IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, May 22, 2024
2 AM, May 22
02:18 schestowitz; > and you:
02:18 schestowitz; >
02:18 schestowitz; > https://techrights.org/n/2024/05/21/Video_Microsoft_s_Attack_on_Education.shtml
02:18 schestowitz; > | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2024/05/21/Video_Microsoft_s_Attack_on_Education.gmi
02:18 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights [Video] Microsoft's Attack on Education
02:18 schestowitz; ""
02:19 schestowitz; I read Sami's account with emotional memories of Finland
02:19 schestowitz; and how Microsoft ruined it for me. Watching the video now.
02:19 schestowitz; thanks
02:19 schestowitz; best
02:19 schestowitz; "
02:47 schestowitz; "Join us for this unique presentation to discuss the role of governments and the public sector.
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; Mariana Mazzucato advises policy makers around the world on innovation-led inclusive and sustainable growth. Her roles have included Chair of the World Health Organizations Council on the Economics of Health for All and Co-Chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. Mariana is the winner of international prizes including Italys highest civilian honour, the Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (
02:47 schestowitz; 2021), the John von Neumann Award (2020), the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought (2018). Most recently, Pope Francis appointed her to the Pontifical Academy for Life for bringing more humanity to the world. She is the founder of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose. In 2019, the OECD and IIPP signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; European Central Bank - Central Banking Forum Mariana Mazzucato
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; International Monetary Fund Mariana Mazzucato
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; EU Commission paper Mariana Mazzucato: Mission-oriented research & innovation in the European Union - A problem-solving approach to fuel innovation-led growth
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; Rosie Collington is a political economist and a writer. She primarily focuses on political economy, government, and climate crisis. Under the supervision of Mariana Mazzucato, Founding Director of the University College of Londons Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Rosie has conducted research which has been published in leading academic journals, and has written for international media outlets.
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; Erasmus University Rosie Collington
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; Wiener Vorlesungen Rosie Collington
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; In February 2023, Rosie and Mariana published together: The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies. This bestseller has received positive international press coverage and has been translated in several languages including German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Greek.
02:47 schestowitz; In 2021, the global market for consulting services was valued at $700-900 billion and its rapid growth is set to continue.
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; In The Big Con, Mazzucato and Collington show that there is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today, which must change. They show that our economies' reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and EY stunts innovation, obfuscates corporate and political accountability, and impedes our collective mission of h
02:47 schestowitz; alting climate breakdown.
02:47 schestowitz; Through analysing the consulting industry, The Big Con confronts critical questions of our time: Why has the market for consulting services continued to grow so quickly since the 1990s, with the emergence of Third Way politics? Do Governments exist by design to fix markets failures and to enable the private sector to become a creator of value while they would represent inertia? Should cost benefit and short-term plans be at the centr
02:47 schestowitz; e of public policies? Or should the public interest and the capability to take risks be the driving force of all strategies?
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; The Big Con is not about the public sector versus the private sector. Instead, it offers an opportunity to take a step back to rethink the current global economic situation.
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; Thursday 25 April 2024 starting at 17:00 CET time
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; IPSO Board Member Vronique Michel will host the webinar. At the beginning of the webinar, before Rosie Collington takes the floor, Mariana Mazzucato will introduce their research.
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; Vronique will be supported by Bernhard Stricker and Marco Luigi Fassetta. You will have the opportunity to discuss the views with Rosie after the presentation.
02:47 schestowitz;
02:47 schestowitz; Best regards,
02:47 schestowitz; The IPSO Board
02:47 schestowitz; IPSO on the Internet"
3 AM, May 22
03:05 MinceR; IPSO facto
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4 AM, May 22
04:09 *Now talking on #techbytes
04:09 *Topic for #techbytes is: Welcome to the official channel of the TechBytes Audiocast
04:09 *Topic for #techbytes set by schestowitz!~roy@haii6za73zabc.irc at Tue Jun 1 20:21:34 2021
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8 AM, May 22
08:33 schestowitz[TR2]; <li>
08:33 schestowitz[TR2]; <h5><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/21/mx_linux_233_released/">MX Linux 23.3 released, based on Debian 12.5</a></h5>
08:33 schestowitz[TR2]; <blockquote>
08:33 schestowitz[TR2]; <p>It's not radically different from the original MX Linux 23 release, which we looked at last August, and builds on the changes in version 23.2, at which we took a quick look in January. Unlike a few more neophiliac distros, its developers seem to take a pragmatic approach of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." </p>
08:33 schestowitz[TR2]; </blockquote>
08:33 schestowitz[TR2]; </li>
08:33 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | MX Linux 23.3 released, based on Debian 12.5 The Register
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08:57 schestowitz[TR2]; "Chicago Code & Coffee Meetup"
08:57 schestowitz[TR2]; x https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2024/may-chicago-code-coffee-meetup/
08:57 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.lkhrs.com | Chicago Code & Coffee Meetup | Luke's Wild Website
08:58 schestowitz[TR2]; "Microsoft South Africa earmarks R1.3-billion for SMEs, skills"
08:58 schestowitz[TR2]; x https://techcentral.co.za/microsoft-south-africa-sme-skills/245040/
08:58 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techcentral.co.za | Microsoft South Africa earmarks R1.3-billion for SMEs, skills - TechCentral
10 AM, May 22
10:39 schestowitz[TR2]; https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1shcHnjv
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10:39 schestowitz[TR2]; "
10:39 schestowitz[TR2]; Stop racist Indian supremacists ruining IBM with their pro-India focus, and Indian-only implicit bias hiring practices!
10:39 schestowitz[TR2]; It's International Business Machines, an American company, not India Business Machines.
10:39 schestowitz[TR2]; '
2 PM, May 22
14:01 psydruid; not for much longer, it seems
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14:17 schestowitz[TR2]; psydroid2: that comment is imho rather inapporpriatee
14:17 schestowitz[TR2]; so i pasted in a side channel
14:17 schestowitz[TR2]; the issue is
14:17 schestowitz[TR2]; ibm looks for cheap llabour
14:17 schestowitz[TR2]; or cheaper
14:18 schestowitz[TR2]; so they aim at skilled but low-paid pools
14:18 schestowitz[TR2]; and it's not just ibm
14:18 psydroid2; that's what they all want to do
14:18 schestowitz[TR2]; same as low corporate taxes
14:18 schestowitz[TR2]; all nations should agree on MINIMUM tax
14:18 schestowitz[TR2]; or maximum wage
14:18 psydroid2; and then it's not strange that actual knowledge moves there too
14:19 psydroid2; or the knowledge exists there, so the jobs move there as well
14:19 schestowitz[TR2]; they care about next quyarter
14:19 schestowitz[TR2]; and only their own company
14:19 schestowitz[TR2]; rich people use nations like this
14:19 schestowitz[TR2]; or border
14:19 schestowitz[TR2]; i get my mansion
14:19 schestowitz[TR2]; i want sweatshops somewhere
14:19 schestowitz[TR2]; i buy a second mansion
14:20 schestowitz[TR2]; and it's "diversity"
14:21 psydroid2; and then the whole thing falls apart and you've created the next Ambani Corp
14:21 psydroid2; I wonder what those people in the US are thinking
14:23 schestowitz[TR2]; thinking?
14:24 schestowitz[TR2]; think(tm) was ib slogan
14:24 schestowitz[TR2]; in 70s or 80s
14:24 schestowitz[TR2]; *ibm slogan
14:24 schestowitz[TR2]; or marketing motto
14:24 psydroid2; indeed
14:24 psydroid2; no one is thinking anymore
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; they grab(r)
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; grab red hat
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; ]grab hashicorp
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; then realise they are a waste of money
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; but the revenue goes up a bit
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; you take a bonus
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; for the increase
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; debt grows a lot
14:25 schestowitz[TR2]; you retire
14:27 psydroid2; good honest companies are gone
14:27 psydroid2; only the evil ones survive
14:27 psydroid2; so then you get this
14:28 schestowitz[TR2]; gig economy
4 PM, May 22
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9 PM, May 22
21:49 DaemonFC; schestowitz[TR2]: I'd like to rent a truck and gather up all the garbage in my yard and go dump it on my landlord's front lawn.
21:49 DaemonFC; But there's a difference between what I'd like to do and what I can do.
21:49 DaemonFC; And I accept that because I have to, I suppose.
21:51 DaemonFC; Besides even going near all that crap means risk of injury. There's drug needles and little baggies that people got a hit of fentanyl in and then threw there, and used condoms. Seriously. Used condoms.
10 PM, May 22
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11 PM, May 22
23:27 schestowitz[TR2]; story of your life
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1sDxIqT9#OP
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23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; "he power install base falls into two buckets One profitable, and one not so much
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; Enterprise boxes (E1080s) Much like mainframes they generate revenue and profit for their large ISV users and IBM. Its an annuity due to performance, reliability, and technology that Intel cant deliver, so the ISVs embrace it, and accept the higher costs.
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; Scale out boxes (the rest of the power line) The revenue and profits here are shrinking due to ISVs embracing Linux on Intel. Yep Intel is good enough when it comes to performance, reliability, and technology. ISVs have voted with their feet, and at least 50% of previous power ISVs now only support Intel solutions. This slow bleed means IBMs high overhead is unaffordable when it comes to low end power. (you ca
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; nt raise prices when competing in a commodity market) Look for a commodity Intel manufacturer to become the low end Power maker/marketer/servicer with IBM licensing its HW and SW IP to whoever they partner with. NOTE IBM is investing in the performance, reliability, and technology of Power anyway to keep the 1080 competitive. Licensing the low end HW and SW IP including low end design just becomes a profit center for the 1080 pr
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; oduct line.
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; "
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; "
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; Power development isn't strategic any more, it's more like squeezing the last life out of a dying product. Power dev being outsourced just shows that you need to stay on the growth products and stay away from the declining products.
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; "
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; "
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; Even the 'Enterprise' Power's days are limited. Some day soon SAP (or its replacement) will figure out how to write an ERP system that can be properly distributed over commodity hardware and half the Power market will vanish.
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; It's not like SAP wants to be trapped running on the most expensive hardware options in the field, they would love to be able to sell into XEON clusters instead.
23:49 schestowitz[TR2]; "