●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, January 29, 2025 ●● ● Jan 29 [01:40] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 29 [02:26] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [02:31] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 29 [05:22] *haver has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Jan 29 [06:09] *haver (~newyear@freenode-drv.aab.2jssns.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 29 [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 29 [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] "TikTok's Future: New Owners, Even More Censorship" [10:55] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.mintpressnews.com/tiktok-censorship-new-owners/288982/ [10:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.mintpressnews.com | TikTok's Future: New Owners, Even More Censorship ● Jan 29 [11:07] schestowitz[TR2] "Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks Detroit tickets drop below $200 each - mlive.com" [11:07] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.mlive.com/live-entertainment/2025/01/billy-joel-and-stevie-nicks-detroit-tickets-drop-below-200-each.html [11:07] schestowitz[TR2] # wtf? in the early 1970s, general admission concerts were $2. [11:07] schestowitz[TR2] # how much is ticketmaster skimming off of each sale and resale? [11:07] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks Detroit tickets drop below $200 each - mlive.com ● Jan 29 [12:25] *lightbringer has quit (Connection closed) [12:26] *lightbringer (mincer@freenode/user/lightbringer) has joined #techbytes [12:38] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jan 29 [13:04] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 29 [14:05] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [14:07] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [14:28] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Open-source security spat leads companies to join forces for new tool
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    Its rare to see competitors in the security space unite behind a single cause. The fact that Endor Labs, Aikido Security, Arnica, Amplify, Jit, Kodem, Legit Security, Mobb, Orca Security, and others have come together to support Opengrep is a special moment indeed, Varun Badhwar, CEO of Endor Labs, wrote in a blog post. And we should address the elephant in the room we [14:28] schestowitz[TR2] all benefit from a standardized, open source SAST engine, and we all contribute community rules and improvements for it. But that is exactly the point. The promise of Opengrep means that developers and application security teams will get a better baseline product, no matter who their AppSec vendor of choice is.

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    • [14:28] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Open-source security spat leads companies to join forces for new tool | CyberScoop ● Jan 29 [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-upcs-first-decision-on-infringement.html?showComment=1738098190656#c1669124725087861029 [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] "Patent owner-friendly? I think so. The test whether the reader of the patent monopoly would understand that acts outside the scope of the claim nevertheless infringe is, I read, whether that reader would see the variant as another way to get to the same result as the patented invention delivers. The point of having a patent monopoly system is to stimulate design-around R&D. Why should any rational person finance such activity [16:19] schestowitz[TR2] if the fruits of that R&D are going to be held by the courts to be infringing acts? Is the UPC serious about promoting technical progress in Europe, or is it more concerned to reward its biggest (and ugliest) user/sponsors?" [16:19] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The UPC's first decision on infringement by equivalence (Plant-e v Bioo, UPC_CFI_239/2023) - The IPKat [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/guestpost-referral-broadened-to-have.html?showComment=1738058643018#c1749263934757225875 [16:20] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | GuestPost: A referral broadened? To have ones cake, to eat it...or not yet to get it (G 1/24) - The IPKat [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] "A good question. My experience leads me to suspect that, in reality, the practice outlined in GL B-III, 3.2.3 3.2.5 is more honoured in the breach than in the observance.

    Another interesting question is what will happen with the description of the patent monopoly if, after the EBA's ruling, "gathered sheet" is interpreted without reference to the description and the patent monopoly is maintained based upon [16:20] schestowitz[TR2] the claims as originally granted.

    If established case law were followed in that instance, the patent monopoly proprietor would not be required to make any amendments to the description. Indeed, any attempts to make such amendments would be rejected as contrary to R.80 (as explained at GL H-II, 3.1 "amendments are admissible only if they represent a genuine attempt to overcome a ground for opposition").
    Thus, for no reason other than the EPO's current practice on claim interpretation (combined with the EPO's rather lax approach to reviewing the disclosures of the description), upholding the patent monopoly as granted would create an Angora Cat. It is therefore more than a little ironic that the President's justification for upholding current EPO practice is preventing the creation of Angora Cats. Go figure." ● Jan 29 [17:19] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 29 [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjmph5bx [18:35] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jjmph5bx ) [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] 'The "value proposition" of AI is the elimination of human effort. That is the value proposition as far as businessmen and investors are concerned.' [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] please learn what 'AI' is for Christ's sake [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] if there truly was 'AI' wouldn't it replace the NON-CREATIVE investors and businessmen first [18:35] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] " [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] AI means different things to different people, and there is no agreement yet on what it really is. IBM's efforts on "AI" has always focused on its potential applications in the business world...automated analysis of medical data, for instance, to facilitate diagnosis, treatment and dr-g development. Automated analysis of credit card transactions to spot fraud activity. [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] In other words, the elimination of human effort. [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] Businessmen and investors aren't funding all this stuff to benefit mankind or benefit the world or anything like that. They never were. They want to dispense with human labor, just as they always have. But we already have masses of college-educated people who wouldn't make it as grocery store clerks. How many kids do you see these days that can't do basic arithmetic without a calculator? Who can't write a code segment, or design a [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] basic circuit, or analyze a basic engineering or science problem, without calling on the AI of the day? [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] It's food for thought. [18:36] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Jan 29 [19:06] *jacobk (~quassel@6wygwq2t5e2hw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 29 [21:09] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)