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A love letter to Void Linux
I installed Void on my current laptop on the 10th of December 2021, and there has never been any reinstall. The distro is absurdly stable. It’s a rolling release, and yet, the worst update I had in those years was one time, GTK 4 apps took a little longer to open on GNOME. Which was reverted after a few hours. Not only that, I sometimes spent months without any update, and yet, whenever I did update, absolutely nothing went wrong. Granted, I pretty much only did full upgrades … ⌘ Read more

Alibaba, Datadog, and Quesma Join Forces on Go Compile-Time Instrumentation
Standards are only useful if they’re widely adopted, and adoption is only effective if the available tooling facilitates it. I imagine SI units would not have been too popular when they were introduced if you had to build… ⌘ Read more

Mozilla is going to collect a lot more data from Firefox users
I guess my praise for Mozilla’s and Firefox’ continued support for Manifest v2 had to be balanced out by Mozilla doing something stupid. Mozilla just published Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time, as well as an updated Privacy Notice, that come into effect immediately and include some questionable terms. The Terms of Use state: When you upload or input information through Firefox, you hereby grant u … ⌘ Read more

10 Incredibly Dangerous Jobs That No Longer Exist
The dangerous jobs of the past often feel like works of fiction. Improved technology, better regulations, and widespread information have removed many of the greatest dangers from the average profession. Once upon a time, though, people would regularly risk dying just to make a living. And while some of those dangerous jobs were awful necessities […]

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Boog900, hinto-janai, vtnerd CCS proposals ready for funding
Three CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:

• Boog900’s !544 1: full time work on Cuprate (3 months) + January 2
  
• hinto-janai’s !543 3: full-time work (3 months) 4
  
• vtnerd’s !553 5: full-time 2025 q1/q2 6
  

To support the above proposals you can donate to the XMR addresses listed on the _Funding Requi … ⌘ Read more

RNA
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Xcode phones home a lot, and that should worry you
I’ve saved the worst for last. For some reason, Xcode phones home to appstoreconnect.apple.com every time I open an Xcode project. This also appears to be unnecessary, and I experience no problems after denying the connections in Little Snitch, so I do! I assume that the connections send identifying information about the Xcode project to Apple, otherwise why even make the connections when opening a project? And all of these connect … ⌘ Read more

My brain shuts off as soon as and every time it smells the shitGPT in somebody’s response and drops the whole conversation.

Alert | BRAIN CELLS OOM with error message: “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”

@bender@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net The outcome was to be expected but it’s still pretty catastrophic. Here’s an overview:

East Germany is dominated by AfD. Bavaria is dominated by CSU (it’s always been that way, but this is still a conservative/right party). Black is CDU, the other conservative/right party.

The guy who’s probably going to be chancellor recently insulted the millions of people who did demonstrations for peace/anti-right. “Idiots”, “they’re nuts”, stuff like that. This was before the election. He already earned the nickname “Mini Trump”.

Both the right and the left got more votes this time, but the left only gained 3.87 percentage points while the right (CDU/CSU + AfD) gained 14.72:

The Green party lost, SPD (“mid-left”) lost massively (worst result in their history). FDP also lost. These three were the previous government.

This isn’t looking good at all, especially when you think about what’s going to happen in the next 4 years. What will CDU (the winner) do? Will they be able to “turn the ship around”? Highly unlikely. They are responsible for the current situation (in large parts). They will continue to do business as usual. They will do anything but help poor/ordinary people. This means that AfD will only get stronger over the next 4 years.

Our only hope would be to ban AfD altogether. So far, nobody but non-profit organizations is willing to do that (for unknown reasons).

I don’t even know if banning the AfD would help (but it’s probably our best/only option). AfD politicians are nothing but spiteful, hateful, angry, similar to Trump/MAGA. If you’ve seen these people talk and still vote for them, then you must be absolutely filled with rage and hatred. Very concerning.

Correct me if I’m wrong, @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org, @arne@uplegger.eu, @johanbove@johanbove.info.

Show HN: I built an app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
i wanted to change the habit of reaching for my phone in the morning and doomscrolling away an hour so i built an app to help me. now i have to literally touch grass before accessing my most distracting apps

the app is built in swiftui, uses the screen time apis provided by apple and google vision to recognise grass or not

i’d love to get your thoughts on the concept.

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43158660](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43 … ⌘ Read more

10 War Relics with Fascinating Stories
War has always been unavoidable. Evidence of warfare stretches from ancient times to at least 10,000 years ago. Anyone who wants to learn about history or humans has to know about the series of wars that shaped our civilization. Most people generally avoid thinking, seeing, and reading about such things. But sometimes, we’re urged to […]

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I got to watch “The Hitman’s Bodyguard” (2017) for the Nth time earlier today. it is still a fun thing to watch, the only problem is, now I am stuck with Samuel L. Jackson singing his “Bevilo Tutto, Bevilo Tutto, Bevilo Bevilo Bevilo Tutto…” song with the nuns, again and again in my head 🤣 … But hey, I’ve learned two Italian words today.

j-berman posts CCS progress report after 368 hours of dev work
j-berman1 has published a second progress report2 for his full-time 2025 (part 9) Monero (FCMPs++) dev work CCS proposal3:

* Plugged FCMP++ transactions into consensus
* Prepared the FCMP++ optimization competition for launch
* Continuing PR 9135 (blockchain sync) review [..]

Consult the previous Monero Observer report4 to learn more about Justin’s CCS.

Th … ⌘ Read more

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev yes, that usually happens when twts get edited and we just made a gentlemen agreement to avoid edits as much as possible (at least for the time being). But the thing is, That is not what’s happening with my broken twts’ hashes. Since I’ve bee mostly replaying to my own twts as a test and I know for sure that I haven’t edited any. (I usually fork-replay instead of edit a twt when needed)

** Skwaking Week Notes **
I’d never thought about adding playlists to my website, but then I did it and now I wanna add more. While I wait to put together another playlist, here’s the song that I’m listening to right now — Lady Lamb’s“Crane Your Neck.”

We had a few big snows, so the kids spent extra time at home and we’ve done a fair bit of sledding and shoveling. There was a bunch of frozen rain after one of the snow storms, so the snow had a crunch … ⌘ Read more

10 Icons from History Who Actually Went by Fake Names
You might not know it, but far more famous people than you realize rocketed to celebrity status using fake names. We’re not talking about actors here, either. It’s commonplace for actors to take a stage name that sounds better, different, or more memorable than their real name. It’s happened countless times and doesn’t exactly warrant […]

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Can You Use a Wormhole to Travel BACK In Time?!! ⏰ ⌘ Read more

10 Famous Movie Villains Inspired by Real People
The best movie villains affect more than just the film’s protagonist. They practically jump out of the screen and live in our nightmares. The only thing we call fall back on is that old comfort many of us learned when we were young, “It’s only a movie.” But time and time again, we’re reminded that […]

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vtnerd submits CCS proposal for 3 months of full-time Monero dev work
Lee Clagett (vtnerd1) has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue working full-time on Monero core components development for 3 months (Q1/Q2 2025):

Work primarily on the monerod, wallet, and monero-lws. [..] There is intentionally more work than time allows - to ensure there is always something to work on in the proposal.

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Total funding proposed: 134.37 XMR (USD 65/hr).

ETA: 3 … ⌘ Read more”`

@prologic@twtxt.net I’ll have you know it took me minutes of time to get the mouse suspended like that by that rats nest!

10 Greatest Corporate Faceplants of All Time
Even the most powerful corporations can crumble overnight when bad decisions pile up. Some ignored innovation, others made catastrophic financial moves, and a few simply refused to believe their downfall was possible. In many cases, their mistakes were obvious in hindsight. Yet executives remained blind to the warning signs until it was too late. These […]

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10 Times Eclipses Marked History
Telling the time in the ancient world was tricky; trying to describe the past between different cultures was almost impossible. People used different calendars, and attempting to make them work together was tricky. Your year of the Consulship of Cornelius Rufus and Curius Dentatus might be the year of the Archon Charinus to your neighbor. […]

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@prologic@twtxt.net I wish getting a static IP and a (more) stable internet connection wasn’t so hard over here. Then I could do proper self-hosting as well. But as it stands, I need some rented VPS.

I could go ahead and just use the VPS for the IP, i.e. forward all traffic through Wireguard to a box here at home. Big downside is that the network connection would be even slower than it already is and my ISP breaks down all the time for a few minutes … it’s just bad overall and much easier/better to rent a VPS. 🫤

10 Societies with Unconventional Concepts of Time
We like to think of time as an unshakable force, ticking away with military precision in measured increments. But here’s the thing—time, as we know it, is completely made up. Sure, the sun rises and sets and seasons change, but the rigid structure of seconds, minutes, and hours, really, is all a human invention, like […]

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Go 中的實時批處理: 高效數據處理的藝術
開篇：當實時性遇見批量處理 ————–在處理大量數據時，我們通常面臨兩個選擇：單條處理 和 批量處理。前者處理及時，但系統開銷大；後者吞吐量高，但可能增加延遲。那麼，有沒有一種方式能兼顧兩者的優勢？答案是——實時批處理（Real-time Batching）。爲什麼選擇 Go？ ————-1.1 天生爲併發而生Go 的 Goroutine 和 Channel 機 ⌘ Read more

jeffro256 posts January 2024 Monero/Carrot dev update
jeffro2561 has posted the first progress report (M1/January 2025)2 for their Monero/Carrot3 dev work CCS proposal4:

I spent a lot of time reviewing / debugging the upcoming release v0.18.4.0 build. I would like to post more details about this for transparency, but some of it involves vulnerability work, so I will hold off for now. I plan to publish reports about this eventually.

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Top 10 Acts of the Aussie Pop Music Invasion
While it can’t really compare in size or impact to the 1960s British Invasion led by the Beatles, there was something that happened during an eclectic time in American pop music history in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which has come to be known as the Aussie Invasion. A diverse collection of Australian bands […]

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10 Forgotten American Pastimes and Hobbies
As times change, so do the ways people spend their leisure time. The hobbies and pastimes that once defined American culture often fade into history, replaced by new forms of entertainment. From activities born out of necessity to quirky trends that captivated entire generations, these forgotten pastimes offer a fascinating glimpse into how Americans lived, […]

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plowsof posts second progress report for fifth CCS coordinator term
plowsof1 has submitted a second progress report2 after working for almost 5 months during their fifth term as CCS coordinator3:

Although 86~ days have passed since the last milestone completion, i’ve been performing my duties / fulfilling my hourly commitments - lack of good time management has lead to there being too many loose ends (especially for -site) and meeting attendance coul … ⌘ Read more

Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 7 2025: 40 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 (3)

monero-project/monero:

• #97951 tests: Speed up p2p reorg test (iamamyth)
  
• #97982 CoC: do not allow Maintainers to tag releases, unless core is not available within a reasonable time (tobtoht)
  

monero-proj ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/monero-dev-activity-report-week-7-2025/)

Vaaman is a $180 reconfigurable board with an Efinix Trion T120 FPGA and Rockchip RK3399
The Vaaman is a reconfigurable edge computing platform, first seen in 2023. The CrowdSupply campaign has finally launched, offering a system that combines the flexibility of an FPGA with the processing power of a six-core ARM processor. Designed for real-time processing and hardware acceleration, Vaaman integrates an Efinix Trion T120 FPGA with 112k logic elements […\ … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 7, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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![‘You have the private key to my heart’ Monerochan](/assets/img/art/25-7/you-hav … ⌘ Read more

(#g5dvdiq) @bender@bender To be fair, I do this in my “spare time” 😅
@bender @twtxt.net To be fair, I do this in my “spare time” 😅 ⌘ Read more

jeffro256, SNeedlewoods CCS proposals fully funded
jeffro256’s full-time development 2025Q1 1 and SNeedlewoods’s part-time dev work 2 CCS proposals were fully funded today, with help from the Monero General Fund3:

jeffro256:
 * 114 XMR raised in 19 contributions (38 XMR sent from GF)

SNeedlewoods:
 * 23 XMR raised in 14 contributions (7.67 XMR sent from GF)

To learn more about the two proposals, consult the previous Monero Observer reports4’[ … ⌘ Read more

Fedora’s Code of Conduct: 200 Day Response Time, Only Protects You if Red Hat Likes You
Lunduke tests Fedora Linux’s Code of Conduct. The results are just as ridiculous as you’d expect. ⌘ Read more

Testing the limits of our new 5G internet connection at home with pushing 1.5GB docker images into the cloud a bunch of times day…

I went to therapy for the first time. ⌘ Read more

ASRock Industrial Updates iEP-6010E Series with Super Mode for NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Nano
ASRock Industrial has upgraded the iEP-6010E Series and Developer Kit with Super Mode for NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano, improving AI inference and efficiency. Optimized with NVIDIA JetPack 6.2 SDK, the system supports real-time processing for automation, surveillance, robotics, and smart infrastructure. According to the company, Super Mode enables the … ⌘ Read more

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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selsta posts January 2025 Monero dev report
selsta1 has posted a monthly CCS progress report2 for January 2025, which includes several Monero dev updates.

Milestone 2:
* Most time was spent on v0.18.4.0
 * I also created a to-do list that shows the current status
* Removed old debug code that we used to verify the difficulty code
 (this could speed up sync times)
* Hackerone conflict resolution

Note that misc work is not explicitly mentioned in these updates. The full … ⌘ Read more

Boog900 submits CCS proposal for 4 months of full-time Cuprate dev work
Boog9001 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on Cuprate 3 for 3 months and also get compensated for January work:

I will work for 3 months on Cuprate with an initial focus on releasing an alpha cuprated [..] I plan to work on what I think is best to advance the project. I am also asking for payment for the hours I worked in January. \ … ⌘ Read more

Redox’ relibc becomes a stable ABI
The Redox project has posted its usual monthly update, and this time, we’ve got a major milestone creeping within reach. Thanks to Anhad Singh for his amazing work on Dynamic Linking! In this southern-hemisphere-Redox-Summer-of-Code project, Anhad has implemented dynamic linking as the default build method for many recipes, and all new porting can use dynamic linking with relatively little effort. This is a huge step forward for Redox, because relibc can now beco … ⌘ Read more

FreeBSD and hi-fi audio setup: bit-perfect, equalizer, real-time
A complete guide to configuring FreeBSD as an audiophile audio server: setting up system and audio subsystem parameters, real-time operation, bit-perfect signal processing, and the best methods for enabling and parameterising the system graphic equalizer (equalizer) and high-quality audio equalization with FFmpeg filters. Linux users will also find useful information, especially in the context of configuri … ⌘ Read more

Three years of ephemeral NixOS: my experience resetting root on every boot
We had a bit of a bug caused by changes we made to make quotes look better, but we’ve fixed it now, so we’re back on track (you may need to do a force-reload in your browser). Sorry for the disruption – and if you want to stay up-to-date on such issues next time it (inevitably) happens, you should follow the OSNews Fedi account (or just bookmark it without following it, if you’re not … ⌘ Read more

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I adopted a very shy cat today who mostly hid at the shelter. Both the staff and I agreed that she’d probably need a lot of time to feel safe and start being social. This was her 5 hours after we got home. ⌘ Read more

10 Things You Might Not Know About the Panama Canal
Building the Panama Canal was one of the greatest civil engineering projects of all time, but how much do you know about the history of this waterway that joins two oceans? The building caused thousands of deaths and cost an enormous amount of money, but it has bestowed priceless benefits to world trade and prosperity. […]

The post [10 Things You Might Not Know About the Panama Canal](https://listverse.com/2025/02/08/10-things-y … ⌘ Read more

From finding to fixing: GitHub Advanced Security integrates Endor Labs SCA
The partnership between GitHub and Endor Labs enables application security engineers and developers to drastically reduce time spent on open source vulnerabilities, and gives them the tools to go from finding to fixing.

The post [From finding to fixing: GitHub Advanced Security integrates Endor Labs SCA](https://github.blog/security/from-finding-to-fixing-github-advanced-security-integrates … ⌘ Read more