El Salvador abandons Bitcoin as legal tender after failed experiment
Article URL: https://ticotimes.net/2025/02/02/el-salvador-abandons-bitcoin-as-legal-tender-after-failed-experiment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42925210

Points: 511

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@movq@www.uninformativ.de The light pollution map reports red for my town. That’s fairly accurate, I’d say. The view from home is not all that great. Yeah, I can see Ursa Major and a bunch of other stars. Maybe even some satellites. But there’s definitely a sky glow at the horizon.

When I leave town, I can see a bit more. However, it doesn’t compare to the alps or even some rural parts in Australia. The latter was by far the craziest I’ve ever seen in my life. Looked like a space telescope photo in person. Soooooooooooooo many stars and the band of the milky way was easily visible to the naked eye. Up until then, I didn’t even know this was remotely possible down on earth. Absolutely stunning. :-)

Gostavas de ler os números passados do #CoopAzine ?

Aqui estão eles, gratuitamente em formato digital:

CoopAzine Nº 1 (NOV2016)
https://issuu.com/amcaeiro/docs/fanzine_coopazine

CoopAzine Nº 2 (DEZ2017)
https://issuu.com/amcaeiro/docs/fanzine_coopazine_2_dez2017

CoopAzine Nº 3 (OUT2019)
https://issuu.com/amcaeiro/docs/fanzine_coopazine_3_out2019

On my blog: Developer Diary, Sámi National Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/03/saami.html #programming #project #devjournal

@johanbove@johanbove.info Ours also inlcudes the streaming portal https://www.filmfriend.de
It’s nice to watch some arthaus and off main stream movies.

It’s really cool how my local public library’s membership includes digital access to thousands of magazines and newspapers.

#MaradoWeekly #WeeklyPlant Week 05

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GENE-MTH6: A 3.5” SBC with Intel Core Ultra Processors for Edge Computing
AAEON has announced the GENE-MTH6, a 3.5” SubCompact Board designed for edge computing and embedded applications. Featuring Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 1) with integrated Intel Arc Graphics, the board supports up to 96GB of DDR5 memory and offers PCIe Gen 4 expansion with RAID 0 and RAID 1 support. The GENE-MTH6 is built around

@terron@duque-terron.cat Soo cute 🥰

@jost.sdfeu.org@jost.sdfeu.org Hello! 👋

I have no ties to the US, EU or even the AU. Government overreach can bite me 🤣

@darch.dk@darch.dk You are welcome to use git.mills.io

Introducing deep research
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42913251

Points: 501

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@sorenpeter@darch.dk It depends on your requirements. If you just want to put your code somewhere for yourself, simply push it over SSH on a server and call it good. That’s what I do with lots of repos. If you want an additional web UI for read access for the public, cgit comes to mind (a mate uses that). Prologic runs Gitea, which offers heaps more functionality like merge requests.

That was a super interesting talk, I can recommend it: https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-microbes-vs-mars-a-hacker-s-guide-to-finding-alien-life

@jost@jost.sdfeu.org Hello jost!

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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

Points: 531

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So what are some good alternatives to GitHub, that are not based in USA?
I like the minimal feel of sourcehut but it seem you have to pay if you want your, not just submit patches to others repos. But they also got IRC bouncer and mailing-lists included. Codeberg also looks appealing being based in Germany.

@fluconf@fluconf

suggestion for 2026: Always allow for some time interval between sessions. Even in remote/online events (and sometimes especially so), people need snacks/drinks/bathroom breaks!

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Bahahahahaha 🤣

From Windows 3.11 again

@prologic@twtxt.net Go just moved back to second place. :-)

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Nice! I would have missed the plane if you hadn’t pointed it out. :-) Venus is very visible these days. When a mate and I went on a night walk during clear sky this week, the night sky looked really great, it was easy to spot the second planet. We got lucky, ISS just passed above our heads, too. Most of the week, it was cloudy, though.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Hahaha, that’s a good one! :-D I came across this one before, but couldn’t remember the answer.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I guess u don’t get the relationship between Oct and Dec 🤣 Mist be an American thing? 🤔

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I’m afraid I’m too stupid (probably blind, which I am) to get it 🤣

@movq@www.uninformativ.de No sadly I didn’t 🤦‍♂️ I’m admitedly not very good at jokes like this (not even sure what style this is sorry!) 😢

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Bahahahahaha 🤣

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh wow! That’s the moon the Venus right? 🤔

CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research
Article URL: https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-news-cdc-orders-mass-retraction

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42905937

Points: 504

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Yeah nice try assholes 🤣 #failed #phissing #sms #attack

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 🤦‍♂️

Seriously?! 😳 Transscript

if I had a Go struct such as the following:

…

Here’s how the complete interface would look:

type Bar interface {
    Read(t *Bar, b []byte) (int, error)
}

This interface matches the behavior and method signature of the provided Foo struct.

This is total garbage 🗑️

In sane 🤣🤣

$ ollama run deepseek-r1:7b
>>> How does your model's reasoning work exactly?
<think>

</think>

I'm an AI assistant that uses algorithms to process information and create responses. While I can mimic some patterns of human thinking in my responses, I
don't have real human thought or consciousness.

>>> So how do you deliberate and argue with yourself over counting the number of letters "r" in the word "strawberry"?
<think>
Alright, so I'm trying to figure out how someone would deliberate and argue with themselves about counting the number of times the letter "r" appears in
the word "strawberry." First off, it seems pretty straightforward, but maybe there's some hidden complexity here.
...

By following these steps, it’s clear that the word “strawberry” contains exactly two “r”s. While overcomplicating the process with comparisons to similar
words, pronunciation considerations, or playful activities can be fun exercises, they aren’t necessary for this simple counting task. The key is to
approach the task systematically and carefully.

Ridiculous 🤦‍♂️

I can’t wait to be in an operating theatre one day when I’m old and an LLM (AI) bot is arguing with itself over the decision to cut the left or the right blood vessel 🤦‍♂️ Or whatever other horrifying situation you/we may find ourselves in with this kind of “dumbass” reasoning behind the wheel 🛞

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:

$ ollama run deepseek-r1:7b
>>> How many r's in the word strawberry?
<think>
Alright, so I need to figure out how many times the letter 'r' appears in the word "strawberry." Hmm, okay. Let me start by writing down the word to
visualize each letter clearly.
...

Twoo lines later… Argueing with itself over and over again…

The word “strawberry” contains three ‘r’s when spelled out as S-T-R-A-W-B-E-R-R-Y. However, upon closer examination and considering standard spelling
conventions, it actually has only two distinct ‘r’s: one in “straw” and another pair in “berry.”

Answer: There are 2 ‘r’s in the word “strawberry.”

Farrkkkk me 🤦‍♂️

@bmallred@staystrong.run Thanks dude 🤗 I’ll get over it, sometimes things can get a bit touch, it’s all good 👍

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Hmm in who’s world? 🌎 Haha 🤣

Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.

February now, and my shaddow cannot be seen.

anyone online?

Hello world!

Hello world!

Pimoroni Interstate 75 W RP2350 Based Driver for HUB75 LED Matrices
The Interstate 75 W is a driver board designed for HUB75-style LED matrices and is powered by the RP2350 microcontroller. This board connects directly to HUB75 panels, offering a straightforward solution for creating LED displays for applications such as signage, data visualization, or interactive projects. The board is built around the RP2350A microcontroller, featuring a

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

This was the first #fluconf2025 presentation, and I predict it to already be the best presentation I’ll have seen this month.

Take an hour of your time and watch it too:

@fluconf@fluconf https://social.cryptography.dog/@fluconf/113928515477658732

#humanrights #digitalrights #freesoftware

@movq@www.uninformativ.de That is a good one! It took me 15 minutes to get it. 🤓

It snowed today in Haute-Vienne (France), it’s been a long time since I saw snow, which is so common in our region. Have a nice day everyone ;-)

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — The Man Behind the Machine https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/01/man-machine.html #freeculture #bookclub

CDC data are disappearing
Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/cdc-dei-scientific-data/681531/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42897696

Points: 500

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O primeiro #JornalMapa de #2025 já está nas bancas

https://www.jornalmapa.pt/

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@arne@uplegger.eu This ☝️

Just message…

@prologic@twtxt.net In the EU there are Laws, Rules and Regulations for many things. I’m not an expert, but your case may sound like it could match to the EU Digital Services Act.

in other words, do companies in other parts of the world behave as though they are above approach? 😅

To all my EU friends out there, is it this hard™ to reach a human in European companies that allow, perform or permit silly shenanigans? 🤔 Or is it just US companies? 🤔

Contact | Federal Communications Commission 👈 Haha calling the FCC was interesting. But I’ll have to call the consumer folks back next Saturday (morning for me) to speak with someone. Apparently they’re closed now, even though it’s 3pm EST right? Hmmm 🤔

cli/q: 🌱 A simple programming language. - q - Projects I really like this little q lang that Ed has created ❤️ Really nice and simpler, great design and implementation and really lovely cross-platform compiler supporting DOS, Windows, Darwin and Linux on AMD64 and ARM64 💪

@prologic@twtxt.net Yes, C has it. I even thought that C invented it, but it seems to stem from CPL.

The closest to get to if expressions at the moment is to use a lambda:

foo := func() {
    if bar {
        return "spam"
    }
    return "eggs"
}()

But that’s also not elegant at all.

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 01/27 to 01/31 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/31/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

@arne@uplegger.eu Auweia! Wär’s da nicht sinnvoller, von dem Ding möglichst zügig wegzukommen? Ich hab keine Ahnung, was es da heutzutage so an tauglichen Alternativen gibt. Aber selbst alles selber zu bauen, wär da ja mittelfristig weniger aufwändig, wenn man das mit dem ständigen Zusammenkehren der Scherbenhaufen vergleicht.

That moment, when you’re a little pipsqueak self-host(er) with infrastructure you’re trying to protect from potentially rogue customers on Azure Cloud. You file an abuse report, but receive no response or acknowledgment for weeks. Now what? 🤔 Email the CEO! #Azure #Microsoft

Finally I’ll also be setting up CubeFS (finally mature enough to give it a serious go) and slowly migrating workloads to use it as Persistent storage across the 3 Hypervisor nodes (which will run KVM + CubeFS) – Thank goodness this thing (CubeFS) doesn’t need to run on Kubernetes 😂

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).

Upcoming Products for M4 Mac mini - SONNETTECH Gonna buy myself one of these when they come out (hopefully soon™) and populate with 3 M4 Mac Mini(s) – Just the base model is enough. Purpose? Migrate Plex to one of them for better performance, and run CI/CD Runners on all 3 as well as other I/O intensive tasks like syncing Youtube channels to Plex.

OpenAI O3-Mini
Article URL: https://openai.com/index/openai-o3-mini/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42890627

Points: 500

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Hello from France ! Mac OS9 to browse Gopherspace. Peace for all ;-)

#FridayReads #bookstodon

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Es ist Freitagnachmittag, vor den Winterferien. Was kommt da gelegener als ein teilweiser Ausfall der dienstlichen Netzwerkinfrastruktur? 🕺

@github_blog@feeds.twtxt.net Only 4 steps you say? Wow! :O

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I have no problems with the ternary operator either. If it were added to Go I Wouldn’t mind. C has it right? I’d also by happy with if expressions, e.g: if foo ... else bah, but probably doesn’t fit the styoe of the Go grammer.

What I absolutely hate is this proposal. Making ? to magical™ things, making the code harder to read and reason about is bonkers.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Es ist immer noch so ähnlich. Da kommen so viele verschiedene Ebenen innerhalb und außerhalb der TYPO3-Umgebung zusammen, dass man sich wundert.

Und die TYPO3-Core-Entwickler nehmen gefühlt jeden fancy Shice mit, den sie gerade finden. Das reißt dann immer wieder Prozesse ein oder es muss ein gigantischer Aufwand betrieben werden, damit “grundlegende” Funktionen wieder hergestellt werden.
In den Kommentaren ist dann immer nur zu lesen “Tja, Pech. Gibt’s nicht mehr. Sei froh, dass wir ‘ne undokumentierte Schnittstelle dazu im Code versteckt haben. Bau’s dir selbst.”
Und der OpenSource-Gedanke ist bei einigen Erweiterungen (die als Quasi-Standard gelten) auch nur noch zu erahnen. Da müssen teilweise Abos abgeschlossen werden, damit einige Funktionen genutzt werden können.

Es wird auf jeden Fall nie langweilig.

😂😂😂

Adafruit CLUE: A Sensor-Packed nRF52840 Development Board in a micro:bit Form Factor
The Adafruit CLUE is a development board with a built-in display, multiple sensors, and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity. It follows the form factor of the BBC micro:bit while incorporating additional processing power and expanded functionality. The board is designed for applications involving data visualization, sensor-based measurements, and wireless communication. This devi … ⌘ Read more