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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I need university administrators (and probably some other people too, but definitely university administrators) to understand something: you cannot motivate your faculty to do more research or better teaching.

They are already maximally motivated people. They did not get the job by being unmotivated. A good chunk of them have more motivation than is healthy for them.

Any action you take to "motivate" them is going to be demotivational. Any of them. Yes, even that one that you just thought of. Yes, even the one you heard about from one of your peers at a different institution that you're jealous of.

Lean in close, here's the secret: all you have to do is (a) support them in doing their jobs, and (b) not fuck things up.

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Ihr seid bei den Grünen BW und gegen ?

⇒ neuer Link zur Urabstimmung gegen Palantir Gotham in Baden-Württemberg:
urabstimmung-gotham-bw.antrags

Bitte boostet! Wir brauchen noch mindestens 1042 Unterstützer*innen.

Und lasst es auch in eure OV-Signalgruppen u.ä. einsickern, damit es auch die erreicht, die nicht im Fediverse sind.

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RE: toot.community/@HarryRasmussen

Hegseth, Trump, and their cultists will brush it off.

Meanwhile an entire neighbourhood will swear to God that they will avenge her murder.

“We” should have no concerns with Americans hanging out investigating business deals from the spoils, I’m sure. Simple stuff. In and out. Ask Putin how that’s going.

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RE: toot.community/@HarryRasmussen

Hegseth, Trump, and their cultists will brush it off.

Meanwhile an entire neighbourhood will swear to God that they will avenge her murder.

“We” should have no concerns with Americans hanging out investigating business deals from the spoils, I’m sure. Simple stuff. In and out. Ask Putin how that’s going.

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A User's Guide to the Mind: Strategies for a Better You by Ian Hickie & James O'Loghlin, 2025

How do we achieve deeper happiness, better relationships and a life lived according to our values?Drawing from the wide array of topics covered in their popular mental health podcast Minding Your Mind, psychiatrist Ian Hickie and broadcaster and author James O’Loghlin bring their signature compassion and curiosity, intelligence and humour...




, to this practical ‘user’s guide’ to our evolving mind and selves.  

It takes an empowering, holistic approach to mental health, acknowledging that every season of life brings its own ups and downs, unique challenges and breakthroughs. Feelings of anxiety, stress, self-doubt, loss, longing and stagnation are inevitable, but those times are also opportunities to find out what works for us, so that we not only ‘get by’ but actually flourish. 
Whether you’re looking for a wealth of practical tools to carry with you through the tough times, or want to develop an overall strategy for lasting mental wellbeing, A User’s Guide to the Mind meets you wherever you are along life’s journey. 
Topics include:- The search for identity, purpose, self-worth and belonging- Identifying personal values and boundaries- Navigating and nurturing our essential relationships: family, friends, partners and community- The role of meaningful work and value-led goals- Balancing desire and dreams with life’s increasingly complicated demands- Embracing challenges and new opportunities - Dealing with stress, conflict and burn-out, and finding your own unique path to peace and contentment- The importance of novelty and moving on from old mental habits - The enduring value of legacy and what it means to live a wise life.
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Black Gold by Bob Wyss, 2025

The Rise, Reign and Fall of American Coal

Coal's central role in America's history and its ongoing threats in the climate crisis.

For decades coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparked the Industrial Revolution...





powered railroads, and built urban skylines, while providing home comforts for families. 
Coal's history and heritage are fundamental to understanding its legacy of threats to America's well-being. As industry developed so did clashes between powerful tycoons, coal miners, and innocent families. Exploitation and avarice led to victimization, deadly violence, and ultimately the American labor movement. More recently coal has endangered American lives and safety, brought on by two centuries of carbon combustion, and here the threat remains unresolved. This is coal's most enduring legacy.
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Black Gold by Bob Wyss, 2025

The Rise, Reign and Fall of American Coal

Coal's central role in America's history and its ongoing threats in the climate crisis.

For decades coal has been crucial to America's culture, society, and environment, an essential ingredient in driving out winter's cold, cooking meals, and lighting the dark. In the coalfields and beyond, Bob Wyss describes how this magical elixir sparked the Industrial Revolution...





powered railroads, and built urban skylines, while providing home comforts for families. 
Coal's history and heritage are fundamental to understanding its legacy of threats to America's well-being. As industry developed so did clashes between powerful tycoons, coal miners, and innocent families. Exploitation and avarice led to victimization, deadly violence, and ultimately the American labor movement. More recently coal has endangered American lives and safety, brought on by two centuries of carbon combustion, and here the threat remains unresolved. This is coal's most enduring legacy.
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My last for the algorithm before I deleted IG last weekend. Goodbye after 12 yrs + 50k followers 👋🏾 I couldn’t have done it if I hadn’t gained some traction here, so thank you for following.

I grew up in and organizing, so moving to and social media feels full circle. I want my to be part of a future of thought that represents progress and liberation.

Nigerian-American studio potter Osa Atoe (a black woman with shoulder length locs)  holding an elaborate ceramic vase she made, painted in earth tones, with geometric patterns. The background is a blur of tropical foliage.
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“In the past decades, interventions were justified under slogans such as democracy and human rights. Today, they openly say the issue is Venezuela’s oil.”

“Claims that another country can run Venezuela are unacceptable to any nation, including the Venezuelan people, and reflect a return to colonial-era thinking.”

Esmail Baghaei



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This is a clear case of US exceptionalism towards international law, of which there is a long history. It reflects a US view that its own laws prevail over all other law. According to the US, international law should not unduly limit its ability to advance its national interests.

It’s also based on an assumption that any international opprobium it may encounter can be managed or safely ignored.

theconversation.com/trumps-int


US allies and partners need to be very aware of the ramifications of this exceptional US law enforcement practice.

If, down the line, the US military encounters a more robust response than it did in Venezuela, it could trigger NATO treaty obligations for European countries and Canada, and ANZUS treaty obligations for Australia.

So, if the US continues down this road, there’s every chance the consequences of its interventionism could be felt by many around the world.



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This is a clear case of US exceptionalism towards international law, of which there is a long history. It reflects a US view that its own laws prevail over all other law. According to the US, international law should not unduly limit its ability to advance its national interests.

It’s also based on an assumption that any international opprobium it may encounter can be managed or safely ignored.

theconversation.com/trumps-int


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Yearly update on my verifiable brute force strength gist.

- Bitcoin mining is still just shy of exhausting 95 bits annually.
- Distributed.net's RC5-72 project is still just shy of exhausting 65 bits annually.

We're still 10+ billion years out for completely exhausting every possible key in a 128-bit key space with the current Bitcoin mining power.

gist.github.com/atoponce/a7715

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Something that's been bugging me for the past couple of years was that the search bar wasn't returning the "most accurate" result first.

Not being an expert, I got the query syntax tweaked to boost a better match on explicit name.

Search for `psycopg`, `boto3`, and more!

See the goodies here: github.com/pypi/warehouse/pull

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Newsrooms: We've made a lot of changes to our guide to confidential tip pages. The biggest change — informed by our research into common channels — is that we've actually cut WhatsApp from the list and added web forms. Check it out. freedom.press/digisec/blog/sec

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In light of convos about Mastodon's reply-guy problem, here's your periodic reminder that code was written in **2022** to make blocking someone hide their reply to your post, but still hasn't been shipped.

This simple fix to make toxic replies less harmful has now been ignored by the Mastodon team for 40% of Mastodon's existence.

github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p

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