What is Hackers' Pub?

닭갈비 후식 볶음밥 땡긴다

Some more python.org updates:

We show a chart of supported Python versions at https://devguide.python.org/versions/ but that site is for developing CPython. So now it's also at https://www.python.org/downloads/

The "superseded by" had better styling, and added an EOL warning for older ones.

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-397/

When creating a new release in the admin interface, prefill the release notes link to something like https://docs.python.org/3.15/whatsnew/3.15.html for pre-releases and https://docs.python.org/release/3.14.4/whatsnew/changelog.html for full releases.

#Python

@whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧ Sometimes I think about how much gold was used for the bondwires of phone chips that I worked on. There are a lot of phones. We didn't know future sales volume at the time, but every extra bondwire we added would end up consuming multiple kilograms of gold. I feel good that I put the PLL loop filter fully on chip, but feel guilty about the one test pin. I'm glad they're sometimes using copper bondwires now.

Vaguely recall how Biden admin emails to Twitter were the biggest attack on free speech ever. There was a whole twitter files thing about that. Curious where are Elon, Taibbi, Bari and crew on this?

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:r6vamkf7iva2of644wrzfdjg/post/3mernlfupfk2z

Font Rendering from First Principles via @vulcan https://lobste.rs/s/gz3pa6 #graphics
https://mccloskeybr.com/articles/font_rendering.html

You can't trust the internet anymore

Link: https://nicole.express/2026/not-my-casual-hobby.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017727

I have deeply mixed feelings about #ActivityPub's adoption of JSON-LD, as someone who's spent way too long dealing with it while building #Fedify.

Part of me wishes it had never happened. A lot of developers jump into ActivityPub development without really understanding JSON-LD, and honestly, can you blame them? The result is a growing number of implementations producing technically invalid JSON-LD. It works, sort of, because everyone's just pattern-matching against what Mastodon does, but it's not correct. And even developers who do take the time to understand JSON-LD often end up hardcoding their documents anyway, because proper JSON-LD processor libraries simply don't exist for many languages. No safety net, no validation, just vibes and hoping you got the @context right. Naturally, mistakes creep in.

But then the other part of me thinks: well, we're stuck with JSON-LD now. There's no going back. So wouldn't it be nice if people actually used it properly? Process the documents, normalize them, do the compaction and expansion dance the way the spec intended. That's what Fedify does.

Here's the part that really gets to me, though. Because Fedify actually processes JSON-LD correctly, it's more likely to break when talking to implementations that produce malformed documents. From the end user's perspective, Fedify looks like the fragile one. “Why can't I follow this person?” Well, because their server is emitting garbage JSON-LD that happens to work with implementations that just treat it as a regular JSON blob. Every time I get one of these bug reports, I feel a certain injustice. Like being the only person in the group project who actually read the assignment.

To be fair, there are real practical reasons why most people don't bother with proper JSON-LD processing. Implementing a full processor is genuinely a lot of work. It leans on the entire Linked Data stack, which is bigger than most people expect going in. And the performance cost isn't trivial either. Fedify uses some tricks to keep things fast, and I'll be honest, that code isn't my proudest work.

Anyway, none of this is going anywhere. Just me grumbling into the void. If you're building an ActivityPub implementation, maybe consider using a JSON-LD processor if one's available for your language. And if you're not going to, at least test your output against implementations that do.

#JSONLD #fedidev

Acer AnyWare 1100LX Portable PC [1990]

This whole "OpenClaw" thing has made me very angry and I wrote a bit about the why. It's not that "it's AI": It is the way that kind of project invalidates decades of work and care in free software. "AI" software isn't just careless, it is actively rejecting responsibility and care.

https://tante.cc/2026/02/14/diffusion-of-responsibility/

RE: https://social.anoxinon.de/@ninawillburger/116070741824897678

can I eat the jelly frog

Amsterdam Compiler Kit

Link: https://github.com/davidgiven/ack
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016008

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はもはもの近づきを感じる

Our wonky timeline began when our REAL timeline with the white and gold dress split off into the messed up one with the blue and black dress.

https://sammyjankis.com/

Fuck yeah LGBTQIA.space Fam! Way to alt-text us into the #1 spot! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Thank you all for making Fedi more accessible for everyone 💞

@AltTextHealthCheck https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/116068929163081705

#AccessibilityIsHotAF #AltText

Math trivia: the "B." in Benoit B. Mandelbrot stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot

@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠ whuttttttt?

Lenovo
TIl about an interesting OS option by Lenovo, on their notebook computers. Logical yet interesting and expected

You get an *Open Source* OS by default from Lenovo. No more win64 as default

If you want closed source you have to **ask** for it and pay the _hefty premium_ that microSoft's microslop demands, for their LLM infected, malware like OS. Lenovo wants to sell it's notebooks for the best price possible if you want an OS, and microsoft does not meet those demands anymore (for a while)

Loss per unit USD47 with win64
Profit extra per unit USD89 with Open Source Linux OS. The decision is logical

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fw4HsJpfa8

#Enshittification #LLM #AI #programming #OpenSource #technology #Lenovo #Linux #POSIX #SatyaNadella #microSoft #license #hardware #software #win64

RE: https://burningboard.net/@Larvitz/116070245739595515

ZFS on Linux? Technically, it mostly works just fine.

Why you still shouldn’t run it on a supported enterprise distribution is in my latest, intentionally less-serious blog post 🙂

VIM 9.2

"Vim now adheres to the XDG Base Directory Specification, using $HOME/.config/vim for user configuration."

There's a lot of cool things here!

https://www.vim.org/vim-9.2-released.php

#vim

I was compiling data on witch burnings, as one does, and stumbled upon an important truth

The Little Ice Age Burned Wome...

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened

Link: https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me-part-2/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009949

Audiophiles can't distinguish audio sent through copper, banana or mud

Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47015987

Gemini 3 Deep Think drew me a good SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

Link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/gemini-3-deep-think/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47017682

RE: https://fietkau.social/@julian/116053752525897737

Hello developer people!

@julianJulian Fietkau is working on getting reply controls to more platforms on the Fediverse. Reply controls could be important for safety and encouraging a more diverse range of people to join the Fediverse.

Julian is looking for collaborators to help and especially people comfortable with specs similar to https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/044f/

You can reply to him in the quoted post below.

RE: https://fietkau.social/@julian/116053752525897737

Hello developer people!

@julianJulian Fietkau is working on getting reply controls to more platforms on the Fediverse. Reply controls could be important for safety and encouraging a more diverse range of people to join the Fediverse.

Julian is looking for collaborators to help and especially people comfortable with specs similar to https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/044f/

You can reply to him in the quoted post below.

demo: ejecting to @val.town@bsky.brid.gy

VIM 9.2

"Vim now adheres to the XDG Base Directory Specification, using $HOME/.config/vim for user configuration."

There's a lot of cool things here!

https://www.vim.org/vim-9.2-released.php

#vim

What the heck's going on with this Ars Technica situation? Really, *really* weird. https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/116065340523529645

"Since the start of October alone, over 400 federal judges have determined in at least 4,421 cases that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unlawfully detaining individuals as part of its mass-deportation effort, Reuters found."

https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/02/14/over-4400-court-rulings-find-ice-unlawfully-detaining-immigrants-475125/

"A group of Buddhist monks completed their 2,300-mile, 110-day Walk for Peace [Feb. 10] as they journeyed from Fort Worth, Texas, to the DC-area.

They were led by Venerable Bhikkhu Paññākāra, who walked part of the trip barefoot. They stopped in ten states—through snow and rain, often sleeping outside. They inspired millions with the message that peace is possible."

~ Scott Dworkin

#BuddhistMonks #peace #solidarity #resistance

https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/monks-complete-walk-for-peace-dems

Firefox & Linux in 2025
https://mastransky.wordpress.com/2026/01/23/firefox-linux-in-2025/

"Since the start of October alone, over 400 federal judges have determined in at least 4,421 cases that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unlawfully detaining individuals as part of its mass-deportation effort, Reuters found."

https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/02/14/over-4400-court-rulings-find-ice-unlawfully-detaining-immigrants-475125/

RE: https://todon.eu/@autonomysolidarity/116070339558079570

“#DHS has sent hundreds of administrative subpoenas to Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta over the past few months.”

But not to the fediverse…? Oh, right ;)

(I guess the only place large enough for them to bother with would be mastodon.social and maybe not even.)

銀行口座から払い足りなかった州税引かれてたし払い過ぎてた連邦税戻ってきつつある。オンラインすごい！去年送った小切手まだ決済されてないけどw

Actual lol

Winter Olympics plunged into crisis as athletes deplete entire stock of 10,000 free condoms

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/winter-olympics/winter-olympics-free-condoms-valentines-b2920445.html

Fallout🚨from IMM raids in MPLS:

"One month. $203M in impact. 1000s of MPLS families hurting.

In just 30 days,💔Op Metro Surge has resulted in:
• $47M in lost wages
• $81M in small bus losses
• 76,200 ppl facing food insecurity
• 8,700+ children needing mental health support.

MPLS taxpayers🚨shouldn't be left to foot the bill *created by the fed govt."
-Mayor Frey

"A prelim city study found 1 in 5 MPLS residents: now in urgent need of food asst.
#ICE #DHS #Protest #USPol
https://www.startribune.com/economic-impact-ice-immigration-surge-minneapolis/601581894

👀

2026년 새해 복이 차별과 혐오를 없애는 곳에 구석구석 가닿길 바랍니다!

uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts

Link: https://github.com/i5heu/ublock-hide-yt-shorts/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47016443

That moment when you switch off the downstairs light before bed… and instantly regret glancing back into the darkness as you head upstairs.

What I'm listening to today: "I'm Dead", Bam Bam

I only learned about this band this week, they're like 50% punk but the other 50% was inventing "Seattle grunge" 5 years early. Matt Cameron on drums.

Here's an amazing skin-searing blast of sludge guitars and yelling. Like being air-fried. There's a guest vocalist in addition to Bam Bam's lead Tina Bell here, but I can't identify him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF3yNXzJdZI

( Mastering seems a little better on the Tidal version: https://tidal.com/track/107339796/u )

Honestly, a little tired of hearing the old saw that nobody wants science fiction books. Well, too bad. I’m going to keep writing them. They’re my bestselling books anyway!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@airspeedswift/116070142432692632

Reflections on Trusting Trust and the Trust You’re Trusting is an Opaque, Nondeterministic Machine Learning Model

The Story of Wall Street Raider https://lobste.rs/s/l4p4oc #games #historical
https://www.wallstreetraider.com/story.html