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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Dear OSS community on Mastodon,

Every day I scroll through my feed and I see proud announcements like:

“First Alpha Relase of HyperTurboWidget available"

or

“Version 2.7.1 now with improved glorb handlers!”

or

“Flux Capacitor version 4.5 is out”

… and I sit there wondering if I should be excited, terrified, or calling a licensed electrician.

Don’t get me wrong, I love open source. I just have no idea what three quarters of these projects actually do. Are we talking about a web server? A file system? A middleware thingy that keeps the flux from overflowing into the space–time continuum?

So, dear OSS developers of the world: When you announce a new release, please give us (your adoring but slightly confused audience) just a tiny bit of context.

  • Tell us what your software does.
  • Tell us why this release is cool.
  • Tell us what it requires to work.

Example:

We are proud to announce Flux Capacitor version 4.5 is now avalaible. While it creates a nice wormhole to 1955, it requires an underlying gigawatt stack 1.21 to work reliably.

Because nobody wants to cheer enthusiastically for “v2.7.1” while secretly Googling “what is a glorb and why does it need handling”.

Yours truly,

Someone who wants to celebrate your achievements

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Big news: Deutsche Welle has launched DW Access, an Android app that delivers independent news where it's needed most: in regions under information lockdown.

Key features:

➡️ No app store needed (share via link, messenger, bluetooth)

➡️ Offline mode

➡️ Built-in VPN protection

➡️ Zero personal data collected

More info (and download options) over here: corporate.dw.com/en/dw-access-

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@gnh1201어둠사자 음... 나 이거랑 비슷한거 gemini와 논의해본적 있는데 핀란드어로 nimi(니미)가 이름(name)라는 뜻이여서 중세 봉건제 시절에는 성과 이름에 신분이 담겨있는지라 "니미!(너 어디 가문이야!?")"라고 하던게 이게 애를 낳아서 가문에 대를 잇는게 여성(어머니)가 하는것이라서 후대에는 "니미"라는 말이 "너의 어머니"를 뜻하는 욕이 됬다는 논의를 했었는데

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【拡散希望】飯山由貴さんより告知のシェア。報告会チケットは無料ですが、緊急で治療が必要な方がいるため、カンパも募っています。詳細は下記へ。

〈インドネシア・南スラウェシのおばあさんたちを訪ねて〜日本軍性暴力サヴァイバーのいま〜緊急報告会〉(オンライン)のお知らせ
peatix.com/event/4735022

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운명의 비밀 10가지

1. 모든 만남은 의미 있다
2. 포기하지 않는 용기를 갖는다
3. 작은 선택이 큰 변화를 만든다
4. 실패는 성공의 디딤돌이다
5. 긍정적인 마인드로 살아간다
6. 자신을 믿는 힘을 키운다
7. 인연은 우연이 아니다
8. 순간을 소중히 여긴다
9. 상처받을 용기를 가진다
10. 매일을 특별하게 살아간다

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【拡散希望】飯山由貴さんより告知のシェア。報告会チケットは無料ですが、緊急で治療が必要な方がいるため、カンパも募っています。詳細は下記へ。

〈インドネシア・南スラウェシのおばあさんたちを訪ねて〜日本軍性暴力サヴァイバーのいま〜緊急報告会〉(オンライン)のお知らせ
peatix.com/event/4735022

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