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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Matt Blaze @mattblaze@federate.social
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If somehow I become president or pope or something, my top priority will be making it illegal to manufacture or distribute devices with USB-C connectors for power input but that require a USB-A power source to charge.

(I've been encountering this a lot lately. Grr).

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Haskell Weekly @haskell_discussions@mastodon.social
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The Haskell Unfolder Episode 43: monomorphism restriction and defaulting

youtube.com/watch?index=43&lis

Discussions: discu.eu/q/https://www.youtube

The Haskell Unfolder Episode 43: monomorphism restriction and defaulting

In this episode, we are going to look at two interacting "features" of the Haskell language (the monomorphism restriction and defaulting) that can be somewha...

www.youtube.com · YouTube

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zunda @zundan@mastodon.zunda.ninja
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よっこらどっこいし :saba:

8c579c5b34 (upstream/main) Migrate from Jest to Vitest (#34454)
741f166407 New Crowdin Translations (automated) (#34633)
0c738ea0ca chore(deps): update dependency rack to v2.2.14 (#34629)
6ac29ab1ac fix(deps): update dependency @babel/preset-env to v7.27.2 (#34628)
b99abe44b0 fix(deps): update dependency cssnano to v7.0.7 (#34627)

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Glyph @glyph@mastodon.social
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uspol

Policy-wise I ought to be an "abundance agenda" nitwit; I *do* tend to think that we have too many veto chokepoints (particularly in California), and the left is (sorry) full to bursting with useful idiots who will constantly make common cause with rentier landlords in the name of "environmental impact" or whatever. But translating Klein's muddled mess of hippie-punching and yearning for a prelapsarian laissez-faire zoning regime feels like the kind of sane-washing people do for Trump.

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Seth Larson @sethmlarson@fosstodon.org
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Shared by Hugo van Kemenade

Python 3.14 beta is now available, and there is no GPG signatures per PEP 751. Please test your verification of Python artifacts using Sigstore :)

peps.python.org/pep-0761/

Python PEPs

PEP 761 – Deprecating PGP signatures for CPython artifacts | peps.python.org

Since Python 3.11.0, CPython has provided two verifiable digital signatures for all CPython artifacts: PGP and Sigstore.

peps.python.org · Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs)

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PyCon US @pycon@fosstodon.org
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Shared by Hugo van Kemenade

Unlock the power of Python decorators! Check out this preview of @treyhunnerTrey Hunner 🐍's 2025 tutorial "Decorators Demystified" ✨ Register for this tutorial and more via your PyCon US account dashboard!
youtu.be/jxlK6kKg114

PyCon US 2025 Tutorial Sneak Peek: "Decorators Demystified" - Trey Hunner

You know that the @ symbol applies a decorator to a function, but what does that really mean? And how can you make your own decorators?That's what Trey Hunne...

www.youtube.com · YouTube

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(っㆆᴗㆆ)っ(ΦωΦ) @gev@fedibird.com
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泰國政府今天會在東堂區設置炭疽病管制中心，負責監看疫情發展並發送藥品給民眾。據報導，寮國政府已經禁止從泰國進口牛隻，也禁止泰國牛隻途經寮國到越南；泰國畜牧廳必要的時候會關閉東北部的牛隻交易市場，避免炭疽病擴散

泰國東北部現炭疽病疫情 政府設置管制中心 cna.com.tw/news/aopl/202505070

泰國東北部現炭疽病疫情 政府設置管制中心 | 國際 | 中央社 CNA

泰國東北部慕達漢府近日傳出因為宰殺牛隻以及食用生牛肉而造成的炭疽病疫情，目前已有1人死亡，泰國政府今天在爆發疫情的區域設置管制中心，監看疫情動態。

www.cna.com.tw · 中央社 CNA

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Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop
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So apparently nearly all students cheat with AI chatbots now and basically aren't learning anything nymag.com/intelligencer/articl

I'm grateful I got my education before these tools were available.

Still, part of this might be that education might be best if it's not actually based around grading, but working with students to actually be excited about learning

But there's no way such a worldview will be rolled out in time to survive this

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College

ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

nymag.com · New York Magazine

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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name
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Getting Older Isn't What You Think

Link: katycowan.co.uk/blog/getting-o
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Katy Cowan | Getting Older Isn’t What You Think

Getting old creeps up on you. It’s not sudden. There’s no dramatic moment where you wake up and realise you’re “not getting any younger”. No — it’s more like a slow progression. One day, you’re out at a bar, dancing with friends, living your best life, and the next, you’re peeking over your sunglass

www.katycowan.co.uk · Katy Cowan

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Dr. Redfern Jon Barrett @redfern@wandering.shop
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The terrifying thing about "AI" isn't the technology itself, but what it's revealed about so many of our fellow humans.

It was bad enough that people think learning, skill, and craftsmanship are a waste of time.

Now they believe *existing* can be automated.

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court

Clip of Chris Pelkey, who died in 2021, says: ‘I believe in forgiveness’ after his sister fed an AI model videos of him

www.theguardian.com · the Guardian

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alina🏳️‍⚧️🐾 @alina@girldick.gay
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i encode raw ULA ipv6 addresses in nix types so my routed wireguard mesh scales automatically without having to pick IPs or generate keys btw, any girls wanna kiss me

girldick.gay/@alina/1142581964

a whole IP generator inside a function type declaration

cloud native woofer🏳️‍⚧️🐾:nix_os: (@alina@girldick.gay)

Attached: 1 image the nix type declarations are getting out of hand. i repeat, the nix type declarations are getting out of hand

girldick.gay · nyastodon

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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name
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Cuttlefish 'talk' with their arms, study reveals

Link: scienceblog.com/wildscience/20
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Cuttlefish 'Talk' With Their Arms, Study Reveals

Scientists have discovered that cuttlefish use distinct arm movements to communicate with each other, adding another dimension to these already remarkable marine creatures. Researchers from the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and the Italian Institute of Technology have identified specific arm gestures they’ve named “arm wave signs” that appear to serve as a communication system ... Read more

scienceblog.com · Wild Science

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IEEE Spectrum @spectrum.ieee.org@bsky.brid.gy
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Yes, #AI is straining our #electricGrid. But historically, we’ve faced these demands on energy before, and each time we’ve innovated new, more efficient ways to produce power. Will history repeat itself this time? spectrum.ieee.org/ai-energy

Is AI's Energy Demand Really a Threat? History Shows We Can Innovate Our Way Out.

The world is anxious about the strain on power grids from AI data centers. But in the past, innovation in efficiency has balanced electricity demand from tech growth in the U.S. Can we do it again with AI?

spectrum.ieee.org · IEEE Spectrum

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zunda @zundan@mastodon.zunda.ninja
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にんげんのためのデジタル技術。すてきだなあ！

Podcast Episode: Digital Autonomy for Bodily Autonomy | Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/podcast-episode-digital-autonomy-bodily-autonomy

Podcast Episode: Digital Autonomy for Bodily Autonomy

We all leave digital trails as we navigate the internet – records of what we searched for, what we bought, who we talked to, where we went or want to go in the real world – and those trails usually are owned by the big corporations behind the platforms we use. But what if we valued our digital...

www.eff.org · Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name
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Three Chapters at Cloudflare: Programmer to CTO to Board of Directors

Link: blog.cloudflare.com/en-us/thre
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Three chapters at Cloudflare: Programmer to CTO to Board of Directors

Today, after more than 13 years at the company, I am joining Cloudflare’s board of directors and retiring from my full-time position as CTO.

blog.cloudflare.com · The Cloudflare Blog

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Randahl Fink @randahl@mastodon.social
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Input on the English language:

In Danish we have a term called the "not test”, and we sometimes say about a political view, that it does not pass the not test, if no one would take the opposite view.

For instance, if a politician campaigns on wanting children to live happy lives, we may say, “it does not pass the not test", because no candidate is running on NOT wanting children to live happy lives.

Is there an established English term for such a "not test”?

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social
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Shared by zunda

NEW EPISODE, NEW SEASON: What if we saw digital autonomy and bodily autonomy as two sides of the same coin, inseparable? Kate Bertash joins EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @jgkelleyJason Kelley on “How to Fix the Internet.” eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/podc

Podcast Episode: Digital Autonomy for Bodily Autonomy

We all leave digital trails as we navigate the internet – records of what we searched for, what we bought, who we talked to, where we went or want to go in the real world – and those trails usually are owned by the big corporations behind the platforms we use. But what if we valued our digital...

www.eff.org · Electronic Frontier Foundation

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dreid @dreid@wandering.shop
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Shared by Glyph

24 hours is definitely the worst session duration.

If you're going to make people sign in to a work tool every day make the session duration ~16 hours so they have to sign in the first time they interact with the thing.

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Sarah Perez 💙 @Sarahp@mastodon.social
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Shared by @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

New court filing shows that Meta execs agreed that Facebook was losing to TikTok techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/new-

New court filing shows that Meta execs agreed that Facebook was losing to TikTok | TechCrunch

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, and other Meta execs thought that TikTok was beating Meta at its own game. That's according to a

techcrunch.com · TechCrunch

Link author: Sarah Perez 💙@Sarahp@mastodon.social

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Seth Larson @sethmlarson@fosstodon.org
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Python 3.14 beta is now available, and there is no GPG signatures per PEP 751. Please test your verification of Python artifacts using Sigstore :)

peps.python.org/pep-0761/

Python PEPs

PEP 761 – Deprecating PGP signatures for CPython artifacts | peps.python.org

Since Python 3.11.0, CPython has provided two verifiable digital signatures for all CPython artifacts: PGP and Sigstore.

peps.python.org · Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs)

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Sarah Perez 💙 @Sarahp@mastodon.social
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New court filing shows that Meta execs agreed that Facebook was losing to TikTok techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/new-

New court filing shows that Meta execs agreed that Facebook was losing to TikTok | TechCrunch

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, and other Meta execs thought that TikTok was beating Meta at its own game. That's according to a

techcrunch.com · TechCrunch

Link author: Sarah Perez 💙@Sarahp@mastodon.social

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Mastodon Engineering @MastodonEngineering@mastodon.social
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Shared by @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

Our latest post marks one year of monthly engineering blog updates. We hope you've been finding them useful! Read about what's changed recently, ahead of a planned beta release of Mastodon 4.4 later this month. blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/05/

Trunk & Tidbits, April 2025

Mastodon development news for April 2025: team changes, releases, future deprecations, and new features in the works.

blog.joinmastodon.org · Mastodon Blog

Link author: Andy Piper@andypiper@macaw.social

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Stefan Bohacek @stefan@stefanbohacek.online
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"Back at the beginning of 2024, we discussed how regular communication needed to be a part of our team’s culture [...]"

Mastodon's Trunk & Tidbits development blog marks its first anniversary!

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/05/

via mastodon.social/@MastodonEngin

Trunk & Tidbits, April 2025

Mastodon development news for April 2025: team changes, releases, future deprecations, and new features in the works.

blog.joinmastodon.org · Mastodon Blog

Link author: Andy Piper@andypiper@macaw.social

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