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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MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 Update with Bug Fixes Released
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The new software update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, making it recommended for all users. Separately, Apple has released iOS 18.3.1 for iPhone, ipadOS 18.3.1 for iPad, watchOS 11.3.1 for Apple Watch, and updates to other Apple devices as … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/10/macos-sequoia-15-3-1-update-with-b … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 Update with Bug Fixes Released
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The new software update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, making it recommended for all users. Separately, Apple has released iOS 18.3.1 for iPhone, ipadOS 18.3.1 for iPad, watchOS 11.3.1 for Apple Watch, and updates to other Apple devices as … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/10/macos-sequoia-15-3-1-update-with-b … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 Update with Bug Fixes Released
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.3.1 update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The new software update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, making it recommended for all users. Separately, Apple has released iOS 18.3.1 for iPhone, ipadOS 18.3.1 for iPad, watchOS 11.3.1 for Apple Watch, and updates to other Apple devices as … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/02/10/macos-sequoia-15-3-1-update-with-b … ⌘ Read more
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:
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:53 average pace, 00:33:48 duration
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:54 average pace, 00:33:53 duration
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
Pinellas County - Cycling: 11.11 miles, 00:05:10 average pace, 00:57:23 duration
whew, wore out my quads!
#cycling
Pinellas County - Long run: 11.04 miles, 00:09:47 average pace, 01:47:57 duration
my legs were dead tired. i meant to stop and take a picture of this skeleton sitting in a dead tree but missed it. was chatting up a fellow running named vincent and lost track of time. also saw some friends and their daughter out riding bikes. the last overpass i walked over since my HR was getting high. decent run for having little to no energy after yesterdays session.
#running
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:11:42 average pace, 00:36:22 duration
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:53 average pace, 00:33:48 duration
Deals: iPad Mini 7 for $399 ($100 Off), $100 Off M2 iPad Air 13″ or 11″, AirTags 4-pack for $70
Amazon is offering some nice deals on select Apple products at the moment, and we want to highlight a few that might interest you. With some great prices on iPad models of all variety of sizes, and a great discount on a pack of AirTags, don’t miss out! $100 Off iPad Air 13″ or 11″ … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/28/deals-ipad-mini-7 … ⌘ Read more
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:52 average pace, 00:33:47 duration
Release Candidate of iOS 18.3 & MacOS Sequoia 15.3 Available for Beta Testers
Apple has issued a Release Candidate build of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and MacOS Sequoia 15.3, to users who are participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. There are also RC builds for tvOS 18.3, visionOS 2.3, and watchOS 11.3 as well. Release Candidate builds are typically made available at the end … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/22/release- … ⌘ Read more
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:52 average pace, 00:33:47 duration
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
** That evil little owl **
On a note similar to my previous post, I uninstalled Duolingo from my phone this evening. ⌘ Read more
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:10:37 average pace, 00:32:58 duration
easy miles
#running #treadmill
** Sirens & Muses **
I finished reading Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress.
It left me gutted, but like in a good way. It leaves so much unsaid, which I found pleasant and sorrowful and so yawningly, humongously open that it left me feeling a little claustrophobic.
A few years ago everyone, everyone, everyone I spoke to about books told me again and again and again to read Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. I found it to be totally and completely lacking in joy and any sort of human warmth, and, I think th … ⌘ Read more
Recovery: 3.11 miles, 00:10:02 average pace, 00:31:11 duration
getting some extra miles in. been a little anxious and cannot seem to focus as of late.
#running #treadmill
Ignite Realtime Blog: XMPP Summit #27 and FOSDEM 2025
The XMPP Standards Foundation’s yearly Summit will be held on January 30 and 31st, in Brussels. The Summit is an annual two-day gathering where we discuss XMPP protocol development topics. It is a place for XMPP developers to meet each other, and make progress on current issues within the protocol and ecosystem.
Immediately following the Summit is FOSDEM. FOSDEM is a free e … ⌘ Read more
WordPress Is in Trouble
Article URL: https://anderegg.ca/2025/01/11/wordpress-is-in-trouble
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42687121
Points: 504
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** Styrofoam cups and awk **
I like writing these posts for my website, but I’ve sat down to write this one like 11 times and it either takes on a tone of totally encompassing dread and dystopian navel gazing or I feel like I’m burying my head in the sand and ignoring reality as it happens around me.
…I finished reading Victor LaValle’s The Changeling. It was engaging, and I was interested in where it was going, but I found that where it went wasn’t interesting. The dialogue and prose were lively and contemporary, which is what r … ⌘ 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/)Beta 2 of iOS 18.3, MacOS Sequoia 15.3, iPadOS 18.3, Available for Beta Testers
The second beta versions of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and MacOS Sequoia 15.3, are now available for users participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. There are also second beta versions of watchOS 11.3, tvOS 18.3 and visionOS 2.3, if you’re a developer testing software for those devices and operating systems. While … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/ … ⌘ Read more
Pinellas County - Long Run: 11.00 miles, 00:09:38 average pace, 01:46:02 duration
just one of those ones you never want to stop. it was dark, quiet, and lonely which just let me zone out with the cool weather and maintain what felt easy. didn’t look at the watch until the end when it notified me it was going to die. adjusted the mileage and time to reflect.
#running
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
Pinelles County Cycling: 1.12 miles, 00:11:02 average pace, 00:12:20 duration
Pinelles County Cycling: 1.12 miles, 00:10:19 average pace, 00:11:32 duration
[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/
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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:
Pinellas County Running: 7.30 miles, 00:09:49 average pace, 01:11:43 duration
felt light but my heart rate was all threshold. real foggy out.
#running
IN MEMORIAM: Margaréta Benková (20.11.1983 - 16.12.2024)
Hlboko sa nás dnes dotkla správa o odchode našej usmievavej Majky. Margaréta Benková nás opustila krátko po oslávení svojich 41. narodenín. Avšak, ani z tých málo rokov života si veľa krás neužila. Predtým, ako sa navždy rozlúčila s touto časnosťou, dlhé roky statočne bojovala s ťažkou chorobou. Napriek fyzickým a psychickým hlbokým ranám a jazvám, neprestávala bojovať a sa usmievať. Dnes sa už usmieva v tých … ⌘ Read more
Recovery run: 3.11 miles, 00:11:27 average pace, 00:35:33 duration
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:
sec-t 2024
[This has been in my draft folder since September. Sorry! It’s been a
few months with ups and downs, mostly downs. Energy to spend time on
blogging has been low. Hell, energy to do much of anything has been
low. I’m trying to clean out the drafts folder and will post more
stuff.]
I attended the security conference sec-t 2024 in Stockholm the other
week. I held a presentation during the Community Event, Wednesday
September 11: “Verifying the Tillitis TKey”.
The TKey uses a novel way of helpin … ⌘ Read more
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
MacOS Sequoia 15.2 Update Released with ChatGPT Siri, Image Playground, Bug Fixes, & More
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.2 as an update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The software update includes new Apple Intelligence features including ChatGPT support for Siri, Image Playground image generation tools, along with some improvements to writing tools AI. Aside from AI, you’ll also find new abilities to share items in … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/11/macos-s … ⌘ Read more
iOS 18.2 Released with ChatGPT Siri, Image Playground, More AI, Bug Fixes, & Security Updates
Apple has released iOS 18.2 for all iPhone users, and iPadOS 18.2 for all iPad users. The new software updates focus primarily on bringing new Apple Intelligence AI features to compatible devices, including support for ChatGPT integration with Siri, Image Playground image generation, along with smaller new AI features throughout various apps and the operating … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/11/i … ⌘ 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
next-20241211: linux-next
Version:next-20241211 (linux-next)Released:2024-12-11 ⌘ Read more
CNCF Ecosystem Continues to Drive Innovation with New Silver Members
Organizations join the ever-growing cloud native ecosystem to drive innovation across industries and geographies NEW DELHI, India – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India – December 11, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable… ⌘ Read more
Gustáv Klobušický st.(1862 – 1944)
Pred 80 rokmi 11. decembra 1944, v Kulpíne zomrel ev. farár a senior báčsky Gustáv Klobušický. Narodil sa 11. júla roku 1862 na Hornej Mičinej na Slovensku, kde jeho otec bol notárom a učiteľom. Teológiu študoval v Bratislave a v Lipsku. V roku 1886 v Békešskej Čabe bol biskupom Dr. Gustávom Szeberínyim ordinovaný. V tom istom roku prijal povolanie za osobného kaplána do Lalite ku boku K. Tesseniho. Po štyroch rokoch, 29. septembra roku 1890, bol zvol … ⌘ Read more
‘There is certainly a glut’: Truss tomato growers call for shoppers to help combat oversupply
The price of truss tomatoes across Australia is expected to stay down in the lead up to Christmas. That might be good thing for shoppers, but some growers say they’re struggling to break even. ⌘ Read more
Easy: 7.08 miles, 00:10:03 average pace, 01:11:04 duration
nice cool run. well rested, and kept it mainly in zone 2 as intended. was not sure how my back was going to be after i tweaked it moving weights around yesterday, but it was fine. cushy mach 6s on and some ibuprofen just in case.
#running
Microsoft Lessening TPM Requirement for Windows 11?
One week after doubling down on the TPM requirement, Microsoft lightens up. ⌘ Read more