Garlanded with Failure: History will not remember the outgoing attorney general kindly.
Bill Blum, Contributing Writer - truthdig
_Stephan: Speaking as an historian of the early American republic I completely agree with what Bill Blum says in this article. I think within a decade great students will be writing their doctoral dissertations, on what a weak failure Merrick Garland was as Attorney General, and how badly he handled the many … ⌘ Read more
OpenTelemetry for generative AI
Project post originally published on the OpenTelemetry blog by Drew Robbins (Microsoft), Liudmila Molkova (Microsoft) As organizations increasingly adopt Large Language Models (LLMs) and other generative AI technologies, ensuring reliable performance, efficiency, and safety is essential… ⌘ Read more
How we evaluate models for GitHub Copilot
We share some of the GitHub Copilot team’s experience evaluating AI models, with a focus on our offline evaluations—the tests we run before making any change to our production environment.
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Supporting the next generation of developers
Here’s your opportunity to empower the teen in your life to get a start in open source development.
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Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 22 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 22nd 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.
How to Generate AI Images with Image Playground on Mac, iPhone, iPad
Image Playground is an artificial intelligence tool from Apple available for iPhone, Mac, and iPad, that allows you to quickly create and generate images and artwork based upon descriptions or even photos and people from your image library. It’s a fun tool to use, and also super easy. To use Image Playground on your device, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/14/how-generate-ai-images-image-playground-m … ⌘ Read more
‘Merrick Garland has been wholly useless’: MSNBC host drops the hammer on outgoing AG
Tom Boggioni, Senior Editor - Raw Story
_Stephan: I completely agree with Michael Steele’s comments and thinking. Felon Trump with the assistance of Attorney General Merrick Garland, Judge Aileen Cannon, and President Joe Biden’s permissive complacency has essentially walked away from accountability for his multiple crimes, sex offenses, and traitorous be … ⌘ Read more
10 Weirdest Concept Car Designs Ever
Most concept cars are never meant to be anything more than a concept. They’re elaborate ideas for vehicles that cannot possibly be mass manufactured (or even made) when they are showcased at trade shows and other industry events. Concept cars are instead meant to excite consumers, investors, and the general public about the future. As […]
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Deals: Get iPad Mini 7 for $399 ($100 Off), AirTags 4-pack for $70
The iPad mini is a popular iPad model for users who want a very portable table experience. The 7th generation iPad mini is particularly well suited for modern use, being the first iPad mini model to support Apple Intelligence AI features, an 8″ LCD display, and the speedy A17 processor, which is the same powerful … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/01/13/deals-get-ipad-mini-7-for-399-100-off-airtags-4-pa … ⌘ Read more
iPad 11: Two Key Upgrades Will Bring Apple Intelligence to Budget iPad
The next-generation, entry-level iPad will support the Apple Intelligence suite of AI features, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
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What say you @movq @lyse @eapl.mx / @darch @andros (new client author)? 🤔 Shall I PR this up?
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Or using the same twt hash method, but only for the URL, to generate the nick, if it doesn’t exist, like so, @5vxo4ia@twtxt.net
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@johanbove But which one(s)? 🤔🤔 Serious question; my neighbor next door swears by the BBC and ABC (I'm Australian); but honestly even those news sources are full of political rhetoric and non-facts (opinions, etc) -- I have yet to see a single news source of actual facts and nothing more.
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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.
How to use GitHub Copilot: What it can do and real-world examples
Real-world examples show you how Copilot can generate unit tests, refactor code, create documentation, perform multi-file edits, and much more
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10 of the Most Generation Defining Films
Since the early days of filmmaking, it seems every generation has certain movies that strongly reflect whatever sets them apart from their parents and grandparents. Whether it be fashion, social behavior, attitude toward life, or simply a refusal to conform in general, motion pictures that successfully capture what makes a generation unique often become nostalgic […]
The post [10 of the Most Generation Defining Films](https://listverse.com/2025/01/08/1 … ⌘ Read more
ASRock Industrial Introduces Next-Generation NUC(S) Ultra 200 Series
ASRock Industrial has announced the NUC(S) Ultra 200 BOX and Motherboard Series, powered by Intel Core Ultra 200H processors (Arrow Lake-H), offering up to 99 TOPS of AI inferencing for advanced computing applications. The NUC(S) Ultra 200 BOX Series integrates Intel’s hybrid performance architecture with Intel Arc GPUs and NPUs, offering a multitasking platform for […] ⌘ Read more
iPhone 17 Design to Feature Smoother Edge-to-Rear Material Transition
The design of this year’s next-generation iPhone 17 will allegedly feature a smoother transition between the edges of the device and the back cover, owing to Apple’s use of a new glass-and-metal splicing material process. That’s according to the Weibo-based leaker Fixed Focus Digital.
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What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up?
Rachel Wolfe, Reporter - The Wall Street Journal
Stephan: The American culture is dramatically changing as this report describes in some detail; all sorts of trends have changed from previous generations. When one adds this to the Great Schism Trend one sees how very different the country is now than it was as recently as the 1990s.
![Cody Harding, 38, in the Brooklyn apartment he rents with three roommates, on Dec … ⌘ Read more
After 50 years, is this the end for barcodes?
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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
Monero Observer Blitz #37 - December 2024
Here’s a recap of what happened this December in the Monero community:
Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.5 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.
Hope everyone has had a good 2024, and you’re looking forward to a better 2025!
We’re ending this year with a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 branch. This
brings some general polish and a collection of fixes for various small issues
people have reported in the past months.
A notable behaviour change in this release is that Prosody will no longer send
delivery errors to people you have blocked. Inste … ⌘ Read more
Apple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Production
Apple’s first-generation Vision Pro headset may have now ceased production, following reports of reduced demand and production cuts earlier in the year.
In October, The Information’s Wayne Ma reported that Apple had abruptly reduced production of the Vision Pro headset ahead of po … ⌘ Read more
Where Will All of Big Tech’s Nuclear Waste Go?
Matthew Gault, - Gizmodo
_Stephan: What few know today is that civilian nuclear power came about because Admiral Hyman Rickover figured out how to create nuclear-powered ships and submarines, and General Electric and Westinghouse which he was working with wanted a civilian market so they could develop a large enough corps of engineers and civilian nuclear reactors so that the whole effort would be as profitable as possible. What … ⌘ Read more
Standard iPhone 17 Display Again Said to Feature Higher Refresh Rate
Apple’s standard iPhone 17 next year will feature a display with a higher refresh rate, potentially bringing “ProMotion” technology to the base model in Apple’s flagship iPhone lineup for the first time.
Weibo-based Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station claimed over the week … ⌘ Read more
Merrick Garland’s DOJ criticized for impeding Ethics Committee’s Matt Gaetz investigation
Sarah K. Burns, Senior Digital Editor - Raw Story
_Stephan: It is my belief that in the future historians are going to see Senator Mitch McConnell and Attorney General Merrick Garand as two of the worst villains and the weakest men of this period. Biden is an institutionalist and he has been weak in dealing with Garland whom he should have replac … ⌘ Read more
It’s new and risky, but Gen Z workers are ‘all in’ on AI
Gen Z Australians are ‘all in’ on generative AI and are embracing tools like ChatGPT in the workplace at speed and without fear, according to new research. ⌘ Read more
New iPad Expected to Ship With iPadOS 18.3 in Spring 2025
Apple plans to release an entry-level iPad 11 in the spring and iPadOS 18.3 will be pre-installed on the shipped devices, according to a source with a proven track record for upcoming Apple software updates.
Several reports in the last few months have suggested Apple is developing an 11th-generation iPad t … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] [Bounty] Gamepad-controlled cryptographic multitool with offline wallet address generator
Links:
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Apple Teams Up With NVIDIA to Speed Up AI Language Models
Apple has shared details on a collaboration with NVIDIA to greatly improve the performance of large language models (LLMs) by implementing a new text generation technique that offers substantial speed improvements for AI applications.
Apple earlier this year [published](https://mac … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] Phantom Circuit: Introduction
Phantom Circuit is a fictional short story generated entirely by AI. It was inspired by a Darknet Diaries podcast episode [..] I also managed to work in some mention of Monero…
Link: https://cyberspace.dad/book/
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iCloud Backups No Longer Available for iPhones and iPads Running iOS 8 or Earlier
Making a device backup over iCloud now requires iOS 9 or later, which means iPhones and iPads that are running iOS 8 or earlier are no longer able to be backed up using iCloud.
Apple [announced the change in November](https://www.macrumors.com/2024/11/18/apple-icloud-backup-ios-9-min … ⌘ Read more
‘The Monero Moon’ newsletter makes comeback with Issue #75 after short hiatus
John Foss1 has published Issue #752 of The Monero Moon curated weekly newsletter after a ~3.5 month hiatus:
After a few months’ hiatus due to life commitments ( wedding bells), we’re back! Explore this week’s edition for an update on all the latest Monero (XMR) news, developments, and entertainment!
The publication includes news about:
- Development, Releases, and Technology
- General News
- Eve … ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA Launches Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit with 67 TOPS AI Performance
NVIDIA has introduced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit, a compact generative AI platform designed to enhance performance while remaining affordable. This new iteration delivers up to 67 TOPS of AI performance, offering a 1.7x improvement over its predecessor. It supports a wide range of generative AI models, including vision transformers, large language models, […] ⌘ Read more
iOS 18.2: Everything You Can Do With ChatGPT Integration
With iOS 18.2, Apple introduced ChatGPT integration with Apple Intelligence to expand your iPhone’s AI capabilities in several ways. When enabled, Siri can leverage ChatGPT for complex queries about photos and documents, and the integration also extends to Writing Tools for text and image generation, while Visual Intelligence helps identify objects and places using your iPhone’s camera.
_Stephan: The MAGAt-controlled Supreme Court, like Republicans in general, don’t seem to understand or even care about the wellbeing and medical reality of children as well as the LGBTQ subpopulation. With Trump in the Presidency, Congress dysfunctional, and the corrupt MAGAt majority dominating … ⌘ Read more
AAEON Integrates Intel Arc GPU with High-Performance Computing in Edge PC
The MXM-ACMA-PUC is an industrial edge computing system from AAEON that combines 13th Generation Intel Core processors with an embedded Intel Arc GPU. It is designed for machine learning and AI workloads, with applications in smart city infrastructure and industrial workstation management. The system supports a range of Intel Core processors, with the default configuration […] ⌘ Read more
Generalized Bulletproofs ‘suitable for use’ according to Brandon Goodell security review
Brandon Goodell (aka Surae Noether)1 has concluded2 that Generalized Bulletproofs (GBPs) 3 are suitable for use after completing a review4 of the security proofs5 produced by CypherStack6:
My general results: Overall, GBPs are suitable for use, I think they are secure. [..] If the proofs of security for BPs are up to ind … ⌘ Read more
While I don’t have a specific favorite genre and generally don’t listen to music much, I sometimes enjoy doing it consciously. And a great way for me to discover new songs is this TikTok-like view in the YouTube Music app, where you can skip through recommendations. 🎧 ⌘ Read more
How to Summarize Webpages in Safari for Mac
One of the useful Apple Intelligence features that is available in Safari is the webpage summarization feature. With Apple Intelligence Summarize in Safari, you can have an AI summary of an entire webpage, whether it’s a long article, a general website, or anything else on the web, giving you a nice summary of the page … Read More ⌘ Read more
10 Best Black Friday Apple Deals Still Available This Weekend
Black Friday 2024 has come to a close, and for anyone still shopping online this weekend there are plenty of great Apple-related deals to take advantage of as we transition into Cyber Monday. In this article we’re tracking the 10 best Black Friday Apple deals you can still get right now, including AirPods Pro 2, iPad, AirTag, and more.
Announcing a New CNCF certification for Kyverno Kyverno is an open-source policy engine designed for Kubernetes that allows teams to validate, mutate, and generate configurations, enabling the automation of security policies as code, beyond just audit… ⌘ Read more
How developers spend the time they save thanks to AI coding tools
Developers tell us how GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools are transforming their work and changing how they spend their days.
The post How developers spend the time they save thanks to AI coding tools appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Apple Accused of Trapping 40 Million Customers into iCloud Service
Apple is facing an almost £3 billion ($3.78 billion) lawsuit after British consumer group Which? on Thursday alleged that the company breached competition law by locking millions of its customers out of its iCloud service and charging them “rip-off prices.”
Apple users receive 5GB of free storage t … ⌘ Read more
18 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 18.2
Apple is set to release iOS 18.2 next month, bringing the second round of Apple Intelligence features to iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 models. This update brings several major advancements to Apple’s AI integration, including completely new image generation tools and a range of Visual Intelligence-based enhancements. There are a handful of new non-AI related feature controls incoming as well.
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Righto, @eapl.me@eapl.me, ta for the writeup. Here we go. :-)
Metadata on individual twts are too much for me. I do like the simplicity of the current spec. But I understand where you’re coming from.
Numbering twts in a feed is basically the attempt of generating message IDs. It’s an interesting idea, but I reckon it is not even needed. I’d simply use location based addressing (feed URL + ‘#’ + timestamp) instead of content addressing. If one really wanted to, one could hash the feed URL and timestamp, but the raw form would actually improve disoverability and would not even require a richer client. But the majority of twtxt users in the last poll wanted to stick with content addressing.
yarnd actually sends If-Modified-Since request headers. Not only can I observe heaps of 304 responses for yarnds in my access log, but in Cache.FetchFeeds(…) we can actually see If-Modified-Since being deployed when the feed has been retrieved with a Last-Modified response header before: https://git.mills.io/yarnsocial/yarn/src/commit/98eee5124ae425deb825fb5f8788a0773ec5bdd0/internal/cache.go#L1278
Turns out etags with If-None-Match are only supported when yarnd serves avatars (https://git.mills.io/yarnsocial/yarn/src/commit/98eee5124ae425deb825fb5f8788a0773ec5bdd0/internal/handlers.go#L158) and media uploads (https://git.mills.io/yarnsocial/yarn/src/commit/98eee5124ae425deb825fb5f8788a0773ec5bdd0/internal/media_handlers.go#L71). However, it ignores possible etags when fetching feeds.
I don’t understand how the discovery URLs should work to replace the User-Agent header in HTTP(S) requests. Do you mind to elaborate?
Different protocols are basically just a client thing.
I reckon it’s best to just avoid mixing several languages in one feed in the first place. Personally, I find it okay to occasionally write messages in other languages, but if that happens on a more regularly basis, I’d definitely create a different feed for other languages.
Isn’t the emoji thing “just” a client feature? So, feed do not even have to state any emojis. As a user I’d configure my client to use a certain symbol for feed ABC. Currently, I can do a similar thing in tt where I assign colors to feeds. On the other hand, what if a user wants to control what symbol should be displayed, similar to the feed’s nick? Hmm. But still, my terminal font doesn’t even render most of emojis. So, Unicode boxes everywhere. This makes me think it should actually be a only client feature.
Announcing Kyverno release 1.13!
Project post originally published on the Kyverno blog Kyverno 1.13 released with Sigstore bundle verification, exceptions for validatingAdmissionPolicies, new assertion trees, generate enhancments, enhanced ValidatingAdmissionPolicy and PolicyException support, and tons more! Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Kyverno… ⌘ Read more
I’ve been thinking of a few improvements for the next generation of twtxt spec, let me know if these are useful or interesting :) https://text.eapl.mx/a-few-ideas-for-a-next-twtxt-version
I’ve been thinking of a few improvements for the next generation of twtxt spec, let me know if these are useful or interesting :) https://text.eapl.mx/a-few-ideas-for-a-next-twtxt-version
If all Orange Face Elefant party voters would take them on their words and make them actually do whatever insane world they invented, then perhaps people will realize the grave mistake that was made today. Many people have to feel consequences before they believe it. I hope there will still be history books in the future to disclose the insanity for future generations. But whatever happens, the World will keep spinning…
‘The Aloha Project’ announces new Haveno mainnet instance with zero fees
alohamarkus1 from The Aloha Project 2 has announced3 the launch of Haveno Aloha 4, a new public Haveno instance running on Monero’s main network that apparently doesn’t charge any fees:
So I have been working on an ‘alternate’ network [..] it’s out now on mainnet but should require some testing, if anyone wants to help? [..] we have generous sponsors, that means haveno-aloh … ⌘ Read more
[ANN] [Video] The definitive guide to buying Monero (as of November 2024)
In this video, I explain the different ways somebody can acquire XMR, and the tradeoffs that each one has. If you found this useful, make sure to share with noobies, and if you are feeling generous, donations are appreciated!
Link: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=UKOE2DKBmRQ
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En coulisse, la guerre de 5e génération fait rage
Alors que les tensions géopolitiques croissent encore et que la campagne électorale américaine arrive à son apex dans quelques heures tout au plus, les coulisses d’internet bruissent des petits échos de grandes manœuvres que le grand public semble ignorer (à ses dépens ?)… Il y a ainsi eu l’étonnante explosion du satellite Intelsat 33E, placé […] ⌘ Read more
iOS 18.2 With Genmoji and More Expected to be Released in First Week of December
Apple is aiming to release iOS 18.2 during the first week of December, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The software update includes additional Apple Intelligence features, including Genmoji, Image Playground, Image Wand, and more.
Related Roundups: iOS 18, [iPadOS 18](https://www.ma … ⌘ Read more
25% of Google Code is AI Generated
Layoffs, lack of pay raises for engineers, but they’re not replacing programmers with Al. Wink wink. ⌘ Read more
Apple to Start Providing Summaries of User Reviews in App Store
Apple has reportedly designed a new AI-based system that will summarize reviews in the App Store to highlight the most common customer feedback for users before they download an app.
According an unlisted App Store article seen by 9to5Mac, AI-generated summaries will appear on app p … ⌘ Read more
The last week I’ve been playing around with https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI , dang good tool for testing ai models and such. I really like the node based workflow.
And makes it super easy to test any AI model.
Only thing I miss now - is one of those image to video setup’s, that’s what I’m working on fixing now. So that I can generate images, and then automatically make them into short videos as well.
Fun to play around with.
Amazon Leaks New Mac Mini With M4 and M4 Pro Chips, Two Front USB-C Ports, Up to 64GB of RAM, and More
Amazon has seemingly leaked the rumored next-generation Mac mini ahead of Apple’s announcement this week, revealing several details.
According to a comparison chart on [Amazon’s product listing for the new iMac](https://buy.geni.us/Proxy.ashx?TSID=3088&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Faw%2Fd%2FB0DL76BQ5 … ⌘ Read more
AI-powered observability: picking up where AIOps failed
Member post originally posted on the Logz.io blog by Asaf Yigal GenAI promises evolutionary changes in how we use observability tools, but meeting expectations means heeding the lessons of our AIOps mistakes. The emergence of generative… ⌘ Read more
mainnet-pat submits CCS proposal to complete XMR-BCH atomic swaps project
mainnet-pat1 has submitted a CCS proposal2 looking to finalize the effort to create the web platform for XMR-BCH atomic swap utilizing the adaptor signatures:
The work on server-side is mostly done and being tested, funded by generous donors from BCH Flipstarter campaign3. As we have initially underestimated (in the framework of BCH flipstarter) the effort to finish the task, … ⌘ Read more
m-a-x-c creates Monero churn timing tool
m-a-x-c1 has created Monero Churn Timer 2 - a Python script that generates randomized wait times for XMR transactions and can potentially help users increase their privacy by scheduling churns:
The way it works is as follows: after receiving Monero, you would use the Monero Churn Timer to generate a random wait time. You would then set a reminder to “churn” (i.e., send that transaction to yourself at a new address) after the specified … ⌘ Read more
everoddandeven releases monerod-gui v0.1.1-rc
everoddandeven1 has announced2 the release of monerod-gui 3 version 0.1.1-rc4, a cross-platform desktop app that simplifies the process of managing a full Monero node:
Changes overviewHey guys, I just released v0.1.1-rc of my monerod-gui. Now you can try also installation with deb package and autostart/start at boot feature
Auto launch support for Windows, MacOS and Linux (only installers)
General b ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/everoddandeven-releases-monerod-gui-v0.1.1-rc/)Apple Releases First Betas of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration
Apple today seeded the first betas of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS Sequoia 15.2 updates to developers for testing purposes. The betas have been released while Apple is still working on iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, updates that are set to be released next week.
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@aelaraji@aelaraji.com Yep seems alright! Really fast too. I’m still using my main Firefox in general cos.. well it’s set up so much and it’s hardened, profile running in RAM, all that crazy stuff that got it working the way I want 😂
But keeping a good eye on Zen Browser’s progress.