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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Field Guide to Secret Symbols: Where to Find Them and What They Mean by Tim Dedopulos, 2025

Dive deep into the enigmatic world of secret symbols with this fully illustrated guide, perfect for enthusiasts of secret societies, conspiracy theories, and hidden meanings in our everyday lives. If you’re a fan of Dan Brown's thrilling novels like The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, and The Lost Symbol, you’ll find the real-life truth behind the symbols and events depicted


This comprehensive guide is designed for both the curious casual reader and the dedicated seeker of hidden knowledge. It reveals the secrets embedded in architecture, art, literature, and beyond. From ancient deities and mythical creatures to the mysteries of freemasonry and modern gang tattoos, you'll uncover the fascinating history and significance of these hidden symbols. 
Field Guide to Secret Symbols offers practical information on identifying and understanding both ancient and contemporary symbols. Explore areas renowned for their concentrations of secretive symbols and societies, including London, Washington D.C., Paris, and Rome. 
Be prepared to see the world in a new light as you learn to recognize the symbols that lie hidden in plain sight. This guide will transform your perception of the everyday and open your eyes to a hidden realm of historical and cultural significance. 
Table of Contents:Introduction Art & Architecture Mythic & Religious Secret Societies & The Occult Social Crime & Politics Index
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Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China by Jung Chang, 2015

THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO WILD SWANS, THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION 'Painful. Astonishing. Honest. Profoundly revealing as a portrait both of a family and of the deeper traumas that lie at the heart of modern China'



The book opens in 1909 with her grandmother's birth - and foot-binding - when China was under the last emperor, moving through Mao Zedong's rule, especially the Cultural Revolution during which Jung's parents were subjected to horrendous ordeals because of their courage. It finishes in 1978 when Deng Xiaoping officially ended the Mao era and started the 'reforms'. Jung, at that propitious juncture, became one of the first Chinese to leave Communist China for the West. Nearly half a century on, China has risen from a decrepit and isolated state to a global power, the challenger to the United States' dominant position in the world. Through those decades, Jung's life has been intimately entwined with her native land. Her experiences dealing with the regime in those years were rich and revealing - especially so because all her books were (and are) banned. Fly, Wild Swans is the follow-up to Wild Swans and brings the story of Jung's family - along with that of China - up to date. The book is in many ways Jung's love letter to her mother. It is inevitably also about her grandmother and father, both of whom died tragically in the Cultural Revolution but are often recalled in this book. In fact, the past is never far away in Jung's subsequent life. It has shaped her, and moulded the present China, and what's more, it promises to herald the future.

China is now at another watershed moment with the era of Chairman Xi Jinping greatly affecting the lives of Jung and her mother. Fly, Wild Swans is Jung's heartfelt response to that experience, and a book filled with drama, love, curiosity and incredible history - both personal and global. Ultimately uplifting, told in Jung's clear, honest and compelling voice, it is memoir writing at its best.



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‘Children’s scars are deep’: Gaza’s young face anxiety, hunger and trauma

“The toll on children & childhood is beyond just the physical injury & the spreading hunger. Children’s scars are deep & invisible: anxiety, nightmares, aggression + fear. Many are being forced into begging, looting or child labour: a lost childhood,” Philippe Lazzarini said.

“The longer this goes on the more the children will be haunted by their ongoing + deepening traumas for generations to come.”


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Time for international community to act over settlers’ West Bank attacks: Lawyer

The international community has to act, as the Israeli government, which backs the settlers, will do nothing to stop the colonial violence.

“From the time the Israeli government allowed the very first settlement to go up … it has meant the death of the two-state solution.”

Diana Buttu

@palestinePalestine_Group

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“Children should never be collateral damage. Yet today in Gaza and the West Bank, they are paying the highest price.”

“I disagree with those who say that the humanitarian system is broken. It is access that is missing. It is the deliberate decision to deny access.”

He concluded by urging immediate action, saying: “If these children can still find the courage to speak, what excuse do we have not to act?”

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot





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Sweden calls on Israel to allow medical evacuations from Gaza to occupied West Bank
According to WHO, evacuations to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is one of the fastest and most effective routes. Together with 25 other donors, Sweden calls on Israel to allow patients from Gaza to receive the necessary medical treatment there.



More than two dozen countries have signed a joint statement, initiated by Denmark, calling for the restoration of the medical corridor and urging Israel to lift restrictions on deliveries of medicine and medical equipment to Gaza in line with international law.

The signatories also offered to provide financial contributions, medical staff and equipment needed to treat patients in the West Bank.


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I like your name...

I like your name inside my mouth.
I like its taste, the way it lies

on the warm softness of my tongue;
the gentle touch of upcurled tip
upon my teeth, I like its hum,
echoed in chambers of my mouth,
the onset hush, the lazy sigh,

the decarnation of it all

in a hidden smile.

I like your name inside my mouth.
I like to steal it from its flight
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Tathev Simonyan


I like your name...

I like your name inside my mouth.
Tlike its taste, the way it lies

on the warm softness of my tongue;
the gentle touch of upcurled tip
upon my teeth, I like its hum,
echoed in chambers of my mouth,
the onset hush, the lazy sigh,

the decarnation of it all

in a hidden smile.

I like your name inside my mouth.
I like to steal it from its flight

and keep it caged within the prison
of my cheeks. Let it revolt,

let it rebel inside its cell,

for I refuse to let the world

spoil what is mine.

And what is mine is knowing that

T keep your name inside my mouth
untouched by world, unspoiled by time.

Tathev Simonyan
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I like your name...

I like your name inside my mouth.
I like its taste, the way it lies

on the warm softness of my tongue;
the gentle touch of upcurled tip
upon my teeth, I like its hum,
echoed in chambers of my mouth,
the onset hush, the lazy sigh,

the decarnation of it all

in a hidden smile.

I like your name inside my mouth.
I like to steal it from its flight
1/2

Tathev Simonyan


I like your name...

I like your name inside my mouth.
Tlike its taste, the way it lies

on the warm softness of my tongue;
the gentle touch of upcurled tip
upon my teeth, I like its hum,
echoed in chambers of my mouth,
the onset hush, the lazy sigh,

the decarnation of it all

in a hidden smile.

I like your name inside my mouth.
I like to steal it from its flight

and keep it caged within the prison
of my cheeks. Let it revolt,

let it rebel inside its cell,

for I refuse to let the world

spoil what is mine.

And what is mine is knowing that

T keep your name inside my mouth
untouched by world, unspoiled by time.

Tathev Simonyan
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미생물로 키운 묘목, 한라산 구상나무 새 구세주:
‘크리스마스 트리’로도 유명한 구상나무는 우리나라 고유종이자 국립공원 깃대종, 한반도 기후위기 지표종이다. 세계자연보전연맹(IUCN) 적색목록에서는 '위기(EN)' 종으로 분류돼 있다. 개체수가 줄어드는 유력한 원인은 기후위기다. 기온상승으로 서식지가 점점 고지대로 밀려나는 중이다. 이런 가운데 최근 친환경 미생물을 활용한 양묘 기법이 개발됐는데, 이 균이 나무의 병을 막고 생존율도 1.8배 높였다.제주 한라산 영실만에는 하얗게 바랜 구상나무 고사목들이 모여 있다. 한 등산객은 “40년 전엔 죽은 나무가 하나도 없었는데…”라며 놀라
newspenguin.com/news/articleVi
(2025-09-25 13:00:00)

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I once heard my 70 year old Chinese mom describe my internet persona to her friends: ‘many strangers tell her she’s awesome on the Internet. They also want to give her things. And advice.’

I don’t know what to do with that.

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內地浙江紹興市地鐵2號線,一列全自動無人駕駛列車,於本月13日深夜在非營運時段,撞向正在路軌上工作的4名外判清潔工。官方在傳媒追問下連日三緘其口,直至昨日(24日)才在輿論壓力下,由省級部門確認已介入「提級調查」。

綜合內地媒體報導,今次慘劇至少暴露了四個致命失誤。首先,在深夜維修時段,地鐵營運方在未有通知清潔工人的情況下,啟動了無人駕駛列車,屬管理失誤。其次,清潔工人在未獲安全許可下進入路軌,反映外判公司的流程失誤。第三,該路線採用的GoA4級全自動系統,其障礙物識別功能竟未有偵測到4名工人,屬技術失誤。最後,紹興市多個部門在事後集體沉默,是嚴重的通報失誤。

翻查資料,出事的紹興地鐵2號線早已問題多多,2024年亦曾被查出有監理缺失及物料違規等問題,安全隱患從未根治。有業內人士指,外判清潔工普遍缺乏在路軌區域工作的系統性安全培訓,往往成為安全鏈中最脆弱的一環。目前公安已控制建設單位及物業等3名相關責任人。
#無人駕駛

Photo by 港新聞 Kong News on September 24, 2025. 사람 4명, 기차, 포스터 및 문구: '示意圖 KN 紹興無人駕駛地鐵 駕駛地鐵 深夜撞死3清潔工 意外購報11日後曝光'의 이미지일 수 있음.
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シネマティックな画面構成がしたい(緑の環境光とか横長画面を活かした構図がやりたい)!!けど全然映画趣味とかなくて分析できる情報がない!うおおおおつべで良さげな映画のトレーラーでも漁ろうかな

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