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.
I would love to understand why seemingly all LACNIC members use gmail/hotmail email addresses as their whois contacts. No other region seems to be this concentrated with "personal" email providers for what are almost always businesses, it seems to also extend all the way down to the actual company filings as well!
Corporate emails don't really seem to be that much of a thing in the LATAM region
If a government can refuse interviews and a major network pulls the story… that’s a problem. “60 Minutes” delayed its CECOT segment on Trump-era deportees to El Salvador. CBS says “additional reporting” is needed.
How I protect my Forgejo instance from AI web crawlers
Link: https://her.esy.fun/posts/0031-how-i-protect-my-forgejo-instance-from-ai-web-crawlers/index.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46345205
[속보] 철도 파업 유보…모든 열차 정상 운행
송고2025-12-23 00:17
www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...
[속보] 철도 파업 유보…모든 열차 정상 운행 | 연합...
The Music of the Sea
You did it—AGAIN! Thanks to you, we hit our second fundraiser goal of $400k 🤯 everyone at the PSF is feeling heaps of astonishment & gratitude for our community’s generosity.
Words can’t fully capture how grateful we are, but we’ll try:
Thank you 💝
Thank YOU 💙💛
THANK YOU 🥰🐍🥰
And, again, we aren't quitting yet! We have until December 31st to keep raising funds to support #PythonForEveryone. Our third goal is ✨ $512k ✨
Can you help us reach our newest goal? Your donations, memberships, stories, and advocacy make ALL the difference 💝💝
Festive Typography & Holiday Craft: Christmas Projects by Russ Gray https://theinspirationgrid.com/festive-typography-holiday-craft-christmas-projects-by-russ-gray/
The Trump Administration Protects U.S. National Security by Pausing Offshore Wind Leases (U.S. Department of the Interior)
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/trump-administration-protects-us-national-security-pausing-offshore-wind-leases
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p52#a251222p52
곧 크리스마스네요 🎄
마작 개안되네
The hidden history of 'White Christmas'
Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, which he first recorded in 1942.
by Anastasia Tsioulcas
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5628363/white-christmas-bing-crosby-history
I just found out that miri now supports ffi at all, and it's like x-mas came early!
https://www.ralfj.de/blog/2025/12/22/miri.html#invoking-native-code-from-miri
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
now we can finally tell what comes first. is there a chicken around?
The hidden history of 'White Christmas'
Nearly every pop music holiday song written in the past 80 years owes at least some of its DNA to one Christmas tune in particular: "White Christmas," written by Irving Berlin and sung by Bing Crosby, which he first recorded in 1942.
by Anastasia Tsioulcas
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/15/nx-s1-5628363/white-christmas-bing-crosby-history
In 2025 I attended eight conferences and did presentations - in five countries.
Wind storms last week set in motion disaster recovery plans at NIST, and almost took out a primary time reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRB7pjRVVkI
I'm sure the folks at NIST running the Internet's time clocks were feeling the pressure, and they handled it well.
[속보] 철도 파업 유보…모든 열차 정상 운행
송고2025-12-23 00:17
www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR2025...
[속보] 철도 파업 유보…모든 열차 정상 운행 | 연합...
New from 404 Media: Flock exposed some of its AI-powered cameras to the internet. We know because we tracked ourselves with them. These cameras zoom in on passersby, sometimes so close we could read a random person's phone screen. Required no login to view cameras
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/
There's a lot of focus on how the dripping antisemitism on the right has created a useful rupture in various parts of Trump's support, and that's true.
But I really worry that EVEN those on the less hateful side of that split are ignoring how dangerous some of these terrorists are.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nyjm4ylfid2a7mjm6varxuiq/post/3malmbvvxoc2a
Why you don't put Christmas lights on palm trees
Some of us at NLnet will be going to #39c3 \o/. We hope to see you there! Together with 
@PrototypeFund and 
@sovtechfundSovereign Tech Agency will be doing a self-organized session, just like previous years. Join us on Day 3 for the Meet the Funders session where you can ask anything about Free and Open Source funding
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/en/event/detail/meet-the-funders-sovereign-tech-agency-nlnet-proto
Hope to see you at Congress!
I am proud and ridiculously excited to introduce you to The Computer Upcycle Project! Welcome to Episode 60 of Linux For Everyone, featuring the inspirational 
@codemonkeymikeMike 
!
https://linuxforeveryone.net/episode-60-the-computer-upcycle-project-with-mike-kelly/
AI / LLM plague
I hate that one of the things I need to do with new comments on my techblog is squint at them and ask myself "is this extruded AI slop blather that's intended to attract visitors to the commentator's site that's also mostly extruded AI slop blather, or is this someone who is just not good at writing and maybe not using English as their first language?"
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Thanks for all the support this year and have a great festive season! 🎅❤️
I just found out that miri now supports ffi at all, and it's like x-mas came early!
https://www.ralfj.de/blog/2025/12/22/miri.html#invoking-native-code-from-miri
So hypothetically, (I'm NOT suggesting this literally, this is for discussion purposes only!)
Prompt:
if users ONLY had Public/Followers only/Private as 'base' post types, how would they be negatively impacted? *Specifically* what types of posts would fall through the cracks? How limited would Followers only really be?
Goal:
There obviously would be negative impact. By discussing how, we can brainstorm BETTER ways of giving them this functionality
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/
Show HN: Netrinos – A keep it simple Mesh VPN for small teams
Link: https://netrinos.com
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46331364
Space explorers should be mandated to bring their debris and rubbish home. Starlink, NASA, Orbital etc should not be permitted to continue filling space with rubbish, dead satellites or other stuff. The lesson on this planet is already clear - we make too much disposable stuff and we are polluting at an indefensible rate.#KesslerSyndrome #ProfSamLawler #Astronomy
Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers | The moon | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/22/patches-of-the-moon-to-become-spacecraft-graveyards-say-researchers
More reasons to wear masks while shopping this Xmas in the UK!
#CivliLiberties #Shoplifting #UKCrime #Retail #Influenza #COVID
New from 404 Media: Flock exposed some of its AI-powered cameras to the internet. We know because we tracked ourselves with them. These cameras zoom in on passersby, sometimes so close we could read a random person's phone screen. Required no login to view cameras
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/
My shelves just collapsed. How annoying.
Serves me right for touching them.
Evan Prodromou
amos
David Beazley
Paul Cantrell
wakest ⁂
Em 
host? ProxCLMC evaluates all nodes within the cluster and checks for the maxmimum supported type to make sure live migrations can perform without any issues. ProxCLMC is fully opensource and entirely written in Rust.
Operating Rails: what about after you deploy? https://lobste.rs/s/sokkpl #devops #practices #ruby
https://andre.arko.net/2025/11/20/operating-rails/
うごきだせ 針を回せ
New from 404 Media: Flock exposed some of its AI-powered cameras to the internet. We know because we tracked ourselves with them. These cameras zoom in on passersby, sometimes so close we could read a random person's phone screen. Required no login to view cameras
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115762325563043978
Oh we have the same wish 
@EUCommissionEuropean Commission
I think it'd be a powerful move if you deleted your X account (a platform that has become a vector of misinformation and a cesspool of hate).
By the way, your homepage states: "Follow us on" followed by the icons of Facebook, X and LinkedIn. I always found it odd, since those are algorithm-based U.S. companies and you are the EUROPEAN Commission. How about putting your Mastodon icon on your homepage?
Thank you for your consideration
@_elenaElena Rossini ⁂ @EUCommissionEuropean Commission everyone who agrees with Elena's wish should boost. Who knows? Maybe time for a Christmas miracle?
@_elenaElena Rossini ⁂ @EUCommissionEuropean Commission Grandissima!! 🔥🔥🔥
@tizianomatteiTiziano 
you can always count on me for sassy posts to the EC 💁♀️
I truly wish they would walk the talk and follow through their posts with some bold actions
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