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Is NixOS truly reproducible?
https://luj.fr/blog/is-nixos-truly-reproducible.html
Build reproducibility is often considered as a de facto feature provided by functional package managers like Nix. Although the functional package manager model has important assets in the quest for build reproducibility (like reproducibility of build environments for example1), it is clear among practitioners that Nix does not guarantee that all its builds achieve bitwise reproducibility. In fact, it is not complicated to write a Nix package that builds an artifact non-deterministically.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/867193

2025-01-27 03:14:22 CET

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1. Foreign Cinema
2. Kokkari Estiatorio
3. Nopa
4. Liholiho Yacht Club
5. Cotogna
6. Zuni Café
7. The Progress

2025-01-26 23:31:10 CET

#GOMA
#note1e45…gx4y

2025-01-26 18:19:53 CET

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That would be cool!
#nevent1q…w2qy

2025-01-26 17:24:25 CET

Chimera Linux works toward a simplified desktop [LWN.net]
https://lwn.net/Articles/1004324/
Chimera Linux is a new distribution designed to be "simple, transparent, and easy to pick up". The distribution is built from scratch, and recently announced its first beta release. While the documentation and installation process are both a bit rough, the project already provides a usable desktop with plenty of useful software — one built primarily on tools adopted from BSD.
Chimera Linux was started by "q66" (who previously worked on Void Linux) in 2021 with the goal of creating a modern distribution that could "eliminate legacy cruft where possible" to provide a simple, practical desktop. In service of that goal, the project is based on BSD tools. Chimera's frequently asked questions page explains that unlike other projects that use those tools for licensing reasons, project picked BSD tools for their smaller code size and reduced complexity. Bootstrapping a modern Linux distribution is quite complex, with many packages that depend on other packages; using BSD tools allowed the project to avoid a lot of that complexity. For example, Chimera uses musl as its C library, which cuts out a lot of dependencies from the GNU C library.
![](https://m.stacker.news/74670)
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/864527

2025-01-26 17:15:42 CET

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2025-01-26 17:15:35 CET

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2025-01-26 17:15:28 CET

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GM Jay

2025-01-26 17:14:00 CET

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This Nostr site has a similar layout:
https://nostrapps.com/

2025-01-25 21:17:04 CET

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What if your nsec is compromised one day, you can’t delete your past DMs

2025-01-25 21:15:57 CET

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The first one!

2025-01-25 20:35:05 CET

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What is Ember?

2025-01-25 19:38:44 CET

Open Heart Protocol
https://openheart.fyi
The Open Heart protocol lets an anonymous user sends an emoji reaction to a URL.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/863733

2025-01-25 18:38:28 CET

Oracle Linux is the best local VM for MacBooks
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/k8s-dev-mac-oracle-linux/
> Part of working on Anubis means that I need a local Linux environment on my MacBook. Ideally, I want Kubernetes so that I have a somewhat cromulent setup. Most of my experience using a local Kubernetes cluster on a MacBook is with Docker Desktop. I have a love/hate relationship with Docker Desktop. Historically it's been a battery hog and caused some really weird issues.
> I tried to use Docker Desktop on my MacBook again and not only was it a battery hog like I remembered; whenever the Kubernetes cluster is running the machine fails to go to sleep when I close it. I haven't been able to diagnose this despite help from mac expert friends in an infosec shitposting slack. I've resigned myself to just shutting down the Docker Desktop app when I don't immediately need Docker.
> I have found a solution thanks to a very unlikely Linux distribution: Oracle Linux. Oracle Linux is downstream of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and more importantly they ship a "no thinking required" template for UTM. Just download the aarch64 UTM image from their cloud images page, extract it somewhere, rename the .utm file to the name of your VM, double click, copy the password, log in, change your password on first login, and bam. You get a Linux environment.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/863703

2025-01-25 16:20:29 CET

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Applications

2025-01-25 08:53:44 CET

https://m.primal.net/NzJX.jpg

2025-01-25 07:31:43 CET

#GOMA
#note189e…lr9j

2025-01-25 07:12:14 CET

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Awkward

2025-01-25 07:12:00 CET

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That’ll suffice thanks!

2025-01-25 07:11:43 CET

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Keep us posted

2025-01-25 07:11:26 CET

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I never forget

2025-01-25 07:10:19 CET

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It’s so much smoother now.

2025-01-25 07:09:51 CET

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Like a #laser

2025-01-25 07:09:09 CET

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Agreed

2025-01-25 07:08:28 CET

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He’s kind of a big deal

2025-01-25 07:08:04 CET

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Me too!

2025-01-25 07:07:49 CET

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Yea you have to start over then

2025-01-25 07:06:48 CET

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At least add a degree of separation

2025-01-25 07:05:53 CET

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Exactly

2025-01-25 07:05:35 CET

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Never tried it

2025-01-25 07:05:21 CET

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Good point

2025-01-25 07:04:05 CET

Goodnight Nostr, catch you on the flip side.

2025-01-25 07:03:08 CET

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2025-01-25 07:02:49 CET

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Montessori apps are good

2025-01-25 06:55:13 CET

This
#note1z9f…d6ag

2025-01-25 06:54:09 CET

#Nostr
https://m.primal.net/NzEG.jpg

2025-01-25 06:00:11 CET

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Midnight supper before Fishing Alaska

2025-01-25 04:31:20 CET

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That is pretty slick

2025-01-25 04:31:05 CET

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I aint not monkey, I can't climb no tree

2025-01-25 04:27:27 CET

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I have the exact same one! It works great for jeryky at about 158 degrees for 5-8 hours, depending on thickness. MUCH faster than the old school ones! #dehydrator

2025-01-25 04:25:15 CET

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same

2025-01-25 04:25:03 CET

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Yea and camera

2025-01-25 04:07:25 CET

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Probably at least 10%

2025-01-25 04:07:10 CET

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I agree. I had my doubts, but it kept getting better and better.

2025-01-25 04:06:52 CET

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I want a QR Nostr signer.

2025-01-25 04:06:35 CET

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What is #ditto #asknostr

2025-01-25 04:04:22 CET

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#SantaMonica ?

2025-01-25 04:03:31 CET

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Has been since before the missing #genesis block.

2025-01-25 04:03:07 CET

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lol that's cute

2025-01-25 04:02:34 CET

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#serene

2025-01-25 04:01:58 CET

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#GetAfterIt

2025-01-25 04:01:20 CET

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#Pneumonia is the worst. Do you have a humidifier?

2025-01-25 04:00:39 CET

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That has been my experience.

2025-01-25 03:59:58 CET

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It seemed to work for me. Little overhead. #ArkSDK

2025-01-25 03:59:07 CET

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You could run an automated link checker to make sure they are all up to date.

2025-01-25 03:57:02 CET

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I would recommend it once in a while.

2025-01-25 03:56:39 CET

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Don't forget what you already have.

2025-01-25 03:56:13 CET

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Pura Vida

2025-01-25 03:56:00 CET

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Maybe I'm bias but it seems to shift with the energy in the universe.

2025-01-24 23:59:08 CET

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Don't stop #building

2025-01-24 23:57:55 CET

Snowdrop OS - my operating system from scratch, in assembly language
http://sebastianmihai.com/snowdrop/
Snowdrop OS was born of my childhood curiosity around what happens when a PC is turned on, the mysteries of bootable disks, and the hidden aspects of operating systems. It is a 16-bit real mode operating system for the IBM PC architecture. I designed and developed this homebrew OS from scratch, using only x86 assembly language.
I have created and included a number of utilities, including a file manager, text editor, graphical applications, BASIC interpreter, x86 assembler and debugger. I also ported one of my DOS games to it. After all, what kind of an operating system doesn't have games?
The Snowdrop OS and the apps are distributed as both a floppy disk (1.44Mb) image, as well as a CD-ROM image. The images contain the following, all programmed from scratch:
- a boot loader which loads the kernel into memory
- a kernel which sets up interrupt vectors to be used by user apps, and then loads the startup app
- user apps, including a shell (command line interface), utilities, test apps, and aSMtris, my Tetris clone
Snowdrop OS can also be installed to a hard disk - prompting the user to do so during boot - if it detects one.
I hope that Snowdrop can serve other programmers who are looking to get a basic understanding of operating system functions. Like my other projects, the source code is fully available, without any restrictions on its usage and modification.
![](https://m.stacker.news/74559)
![](https://m.stacker.news/74558)
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/862821

2025-01-24 21:17:42 CET

Google's official URL shortcut is compromised
https://gist.github.com/zachlatta/f86317493654b550c689dc6509973aa4
g.co, Google's official URL shortcut (update: or Google Workspace's domain verification, see bottom), is compromised. People are actively having their Google accounts stolen.
Someone just tried the most sophisticated phishing attack I've ever seen. I almost fell for it. My mind is a little blown.
- Someone named "Chloe" called me from 650-203-0000 with Caller ID saying "Google". She sounded like a real engineer, the connection was super clear, and she had an American accent. Screenshot.
- They said that they were from Google Workspace and someone had recently gained access to my account, which they had blocked. They asked me if I had recently logged in from Frankfurt, Germany and I said no.
- I asked if they can confirm this is Google calling by emailing me from a Google email and they said sure and sent me this email and told me to look for a case number in it, which I saw in the email string. I asked why it said important.g.co and she said it was an internal Google subnet.
![](https://m.stacker.news/74489)
OK, so that can't be from a google.com email, right? It must be a spoofed email using g.co, which doesn't have DKIM / SPF turned on - right? Nope.
![](https://m.stacker.news/74490)
![](https://m.stacker.news/74491)
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/862671

2025-01-24 20:48:32 CET

@npub1jk9…lqz7 v2
https://m.primal.net/NySv.jpg

2025-01-24 19:36:01 CET

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Lame. I got your back bro.

2025-01-24 19:34:36 CET

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lol didn’t see that yet

2025-01-24 17:43:47 CET

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Save my cat!

2025-01-24 17:42:07 CET

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The Orange Pickers

2025-01-24 17:41:05 CET

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#cashu

2025-01-24 06:10:45 CET

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Love it!

2025-01-24 02:03:47 CET

https://m.primal.net/NxIV.jpg

2025-01-24 01:05:22 CET

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https://m.primal.net/NxFI.png

2025-01-24 01:04:11 CET

A QR code that sends you to a different source based on the angle
https://mstdn.social/@isziaui/113874436953157913
Playing with the idea of "different perspectives on the same story"!
A QR code that sends you to a different source based on the angle.
![](https://m.stacker.news/74376)
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/861849

2025-01-23 23:18:02 CET

#JFK

2025-01-23 23:14:55 CET

https://m.primal.net/NwyM.jpg

2025-01-23 22:55:05 CET

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Weird times

2025-01-23 22:54:41 CET

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nice

2025-01-23 22:54:12 CET

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That’s not good

2025-01-23 22:53:13 CET

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https://m.primal.net/NwwR.jpg

2025-01-23 19:28:49 CET

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Go for it

2025-01-23 19:28:25 CET

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Probably 4. Making an epic badge on badges.page

2025-01-23 18:23:43 CET

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I would try it out!

2025-01-23 09:39:31 CET

@npub1jk9…lqz7
https://m.primal.net/NwAA.jpg

2025-01-23 09:24:38 CET

API Size Matters
https://apichangelog.substack.com/p/api-size-matters
One-size-fits-all doesn't apply to APIs. Instead, they come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Even if it's true that during design time people try to come up with small APIs, over time they tend to grow. By size, I'm referring to the number of paths that REST APIs have, and not any other measure like the number of parameters, or the length of the responses. So, what can you consider a "normal" size for an API?
![](https://m.stacker.news/74196)
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/860964

2025-01-23 08:33:42 CET

A Look Back at 2024: F-Droid's Progress and What’s Coming in 2025
https://f-droid.org/2025/01/21/a-look-back-at-2024-f-droids-progress-and-whats-coming-in-2025.html
With 2024 now behind us, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the growth and achievements we accomplished as a community last year, and celebrate the incredible support we received from the FOSS community throughout the journey.
This year has been a milestone for us, with significant strides in decentralizing app distribution, expanding the F-Droid ecosystem, and solidifying our infrastructure. All of these advancements were made possible thanks to donations, grants, our volunteers and regular contributors. So thank you again to everyone who helped make 2024 another great year for F-Droid. Now let’s take a closer look at what we accomplished.
One of the most important initiatives we worked on in 2024 was the continued development of our app decentralization efforts. Our aim is to make F-Droid a more robust and accessible platform, making further in-roads into the hold Big Tech currently has on app distribution. Building on the work we started in 2022, as a part of the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web grant, we continued to make substantial progress this year in providing developers and end-users with more options to distribute their apps through a decentralized, equitable and privacy-oriented process. The goal for this project is to enable individuals and organizations to mirror and distribute F-Droid apps in a community-driven fashion, reducing reliance on centralized services. This work ties into a larger vision of creating a truly open-source ecosystem for Android apps that is not governed by proprietary companies.
In 2024 we completed the following infrastructure upgrades:
- Broke out and overhauled core client logic around publishing and consuming repositories.
- Made client logic into libraries to make it easy to embed repositories in any app that needs it.
- Added support for mirroring repositories onto both IPFS and Filecoin.
- Added support in F-Droid client to use mirrors and repositories hosted on IPFS and Filecoin.
- Improved F-Droid client “whitelabel builds”.
- Enhanced F-Droid client’s existing “nearby” and “app swap” capabilities.
- Updated F-Droid’s Repomaker tool (for easy “point and click” curation and publishing of app repos) and add support for IPFS publishing.
- Supported iOS apps and progressive web apps (PWA) as packages that can be shipped via repositories.
2024 marked the end of this grant period, however the tools, features and policies established within the scope of the grant, will continue to be developed thanks to donations and other funders who are committed to further decentralizing app distribution.
originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/860938

2025-01-23 07:54:12 CET

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Great idea!

2025-01-23 07:46:12 CET

https://m.primal.net/Nvva.jpg

2025-01-23 06:00:53 CET

Goodnight Nostr. Catch you on the flip side.

2025-01-23 04:00:16 CET

$47M Bitcoin wallet linked to Silk Road founder re-surfaces after a decade
https://cryptoslate.com/47m-bitcoin-wallet-linked-to-silk-road-founder-re-surfaces-after-a-decade/
Conor Grogan, a Director at Coinbase, has identified 430 BTC distributed across various wallets potentially tied to Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road marketplace.
These Bitcoin holdings, untouched for over a decade, are estimated to be worth $47 million based on current market prices.
In a Jan. 22 post on X (formerly Twitter), Grogan pointed out that these funds are not among the more than 100,000 BTC seized by US authorities during Silk Road’s 2013 shutdown.

2025-01-23 03:57:25 CET

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DPR

2025-01-23 03:56:54 CET

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Sweet!

2025-01-23 03:54:25 CET

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That's the funniest thing I've seen all day lol

2025-01-23 03:53:43 CET

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They spread out until the original location was no longer useful.