Am I the only one getting agitated by the word AI (Artificial Intelligence)?

Real AI does not exist yet,
atm we only have LLMs (Large Language Models),
which do not think on their own,
but pass turing tests
(fool humans into thinking that they can think).

Imo AI is just a marketing buzzword,
created by rich capitalistic a-holes,
who already invested in LLM stocks,
and now are looking for a profit.

⛏️ Fair CPU pool mining introduction
Monero (XMR) is one of the only projects
which offer a way of mining in a pool as it should be implemented,
with P2Pool:

• Fair - Instant payouts according to your share.
• Decentralized - No pool owners - No centralized party handling the P2Pool.
• Decentralized - Pool participants - Due to the RandomX algorithm being used, no specialized Antic miners can be built for XMR. Meaning that an average Joe can still participate and earn shares with their CPU.
• Private - XMR itself continuously aims for the best possible privacy cryptography can offer.

Source Code / Links:

• Gupax: A GUI (Graphical User Interface),
  to easily mine Monero on P2Pool using XMRig
  https://github.com/hinto-janai/gupax
  https://gupax.io/
• P2Pool: Peer to peer pool, truly decentralized pool for Monero mining
  https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool
  https://p2pool.io/mini/#pool
  https://p2pool.io/#pool
• XMRig: RandomX, KawPow, CryptoNight and GhostRider unified CPU/GPU miner
  https://github.com/xmrig/xmrig
  https://xmrig.com/
• RandomX: Proof of work algorithm based on random code execution
  https://github.com/tevador/RandomX
• Monero: The secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency
  https://github.com/monero-project/monero
  https://www.getmonero.org/
• Monero GUI: Official Monero GUI, for wallet, miner and monerod node
  https://github.com/monero-project/monero-gui
• P2Pool Observer: Monitor various P2Pool stats
  https://mini.p2pool.observer/
  https://p2pool.observer
• XMRvsBeast: Enter a free lottery, only for participating XMR miners,
  to win a chance of a short, but serious boost in your hash-rate / payouts!
  https://xmrvsbeast.com/p2pool/
• Monero Fail: An extensive list of publicly hosted monerod nodes
  https://monero.fail/

⛏️ Fair CPU pool mining guide
This guide will help you setting up a fair Monero miner,
please note, that you still will have to create your own config files for:
Gupax, P2Pool and XMRig

1. Use Monero GUI to create a wallet
2. Use Monero GUI to run your own monerod instance (Monero Node daemon),
   configure following startup flags under:
   Monero GUI => Settings => Node => Daemon startup flags:

   --zmq-pub=tcp://127.0.0.1:18083 
   --out-peers 32 
   --in-peers 64 
   --add-priority-node=p2pmd.xmrvsbeast.com:18081 
   --add-priority-node=nodes.hashvault.pro:18081 
   --disable-dns-checkpoints 
   --enable-dns-blocklist 
   --prune-blockchain 
   --sync-pruned-blocks 
   --db-sync-mode=safe
   --log-level 1
   

These startup flags will help with:

• Blocking malicious nodes
• Keeping your copy of the blockchain as small as possible
• Provide logging incase a priority-node goes down
  (Use Monero Fail for replacements)

3. Configure the P2Pool + XMRig binary paths in Gupax under:
   Gupax => Gupax => P2Pool/XMRig PATHs
4. Use Gupax to run P2Pool,
   connect to your local monerod instance by configuring P2Pool as following:
   Gupax => P2Pool => P2Pool Mini => Fill in the following:

   Name = Local Monero Node
   IP = 127.0.0.1
   RPC = 18081
   ZMQ = 18083
   Out-peers = 32
   In-peers = 64
   

5. Use Gupax to run XMRig,
   connect to your local P2Pool as following:
   Gupax => XMRig => Command arguments (configure --threads as desired):

   -c config.json 
   -o 127.0.0.1:3333 
   --http-host 127.0.0.1 
   --http-port 18088 
   --threads 30
   

This will make it possible to load a config.json file from the same directory as the XMRig binary

Notes

• If you're gonna run on normal end-user hardware (e.g. Desktop/Laptop/Smartphone), then I'd recommend to mine on P2Pool Mini instead of the main P2Pool
• Your P2Pool wallet adress is public, periodically move mined funds to a new, truly private XMR wallet
• My use-case? I mine to support the cause and to earn a little back from heating my room during winter times 😄

Hi all 👋

Here with a small guide for the Eternity app for Lemmy,
on how to setup your own custom filters,
so you can weed out unwanted content 🙂

Motivation:
I was getting sick of my feed being bombarded with war related content..
So in this guide, that's what we'll be filtering out.

Guide:
=> Open Eternity app
=> Tap Hamburger menu icon (Top left)
=> Tap Settings
=> Tap Post Filter
=> Tap Plus icon (Bottom right)
=> Fill in: Post Filter Name = No War
=> Fill in: Title: Exclude Keywords =
Gaza,Hamas,Israel,Palestine,Pakistan,Ukraine,Russia
=> Tap Save icon (Top right)
=> Tap new No War filter
=> Tap Apply To
=> Tap Plus icon (Bottom right)
=> Tap Subscribed
=> Tap Plus icon (Bottom right)
=> Tap Search
=> Tap Back Arrow (Top left)
=> Close / re-open Eternity app

This was just an example,
adjust as desired + can create filters for whatever you (don't) want 😉