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beginning of new day, June 29

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1 AM, June 29

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3 AM, June 29

03:17 schestowitz-TR; pushed to gitinor change to the template file of Links

03:17 schestowitz-TR; *minor changes

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7 AM, June 29

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8 AM, June 29

08:24 schestowitz-TR; I heard that turkey gets a lot of the grain from ukraine or parts russia occupies already

08:24 Techrights-sec2; yes that is happening to AFAIK

08:24 Techrights-sec2; ^too

08:25 schestowitz-TR; putin has two dolls inside nato and even eu (orban)

08:25 Techrights-sec2; by the way the template.html file has what appear to be redundant headings

08:25 Techrights-sec2; such as "programming" and "technical"

08:26 Techrights-sec2; there may be other redundant headings, I have not checked thoroughly

08:26 Techrights-sec2; it's just those that collide so far

08:26 Techrights-sec2; there may be other redundant headings, I have not checked thoroughly

08:26 Techrights-sec2; it's just those that collide so far

08:26 schestowitz-TR; those are or gemini only

08:28 Techrights-sec2; ok, I guess those can be annotated so they don't get confuse with the http

08:28 Techrights-sec2; sections

08:42 Techrights-sec2; pushed to Git

08:43 schestowitz-TR; THANKS, GOOD CALL

08:43 schestowitz-TR; oops, caps

08:43 schestowitz-TR; starting workout in a bit


9 AM, June 29

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10 AM, June 29

10:04 Techrights-sec2; ack


11 AM, June 29

11:01 schestowitz-TR; <techrights-news> Winter https://truthout.org/articles/experts-are-worried-about-the-potential-of-another-brutal-covid-winter/ | Source: TruthOut

↺ https://truthout.org/articles/experts-are-worried-about-the-potential-of-another-brutal-covid-winter/

11:01 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-truthout.org | Experts Are Worried About the Potential of Another Brutal COVID Winter

11:15 Techrights-sec2; seeing as most countries have removed advisories against gathering

11:15 Techrights-sec2; and no longer suggest masking up etc ...

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1 PM, June 29

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2 PM, June 29

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4 PM, June 29

16:18 schestowitz; https://ideadrop.co/customer-success/steve-jobs-leadership-style-what-we-can-learn/

↺ https://ideadrop.co/customer-success/steve-jobs-leadership-style-what-we-can-learn/

16:18 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-ideadrop.co | Steve Jobss Leadership Style and What We Can Learn From It

16:18 schestowitz; I am trying, without success, to find the Jobs quotes on tytpe A, B, C...

16:19 schestowitz; can you help? needed for next article

16:35 schestowitz-TR; you can see the context in the draft (video processing)

16:35 schestowitz-TR; I wanted to say something else but did not (and forgot by now) as you were afk

16:40 Techrights-sec2; ok

16:40 Techrights-sec2; https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/A-players

↺ https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/A-players

16:40 Techrights-sec2; https://tgsus.com/executive-search/recruit-a-players/

↺ https://tgsus.com/executive-search/recruit-a-players/

16:40 Techrights-sec2; It was also in the biography, "Steve Jobs", by Waltere Isaacson

16:40 Techrights-sec2; but not in the index

16:40 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-apple.fandom.com | A-players | Apple Wiki | Fandom

16:40 Techrights-sec2; indiect: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/391717-steve-jobs-has-a-saying-that-a-players-hire-a

↺ https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/391717-steve-jobs-has-a-saying-that-a-players-hire-a

16:40 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-tgsus.com | Steve Jobs and How to Recruit A-Players | The Good Search

16:40 Techrights-sec2; ^inditectly

16:40 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.goodreads.com | Quote by Guy Kawasaki: Steve Jobs has a saying that A players hire A p...

16:40 Techrights-sec2; indirectly

16:42 schestowitz-TR; thanks!!

16:42 schestowitz-TR; not sure if that happens only to me

16:42 schestowitz-TR; when I want to say something, decide it's not so important, then forget it

16:42 schestowitz-TR; then want to remember what this unimportant thing is

16:42 schestowitz-TR; happened to me twice today

16:42 schestowitz-TR; I need to let those things go

16:42 schestowitz-TR; (once when rianne was asleep)

16:42 Techrights-sec2; https://youtu.be/wTgQ2PBiz-g

↺ https://youtu.be/wTgQ2PBiz-g

16:42 Techrights-sec2; ack

16:42 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-@Invidious: https://invidious.osi.kr/watch?v=wTgQ2PBiz-g

↺ https://invidious.osi.kr/watch?v=wTgQ2PBiz-g

16:42 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell--> invidious.osi.kr | Steve Jobs - Building a team of A players - Invidious

16:45 Techrights-sec2; https://hbr.org/2012/04/the-real-leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs

↺ https://hbr.org/2012/04/the-real-leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs

16:45 Techrights-sec2; ack

16:45 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-hbr.org | The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs

16:45 schestowitz-TR; I'll put alkl these refs in one place, it's about EPO...

16:46 schestowitz-TR; Wil use suitable headline so you can find them all

16:58 Techrights-sec2; ok

16:58 Techrights-sec2; I can't remember which part of the book it was in so I won't wade through the

16:58 Techrights-sec2; whole thing just for the one quote though


5 PM, June 29

17:02 schestowitz-TR; maybe this new draft will help you centrealise your refs on this subject?

17:02 schestowitz-TR; draftsx2

17:02 Techrights-sec2; checking

17:02 Techrights-sec2; "paraphrasing the above in the video linked above ..."

17:03 schestowitz-TR; I will add a few words/links

17:03 Techrights-sec2; what are dental bribes?

17:03 Techrights-sec2; thanks

17:05 schestowitz-TR; I linked to that yesterday,m re dental

17:05 schestowitz-TR; but should repeat

17:05 schestowitz-TR; as otherwise people lack the way to find out what it's about

17:05 schestowitz-TR; organised crime

17:05 schestowitz-TR; they buy the voters

17:05 schestowitz-TR; this was EXPECTED

17:05 schestowitz-TR; as was the OUTCOME

17:05 Techrights-sec2; yes reminders are necessary

17:06 schestowitz-TR; at least now I have some pages I can link to for explaining what happened to our C/D type company

17:06 schestowitz-TR; that used to have some good people when I joined in 2011

17:07 Techrights-sec2; there was also a lot of relevant links here about boeing's fall

17:07 Techrights-sec2; I'm not sure I can find them again but IIRC you did use them in some posts

17:07 Techrights-sec2; a year or two ago (or longer)

17:07 schestowitz-TR; I think this analogy was used wrt EPO by other people too

17:07 schestowitz-TR; but not sure

17:08 Techrights-sec2; that had something to do with the inevitable death spiral which is kicked off

17:08 Techrights-sec2; by outsourcing critical functions

17:08 Techrights-sec2; and, for that matter, some not-so-critical functions too

17:09 schestowitz-TR; I will finalise the two posts and add to wiki

17:12 schestowitz-TR; jobs was a jerk, but that does not mean he's always wrong or I cannot quote him :)

17:12 schestowitz-TR; it's also put in simple terms that make sense to me

17:12 schestowitz-TR; the staff union explains that a high-calibre examiner can do the word fast and well

17:12 schestowitz-TR; some new grad who can barely operate the computer is worth maybe 10 times less than

17:12 schestowitz-TR; the former type

17:12 schestowitz-TR; they are a yoke on the colleagues

17:12 Techrights-sec2; ack

17:17 Techrights-sec2; yes, without peers, the A-players quickly find they need look for a more suitable work environment, that is especially true in today's society which has b

17:17 Techrights-sec2; een

17:17 Techrights-sec2; badly shaped by "reality" TV such that the D, E, and lower playes are trained

17:17 Techrights-sec2; to gang up on, impeded, and even tear down those with better skills

17:17 schestowitz-TR; rianne and I work from him

17:17 schestowitz-TR; *some

17:17 schestowitz-TR; *home

17:17 schestowitz-TR; so we already have some x-player peers

17:17 schestowitz-TR; and I totally ignore th rest

17:17 schestowitz-TR; I don't even read their handovers

17:17 schestowitz-TR; rianne does

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17:20 Techrights-sec2; found it. don't lose it ;)

17:20 Techrights-sec2; https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-loses-out/

↺ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-loses-out/

17:20 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-berthub.eu | How Tech Loses Out over at Companies, Countries and Continents - Bert Hubert's writings

17:21 schestowitz-TR; noadays the net time I spend on a shift is averging at maybe 30 mins

17:21 schestowitz-TR; each time the company gets worse

17:21 schestowitz-TR; this number goes down further

17:21 schestowitz-TR; to where I can tolerate it

17:25 Techrights-sec2; https://web.archive.org/web/20111226053333/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2011/02/04/2014130646.pdf

↺ https://web.archive.org/web/20111226053333/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2011/02/04/2014130646.pdf

17:25 Techrights-sec2; very hard to find

17:25 Techrights-sec2; https://aerospaceengineeringblog.com/the-dangers-of-outsourcing/

↺ https://aerospaceengineeringblog.com/the-dangers-of-outsourcing/

17:25 Techrights-sec2; "to where I can tolerate it" ... that is the warning about outsourcing

17:25 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-aerospaceengineeringblog.com | The Dangers of Outsourcing Aerospace Engineering BlogAerospace Engineering Blog

17:26 schestowitz-TR; very quick question: is there a point opening all these links, taking bits from them (text, screenshots etc)

17:26 schestowitz-TR; and present that in relation to EPO?

17:26 schestowitz-TR; I've not opened yet...

17:26 schestowitz-TR; just adding 2 to wiki now

17:26 Techrights-sec2; the PDF, I would think

17:26 Techrights-sec2; if a case can be made about the danger with driving away talent

17:28 schestowitz-TR; OK, I'm off work till tomorrow night and rianne has TM cover

17:28 schestowitz-TR; I will open all these links now

17:28 schestowitz-TR; and promote them to EPO sceptics

17:28 schestowitz-TR; the timing is right because of today's protest and bad news

17:33 schestowitz-TR; it helps to pool life lessons

17:33 schestowitz-TR; like your take on EPO "financialisation"

17:33 schestowitz-TR; as that struck a nerve

17:33 schestowitz-TR; and can equip staff with ways to respond or explain the status quo

17:33 schestowitz-TR; I am going to focus 100% now on the 3 links

17:33 schestowitz-TR; no need to respond

17:33 schestowitz-TR; it's raining dogs and cats out side now (good)

17:33 schestowitz-TR; and I can be easily distracted

17:52 Techrights-sec2; yes good to have a copy, Recoll is a good indexer if you don't have one

17:52 Techrights-sec2; in use already

17:52 schestowitz-TR; making local copy of the pdf

17:52 schestowitz-TR; if it's gone, this might be fair use

17:52 schestowitz-TR; ok, see draft

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17:57 Techrights-sec2; checking

17:57 Techrights-sec2; good summary

17:57 Techrights-sec2; the phrase "neither engineers nor talent" ought to be continued a few more

17:57 Techrights-sec2; words to remind about > 50% of people not accepting positions offered,

17:57 Techrights-sec2; it's there in the link, but needs to be there in the prose as well

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6 PM, June 29

18:05 schestowitz-TR; tying this into jobs (steve( post..

18:05 schestowitz-TR; added whole para at the end

18:05 Techrights-sec2; checking

18:06 Techrights-sec2; at the risk of making it too long the lack of incoming talent makes life

18:06 Techrights-sec2; hard for those very skilled and talented people who have been onboard for many

18:06 Techrights-sec2; years and have not left yet

18:07 schestowitz-TR; ah!!

18:07 schestowitz-TR; good point

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18:17 schestowitz-TR; finalising

18:17 schestowitz-TR; we now have the pdf stored locally (those get hard to find a decade later)

18:17 schestowitz-TR; it becomes a forensic job

18:17 schestowitz-TR; epo keeping campinos

18:17 schestowitz-TR; is like us keeping saringas

18:17 schestowitz-TR; she was dumped too late

18:17 schestowitz-TR; we lost 2 people who could maintain our infra

18:17 schestowitz-TR; then came the outsourcing

18:17 schestowitz-TR; the point of no return

18:17 schestowitz-TR; a spiral

18:17 schestowitz-TR; no infra people

18:17 schestowitz-TR; no infra

18:17 schestowitz-TR; no talent

18:17 schestowitz-TR; fin

18:17 Techrights-sec2; ack

18:26 Techrights-sec2; ack

18:28 schestowitz-TR; I don't know how to explain it, but let me try

18:28 schestowitz-TR; paradoxically, when the company is weak, it's possibly OK to stay

18:28 Techrights-sec2; ack

18:28 schestowitz-TR; provided they act weak

18:29 schestowitz-TR; they are too terrified of losing remaining senior staff

18:29 schestowitz-TR; so that staff can get away with talking down bosses

18:29 schestowitz-TR; or acting rather lazy

18:29 schestowitz-TR; I read about this in TheLayoff.com re IBM

18:30 schestowitz-TR; rianne and I know the job *very* wellm

18:30 schestowitz-TR; and as a pair, like a cokcpit, we are valuable

18:30 schestowitz-TR; so basically treaining new people is almost impossiv

18:30 Techrights-sec2; ack

18:30 schestowitz-TR; let alone attract someone foollish enough to join and then stay

18:30 schestowitz-TR; some joined

18:30 schestowitz-TR; and left quickly

18:30 schestowitz-TR; they could not solve issues

18:32 schestowitz-TR; sometimes if feels like we do them a favour by staying

18:32 schestowitz-TR; and that reduces the stress greatly

18:32 schestowitz-TR; when the CEO begs you not to get upset

18:32 schestowitz-TR; or tries to defuse situations when you scoff at a lousy colleague

18:32 schestowitz-TR; but... if one was to assess my "status" (salary etc.) or my "car" (bicycle) or

18:32 schestowitz-TR; my dress code (BS; ask RMS/LT... or most tech geeks), if that someone is of

18:32 schestowitz-TR; superficial mindset, then.....

18:33 Techrights-sec2; ack

18:36 schestowitz-TR; I keep checking sources and mail etc.

18:36 schestowitz-TR; no word from EPO yet

18:36 schestowitz-TR; must be depressing for some

18:36 schestowitz-TR; but we issued 4 posts since the news came

18:36 schestowitz-TR; so at least they don't need to soak in the raving lies from epo.org

18:36 Techrights-sec2; with a complete change of leadership, to new ones with no social, political, or

18:36 Techrights-sec2; business ties to the old ones, then the EPO could turn around and thrive while

18:36 Techrights-sec2; becoming beneficial again

18:38 schestowitz-TR; I thought about it last night

18:38 schestowitz-TR; it is SUPER complicated

18:38 schestowitz-TR; as the chain of complicity falls back onto the national delegations too

18:38 schestowitz-TR; and you cannot fire ALL the management

18:38 Techrights-sec2; :/

18:38 Techrights-sec2; ack

18:38 schestowitz-TR; chaos/disarray

18:38 schestowitz-TR; but it's necessary

18:38 schestowitz-TR; they won't train "clean" people

18:38 schestowitz-TR; or won't train them properly

18:39 schestowitz-TR; so I think EPO cannot be slavaged

18:39 schestowitz-TR; they are SUSTAINING.... the corruption

18:39 schestowitz-TR; that's why Tony stays

18:39 schestowitz-TR; I don't need to tell you this is very bad for the EU as well

18:39 schestowitz-TR; (they won't admit this)

18:39 Techrights-sec2; true

18:41 schestowitz-TR; a ffii senior once told me uk shiold leave epc, not eu

18:41 schestowitz-TR; I often wonder if the epo tells media to ignore all of us becayse "anti-eu" or "anti-americanism';

18:41 schestowitz-TR; and other red herrings

18:41 schestowitz-TR; it's possible

18:41 schestowitz-TR; the "russian agent" BS was floating at one point

18:41 Techrights-sec2; Which EPC? The European Patent Convention or the sham called the

18:41 Techrights-sec2; European Patent Court

18:41 Techrights-sec2; ?

18:42 schestowitz-TR; EPC, UK can exit that

18:42 schestowitz-TR; so can norway and CH

18:42 schestowitz-TR; let them keep turkey... north macedonia... and have fun with their shitty little experiment

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18:57 schestowitz-TR; <techrights-news> We Need Less Harvard https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ivy-league-enrollment-expansion/ | Source: The Nation

↺ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ivy-league-enrollment-expansion/

18:57 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.thenation.com | We Need Less Harvard, Not More | The Nation


7 PM, June 29

19:01 Techrights-sec2; ack

19:01 Techrights-sec2; elite or not, there are few to no places which still teach actual computer

19:01 Techrights-sec2; science; most have been replaced by microsoftianism; of the places with provide

19:01 Techrights-sec2; training (as opposed to education), those are even worse off

19:02 schestowitz-TR; playing devil's advocate here

19:02 schestowitz-TR; many CS schools and polytechnics likely

19:02 schestowitz-TR; push

19:03 schestowitz-TR; 1) clown

19:03 schestowitz-TR; 2) web (means JS)

19:03 schestowitz-TR; 3) apps

19:03 schestowitz-TR; but no foundations like bubble search or assembly or networking

19:03 schestowitz-TR; microsoft is nasty, but it was more powerful 20 years ago

19:03 schestowitz-TR; and now it contends with "chromebooks"

19:03 Techrights-sec2; yes instead of theory and instead of learning-friendly systems :

19:03 Techrights-sec2; https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-schools.en.html

↺ https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-schools.en.html

19:03 Techrights-sec2; they avoid theory and work towards "training" in proprietary

19:03 Techrights-sec2; clown, js, and m$

19:03 Techrights-sec2; I'm not sure that competing with chromebooks is to the advantage of students;

19:03 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.gnu.org | Why Schools Should Exclusively Use Free Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation

19:03 Techrights-sec2; those are in practice very proprietary

19:05 schestowitz-TR; this is wh y they have "mass appeal"

19:05 schestowitz-TR; a) with state media

19:05 schestowitz-TR; b) corporate media

19:05 schestowitz-TR; c) states

19:06 schestowitz-TR; and you see them promotes as the "true" alternative

19:06 schestowitz-TR; with all the spyware and back doors and whatever comes with the next forced update

19:06 schestowitz-TR; likely always-on microphone ("assistants" and "smart")

19:06 schestowitz-TR; I quit covering android when Android O came out and they were making listening devices

19:06 schestowitz-TR; very prevlent

19:06 schestowitz-TR; out of the box, hard to dodge

19:06 Techrights-sec2; yep

19:06 Techrights-sec2; in the new models even the hardware is locked down :(

19:06 Techrights-sec2; the old models had at least some replacable parts, includignthe SSD

19:06 Techrights-sec2; old:

19:06 Techrights-sec2; https://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-project-renews-focus-on-free-software-in-education

↺ https://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-project-renews-focus-on-free-software-in-education

19:06 Techrights-sec2; android is also a locked-in abuse of Linux

19:06 -TechrightsBN/#boycottnovell-www.fsf.org | GNU Project renews focus on free software in education Free Software Foundation Working together for free software

19:06 Techrights-sec2; not surprisingly by the same company as the Chromebooks

19:09 schestowitz-TR; military contractors (maven)

19:09 schestowitz-TR; you give, you get

19:09 schestowitz-TR; can't wait for that economy to go under

19:09 schestowitz-TR; but russia, china, and eu are not moving in a better direction

19:09 schestowitz-TR; so we need to decentralise

19:09 schestowitz-TR; and people should roll out their own with images retrieved online

19:09 schestowitz-TR; marius and I try to promote the indie distros more

19:09 schestowitz-TR; fedora crap gets shelved under laftovers

19:09 schestowitz-TR; they can go f* themselves

19:09 schestowitz-TR; (ICBM)

19:09 Techrights-sec2; ack

19:09 Techrights-sec2; IBM controls Fedora and doesn't even give it an illusion of independence

19:09 Techrights-sec2; it's just there as a testbed for RHEL

19:09 Techrights-sec2; with what's left of a community to operate as unpaid beta testers

19:11 schestowitz-TR; Red Hat was accused of the same, but it gave some freedom to employees (not 1005 of the time), it let centros live on OK,

19:11 schestowitz-TR; it provides resources, and it didn't have that perception of attacking the community, volunteers etc.

19:12 schestowitz-TR; Allowhurst left months after the centos 'dick move'

19:12 schestowitz-TR; I wanted to make a few more points about how Red Hat shot down allegations of Fedora being just a sandbox

19:12 schestowitz-TR; but it doesn't matter

19:12 schestowitz-TR; we're just informally chatting

19:12 schestowitz-TR; ICBM lost the most valuable thing RHT had: goodwill

19:12 Techrights-sec2; yes it was strange that they went out of their way to burn that goodwill

19:14 schestowitz-TR; they are still good buddies with MSFT

19:14 schestowitz-TR; and I never saw them saying anything that might upset the Billness

19:14 schestowitz-TR; which is odd considering how they fought around 2006-08 over ODF

19:14 schestowitz-TR; that sort of "restraint" can be partly explained by tracing back the many managers in "Red Hat" to former job at Microsoft

19:14 schestowitz-TR; they can "shot down" the "haters" and "extremists"

19:14 schestowitz-TR; I meant SHOUT DOWN

19:15 Techrights-sec2; I never will understand their thought process, theirs or any other company,

19:15 Techrights-sec2; when they drop their guard against M$ and, even more bizarrely, bring microsofters into the perimiter

19:15 Techrights-sec2; yes IBM was still on the right side of things for the most part up until the

19:15 Techrights-sec2; end of the ODF process

19:15 Techrights-sec2; and the microsoft scandals surrounding ECMA 376

19:24 schestowitz-TR; msfters in redhat = more of the "linux is OK for server" mindset

19:24 Techrights-sec2; among other mistakes, they try everything they can to keep attention off of

19:24 Techrights-sec2; the desktop

19:25 schestowitz-TR; canonical is the same

19:25 schestowitz-TR; haha

19:25 schestowitz-TR; we started typing canonical at the same time

19:25 Techrights-sec2; Canonica did that too after gaining a terminal stage microsoft infection among

19:25 Techrights-sec2; their staff. RPF is in the early stages, but it, too, will be terminal

19:27 schestowitz-TR; the "extremists" will resign or have resigned in disgust

19:27 schestowitz-TR; microsoft: we Drive C

19:27 schestowitz-TR; raspi: the ABCD for schools

19:27 schestowitz-TR; they wrote a blog post on edu eysterday

19:27 schestowitz-TR; microsoft: C types

19:27 schestowitz-TR; Mono: D types

19:28 Techrights-sec2; or be driven out

19:28 Techrights-sec2; remember that microsofters aren't evaluated on work or results

19:28 Techrights-sec2; unlike everyone else

19:28 Techrights-sec2; :/

19:28 Techrights-sec2; s/on/against/

19:28 Techrights-sec2; :(

19:28 Techrights-sec2; at best

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