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.
When you're a floofy cat, everywhere is a comfy bed.
Seen in North Loop, #Minneapolis. Love you, #Minnesota. ✊🏻💜
Stay warm out there!
I accidentally plugged my phone into my Mac OS 9 machine and this happened
depresso
The world is depressing me
- My home country is falling apart
- The world in general is falling apart
- People are vibecoding and slop generating all the fun out of the domains of creativity I care about
- Dealing with a lot of other difficult things personally that I don't even want to talk about here
It's just a hard time. Sometimes everything feels impossible. I'm still going, though.
Public Key Directory - Key Transparency for the Fediverse via 
@archArch 
https://lobste.rs/s/db0gv4 #cryptography
https://publickey.directory/
This week, we discuss stances on AI, a conference about money laundering, and signs about slavery coming down.
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Fediverse & AI Coding Tools & Vibe Coding
...
I noticed 2 or 3 people lately using AI coding tools to create Fediverse software.
2 of them even seemed to be Vibe Coding.
...
I have been programming for over 30 years. I am probably not going to Vibe Code, but —
I wonder if we should help them.
There are tools we (Fediverse developers) could create to make it so others could Vibe Code Fediverse apps.
#ActivityPub #AICodingTools #Fedidev #Fedidevs #Fediverse #JSONLD #VibeCoding
Cryptographic public-keys are one way that one can have an identity (on the Fediverse, and elsewhere) while also having privacy — through a pseudonymous identity.
Yes, we have Fediverse IDs such as:
＠joeblow＠example.com
But a (non-delegated) public-key can function as a PORTABLE form of identity on the Fediverse.
#ActivityPub #Cryptography #Fedidev #Fedidevs #Fediverse #JSONLD
i am really excited about this piece, because i spent basically no time on it. i can do the musical equivalent of low effort doodling on my computer now :D
the basic workflow is:
1) noodle with my virtual midi controller until i find a few patterns i like
2) use rose garden to record said patterns
3) redraw the recorded patterns in another layer using the recorded score as a reference
4) tinker
i feel like i figured out how to call down lightning from the heavens. i have something i can *practice* now, and while making this i had *ideas* for how to extend it. like the logical next step to turning this into a full song is to just repeat from step 1 for the next movement in the song. this strat is composable :D
i'm starting to figure out how to do anything at all with #rosegarden (i'm using rosegarden as a sequencer for #mollytime)
i am really excited about this piece, because i spent basically no time on it. i can do the musical equivalent of low effort doodling on my computer now :D
the basic workflow is:
1) noodle with my virtual midi controller until i find a few patterns i like
2) use rose garden to record said patterns
3) redraw the recorded patterns in another layer using the recorded score as a reference
4) tinker
i'm starting to figure out how to do anything at all with #rosegarden (i'm using rosegarden as a sequencer for #mollytime)
merica thoughts
ok so the lower receiver is the part of a gun that is legally considered the gun, and that's the part you 3D print if you want to troll lawmakers and legal scholars and/or get in trouble (none of this is legal advice or particularly good advice for that matter)
what i want to know though is whether or not it retains its legally dubious status if you print it in chocolate and/or scale it by 500%
merica thoughts
also i firmly believe it's not a "ghost gun" unless you print it in glow in the dark plastic otherwise it's just a normal zip gun
You can install extra packages for FreeBSD by using the ports system.
If you have installed it, you can download, compile, and install software by
just typing
# cd /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>
# make install && make clean
as root. The ports infrastructure will download the software, change it so
it works on FreeBSD, compile it, install it, register the installation so it
will be possible to automatically uninstall it, and clean out the temporary
working space it used. You can remove an installed port you decide you do not
want after all by typing
# cd /usr/ports/<category>/<portname>
# make deinstall
as root.
Interested in #declarative computing, #linux or #reproducible software? #Guix is going to be at #FOSDEM for lots of goodness on #guile #scheme and the #nix approach to packaging #FreeSoftware - check out the talks various people are giving:
https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2026/meet-guix-at-fosdem-2026/
As usual the Declarative and Minimalist computing track will have lots of interesting #lisp #spritely and #nrepl talks!
oh my word it is so gosh dang cold in here today i'm talkin to myself with an exaggerated wisconsin accent to keep warm
anyone by any chance have a sample of the wiper that was used on the latest attack against power generation in Poland? puhhhleeeeaze i beg 🥹💕
#wiper #cti #powergrid
sigh
my husband's new Windows 11 computer suddenly stopped outputting audio to the 3.5mm headphones.
I clicked the audio troubleshooting button in Settings. It did not send me to the troubleshooter, but instead redirected me to install a help app. (yes, it wasn't even pre-installed.)
The help app told me to click the audio troubleshooter button.
Satya Nadella owes me three billion dollars in emotional damages.
(we've fixed the audio problem by unplugging the USB microphone and rebooting. before you @ me self-righteously about someone else's operating system which was chosen in accordance with THEIR needs and not mine and certainly not yours, consider whether I might react with the fury of ten thousand suns)
oh my word it is so gosh dang cold in here today i'm talkin to myself with an exaggerated wisconsin accent to keep warm
hello forkiversians or is it forkiversers?? I’m EJ I work at TikTok and (currently) have the New York Times as my client! Hard Fork listener… which I’m guessing most here are. How’s the Forkin vibes?? #firstpost
#3goodthings and the little stories our day-to-day objects tell:
1) My stainless steel french press that I got from a charity shop for a bargain of only £2.
2) #Coffee in a Bolesławiec mug from a visit to Warsaw many moons ago.
3) This amazing Hario coffee grinder that my neighbour gave to me after they moved into the area, and they were decluttering the doubles of things they had.
Do you have a sentimental item as part of your coffee ritual, #Forkiverse friends?
GNU Guix 1.5.0 is now here, featuring lots of great new features, including ISO-9660 installation images and virtual machine images! https://u.fsf.org/4a9 #GNU #GUIX
Whelp, one of my remote hosts got hacked. 😱 I’m sure this makes me look like an idiot, but here’s a post on what happened, anyway.
https://amxmln.com/blog/2026/that-time-i-got-hacked/
Lesson learned, I hope I can move on and not be paralysed by paranoia. 😅
People from Forkiverse, please hold in mind to export your lists, followers, muted, blocked, etc. if you need to move.
anyone by any chance have a sample of the wiper that was used on the latest attack against power generation in Poland? puhhhleeeeaze i beg 🥹💕
#wiper #cti #powergrid
RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@Travis51/115945126249283349
Would you believe that 
@kevinKevin Roose and I just put up a 24-minute demo on our YouTube channel?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_xpQzZDHo&ref=platformer.news
胃がよわよわのしびからさんです
I hate when this happens
a powerful #CSS transition technique enters the ring:
Anchor Interpolated Morphing (AIM)
https://nerdy.dev/anchor-interpolated-morphing
Chair.
원래도 그랬지만 전공자인 지보다 내가 더 잘한다는 이유로 시기질투를 받아본 이후로 더더욱 그냥 무리에서 내가 제일 멍청한 게 속이 편해짐 내가 제일 잘하는 사람이면 시기질투 받는 것도 모자라서 내가 일을 다 맡음 내가 제일 못하는 사람이면 배울 것도 많고 무시 받을 지언정 책임이랑 할 일은 줄어듦 결국 중간이 제일 낫지만 굳이 둘 중에 골라야 한다면 내가 제일 못난 편을 고르는 게 낫더라...
RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115944285350406235
Big tech is not your friend. They don’t care about you. Remember this when making decisions while using any of their products.
RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@Travis51/115945126249283349
Would you believe that @kevinKevin Roose and I just put up a 24-minute demo on our YouTube channel?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_xpQzZDHo&ref=platformer.news
Your app subscription is now my weekend project
Link: https://rselbach.com/your-sub-is-now-my-weekend-project
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672713
KORG phase8 – Acoustic Synthesizer
Link: https://www.korg.com/us/products/dj/phase8/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46732967
RE: https://mastodon.social/@fediversereport/115945468921908243
This was extremely interesting read for many reasons.
What we're building here creates some really hard problems to solve indeed.
A techbro desperate for cash is detained for 13 hours after leaving a non-functioning, vibe-coded anti-fraud device in a Swiss hotel lobby during the Davos conf
https://sfstandard.com/2026/01/22/tech-dude-davos-bomb-lookalike-device/
마사지 받았는디 넘 행복하드 몸이 편해졌어요
Solidarity with #Minnesota from the UK.
We see what is being done to you and we see your response.
#Minneapolis
i bought a new IP camera from a different vendor
it literally just worked right away with openipc. problem solved
also it costs the same and streams in 4K@20
Tedeschi Trucks Band announce 'Future Soul', their sixth studio album, out March 20 via Fantasy Records, and share lead single “I Got You” ahead of a major North American tour. https://zurl.co/Jue5U
Tedeschi Trucks Band announce 'Future Soul', their sixth studio album, out March 20 via Fantasy Records, and share lead single “I Got You” ahead of a major North American tour. https://zurl.co/Jue5U
Misty
Maho 🦝🍻
Olivier Forget
雨宮凪沙/nagiko
leyrer
