ESR Launches $30 Apple Pencil Alternative With Find My
Accessory maker ESR this week introduced the Geo Digital Pencil, a low-cost Apple Pencil alternative that has support for Apple’s Find My functionality.
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Trump trades isolationism for expansionism — possibly with military force
Megan Messerly and Lisa Kashinsky, - Politico
_Stephan: Trump threatens Greenland and Panama. I see this as the first convicted felon and sex offender elected President mimicking Vladimir Putin. What is the difference between Putin claiming Ukraine should be part of Russia, and Trump claiming that he should annex Greenland and Panama? In two weeks America will become a differe … ⌘ Read more
Bezos’s Blue Origin poised for first orbital launch next week
, - Agence France-Presse (France)
_Stephan: I have been thinking about this report from France for several days. Think about this: Because of the way the Republicans rigged the tax code during the Reagan administration to overwhelmingly favor the rich, we now have two men so wealthy they own and are running their own competitive space programs. Ahh, but you must also remember this. Because of the c … ⌘ Read more
In the process of temporarily removing and securing all my hard disks. They’ll be turning this building into a construction site for the next weeks/months. Lots of heavy drilling and hammering. Not sure what this means for spinning disks and I’d rather be on the safe side. 🫤
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 1 2025: 18 PRs, 4 Issues
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It was probably my most productive first week of January so far. Big progress in the apartment: lots of furniture (and a large wall unit) dismantled, two rooms painted and much more. Tomorrow maybe a bit more relaxed program, so that I don’t need a vacation from vacation straight away. 😅 ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 1, 2025
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 12/30 to 01/03 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/01/03/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Kubestronaut in Orbit: Sofonias Mengistu
Get to know Sofonias This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit is Sofonias Mengistu, a DevOps Engineer at Gebeya.INC based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With 14 years of IT experience—five of those dedicated to cloud-native technologies—Sofonias has led… ⌘ Read more
Churches fight to stay open as attendance dwindles
Steve Osunsami and Sean Keane, Reporters - abc News
Stephan:
_Something very interesting and important is happening to religion. As this report says, “In the late 1940s, nearly 80% of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue, mosque or temple, according to Gallup. Today, just 45% say the same, the analytics company noted, and only 32% say that they worship God in a house of prayer once a week.” What I see i … ⌘ 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
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
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de my util-linux 2.40.2 version of cal seems to do week 53.
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@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.
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(Hmmm, my printed LaTeX calendar using tikz-kalender gets it wrong or uses different week definitions. It shows next week as 53. 🤔)
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Linux Foundation Lowers Linux Spending! IBM, Red Hat, & Mozilla Discrimination Lawsuits! ChatGPT Can’t Say Lunduke! ⌘ Read more
Where the Hell Are the Democratic Warriors Ready to Take the Fight to Trump’s Fascism?
Thom Hartmann, Commentator - Daily Kos
_Stephan: As I frequently do I agree with Thom Hartmann’s call for some spine in the Democratic Party. As I have watched the last several weeks of the news on the Congress what has stood out for me is the spinelessness of the Democratic Congress members. They are all patting each other on the back for the budget e … ⌘ Read more
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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, 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
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Kubestronaut in Orbit: David Mukuzi
Get to know David This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, David Mukuzi, is a DevOps Engineer in Nairobi, Kenya. David is driven by a deep-rooted enthusiasm for continuous learning and exploration of emerging technologies. He enjoys working… ⌘ 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”.
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Microsoft Lessening TPM Requirement for Windows 11?
One week after doubling down on the TPM requirement, Microsoft lightens up. ⌘ 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
Last week at The Lunduke Journal (Dec 1 - Dec 7, 2024)
Codes of Conduct! ChatGPT Insanity! KDE Gets Naggy! Firefox Activists! ⌘ 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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C++ Bans Devs! Linux Bans Devs! Elementary’s DEI Marketing! Microsofts “Dark Patterns”! ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 13 2024: 6 PRs, 7 Issues
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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.
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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
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Mozilla Nearing EOL, Linux CoC Insanity, Red Hat Ditching Linux for AI, & … Pokémon Go? ⌘ 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
Kubestronaut in Orbit: Dmitri Telinov
Get to know Dmitri This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Dmitri Telinov, a Senior DevOps Engineer in Chișinău, Moldova, is a curious and avid learner and considered himself a complete beginner in Kubernetes only 3 years ago…. ⌘ 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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Embattled WiseTech faces class action lawsuit from shareholders
Just weeks after its CEO stepped down, the software firm is now facing Supreme Court action alleging misleading conduct and a breach of disclosure obligations to investors. ⌘ Read more
Last week at The Lunduke Journal (Nov 3 - Nov 9, 2024)
Gimp 3.0! NOTEPAD.EXE AI! Mozilla Layoffs! ⌘ Read more
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.
Kubestronaut in Orbit: Rishabh Sharma
Get to know Rishabh This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Rishabh Sharma, our first Kubestonaut from Finland, is a senior software development engineer where he manages cloud native tech solutions for Capgemini Finland Oy. He is currently… ⌘ Read more
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
Last week at The Lunduke Journal (Oct 20 - Nov 2, 2024)
Linux v. Russia! Internet Archive Weirdness! RISC OS Web Browsing! ⌘ 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.
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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
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 43, 2024
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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 10/21 to 10/25 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/25/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Cleaned up my personal e-mail account this week and claimed back about 2GB of space occupied by irrelevant stuff.
‘Shameful’: Tech Council facing questions over Richard White saga
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Beta 1 of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, & iPadOS 18.2 Available for Testing
Apple has released the first beta versions of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and ipadOS 18.2, each with new Apple Intelligence features. The first betas of the .2 releases arrive now despite iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and MacOS Sequoia 15.1 not debuting until next week, though they just landed as Release Candidate builds. The new … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/10/23/beta-1-of-io … ⌘ Read more
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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Craig Federighi Explains Phased Release of Apple Intelligence Features
In a new interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple’s head of software Craig Federighi has highlighted the company’s measured, multi-phase approach to introducing Apple Intelligence features, with the initial iOS 18.1 release next week marking just the beginning of a staggered rollout over several months.
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Kubestronaut in Orbit: Maria Salcedo
Get to know Maria This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Maria Salcedo, is a full stack DevOps backend engineer in Germany with experience in cloud native Kubernetes deployments. Maria is passionate about GitOps, cloud native development of… ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds watchOS 11.1 Release Candidate
Apple today seeded the release candidate version of an upcoming watchOS 11.1 update to developers and public beta testers for testing purposes. The new software comes approximately week after Apple released the fifth beta.
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