] schestowitz > [06:30] schestowitz > Consider this, a formidable female engineer identifies as Persian, a [06:30] schestowitz > polite way of saying Iranian. [06:30] schestowitz > [06:30] schestowitz > https://www.theage.com.au/education/tertiary-courses-where-the-boys-and-girls-are-at-and-where-their-choices-take-them-20150803-giq3oj.html [06:30] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theage.com.au | The great uni gender divide: where the boys and girls are at, and where their choices take them [06:30] schestowitz > [06:30] schestowitz > A diversity news story in the national press and it doesn't come close [06:30] schestowitz > to touching the real issue. [06:30] schestowitz > [06:30] schestowitz > Regards, [06:30] schestowitz It would be nice if national news or some major news publication wrote about what IBM had done to its Persian contributor. ● Oct 27 [07:16] *GNUmoon2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:34] schestowitz https://nitter.eu/shirleman/status/1453204601889382405 [07:34] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Scott Hirleman understands #blacklivesmatter (@shirleman): "If you really think redmonk are the problematic ones in the space, just wow. It's the business model of analysts... If you have a way to stay in business and not take money from vendors, go do it" | nitter [07:35] schestowitz https://nitter.eu/leftylabourtech/status/1453128428664786945 [07:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-nitter.eu | Bob Chandler (@leftylabourtech): "I knew a union activist who worked in a nuclear power plant even though he opposed nuclear power. Working class people get jobs where they can. We live under capitalism." | nitter [07:35] schestowitz https://twitter.com/latomatemasquee/status/1453109176859865096 [07:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@latomatemasquee: Just give up #mozilla https://t.co/9ARI2blgg9 [07:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: #mozilla proudly working for #regimechange -loving oligarchs now. Facepalm. I want to look AWAY... https://t.co/PmCn37hl2N [07:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Rosenblum1973/status/1453088492771323910 [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Rosenblum1973: @schestowitz https://t.co/FDG75u9sZG [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Rosenblum1973: https://t.co/wZIsYnEXy6 [07:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/jlboul/status/1453080009887916037 [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@jlboul: War is good for business in every Congressional district either directly or indirectly. https://t.co/kGtu3gvf1e [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: Artificially creating #monopolies is very expensive. But US "defense" (misnomer; domination, imperialism) budget ha https://t.co/Zn47FIGpSF [07:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/jnthnvctr/status/1452942970777481220 [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@jnthnvctr: @schestowitz I dont think this is a fair characterization, but might be useful to get more into the specifics. Could you say more? [07:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Rosenblum1973/status/1452917957995032576 [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Rosenblum1973: @schestowitz https://t.co/2U0iNNihJP [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Rosenblum1973: These two Tweets were Deleted just now -not by the tweet author- But by force. Isnt it interesting? Here they ar https://t.co/XGdf1MSGX5 [07:36] schestowitz https://twitter.com/Rosenblum1973/status/1452917390912655361 [07:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@Rosenblum1973: @schestowitz https://t.co/2U0iNNzT8p [07:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/glynmoody/status/1452915371707617281 [07:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@glynmoody: #uyghurgenocide #tibetangenocide #china https://t.co/mt0E9ZE5Ep [07:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: NEWS #RFA Dread among Tibetans as butcher of Xinjiang named new Tibet party boss https://t.co/XMR7W4FpEw [07:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/zoobab/status/1452891658064961536 [07:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@zoobab: @schestowitz UPC boosters will pull some legal trick out of their hat to get the PPA into force anyway? [07:37] schestowitz https://twitter.com/EmiHermes/status/1452787082020143108 [07:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@EmiHermes: Raspberry PI [25/10/2021] Retwitted [26/10/2021] #RaspberryPI #EmiHermesBot https://t.co/u06SOvz51W [07:37] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-@schestowitz: "To pull this off, [Andy] uses a camera with a fisheye lens aimed up towards the ceiling, and the video is processe https://t.co/NVyEV7mJN8 [07:50] *leah has quit (connection closed) [07:50] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [08:04] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@7t7uh776ssmbs.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:21] *liberty_box (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:21] *liberty_box_ (~liberty@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [08:22] *rianne (~rianne@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [10:47] *psydroid3 (~psydroid@cqggrmwgu7gji.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [11:08] *psydroid3 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:28] *leah has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [11:28] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [12:52] *leah has quit (connection closed) [12:52] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [13:21] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [13:22] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@juwazrfhruex6.irc) has joined #techbytes [13:53] *leah has quit (connection closed) [13:53] *leah (~leah@wrh2nipuzrd3y.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Oct 27 [14:32] schestowitz " [14:32] schestowitz Central Archives [14:32] schestowitz Filter by year [14:32] schestowitz 27/10/2021 [14:32] schestowitz [SUEPO] Teleworking Survey - Reassessing the Telework preferences a year later [14:32] *schestowitz has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [14:33] *schestowitz (~roy@62vhapicsw4ds.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:33] *irc.techrights.org sets mode +q #techbytes schestowitz [14:39] schestowitz Back in mid-2020, the Shaping the New Normal survey was conducted and with a participation rate of 86% it allowed for a quite large amount of 5554 staff members to be heard. Among the topics addressed by the survey there was future teleworking (e.g. different schemes, locations and durations, the relationship between long-term teleworking and expatriation benefits and the impact of extended teleworking and flexibility on the performance of daily [14:40] schestowitz tasks), working at the Offices different sites and the future use of its buildings and premises. The different schemes were covered by 5 different scenarios or personas. [14:40] schestowitz [14:40] schestowitz Now, over a year after Shaping the New Normal survey, it is important once again to launch a survey among staff to assess how the intended use of teleworking may have evolved after this one year pandemic period. This survey aims at assessing whether and how the proposed mid-term policy by the President would actually fit the wishes of staff. [14:40] schestowitz [14:40] schestowitz The survey contains solely 10 survey questions, chosen to mimic the questions asked in the Shaping the New Normal survey. The survey will be open for answers during 4 weeks. [14:40] schestowitz [14:40] schestowitz After the closure of this survey the results will be published to staff and the information used to argue and support the proposals within the working group. [14:40] schestowitz [14:40] schestowitz Take the SURVEY now! 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