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| schestowitz[TR2] | What an sh-t of clickbait... even the Steamdeck doenst sold 10M Units... | Oct 10 03:28 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k73d54nz | Oct 10 07:56 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Yes true for me in NY the IBM plans blows away other plans with ridiculous deductions, many only offer 90 days hospital. HMO plans are horrible needing referral for specialist. | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 11 hours ago by Anonymous | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | no reactions | Reply | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @d9+1k73d54nz | Oct 10 07:56 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @ct zero cost I bet a nice deduction, here at IBM zero deduction | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 11 hours ago by Anonymous | Oct 10 07:56 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @c9 monthly premium for the enhanced plan is going up 83% from $156 to $287. Thanks IBM. | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 11 hours ago by Anonymous | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @d6+1k73d54nz | Oct 10 07:56 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Medicare Advantage plans differ by state and can even differ by zip code. This includes cost/premium and coverage/benefits. The differences are driven by insurance underwriting which takes into account the population in each zip code and their level of usage (claims) under this plan. | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This makes it difficult to have a generic discussion such as this one around whether the IBM Medicare Advantage plan for retirees is better or worse or the same for any 2 given people that don't live near each other. | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 12 hours ago by Anonymous | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @d0+1k73d54nz | Oct 10 07:56 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @c9 not true. In my state there are over 19 Medicare Advantage plans and most have zero cost monthly premiums. IBM's 2 plans are very average and other plans are MUCH BETTER. Shop around. And IBM lied to us who joined in the late 70s and early 80s when Gerstner did the pension heist and the promised retiree medical benefits are 99% worse than promised during employment recruiting and onboarding. It is called Gerstner Greed and Gers | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | tner FE financial engineering. | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 13 hours ago by Anonymous | Oct 10 07:56 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | The enhanced plan went from 156 this year to 287 next year Most retirees (85%) are on the enhanced plan | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 14 hours ago by Anonymous | Oct 10 07:56 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Oct 10 07:56 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | @bx 83% You know what I just switched to UHC -IBM ESENTIAL PPO effective Nov 1st 2025, which is zero monthly premium, great coverage, you won't get a better deal in the industry if you go find one on your own. It gives highlights of 2206 no amount on premium. I don't know what you are referring to 83 % not sure you are even a retiree. | Oct 10 07:56 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/kde-gear-25-08-2-apps-collection-released/">KDE Gear 25.08.2 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New</a></h5> | Oct 10 08:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Oct 10 08:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>Among the notable updates, NeoChat received several fixes to improve push notifications, message handling, and D-Bus integration. Uploading videos now correctly sends thumbnails, and object ownership for chat room members has been fine-tuned to improve reliability. </p> | Oct 10 08:11 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | KDE Gear 25.08.2 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New | Oct 10 08:11 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Oct 10 08:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/pipewire-1-4-9-fixes-audio-regression-and-improves-alsa-recovery/">PipeWire 1.4.9 Fixes Audio Regression and Improves ALSA Recovery</a></h5> | Oct 10 08:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Oct 10 08:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>PipeWire, a multimedia framework for handling audio and video on Linux systems, has just rolled out version 1.4.9, focusing on bug fixes and stability improvements. </p> | Oct 10 08:14 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Oct 10 08:14 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | PipeWire 1.4.9 Fixes Audio Regression and Improves ALSA Recovery | Oct 10 08:14 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li> | Oct 10 08:15 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/libreoffice-25-8-2-fixes-dozens-of-bugs-across-writer-calc-and-draw/">LibreOffice 25.8.2 Fixes Dozens of Bugs Across Writer, Calc, and Draw</a></h5> | Oct 10 08:15 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <blockquote> | Oct 10 08:15 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <p>The Document Foundation has released LibreOffice 25.8.2 as a second point release in the 25.8 series, addressing a wide range of bugs reported by users since version 25.8.1. </p> | Oct 10 08:15 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | </blockquote> | Oct 10 08:15 |
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| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | LibreOffice 25.8.2 Fixes Dozens of Bugs Across Writer, Calc, and Draw | Oct 10 08:15 | |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | <li><h5><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/use-of-ai-in-patent-industry-spectre-of.html?showComment=1759918178451#c5760976806477882979">As a private practice attorney and technical speci...</a></h5><blockquote>As a private practice attorney and technical specialist, I would like to refute that. But looking across the profession, the uncomfortable truth is that this observation is not entirely inaccurate. Many private pra | Oct 10 11:38 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ctice attorneys do present themselves as specialists across multiple technical fields when, in reality, the depth of their understanding can be quite shallow. A trend that I worry is</blockquote></li> | Oct 10 11:38 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Use of AI in the patent industry: The spectre of hallucination - The IPKat | Oct 10 11:38 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li><h5><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/use-of-ai-in-patent-industry-spectre-of.html?showComment=1759914200732#c8308732058540499325">Bastian, yes fair point. It is a generalization. B...</a></h5><blockquote>Bastian, yes fair point. It is a generalization. But even then, CII is a very broad field. I would contend that you are unlikely to have deep technical expertise in every possible technical area that falls under th | Oct 10 11:39 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | at umbrella term. Even AI/ML is a very broad field and not every attorney who claims to be an expert with deep technical expertise in AI/ML will be an expert in every sub-branch of that</blockquote></li> | Oct 10 11:39 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Use of AI in the patent industry: The spectre of hallucination - The IPKat | Oct 10 11:39 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | <li><h5><a href="http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/10/use-of-ai-in-patent-industry-spectre-of.html?showComment=1759937111515#c3365447619182467288">@anonymous of Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 11:09:0...</a></h5><blockquote>@anonymous of Wednesday, 8 October 2025 at 11:09:00 GMT+1<br /><br />I don’t think this behaviour is really a choice; it’s more a product of how the profession has evolved. The huge growth in filings over the p | Oct 10 11:40 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ast 20 years pushed firms to focus on volume over depth. Efficiency became the goal, and Hey Hi (AI) is just the latest and most predictable step in that direction.<br /><br />It may also explain</blockquote></li> | Oct 10 11:40 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | Use of AI in the patent industry: The spectre of hallucination - The IPKat | Oct 10 11:40 | |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k779yxj8 | Oct 10 16:10 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | They Prize | Oct 10 18:01 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Microsoft is all-in on being "Online by Default". | Oct 10 19:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Want to setup Windows? You need an Internet connection and a Microsoft account. | Oct 10 19:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Want to save a Word document? Defaults to saving on Microsoft OneDrive. | Oct 10 19:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Using Notepad.exe? It now has AI features which require an Internet connection an a Microsoft account." | Oct 10 19:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Last week the Free Software Foundation announced the "groundbreaking" LibrePhone project. | Oct 10 19:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Librephone is a new initiative by the FSF to bring full computing freedom to mobile computing environments. The LibrePhone Project is a partnership with Rob Savoye, a developer who has worked on free software (including the GNU toolchain) since the 1980s." | Oct 10 19:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Other than that... I can't find any information regarding "LibrePhone" anywhere. No webpage, no blog posts, no source code repository, no videos... nothing at all. | Oct 10 19:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Reaching out to the FSF to see if I can get more details." | Oct 10 19:19 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "The Leftist Activists of Open Source are, as predicted, declaring that it doesn’t matter what the CEO of Framework says… they’re still going to attack him." | Oct 10 19:20 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "This statement from Framework CEO, @cmonkey | Oct 10 19:21 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | , will not appease the Leftist Activists of Open Source. In fact it may make them angrier. | Oct 10 19:21 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Nirav Patel has commit the sin of speaking to people they do not like. That is not allowed among the Leftist Activists. | Oct 10 19:21 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | He, and Framework, will forever be branded Nazi and Fascist. | Oct 10 19:21 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | On the other hand, Conservatives will, by and large, happily work with Framework and Patel on projects where they align… even though Patel holds some Leftist views." | Oct 10 19:21 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | sss | Oct 10 19:54 |
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