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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Larvitz @Larvitz@bsd.cafe
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Hot take: pf's built-in connection tracking beats fail2ban/sshguard hands down.

One simple ruleset gives you automatic brute-force protection with ZERO userland daemons. No log parsing, no reaction delays, no additional attack surface.

table <bruteforce> persist
pass in proto tcp to port 22 flags S/SA (max-src-conn 5, max-src-conn-rate 3/30, overload <bruteforce> flush global)

Kernel-level enforcement, instant blocking, survives reboots with persist.

Why spawn Python processes when your firewall already knows?

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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Python Steering Council unanimously accepts "PEP 810, Explicit lazy imports"

Link: discuss.python.org/t/pep-810-e
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

PEP 810: Explicit lazy imports

How about checking sys.modules? You could do that in a subprocess as part of your unit tests. >>> lazy import email >>> import sys >>> sys.modules['email'] Traceback (most recent call last): File "<console>", line 1, in <module> KeyError: 'email' >>> email <module 'email' from '/lib/python315.zip/email/__init__.pyc'> >>> sys.modules['email'] <module 'email' from '/lib/python315.zip/email/__init__.pyc'>

discuss.python.org · Discussions on Python.org

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Paul Hudson @twostraws@mastodon.social
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Ooh! Apple shipped a fancy new App Store landing page for apps – really beautiful! 🤩 Example: apps.apple.com/app/id6748286602 (Obviously open that in your browser rather than the App Store, e.g. using a private browsing window!)

Hacktivate: Capture the Flag on the App Store

Hacktivate: Capture the Flag App - App Store

Download Hacktivate: Capture the Flag by Hudson Heavy Industries on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like…

apps.apple.com · App Store

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Trey Hunner 🐍 @treyhunner@mastodon.social
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If you avoid using an LLM, what are your primary reasons?

Mastodon only allows 4 options in polls and I know there are many more possible concerns.

If it's something else, like the spread of disinformation, mental health concerns, etc. reply with that.

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vkc (Veronica Explains) @vkc@linuxmom.net
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Shared by Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

So I found a tactic that's working in my YouTube comments- thought I'd share.

If someone complains that a software I recommended is "woke", I ask them "what does that mean? Can you say more about that?"

They never say more. They delete their comment instead.

My tactic is to make them say what they mean. They won't.

Because they're cowards.

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Python Software Foundation @ThePSF@fosstodon.org
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Shared by Hugo van Kemenade

If you’re interested in donating or becoming a member and would like to *double* your contribution, make sure you jump on the matching campaign generously organized by Glyph and others. It ends tomorrow (Nov 4th), so don’t wait! mastodon.social/@glyph/1154595

Glyph (@glyph@mastodon.social)

This week, the #Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5MM NSF grant, due to a requirement that the PSF abandon diversity work. So I joined forces with Python folks (@offby1@wandering.shop, @petrillic@hachyderm.io, @amethyst@n7.gg) and we're matching up to $12,000 of donations to the PSF. 🧵

mastodon.social · Mastodon

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Quds News Network @QudsNen@mastodon.neometropolis.net
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Shared by earthling

Head of the Pediatrics Department at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, announced that around 200 children in Gaza are suffering from the rare Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a condition that causes progressive paralysis and poses a serious threat to their lives.

Dr. Al-Farra warned that ongoing malnutrition in the Gaza Strip is the main factor behind the spread of this syndrome among children, highlighting the urgent need for proper medical care and adequate nutrition to prevent further deterioration of their health.

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Detlef Borchers @dborch@social.heise.de
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Shared by leyrer

Oh, Donna Jean Godchaux ist gestorben. Sie hielt auf der WELL Kontakt mit vielen Deadheads.

rollingstone.com/music/music-n

Immerhin ein passabler Nachruf im RS: "If you keep looking back, you got nothing. If you look ahead to what is there before you, then life is good."

SANTA BARBARA, CA - JUNE 4: The Grateful Dead (L to R: Bob Weir, Donna Godchaux) perform at Santa Barbara Stadium on June 4, 1978 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images)

Grateful Dead Singer Donna Jean Godchaux Dead at 78

Donna Jean Godchaux, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead and provided vocals on an Elvis Presley hit, has died at the age of 78.

www.rollingstone.com · Rolling Stone

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Detlef Borchers @dborch@social.heise.de
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Oh, Donna Jean Godchaux ist gestorben. Sie hielt auf der WELL Kontakt mit vielen Deadheads.

rollingstone.com/music/music-n

Immerhin ein passabler Nachruf im RS: "If you keep looking back, you got nothing. If you look ahead to what is there before you, then life is good."

SANTA BARBARA, CA - JUNE 4: The Grateful Dead (L to R: Bob Weir, Donna Godchaux) perform at Santa Barbara Stadium on June 4, 1978 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images)

Grateful Dead Singer Donna Jean Godchaux Dead at 78

Donna Jean Godchaux, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead and provided vocals on an Elvis Presley hit, has died at the age of 78.

www.rollingstone.com · Rolling Stone

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Quds News Network @QudsNen@mastodon.neometropolis.net
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Head of the Pediatrics Department at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra, announced that around 200 children in Gaza are suffering from the rare Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a condition that causes progressive paralysis and poses a serious threat to their lives.

Dr. Al-Farra warned that ongoing malnutrition in the Gaza Strip is the main factor behind the spread of this syndrome among children, highlighting the urgent need for proper medical care and adequate nutrition to prevent further deterioration of their health.

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Lily Cohen @lily@foothills.social
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I did a dumb and tried to migrate from sharkey.lgbt to this instance 28 days after my last migration which violates Mastodon's migration cooldown... So now I'm half split between this account and @lily@sharkey.lgbt for the next few days when I can manually retrigger the migration notification to follower instances 🤦‍♀️

So if you have question as to whether this is actually me, yes... yes it is I'm just dumb lol

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Python Software Foundation @ThePSF@fosstodon.org
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📣 First things first– we heard you loud and clear: Stripe has been added to our donation and membership sign up pages! Thank you for persisting through our previously limited payment options, and we hope the new Stripe checkout will make donating an easier experience 🙏

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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺 @animalculum@scholar.social
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Shared by earthling

and reveal dinosaur bones phys.org/news/2025-10-lichens- cell.com/current-biology/fullt

"certain lichen species preferentially colonize exposed dinosaur bones, creating distinctive spectral signatures that can be detected from 30 m above ground using drones... This likely occurs because the bones provide the alkaline, calcareous, and porous substrates the lichens favor... This pattern has been noted for decades, but never quantified until now"

close-up photo of an orange lichen on a rock
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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺 @animalculum@scholar.social
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and reveal dinosaur bones phys.org/news/2025-10-lichens- cell.com/current-biology/fullt

"certain lichen species preferentially colonize exposed dinosaur bones, creating distinctive spectral signatures that can be detected from 30 m above ground using drones... This likely occurs because the bones provide the alkaline, calcareous, and porous substrates the lichens favor... This pattern has been noted for decades, but never quantified until now"

close-up photo of an orange lichen on a rock
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