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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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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Microsoft lowers AI software sales quota

Link: finance.yahoo.com/news/microso
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Microsoft lowers AI software sales quota as customers resist new products, The Information reports

Multiple divisions at ​Microsoft have ‌lowered sales growth ‌targets for certain artificial intelligence products after many ⁠sales ‌staff missed goals in the ‍fiscal year that ended in June, ​The Information ‌reported on Wednesday. It is rare for Microsoft to lower quotas for ⁠specific products, ​the ​report said, citing two salespeople in ‍the ⁠Azure cloud unit.

finance.yahoo.com · Yahoo Finance

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Ryan He @ryanhe@mistyreverie.org
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日本遊戲開發者面臨字型授權費從 380 美元暴漲到 2 萬美元的困境 https://www.gamesindustry.biz/japanese-devs-face-font-licensing-dilemma-as-leading-provider-increases-annual-plan-price-from-380-to-20000

日本遊戲開發者近來面臨前所未有的字型授權危機。原本提供平價商用字型授權的 Fontworks LETS 結束遊戲用授權方案後，其母公司 Monotype 推出的新方案價格從原本每年約 380 美元暴漲至超過 2 萬美元，且不提供日本本地價格，並附帶 2.5 萬名使用者上限，對大型遊戲公司幾乎完全不可行。日本遊戲開發高度依賴能精準呈現漢字與片假名的高品質字型，而字型替換會牽動到 UI、版面、測試與跨平台一致性，對長期營運型遊戲更是嚴峻負擔。部分工作室主管指出，這種變動甚至可能迫使企業重新打造品牌識別，只因公司識別字型已無法負擔續約。

這起事件也凸顯西方企業收購日本公司後常忽視本地市場的狀況。從未提供日圓計價到缺乏在地支援，都被日本業界視為破壞合作關係的舉動，也迫使開發者迅速尋求替代來源，像是轉往台灣的華康（DynaComware）等其他亞洲字型供應商。然而，對於已在市場上營運的作品，更換字型需重新驗證大量 UI 元件與文本呈現，成本可觀，使許多開發者進退兩難。

在 Hacker News 討論中，許多人批評 Monotype 的商業模式與私募基金式操作，只追求短期收益，卻不顧長期信任與市場穩定。有開發者分享遭遇 Monotype 類似大幅漲價的案例，指出其策略幾乎等同壟斷行為。討論也延伸至 CJK（中日韓文字）字型為何昂貴：其字元量動輒上萬，每個字的筆畫、結構與視覺協調都需耗費大量人工調整，無法與拉丁字母字型相比。即便 Google Noto 等開源字型存在，許多創作品仍需要符合特定氛圍與美術風格的專業字型，而不是「能顯示就好」。

部分討論聚焦於 AI 是否能取代字型設計，但多數開發者認為現階段大型語言模型（LLM, Large Language Model）或生成式模型難以處理 CJK 字型的細緻度，尤其涉及字形風格轉換、筆畫筆勢、文化審美與一致性等要求，仍需大量人工修正，難以真正節省成本。有人指出 AI 輔助在 CJK 字型的部分領域早已存在，但距離「取代高品質商用字型」仍非常遙遠。

整體而言，此事件揭露日本遊戲產業在字型授權上的結構性依賴，也凸顯全球字型市場在 CJK 領域的供應稀缺、授權複雜與成本不透明問題。許多討論者推測，此次暴漲可能會意外促使更多開發者轉向開源字型，或加速業界探索新的字型供應鏈，甚至形成更廣泛的對抗壟斷趨勢。

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46130187

Japanese devs face font licensing dilemma as leading provider increases annual plan price from $380 to $20,000+

Japanese game makers are struggling to locate affordable commercial fonts after one of the country's leading font licen…

www.gamesindustry.biz · GamesIndustry.biz

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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name
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Anthropic reportedly preparing for $300B IPO

Link: vechron.com/2025/12/anthropic-
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Anthropic

Anthropic Prepares for Potential 2026 IPO in Bid to Rival OpenAI: Report

San Francisco-based Anthropic has asked Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati to begin work on an initial public offering (IPO) that could take place as early

vechron.com · Vechron

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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name
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A Look at Rust from 2012

Link: purplesyringa.moe/blog/a-look-
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

A look at Rust from 2012

Recently I was scrolling through brson’s Rust quote database and stumbled upon a link to the official Rust tutorial from the very beginning of 2013. It says Rust 0.6 in the corner, but it lists many things that were removed in 0.6, so it’s likely closer to 0.5. I heard tales of old Rust before, but not of how the language felt to programmers. So I thought it’d be cool to give a (relatively) quick summary of Rust as presented in the tutorial and yap a bit about how far we’ve come since then.

purplesyringa.moe · purplesyringa's blog

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:rss: DevelopersIO @dev_classmethod@rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com
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[リアルタイム更新] The Future of Agentic AI is Here, Dr. Swami Keynote まとめ
dev.classmethod.jp/articles/re

[リアルタイム更新] The Future of Agentic AI is Here, Dr. Swami Keynote まとめ #AWSreInvent #KEY002 | DevelopersIO

dev.classmethod.jp · クラスメソッド発「やってみた」系技術メディア | DevelopersIO

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abadidea @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange
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Shared by Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

AI Warning: Google has been caught A/B testing replacing real article headlines with AI-generated substitutes, which are of course sometimes wildly misleading/against journalistic ethics. If you see a blatantly horrible headline in a news aggregator, check whether the site's own page matches before blaming the site! pcgamer.com/software/ai/google

Google's toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don't blame me for clickbait like 'BG3 players exploit children'

With the power of AI, data centres the size of a kolkhoz can now write clickbait instead of underpaid journalists at struggling websites.

www.pcgamer.com · PC Gamer

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Seasons of Jason @killyourfm@layer8.space
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"Valve is behind Fex itself.

[...] Valve has been quietly funding almost all the open-source technologies required to play Windows games on Arm. And because they’re open-source, Valve is effectively shepherding a future where Arm phones, laptops, and desktops could freely do the same. He says the company believes game developers shouldn’t be wasting time porting games if there’s a better way."

theverge.com/report/820656/val

Two hands hold the Steam Controller, thumbs atop the joysticks, with twin touchpads visible underneath them.

Steam Machine today, Steam Phones tomorrow

The Steam Frame is a Trojan horse carrying Arm’s gaming future.

www.theverge.com · The Verge

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Jan Lehnardt :couchdb: @janl@narrativ.es
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Get your react server components patched. mstdn.social/@jschauma/1156564

Jan Schaumann (@jschauma@mstdn.social)

"We did a number of refactors [...] This also fixes a critical security vulnerability." 👀 CVE-2025-55182, an RCE in React Server Components just landed: https://react.dev/blog/2025/12/03/critical-security-vulnerability-in-react-server-components Enjoy your patching, and make sure to check your bundled frameworks and dependencies. Here's the commit: https://github.com/facebook/react/commit/7dc903cd29dac55efb4424853fd0442fef3a8700

mstdn.social · Mastodon 🐘

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kottke.org @kottke@mastodon.social
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

What’s the best way to lift people out of poverty? “Cash giving programs believe the people experiencing poverty best understand what they need to escape it.” thekidshouldseethis.com/post/g

Giving cash vs. traditional aid: What works, according to ongoing research

When economists studied philanthropy's traditional poverty interventions, the results were discouraging. According to this TED-Ed lesson directed by

thekidshouldseethis.com · The Kid Should See This

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Bruno Bord @brunobord@dice.camp
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Hey, les gens qui se trompent. ÇA VOUS ÉCORCHERAIT LA GUEULE DE DIRE "DÉSOLÉ, JE T'AI FAIT PERDRE TON TEMPS, J'AVAIS TORT" ????

Parce que sans ça, j'ai toujours l'impression que tu maintiens que c'était de ma faute au départ. Alors que non.

Mais c'est peut-être l'effet recherché.

Auquel cas, va te faire cuire des oeufs sur la surface de Vénus.

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PRÜF! Bayern @pruef_by@mastodon.social
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Wir fordern, alle politischen Parteien* auf Verfassungstreue zu prüfen.

– Kundgebung von PRÜF Bayern
🗓 13.12.2025
🕑 14:00 Uhr
📍Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, München

*) Alle Parteien, die vom Verfassungsschutz als rechtsextremer Verdachtsfall oder gesichert rechtsextrem eingestuft werden, sollen durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht überprüft werden. Unsere konkrete Forderung: Bayern soll sich im Bundesrat für ein PRÜF-Verfahren beim Bundesverfassungsgericht einsetzen.

PRÜF – Prüfung Rettet Übrigens Freiheit. Wir fordern, alle politischen Parteien auf Verfassungstreue zu prüfen. Bundesweite Kundgebungen am Samstag, 13. Dezember, 14:00 Uhr - in München auf dem Geschwister-Scholl-Platz. Alle Parteien, die vom Verfassungsschutz als rechtsextremer Verdachtsfall oder gesichert rechtsextrem eingestuft werden, sollen durch das Bundesverfassungsgericht überprüft werden. Es ist Parteien in Deutschland verboten, die Demokratie abzuschaffen. In Deutschland wird alles geprüft - von der Produktsicherheit bis zur Wasserqualität. Es wäre absurd, ausgerechnet bei der existenziellen Frage unserer Demokratie auf eine Prüfung zu verzichten.
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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman@mastodon.social
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RE: mastodon.social/@Launched/1156

🚨 New Launched! 🚨

This week I sat down with the amazing Aja Becket to talk about her winding journey to building Shotsy.

Great great story about how building in public as an authentic part of a community can really help get you started with a passionate userbase

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abadidea @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange
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AI Warning: Google has been caught A/B testing replacing real article headlines with AI-generated substitutes, which are of course sometimes wildly misleading/against journalistic ethics. If you see a blatantly horrible headline in a news aggregator, check whether the site's own page matches before blaming the site! pcgamer.com/software/ai/google

Google's toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don't blame me for clickbait like 'BG3 players exploit children'

With the power of AI, data centres the size of a kolkhoz can now write clickbait instead of underpaid journalists at struggling websites.

www.pcgamer.com · PC Gamer

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Honič Péra 24 hodin @honicpera@snac.lab8.cz
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Pavel: Dokážu si jen těžko představit, že by něco zvrátilo názor, který není pouze můj, že Filip Turek je nositelem vlastností, přístupu nejen k právu, ale k pravidlům, který skutečně není slučitelný s funkcí vysokého veřejného činitele, jakým je ministr.

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