Hackers' Pub is a place for software engineers to share their knowledge and experience with each other. It's also an ActivityPub-enabled social network, so you can follow your favorite hackers in the fediverse and get their latest posts in your feed.
“Russia’s use of first-person view (FPV) drones to strike mainly civilian targets in the Ukrainian near rear is indicative of a pervasive culture within the Russian Armed Forces that seeks to both weaponize and institutionalize intentional civilian harm as a purposeful tool of war.”
Die vom Mars natürlich auch.
Außerdem habe ich heute gelernt, dass sich im Universum das Dezimalsystem durchgesetzt hat.
Gute N8
Die Epstein-Files hätten das Potenzial für einen kompletten Systemsturz. Alle Reichen enteignen. Patriarchat stürzen. Kapitalismus abschaffen.
#Wort-Idee: Das Amöbel
(z.B. ein großer, amorpher Sitzsack)
The previous homeowner had great taste and picked super unique appliances and lighting fixtures for the house but dang it's so hard to find replacement parts for these things 😵
Some of these I could only get by ordering online, while some others are no longer supplied so I have to replace the whole thing.
I feel like software development is the same.
Sometimes you'd inherit a codebase, the dependencies become outdated and need update/replacement, so now it becomes your maintenance nightmare.
99% of adults over 40 have shoulder "abnormalities" on an MRI, study finds
Link: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/99-of-adults-over-40-have-shoulder-abnormalities-on-an-mri-study-finds/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47064944
Just turned around and realized I have upwards of 85% of the local feline population hanging out behind me.
RE: https://mastodon.nz/@pezmico/116093045843057798
So proud of you all, you truly are my kind of people. 🥲
Evan Prodromou shared the below article:
Evan Prodromou @evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org
I'm going to be participating in the Growing the Open Social Web workshop at Fediforum on March 3, 2026. I'm excited to talk to other people who care about the Fediverse about ways to connect more people through ActivityPub. Fediforum invited attendees to publish position papers before the workshop. SWF has a number of hypotheses about growth of the social web; I'll try to summarise some of them here. Growth can't come at the expense of privacy. People currently on the Fediverse must have […]
Read more →RE: https://mastodon.nz/@pezmico/116093045843057798
So proud of you all, you truly are my kind of people. 🥲
Interested in helping #FreeSoftware users find freedom-respecting programs by updating the Free Software Directory (FSD)? Please consider joining the FSD meeting this Friday on IRC. Read more at: https://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2026-02-20-irc #FreeSoftwareDirectory #FSF
Das Sozialgericht Karlsruhe hat in einem Eilbeschluss erklärt, die Regelung zur Arbeitspflicht im #Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz sei verfassungswidrig. Nach Auffassung des Gerichts ist zudem die Streichung des soziokulturellen Existenzminimums „verfassungsrechtlich nicht zulässig“ Ob die Verfassungsfeinde das Urteil beachten? Gespräch mit Tareq Alaows von #ProAsyl. #Rassismus #Grundrechte https://rdl.de/beitrag/die-regelung-zur-arbeitspflicht-ist-verfassungdwidrig
Das Sozialgericht Karlsruhe hat in einem Eilbeschluss erklärt, die Regelung zur Arbeitspflicht im #Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz sei verfassungswidrig. Nach Auffassung des Gerichts ist zudem die Streichung des soziokulturellen Existenzminimums „verfassungsrechtlich nicht zulässig“ Ob die Verfassungsfeinde das Urteil beachten? Gespräch mit Tareq Alaows von #ProAsyl. #Rassismus #Grundrechte https://rdl.de/beitrag/die-regelung-zur-arbeitspflicht-ist-verfassungdwidrig
You may be tempted to roll your eyes and say that this was obvious, but there is a substantive difference between pointing out there is a slippery slope and having solid evidence that Ring's CEO is planning to expand Search Party beyond lost pets. Kudos to 404 Media.
Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information.
For some reason it hasn’t put out a security advisory - but instead buried it in a service alert which isn’t publicly visible.
Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails
Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information.
www.bleepingcomputer.com · BleepingComputer
Link author: 
Sergiu Gatlan@serghei@mastodon.social
Evan Prodromou @evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org
I'm going to be participating in the Growing the Open Social Web workshop at Fediforum on March 3, 2026. I'm excited to talk to other people who care about the Fediverse about ways to connect more people through ActivityPub. Fediforum invited attendees to publish position papers before the workshop. SWF has a number of hypotheses about growth of the social web; I'll try to summarise some of them here. Growth can't come at the expense of privacy. People currently on the Fediverse must have […]
Read more →In previous years, I published two "fediverse tech roadmap" posts:
- Fediverse tech roadmap 2024
- Fediverse tech roadmap 2025
However, I didn't publish such post this year because not much has happened in 2025. Many problems I talked about require complex solutions, but unfortunately proposed solutions are often very limited or lead to centralization. Or worse, there is no solution but only an imitation of work. I don't want to write about that.
I saw a thread today where ATProto ecosystem was compared to #ActivityPub. Things are happening in the Atmosphere, but not in Fediverse. MAU graphs are flat. What's going on?
There are multiple factors at play, but I think fake activity may be the biggest contributor. Trivial developments presented as breakthroughs. Features that already exist somewhere in Fediverse presented as new inventions. Vaporware. Specs written by people who have no idea how to implement them. Working groups that do nothing but meetings.
Real work is ignored, competent developers see that and quit.
We need to fix this.
For my part, I will continue to document #Fediverse development at 
@weekinfediverseWeek in Fediverse 
. But this newsletter doesn't have much impact.
I know this might be a long shot but I'm wondering if anyone knows the best place for custom PCBs?
Specifically I'm looking for a place that is able to manufacture https://github.com/DiscoStarslayer/disco-cart -- a flashcart for a 22 year old obscure game console.
I don't really understand anything about how this works so any recommendations are welcome.
@hweimerHendrik Weimer Nur weil eine Stelle ursprünglich von Horizon Geld eingerichtet wurde, kam das Geld für Sachen die heut Umgesetzt werden nicht aus Horizon 2020.
Horizon 2020 war auch deutlich mehr als Förderung von gewissen OSS Technologien. Aber der Teil mit den OSS Technologien zu Programmbeginn war absolut nutzlos.
Wenn man Milliarden per Gießkanne ausgibt passieren auch gute Dinge, das heißt aber nicht, dass das Förderprogramm als ganzes sinnvoll war.
NGI war und ist im Großen und Ganzen schon sinnvoll angelegtes Geld denke ich. Und da reden wir auch nicht über Milliarden.
Overproduction
prayer update
"and protect us from the crabby rathbuns"
The Valentines Dance of Celestial Bodies 💞
#valentinesday #dinchenix #pixelart
Ich bin für Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf als neue Bundespräsidentin.
#Bundespraesidentin
RE: https://tacobelllabs.net/@mosssupply/116093112797414236
my childhood of scrounging parts to cobble together ad-hoc working systems because I had zero hardware budget is, regrettably, coming in handy.
The kind of character portraits that write their own stories.
A motley crew of NPCs you'll run into in 'Beast City', one of the last cities remaining on Earth after WWIII, where 'screamers' descend into the depths of the bio-monster infested BIAS zone to hunt them for credits and score.
One of the earlier sci-fi/cyberpunk dungeon crawlers I've played.
📺: The Screamer, MagicalZoo, 1985 (PC-88/98)
#PC88 #PC98 #scifi #rpg #retrogaming #retrcomputing #pixelart
a few thoughts about clarifying man pages https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/02/18/man-pages/
A new version of clojure-mode is out https://github.com/clojure-emacs/clojure-mode/releases/tag/v5.21.0
It features a few small improvements and a dedicated edn-mode (a lighter version of clojure-mode for better performance in large files)
Enjoy!
Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information.
For some reason it hasn’t put out a security advisory - but instead buried it in a service alert which isn’t publicly visible.
Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails
Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information.
www.bleepingcomputer.com · BleepingComputer
Link author: Sergiu Gatlan@serghei@mastodon.social
RE: https://tacobelllabs.net/@mosssupply/116093112797414236
my childhood of scrounging parts to cobble together ad-hoc working systems because I had zero hardware budget is, regrettably, coming in handy.
"Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes." This study shows that some do - to significant effect. #Technology https://werd.io/the-political-effects-of-xs-feed-algorithm/
In previous years, I published two "fediverse tech roadmap" posts:
- Fediverse tech roadmap 2024
- Fediverse tech roadmap 2025
However, I didn't publish such post this year because not much has happened in 2025. Many problems I talked about require complex solutions, but unfortunately proposed solutions are often very limited or lead to centralization. Or worse, there is no solution but only an imitation of work. I don't want to write about that.
I saw a thread today where ATProto ecosystem was compared to #ActivityPub. Things are happening in the Atmosphere, but not in Fediverse. MAU graphs are flat. What's going on?
There are multiple factors at play, but I think fake activity may be the biggest contributor. Trivial developments presented as breakthroughs. Features that already exist somewhere in Fediverse presented as new inventions. Vaporware. Specs written by people who have no idea how to implement them. Working groups that do nothing but meetings.
Real work is ignored, competent developers see that and quit.
We need to fix this.
For my part, I will continue to document #Fediverse development at @weekinfediverseWeek in Fediverse . But this newsletter doesn't have much impact.
RE: https://chaos.social/@andre_meister/116092729450970151
Was soll dieser ganze Altersverifikations-, Klarnamen- und dann auch Beziehungsgraphpflicht-Wahn? Ich bin so müde!
Fei-Fei Li's World Labs raised $1B from A16Z, Nvidia to advance its world models
Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-18/ai-pioneer-fei-fei-li-s-startup-world-labs-raises-1-billion
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47063451
tropmi eltrut morf :>
#teamtype macht lustige Bugs.
Ich bin für Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf als neue Bundespräsidentin.
#Bundespraesidentin
언제5시됐어
Would you like to be famous?
@pini 
@hpod16Hannah Grace 
@EUCommissionEuropean Commission it makes no sense to me why X icons are plastered all over EU websites and hardly any Mastodon icons. Glad there is a reply to a post like this the odd time, but it would be hugely more impactful if all EU institutions replaced all X icons on all official websites with Mastodon icons. An icon on a website is marketing for a platform. Why don't you #SwitchTheIcons ?
@hpod16Hannah Grace @EUCommissionEuropean Commission many people use Facebook for the events and groups features, and a great Fediverse alternative is https://mobilizon.org/ 
@mobilizon . In my community in Cloughjordan Ireland I have got lots of groups into Mobilizon and using it as a community notice board. See http://mobilizon.ie as an example
Google: "AI WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING!”
Me to my phone: “Hey Google, could you start this app?”
Phone: “What the fuck is an app? Need me to generate ideas for cat costumes instead?”
I made a fantasy dataset of AI slop for Eidolon Journal 
🐴 
https://everydayphotography.org/journal/pet-cake-prank-revenge-train
general reminder prompted by my last (CW’d) post but applicable to everyone:
if you’re not part of a research organization with psychology training, a legal department and an ethics board who needs to approve the plan, you’re not “conducting a social experiment”, you’re conducting harassment
2026 Hackaday Europe Call for Participation: We Want You!
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/18/2026-hackaday-europe-call-for-participation-we-want-you/
Found #nvidia released new Production Branch of their #GPU #drivers 580.126.18.
For #FreeBSD: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/264091/
For Linux: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/details/264090/
Filed PR for FreeBSD #ports as Bug 293260 and opened corresponding review D55350 for this.
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=293260
https://reviews.freebsd.org/D55350
Reading Release Highlights, it seems to be Linux specific build fix and maybe FreeBSD version is just bumped to keep sync with Linux version.
Institute for Economic Taxation and Policy reports that under Trump's billionaire tax cuts, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, & Tesla collectively paid just 4.9% in federal corporate income tax on $315B in profits. Tesla paid $0.
•That's $51B in tax cuts for just 4 corps from just 1 year
•If they'd paid the original 35% rate their taxes woulda been ~$110B
•Free public college for every American child is ~$75B
45M students get massive debt so 4 billionaire corps get massive tax cuts.
This is America.
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