What is Hackers' Pub?

met some unexpected mushroom friends on my morning walk

v14 but only just learned how to do database... mildly scary https://forgejo.org/2026-01-release-v14-0/#database-foreign-keys

This is Max.

We provide him with multiple cat beds, cushioned cat trees, blankets, pillows, mattresses...

... but he chooses to sleep like this.

#cat #catsofMastodon #pets #animals #cats #sleep

i've been reading and loving marcus aurelius, but the most stoic and humbling thing that happens is that you say hi to your cat with a little forehead bump then, by the time you open your eyes, they've turned their butthole toward you instead. truly i am an earthly body of limited time

at this rate by the end of 2026, Bluesky will be 80% features that are not supported by ATProto and will never become decentralized in any way, yet tech pundits will still be calling it a decentralized platform for some reason

@GustodonΩ 🌍 Gus Posey can Mastodon outlast it? Stay tuned!

I'm glad I found #Mastodon before civilization collapsed.

Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46635345

Love this snoozy, soft, and sassy guy so very much

Building a Carousel Autosampler

https://hackaday.com/2026/01/15/building-a-carousel-autosampler/

The new #FreeBSDJournal is out! Includes my Letters column, where someone calls out my bullshit. Or tries to.

https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/freebsd-15-0/

DAMMIT!

The bhyve call was so good that it's resulting in three @bsdcan proposals.

#bhyvecon for the win!

me picking up my cat and kissing her on her head repeatedly 🥰

my cat: this is a war crime 💢

DAMMIT!

The bhyve call was so good that it's resulting in three @bsdcan proposals.

#bhyvecon for the win!

First impressions of Claude Cowork

Link: https://simonw.substack.com/p/first-impressions-of-claude-cowork
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46612919

too soon?

Één voor allen, alleen voor één.

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i've been reading and loving marcus aurelius, but the most stoic and humbling thing that happens is that you say hi to your cat with a little forehead bump then, by the time you open your eyes, they've turned their butthole toward you instead. truly i am an earthly body of limited time

Just an FYI in case anyone was interested: if you're printing something potentially clandestine, be careful about where you print it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots

#California Investigates Elon Musk’s #xAI Over #Sexualized Images Generated by #Grok

The state will examine whether xAI, which owns the social media platform X and created the A.I. #chatbot Grok, violated state law.
#socialmedia #ai #csam #privacy #security

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/technology/grok-ai-x-investigation-california.html

If anyone is looking to help out folks in MPLS as they're under siege, a trusted comrade has created this fundraiser.

https://gofund.me/e2a00d317

#minneapolis #iceout #MutualAid

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'Elite': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

Link: https://werd.io/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637127

Show HN: Tabstack – Browser infrastructure for AI agents (by Mozilla)

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46620358

Happy birthday @wikipedia

25 years of Wikipedia -- a decades-long story of language communities growing together

https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Wikifunctions:Status_updates/2026-01-15

#AbstractWikipedia #Wikipedia #Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay

걍 나보다 멍청한 사람을 보는게 너무너무 싫음 남이 볼 때는 나도 멍청하게 보이겠지만 아무튼 너무너무너무 싫음...

There are two kinds of California Voters, people who hate Gavin and won't vote for him, and people who hate Gavin and vote him because he's the only game in town.

He does not have the juice. No podcast can save him.

It should go without saying that Gavin Newsom does not have what it takes to fix the country, but he also absolutely does not have what it takes to win a national election.

Pandering to the far right only serves to legitimize the far right candidate he will inevitably have to run against.

He. Is. Absolutely. Not. The. Guy.

Lol, #GitHub is so funny — #Microsoft disabled code search if you are not logged in.

Before, I successfully searched in some project's code without login, but looks like since 2026 #Microslop desided to make things worse.

Thankfully, "git clone" through HTTPS and good old grep still working without GitHub account, lol

Suddenly feeling sentimental about User Friendly the comic strip. No idea why.

Google: "We found that this gambling ad doesn't violate our policies against gambling ads, but you can personalise your ad experience to block the kinds of ads you don't want."

Me: "So, can I block gambling ads?"

Google: "No, we don't allow gambling ads so a toggle to block gambling ads doesn't make sense. What are you talking about?"

나: 엠벼사주별자리타로점 따위의 미신이 너무 싫다 남: 에이 누가 그런걸 진짜로 믿어요 그냥 좀 선택할 때 도움 받거나 마음 기대려고 하는 거지 나: 하하 그렇죠? 설마 이런걸 진심으로 믿을리가 (진심으로 믿는 사람을 봄) 나:

a close up of a stuffed animal...

色々売ったから今ちょっと金持ち

I'm not the main character here, but I'm really hoping the @Codeberg downtime that started about five minutes ago doesn't have anything to do with the Forgejo Actions workflows I was in the midst of kicking off…

😬

(I'm using a self-hosted runner and was testing out the v14 changes that improve the picking up of jobs by the runner.)

Never underestimate a cat's ability to ignore something.

Lol, #GitHub is so funny — #Microsoft disabled code search if you are not logged in.

Before, I successfully searched in some project's code without login, but looks like since 2026 #Microslop desided to make things worse.

Thankfully, "git clone" through HTTPS and good old grep still working without GitHub account, lol

I think it’s good actually to detangle yourself from nostalgia traps, doesn’t matter if it’s Star Trek or Star Wars or Harry Potter.

https://aftermath.site/star-trek-skydance-trump-paramount-ellison/

タンパク質はいいぞ

This is ICE assaulting and arresting people simply because they are brown skinned.

엄마를 지켜보고 있다.

베타 기간 동안 '지금 생방송 중'은 현재 Twitch 링크로만 제한됩니다. 베타 운영을 통해 얻은 경험을 바탕으로 다른 스트리밍 플랫폼 지원도 추가될 예정입니다. (2/2)

Python Tip #15 (of 365):

Don't forget about slicing!

To get all command-line args but the first, you COULD do this:
import sys
arguments = list(sys.argv)
arguments.pop(0)

But slicing is better for "get all but the first":
import sys
arguments = sys.argv[1:]

Slicing is commonly used to...

Get the first few:
first3 = items[:3]

Get the last few (note the negative):
last3 = items[-3:]

Exclude first or last:
all_but_first = items[1:]
all_but_last = items[:-1]

🧵(1/2)

#Python #DailyPythonTip

Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?

Could people boozt this? I am so curious.

Are you a:

that is, i mean that the "social contract" is still there. my intention of using LLM for writing is talking about different versions for hours, playing quick refactors with the structure, brainstorming how to twist the argument, etc. so there'd be plenty of effort invested on the writing side

Inside The Internet Archive's Infrastructure

Link: https://hackernoon.com/the-long-now-of-the-web-inside-the-internet-archives-fight-against-forgetting
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46613324

'Elite': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

Link: https://werd.io/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637127

I was today years old when I learned what's behind the nomenclature of button cell batteries, e.g. CR-2032:

- C: Indicates lithium chemistry
- R: Denotes round shape
- 20: Diameter in millimeters
- 32: Height in tenths of millimeters

Running Mastodon on FreeBSD? Stop using wrapper scripts that break service status.

I've refactored the init scripts for Sidekiq, Puma, and Streaming to be fully production-grade:

- Clean privilege dropping (no su wrappers)
- Native signal handling for log rotation
- Correct PID tracking & status reporting.

I published the scripts and the reasoning behind them in my Codeberg gists:

https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src/branch/main/2026/20250115-FreeBSD_Mastodon_rc.d.md

I use those to run a Mastodon instance and they're working great so far!

❤️ 🦣

#FreeBSD #Mastodon #SelfHosting #mastoadmin #runbsd #OpenSource

3370만명의 대규모 개인정보 유출 사고를 낸 쿠팡이 1인당 5만원 상당의 구매 이용권을 15일 순차 지급 중인 가운데, 사용 기한을 3개월로 제한하고 차액 환급도 안 되는 등 사용 조건이 까다롭다는 비판이 제기되고 있습니다.

3개월짜리 쿠팡 보상…차액 환불 X·음식 쿠폰도 X