What is Hackers' Pub?

Have you ever noticed that the food graphics in Super Smash Bros. and Kirby Air Riders is flat “billboarded” stock images of food? This artistic decision from director Masahiro Sakurai has persisted through 8 games over nearly 25 years.

While researching every game with this art style and all 150+ unique food images I ended up fixing wikis, reviewing a seasonal KitKat flavor, and preserving an uncatalogued image of tempura soba.

#gaming #smashbros #nintendo

https://sethmlarson.dev/food-jpegs-in-super-smash-bros-and-kirby-air-riders

🌗 為什麼 Gmail 應用程式高達 700 MB？
➤ 數位空間的無聲掠奪：探討行動應用程式的「虛胖」真相
✤ https://akr.am/blog/posts/why-is-the-gmail-app-700-mb
現代智慧型手機的應用程式正陷入一種「體積肥大化」（Bloatware）的怪圈。作者 Mohamed Akram 發現，光是 Gmail 在 iOS 上的體積就高達 760 MB，位居最臃腫應用程式前三名，而功能相仿的微軟 Outlook 卻僅有其一半大小。回溯歷史，Gmail 在 2017 年前僅有約 12 MB，隨後卻在短時間內暴增百倍。這類「軟體通膨」現象不僅出現在 Google，連 Tesla、三星甚至微軟的簡單工具 App 也動輒數百 MB。本文深度對比了 Apple 原生程式與第三方開發者的軟體體積差異，質疑這些程式在功能並未顯著增加的情況下，為何會如此揮霍用戶珍貴的儲存空間與系統效能。
+ 「這就是為什麼我始終堅持用 Apple 原生的 Mail App。Google 似乎把整個瀏覽器引擎都塞進了每個 App 裡
#軟體工程 科技評論 應用程式優化

Slop is now Nadella: https://blog.fabioneves.ca/slop-is-now-nadella/

Your reminder not to blindly boost things. Fake news isn’t just a thing for right wingers
https://sfba.social/@jeridansky/115845971901967037

https://www.instagram.com/p/DS7pz7-DuZG/

本来Instagramにおけるフォローとは，特定の人物の視点や思想を，時間の流れとともに受け取る行為であった。時系列表示は表現の文脈を保持し，「誰が，どのような連続性の中で語ったか」を可視化していた。しかしMosseriの主導でアルゴリズミックタイムラインが導入され，表現者の人格や思想よりも，エンゲージメントを生む定型的な表現形式が優先されるようになった。その結果，「本物らしさ」は希少なものではなくなり，インスタ映えする視覚語彙の固定化が進み，そうした成功フォーマットは模倣・量産可能な演出へと変質した。これは自然発生的な文化変化というより，プラットフォーム設計によって加速された現象であるにもかかわらず彼はそれを「世界の変化」として語ることで，設計判断の責任を外部化している。Mosseriの言う "authenticity is reproducible" という洞察そのものが，アルゴリズム最適化されたもっともらしい自己批評として再生産されているように見える。

🌕 越南禁止「不可跳過廣告」：新規要求 5 秒後必須顯示跳過鍵
➤ 終結漫長等待：越南數位廣告法規的新紀元
✤ https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-news/28652-vienam-bans-unskippable-ads,-requires-skip-button-to-appear-after-5-seconds
越南政府近日頒布了第 342 號法令，對現行的國家《廣告法》進行重大修訂，旨在整治惱人的網路廣告並保護消費者權益。這項新法將於 2026 年 2 月 15 日正式上路，屆時所有影音或動畫廣告的強制觀看時間不得超過 5 秒，靜態廣告則必須讓使用者能立即關閉。法規的核心在於消除誤導性的介面設計，要求平臺提供直覺的「單次點擊關閉」機制，並針對食品、醫療與酒類等 11 類高風險產業的廣告實施嚴格監管。這項舉措標誌著越南在改善數位使用者體驗與打擊非法行銷資訊上邁出了關鍵一步。
+ 終於有國家願意管這個了！希望其他地區也能跟進，那種強迫看完 30 秒的廣告真的很影響使用體驗。
+ 規定「單次操作即關閉」和「嚴禁誤導符號」對不擅長科技
#數位法規與網路廣告

[Veille 📣] How We Lost Communication to Entertainment
https://ploum.net/2025-12-15-communication-entertainment.html

Je me sens vraiment lié à cette réflexion de @ploum .

Oui, le Fédivers est pour moi un outil qui permet de connecter différentes plateformes entre elles, oui le but est justement de ne pas avoir besoin d’un compte différent par service.
Je rejoins parfaitement le constat de l’aspect "consommation" de certains des services du Fédivers, et j’aimerais que ça ne soit pas le cas.

Faites des flux RSS, faites des blog, faites du mail !

#communication #Fédivers #protocole #numérique #links #shaarli

The list of top #curl sponsors remains the exact same release after release...

ねむ…​​​​​​​​

@peterkPeter Kotrčka exactly. You can't own such an "AI" locally. Sure, Open Source models exist but, if I'm not wrong, they're far behind and still require lots of computing power. So it's their dream: something that you need but that nobody else can provide.

[$] Questions for the Technical Advisory Board

The nature and role of the Linux Foundation's Technical Advisory Board (TAB) is not well-understood, though a recent LWN article shed some light on its role and history. At the 202 [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1051768/ #LWN

[$] The difficulty of safe path traversal

Aleksa Sarai, as the maintainer of the runc container runtime, faces a constant battle against security problems. Recently, runc has seen another instance of a security vulnerabil [...]

https://lwn.net/Articles/1050887/ #LWN

Norway should really fucking know better
https://mastodon.social/@asymco/115849242292993840

$ ffmpeg -ac 1

Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

한국의 부를 다수의 대중에게 돌릴 방법을 생각하지 않으면 아마 우리 사회도 급격하게 우경화될걸... 백척간두에서 살아 돌아왔다고 다음에 같은 일이 발생하지 않을 거란 보장은 없다.

So the reddit post that I also contributed on boosting here some days ago about some horrible practices from food delivery app... turns out it was fake.
https://www.platformer.news/fake-uber-eats-whisleblower-hoax-debunked/

Firefox uses on-device downloaded-on-demand ML models for privacy-preserving translation.

They're not LLMs. They're trained on open data.

Should translation be disabled if the AI 'kill switch' is active?

夢でダイアリンに出会うから

ねよ

I tapped the spacebar but i’m still on earth..

Redox OS Begins Developing Its Own Intel Graphics Driver

The Rust-written Redox OS operating system had an exciting end to the year as it began developing its own native Intel graphics driver...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-Own-Intel-GPU-Driver

We went to check on Odin while the mold exterminators work. He is so incredibly relieved we still exist after not seeing us for almost 24 hours. He’ll spend another night with my in-laws before he’s cleared to come back after the cleaning. #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon

Firefox uses on-device downloaded-on-demand ML models for privacy-preserving translation.

They're not LLMs. They're trained on open data.

Should translation be disabled if the AI 'kill switch' is active?

와 나 무리하고있었구나
쪽잠 조금 더 자니까 확실히 다르네

@dolmengi Ich finde es auch jedesmal richtig schlimm, wenn fremde Hunde einfach in meine reinrennen (und ich will nicht mal so tun als würde mir das nicht auch mal passieren... Ich entschuldige mich dann aber!)

This is incredible. An MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade along with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps.

https://wantmymtv.vercel.app/

2026年末まで延長された t4g.small の無料枠をCURで確認してみた
https://dev.classmethod.jp/articles/ec2-t4g-small-free-tier-2026/

#dev_classmethod

Kicking off the new year thinking about metrics, inspired by @PavelASamsonov

This piece explores why accessibility and design fail when we measure scores instead of real use and what works better.

Longer read, but hopefully helpful:

https://annaecook.com/writing/2026/1/5/designing-accessibility-for-real-use-not-dashboards

아 뭐 먹어야하는데 땡기는게 없네

Stephen Miller's "Might makes right" unhindered by morality is the very essence of authoritarian fascism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html

Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds

Link: https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-news/28652-vienam-bans-unskippable-ads,-requires-skip-button-to-appear-after-5-seconds
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514677

I also published this Asahi-tastic episode on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4DKg4WZRx4

Linux + M1 MacBook Air = amazing

Thanks Asahi. 😍

https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/cRpY1NgJHqMgyPgZA7dJEL

이때 찍은 사진이 진짜 웃음나올 정도로 휘둥그레임 ㅠㅠ

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:recbqzz4rnsnum27joo6rkwf/post/3mbrf5yayks26

Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet. Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.

The nice folks at @ghost are hiring for a product designer
- remote
- to $180k
- 4 day workweeks
- actually solid looking benefits

Put in a good word for me if you get this job?

https://careers.ghost.org/?lang=en

@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠
Hi, cable collector here. Cables only do this when they're very distressed. Have a nice day.

なる(確信)

I currently use GitHub (FOSS stuff).

Is there a less US based platform I can easily move to?

[update: Thanks for suggestion, sounds like codeberg is the way]

[update: getting started https://codeberg.org/revk ]

私は結局その薄い板を挟んでも抜けなくなりそうなくらいぎっしり本を詰めてしまうし、読み終わったからと言ってそこにある本を本棚にしまったりもできないでしょう。そして溢れた本をそのホルダーの外側にも積んでしまうでしょう。その時それはきっと、ただ本の間に挟まって本を固定しているだけの謎の板になりませんか？(この間2秒)

New year resolution: Actually connect with the #OpenTelemetry community IRL ✨
OTel Unplugged EU - Feb 2 in Brussels → Unconference format → You pick the topics → Direct maintainer access → Real roadmap influence
1 month out. Limited spots: https://events.humanitix.com/otelunplugged-eu2026
RT if you're attending or thinking about it! 🔄

@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠ Not bad, but I raise you a HDMI to Chicken Soup converter.

ICE is detaining 68,442 people, the highest number ever recorded. The fastest growth in detention isn’t among people with serious criminal convictions, but people with no criminal history.

Full data and analysis on my substack: https://austinkocher.substack.com/p/record-number-68442-immigrants-will

Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds

Link: https://saigoneer.com/vietnam-news/28652-vienam-bans-unskippable-ads,-requires-skip-button-to-appear-after-5-seconds
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514677

https://www.instagram.com/p/DS7pz7-DuZG/

本来Instagramにおけるフォローとは，特定の人物の視点や思想を，時間の流れとともに受け取る行為であった。時系列表示は表現の文脈を保持し，「誰が，どのような連続性の中で語ったか」を可視化していた。しかしMosseriの主導でアルゴリズミックタイムラインが導入され，表現者の人格や思想よりも，エンゲージメントを生む定型的な表現形式が優先されるようになった。その結果，「本物らしさ」は希少なものではなくなり，インスタ映えする視覚語彙の固定化が進み，そうした成功フォーマットは模倣・量産可能な演出へと変質した。これは自然発生的な文化変化というより，プラットフォーム設計によって加速された現象であるにもかかわらず彼はそれを「世界の変化」として語ることで，設計判断の責任を外部化している。Mosseriの言う "authenticity is reproducible" という洞察そのものが，アルゴリズム最適化されたもっともらしい自己批評として再生産されているように見える。

twitter.com/liru_zyosou

looks like kernel is finally detecting my djm900nxs:

Pioneer Corporation DJM-900nexus at usb-0000:05:00.4-2, high speed : USB Audio

Playback:
  Status: Stop
  Interface 0
    Altset 1
    Format: S24_3LE
    Channels: 8
    Endpoint: 0x05 (5 OUT) (ASYNC)
    Rates: 48000, 96000
    Data packet interval: 125 us
    Bits: 0
    Sync Endpoint: 0x86 (6 IN)
    Sync EP Interface: 0
    Sync EP Altset: 1
    Implicit Feedback Mode: Yes

Capture:
  Status: Stop
  Interface 0
    Altset 1
    Format: S24_3LE
    Channels: 8
    Endpoint: 0x86 (6 IN) (ASYNC)
    Rates: 48000, 96000
    Data packet interval: 125 us
    Bits: 0

god how i hate usb quirks

State of the Fin 2026-01-06 – Jellyfin

Link: https://jellyfin.org/posts/state-of-the-fin-2026-01-06/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514282