●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, January 30, 2025 ●● ● Jan 30 [00:27] *x-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [00:33] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@yrifiesvn57du.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:59] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 30 [01:54] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 30 [02:19] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes [02:26] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Jan 30 [03:24] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 30 [08:59] schestowitz[TR2] "Microsoft Continues A.I. Spending Growth as Profit Grows 10%" [08:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/technology/microsoft-earnings-stock.html [08:59] schestowitz[TR2] # revenue != profit [08:59] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.nytimes.com | Microsoft Continues A.I. Spending Growth as Profit Grows 10% - The New York Times [08:59] schestowitz[TR2] "Microsoft's AI revenue grows, but its stock falls on lower guidance and spending concerns" [08:59] schestowitz[TR2] https://siliconangle.com/2025/01/29/microsofts-ai-revenue-grows-stock-falls-lower-guidance-concerns-spending/ [08:59] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Microsoft's AI revenue grows, but its stock falls on lower guidance and spending concerns - SiliconANGLE ● Jan 30 [09:02] schestowitz[TR2] "Pro-Kremlin Italian Journalist Granted Russian Citizenship - The Moscow Times" [09:02] schestowitz[TR2] x https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/01/29/pro-kremlin-italian-journalist-granted-russian-citizenship-a87789 [09:02] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.themoscowtimes.com | Pro-Kremlin Italian Journalist Granted Russian Citizenship - The Moscow Times [09:02] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [09:04] *jacobk (~quassel@syp65ggum2ibk.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:19] *GNUmoon2 has quit (connection closed) [09:35] *GNUmoon2 (~GNUmoon@ga5e3tqvkr666.irc) has joined #techbytes [09:55] schestowitz[TR2]
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    Kubuntu 24.04 third review - It's shaping up nicely
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    My first encounter with Kubuntu 24.04 was not very successful. Retro, but not in a good way. Since then, I've persevered with the distro, testing it every few months, usually after a nice, big round of updates. Overall, there's a solid, positive trend. It's getting better. Sure, one could argue that an LTS should be top-notch quality from the start, and that it needs to distinguish [09:55] schestowitz[TR2] itself from the lesser short-support versions by being simply better, not worse, but hey. We can't go back in time.

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    Forward, we can. And so I'd like to give this distro its third round of testing. Well, fourth, to be fair, but who's counting. My scapegoat machine is a 2014 vintage IdeaPad Y50-70. 'Twas a fairly beefy and capable machine back in the day, still is, and with some modern technology under the hood (hint: SSD), it purrs nicely. The only question is, can its operating system match the [09:55] schestowitz[TR2] hardware enthusiasm? Begin, we must.

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    OPNsense Celebrates 10 Years with the 25.1 "Ultimate Unicorn" Release
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    OPNsense, a renowned free and open-source firewall and routing software, is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the release of v25.1, Ultimate Unicorn, now available to download, bringing in some new features and improvements, with the most notable being: [...]

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    Krita 5.2.9 Released!
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    Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.9! This is a bug fix release, containing all bugfixes of our bug hunt efforts back in November. Major bug-fixes include fixes to clone-layers, fixes to opacity handling, in particular for file formats like Exr, a number of crash fixes and much more!

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    Krita 5.2.9 Brings Stability with Key Crash and Performance Fixes
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    Krita, a popular open-source, cross-platform digital painting app for artists, from beginners to professionals, has just released version 5.2.9. This latest update primarily focuses on bug fixes, improved stability, and refined features.

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    Google Releases Pebble Smartwatch Code as Open Source
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    Importantly, this new device will still run an open-source Pebble OS and maintain compatibility with existing Pebble apps and watchfaces. While the core specifications will echo the original smartwatchs signature features, Migicovsky hints there will be some fun new stuff as well.

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    KaOS 2025.01 Released with Plasma 6.2 and KDE Applications 24.12
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    Under the hood, youll find Linux kernel 6.12.11 and Mesa 24.3.4. Additionally, updates to OpenSSL 3.4 and FFmpeg 7.1 bolster the systems security and multimedia capabilities.

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    Another noteworthy change is the experimental introduction of bcachefs, a next-generation filesystem designed for speed and reliability. While still in its early stages, KaOS users can explore bcachefs via manual installation, with the required tools readily available in the repositories.

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    • [14:44] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | KaOS 2025.01 Released with Plasma 6.2 and KDE Applications 24.12 ● Jan 30 [15:19] *psydroid2 has quit (Quit: KVIrc 5.2.6 Quasar http://www.kvirc.net/) [15:33] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Jan 30 [16:02] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-upcs-first-decision-on-infringement.html?showComment=1738143011037#c557446905036447041 [16:02] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The UPC's first decision on infringement by equivalence (Plant-e v Bioo, UPC_CFI_239/2023) - The IPKat [16:02] schestowitz[TR2] "" [16:02] schestowitz[TR2] Agree with those thoughts. The comments in point 3 are topical given the debate about the EPO's efforts to have applicants conform the content of the description with the claims:
    ' because "the skilled person understands that the patent monopoly claim leaves room for equivalents because the teaching of the patent monopoly is (clearly) broader than the wording of the claim and there is, still in the eyes of the skilled p [16:02] schestowitz[TR2] erson, no good reason to limit the scope of protection of the claim to a (method using a) device as claimed" (para. 100).'

    As for the 'no good reason' part of the comment, it seems third parties now have to have an insight to the mind of the applicant and (if any) its legal advisers. There may have been very good reasons for limiting the claim that are not apparent from simply reading the patent monopoly and it is n [16:02] schestowitz[TR2] ot clear to me why the UPC apparently thinks an attempt to second guess the thinking and knowledge of the applicant etc should form a part of claim interpretation. [16:04] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/upc-finds-that-it-has-jurisdiction-to.html?showComment=1738156052577#c6635079593628786406 [16:04] schestowitz[TR2] "Maybe the court just wanted to set out its stall for later cases".

    There is no maybe about it. Every time that the UPC is asked a highly contentious question concerning its jurisdiction, the answer is always "Yes, we have jurisdiction".

    At least we can be grateful that the LD conceded that it did not have jurisdiction to decide the validity of the UK equivalent. On the other h [16:04] schestowitz[TR2] and, that means that any exercise of the UPC's long-arm jurisdiction will always be "bifurcated", with only infringement being considered (and the UPC rejecting as inadmissible any counterclaim for revocation of the patent monopoly in the non-contracting state).

    It is of course an awkward situation to deal, in the same case, with both infringement and validity for the contracting states, but only infringement f [16:04] schestowitz[TR2] or non-contracting states. In the Fujifilm case, the LD dealt with this issue by resorting to a highly questionable approach, namely making an assumption about the (in)validity of the UK equivalent.

    Indeed, the questionable nature of the LD's approach can be illustrated by considering a hypothetical case where the UPC's ruling of invalidity is based on a factual scenario that is much more finely balanced (and where there [16:04] schestowitz[TR2] is good reason to believe that, solely due to quirks of UK (case) law, the UK courts would likely find the patent monopoly to be valid).

    Potentially worse still is the situation where the UPC finds the patent monopoly to be valid in respect of the contracting states. This is because then the UPC will need to contend with the fact that the provisions governing infringement (and, in particular, exemptions from infringemen [16:04] schestowitz[TR2] t) differ in highly significant respects between the UPCA and, for example, UK law. Unless the UPC believes that it is competent to interpret and apply the law and case law of non-contracting states when asserting its long-arm jurisdiction, I really cannot see how this can possibly work out in the long term." [16:04] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | UPC finds that it has jurisdiction to consider infringement in the UK (UPC_CFI_355/2023) - The IPKat [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/01/upc-finds-that-it-has-jurisdiction-to.html?showComment=1738175313995#c2179279926873872719 [16:06] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | UPC finds that it has jurisdiction to consider infringement in the UK (UPC_CFI_355/2023) - The IPKat [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] "It seems to me that the LD was fortunate that the Defendant's counterclaim for revocation did not explicitly call out the UK equivalent. Otherwise a stay of proceedings would have been required, pending the CJEU's final ruling in C-339/22.

    If the CJEU adopts the answers proposed by the A-G in C-339/22, this might require the UPC to decline to exercise its long-arm jurisdiction where there is a counterclaim for revocatio [16:06] schestowitz[TR2] n of a patent monopoly of a non-contracting state. In that instance, who would bet against the UPC deeming such counterclaims inadmissible (as relating to a matter outside of the court's jurisdiction), thus leaving the UPC free to exercise its long-arm jurisdiction?" [16:29] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 30 [21:22] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [21:57] *jacobk (~quassel@dt7mrnex4e9nw.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jan 30 [22:24] *jacobk has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s)