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.

I learnt a long time ago not to respond to SMS messages like "How are you today?". But when I was off work for a day feeling sick and I got a message "Are you going in to work today?" I was only 80% confident it was fake.

And I responded and it was fake.

So now I don't know if "Are you going into work today?" is just a standard message that gets blasted out in the hope that it catches sick people by chance, or whether someone (an AI?) had seen my mention of testing positive for Covid here and somehow connected that to my phone number. Probably the former.

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RE: mastodon.social/@HolosSocial/1

Still in beta but open for testing!

Interesting features:

- Custom emojis (upload to your embedded server or import from other instances)
- Custom domain for portable identity (independent from relay)
- Offline actions (boost, like, compose, delete) synced later
- One-tap timeline view modes (classic, media, video, etc.)

For bug reports or enhancements, open an issue at codeberg.org/tom79/Holos-App/i

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We're temporarily opening registrations on . Registration via relay web interface is no longer available - only the mobile app allows relay selection and signup.

To test (Android):

1 - Download latest app: framadrive.org/s/ZWEWpKQr6Aqp6

2 - Enter domain: holos.social

3 - Create your account

Your server starts empty. Search for accounts via name@domain to follow.

Thanks for feedback!

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Sometimes, it feels like absolutely every single person (outside of Fedi) might be just a horrible terrible person. Then just occasionally - just a very weird chance 'fly on the wall' situation, and you witness an interaction, and you think.... people might actually be OK. ❤️

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It is a long-standing tradition for Microsoft to use a runtime copy of Windows as a part of Windows Setup. But the copy is so stripped-down, it cannot run anything but the setup program (winsetup.bin).

OR IS IT?

A mini-challenge for myself: create a semi-working desktop only based on runtime Windows 3.10 shipped with Windows 95 installer but not using any other Microsoft products.

Lots of nostalgic and weird screenshots in this 🧵 thread

A screenshot that shows a simple frame with "File Error: Cannot find Winsetup.bin" A screenshot of something that looks like Windows 3 and Windows 95 hybrid, running Netscape Navigator 4.04 setup ("For more information on how to upgrade and save big bucks on netscape best selling products, visit netscape.com")
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RE: mastodon.social/@HolosSocial/1

Still in beta but open for testing!

Interesting features:

- Custom emojis (upload to your embedded server or import from other instances)
- Custom domain for portable identity (independent from relay)
- Offline actions (boost, like, compose, delete) synced later
- One-tap timeline view modes (classic, media, video, etc.)

For bug reports or enhancements, open an issue at codeberg.org/tom79/Holos-App/i

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"According to the Trump Labor Department’s own jobs data published Friday (and also leaked early by Trump on Thursday), 2025 was the worst year for hiring since 2020, and what the Wall Street Journal says is the worst year for annual job growth outside of a recession since 2003."

~ Marcie Jones


/1

wonkette.com/p/oh-hey-hows-the

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RE: mastodon.social/@blogdiva/1157

remember when i was in disbelief was all like, see you in Spring?

the occupation of Minneapolis is happening exactly because don’t expect white americans, most specifically, WHITE MEN, to take to the streets in the dead of winter.

THAT’S WHY RENEE GOOD WAS EXECUTED.

the vast majority of are folks who’ve been organized since the George Floyd protests.

Ms Good was murdered for being a n-loving white woman.

AMERICAN WHITE MEN NEED TO SHUT SHIT DOWN

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신상 털고 ‘이상한 사람’ 만들기… 반복되는 언론의 2차 가해 [컨트롤+F] www.khan.co.kr/article/2026... "<실화탐사대>는 A씨가 ‘업무를 부탁할 때 거절하기 쉽지 않았다’ ‘동료인데 직장 상사 같았다’ ‘소위 뭐 되는 사람처럼 굴었다’와 같은 연구원 동료들의 인터뷰를 보도했다. 한국기자협회 성폭력 사건 보도 권고기준에는 피해자의 신원이 노출될 수 있는 정보를 보도하는 데 신중을 기울여야 하고, 사건과 무관한 피해자 주변의 평가 등을 보도하지 않아야 한다고 되어 있다."

[컨트롤+F]신상 털고 ‘이상한 사람’ 만들기… 반복되...

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I've been thinking about removing all open source code I have ever written from the Internet, and re-uploading it exclusively under licenses that prohibit mixing it with code generated by a statistical model.

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I also don’t think that you can live fully according to my values (and probably not others) under capitalism so some degree of “hypocrisy” isn’t even an issue to me. It’s the combination of saying anyone who does something is evil while also doing the thing that bugs me.

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If someone is asking for help with using this place, could you let them know about my account, and also let them know about my website? I'm totally unofficial so people only find out about me by worth of mouth 🙂

I have a website full of easy-to-understand guides for using Mastodon and the wider Fediverse at:

➡️ fedi.tips

The section at the top of the site marked "Quick Start" is especially designed for new people who want to find out the basics.

Thanks! 🙏

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