What is Hackers' Pub?

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.

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Things about me

I've moved instances so many times since 2017 that, at this point, I always forget the pinned post. I started out on mastodon.social, then I hosted a GNU Social instance, then I hosted a Mastodon instance, then I moved through like six other instances, then I stayed put for a while, and then last year I hosted an instance for most of 2024, and now I'm on a combination of labyrinth and wafrn.

It's been a ride.

But, who I am:

I've been into web development since 1999. I am what the kids would call, ancient. I was born when Back to the Future came out in theaters, and I've been all over the place.

In my late 20s I started a transition in order to better realize my gender (maybe you remember me as Meryl), but things got complicated, and not so great. Needless to say, I'm just in the closet about all that offline, and I try to keep my online presence mostly representing who I truly am (this is why I don't really post selfies anymore unless I'm posting to pixelfed, which I hardly also do).

In less bummer topics, I'm a writer, I make music (although I haven't had any drive to do so in the past six months), and I started learning Python. But my brain is full of holes, so it'll take another 5 years before I've got it down to the point I can do it blindfolded.

I am currently (and always) seeking a career in web development or network administration (or some-such field), that is preferably remote, and nicely paid.

You can visit my website, here: https://mkultra.monster

You can see the rest of my links, here: https://mkultra.monster/linkgarden/

You can listen to some of my music, here: https://eyeshadow2600fm.bandcamp.com/album/dissolution-protocol

If you like or want to support the 87 things I do, I would really appreciate a Patreon or Liberapay sub.

P: https://www.patreon.com/c/cmdr_nova

L: https://liberapay.com/cmdr-nova/

Thank you for taking the time to read this condensed history on me.

#introduction #aboutme #eyeshadow2600fm #webdev
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When I moved here from Twitter it was with a resolution to as much as possible post about things that make me happy rather than things that make me angry. That resolution has only become more important to maintaining my mental health as the things that make me angry, not to mention goddamn terrified, have accelerated. I hope it isn’t mistaken for a lack of interest, or worse, an endorsement of the things that are going on now.

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* Internationally Available
Information

Is *Your* Health Site down or "normalised"?

Needing some Health Information alternatives during the USA's ?

*Try some of these.*

As @EdCatesEd posted:
"The Most Stereotypical Canadian thing ever."

** Canada
(paraphrased)
For their American Friends who may be struggling to find sound health advice.
canada.ca/en/public-health.htm

** WHO
who.int/news-room/fact-sheets

** Ireland
gov.ie/en/organisation/departm

** Germany
bzga.de/home/key-topics/
(language button at top)

** Papua New Guinea
health.gov.pg/

** Singapore
moh.gov.sg/

** New Zealand
tewhatuora.govt.nz/
info.health.nz/keeping-healthy

@EdelruthEdelruth In The Wrong Timeline @EdCatesEd
@kaffando @MxVerda

ToBeContinued ...

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New server, new
Greetings! I am a resident of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Currently surviving the mess in the US as best I can, so I occasionally drop an F-bomb. Sorry, not sorry.

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"This is the third volume of Marianne, a book about a love story. An extraordinary love story between a girl and a man, with a difference of ages of 32. Don’t let yourself be fooled because it has also a lot of sex.
...
I dedicate this volume to the memory of Professor David Lodge, who passed away on January 1st this year, 2025. I can easily imagine his reaction after reading, for example, the first chapter of this third volume.
...
Marianne’s three volumes are also, in a very humble, limited and scarcely literary way, a satire of academic life - as are several of Professor Lodge’s books.
“Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round.”
– Lodge, David, The British Museum Is Falling Down, ch. 4"

-- Alice Enamour, *Marianne - my love*, 3rd vol. of ", quote from the Preface

Marianne - my love
leanpub.com/marianne-mylove

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The prompt in the Mastodon toot box thingy says "What's on your mind?", so here goes:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

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.social If the site is down or you receive errors trying to access it, you can reach out to our mods and admin.

For admin, go to the disabled.social/about page for @McCullohMDChris McCulloh, MD ♿️(he/him)'s contact info.

You can also reach out to our current team: @PanickedFoodieDr. Ashley | Panicked Foodie, @Aidanbird, or @emily_rjEmily Johnson

Dr. Ashley is on Instagram or Bluesky: @panickedfoodie.bsky.social

Contact me on Bluesky: @thebirdwrites.bsky.social

Tumblr: thatonebirdwrites

Or my blog: reshapingreality.org

Thanks!

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Tips voor beginnende Mastodonners.

Zie plaatje.

Meer tips:
fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accoun

fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-fo

Of kijk bij/volg het account:
@FediTips

Voor ervaren Mastodonners:
Strooi het plaatje vrijelijk rond als je wil - copy en paste, of een link naar deze post - bij een ieder waarvan je denkt dat die wat hulp kan gebruiken.



Tips voor beginners:

Maak een profiel met een korte beschrijving van bezigheden, interesses o.i.d., en zet voor een paar van die kernwoorden hastags: #

Maak een eerste post met bijv. een beschrijving van je interesses, zet daar #Introductie in.

Je kunt hastags volgen. Mensen volgen hier bijv. #Introductie en #NieuwHier.

Gelijkgestemden vinden: zoek op hashtags die jou interesseren en bekijk de inhoud van alle fedi-servers (aardbolletje), of die van 'lokaal'. 

Klik op het profiel van gelijkgestemden en kijk wie die mensen zelf volgen, en ga sommigen daarvan zelf ook volgen. 
Als je veel mensen volgt krijg je veel berichten op je tijdlijn. Je kunt altijd weer ontvolgen.

Volgers krijgen:
Reageer op posts en replies van anderen.
Volg anderen (velen volgen terug).
Like of boost (like = enkel de poster ziet dit - boost = enkel jouw volgers zien dit)

Dus: volgen ->  reageren -> volgers.
Enkel 'zenden' wordt niet/minder gewaardeerd.

Meer tips: 
volg @FediTips@social.growyourown.services
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Do you think you might have a B12 deficiency? Would you like to know what it is and what to do?

Excellent info written by Tracey Witty:
(so not by me, Omega_Scribet, but years ago I was diagnosed with a B12 deficiency after I developed serious health problems. I now get regular B12 IM injections.)

b12deficiency.info/



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'B12-deficiëntie voor de patiënt':

Gratis E-boek voor mensen met B12-tekort, geschreven door Henk de Jong, @B12HenkHenk de Jong

"Het geeft praktische antwoorden voor de problemen waar de B12-patiënt tegenaan loopt."

"Dit boek mag vrij vermenigvuldigd worden en ook mag tekst hieruit gebruikt worden. In het geval van het gebruik van teksten is het fijn om de bron erbij te vermelden."

Download het pdf-bestand:

onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21




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Just started a new project, `betterer-json`. It's like JSON Patch, except it's javascript.

You write your script match like a JSON Patch - use JSONPath to select values to process, each value is sent to a callback, and its result is put back in the JSON document.

This example changes '"format": "datetime"' to '"format": "date-time"' across json document

```
replace('$..format', value => {
if(value === 'datetime')
return 'date-time';
return value
})
```

github.com/python-lapidary/bet

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Hi, I'm Rallias.

I'm a former tech-enthusiast. I don't tend to CW my tech rants, unless they dive into politics territory.

I have strong opinions about politics, and what I believe shouldn't be considered politics but for some godforsaken reason is.

I have my pronouns listed as "Under Construction", not because I'm being intentionally flippant or anything, but because I am actively in the process of re-defining that, but do not feel like I've reached the point where I am comfortable asserting an identity yet.

I've set my account to manually-accept followers. Follow if you want. Unless I have a specific reason to reject it I'll probably accept your follow.

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With very few exceptions (possibly Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamie Raskin, and J.B. Pritzker), prominent Democratic leaders seem to be taking a very blasé attitude toward the Musk/Trump power grab,

complaining about the price of avocados and sending fundraising e-mails.

I agree with Charlotte Clymer that “with few exceptions, the Democratic messaging to all of it has been incredibly weak.”

Okay, but what could they actually be doing?

Democrats are in the minority in both the House and the Senate. They can’t run congressional hearings or subpoena people, they don’t control the FBI or any other federal law enforcement office, they can’t pass laws stopping this, etc.

These are all fair points. But even a minority party in the House and (especially) the Senate has some power to direct attention, slow things down, and demand concessions.

These potential actions include:

⭐️Publicity Stunts: These are not frivolous things
— they can draw media and public attention to important events that are not currently getting much publicity.

Have a bunch of members of Congress stand outside the Department of Justice refusing to let officials be forced out,
or to vow to support and advocate for those who were.

Stand in front of the Office of Personnel Management with employees who are being denied access to their computers by Musk’s team.

Organize a sit-in in the Capitol.

Encourage a strike by FBI agents and offer to pay their salary if it’s threatened.

⭐️Lawsuits: I’m no lawyer, but a private citizen asserting control over a federal office and gaining access to people’s personal financial data strikes me as a pretty serious crime,
whether he’s a friend of the President’s or not.

This seems like something law enforcement might be interested in
(DC Metro Police surely have jurisdiction when a crime is being committed in the District).

But beyond that, where are the Democratic officials and lawyers filing lawsuits and requests for injunctions?
This is an ongoing potentially criminal situation.

⭐️Congressional delays: Democrats have complained for decades about Republicans abusing traditions and arcane rules in Congress to slow legislation down, posture on top issues, and extract concessions from the majority party.

Good lord, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama),
no Daniel Webster, figured out that he could hold a bunch of four-star military promotions up for 10 months to draw attention to military support for reproductive care.
Surely Democrats have picked up a trick or two by now.

Just adding to this point, I spoke with political scientist and congressional expert Gregory Koger about legislative delays.
(He literally wrote the book on the filibuster.)

On Senate holds like Tuberville’s,
Koger points out that they can be thwarted,
but it takes time,
and it occupies floor time the majority wants to use for other purposes:

Any senator can delay anything but the majority can ignore the request and file for cloture,
and a simple majority wins cloture on a nomination.
So holds get their power when they force the majority to hold two votes
(cloture, approval)
on a nomination that is not worth the Senate’s time…

that is, the opportunity cost of floor time to the majority party.

But there are other delays available to minority party senators,
including refusing unanimous consent requests.
That is, a lot of Senate business operates on this assumption of unanimous consent,
and individual senators do not have to provide it:

The Senate has a whole set of rules that senators do not use and most don’t even know….
Instead, the Senate standard operating procedure is a set of workarounds,
many of which require unanimous consent.
That includes everything from establishing the debate procedure for a major bill,
to a Senator standing up and talking about the news of the day when they’re supposed to be talking about the bill that’s on the floor.

So if Democrats just started actually enforcing the rules of the Senate,
they could really bring the place to a standstill. Literally, nobody would know how to act.

The point here is not that the opposition party would win,
but they could make Trump’s actions far costlier to the majority party in Congress.
They could limit the amount of damage.

They could draw greater public attention to actions that almost certainly would be seen as unpopular.

The opposition party, by definition, will lose on a lot. But the Democrats are currently leaving a lot of very useful tools on the table
smotus.substack.com/p/what-mig

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🇦🇺 An for the recent joiners! I am that tinkerer that never finishes a project, low-intensity linux user that will never tell you "you should've...". My posts relate to it, to music, movies, books + very seldom poltical reactions.

🇪🇸 Una para las llegadas recientes. Soy el típico cacharrero que nunca termina las cosas, usario de linux de baja intensidad que nunca te dirá "deberías haber...". Aquí publico de eso, de música, películas, libros, y raramente política.

1/2

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Resistance can look like climate adaptation, resilient systems, local empowerment, supporting small and local business, reducing consumption and commodification.
Use your library. Attend local town halls. Bike and walk around town. Spend time at home with friends and family. Find and regularly visit a local tree or patch of grass or wetland or stream.
Yes public policy matters, but right now they're attacking on home economics. You can prepare by making yourself less dependent on imported goods, find the traditional & cheap & local & interpersonal pleasures. Play music, read books, do arts & crafts, invite your family & community in to do the same.

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Hallo troet.cafe, ich bin , umgezogen von mastodon.social. Im fediverse bin ich jetzt schon seit fast 3 Jahren.

In letzter Zeit war ich sehr passiv hier. Wenn ich was schreibe, dann ist das eher , oder meine Gedanken zu dem was grad so auf der Welt passiert.
Ich bin Mitte 30, weiblich (cishet) habe Migrationshintergrund und lebe im Ländle.

Interessengebiete: , draußen sein, träumen und natürlich Vögel und Moos.

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Trump’s Test of the Constitution
NYT Editorial Board
(More like Trump Tramples The Constitution)
After nightfall on Jan. 24, President Trump summarily dismissed as many as 17 of the most important guardians of integrity in the federal government— the inspectors general who search for fraud and abuse in each major executive department, who assure taxpayers that their money is being properly spent, and whose rigor reduces the temptation of corruption.
archive.is/20250201121714/http

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A manifesto for

After Donald Trump's tech bro takeover election it is clear regular people will stand to lose out with digital monopolies increasing their power, charging rent on everything we need to live our digital online lives, with our assets owned by them & our access suspect to deletion at any time, while enshittifying their services.

We need the digital equivalent of public roads, bridges and spaces!

Read the manifesto and sign here!

docs.google.com/document/d/16l

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Unfollowing people who don't give posts a CW. As someone whose country is being threatened with annexation and currently in a trade war, this stuff needs to be a pull not a push. I will get the information but not every single time someone on this platform wants to share their anger, outrage, or the fact that they're upset.

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(l'était temps !😀)
Ici depuis 2020, vous trouverez là beaucoup de repouets et de contenu autour d'OpenStreetMap🌍, Panoramax📷 (GoPro Max) et la cartographie🗺️ en général.
Je suis aussi utilisateur heureux de l'anneau contraceptif ⭕Andro-switch et promeut son usage et sa certification (➡️ coopérative Entrelac).

J'aime tout l'internet qui bidouille et j'ai une passion honteuse pour les YouTube Poop🤪 .

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