What is Hackers' Pub?

What causes this texture?

finding deeper meaning in my posts and retconning the lore behind them to match

Great news!
The @dpgallianceDigital Public Goods Alliance has reviewed and approved #PeerTube as a #DigitalPublicGood! 🥳

As a digital public good, PeerTube is recognized as software that helps build an equitable and inclusive world.

Visit the #DGPRegistry to learn more: https://www.digitalpublicgoods.net/r/peertube

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a long time ago i bought a CD from the internet

https://ankursethi.com/blog/my-first-online-shopping-experience/

i owe my story almost exclusively to @calmudgeonCal Deobald ... in 1987, i spoke to "santa" (him and my mom) through the school computers on a lan using `talk` when i was 6.

then shareware games tossed between dad and my uncle, using pre-internet tools that were magic to me. 286 days.

then came the internet of the early 90s, which was slow and awful and i didn't quite get it. as a 10-year-old, i never understood why the win3.1 archie and veronica icons didn't open digital comic books. i wrote some c and basic on the 386 but the network didn't grab me yet.

then dad took a notion to start a "community network" — a local isp for our village, supported by the canadian government. my first exposure to free software was apache on windows nt 3.51 running in the school library, where all the modems were. when we got our first pentium 120, i started making websites.

the early web was raw and clumsy and magical and i miss it dearly.

why are people talking about the linux foundation like it's not a corporate interests group but a charity. yes of course they invest in whatever corpos want, they are the corpos

Reading about these displays, it's remarkable how much better LEDs have gotten since 1970. If I put 400 mW into modern LEDs of this size, it'd be blinding.

Whereas these little fellers are just doing their darnedest to be visible in normal indoor lighting.

They still look great though.

なんかもうめっちゃ変えたした​​

Die EU-Staaten fordern ein neues Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung, das weit über die alten Gesetze hinausgeht. Das geht aus einem EU-Dokument hervor, das wir veröffentlichen. Praktisch alle Internet-Dienste sollen Daten ihrer Nutzer anlasslos speichern, auch Messenger wie WhatsApp und @signalappSignal. https://netzpolitik.org/2025/internes-dokument-eu-staaten-fordern-ein-jahr-vorratsdatenspeicherung-fuer-internet-dienste-wie-messenger/

@kevin I'm right handed too, but also the drivetrain is on the right side so I think it's easier to avoid touching the chain if you do it from the left side.

This leads to the obvious in retrospect theory that it's different for people with step-through bikes, especially ones with covered chains.

A Deep Drive Deep Dive Into a Twin-Rotor Motor

https://hackaday.com/2025/12/09/a-deep-drive-deep-dive-into-a-twin-rotor-motor/

Poland to launch construction of first #nuclear plant after EU approves €14bn in state aid

Construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant is now set to begin after the European Commission approved Warsaw’s request to allocate 60 billion zloty (€14.2 billion) in state aid for the project.

The decision, which had been widely expected, was welcomed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who told a cabinet meeting that it means “construction will be able to start immediately”, as early as this month.

https://notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/09/poland-to-launch-construction-of-first-nuclear-plant-after-eu-approves-e14bn-in-state-aid/

Greece: A movement against data centers is on the rise. In Spata, #Athens, residents are taking a stand against the three data centers currently under construction.

👉🏻 https://en.protothema.gr/2025/11/25/residents-raise-concerns-over-plans-for-three-data-centers-in-spata/

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How private equity is changing housing

Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/private-equity-housing-changes/685138/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46207727

For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. https://werd.io/why-rss-matters/

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/12/07/Thin-Spots-In-the-AI-Bubble

函館行きをさくっと検索したらUnitedで予約して往復でかめのカメにのる旅程があってむっちゃ魅力的なんだけど成田から羽田に電車での移動が必要で微妙ね…

Yow. After doing almost pure Swift for the last year and having to go back to some Objective-C work, having switch statements limited to Integer is horrifying.

I need to hurry up and finish my Swift rewrite of this project.

#SwiftLang #ObjectiveC

Does anyone know of a good spot to buy pieces of wall art that hasn't been flooded by AI art?

I can't believe Ashley and I are literally both writing pieces about gender barriers and beliefs about programming ability right now. Really cool. At the same time sort of sad and maddening how continuously necessary it all is. But also really cool. You can have two completely different PhDs and research areas and the world somewhat inevitably pushes you toward the same issues if you're a person who decides to care and pay attention over your career.

I am so stubborn about not using AI.
You have no idea.

I will even go as far as writing my own texts, drawing my own images, writing my own code, and reading the whole article or email just by myself. Crazy stuff.

#NoAI

My favourite small hash table https://lobste.rs/s/2o4yp6 #c
https://www.corsix.org/content/my-favourite-small-hash-table

In 1980, Intel announced the 8087 Math Coprocessor, a chip that made floating-point 100 times faster. I opened up the chip, took photos of the silicon structures, and analyzed its circuitry. It's a very complex chip for its time. Let's take a look inside...

is the perfect emoji because it's fuckin' shoes up in here.

I can't believe Ashley and I are literally both writing pieces about gender barriers and beliefs about programming ability right now. Really cool. At the same time sort of sad and maddening how continuously necessary it all is. But also really cool. You can have two completely different PhDs and research areas and the world somewhat inevitably pushes you toward the same issues if you're a person who decides to care and pay attention over your career.

Today is the 57th anniversary of the Mother of All Demos.

“It's December 9, 1968, and Douglas Engelbart is about to showcase the world’s first personal, networked, computer — as a live demo. It’s the computing equivalent of a high-wire trapeze act with no net.”

https://cybercultural.com/p/1968-the-mother-of-all-demos/

Finally responded to an email someone sent 2.5 months ago about a project I did 10 years ago. Please clap.

(It was a good question, and I genuinely appreciate hearing from people who find my stuff! It just took some spoons is all. Props to all you maintainers who actually stay on top of this stuff.)

렘이 뭐지 렘 람인가

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@kenshirriff/115691060448669530

New Ken Shirriff reverse engineering post just dropped!

#cuteposting

[외곽 상황 발생 보고 – 종료] ■일시: 12/9(화) 20:16~20:55 ■장소: 외곽3문 담장쪽(회관방향) ■인원: 김○○(男,1992년생) ■출동인원: 소방16대 51명, 영등포경찰서 5대 12명 ■내용: 국회 외곽3문 담장쪽 정치불만 방화범으로 인한 화재발생 ※가스버너에 토치를 연결해서 화염방시기처럼 방화한 것으로 추정 ※피해상황: 회관 안쪽 울타리 낙엽 및 잔디 부분 전소(30㎡)

국회의사당 담장에 방화 추정 불‥30대 남성 체포

- If you ever forget your Mastodon server's name, you can look it up by searching your email for the word "Mastodon". This will show your sign-up email which includes the name of your server.

- If you ever forget your Mastodon password, go to your Mastodon server's website, click "Sign In" and then "Forgot your password".

- If you have any problems with signing in, contact your server admin via the email address on your server's website. More details at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-contact-the-people-who-run-my-server-how-do-i-find-out-what-my-servers-rules-are

#FediTips

놀랍게도 저도 목티입으면 숨이 안쉬어지는 느낌이 들었습니다

Have to admit, looking for work these days is sort of a bummer.

what every catgirl needs, a human sized cat bed

목티도 간지럽고 목욕탕 갔을때 목에 수면 닿으면 간지러워서 못참았던 기억..

RE: https://oldbytes.space/@kenshirriff/115691060448669530

New Ken Shirriff reverse engineering post just dropped!

목티도 간지럽고 목욕탕 갔을때 목에 수면 닿으면 간지러워서 못참았던 기억..

Bicycle riding people, when you get on or off your bike, which side of the bike do you do it from/to?

(Boosts welcome. I could just assume everyone does it from the left like I do, but why not run a poll.)

#BikeTooter

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/12/07/Thin-Spots-In-the-AI-Bubble

팬앤 페이퍼 없이 수학되도록 연습하는 이유
멋있으려고(X)
수학을 잘하는거라서(X)
집안일하거나 걸어다니거나 버스에서 수학하려고(O)

Fediverseのみんな〜
アニロイことSuper Animal Royaleがアジア圏でもSwitchやPSで遊べるようになりました(今までSteam以外おま国だった)
基本無料(課金要素はスキンぐらい)なのでみんなもやろう！
ちなみにThreads開国済です

#fedibird
QT: https://www.threads.com/@superanimalroyale/post/DSDUavsDEXJ [参照]

The relocation supervisor is slowly going under but fighting on!
#Plushtodon

Enters URL.

Ah, loading is taking a while. React then.

This could be an app. That’s reasonable.

Loads. Not an app.

The relocation supervisor is slowly going under but fighting on!
#Plushtodon