(#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

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!

”`

• Wownero Decoy Selection f … ⌘ Read more”`

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.
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz It’ll be whatever the actual server’s time zone is. ⌘ Read more

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 {}

Where … ⌘ Read more

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
  

To support the above proposals you can donate to the XMR addre … ⌘ Read more

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