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.

Jenniferplusplus @jenniferplusplus@hachyderm.io
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Praxis is not comparing text synthesizers to an intern, actually.

When an intern doesn't know how to do something, they will learn in the attempt. They will grow in their abilities, and become greater than before.

Literally zero of the words I just used can even be applied to the text synthesizer. Except maybe "attempt". The comparison is inherently dehumanizing. Please find another way to say "it sucks, but less than I assume you assumed"

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The Onion @theonion@threads.net
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“The American people deserve to know that the central bank is led by a total slut,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said of the photo, promising that more sexually explicit images of Powell were on the way.

https://theonion.com/doj-releases-jerome-powell-deepfake-nudes/

DOJ Releases Jerome Powell Deepfake Nudes

WASHINGTON—Asserting that the images were “100% authentic,” the Justice Department released Monday what appeared to be deepfake nudes of Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. “The American people deserve to know that the central bank is led by a total slut,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said of the photo, promising that more sexually explicit images of Powell […]

theonion.com · The Onion

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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Games Workshop bans staff from using AI, management not excited about the tech

Link: ign.com/articles/warhammer-mak
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Warhammer Maker Games Workshop Bans Its Staff From Using AI in Its Content or Designs, Says None of Its Senior Managers Are Currently Excited About the Tech - IGN

Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology.

www.ign.com · IGN

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FreeBSD Foundation @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social
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Shared by Stefano Marinelli

Reminder: BSDCan 2026 Call for Submissions Closes January 17

The deadline to submit talks, papers, and tutorials for BSDCan 2026 is approaching quickly. If you’re interested in sharing your work with the BSD community, now is the time to send in your proposal.

📅 Submission deadline: January 17, 2026

Details & submission guidelines: bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html

We encourage developers, researchers, and practitioners across the BSD ecosystem to participate.

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Chronological Chestnut @chestnut46524@mastodon.social
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I'm typically not the kind of person who buys merch, but since my Mastodon experience is such a great one (and the merch is really cute), I decided to support it and buy a plushtodon and a mug.
I also had the thought, that this is the perfect way to introduce myself to the Mastodon communities, so here we go:

Well, hi! My name is.. not public for now, because I'm a very privacy conscious person, especially when it comes to the vast space, that is the internet - so just call me 'Chestnut'. ^^

'Mastodon stuffed toy (mini)' in orange, 'Mastodon Pumpkin Spice Elephant Mug', Mastodon sticker with QR-code and '#plushtodon sign' on brown table.
Chronological Chestnut @chestnut46524@mastodon.social
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

A few years ago I started my privacy journey - and learned a lot!
I enjoy and appreciate good software/hardware and I think, that there are a lot of awesome people and projects, that help the world build a privacy oriented, productive, safe and fun online world. Yes, I'm talking to you @Mastodon, @fedoraFedora Project, @nitrokey, @signalappSignal, @Em0nM4stodonEm :official_verified:, @GrapheneOS, @torvaldsLinus Torvalds, @techlore, @protonprivacyProton, @organicmaps, @librewolf, @mullvadnetMullvad VPN, @privacyguides, @torprojectThe Tor Project, @privacytestsPrivacyTests.org & so many more! <3

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Neville Park @nev@status.nevillepark.ca
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storytime: how I first read Les Misérables

because i've been kind of salty on here today and i want to balance it out with something nice:

music-wise i've been on a Les Mis kick recently. i hadn't seen the show, though i would have at least heard of it, if only from posters and T-shirts, by the time I was a teenager (i'm not sure exactly how old; anywhere from 12 to 16?) and on holiday in the summer with my aunt and uncle and cousins who lived in the States. they were also middle-class but had more money than my family did, and so it wasn't a big deal for my aunt to let me loose in a bookstore and say "pick out a book." wanting the most bang for my buck, i went for a big hardcover of Les Misérables, and was amazed she actually bought it for me.

i think i probably just knew it was one of those Classic Novels.

we were off to a seaside weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. i had never seen or swum in the ocean so i was looking forward to it; unfortunately, it was cold and rainy the entire weekend.

i did not really notice or care, because i was completely engrossed in Les Misérables which i read cover to cover that weekend, digressions and all. it was the antiquated Charles Wilbour translation, the first English translation, which often just straight up uses English analogues of French words even when they are uncommon or don't quite mean the same thing: "orthography" instead of "spelling" for "orthographie", "confound" instead of "confuse [with]" for "confondre". i actually don't really mind this; it's even a little charming. i was completely in my own world. the motel could have been swallowed up by an earthquake and i wouldn't have noticed.

i still haven't actually seen the musical, nor swam in the ocean for that matter. i like the songs because they call to mind the passages in the book that is engraved in my memory from that dreamy, rainy weekend in Delaware.

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Chronological Chestnut @chestnut46524@mastodon.social
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

I'm typically not the kind of person who buys merch, but since my Mastodon experience is such a great one (and the merch is really cute), I decided to support it and buy a plushtodon and a mug.
I also had the thought, that this is the perfect way to introduce myself to the Mastodon communities, so here we go:

Well, hi! My name is.. not public for now, because I'm a very privacy conscious person, especially when it comes to the vast space, that is the internet - so just call me 'Chestnut'. ^^

'Mastodon stuffed toy (mini)' in orange, 'Mastodon Pumpkin Spice Elephant Mug', Mastodon sticker with QR-code and '#plushtodon sign' on brown table.
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dan @danabra.mov@bsky.brid.gy
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i think the unprecedented part with this shift is that we’re not only going up the abstraction ladder but we also have a tool that’s capable of going *down* the ladder on its own, often with better results. like when i ask it to symbolicate a crash using partial data or inspect some archaic system

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dan @danabra.mov@bsky.brid.gy
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i’m planning to work on a course but i don’t know how much of the things im teaching are gonna stay relevant. even the meta skills — like how to approach a problem or debug systematically — how much of those will just end up built-in. and in which cases will we need a human to go down the ladder.

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Nicolas Rinaudo @NicolasRinaudo@functional.cafe
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I've started a new series of articles on writing a PBT library using capabilities (and capture checking): nrinaudo.github.io/articles/ka

This hasn't gotten into the wild bits (test case reduction gets a little weird), but I feel there's already enough interesting material to start sharing. Let me know your thoughts!

nrinaudo.github.io/articles/ka

Nicolas Rinaudo - Direct-style property based testing

nrinaudo.github.io

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Søren Kjærsgaard @oz1lqo@techhub.social
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Suddenly a loud bang from the lab at the local club ‼️ 💥🤯

Luckily nothing happened to the people in there, but I guess it’s safe to say that this vintage capacitor decided to quit its job 😂

Always wear safety glasses 🥽 when testing and troubleshooting , especially if it’s vintage gear where you have no knowledge of its state and health☝🏼

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Maddad ☑️ @maddad@mastodon.world
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Shared by @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

Wow, this is ground breaking science..

Scientists have shown that a non-invasive sound stimulation of the brain at a specific frequency can clear toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, an advance that could lead to low-cost therapy.
Now, for the first time, scientists have demonstrated that auditory stimulation at 40Hz can significantly alter amyloid protein levels

Imagine a low cost treatment that most people could afford.

the-independent.com/news/scien

New sound therapy found to flush out toxic Alzheimer’s proteins from brain

Method may lead to sustained long-term protection against Alzheimer’s symptoms, researchers say

www.the-independent.com · The Independent

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William Lindsey :toad: @wdlindsy@toad.social
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This is a second thread today about the issues hashtagged below. The first thread is here: toad.social/@wdlindsy/11588869

"Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who murdered a Minneapolis woman named Renee Cook last week by shooting her three times in the head, has cemented the public view of an incipient American archetype, a persona that will play a major role in the nation’s history over the coming next few years:"

~ David Neiwert


/1

davidneiwert.substack.com/p/th

William Lindsey :toad: (@wdlindsy@toad.social)

"Renee Good’s death was a feature, not a bug, a goal, not an accident." ~ Rick Wilson #ReneeGood #Trump #ICE #MaskedThugs #violence /1 https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/how-it-stops-how-it-ends

toad.social · toad.social

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FreeBSD Foundation @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social
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Reminder: BSDCan 2026 Call for Submissions Closes January 17

The deadline to submit talks, papers, and tutorials for BSDCan 2026 is approaching quickly. If you’re interested in sharing your work with the BSD community, now is the time to send in your proposal.

📅 Submission deadline: January 17, 2026

Details & submission guidelines: bsdcan.org/2026/papers.html

We encourage developers, researchers, and practitioners across the BSD ecosystem to participate.

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Ethan Marcotte @beep@follow.ethanmarcotte.com
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Shared by Jenniferplusplus

I missed this EXCELLENT news from last week: management at Code for America was stalling negotiations with the union over its new contract, so the union threatened to strike. Anyway now there’s a tentative agreement, weird how that happens statescoop.com/code-for-americ

Code for America reaches tentative agreement with worker's union, averting strike | StateScoop

Following months of negotiations, the civic tech nonprofit Code for America announced it's reached a new agreement its union.

statescoop.com · StateScoop

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Macop(まこぷ) @macop@misskey.io
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業界最軽量ペイントソフトmdiapp+。カラー/グレイ/モノクロ/トーンレイヤ、閉領域フィル、3Dパース、複数ページをまとめて管理するプロジェクト管理など機能盛りだくさん。低スペックでも書き味よし、インストーラーなし、本体24MBのexeが1個。Sai2が妖精さんならその根源の精霊さんサイズ​:blobcatartist:​

※更新はされてるけど今は購入できません。このソフトはFireAlpacaのコア部分なのです。

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FediFollows @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services
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accounts to follow:

@index@2stripescpd.comTwo Stripes with Colton Denning - College Football news
@index@offtacklerepublic.comOff Tackle Republic - Big Ten Conference news
@index@collegiateflagfootball.comCollegiate Flag Football - Collegiate Flag Football news
!@nfl_deNFL Football (deutsch) - German-language NFL discussion group
@index@theaggship.comThe Aggship - American Football & Basketball in Utah
@index@theplainsreport.comThe Plains Report - American Football & Basketball in Auburn, Alabama
@index@thebroncosblitz.comBroncos Blitz - Denver Broncos news
@index@duval22.comDuval 22 - Jacksonville Jaguars news
@247Sports - US sports, College Football & Basketball
@BleacherNation - Chicago sports teams
@nflscores - Latest NFL scores

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boses @boses@theforkiverse.com
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Was out for my morning walk hearing about ! I'm more of a lurker even on Web 2.0 social media (like didn't even use twitter when it was good, fb for old contacts) besides twitch, discord, and lemmy but glad to push for a federated Web 3.0, just need the folks and the network effects to kick in.

Woods on a sunny clear winter morning sky. Lamp post and bushes at the bottom
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