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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This year @btconfbeyond tellerrand got me thinking about the things I touch every day, about my own curiosity, remembered AI is both greedy and extremely useful, saw mad things can be done without AI, that I should just get on and make stuff, saw the web as an art medium, and the artistry in lettering, saw creativity in development, and inclusiveness, and calm, and empathy.

I loved it all - never change, .

One of the things I touch daily is my phone, but it is also a great life and curiosity enabler 😊

A pencil drawing of a cartoony phone, with the words "what do I do on my phone?"

Around it are examples of the many things I do on my phone:

I talk to my friends.
Sometimes, I even make new friends.
I check weather.
I set alarms to stop forgetting.
I add people to my CSS webring.
I read books!
I track my health.
I listen to music.
I do my banking.
I identify stars or planets.
I watch videos.
I time my watch.
I learn new things.
I doomscroll.
I push quick fixes to my websites.
I book taxis.
I post photos for family.
I plan journeys.
I read the news.
I navigate.
I play games.
I calculate.
I do the food shop.
I contact medical practices.
I take photos.
Sometimes, I make calls!!!
I read/write emails.
I write lists:
- packing
- to do's
- shopping
I note ideas.
I (have to) use it for life admin (why is everything an app nowadays?).
I browse the web.
I draw.
I translate.
I collect loyalty points.
I buy stuff.
I entertain my kids.
I buy/sell/give away stuff locally.
I identify plants.
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Awesome news: I've just pushed a number of cool updates to bandwagon.fm - including newly revamped profile pages that are smarter, more streamlined, and easier to manage.

The new profiles highlight your albums, concerts, and news posts separately, showing each in its own customized layout.

If you're already a Wagoneer, then sign in to see the results of the spring cleaning. And if you're a musician and you're not on Bandwagon yet, well…. you know what to do :)

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As part of a v2 of my last tricorder build, there are multiple things i'd like to improve. I think one of my biggest aesthetic problems has been solved. The v1 build relies on 6 visible screws at the top of the body, and there's no black "cap" on the top part of the shell. I've managed to design a piece that can print in PLA where prongs clamp onto a revised PCB. The clamps cause the PCB to be pulled against new tabs on the inside of the body.

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偶然看到 Mastodon 首席開發者多年前談論設計選擇「拒絕引用功能」的說明。對照 Threads 的日常炎上狀態,讀來有點意思,但細想之後又覺得不完全適用。

當時他的說明是:

❝ 當人們用引用來回應他人,對話常變成表演性的權力展現:『我的追蹤者們,看我怎麼打臉這個笨蛋!』相較之下,直接回覆時,你的回覆只會推播給偶然同時追蹤雙方的追蹤者。 ❞

via: blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/

但在 Threads,由於演算法推播的機制,就算是「直接回覆」也很容易演變成雙方追蹤者圍觀的公開戰場。「引用」雖然有一半機率是引戰,但另一半時候也會被用來分享、擴散甚至補充觀點。

老話一句:平台設計確實會形塑它的社群氛圍啊。

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@ThePSFPython Software Foundation Developers-in-Residence Program now has a landing page! 💜

Today we cover the language runtime and security work, maybe there's a gap in the ecosystem your organization would like to see worked on full-time at the PSF? Let's talk!

python.org/psf/developersinres

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Flood Warning, Kuskokwim Valley West, 2025-05-06 09:35 AKDT.

WHAT...Flooding caused by an ice jam continues.

WHERE...Kuskokwim River near Upper and Lower Kalskag.

WHEN...Until 500 PM AKDT Tuesday.

IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 934 AM AKDT, the River Watch Team reported that the breakup front passed Lower Kalskag and then stalled downriver, likely due to low water and still intact ice downriver. River levels have come up rapidly and locals have reported the road between Upper and Lower Kalskag is impassable. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

- If you live near or along the Kuskokwim River stay alert and be prepared to take action.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=AKZ752


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尚未理出頭緒的疑問之一:我挺喜歡藥師寺寬邦的音樂,但我對台灣的佛經詠唱整體上電波都對不太上,欣賞不來。

目前的猜測是和我聽音樂時的屬性主要是旋律派遠大於歌詞派有關 :blackcat_eyes:

ref: 薬師寺寛邦 キッサコ 「楞嚴咒 / Shurangama Mantra」
youtube.com/watch?v=2Ly_bhAkJa

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Search engines have gotten so much worse. I keep trying to search for one simple thing in both DDG and, as a fallback, on Google, but I keep getting the exact opposite of what I'm searching for.

I've been doing this almost as long as the public internet has existed, I know I don't suck at finding things. It's just that search engines have gotten really, really bad.

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Congratulations to @johnonolanJohn O'Nolan and the team at Ghost on their 12th birthday! Here's John's post reflecting on the idea behind the product, some of the incredible indie publishers who have adopted it (including @404mediaco404 Media, @caseynewton's Platformer, and @drownedinsoundSean | Drowned in Sound) and what's next.

john.onolan.org/12/

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APubでブロックリストが公開って、ブロックって別にエックスでも相手には隠されてないし困る人がそんなにいるんだろうか。
そもそも今SNSで一般に実装されるブロック機能ってものは相手が相互作用をすること自体を拒否するもので、必然的に相手に気付かれることになる。
副作用を望まないならミュートみたいに自分の見える範囲だけ変えようとすればいいだけで。

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Today I learned there is a vaccine for the cancer that killed my mom in development. In a stage 1 trial, it cured the cancer for people with Stage III and IV cancer. That made me tear up for what might have been.

Then I learned that legislators in some states are trying to ban RNA vaccines (which this possible cure is) and I really cried.
nature.com/articles/s41586-024

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