The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter December 2024
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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of December 2024.
Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help thes … ⌘ Read more
It was probably my most productive first week of January so far. Big progress in the apartment: lots of furniture (and a large wall unit) dismantled, two rooms painted and much more. Tomorrow maybe a bit more relaxed program, so that I don’t need a vacation from vacation straight away. 😅 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Trans Girl Project, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/04/trans-girl-2.html #freeculture #bookclub
10 Crucial Events That Defined Entire Eras of American History
Certain events have very clearly defined American history. The Battle of Gettysburg, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassination of public figures like Martin Luther King Jr. and John F. Kennedy—certainly, the list goes on from there. But just as much, there have been quite a few incredibly important events that have defined American history, […]
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MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 11 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 11th 2025 at 17:00 UTC in the #monerokon 2 Matrix/IRC channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics should be available on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 2025[ … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 1, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
0xFFFC, j-berman, tobtoht CCS proposals ready for funding
Three CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:
- 0xFFFC’s!526 1: full-time C++ development (3 months, Jan, Feb, Mar, 2025) 2
- j-berman’s!527 3: full-time development (4 months) 4
- tobtoht’s!529 5: full-time feather + core development (3 months) 6
To support the above proposals you can donate to the XMR addre … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 12/30 to 01/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/03/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
IN MEMORIAM – Pavel Čáni
Dnes podvečer, 3. januára 2025, sa spomedzi našich radov tíško vytratil akademický maliar a grafik, Mr. Pavel Čáni (nar. 19. 6. 1953). Patril medzi najvýznamnejších slovenských výtvarných umelcov v Srbsku a jeho maliarska a grafická tvorba zanechali hlbokú stopu v dejinách slovenského výtvarného umenia. Pavel Čáni, absolvent výtvarných škôl v Novom Sade a Belehrade, sa rýchlo dopracoval k vlastnému, rozpoznateľnému a jedinečnému výtvarnému prejavu, ktorý vysoko hodnoti … ⌘ Read more
Tertulia de Dieter: Los frentes judiciales de Sánchez en enero
Cayetano González y Tomás Cuesta analizan los asuntos más relevantes de la actualidad. ⌘ Read more
Pido la paz y la palabra: "Pelo de zanahoria" y la IA
Agapito Maestre nos ofrece su columna radiofónica sobre un tema cultural. ⌘ Read more
Optimising prompt engineering for better AI outputs
Member post originally published on the yld blog by Afonso Ramos Remember when searching for information online involved typing in a few keywords and sifting through pages of results? Thankfully, those days are long gone. Today’s… ⌘ Read more
Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them to “write better code”?
Article URL: https://minimaxir.com/2025/01/write-better-code/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42584400
Points: 501
# Comments: 300 ⌘ Read more
10 Exciting Things Entering the Public Domain in 2025
When a work enters the public domain, it’s like releasing an immortal animal into the wild after it has been caged for a hundred years. Now freed from copyright restrictions, the work can be studied, reinterpreted, and explored in ways that better reveal its true nature. Scholars, creators, and fans are granted new freedoms to […]
The post [10 Exciting Things Entering the Public Domain in 2025](https://listverse.com/2025/01/03 … ⌘ Read more
10 Memorable Intersections Between Alcohol and Traffic
Alcohol and traffic are two opposite terms—two parallel lines that should never meet. A driver is not expected to have even a little alcohol while planning to drive; it is unsafe, dangerous, and downright immoral. An intoxicated driver poses a threat to the lives of others aside from himself. While drunk drivers have taken innocent […]
The post [10 Memorable Intersections Between Alcohol and Traffic](https://listverse.com/20 … ⌘ Read more
Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 6 January 2025 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Monday, January 6 2025 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 2 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels.
This meeting’s chairperson will probably be rbrunner73 and the agenda should include various topics: Seraphis4/JAMTIS5, FCMPs6, and other long-term Monero development issues.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer … ⌘ Read more
El análisis de Juan Ramón Rallo: El nuevo índice para la subida del alquiler en 2025
Esmeralda analiza junto a Juan Ramón Rallo cómo afectará a los inquilinos el nuevo índice para la subida del alquiler este año. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Rascals https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/02/rascals.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Otras noticias: Los narcoestados
Román David, analista del Centro de Seguridad Internacional de la Univ. Francisco de Vitoria, comenta la situación de España con el crimen organizado. ⌘ Read more
Tertulia de Dieter: Publicadas las declaraciones de Ábalos, Koldo y Aldama
Esmeralda analiza la última hora del caso Koldo con Carlos Cuesta, Carmen Tomás y Pablo Planas. ⌘ Read more
Binge Watch Apple TV+ This Weekend for Free
If you’d like to start the new year with some binge watching, you can enjoy a free weekend of all-access to Apple TV+ films and shows starting on January 3 and continuing through January 5. The free weekend is available on any device where you can stream Apple TV+, all you will need is an … Read More ⌘ Read more
Deals: Get Apple Watch Series 10 for $329 (Discounted from $399)
Want to start the new year off with a great fitness tracker to help motivate your workouts and track your health stats and vitals? Then don’t miss this great deal on the all new Apple Watch Series 10 is available for just $329 in select color and band options, available right now on Amazon. Maybe … Read More ⌘ Read more
Pido la paz y la palabra: La nueva era según Agapito Maestre
Agapito Maestre nos ofrece su columna radiofónica sobre un asunto de actualidad. ⌘ Read more
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then sold to third parties for targeted ads.
From Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/
I’m not sure I’m convinced Apple is really that much better than the other big tech companies when it comes to this kind of thing. Their reputation is better and they do seem to be better about things like on-device encryption, but then stories like this come out.
This year is a perfect square: 2025 = 45². Most of us reading this at time of posting won’t be alive next time that happens since 46² = 2116, 91 years from now. This has been bouncing around the internet but for some reason I felt compelled to record it here!
Jubilujúce slovenské dediny: Báčsky Petrovec a Kulpín
V roku 2025 si pripomenieme významné jubileá dvoch slovenských dedín vo Vojvodine, ktoré majú najbohatšiu históriu a kultúrne dedičstvo. Báčsky Petrovec a Kulpín spája nielen hranica chotára, ale aj rok 1745. V tomto roku Petrovec oslávi 280 rokov osídlenia Slovákmi a Kulpín 280 rokov súčasného Kulpína. ⌘ Read more
En este país llamado España: El PSOE ya gobierna la Alcaldía de Jaén tras prosperar la moción de censura
Esmeralda Ruíz analiza la moción de censura en Jaén pactada entre el PSOE y el grupo provincial Jaén Merece Más y las lecturas a nivel nacional. ⌘ Read more
Unlocking cloud native security with Cilium and eBPF
Ambassador post originally published on Dev.to by Syed Asad Raza Introduction 🌐🔒🚀 As cloud-native applications scale, securing workloads while maintaining performance becomes critical. This is where Cilium, an open-source networking, observability, and security tool, shines. Backed… ⌘ Read more
6.12.8: stable
Version:6.12.8 (stable)Released:2025-01-02Source:linux-6.12.8.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.8.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.8 ⌘ Read more
6.6.69: longterm
Version:6.6.69 (longterm)Released:2025-01-02Source:linux-6.6.69.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.6.69.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.6.69 ⌘ Read more
6.1.123: longterm
Version:6.1.123 (longterm)Released:2025-01-02Source:linux-6.1.123.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.1.123.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.1.123 ⌘ Read more
** Laser sword new years **
Through a series of improbable events on new years eve we ended up watching Darth Maul ignite his duel bladed lightsaber right at the stroke of midnight. Mind blown. Duel of the fates ringing in the new year. ⌘ Read more
10 Events from 2024 That’ll Be in History Textbooks One Day
We’re not entirely sure if they still have history books in school or if they just teach kids these days using TikTok videos and Instagram reels to account for their short and fractured attention spans. Okay, we’re kidding about that little quip… we hope. We’re pretty certain that textbooks are still a thing, whether in […]
The post [10 Events from 2024 That’ll Be in History Textbooks One Day](https://listverse.com/ … ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 8 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 8th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
- Updates. What is everyone working on?
- Discussion: Post-quantum security and ethical considerations over elliptic curve cryptography3
This meeting’s chairperson should be Rucknium4. The full dis … ⌘ Read more
Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.5 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.
Hope everyone has had a good 2024, and you’re looking forward to a better 2025!
We’re ending this year with a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 branch. This
brings some general polish and a collection of fixes for various small issues
people have reported in the past months.
A notable behaviour change in this release is that Prosody will no longer send
delivery errors to people you have blocked. Inste … ⌘ Read more
Previa económica: Las subidas de impuestos para 2025
Esmeralda analiza con Domingo Soriano y Beatriz García las subidas impositivas que tiene previstas el Gobierno de Pedro Sánchez para el próximo año. ⌘ Read more
Community Workgroup Meeting scheduled for 4 January 2025 1600 UTC
The next Monero Community Workgroup Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Saturday, 4th of January 2025 at 16:00 UTC, in the #monero-community 2’3 channels.
Discussions should be focused on community highlights, CCS updates and workgroup reports. plowsof4 will moderate the meeting.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer5.
_This is an ongoing story and the … ⌘ Read more
Elon Musk quits Tesla, flying cars take off: The predictions for tech in 2025
The past year has been wild for the global technology sector, and the next year is set to be even more unpredictable. ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 1 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 1st 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
- Updates. What is everyone working on?
- Discussion: preventing P2P proxy nodes3
- Discussion: Post-quantum security and ethical considerations over elliptic curve cryptography4
This meeting’s cha … ⌘ Read more
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 4 January 2024 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, January 4th 2025 at 17:00 UTC in the #monerokon 2 Matrix/IRC channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics should be available on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 2025[5]( … ⌘ Read more
rottenwheel submits CCS proposal to maintain ‘Revuo Monero’ in Q1 2025
rottenwheel1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue maintaining the Revuo Monero 3 newsletter for 3 months (January-March 2025):
I will maintain Revuo Monero (https://www.revuo-xmr.com/) for the next 3 months (2025 Q1): January, February and March. There is a chance I may skip one week to tend to real life issues, in such case, next issue will just cover 2 weeks … ⌘ Read more
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 7 January 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, January 7 2025 at 18:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #cuprate channels.
Agenda overviewCuprate is an effort to create an alternative Monero node implementation.
Greetings
Updates: What is everyone working on?
Project: What is next for Cuprate?
Any other business
The meeting’s moderator should be Boog9003. Consult the Cuprate code rep … ⌘ Read more
Cake Wallet partners with Foundation to develop ‘first 3rd-party app’ for Passport Prime
Cake Wallet1 has announced2 a new partnership with Foundation3 to develop the first 3rd-party app for their recently launched hardware wallet device Passport Prime 4:
Keeping crypto safe can be simple (and sexy!) [..] This means best in-class, open source Monero cold storage in 2025. We’ll also support Prime in Cake Wallet.
Cake is also w … ⌘ Read more
No. 2025 Won’t Be The Year of The Linux Desktop.
Programmers banned. Bankruptcy & Funding problems. Lawsuits galore. 2024 was the worst year for Linux. Ever. And 2025 isn’t going to save us. ⌘ Read more
V Ročenke SEAVC v Srbsku o Martinovi Kováčovi
V týchto dňoch tlačou vyšla Ročenka Slovenskej evanjelickej a.v. cirkvi v Srbsku LXVIII. 2023 – 2024 s prílohou kalendára na rok 2025. Hlavný a zodpovedný redaktor Jaroslav Javorník, biskup, a výkonná redaktorka Jasmina Kotasová Medveďová, farárka. Ročenku vydáva Biskupský úrad Slovenskej evanjelickej a.v. cirkvi v Srbsku a jej prvá časť je venovaná práci s mládežou. Najväčší počet strán zaberajú správy z jednotlivých cirkevn … ⌘ Read more
MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting scheduled for 28 December 2024 1700 UTC
The next MoneroKon 2025 Planning Meeting 1 is scheduled to take place on Saturday, December 28th 2024 at 17:00 UTC in the #monerokon 2 Matrix/IRC channels.
The meeting’s discussion topics should be available on agenda.monerokon.org 3.
Logs for the previous meeting are available on Monero Observer4.
_Note that the upcoming event will take place in Prague on June 20-22 20 … ⌘ Read more
v1docq47’s December-May 2025 CCS proposal ready for funding
v1docq471’s CCS proposal2 for 6 more months (December 2024 - May 2025) of Russian voice-over and Monero content transcription work is now ready for funding:
Funding needed: 45.6 XMR
To support this proposal, you can donate any XMR amount to the address listed on its Gitlab Funding Required 3 page.
Consult the previous Monero Observer report4 to … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Meet the team: Erik Schön
In our final “Meet the Team” of 2024, we’d like to introduce you to Erik Schön, Managing Director at Erlang Solutions.
Erik shares his journey with Erlang, Elixir, and the BEAM ecosystem, from his work at Ericsson to joining Erlang Solutions in 2019. He also reflects on a key professional highlight in 2024 and looks ahead to his goals for 2025. Erik also reveals his festive traditions, including a Swedish-Japanese twist.
Got tickets for the Germany - USA 🏒 ice Hockey game in Düsseldorf on May 4th 2025