Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 11, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
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[ANN] Monero, Arti, and I2P Apps for TrueNAS Scale
As part of our efforts to support critical cryptocurrency infrastructure and privacy, MAGIC Grants has implemented Monero, Arti, and I2P apps for TrueNAS Scale.
Link: https://magicgrants.org/2025/03/11/truenas-monero-arti-i2p.html
u/SamsungGalaxyPlayer (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
10 People Who Are Only Famous Because of Their Death
Plenty of modern historical figures went unappreciated in their time. From Van Gogh to Emily Dickinson, sometimes it takes longer than one lifespan for people to come around. However, few famous people were only famous because of their deaths. This means that if they hadn’t died when or how they had, we almost certainly wouldn’t […]
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Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 11 March 2025 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, March 11 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 reposi … ⌘ Read more
Microsoft is not ending Windows 11 support for Intel’s 8th, 9th, and 10th Gen processors
About two weeks ago, there was a bit of confusion about the system requirements for Windows 11 24H2, because Intel’s 8th Gen, 9th Gen, and 10th Gen processors had disappeared from the list of supported hardware. This seemed rather drastic, even by Windows 11 standards. I skipped posting about it on OSNews because I kind of assumed it must’ve been an error ins … ⌘ Read more
Netboot Windows 11 with iSCSI and iPXE
For the past several years my desktop has also had a disk dedicated to maintaining a Windows install. I’d prefer to use the space in my PC case for disks for Linux. Since I already run a home NAS, and my Windows usage is infrequent, I wondered if I could offload the Windows install to my NAS instead. This lead me down the course of netbooting Windows 11 and writing up these notes on how to do a simplified “modern” version. ↫ Terin Stock The setup Terin S … ⌘ Read more
Microsoft improves Windows 11’s Start menu somewhat
Microsoft seems to be addressing some of the oddities with the Windows 11 Start menu, finally adding basic views that should’ve been in Windows 11 since the very start. We’re introducing two new views to the “All” page in the Start menu: grid and category view. Grid and list view shows your apps in alphabetical order and category view groups all your apps into categories, ordered by usage. This change is gradually rolling out so … ⌘ Read more
woodser releases monero-cpp v0.8.13, monero-java v0.8.36, monero-ts v0.11.3
woodser1 has just released new versions for three Monero libraries: monero-cpp v0.8.132, monero-java v0.8.363, and monero-ts v0.11.34:
monero-cpp:
-Support wallet->get_default_fee_priority()
-Fix building sample_code.cpp on Linux
-Update instructions to use unbound v1.22.0
-Update instructions to use boost v1.85.0
-Update build ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-cpp-v0.8.13-monero-java-v0.8.36-monero-ts-v0.11.3/)10 Times People Voluntarily Gave Up Their Freedom to Dictators
Let’s be honest: If history has taught us anything at all, it might just be that people love a strongman—until they don’t. Again and again, societies have handed over their rights with the enthusiasm of someone clicking “I agree” on terms and conditions they never even read. But instead of just annoying software updates, these […]
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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 6 2025: 30 PRs, 13 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (16)
monero-project/monero:
Cuprate Meeting scheduled for 11 February 2024 1800 UTC
The next Cuprate Meeting is scheduled1 to take place on Tuesday, February 11 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 co … ⌘ Read more
How UNIX spell ran in 64kB RAM
How do you fit a 250kB dictionary in 64kB of RAM and still perform fast lookups? For reference, even with modern compression techniques like gzip -9, you can’t compress this file below 85kB. In the 1970s, Douglas McIlroy faced this exact challenge while implementing the spell checker for Unix at AT&T. The constraints of the PDP-11 computer meant the entire dictionary needed to fit in just 64kB of RAM. A seemingly impossible task. ↫ Abhinav Upadhyay They still managed to … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Blood of the Ancient Star, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/11/bloodstar-1.html #freeculture #bookclub
10 Strange Traditions and Rituals on Transatlantic Ships
Featured Image: Wikimedia Commons Transatlantic voyages weren’t just about getting from point A to point B—they were rich with traditions, rituals, and customs, many of which reflected the anxieties, superstitions, and camaraderie of life at sea. Whether designed to ward off bad luck, celebrate milestones, or bring passengers together, these rituals paint a vivid picture […]
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10 Things You May Not Know About the London Underground
The London Underground, affectionately known as “The Tube,” is much more than a transit system. It’s an iconic symbol of London and a marvel of engineering history, weaving through the city and its surrounding counties like veins of a bustling metropolis. First introduced as the Metropolitan Railway in 1863, the Underground was the world’s first […]
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woodser releases monero-java v0.8.34, monero-ts v0.11.2
woodser1 has just released monero-java v0.8.342 and monero-ts v0.11.23 with various fixes and updates:
monero-java:
-fix block template serialization
-changed slf4j dependency to api instead of simple
-fix notification of connection change on check connection
-update monero-cpp submodule
monero-ts:
-Fix handling of internal assets to eliminate the need for dist/dist
-Fix block ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/woodser-releases-monero-java-v0.8.34-monero-ts-v0.11.2/)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
[WTS] [$120+] ‘Fire The Empire’ artwork
“Fire the Empire.” Acrylic on fine-grain 200g/m² paper, 11.7 x 16.5 inches. Original artwork No. 3 of 8 from an upcoming collection. Stay tuned for more. /SID
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/EFTY/
S1DARTA0 (Twitter) ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 51 2024: 13 PRs, 11 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (11)
monero-project/monero:
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 15 2024: 11 PRs, 15 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (6)
monero-project/monero:
Rucknium discovers critical privacy vulnerability in Wownero’s decoy selection algorithm
MRL1’s Rucknium2 has discovered3 a critical privacy vulnerability in Wownero4’s decoy selection algorithm after performing a simple empirical analysis of the blockchain data.
It apparently affects the current version (0.11.2.0)5 of wownero-wallet-cli, wownero-wallet-rpc and _the majority of non-mining transactions confirmed o … ⌘ Read more
CodeQL zero to hero part 4: Gradio framework case study
Learn how I discovered 11 new vulnerabilities by writing CodeQL models for Gradio framework and how you can do it, too.
The post CodeQL zero to hero part 4: Gradio framework case study appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Lessening TPM Requirement for Windows 11?
One week after doubling down on the TPM requirement, Microsoft lightens up. ⌘ Read more
[ANN] MAGIC Monero Fund 2025 Election
5 December 2024: Committee and voter nominations open
31 December 2024: Committee and voter nominations close
6 January 2024: Voting opens
20 January 2024: Voting closes
~23 January 2024: Election results announced
31 January 2024: Newly elected members join the committee
Link: https://magicgrants.org/2024/12/05/Monero-Fund-2025-Election.html
u/SamsungGalaxyPlayer (Github) ⌘ Read more
Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 11 December 2024 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, December 11th 2024 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
The Quest to Remove My Name From ChatGPT
ChatGPT says Lunduke: is a Trans-Man, has a husband named Evan, has club feet, advocates for DEl policies, and (worst of all) loves Windows 11. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Ancient Fire https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/11/30/ancient-fire.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 11/25 to 11/29 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/11/29/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
On my blog: Developer Diary, Elimination of Violence against Women https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/11/25/vaw.html #programming #project #devjournal
I wrote about making Glenda’s Joy Division cover (with updated colors and a link to source): http://a.9srv.net/b/2024-11-23
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Fully Automated! part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/11/23/fully-automated-2.html #freeculture #bookclub
[ANN] MoneroKon Assembly @ 38th Chaos Communication Congress 27-30 Dec 2024 in Hamburg, Germany
Open call for @monero related presentation/workshops. Limited free tickets available. Apply today, select #MoneroKon track. Deadline 7th December.
Links:
- https://farside.link/nitter/MoneroKon/status/1860321346380533986
- https://pretalx.riat.at/38c3/submit/
orga@monerokon.org ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Time’s Arrow, part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/11/21/time-s-arrow-2.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Announcing GitHub Secure Open Source Fund: Help secure the open source ecosystem for everyone
Applications for the new GitHub Secure Open Source Fund are now open! Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until they close on January 7 at 11:59 pm PT. Programming and funding will begin in early 2025.
The post [Announcing GitHub Secure Open Source Fund: Help secure the open source ecosystem for everyone](https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/announcing-github-sec … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Susan B. Anthony https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/11/18/susan-b-anthony.html #programming #project #devjournal
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 46 2024: 11 PRs, 9 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (8)
monero-project/monero:
OpenAI, Google, Anthropic admit they can’t scale up their chatbots any further
Once you’ve trained your large language model on the entire written output of humanity, where do you go?
So we’re going to destroy the environment for AI slop that isn’t fit for purpose now and, if you believe the above post, never will be.
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Season 5, TNG https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/11/14/ng-season-5.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Time’s Arrow, part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/11/07/time-s-arrow-1.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Silicon Valley and Wall Street invent collateralized GPU obligations. Surely this will work out fine
Blackstone, Pimco, Carlyle, and BlackRock have so far lent $11 billion to GPU cloud companies — now apparently called “neoclouds” — such as CoreWeave, Crusoe, and Lambda Labs. The loans are collateralized by the neoclouds’ Nvidia GPUs.
Look ma, new asset bubble!
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 44 2024: 11 PRs, 10 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
Opened (5)
monero-project/monero:
[ANN] PSA: LocalMonero/AgoraDesk’s services will be offline after 2024-11-07
Links:
u/Alex_LocalMonero (Reddit) ⌘ Read more
Bit2Me to delist XMR on October 31 2024 due to ‘regulatory change’
Spain-based crypto CEX Bit2Me 1 has announced plans2 to delist Monero from their platform on October 31 2024 at 11:00 UTC due to a regulatory change:
Based on the latest reviews due to a regulatory change, we have decided to delist Monero (XMR) on October 31, 2024, at 11:00 UTC. Starting from October 24 at 15:00 UTC, it will no longer be possible to buy, trade, or deposit Monero (XMR) on Bit2Me. [..] Withdrawals … ⌘ Read more
💻 Issue 440 - 10.3k Scala jobs (compared to 376k Java and 11.5k Kotlin), not great, but not at all terrible ⌘ Read more
@New_scientist@feeds.twtxt.net Pusher can detect own product. Film at 11.
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 10/07 to 10/11 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/11/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
escapethe3RA: Looking for funding to maintain Monero Observer until 2026
Funding goal (24Q4+2025): 240 XMR
11 successful CCS proposals, 3500+ work hours, thousands of reports in over 3 years of thinking about, writing about, and dreaming about Monero.
That has been my sometimes rough yet always exciting secret life since 2021 and I wouldn’t change it for anything. More importantly, I owe it all to you. Thank you for supporting me since day 1 via the CCS.
Now, I am ready to skip the system and seek dire … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] [CVE-2024-9680] Update Tor Browser & Firefox immediately
An attacker was able to achieve code execution in the content process by exploiting a use-after-free in Animation timelines. We have had reports of this vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
Links:
- https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1357/
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2024-51/
n … ⌘ Read more
this looks strange in twet xD: blue highlight of @2024-10-09T08:11:00Z(prologic)