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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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'

Link: bbc.com/culture/article/202601
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

"Breaking news" pours out of the bottom half of a person's face, with the word "hello" in front of them (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC)

'Hullo, hillo, holla': The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'

It's 200 years since the word "hello" was first used in print - though its roots date back to the 15th Century. How has the language of greetings evolved - and what does it tell us?

www.bbc.com

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TechGlimmer @techglimmer@mastodon.social
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

Smartphones shouldn’t feel like pocket surveillance gear.

Jolla’s 2026 phone ships with:
- A physical kill switch that cuts mic/camera/Bluetooth at the circuit level
- Sailfish OS 5 (Linux‑based, open, privacy‑respecting)
- User‑replaceable battery + repair‑friendly design

Full review: techglimmer.io/jolla-phone-202

Jolla Phone

The Jolla Phone Proved We've Been Using Smartphones Wrong All Along - techglimmer

The new Jolla Phone brings hardware privacy switches, Sailfish OS 5, and replaceable batteries. Discover why this €579 Linux phone is redefining digital sovereignty in 2026.

techglimmer.io · techglimmer.io

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clackups @clackups@social.noleron.com
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I just discovered (and tried) this wonderful piece of software

github.com/houmain/keymapper

It allows remapping your keyboard in many ways, and it's controlled from a simple configuration file (so, you can prepare one for your disabled friend).

You can, for example, remap the keyboard to only use its right half, if the left hand is dysfunctional (similar to the mirrored keyboard I made, github.com/clackups/qmk_firmwa ).

Also, it should be useful for , to map, for example, AWSD to different keys.

A cross-platform context-aware key remapper. Contribute to houmain/keymapper development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub - houmain/keymapper: A cross-platform context-aware key remapper.

A cross-platform context-aware key remapper. Contribute to houmain/keymapper development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com · GitHub

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404 Media @404mediaco@mastodon.social
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404 Media has obtained material that explains how surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. One tool can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.

404media.co/inside-ices-tool-t

Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.

www.404media.co · 404 Media

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Ian Cylkowski @Iancylkowski@pixelfed.social
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Brimham Rocks in deep winter.

It's here in the Nidderdale National Landscape that you can a collection of some of the most fascinating rock formations in all the UK.

Even better when gently dusted with snow and ice.

Plenty more photos from this day are waiting for your impatient eyeballs, right here -> https://www.iancylkowski.com/blog/2026/1/17/brimham-rocks-nidderdale-national-landscape-winter 👍

#landscape #landscapephotography #nature #travel #winter #uk #britain #england #nidderdale #brimhamrocks #yorkshire #northyorkshire
A close-up, low-angle shot looks across a series of large, rounded gritstone boulders in the foreground towards the distant Eagle rock formation at Brimham Rocks. The foreground boulders are heavily textured with moss and lichen, their upper surfaces blanketed in a crisp, white layer of frost. On the closest rock, a circular pattern has been traced into the frost, revealing the dark stone beneath. In the mid-ground, a sparse cluster of leafless silver birch trees stands against a backdrop of more massive, weathered rock stacks. To the right, the Eagle formation rises prominently, its distinctive top-heavy shape silhouetted against a clear, vibrant blue sky. The low winter sun illuminates the scene from the side, creating long shadows and highlighting the sparkling texture of the frozen ground.A wide landscape shot captures the Blacksmith's Anvil, a dramatic gritstone rock formation at Brimham Rocks under a clear blue winter sky. The central focus is a large, weathered tor that tapers at its waist before flaring out into a wide, flat top resembling an anvil, its upper surfaces dusted with a fine layer of white frost or light snow. To the left, several other rounded, tiered boulders cluster together, also showing signs of frost. The foreground consists of uneven, sandy ground covered in patches of moss and a light dusting of snow, with low-lying brown bracken and a small evergreen shrub nestled amongst the rocks. The low winter sun casts long, soft shadows and bathes the scene in a warm, golden light, highlighting the rugged textures of the stone. In the background, a hazy horizon of distant trees sits beneath the vast, pale blue sky.A low-angle vertical shot captures a towering, weathered gritstone outcrop at Brimham Rocks under a bright, clear blue sky. In the foreground, a large, rounded boulder is partially covered with a dusting of white frost, revealing patches of dark, mossy stone underneath. To the left, a dense, reddish-brown heather bush huddles against the base of the rocks. The main rock formation rises steeply, its surface etched with horizontal layers and deep fissures from centuries of erosion. To the right, another large, rounded rock stack is visible, its top also dusted with frost. Bare, spindly branches of silver birch trees peek out from behind the central formation. The scene is bathed in the warm, low light of a winter sun, casting soft shadows and highlighting the rugged, ancient textures of the landscape.A wide, low-angle shot captures the dramatic "Castle Rocks" at Brimham Rocks on a crisp winter day. Two massive, weathered gritstone stacks frame a narrow passage, their surfaces heavily layered and textured with deep horizontal grooves and patches of vibrant green moss. The stack on the left towers upwards, its rounded edges catching the warm, low sun, while the stack on the right is partially covered in a dusting of white frost and snow. In the centre, a lone, delicate silver birch tree with bare, spindly branches stands atop a smaller rock formation, silhouetted against the bright, hazy sky. The foreground is a mix of dark earth, patches of frost-covered grass, and small tufts of dry heather, leading the eye through the rocky gap. The soft, golden light of the winter sun creates a serene and ancient atmosphere across the rugged Yorkshire landscape.
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LGBTQ Nation @LGBTQNation@flipboard.com
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Trump withdraws U.S. from 66 “woke” international organizations & treaties
lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/withdr

Posted into LGBTQ Nation @lgbtq-nation-LGBTQNationLGBTQ Nation

Trump withdraws U.S. from 66 "woke" international organizations & treaties - LGBTQ Nation

Efforts addressing sexual violence and women's rights have "little to nothing to show for it," says Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

www.lgbtqnation.com · LGBTQ Nation

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もりそば@雑多アカウント @morisoba256@himagine.club
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news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2601172m
クウガがないことにさみしいような安心するようなこころが2つある

「平成ライダー」から新作映画化が決定！シリーズ55周年を飾る「仮面ライダームービープロジェクト」予想投票スタート。候補11作品のサブタイトル&ロゴも公開

候補11作品の中から実際に制作される新作を1月27日に発表予定。投票用に映画化の予定がない10作品のサブタイトル&ロゴも公開された。瞬瞬必生すぎる

news.denfaminicogamer.jp · 電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？

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Janet Vertesi @cyberlyra@hachyderm.io
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

RE: mastodon.social/@techglimmer/1

"This is what digital sovereignty actually looks like. Not in some abstract manifesto writing way but in the everyday sense of knowing what your phone is doing and having the power to tell it no."

exactly as I have been saying for YEARS.

thank you for hitting the nail on the head with this review, @techglimmer

so excited to reclaim our digital future when this product is more widely released!!

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Hacker News 100 @hn100@social.lansky.name
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Map To Poster – Create Art of your favourite city

Link: github.com/originalankur/mapto
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code. - originalankur/maptoposter

GitHub - originalankur/maptoposter: Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code.

Transform your favorite cities into beautiful, minimalist designs. MapToPoster lets you create and export visually striking map posters with code. - originalankur/maptoposter

github.com · GitHub

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Dr. Amy, Psy.D. @dramypsyd@ohai.social
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Does anybody else find it annoying that tech consents don’t have a “no” option anymore? Like Venmo just sent a push notification asking if I want to open a debit card and the options were “Yes” and “Maybe later.” Not later, Venmo. Stop asking!

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Em :official_verified: @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

"Your prompts remain private while using our AI" isn't the pro-privacy statement most AI companies seem to believe it to be.

What about the data of the subjects you used to train your AI model? Did you ask consent from all of them? What's that? Your product isn't possible if you ask for consent first?

Well, it's definitely not private then.

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j-r conlin @jrconlin@mindof.jrconlin.com
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

I am increasingly convinced that a lot of companies no longer consider people using their product to be a viable market. Instead, they pursue feature sets desired by some population that is, itself, self-selecting.

"This feature is very popular with our user base" without understanding that the people who absolutely do not want that feature will simply stop using your product or service.

Think the "Survivorship Bias Plane", but for software and hardware.

https://oldbytes.space/@arclight/115826823258595527

arclight (@arclight@oldbytes.space)

@inthehands@hachyderm.io @mhoye@mastodon.social When thinking through computer risks and harms and putting names on things, the hardest problem I've run into is putting a clear name on the group of people affected by the results of computing who have no direct interaction with the computer. Not the people funding or directing application development, not the people writing the software, not the people using the software, but the people whose lives are affected by by software they never see or even know about. The best description I have for that group is "victims" and it bothers me that I can't find a more precise term that doesn't somehow minimize how we view the harm they endure.

oldbytes.space · OldBytes Space - Mastodon

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Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al
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Yay, first shot of Auto Encrypt¹ running a HTTPS web server at a Web Number (IP address).

ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/

Next step: find out why some of the tests are failing on the Linux box, fix, and implement Web Numbers support in Kitten² and Catalyst³.

¹ codeberg.org/small-tech/auto-e
² kitten.small-web.org
³ catalyst.small-web.org/

Screenshot of a browser showing a Hello, world! Page at https://91.98.66.193
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Andriy Utkin @autkin@fosstodon.org
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Shared by Emelia 👸🏻

Dear FOSDEM goer. You can fund an air quality monitor (CO2 etc) for the event and take it home. The production & shipping costs are running up to 50 EUR. Now is the time to let me know you want it: no takers - no manufacturing. At the end of the event the devices and money will change hands. Contact details are in the article linked:

autkin.net/2026/fosdem26-air/#

[PATCH] FOSDEM: monitor CO2 to debug ENOAIR and risk of infections

FOSDEM is the heartbeat of the global community around free & open source software! Yay! FOSDEM is a virus superspreader event! Boo! FOSDEM is both. Air quality monitoring (CO2 etc.) is being brought to FOSDEM'26 by a spontaneous collaboration of individuals. Join Link to heading Devroom managers Link to heading You can adopt a sensor for your devroom or track. Agree to secure it, feed it USB-C 5v power with your cables and return to me at the end of your track.

autkin.net · Andriy Utkin

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