Ten Times Google Maps Solved the Case
In these ten cases, everything from Street View snapshots to Google Earth satellite imagery played a key role in uncovering crazy truths, finding missing persons, and piecing together unsolved mysteries. Some of these crimes are bizarre, some are tragic, and others are almost too coincidental to believe. But they all share one thing in common: […]

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Nintendo Switch 2, new Mario Kart revealed
A trailer for the new system quietly appeared online in the early hours of Friday morning Australian time; confirming features - and a new Mario Kart - which have been rumoured for months. ⌘ Read more

Beta 3 of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, MacOS Sequoia 15.3, Available for Beta Testers
The beta testing release cycle continues, this time with iOS 18.3 beta 3, iPadOS 18.3 beta 3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 beta 3, each being made available to users participating in the beta testing programs from Apple. No major new features are arriving in these beta versions, though macOS Sequoia 15.3 will bring Genmoji creation … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/16/beta-3- … ⌘ Read more

Taking care of a sick puppy is a full time job I am not qualified for

10 “Ancient Alien” Artifacts That Have Mundane Explanations
Many relics of human history are so mysterious and wondrous that the imagination, at times, is tempted to run away from the seemingly commonplace and rather unimpressive explanations mainstream archaeology offers. Pseudo-archaeology instead makes more dramatic and appealing solutions, which are nevertheless based more on the need to believe rather than on rigorous scientific investigation. […]

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10 Everyday Terms with Surprising Historical Origins
Some of the terms we use every day have fascinating historical roots that reflect cultural exchanges, misunderstandings, or adaptations over time. From beverages to sports and beyond, these words carry with them stories of how people adapted traditions or misunderstood foreign concepts. Here are 10 examples of terms with historical origins that reveal much more […]

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(#kjw456q) @lime360 Down at the moment due to hardware failure of one of my nodes. I have the spare parts to bring it back online, just need to …
@lime360 @lime360.nekoweb.org Down at the moment due to hardware failure of one of my nodes. I have the spare parts to bring it back online, just need to find the time 😅 Sorry for the inconvenience, I just can’t afford to run the search engine right now on the remaining two nodes 😢😢 ⌘ Read more

jeffro256 completes 2024 Q4 Monero dev work CCS
jeffro2561 has posted a third and final progress report2 for their full-time 2024/Q4 Monero (Carrot3) development work CCS proposal4:

There are a few minor tweaks being proposed to Carrot after weeks of discussion about post-quantum adversaries, as well as optimization. [..] And thanks to everyone who contributed to my CCS, it is greatly appreciated!

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Two days later Holly Shi_ … I got to see all four at the same time! 😲 Venus and Saturn on one side, Mars a tiny bit bellow the rising Moon on the other side then Jupiter in between but more towards the moon and mars half of the sky. Funny thing is seeing Aldebaran and nearly shitting myself out of excitement thinking it was Uranus 😅🤣

my framework laptop is here but no time to put it together :(

Cancelled Mastodon because the time spent on it could have been used for reading books instead and the level of interaction is not enough to keep me interested.

** 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

Highlights from Git 2.48
The open source Git project just released Git 2.48. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

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@prologic@twtxt.net Since I live in Germany, I do believe the media here is generally reputable. It really depends where you live of course. Source I look at are Reuters, NPR, The Guardian, Die Zeit, NY Times, CNN, Tagesschau, Spiegel Online, RP Online (for local news), … I would never just trust what I see in my social media feeds.

(Updated) Upcoming I-Pi SMARC Embedded Prototype Kit Adopts Intel Amston Lake CPU
The I-Pi SMARC Amston Lake is a prototyping kit built on Intel’s Amston Lake architecture, designed to accelerate embedded system development. Key features include dual 2.5GbE LAN ports with Time-Sensitive Networking support and CAN interfaces for industrial applications. This kit includes the I-Pi SMARC Plus carrier and the LEC-ASL SMARC module, which features an Intel […] ⌘ Read more

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i don’t even have like time or space to stream unless it was no mic/video and just me doing stuff on my computer which can be boring without even mic input. plus no way to use camcorder that way. but. it’d be cool if i could so i dream

Vultr Free Tier Program
Congratulations! You have been admitted into the Free Tier Program!
You were approved for early access to the Free Tier …
Vultr Free Tier Program

Congratulations! You have been admitted into the Free Tier Program!

You were approved for early access to the Free Tier Program.

Your Free Tier starts on 2025-01-08 and will end on 2026-01-08.

During that year, you will be able to launch a Free Tier instance. You can only have 1 free instance running at a time. If you shut down the instance you can relaunch it up … ⌘ Read more

I was using my 5G router setup with Vanilla OpenWRT and QMI Cellular as a protocol for quite some time, but there were irregular disconnections etc. Updating the firmware of the modem didn’t help. Some days ago, I noticed that it’s also possible to configure with Modem Manager (which provides connection information directly in LuCI) and put the Quectel modem into MBIM mode. It’s running without hiccups now! Also updated to OpenWRT 24.10. ⌘ Read more

Simple scrobbler should count when I listen to a song 10 times in a row

That pretty cool! I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen an actual IRL rainbow let alone a double rainbow. 😅 Thank you!!

[LTH] [0.13 XMR] Looking for a one-time VPS mentor
Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/GaaW/

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10 Anomalous Fossil Finds That Stumped Scientists
Fossils serve as time capsules, offering glimpses into the ancient past and helping scientists reconstruct the evolutionary story of life on Earth. Most fossils fit neatly into our understanding of biology and history, but every so often, a discovery emerges that doesn’t align with established theories. These anomalies spark debate, challenge long-held beliefs, and sometimes […]

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I’m usually comfortable keeping my hardship to myself, most especially AWAY from the internet; an act of kindness of sorts towards others, “Everyone’s got their own problems to worry about” kind of thing.. But maaan am I starting to believe creating a twitter account would be a healthy decision 🤣🤦 Read nothin’ out there, just a one way echo chamber of sorts to let that shi_ out of my chest. It seem that’s what everyone else’s been using it for all this time.

A Bsky would be even better! 😂 I’d get to shi_ post and yap all I want, allll the way from terminal and never ever have to look back at it or whatever comes out of it. But I digress…

I FU_ing despise this … whatever this is. I wish I could just wake up in some sort of parallel universe where everything is just sunshine and rainbows, alas, life would be just as meaningless.

and sorry you had to read this if you did.

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

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i wound up with xcolor AND pastel at the same time, because xcolor does exactly what i want while pastel and its picker subcommand does the same thing, relying on xcolor, but brings up a nice graphic of the picked color and related colors, plus more than just the hex code. neat.

(#uxttbva) @kat It’ll be whatever the actual server’s time zone is.
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wait i just realized this pod’s time zone is not my time zone hold on lol

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz ok nvm just temp enabling registrations for this bc it just won’t work lol i’ll play with it another time

rose put crack in apt because jesus christ i just find myself mindlessly chanting “apateu apateu” under my breath at the most random times. some brain programming shit

**So I need to figure out how to block ASN(s)…

Additionally, I’ thinking of; How to detect DDoS attachs?

Here’s one way I’ve come up that’s qu …**
So I need to figure out how to block ASN(s)…

Additionally, I’ thinking of; How to detect DDoS attachs?

Here’s one way I’ve come up that’s quite simple:

Detecting DDoS attacks by tracking requests across multiple IPs in a sliding window. If total requests exceed a threshold in a given time, flag as potential DDoS. ⌘ 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

For the time being… I’ve just blocked all of OpenAI(s) Bots. They (thankfully) publish a JSON endpoint that you can use to block all OpenAI …
For the time being… I’ve just blocked all of OpenAI(s) Bots. They ( thankfully) publish a JSON endpoint that you can use to block all OpenAI crawlers from reaching your server ( in my case, blocking it at the edge). Example:

proxy-1:~# curl -qs https://openai.com/gptbot.json | jq -r '.prefixes[].ipv4Prefix' | xargs -I{} ./block-ip.sh {}

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Oh gawd. I can’t enable caching on my edge proxy everywhere 😱 Some shit™ doesn’t deal with a caching reverse proxy in front of it very well …
Oh gawd. I can’t enable caching on my edge proxy everywhere 😱 Some shit™ doesn’t deal with a caching reverse proxy in front of it very well for some reason I don’t have time to dig into right now 🤔 ⌘ Read more

0xFFFC, j-berman, tobtoht CCS proposals ready for funding
Three CCS proposals have been moved to the funding stage and are now looking for community support:

• 0xFFFC’s!526 1: full-time C++ development (3 months, Jan, Feb, Mar, 2025) 2
  
• j-berman’s!527 3: full-time development (4 months) 4
  
• tobtoht’s!529 5: full-time feather + core development (3 months) 6
  

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i recorded my first camcorder video!!!! it’s just me practicing guitar after sooo long of not playing it. my acoustic, to be specific (well, it’s an electric acoustic thing but i can play it without plugging it in lol, i do have a stratocaster though). it’s capped at ~30 minutes because i used one mini DVD for it and decided i wasn’t gonna use another one to extend the run time. so yeah. it was super fun! i hope i can share it soon, i’m ripping the disc with make MKV right now, then i’ll re-encode to a web friendly format, and upload to my site and hope that works well

This year is a perfect square: 2025 = 45². Most of us reading this at time of posting won’t be alive next time that happens since 46² = 2116, 91 years from now. This has been bouncing around the internet but for some reason I felt compelled to record it here!

[WTS] [0.005 XMR] Zen Mind - Shunryu Suzuki Digital Scans

I’ve scanned this book. There are 68 pics (138 pages). These scans are double-paged (2 pages scanned at same time). (47MB) Download link is a Tor/Onion link, using the OnionShare program. You will need the Tor browser to download. After purchasing, you will automatically receive the download link.

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messing with gemini again, this time a static site generator called gssg - https://git.sr.ht/~gsthnz/gssg

my capsule is linked in my profile but just in case it’s over at gemini://lazuli.sayitditto.net

(#4dbmmzq) @doesnm I used to have quite a bit of credits with Vultr way back. I’ve been a long-time customer, and had worked with them on a few …
@doesnm @doesnm.p.psf.lt I used to have quite a bit of credits with Vultr way back. I’ve been a long-time customer, and had worked with them on a few things 👌 ⌘ Read more

Don’t waste your time. You can find builds in dist directory. Also it’s abandoned app which have more bugs

another cli test for icons this time

Finally spending the time/effort today (on my day off) to see if I can get a working prototype and proof-of-concept self-hosted alternative to …
Finally spending the time/effort today ( on my day off) to see if I can get a working prototype and proof-of-concept self-hosted alternative to Clownflare going. Components I’m using so far are: Alpine Linux ( may swap this out for µLInux at some point), Wireguard, Caddy. ⌘ Read more

My December ‘24 and my 2024 in Review
The month, and indeed the year, are drawing to a close – a time to pause, reflect, and revisit all the small and big moments that made up this journey. ⌘ Read more

** The social is predicated on its exclusions **
I’ve been sitting on this post for like 8 months. I’ve written it and rewritten it at least a dozen times. I hsve two or three notes documents worth of research. It has never felt right, though. It still doesn’t. I figured an rss-only debut for it would be fine, and maybe one day I’ll bring it to a normy kinda post.

At my job I try to make big public digital services accessible. Because of this I think a lot about disability, and how some portion of disability is socially c … ⌘ Read more

(#rrmlh2a) @bender@bender Time to fix render plainly linked images I think 🤔
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Time Capsule Instructions
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Time Capsule Instructions
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The 10 Most Compelling Aircraft That Didn’t Succeed
Since prehistoric times, humans have always made comparisons. Ancient humans noticed that some people were taller than others. They also noticed that each person had strengths others didn’t possess and weaknesses or areas for improvement. These two features—strength and weakness—have defined human ambitions for millennia. In 1903, the Wright brothers achieved the first powered flight […]

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Forlinx Unveils Cost-Effective i.MX8MPL-C SoM for Industrial Applications
Forlinx Embedded recently introduced the FETMX8MPL-C SoM, a cost-effective solution for industrial and IoT applications that balances performance and functionality without incorporating advanced multimedia or machine learning features. The FETMX8MPL-C SoM is powered by the NXP i.MX 8M Plus Quad Lite processor, featuring a quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU running at 1.6GHz and a Cortex-M7 for real-time […] ⌘ Read more

hinto-janai completes Cuprate RPC handlers CCS
hinto-janai1 has posted a second and final progress report2 for their latest full-time Cuprate 3 dev work CCS proposal4 focused on RPC handlers5:

Day 120, I believe milestone 1 & 2 can be claimed. The main PR6 is done but requires review and will most likely need changes before merge. Regarding binary strings, the RPC handlers themselves are done although the inner callstack and semantics wil … ⌘ Read more