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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Obsidian Urbex Photography @ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social
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🚂 Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad No. 643, the sole surviving H-1 class 2-10-4 "Texas" type steam locomotive engine built in 1944 by Baldwin. Weighing around 520,000 lb, it is one of the heaviest steam locomotives ever built.

Photos from 2018, when it sat in an impound. Now it is restored and part of the Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum in Sugarcreek, Ohio.

This is an image of an old steam train, number 643, abandoned and covered in vines. The train's black paint is faded and weathered.A black and white close-up of a rusty steam train. The train's number "643" is clearly visibleA rusty, black steam engine is parked in a field with overgrown weeds. The locomotive reads "G-43" on its front panel.The interior of an old train is shown in a black and white image. Gears, pipes, and levers are visible
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird@sauropods.win
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Without looking it up can you remember *why* Mary and Joseph were traveling when she was so pregnant? Why didn't they have a place to stay?

If you can't remember or never knew give your best guess. (I'm curious about the stories that live in people's heads as much as the ones that were written down.)

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obrhoff @obrhoff@mastodon.social
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Damn. It is so hard to get excited about something.

I just spoke with a friend who talked for a year about building a gaming PC. He finally did it, and guess what. It is just okay.

The exciting part was building the PC itself, but actually playing on it is only minimally better than a five year old PlayStation.

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Knot Feed @knotfeed@masto.ink
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Shared by Chao-c'

⚡️Ukraine set to count voters, preparing for potential elections during war.

"Updating the voter register is one of the fundamental conditions for holding any elections," said David Arakhamia, leader of the Servant of the People faction. "The war has had a significant impact on demographic indicators, and this must be reflected in the register."

🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-re

Ukraine set to count voters, preparing for potential elections during war

"Updating the voter register is one of the fundamental conditions for holding any elections," said David Arakhamia, leader of the Servant of the People faction. "The war has had a significant impact on demographic indicators, and this must be reflected in the register."

kyivindependent.com · The Kyiv Independent

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Matt Stein @mattrambles@t00t.cloud
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I used Restic a while ago to back up data on Laravel Forge servers. More recently I’ve used Duplicati for the stuff Coolify doesn’t have built-in backup systems for, and it’s been good.

Zerobyte, however, has brought me back to Restic with a simpler and sexier interface than Duplicati—and nice notifications, too. Pretty swell!

Glad I stumbled on @shollyethanEthan Sholly’s post that mentioned it! selfh.st/post/2025-favorite-ne

Screenshot of Zerobyte’s web interface, with Backups selected listing an `outline` backup that sends daily filesystem data to Backblaze B2. Dark, deliciously nerdy UI that’s pleasantly polished.
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Eugene :freebsd: :emacslogo: @evgandr@bsd.cafe
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Shared by Stefano Marinelli

A question for mappers. There is a mall in my city, which I'm using a lot and it was not mapped properly, since 2019 I think — there are a lot of non-existent amenities, a lot of new amenities don't exist on the map, and a lot of POI placed semi-randomly.

I tried to fix it "on foot" by editing and moving amenities, but it is not very easy for me with Every Door application and without JOSM (and without the big screen with a big keyboard) :drgn_flat_sob: .

So, I think about to take the official website of the mall, which has the actual information about all the stores inside and about their position inside the building — and fix the map for this mall.

But I unable to find — is it legal (in terms of OSM) to use this external source of information (floor plans for mall visitors) in OSM mapping?

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Knot Feed @knotfeed@masto.ink
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⚡️Ukraine set to count voters, preparing for potential elections during war.

"Updating the voter register is one of the fundamental conditions for holding any elections," said David Arakhamia, leader of the Servant of the People faction. "The war has had a significant impact on demographic indicators, and this must be reflected in the register."

🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-re

Ukraine set to count voters, preparing for potential elections during war

"Updating the voter register is one of the fundamental conditions for holding any elections," said David Arakhamia, leader of the Servant of the People faction. "The war has had a significant impact on demographic indicators, and this must be reflected in the register."

kyivindependent.com · The Kyiv Independent

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BrianKrebs @briankrebs@infosec.exchange
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Shared by Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

When an entire class of technology states on the packaging that it was made in China but intended "for overseas use only," this should really give you pause before plugging it into your network.

You will find this verbiage on a lot of Android TV streaming boxes for sale at the major retailers. There's a very good reason the country that makes this crap doesn't want it on their own networks. My advice: If you have one of these Android streaming boxes on your network or get one as a gift, toss it in the trash. I'll have a lot more about this in the New Year, but these things are responsible for building out a botnet that currently has ~2M devices and is growing rapidly. blog.xlab.qianxin.com/kimwolf-

A photo of the back of an Android TV streaming box says RAM: 4GB Rom 32GB Input DC5v, 2000 mA Made in China Overseas use only
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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name
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Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers

Link: phoronix.com/news/Meta-SCX-LAV
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers

An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck..

www.phoronix.com

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Nate Westheimer @innonate@threads.net
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Idea: a robo lawyer like DoNotPay or Rocket Money but for getting you wiped / block-listed from political databases that spam and share your email and phone number. As soon as a new campaign is filed with the FEC it would go unsubscribe you from whatever list they bought, and would keep following up as long as the campaign was active. It would cost $20 / month and all profit would go to fund progressive causes. If this post gets 100K likes I will build the prototype.

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary: @hongminhee@hollo.social
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I ordered the Keychron Q60 Max yesterday and it arrived today. I tried typing on it and it feels amazing! I'm so happy with it that I can't stop typing on Monkeytype. 😂

Keychron Q60 Max QMK/VIA Wireless Custom Mechanical Keyboard

Keychron Q60 Max is a fully customizable mechanical keyboard boasting 2.4 GHz wireless and Bluetooth 5.1 connectivity. The 60% layout is beneficial for users with limited desk space. Effortlessly Customize any key or create macro commands through VIA software. Compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux.

www.keychron.com · Keychron

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hackaday @hackaday@hackaday.social
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Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Ultimate Portable Split

hackaday.com/2025/12/23/keebin

Illustrated Kristina with an IBM Model M keyboard floating between her hands.

Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Ultimate Portable Split

What do you look for in a travel keyboard? For me, it has to be split, though this condition most immediately demands a carrying solution of some kind. Wirelessness I can take or leave, so it&#8217…

hackaday.com · Hackaday

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Straybun :sparkles_trans: @straybun@lgbtqia.space
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Hey @danirabbitDanielle Foré, originally I wanted to make this a private message but I think it might be good for it to be public actually. Because often the negative is said out loud but the positive is said quietly and I wanted to flip that.

I hope this won't come off as creepy or unnerving. This bunny is not really good with social rules and cues. I just wanted to congratulate you personally on the launch of elementary OS 8.1. I'm excited to try it.

This bunny also wanted to say that you're kind of a hero of hers. I admire you a lot for the work you're doing in the open source community. You've pushed for so much things that were so forward thinking and ahead of their time.

There are things about elementary that have frustrated me, like the lack of fractional scaling, for a while, but I also recognize that it is a small team and that it takes great care in its work. It tries to be safe and doesn't try to rush things and break things because it knows that by doing so, it will leave people behind. No matter how much it frustrates me, I wanted to tell you that I admired the hell out of that. Because choosing to not let anyone behind is the hard choice here.

I wanted to say that when you take the time to write blog posts about pride, when you make a release that has the trans or disability flag within the logo, it genuinely moves me. Because of that, bunny feels seen and embraced by this project in a way that no other projects gives her. It means a lot.

And we are sister through transness, you and I. You are a prominent trans woman in the Linux community and I really admire you for that. I know, and I've seen, the harassment, and all of the shit you've had to deal with just for being openly who you are in this space. Being deadnamed, being misgendered by awful people. The Linux and open source community is a shithole. It's a dumpster fire. And... I kind of hate it here.

But while I wish you never had to deal with any of that, but I want to say how much I admire you for still being there. I want you to know that I wasn't all for nothing. That through standing tall against all of this injustice you've been put through, you, and plenty of other trans women in this space have cultivated a bright spot in this community, and it's one that I'm genuinely thankful to be able to find shelter in. And I'm really thankful for that.

Thank you for being you and what you do. You are seen. And I hope more people will express that to you.

This post is also for all of the trans and non binary people who are putting up with all of the shit that they have to put up in this community and all of the people who are working on elementary.

From the bottom of this bunny's heart, she thanks you.

:bunhdheart: :heart_trans:

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