On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 12/30 to 01/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/03/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
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
So I joined Stacker.news a few weeks ago. It’s like HackerNews if you consider a hot air balloon to rival a MiG-35 fighter jet.
And it turned out to be exactly what I expected.
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 52 2024: 94 PRs, 7 Issues
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Top Stories: iOS 19 Compatibility, Top 5 Apple Products for 2025, and More
It’s shaping up to be a busy 2025 for Apple, with a number of rumors and articles this week highlighting some of what we can expect.
While the unveiling of iOS 19 is still over five months away, we’re already hearing about which devices are likely to support it, while in the much nearer term Apple is currently preparing an iOS 18.2.1 bug fix u … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 52, 2024
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 12/23 to 12/27 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/27/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
rottenwheel submits CCS proposal to maintain ‘Revuo Monero’ in Q1 2025
rottenwheel1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 looking to continue maintaining the Revuo Monero 3 newsletter for 3 months (January-March 2025):
I will maintain Revuo Monero (https://www.revuo-xmr.com/) for the next 3 months (2025 Q1): January, February and March. There is a chance I may skip one week to tend to real life issues, in such case, next issue will just cover 2 weeks … ⌘ Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de my util-linux 2.40.2 version of cal seems to do week 53.
2024 was a funny year: The year begins and ends with calendar week 1:
The one in January being 2024-W01 and the one in December 2025-W01.
🤓
(Hmmm, my printed LaTeX calendar using tikz-kalender gets it wrong or uses different week definitions. It shows next week as 53. 🤔)
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 51 2024: 13 PRs, 11 Issues
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My 400th Twtxt Post will be about you: wishing you, reader of my Twtxt feed, all the best for the coming year and most of all love, health, and that your projects and work may contribute to the greater good of all mankind. I will be taking a social-media break for a couple of weeks to enjoy this special time with my family. I hope you will be able to do this with your family and friends too.
** Thinking about week notes **
I’m thinking about week notes again. I like the idea, but it is a form I struggle to keep with. To stick to. It feels sorta like a one sided conversation. Broadcast. I’d like to make it more of a conversation.
I’ve made two new little games since the start of December. Both are installments in the adventures of the little black square who first showed up in hill. Mountain is sort of a sequel to hill. Rather than zoot down … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 51, 2024
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 12/16 to 12/20 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/20/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
‘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
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 15 2024: 11 PRs, 15 Issues
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 50, 2024
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 12/09 to 12/13 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/13/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
sec-t 2024
[This has been in my draft folder since September. Sorry! It’s been a
few months with ups and downs, mostly downs. Energy to spend time on
blogging has been low. Hell, energy to do much of anything has been
low. I’m trying to clean out the drafts folder and will post more
stuff.]
I attended the security conference sec-t 2024 in Stockholm the other
week. I held a presentation during the Community Event, Wednesday
September 11: “Verifying the Tillitis TKey”.
The TKey uses a novel way of helpin … ⌘ Read more
2nd RC Build of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, iPadOS 18.2, Released for Testing
A second release candidate build of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and iPadOS 18.2, has been made available for all beta testers. The 2nd RC build follows after issuing the first RC build a week prior. RC, or Release Candidate, are usually the finalized beta version of system software that is made available to beta … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/12/09/2nd-rc-build-of-io … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Second Release Candidate Versions of iOS 18.2 and More With Genmoji, Image Playground and ChatGPT Integration
Apple today seeded the second release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, and macOS 15.2 updates to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes, a week after releasing the first RCs. The first iOS 18.2 RC had a build number of 22C150, while the second RC’s build number is 22C151. Release candidates represent the final version of beta software that’s … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 49 2024: 5 PRs, 5 Issues
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 49, 2024
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 48, 2024
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 at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 150€ / XMR this makes ~130 XMR.
Total funding: 130 XMR.
ETA: (end of) February 2025.
The dev will continue … ⌘ Read more
Black Friday Accessory Deals: Save on Chargers, Keyboards, and More
We’re officially in Black Friday week, and deals have begun in full force on Amazon and other retailers online. If you’re looking for Apple products, our dedicated post on all the Apple Black Friday deals available now covers every Apple device on sale right now. In this article, we’re focusing on accessories for smartphones and computers, as well as a few … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 47 2024: 20 PRs, 8 Issues
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Top Stories: AirTag 2 Rumors, Black Friday Deals, and More
2024 may be winding down, but things are still busy in the Apple universe as the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear with massive deals while we’re also tracking a number of rumors about upcoming Apple products.
This week also saw several operating system updates from Apple to address some security issues, so read on below for all the details on these sto … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 47, 2024
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Tap to Pay on iPhone Now Available in New Zealand
Apple this week expanded Tap to Pay on iPhone to New Zealand, which means independent sellers, small businesses, and other merchants in the country can use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal.
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[LTH] [Bounty] [0.1 XMR] Fix ‘[warn] Unparseable address in hidden service port configuration’ error
So I’ve been getting the above error on my TOR monero nodes, the nodes will start and work without issue (20+ nodes) but after X amount of hours all of them show the same “[warn] Unparseable address in hidden service port configuration.” this has only started in the last week, anyone else finding the same? Sometimes it recovers automatically others it will sit repeating the same error until rebooted where it will work again.
Lin … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Third Beta of visionOS 2.2 to Developers With Ultrawide Mac Virtual Display
Apple today seeded the third beta of an upcoming visionOS 2.2 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming a week after the second visionOS 2.2 beta.
visionOS 2.2 can be installed by going to the Software Update section of the Settings app … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 46 2024: 11 PRs, 9 Issues
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 46, 2024
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My German word of the week: der Einfallsreichtum
Apple Likely to Announce Final Cut Pro Update This Week With These New Features
In its announcement video for the new Mac mini last month, Apple teased an “upcoming” version of Final Cut Pro for the Mac. Apple will likely announce the update during the annual Final Cut Pro Creative Summit, which begins this Wednesday. The conference is held in association with Apple, and attendee … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 45 2024: 18 PRs, 12 Issues
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Top Stories: M4 Mac Launch, iOS 18.2 Changes, and More
There’s been a lot to catch up since last week’s introduction of the M4 MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and iMac models, and we’ve learned more about the new machines as they’ve made their way into the hands of reviewers and now regular customers.
Apple is also rolling along on iOS 18.2 development with additional Apple Intelligence features, and it’s now in public beta as well … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 45, 2024
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After testing Vivaldi for a couple of weeks I am convinced this is a great browser and to support the team behind it, I decided to start sending them a couple of Euro monthly, just to keep the momentum going.
Its going to be a crazy week in USA.
Grateful for everything I have. Wishing everyone a good week.
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
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 44 2024: 11 PRs, 10 Issues
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Top Stories: New M4 MacBook Pro, iMac, and Mac mini!
Following the iPad mini launch last week and a tease about Mac announcements for this week, Apple indeed made three key Mac product announcements: new iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro models.
These machines bring the M4 chip series to Apple’s Mac lineup for the first time, but each in it … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 44, 2024
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iPhone 17 and ‘iPhone 17 Air’ Again Rumored to Feature 120Hz ProMotion Displays
All four iPhone 17 models launching next year will be equipped with low-power LTPO displays, according to an industry source cited by South Korea’s ETNews this week. While the report does not mention this, the use of LTPO technology suggests that the entire iPhone 17 lineup will feature ProMotion displays with a variable refresh rate up to 120Hz.
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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.
IRCCloud is shareware and proprietary :(. Free period only two weeks and after your connection disabled after two hours of inactivity. Maybe Quassel or TheLounge is better?
The Fediverse Is Getting Its Own TikTok Competitor Called Loops
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Similar to how Mastodon offers an open source, distributed version of X, the fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor. This week, an app called Loops began accepting signups on its new platform for sharing short, looping videos. Still in the early stages, Loops is not yet open sourced, nor … ⌘ Read more
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
I’m enjoying Wesley Chu’s Tao and Io series. Spies, action, ancient aliens. Some funny parts, some interesting world-building parts, some action-filled parts. I picked up The Fall of Io at random from a library a few weeks ago, and it turned out to be the last in a series of six (technically two series), so after finishing that I read the first and am partway through the second. Usually I try to read series in order, but this way is interesting. One thing I liked about The Fall of Io was that it it followed many points of view with somewhat conflicting interests, some more evil than others, and I felt sympathy for most of them. (I was kind of hoping it would be about Jupiter’s moon Io, but it wasn’t, but I’m satisfied with what I ended up with.) (2/4)
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 43 2024: 22 PRs, 7 Issues
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Top Stories: M4 Macs Next Week, iOS 18.2 Beta, and More
Apple’s flurry of activity to close out October is well underway, led on the hardware side by the launch of the new iPad mini and Apple uncharacteriscally teasing some Mac updates for next week even without an announced event.
On the software side, Apple Intelligence is ready to make its debut in iOS 18.1 and related updates next week, but Apple has already begun b … ⌘ Read more
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Top Stories: New iPad Mini, Upcoming Mac Updates, and More
The first of a number of imminent Apple product updates arrived this week with the seventh-generation iPad mini, but what else is still in store and when can we expect to see them?
On the software side, the public release of iOS 18.1 and related updates with the first Apple Intelligence features is drawing ever closer, and we can expect more of those features to a … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 42, 2024
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There’s this rumor that you can create a WhatsApp account with a burner phone, then link the phone to a browser on your desktop PC (web.whatsapp.com) and never have to use the phone again. This just doesn’t work. Every ~2 weeks, the session in the browser will time out and you have to re-link again. 🙄
Apple Seeds Seventh Developer Betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence
Apple today provided developers with the seventh betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 to continue testing Apple Intelligence features. The seventh betas come a week after Apple seeded the sixth iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 betas.
The updates can be dow … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 41 2024: 23 PRs, 8 Issues
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Top Stories: iOS 18.1 Release Date, New Macs Incoming, and More
Things are firming up for a big Halloween week for Apple, with the company’s next operating system updates reportedly coming early in the week and hardware launches coming a few days later.
Ahead of those hardware launches, we’ve recently seen what appears to be one of the most significant physical product leaks in years, while some of the new features … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 41, 2024
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 10/07 to 10/11 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/11/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
[ANN] If you run the haveno.markets website, please contact me
[..] Do you operate haveno.markets? You are welcome to stay pseudoanonymous but please open source the project and start accepting contributions from the community (like me). Two updates I can think of right away are to include a json api and to source data from bisq too. Please contact me at www.ki9.us/contact if you know anything about haveno.markets or its operator. If I don’t hear back after a week or two, I will have to assume haveno.markets is untrustworthy until pro … ⌘ Read more
Update Now: iOS 18.0.1 Includes These Bug Fixes and Security Patches
Apple last week released iOS 18.0.1, and we recommend installing the update soon, as it includes some important bug fixes and security patches.
Below, we outline what is new in iOS 18.0.1.
Bug FixesiOS 18.0.1 fixes display and camera bugs on iPhone 16 models, a … ⌘ Read more
vtnerd posts September 2024 Monero dev report
vtnerd1 has posted a second progress report2 for his full-time Q3 2024 Monero dev work CCS proposal3:
Work overviewI rolled over the hours for a month last week. I was hoping to get another PR out before this merge request, but it looks like some of the work will have to wait. Reviewers can decide whether they trust additional (not yet posted) work has been done.
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Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 40 2024: 28 PRs, 11 Issues
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Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 40, 2024
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/30 to 10/04 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/04/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Spotify Launches Offline Backup Feature for Premium Users
Spotify has announced a new feature called Offline Backup, designed to give Premium subscribers an additional way to listen to music offline without manually downloading playlists. Rolling out globally this week, the feature aims to address situations where users find themselves without an internet connection and haven’t … ⌘ Read more
I share I did write up an algorithm for it at some point I think it is lost in a git comment someplace. I’ll put together a pseudo/go code this week.
Super simple:
Making a reply:
- If yarn has one use that. (Maybe do collision check?)
- Make hash of twt raw no truncation.
- Check local cache for shortest without collision
- in SQL:
select len(subject) where head_full_hash like subject || '%'
- in SQL:
Threading:
- Get full hash of head twt
- Search for twts
- in SQL:
head_full_hash like subject || '%' and created_on > head_timestamp
- in SQL:
The assumption being replies will be for the most recent head. If replying to an older one it will use a longer hash.
Top Stories: iPhone 16 Features, iOS 18.1 Improvements, and More
Apple’s latest devices have been in users’ hands for about a week now, so the latest features and upgrades are getting thoroughly tested as users figure out how best to take advantage of the improvements.
We’re also still looking forward to additional enhancements like Apple Intelligence features coming in future software updates, while we took a look bac … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/23 to 09/27 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/27/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/23 to 09/27 #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/23 to 09/27 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/27/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 16 Pro From Lululook
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Lululook to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win one of Apple’s new iPhone 16 Pro models. For those unfamiliar with Lululook, it is a company that makes a wide range of Apple accessories.
Apple Seeds Fifth Developer Betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence
Apple today provided developers with the fourth betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 to continue testing Apple Intelligence features. The fifth betas come two weeks after Apple seeded the fourth iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 betas.
The updates can be downloaded from the S … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Fifth Developer Beta of macOS Sequoia 15.1
Apple today provided developers with the fifth beta of an upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta, with the new update coming a week after Apple released the fourth beta.
Registered developers can opt-in to the macOS Sequoia beta through the Sof … ⌘ Read more
👋 Reminder folks of the upcoming Yarn.social monthly online meetup:
I hope to see @david@collantes.us @movq@www.uninformativ.de @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @xuu@txt.sour.is @sorenpeter@darch.dk and hopefully others too @aelaraji@aelaraji.com @falsifian@www.falsifian.org and anyone else that sees this! 🙏 We’re hopefully going to primarily discuss the future of Twtxt and the last few weeks of discussions 🤣
- Event: Yarn.social Online Meetup
- When: 28th September 2024 at 12:00pm UTC (midday)
- Where: Mills Meet : Yarn.social
- Cadence: 4th Saturday of every Month
Agenda:
- Let’s talk about the upcoming changes to the Twtxt spec(s)
- See #xgghhnq
- See #xgghhnq
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com This is one of the reasons why yarnd
has a couple of settings with some sensible/sane defaults:
I could already imagine a couple of extreme cases where, somewhere, in this peaceful world one’s exercise of freedom of speech could get them in Real trouble (if not danger) if found out, it wouldn’t necessarily have to involve something to do with Law or legal authorities. So, If someone asks, and maybe fearing fearing for… let’s just say ‘Their well being’, would it heart if a pod just purged their content if it’s serving it publicly (maybe relay the info to other pods) and call it a day? It doesn’t have to be about some law/convention somewhere … 🤷 I know! Too extreme, but I’ve seen news of people who’d gone to jail or got their lives ruined for as little as a silly joke. And it doesn’t even have to be about any of this.
There are two settings:
$ ./yarnd --help 2>&1 | grep max-cache
--max-cache-fetchers int set maximum numnber of fetchers to use for feed cache updates (default 10)
-I, --max-cache-items int maximum cache items (per feed source) of cached twts in memory (default 150)
-C, --max-cache-ttl duration maximum cache ttl (time-to-live) of cached twts in memory (default 336h0m0s)
So yarnd
pods by default are designed to only keep Twts around publicly visible on either the anonymous Frontpage or Discover View or your Timeline or the feed’s Timeline for up to 2 weeks with a maximum of 150 items, whichever get exceeded first. Any Twts over this are considered “old” and drop off the active cache.
It’s a feature that my old man @off_grid_living@twtxt.net was very strongly in support of, as was I back in the day of yarnd
’s design (nothing particularly to do with Twtxt per se) that I’ve to this day stuck by – Even though there are some 😉 that have different views on this 🤣
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/16 to 09/20 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/20/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Regarding jenny development: There have been enough changes in the last few weeks, imo. I want to let things settle for a while (potential bugfixes aside) and then I’m going to cut a new release.
And I guess the release after that is going to include all the threading/hashing stuff – if we can decide on one of the proposals. 😂