Make Your Own Backup System – Part 1: Strategy Before Scripts
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Show HN: OrioleDB Beta12 Features and Benchmarks
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N78 band 5G NR recordings
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Phone number for SMS verifications, Sim Services

Recommended: Providers which accept Monero (XMR) and don’t require verification:
(Iceland based) https://crypton.sh [Tor Mirror] [Archive.org]

(Ukraine based) https://virtualsim.net/ [Archive.org]

(Many countries) https://silent.link/ [Archive.org] (my favorite)
Do require e-mail verification, but accept Monero:

(US California based) https://mobilesms.io [Archive.org]

(Germany based) https://www.sms77.io/ [Archive.org]

(Russia based) https://onlinesim.ru/ [Archive.org]

There are some other possibilities listed here https://cryptwerk.com/companies/sms/xmr/ [Archive.org]. Use at your own risk.

Now, what if you have no money? Well, in that case, you will have to try your luck with free services and hope for the best. Here are some examples, use at your own risk:
https://oksms.org
https://smspva.com
https://sms24.me

Disclaimer: We cannot vouch for any of these providers. We recommend doing it yourself physically. In this case, you will have to rely on the anonymity of Monero and you should not use any service that requires any kind of identification using your real identity. Please do read Appendix B2: Monero Disclaimer.

It is more convenient, cheaper, and less risky to just get a pre-paid SIM card from one of the physical places that still sell them for cash without ID.

http://onlinesim.io
https://getsms.one
https://smsplaza.io
https://5sim.net
https://www.smspool.net

GIANT LIST OF NON-VOIP SERVICES FOR TEXT VERIFICATION
Paid
https://smsplaza.io/
https://smska.us/
https://onlinesim.ru/
http://smspva.com/
https://sms-activate.ru/en/
https://sms-online.pro/
https://cheapsms.ru/en
https://5sim.net/
https://getsms.online/en/
https://give-sms.com/
http://virtualsms.ru/
http://simsms.org/
https://www.textverified.com/
https://pvadeals.com/
https://truverifi.com/numbers/
https://verifywithsms.com/
https://mobilesms.io/
https://pvadeals.com/
https://pvacodes.com/
https://pvapins.com/
https://pvaverify.com/
https://www.getsmscode.com/
https://www.smscodes.io/
https://codesverify.com/user/
https://smsverifyonline.com/
http://instantnumbers.com/
https://mobilesms.io/
https://smspool.net/
https://autofications.com/
http://www.grabsms.com/

Free
https://www.freesmscodes.com
https://receive-sms.cc/
https://7sim.net/
https://www.receivesms.org/
https://quackr.io/

AI is killing the web. Can anything save it?
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Show HN: MCP server for Blender that builds 3D scenes via natural language
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#A16 #Unofficial #TD #GSI #VoltageOS #AOSP

Build Date: 2025 07 19
July Security Patch

VoltageOS 5.0 | A16 QPR0 | TREBLE GSI UNOFFICIAL-signed

FOD IS BROKEN

Changelog:

July security patch
Added Patch for incoming calls (but this still depends on your vendor).
Added Patch for installing and uninstalling apps and reboots and RIL.
Added Overlay for hotwav w10 pro
Added overlay for samsung s22 ultra
Added overlay for Infinity note 40
Treble Settings (Added translation pt-br And buttons)
FreeForm

Note

Use AppStore for GMS, PlayStore.. - LINK
by faith in christ, this is a gsi with fix patches from the trebledroid community, but even so it all depends on your vendor and kernel, and I'm not a magician to fix all devices.
If you don't like it, try another gsi from another developer

SCREENSHOTS - LINK
SUPPORT GROUP - LINK

Maintainer: Doze-off
Download: LINK

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@TrebleGsis_PrivacySecure_Channel

#A16 #Unofficial #TD #GSI #MistOS #LineageOS

Build Date: 2025 07 19
July Security Patch

MistOS 4.0 | A16 QPR0 | TREBLE GSI UNOFFICIAL-signed

FOD IS BROKEN

Changelog:

July security patch
Sync latest source of TrebleDroid
Sync latest source of MistOS
New treble app interface, with material3 with buttons.
Treble app is now in the launcher, but also in settings/system (the reason for this is that the app disappears for some devices)
Added Patch for incoming calls (but this still depends on your vendor).
Added Patch for installing and uninstalling apps and reboots and RiL.

Note

by faith in christ, this is a gsi with fix patches from the trebledroid community, but even so it all depends on your vendor and kernel, and I'm not a magician to fix all devices.

If you don't like it, try another gsi from another developer

SCREENSHOTS - LINK
SUPPORT GROUP - LINK

Maintainer: Doze-off
Download: LINK

@TrebleGsis_PrivacySecure_Chat
@TrebleGsis_PrivacySecure_Channel

No problem, there is this 12to11 tool that will replace wayland and you can use hyprland!

https://codeberg.org/museoa/12to11

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Digital vassals? French Government 'exposes citizens' data to US'
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Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it
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AMD's new 96-core Threadripper CPU
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Group Behind Steam Censorship Policies Have Powerful Allies
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GSMArena labs: EU Energy Label test results are now listed on our specs pages

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PNG gets an update for the first time in 22 years

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) introduced the initial specifications for the PNG file format in 1996, with the group formalizing the 2003 standard in 2004. Now after 2 decades, W3C has released an update to PNG in 2025. The 3rd edition of the PNG specification introduces 3 new features:

• High Dynamic Range (HDR) images support and it uses only 4 bytes
• Animation through Animated PNGs (APNGs)
• Exif data storage

The W3C Timed Text Working Group that works on timed text like captions, subtitles, audio descriptions etc. needed HDR support in PNG. A proposal was made, but a few experts decided we could do better. Momentum built, and additional parties became interested. Thus we had representation from (in alphabetical order) Adobe, Apple, BBC, Comcast / NBCUniversal, Google, MovieLabs, and of course W3C, who maintains the spec. Many of the programs you use already support the new PNG spec: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, iOS/macOS, Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve, Avid Media Composer etc.

Aside from these, there are already a couple of planned updates for future releases — the first one is aiming to improve the way the format handles HDR and Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) interoperability, while the second one is aiming to improve its compression ability.

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Nothing Downgrades Phone 3 Display PWM Rating

PWM, known as "pulse width modulation," is a technology used by brands to rapidly turn the display on and off to trick your eyes into thinking the screen's brighter or dimmer. It's this flickering that can cause grueling problems for people who are PWM sensitive. Some people can suffer from eye straight, headaches, dizziness, a sense of vertigo, nausea, and a whole host of other uncomfortable feelings.

When Nothing Phone 3 was announced, its specifications page mentioned that the phone features 2160Hz PWM rating. The higher the PWM rating, the lesser is the flickering at low brightness and the better it is for your eyes.
Now, a Nothing spokesperson confirmed to Android Central that the retail software release of the Phone 3 features a PWM rate change. The company states the device's rate has changed from 2,160Hz to 960Hz to improve its screen's picture quality at low brightness.

What more funny is that, Nothing is actually scared as it will affect their sales. Thus, Nothing have not written any mention 960Hz PWM in phone 3's technical specs page and even removed the 2160Hz PWM parameter on that page. So, this change was only announced to the reviewers instead of the general public.

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