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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dansup @dansup@mastodon.social
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Shared by @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

It's sad to see instances shut down without warning, I'm working on a short term and long term plan

The short term plan: Personal Archive Node (PAN) - The Mini-PDS

PAN will work with Pixelfed, Loops, Mastodon and other projects, and you can self-host or use a trusted PAN server, giving you peace of mind knowing *most* of your data is easily recoverable + migratable to another server, should you ever need it ✨

The long term plan: Personal Data Vault (PDV) - DID Layer for ActivityPub

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Craig P @Craigp@mastodon.social
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I want to mumble for a bit about "worldbuilding". Of course the term is vague and disputed, but I find a lot of folks seem to think in terms of 'players/readers that like it and those that don't'.

I think this idea is a bad one, because I hear devs talking about making worldbuilding stuff for that group, or avoiding it because of the other group.

Seems like a bad way to organize your process.

Worldbuilding is useful in specific ways, and useless if done without those goals. 🧵

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dansup @dansup@mastodon.social
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Shared by @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

Fediverse account backups via 3rd party FOSS service

Personal Archive Node (PAN) is quite brilliant, its compatible with most fediverse software already, and uses a dual strategy for data backup, with one being adaptable to most fediverse software via adapters.

While not exactly ideal, PAN solves the issue of unforseen instance shutdowns in a short term fashion, while paving the way for a long term, more efficient solution ✨

More details soon.

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Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 @rysiek@mstdn.social
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Microsoft's CEO is really sad we keep using the word "slop":
futurism.com/artificial-intell

So, which one is it going to be?

Microsoft CEO Begs Users to Stop Calling It "Slop"

In a year-end writeup on the state of AI, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made it clear he'd really like us to stop saying "slop."

futurism.com · Futurism

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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Shared by Silverkey | 은열쇠

What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y24gcrfugd3wnhzvl7or5ft5/post/3mboac4fwxc2k

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GNU Taler @Taler@fosstodon.org
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Shared by @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

💬 Digital cash without privacy is meaningless. If money moves digitally but your data is exposed, we haven’t gained freedom; we’ve only traded paper trails for digital footprints.
🔗 Read why this matters: medium.com/@jnebos/digital-cas

“Digital cash” without privacy is meaningless

Any proposal for a “replacement for cash” should be privacy preserving; otherwise it makes no sense.

medium.com · Medium

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Maho 🦝🍻 @mapache@hachyderm.io
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RE: hachyderm.io/@mapache/11579418

Are you following the speakers of the track? Am I missing someone? When are Packs going to be released? Is there life in the universe besides Earth?

You can also follow most (only the discoverable accounts) in one step, using packs here: fedidevs.com/s/ODE0/

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk@bsky.brid.gy
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Shared by Silverkey | 은열쇠

8BitDo’s new wireless Xbox controller has swappable ABXY button switches. You can also change the joysticks and D-pad on this extremely customizable controller that’s launching later this year www.theverge.com/tech/848331/...

8BitDo’s new wireless Xbox con...

8bitdo_xbox6

8BitDo’s new wireless Xbox controller has swappable ABXY button switches

8BitDo’s most expensive controller offers advanced customizability.

www.theverge.com · The Verge

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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: shared the below article:

Cross-posting is coming to NodeBB!

julian @julian@community.nodebb.org

<p><strong>tl;dr</strong> — cross-posting is coming to NodeBB in v4.9.0. It will be internal-only for now, as we work through social issues with federated cross-posting. Existing category sync and auto-categorization logic in NodeBB now utilises cross-posts instead of moving or ignoring categorized topics, respectively.</p> <h3>Some history</h3> <p>For the past couple months, I've been mulling over the idea of cross-posting, and how this would work in a federated forum context.</p>

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🕯️🎵바보イオン(바보이온)🦋💜🕯️ @precielous.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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Shared by 잇창명 EatChangmyeong💕🦋

'중산층'의 기준도 한국은 다른 나라에 비해서 물질적인 것에만 집중되어 있는 것도 그렇고, 23개 국가 24000명 이상의 성인을 대상으로 입소스에서 설문조사를 했는데, "한 사람의 성공을 나타내는 최고의 지표가 돈인가?"라는 질문에서 전체의 57%가 아니라고 답한 반면에, 중국 한국 한정으로는 70%가 예라고 답한 결과도 있다고 합니다. 가치 추구보다는 물질적인 것에 목맴 + 삶이 팍팍해지니까... '돈이 안 되는 것'을 경시하는 풍조가 심해지면서 도덕심 교양 함양 등도 등한시 된 것이 크지 않나 싶네요.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:26cwbhrythd3dghfalxpezxs/post/3mbokdegcfk2n

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary: @hongminhee@hollo.social
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Shared by 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee)

My last salaried job was at a company that built blockchain technology. No, it wasn't for cryptocurrency. The goal was to use blockchain to create a fully peer-to-peer, decentralized game. I found it a technically interesting goal. I've always been fascinated by decentralized technologies, which is also why I'm drawn to ActivityPub. Another thing that attracted me was the promise that this technology would be implemented as 100% open source. I had always wanted to work on open source full-time, so I accepted the offer.

However, once I started working there, I found myself increasingly disappointed. The organization gradually filled up with so-called “crypto bros,” and the culture shifted toward prioritizing token price over technical achievement. I and a few close colleagues believed that introducing partial centralization to the fully decentralized system—whether to defend the token price or to rush a release—was not a “minor compromise” but a “major corruption.” The rest of the organization didn't see it that way.

One of the most painful things about being in that organization was the fact that the technology I was creating was not only unhelpful to society, but was actually harming the environment and society. At the time, I felt like I was working for a tobacco company—knowing that cigarettes harm people's health, yet turning a blind eye and doing the job anyway.

I'm no fan of cryptocurrency, but I still think blockchain has technically interesting aspects. However, blockchain has already become socially inseparable from cryptocurrency, and even if blockchain is technically interesting, there are very few domains where it's actually useful. Furthermore, the negative environmental impact of blockchain technology is a problem that must be solved for it to be taken seriously. In its current state, when I weigh the harm against the utility, I believe the harm overwhelmingly outweighs it.

Anyway, I have now completely said goodbye to blockchain technology. I feel at ease now that I don't have to live with that guilt anymore. I also came to realize that engineers must consider not only the technical interest of a technology but also its social impact. So for now, I want to focus on ActivityPub. I find it both technically interesting and socially meaningful!

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FediFollows @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services
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Microsoft Office has been replaced by "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" 🙄 (not a joke, see office.com)

Fortunately there are many good alternatives on the Fediverse:

➡️ @libreoffice - Free open source office suite, can be used entirely offline
➡️ @CollaboraOffice - Online fork of LibreOffice, upstream contributor
➡️ @nextcloudNextcloud 📱☁️💻 - FOSS personal cloud including collaborative office tools
➡️ @CryptPad - FOSS online office suite with maximum privacy

(via @jbz )

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jacobian @jacob@social.jacobian.org
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I really love most things about my Boox Palma — except that it’s too fragile. I’ve just broken the screen a second time in as many years, and not from anything rough, just normal riding around in my shoulder bag. Before I pay to fix it again (and buy some sort of super well-paddded case) — are there other e-readers with a similar form-factor I should look at instead? Being able to run Android apps is a big plus but not a hard requirement.

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