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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⚠️ Confirmed: Telemetry indicate a major disruption to networks in Belgorod, western , after Ukraine targets the region's energy installations with missiles; initial analysis suggests one of the most effective infrastructure strikes by Ukraine since the start of the war

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by region in Russia from January 1, 2025, to January 8, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The graph indicates ongoing connectivity disruptions in Belgorod Oblast starting on the evening of January 8. The drop in connectivity aligns with power cuts due to missile attacks from Ukraine. The chart has a dark background with seven red circles highlighting the decline at the end of the period and connectivity lines for each city are color-coded. Gubkin, Belgorod Oblast (43% / 43%), Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast (48% / 48%), Golubino, Belgorod Oblast (48% / 48%), Belgorod, Belgorod Oblast (48% / 48%), Bekhteyevka, Belgorod Oblast (57% / 57%), Otradnyy, Belgorod Oblast (62% / 62%), Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast (85% / 85%)
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People who are extensive LLM users and proponents. Do you *know* that LLMs are inherently unethical and unsustainable to use, or do you know and don't care because you think the benefits outweigh the ethical concerns? If you know, what do you tell yourself to feel better about it?

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Every natural number is the sum of forty-nine palindromes
Article by William D. Banks
In collections: Fun maths facts, Integerology
It is shown that the set of decimal palindromes is an additive basis for the natural numbers. Specifically, we prove that every natural number can be expressed as the sum of forty-nine (possibly zero) decimal palindromes.
URL: arxiv.org/abs/1508.04721v1
PDF: arxiv.org/pdf/1508.04721v1
Entry: read.somethingorotherwhatever.

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I'm here upgrading several FreeBSD VPS instances and it's

# freebsd-update fetch # prepare to get up to date on current version
# freebsd-update install # get up to date on current version
# freebsd-update upgrade -r $VERSION # fetch new version
# freebsd-update install # install new version
# shutdown -r now
# freebsd-update install # install userland
# pkg update && pkg upgrade -f # upgrade packages
# freebsd-update install # why not?
# shutdown -r now # another reboot

Because of the full-disk encryption, I need to do this from the VPS control-panel VNC connection.

It makes me appreciate my OpenBSD upgrades where it's a straightforward

# sysupgrade
(it auto-reboots, installs, auto-reboots into the new system)
# pkg_add -u
# sysmerge

and done.

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Fun With 3D (8 Photos)

STREET ART UTOPIA @streetartutopia@streetartutopia.com

Your brain is about to play tricks on you. These 8 artworks prove that sometimes, a flat wall is just a suggestion. We’ve all walked past a boring brick building, but these creative geniuses see something entirely different. Using the magic of anamorphic perspective, they’ve turned gray concrete into giant creatures, cozy kittens, and mind-bending architectural illusions. Prepare to do a double-take at these 8 incredible 3D masterpieces. More: (LÄGG IN LÄNK TILL LIKNANDE INLÄGG […]

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Sheesh! what a day for chemo to keep me flat on the cooling tiles of my bathroom floor — comfortably close to a vomit receptacle.

Every now & then it’d be nice if the onslaught of political/legal/illegal + daily/hourly horror cooperated with my medical schedule … just sayin.

I’m absolutely NOT complaining.

I’m lucky that my smartphone enables such welcome distraction from my illness.

I’d so very much prefer to post about art, music or literature instead of the end of democracy though.

💋🤮🤷🏼‍♀️

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Rallies in and 's second city, Mashhad, can be seen in footage verified by BBC Persian, with peaceful demonstrations not dispersed by security forces.
[...]
The crowds in called for the overthrow of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali , and the return of Reza , the exiled son of the late former shah, who had urged his supporters to take to the streets.

bbc.com/news/articles/cg7y0579

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