[ANN] Vienna meetup sponsored by WizardSwap.io, organised by OrangeFren.com

- Date: Friday the 21st of February 2025 @ 18:00 local time
- Location: District Working & Event Venue, Donau-City-Straße 3, 1220 Wien
- Tickets: free

Link: https://orangefren.com/event/21

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hinto-janai submits CCS proposal for 3 months of full-time Cuprate, Monero/FCMP++ work
hinto-janaiyo1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue full-time development work on Cuprate 3 and contribute to Monero (FCMP++ reviews) for 3 months:

Cuprate is preparing its first alpha release, with a 4-week cycle. [..] I will be buying/renting a variety of hardware for testing/development and will post receipts for all hardware acquired a … ⌘ Read more

Docker Desktop 4.38: New AI Agent, Multi-Node Kubernetes, and Bake in GA
Docker Desktop 4.38 brings Docker AI Agent for real-time help, plus Bake for faster builds and Multi-Node Kubernetes for better testing. Learn more! ⌘ Read more

10 Mysterious Beach Objects
The sea is a fascinating, largely unknown realm full of both potential perils and astounding mysteries. From time to time, the ocean reminds us of its secrets and its possible dangers as incoming tides and surf deliver to our beaches and shorelines strange objects or bizarre specimens of marine life for us to examine. Many […]

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Why Upstart from Ubuntu failed
Upstart was an event-based replacement for the traditional System V init (sysvinit) system on Ubuntu, introduced to bring a modern and more flexible way of handling system startup and service management. It emerged in the mid-2000s, during a period when sysvinit’s age and limitations were becoming more apparent, especially with regard to concurrency and dependency handling. Upstart was developed by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, with the aim of reducing boot time … ⌘ Read more

jeffro256, rottenwheel, SNeedlewoods CCS proposals ready for funding
Three CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:

• jeffro256’s !540 1: full-time development 2025Q1 2
  
• rottenwheel’s !535 3: Revuo Monero maintenance (2025 Q1) 4
  
• SNeedlewoods’s !541 5: part-time dev work 6
  

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

My January ‘25 in Review
January is one of those months when you either feel fresh and motivated – or like you’re stumbling into the new year. This time, I definitely fall into the second category. Not because nothing is happening, but because so much is moving at once – mostly furniture, wall paint, and my schedule. ⌘ Read more

GTK announces X11 deprecation, new Android backend, and much more
Since a number of GTK developer came together at FOSDEM, the project figured now was as good a time as any to give an update on what’s coming in GTK. First, GTK is implementing some hard cut-offs for old platforms – Windows 10 and macOS 10.15 are now the oldest supported versions, which will make development quite a bit easier and will simplify several parts of the codebase. Windows 10 was released in 2 … ⌘ Read more

The GNU Guix System
GNU Guix is a package manager for GNU/Linux systems. It is designed to give users more control over their general-purpose and specialized computing environments, and make these easier to reproduce over time and deploy to one or many devices. ↫ GNU Guix website Guix is basically GNU’s approach to a reproducible, functional package manager, very similar to Nix because, well, it’s based on Nix. GNU also has a Linux distribution built around Nix, the GNU Guix System, which is fully ‘libre’ as al … ⌘ Read more

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

tobtoht posts January 2025 Monero/Feather dev report
tobtoht1 has published the first progress report2 for his full-time Q1 2025 Feather Wallet and Monero dev work CCS proposal3:

Summary: core build system and CI work

Feather: 4 commits (+217, -45)
 * guix: add missing patch
Core: 43 (non-documentation) PRs
 * Comments on the Code of Conduct #9738
 * cmake: remove msvc #9729
 * ci: containerize ubuntu cli jobs #9708 [..]

The full d … ⌘ Read more

(#d7l762q) For context, I’ve write to get one of these LLM(s) to do this for a project once before a couple of years ago. All it had to do was r …
For context, I’ve write to get one of these LLM(s) to do this for a project once before a couple of years ago. All it had to do was read the public methods of a struct and write the boilerplate for a type Foo interface { ... } with those same matching methods.

This shit™ is such a waste of time, human effort and global energy 🤦‍♂️ ⌘ Read more

**How many r’s in the word strawberry? 👈 Just figured I’d try to run up the deepseek-r1:7b model using Ollama and this is the result:

$  ...**
[How many r’s in the word strawberry?](https://gist.mills.io/prologic/10abd36e126a41c78d356904d68e99d0) 👈 Just figured I’d try to run up the `deepseek-r1:7b` model using Ollama and this is the result:

$ ollama run deepseek-r1:7b

How many r’s in the word strawberry?

Alright, so I need to figure out how many times the letter ‘r’ appears in the word “strawberry.” Hmm, okay. Let me … ⌘ Read more

Time-poor Aussies leave ‘inconvenient’ fruits off the shopping list
Growers fear the time it takes to cut up a pineapple and clean the mess off the chopping board is behind flatlining sales. ⌘ Read more

Polverine Leverages ESP32-S3 and Bosch Sensors for Air Quality Tracking
Crowd Supply recently featured Polverine, a mikroBUS-compatible environmental sensing board for real-time air quality monitoring. It detects pollution, gas leaks, and supports ventilation control. Its compact, low-power design makes it suitable for portable and wearable applications, with Bosch Sensortec’s BMV080 PM2.5 and BME690 gas sensors providing data over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth via the ESP32-S3-MIN … ⌘ Read more

SNeedlewoods submits CCS proposal for ~4.5 months of part-time Monero dev work
SNeedlewoods1 has submitted a second CCS proposal2, looking to work part-time on Monero development for ~4.5 months:

Since the feature-complete Wallet API PR from my previous CCS proposal is finally in “pending review” state (I will give my best to quickly resolve issues coming up during the review, so it hopefully will get merged soon), it’s time for the next steps..

Funding propose ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/sneedlewoods-submits-second-monero-dev-work-ccs-proposal/)

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

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This Sculpt OS video walkthrough explains how to use Sculpt OS
We talk about the Genode project and Sculpt OS quite regularly on OSNews, but every time I’ve tried using Sculpt OS, I’ve always found it so different and so unique compared to everything else that I just couldn’t wrap my head around it. I assume this stems from nothing but my own shortcomings, because the Genode project often hammers on the fact that Sculpt OS is in daily-driver use by a lot of people with … ⌘ 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

The Heirloom Project
The Heirloom Project provides traditional implementations of standard Unix utilities. In many cases, they have been derived from original Unix material released as Open Source by Caldera and Sun. Interfaces follow traditional practice; they remain generally compatible with System V, although extensions that have become common use over the course of time are sometimes provided. Most utilities are also included in a variant that aims at POSIX conformance. On the interior, technologies for th … ⌘ Read more

10 Misconceptions About Birds
Birds are some of the most fascinating creatures on Earth, but there’s a surprising number of myths and misconceptions about them that have persisted over time. From their intelligence to their behavior, many widely held beliefs about birds are far from accurate. These misunderstandings can shape how we view and interact with our feathered friends. […]

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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org one time i saw that operator when working with ruby on rails and i was so confused by it that i got stuck on the same code involving it for 9 hours straight

@movq@www.uninformativ.de yeah i get so nervous doing version upgrades, this is technically my first time not doing it as a fresh install from a live USB, so i’m glad this went smoothly lol. scared to try it for my servers though!

Axelera AI Metis Accelerator M.2 Now Available for Pre-Order at €179.00
The Axelera AI Metis M.2 is an edge AI accelerator designed for inference processing in compact computing environments. It features an AI processing unit within an M.2 2280 form factor, enabling real-time workloads on constrained devices. With support for multiple neural networks and AI pipelines, it delivers efficient performance while maintaining low power consumption. The […] ⌘ Read more

EdgeBox Blue is a Compact Industrial VPN Router and IoT Edge Gateway
The EdgeBox-Blue is an industrial VPN router and edge gateway designed for applications requiring secure networking and data management in industrial environments. It runs on an OpenWRT-based platform and supports real-time data acquisition, automation, and cloud integration. The MT7981BA processor supports Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) with a combined 1.8 Gbps throughput across the 2.4GHz and […] ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 5 February 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, February 5th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates
  
• Prize contest to optimize some FCMP cryptography code
  
• v17 hard fork consensus rules to reject nonzero unlock time, large tx_extra, and v1 unmixable sweep transactions3
  
• Research on Autonom … ⌘ Read more

A new era for Helm
Community post by Robert Sirchia (SUSE), Matt Farina (SUSE), and Jorge O. Castro (CNCF) As cloud native heads into its second decade, we’d like to spend some time talking about Helm and its future. Helm was… ⌘ Read more

Reviving a dead audio format: the return of ZZM
Long-time readers will know that my first video game love was the text-mode video game slash creation studio ZZT. One feature of this game is the ability to play simple music through the PC speaker, and back in the day, I remember that the format “ZZM” existed, so you could enjoy the square wave tunes outside of the games. But imagine my surprise in 2025 to find that, while the Museum of ZZT does have a ZZM Audio section, it recommends t … ⌘ Read more

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev Sweeeeet! Just gave it a try, you’ve done a wonderful work 🫡 I wanted to replay from there but couldn’t go past the first page of the feed. It kept freezing on me and complaining about some bad Url (as mentioned on the test twt), so I’ll have to dig through my follow list and see where I effed up this time. 😅

jeffro256 submits CCS proposal for 3 months of Monero/Carrot dev work
jeffro2561 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue working full-time on Carrot 3 development - Monero’s main addressing protocol post-FCMP++ - for 3 months (Q1 2025):

The last quarter I implemented the core cryptography for Carrot. [..] The FCMP++ integration and Carrot integration are finally meeting ends and are almost ready for hot path integration. … ⌘ Read more

AI bots paralyze Linux news site and others
Apparently, since the beginning of the year, AI bots have been ensuring that websites can only respond to regular inquiries with a delay. The founder of Linux Weekly News (LWN-net), Jonathan Corbet, reports that the news site is therefore often slow to respond. The AI scraper bots cause a DDoS, a distributed denial-of-service attack. At times, the AI bots would clog the lines with hundreds of IP addresses simultaneously as soon as they decided … ⌘ Read more

**phew 😮‍💨

File system:  EXTFS
Device size:   29.8 GB = 7287552 Blocks
Space in use:   7.3 GB = 1789413 Blocks
Free Space:    22.5  ...**
_phew_ 😮‍💨

File system: EXTFS
Device size: 29.8 GB = 7287552 Blocks
Space in use: 7.3 GB = 1789413 Blocks
Free Space: 22.5 GB = 5498139 Blocks
Block size: 4096 Byte
Elapsed: 13:01:07, Remaining: 00:00:00, Completed: 100.00%, Rate: 9.38MB/min,
Current block: 6823440, Total block: 7287552, Complete: 100.00%
Total Time: 13:01:07, Ave. Rate: 9.38MB/min, 100.00% completed!
Syncin … ⌘ Read more

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz franz von stuck is one of my fave artists and i was so delighted to see one of his pieces displayed in person but i got separated from my family when i saw it and just barely got a pic before my sister dragged me back to follow them away T__T next time i will see if the met has more of his art… https://remix.girlonthemoon.xyz/u/accendio/m/franz-von-stuck-inferno-1908/

10 Forgotten Laws Still Technically on the Books
Laws are meant to provide order and structure to society, but over time, some statutes outlive their relevance. While many outdated laws are repealed or forgotten, others remain technically enforceable, lying dormant in legal archives. From quirky restrictions on behavior to hyper-specific regulations tied to bygone eras, these forgotten laws offer a fascinating glimpse into […]

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PEP 774: Removing the LLVM requirement for JIT builds
Since Python 3.13, CPython has been able to be configured and built with an experimental just-in-time (JIT) compiler via the –enable-experimental-jit flag on Linux and Mac and –experimental-jit on Windows. To build CPython with the JIT enabled, users are required to have LLVM installed on their machine (initially, with LLVM 16 but more recently, with LLVM 19). LLVM is responsible for generating stencils that are essential to our copy-and-patch JIT (see PEP 744). These stencils a … ⌘ Read more

(#j75ihta) @xuu@xuu I think it’s about time we start blocking invalid SPF and DMARC 🤣
@xuu @txt.sour.is I think it’s about time we start blocking invalid SPF and DMARC 🤣 ⌘ Read more

I fell asleep again during snoozing, and started dreaming intensely. My own mind woke me up in time by setting everything I loved on fire within my dream. That jolted me awake alright.

10 Times People Tried to Weaponize Music
Music has been a powerful tool for expression, unity, and emotion throughout human history. But in some cases, music has been twisted into a weapon—used to intimidate, manipulate, and even psychologically torment. From ancient battlefields to modern interrogations, these moments reveal how sound can be wielded as a force of control and chaos. Here are […]

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10 Incredible Times Ordinary People Performed Movie-Style Stunts
Cinema would not be the same without stuntmen and women. Most of the time, when the world sees movie stars leaping from great heights, engaging in combat, and crashing through glass, it is actually another person with years of training performing the stunts. But every so often, ordinary people find themselves thrust into the same […]

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j-berman posts CCS progress report after 169 hours of dev work
j-berman1 has published the first progress report2 for his full-time 2025 (part 9) Monero (FCMPs++) dev work CCS proposal3:

* Sped up tree building by ~30% implementing @kayabaNerve's torsion check
* Implemented FCMP++ prove and verify functions in the Rust FFI
* Rebased the WIP PR onto master and updated to include the latest [..]

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my goto’s are the Expanse, the Magicians, XFiles, House, Umbrella Academy, Orphan Black, 12 Monkeys, the star treks (DS9 especially)

i have probably watched through them a half dozen times each. some more :D

UNIT DualMCU One with RP2040 for Real-Time and ESP32 for Wireless Connectivity.
The UNIT DualMCU One is a development board that combines the ESP32 and RP2040 microcontrollers. The ESP32 provides Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, while the RP2040 offers hardware control with flexible GPIO, supporting applications in IoT, robotics, and automation. The RP2040 features a dual-core ARM Cortex-M0+ processor running at 133 MHz, offering compatibility with Arduino UNO [… … ⌘ Read more

Tomato brown rugose fruit virus detected in Victoria for first time
Authorities work to eradicate the tomato brown rugose fruit virus, which has already had devastating impacts on South Australian growers. ⌘ Read more

9front “THIS TIME DEFINITELY” released
The operating system I’m not cool enough to run has pushed out a new release: 9front “THIS TIME DEFINITELY” is now available. 9front is a fork of plan9, created after plan9 languished at Bell Labs. This release enables gefs, the new file system, in the installer, “ip/ipconfig now support dhcpv6 dynamic allocations and handles prefix expirations”, and it comes with some smaller changes, too, of course. Despite every piece of evidence to the contrary, I am s … ⌘ Read more

Why don’t Australians source more coffee from our region?
Australia is surrounded by coffee-growing countries like Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, but it imports most of its coffee from the other side of the world. With climate change and coffee bean prices skyrocketing, is it time to look closer to home? ⌘ Read more

10 Times the Might of the British Empire Was Defeated in Battle
During the reign of Elizabeth I in the late 16th century, the British Empire began to take shape. Although the 1707 Act of Union brought Scotland into the fold, strictly speaking, it was the English Empire. That aside, by 1913, the Empire encompassed some 400 million subjects at a time when the actual British population […]

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[ANN] MoneroTalk #337: Justin Berman (Live Today @ 8PM EST)

Exploring Monero’s Future with Full Time Dev Justin Berman. Hear from @justinberman95 on the FCMP++ implementation and more.

Links:

• https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=vdotJfl8JLU
  
• http://twitch.tv/monerotalk
  

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Blocking AI bots ⛔
Every few months, I inevitably catch a cold or some other virus and end up stuck at home for a few days. Right now, I’m in one of those phases again. Thankfully, this time hasn’t been too bad, and I’m already on the mend. After a lot of Netflix marathons, I realized I couldn’t just sit around doing nothing – I’m the kind of person who needs to feel productive, even when I’m under the weather. ⌘ Read more

[ANN] Istanbul Monero Meetup - Monero ve Dağıtık Borsalara Erişim: RetoSwap

Date/Time: Thursday, January 30, 2025 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM GMT+3
Location: Altcointurk Trader Base & Cloak Blockchain Academy

MoneroTurko is hosting a Monero Meetup event in Istanbul to discuss Decentralized Exchanges and how it affects Monero.

Link: https://www.meetup.com/moneroturko-istanbul/events/305699269

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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org wow what a great story! i still use FTP (well, SFTP) all the time lol, just to transfer files between servers quickly. it’s super handy!

writing your own CMS sounds kickass omg… mysql the legend