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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:blobcatbusiness: What's the most common complaint I've heard about Linux?

Not the installation process.
Not finding a distro.
Not getting programs to work.
Not troubleshooting.
Not hardware compatibility.

The most common complaint about Linux I've seen is this:
For a normal computer user, asking for help is just about impossible.

They ask a simple question and:
People respond "Did you Google it?"
People complain that the question wasn't asked "correctly".
People respond "RTFM"
People get mad??? at them for making an easy mistake.

We can't expect normal people to know to, or even know how to deal with any of that stuff.

Search engines these days are awful, manuals are hard to read for most people (especially stuff like ArchWiki), and normal people make mistakes we think are easily avoidable.

The solution to making Linux more popular is not ruthless promotion. The solution is to actually help the people who are trying to use it. :ablobcatattention:

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Filming Cops For Scared People

When you are filming police try not to talk to them. Avoid:

"Is it OK if I film?" (That isn't up to them.)
"Sorry officer." (You have done nothing wrong don't apologize.)

Try things like.
"I am filming from a safe distance."

If they start yelling at you focus on:

"Am I free to leave?"

Every time I've said this the officer has responded with "shut up" (ok??)
I'm happy to comply with *that* one and keep filming from a safe distance.

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This morning in Minneapolis:

Somebody posted in one of the local chats that their neighbor didn’t come home last night, looking for help finding them. Family doesn’t know where they are. They’d been taking the legal path to seek asylum. ICE doesn’t have their name (but that means very little; they hide names, kidnap anonymously, even discard people’s IDs).

Meanwhile, confirmed ICE sightings are ramping up in my area now after some relative early morning quiet.

Just in case you wondered how things are going here.

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Filming Cops For Scared People

When you are filming police try not to talk to them. Avoid:

"Is it OK if I film?" (That isn't up to them.)
"Sorry officer." (You have done nothing wrong don't apologize.)

Try things like.
"I am filming from a safe distance."

If they start yelling at you focus on:

"Am I free to leave?"

Every time I've said this the officer has responded with "shut up" (ok??)
I'm happy to comply with *that* one and keep filming from a safe distance.

POINT OF INFORMATION: never talk to cops. especially as a citizen journalist.

set yourself at a safe distance and just film.

people who want to do this regularly, may want to set themselves up with a backpack on their chest to house their phone set up on a selfie stick.

if you are a cyclist, a GoPro on your helmet AND on your bike are good alternatives.

in in particular, it is best to have your hands free.

i should revive my old dos & donts list for indie journos.

@futurebirdmyrmepropagandist

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たとえその主張の内容に一定の正当性があろうと、荒らしは良くない。暴力の一種だろう

候補に罵声、演説「聞こえない」 おびえる聴衆、事前告知見送りも | NEWSjp news.jp/i/1389531736700797489

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Lovely. 1 like and I'll post a random line from one of my stories, WIP or published. (English/Korean) 좋아요 1개당 집필중이거나 출간된 작품 중에서 한 줄 씁니다. (한영)

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ghz2shm6kq3zxtisxrkgcmwc/post/3mdiv4dsces2h

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새들은 세포의 DNA에서 바로 성징이 발현되는데 포유류는 세포 DNA에 성 정보가 있기는 하지만 성징 발현은 호르몬을 통해 전신에 나타난다고... 그래서 새들, 그리고 같은 ZW 성염색체 시스템을 사용하는 곤충 등의 동물은 한 몸에 왼쪽은 수컷 오른쪽은 암컷 같은 형태의 키메리즘이 나타날 수 있고 포유류는 그렇지 않다 한다. www.nvbirdalliance.org/news/2019/3/...

Bird of the Month: Gynandromor...

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애들아~ 이 리스트는 '자동'으로 차단하는 리스트다~~~ '자동'으로 차단해서 트위터 계정 정지 완전 많이 당해봤잖니~~~ 너희 스라에 이 리스트 구독 중인 사람 있지 않게 퍼뜨려다오. 그런데 나는 저기 들어가있으니까 이 글을 알티/알피/인용해도 저 리스트 구독 중인 분한테는 안보일테니 니네가 저 리스트를 직접 언급해줘야 할거임. 겸사겸사 나는 블스 공식에 신고 박고 옴 bsky.app/profile/auto...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iqga7bwbwbdo4z6suofriwa5/post/3mdl5gyavyc25

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Moderately surprising: Avi Lewis, NDP leadership candidate, is posting social media posts on Mastodon.

Mildly surprising: Avi Lewis is making social media posts in French

Incredibly surprising: Avi Lewis's French social media posts on Mastodon have the language indicator set correctly

@mcc Yea the staffer(s) doing his fedi presence have done a lot of things right:

Alt text on everything
Correct and commonly used hashtags
Posts in both English and French with correct language indicators
Using different hashtags for the French posts than the English ones, as some are more common / make more sense in French
Verified website

( @avilewis for people tuning in)

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블룸버그에 따르면 테슬라도 이 목록에 포함되어 있다고… 무슨 생각이든 정말 무모한 짓이라는 인상을 버릴 수가 없다. 아니면 오른쪽 주머니 돈을 왼쪽으로 옮기고 뒷주머니로 옮기는 귀찮은 짓을 하기 싫은 거 같다. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Said to ...

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