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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Disney has lost Roger Rabbit
by Cory Doctorow @pluralisticCory Doctorow

«Copyright is a very weak tool for protecting creators’ interests, because copyright only gives us something to bargain *with,* without giving us any bargaining *power,* which means that copyright becomes something we bargain away.

«The middlemen who control access to our audiences have all the power, so when Congress gives creators new copyrights to bargain with, the Big Five (or Four, or Three, or Two, or One) just amend their standard, non-negotiable contract to require creators to sign those new rights over as a condition of doing business.
doctorow.medium.com/https-plur

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Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of . Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I intend to stay on and continue to advise the new leadership and contribute, because Mastodon—and the fediverse—is one of the very few beacons of hope for a better web.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/

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on a zoom call Chuck Moore the author of Forth announced that Windows updates have rendered his otherwise working colorForth system inoperable and unfixable. moving to another operating system would amount to a rewrite. as a result he said it's "time to move on" from Forth.

several people on the call thanked him for changing their lives with his language, for giving them a lifetime of joyful work and a powerful simple way of thinking about computing, to which he responded "I can only hope it was worthwhile"

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Tech garbage edition:

In Mac OS X Tahoe (and probably Sequoia), the OS downloads between 14G and 40G of these stupid aerial flyover videos. I never asked for this bullshit. I deleted the files and they came back.

~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.wallpaper/aerials/videos

Any way to permanently disable this crap?

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Does your infrastructure support the research lifecycle and prioritize openness and community governance? Submit your Expression of Interest to be considered for inclusion.
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ヌァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァァンンンンオオオオンンオンオンオンオンンンンンンンンン゛ン゛!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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数えるほどしかない大きなクラウドサービスに依存してもしなくてもサービスの Sla は変わらないと思っている人です。
ただ、障害発生時が同じサービスに依存する事により重なる為それは懸念かもしれない。

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Microsoft is turning Windows 11 into an "agentic OS." It's starting with AI agents on the taskbar, as well as some underlying changes to the Windows platform. Microsoft is betting on these changes for the future of Windows. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/821948/...

Microsoft is turning Windows i...

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Microsoft’s Office apps are getting even more free AI features. Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are all getting an Agent Mode, which was previously exclusive to Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers. Details on the changes here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/822789/...

Microsoft’s Office apps are ge...

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Microsoft is announcing Agent 365 today, a framework to let businesses manage AI agents like they do people. It's part of Microsoft's agent factory vision, with data and security controls over AI agents. Details here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/822035/...

Microsoft Agent 365 lets busin...

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Microsoft is announcing Agent 365 today, a framework to let businesses manage AI agents like they do people. It's part of Microsoft's agent factory vision, with data and security controls over AI agents. Details here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/822035/...

Microsoft Agent 365 lets busin...

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Microsoft’s Office apps are getting even more free AI features. Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are all getting an Agent Mode, which was previously exclusive to Microsoft 365 Copilot subscribers. Details on the changes here 👇 www.theverge.com/news/822789/...

Microsoft’s Office apps are ge...

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Tech garbage edition:

In Mac OS X Tahoe (and probably Sequoia), the OS downloads between 14G and 40G of these stupid aerial flyover videos. I never asked for this bullshit. I deleted the files and they came back.

~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.wallpaper/aerials/videos

Any way to permanently disable this crap?

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Microsoft is turning Windows 11 into an "agentic OS." It's starting with AI agents on the taskbar, as well as some underlying changes to the Windows platform. Microsoft is betting on these changes for the future of Windows. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/821948/...

Microsoft is turning Windows i...

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