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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KFears @KFears@mstdn.games
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Today, I once again wake up worrying about 's future.

Why is a shitbag such as still allowed to single-handedly maintain fundamental libraries for the ecosystem? Why is he part of Library API team? How is he not permabanned for single-handedly permanently damaging Rust by killing off comptime reflection over his racism? How is he not permabanned for the power play he attempted to pull with his "RFC" after pushing pre-compiled binary to serde without notice? Why are MIC companies routinely tolerated at Rust conventions? Why does no one talk about it, despite the problems not being solved? Has takeover taught people nothing? Will Rust survive another year without turning into ?

So many questions. I think about them every time I use Rust, which is often.

Apropos of nothing.

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Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons @FirewallDragons@mastodon.social
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Excellent video, well worth a watch.

I completely agree with the premise. I love my tech, don't get me wrong... but I prefer to own my media, where possible - at least the stuff I really care about. And having an analog backup of data or manual override for digital controls is mandatory for anything important.

youtube.com/watch?v=IvJeUQ9Egnk

The power of analogue | Carissa Veliz | TEDxGeneva

In an age dominated by the digital — we must learn to cherish the analogue aspects of our lives. She will challenges us to reflect on the role of technology,...

www.youtube.com · YouTube

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Play Ball and Fight Fascists @cafechatnoir@mastodon.social
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To every artist out there that does stickers: I love you.

I know it can be a pain to find a good vendor and keep track of inventory and whatnot - but it makes your art very accessible for folks who might not be able to afford prints or commissions, and I really appreciate that.

I also just love stickers, but I really love accessible art.

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Ben Zanin @gnomon@mastodon.social
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Hmm, I'm starting to get some fan noise from the previously silent Noctua air cooler on the household server. It's been in roughly 24/7/365 service since 2022-03-24: I can't really begrudge it anything for gradually failing. I'll have to book some time and schedule an outage window to replace it this week. Or maybe early January.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social
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Online age verification isn't the same as a quick ID flash: it's surveillance. These systems collect your data and undermine your ability to anonymously access and discuss sensitive topics online. eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/why-

Why Isn’t Online Age Verification Just Like Showing Your ID In Person?

This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF opposes all forms of age verification mandates. Head to EFF.org/Age to explore our resources and...

www.eff.org · Electronic Frontier Foundation

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hackaday @hackaday@hackaday.social
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Get Statistical About Your Pet With This Cat Tracking Dashboard

hackaday.com/2025/12/13/get-st

Get Statistical About Your Pet With This Cat Tracking Dashboard

Cats can be wonderful companions, but they can also be aloof and boring to hang out with. If you want to get a little more out of the relationship, consider obsessively tracking your cat’s ba…

hackaday.com · Hackaday

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

The UK Online Safety Act returns to Parliament.

It's enabled iffy age-assurance providers, wrongly censored content and shuttered small sites while doing nothing to tackle the dominance of major platforms.

Tell your MP to attend the debate on 15 December ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/tel

Tell your MP to attend the debate on the Online Safety Act

action.openrightsgroup.org · Open Rights Group

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Jonobie @jonobie@social.coop
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Shared by HalvarFlake

This is an interesting article about how “far-UVC” lamps can just be bought now for about $500, within the range of some groups who want less virus-ey air for their gatherings: jefftk.com/p/you-can-just-buy-

Written by a cautious contra dancer.

You Can Just Buy Far-UVC

Far-UVC is something people have talked about for years in a "that would be great, if you could buy it" sort of way. Coming soon, once someone actually makes a good product. But the future is now, and it costs $500. Many diseases spread through the air, which is inconvenient for us as creatures that breathe air. You can go outside, where the air is too dilute to spread things well, but it's cold

www.jefftk.com

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Gregory 🇨🇦 @gMoon@aus.social
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

Canadian job leads, I'm not affiliated with any of these companies:

Xsolla has 4 openings in Canada (Lead Data Engineer, Lead Software Engineer - Mobile Native, Senior Software Engineer, Sr. Compliance Manager). All of them are remote in Canada. For details on each position see xsolla.com/careers.

Storm Ideas is hiring a number of roles that are remote in Canada. The two that I've seen are: Account manager, and Social Content Producer. Salary included in job description. See their openings at stormideas.com/careers.

Zynga has 30 job openings in Canada, a majority of them being either Toronto or Vancouver. See job-boards.greenhouse.io/zynga for job postings.

Hightouch as a number of job openings that are remote for anyone in North America. All their openings are at hightouch.com/careers#open-pos.

Intelliswift Software, Inc has a number of positions that are either in Toronto, or Remote. Salary range is included. See intelliswift.com/careers/curre for their openings.

Careers | Xsolla

Work at the forefront of innovation in the global video game industry. Learn about career opportunities at our offices around the world.

xsolla.com

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Randahl Fink @randahl@mastodon.social
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Shared by Chao-c'

The weather in Denmark is really strange. Decades ago we would have snowstorms at this time of year with temperatures down to –20 ℃, but today it was +9 ℃ and next week it will be +10 ℃.

I took this photo on a hike through the forest of Gødding today, where it felt like a typical mild September day.

I wonder if we have seen the last white Christmas in Denmark.

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PrivacyDigest @PrivacyDigest@mas.to
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

Is Coming For the Internet. We Built You a Resource Hub to Fight Back.

Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States & around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. Though these mandates claim to protect children, in practice they create harmful and regimes that put everyone—adults and young people alike—at risk.

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/age-

Age Verification Is Coming For the Internet. We Built You a Resource Hub to Fight Back.

Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we’re all allowed to see and do online. That's why today, we're launching EFF.org/Age, a one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what these laws actually do, what’s at stake, why EFF opposes all forms of age verification, how to protect yourself, and how to join the fight for a free, open, private, and yes—safe—internet.

www.eff.org · Electronic Frontier Foundation

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치즈군★ @cheesekun@twingyeo.kr
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macOS에 내장된 DVD 플레이어, 4:3 비율의 DVD 타이틀을 재생하면 비디오가 가운데 정렬이 되는게 아니라 '왼쪽으로 정렬' 되는 버그가 있어서 조만간 버그 리포트를 할 예정이다...

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Randahl Fink @randahl@mastodon.social
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The weather in Denmark is really strange. Decades ago we would have snowstorms at this time of year with temperatures down to –20 ℃, but today it was +9 ℃ and next week it will be +10 ℃.

I took this photo on a hike through the forest of Gødding today, where it felt like a typical mild September day.

I wonder if we have seen the last white Christmas in Denmark.

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Scalzi @scalzi@mastodon.social
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Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13

“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything

I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…

whatever.scalzi.com · Whatever

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knoppix @knoppix95@mastodon.social
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

Amazon’s Ring is rolling out “Familiar Faces,” an opt-in facial-recognition tool that catalogs up to 50 known visitors 🚪

Amazon says data is encrypted, but past law-enforcement partnerships and security issues raise concerns about biometric handling 🔒

🔗 techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/amaz

Amazon's Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial-recognition feature to video doorbells | TechCrunch

The feature lets you identify the people who regularly come to your door by creating a catalog of up to 50 faces. The company says the Ring feature is opt in and the biometric data isn't used to train AI models.

techcrunch.com · TechCrunch

Link author: Sarah Perez 💙@Sarahp@mastodon.social

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
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I'm going to keep calling out companies that offer to pay me to repost stuff on my site. Especially the AI-backed ones, which seem unusually aggressive in this PR tactic. Who knows, maybe they'll stop sending them to me at least (not holding my breath).

Hi Brian, I'm reaching out with Adaptive Security, OpenAl's first cyber investment. We protect companies from deepfake threats with next-generation security awareness training. We have a major announcement coming next Tuesday. | came across your profile and thought you'd be a great fit for a sponsored post supporting the news. We're happy to start at $1000 for a single post. Our marketing team can provide you a content draft, so all you'll have to do is copy and paste :) Let me know if you're up for it - we are finalizing our sponsored community soon. Cheers,
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Mastodon @Mastodon@mastodon.social
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