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.
You'll see lots of familiar faces and shout-outs that you'll enjoy in my video this week. ๐๐คต๐๐
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeUX9uqDwUA
cc @InclusiveLittleUnicorn 
@j0hnnyxm4sJohnny Xmas @lintile 
@kympossible 
@RenderMan
โSuper secureโ MAGA-themed messaging app leaks everyone's phone number
Link: https://ericdaigle.ca/posts/super-secure-maga-messaging-app-leaks-everyones-phone-number/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279123
Police remove keffiyeh-wearing Jewish woman from Bondi memorial site
Weโve seen your posts. Age verification is coming for the internet and weโre all worried. What does it mean for users and how do we push back? Come ASK US ANYTHING about these invasive mandates on Redditโs r/privacyโstarting today at 12pm PT! https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1pk5n1y/were_eff_and_were_fighting_to_defend_your_privacy/
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US TikTok investors in limbo as deal set to be delayed again
Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp34442z25ko
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46250259
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It's the last week to submit a #Python #security talk to #PyConUS, submit by Friday December 19th!
https://pycon.blogspot.com/2025/11/trailblazing-python-security-pycon-us-2026.html
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@mariatta/115708874941930892
If there is a Pythonista in your community that has made meaningful impact and contributions but don't identify as a PyLady? Great news, you can nominate them for other awards and recognitions in the Python community, such as PSF Community Service Award and PSF Fellow.
Read my blog on how to say thanks to #Python people for other ideas of recognition
Weโve seen your posts. Age verification is coming for the internet and weโre all worried. What does it mean for users and how do we push back? Come ASK US ANYTHING about these invasive mandates on Redditโs r/privacyโstarting today at 12pm PT! https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1pk5n1y/were_eff_and_were_fighting_to_defend_your_privacy/
Feeling pretty smug about never giving our roomba access to a network. I just hope we keep getting replacement parts. They were pretty serviceable. But maybe that was part of the problem.
imagine if i wore heels instead of sparkly platforms
How to add DuckDuckGo (noai) to Google Chrome and Brave
(Also, see my similar post about doing this for Vivaldi - https://infosec.exchange/@scottwilson/115725021729571844, and for Firefox - https://infosec.exchange/@scottwilson/115725250696632578)
If you prefer an AI-free DuckDuckGo Search experience, you can use noai.duckduckgo.com instead of on duckduckgo.com. Searching on noai.duckduckgo.com works the same as search on duckduckgo.com, except all AI features are turned off and AI-generated images are filtered out of results by default.
NOTE: Truly, for better privacy, consider switching to Firefox, LibreWolf, Vivaldi, Brave, or Tor.
1. In Google Chrome or Brave, go to Settings, then Search Engines.
2. Click "Manage search engines and site search".
3. Scroll down to the "Site search" section, and lick the "Add" button.
4. Give it a meaningful name and nickname, and add "https://noai.duckduckgo.com/search?q=%25s" in the URL field.
5. Click "Add", then scroll up a little to the "Search engines" section. Find your new entry, click the three dots next to it, and select "Default" to make this the default search engine.
6. Exit Settings.
#search #ai #privacy #google #chrome #googlechrome #brave
Thanks to: @voltooidverledentijd
References:
- https://voltooidverledentijd.noblogs.org/post/2025/11/23/how-to-add-duckduckgo-noai-to-firefox/
- https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/ai-features/about-noaiduckduckgocom
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@sustainoss/115707191758680464
This is a great podcast that discusses some of the details by 
@lorenipsumLoren and 
@BajoranEngineerdawn on 
@ThePSFPython Software Foundation 's rejection of the NSF grant conditions.
"We are ALL spine ๐ " --Loren
Just deep cleaned the fridge
AMA
D-Bus is a disgrace to the Linux desktop
Link: https://blog.vaxry.net/articles/2025-dbusSucks
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46278857
Oooh look I wasn't saaaaad or stressed, I just needed to lay in a giant pool filled with balls, surrounded by soft pastel light and music ๐ And nice art.
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It's always weird how so many movies and TV shows seem to be set in an alternate universe where either COVID never happened, or it did and we chose to end it.
One of my goals with #ONI the single user #ActivityPub profile is for it to be dead simple to install and run.
Today I played with the serverless provider Koyeb, as I have an interview with them tomorrow, and managed to set up a running example in under 10m:
https://youngest-rebekah-go-ap-6df5e35a.koyeb.app/outbox
(Estimated costs are about 3EUR/month)
This week is going to be SO MUCH FUN on the Linux For Everyone front. Please consider subscribing to the podcast if you haven't yet:
๐ https://feeds.fireside.fm/linuxforeveryone/rss
I'm currently editing a terrific conversation with 
@codemonkeymikeMike 
about how he's using #NixOS and his free time to make a huge impact on peoples lives.
Tomorrow I'm reuniting with 
@thelinuxEXPNick @ The Linux Experiment, 
@gamingonlinuxLiam @ GamingOnLinux ๐ง๐ฎ and 
@gardiner_bryant to record "Games For Everyone..."
And on Thursday, the wonderful 
@vkcvkc (Veronica Explains) to chat music production on Linux!
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Donations to help support the maintenance and development of igraph are very welcome at https://opencollective.com/igraph.
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We have an Apple TV and for some reason it is not only is it quieter than anything else plugged into the TV sound system, but it seriously appears to be quieter and quieter and quieter every few months, so that we're constantly having to turn the tv up louder and louder for the volume to seem normal and we finally can't turn it up anymore. Can anyone think of a reason this might happen? I have all the dynamic volume adjustment/"make voice clearer" stuff switched off.
โ๏ธ๐ Help igraph through the cold unfunded winter! ๐โ๏ธ
Donations to help support the maintenance and development of igraph are very welcome at opencollective.com/igraph.
๐ Please repost!
igraph - Open Collective
This Wednesday is the Folk Tech Connection Call:
โ> Folk Tech is a movement among people who want to develop apps for their community without depending on big tech companies and a community of developers making decentralized, p2p, open source, open standard-based tech
Featuring an interview with 
@mauveMauve ๐๐!
Em 
Hugo van Kemenade
Dr. Anna Latour
just small circles ๐ActivityPubClient for the new sync code! It's based on httpcore, the transport implemention of httpx`.ใใๅฏใฆใ
There's a ~review of the KTC 5k monitor on the The Verge. Not crazy about what they chose to cover and not cover, but it's something. The weird thing is that they say its lowest ever price was $355, which is crazy low and I'm 99% sure its never been under $500 (or I probably would've bought it to test out).
https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/842650/5k-monitor-ktc-h27p3-mac-os-review
One of Podman's LFX Mentees, 
@Shivkr6ShivKR, worked on flushing conntrack entries on port forwarding setup and teardown in Netavark. Read his discoveries and thoughts here! https://blog.podman.io/2025/12/wrestling-with-netlink-adding-conntrack-support-to-podman-as-an-lfx-mentee/ #podman #opensource
"And the acute shortage of โAI computeโโpower and serversโis actually producing some thrilling innovations in energy, climate tech, industrial automation and computing much faster than government-led policies and stimulus plans ever could. " this is true. It's a new space race. It's all baby steps, actual measured real world progress towards the probably-impossible Dyson Sphere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere
RubyConf isnโt just a conferenceโitโs community-built. Our Program Committee thoughtfully shapes the talks that define RubyConf each year. Want to be part of it? Applications are open through December 22. Help shape the conversations guiding Ruby into 2026 and beyond. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdomU9a3UYHxi2XRv25D0qC_Zmmqm_lukHyhONIDODcskZ-gg/viewform
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I don't need an AI companion for my Zoom
I don't need Rufus telling me what to buy on Amazon
I don't need Copilot telling me how to use Excel
I don't need Adobe's AI assistant summarizing PDFs for me.
These all all things I've run across just this morning trying to get through a day.
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"Do you ever read your toot before hitting post?"
No way, I like to avoid the brainrot.
@catsaladCat ๐๐ฅ (D.Burch) 
Brainrot out, never in.
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#ใ้ขจๅใใณ
Interested in helping #FreeSoftware users find freedom-respecting programs by updating the Free Software Directory (FSD)? Please consider joining the FSD meeting this Friday on IRC. Read more at: https://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-12-19-irc #FreeSoftwareDirectory #FSF
I wonder how a ThinkPad feels when it slides into its docking station.
Visited a couple of excellent local #petroglyph panels this morning.
My 
@BlueTeamCon sweatpants are Corrie approved!
New #Weblate version is out, 5.15, and it proudly feels like it's five of them in one. So many new features, plenty of fixes, some security advisories resolved, and a new generation of the frontend. Read about it all at https://weblate.org/news/archive/many-fives-in-a-major/ #YourSoftwareYourLanguage #opensource
IronFleet: Proving Practical Distributed Systems Correct https://lobste.rs/s/xy3dpm #pdf #distributed #formalmethods
https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/bparno/papers/ironfleet.pdf
the g in gobject stands for glib, and the g in glib stands for gtk, and the g in gtk stands for gimp, however the g in gimp stands for gnu, so really the g in glib stands for gnu, but you shouldn't confuse it with gnulib, which is developed by the gnu project, who shouldn't be confused as the developers of glib, which is the gnome project, in which the g also stands for gnu
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