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.
Great expression that should be used more.
I talked AI slop with 
@codepo8Chris Heilmann a few days ago and it's here:
In 3 weeks, this was my travel. I am so tired, but we need to keep working for this late savage capitalism stage dream.
The #FOSDEM talk from 
@haubleshannah aubry and myself about Mastodon’s upcoming community governance plans; our vision, mission and values; and updates to the server recommendations, is now available to watch. I was honoured to be asked to co-present this session.
More to come on all of these topics over the coming weeks, on our blog and on the main project account.
I’ll be posting about the other sessions from the #SocialWeb Devroom over the next few weeks, as well.
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/HJYRFF-tending-the-herd/
Cyber threats have evolved over time. If the calculated risk of a particular threat decreases, then our list of top to-do items should reflect the changing landscape. Today 
@boblordBob Lord 🔐 
argues that some old advice should be retired as #Hacklore.
https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2026/02/02/debunking-hacklore/
The 1st FediForum un-workshop is a month from today! Are you registered yet?
In this un-workshop, we'll try to figure out together what the best strategies and tactics are to grow the Open Social Web, based on short position statements that people submit when registering.
We're recruiting for a new Security Architect role in BBC InfoSec:
**Location**: Remote (within UK)
**Salary range**: £75-85k + solid pension & benefits
**Type**: Permanent
**Closing date**: 2026-02-16
"The BBC reaches over half a billion people online every week. By joining this team you will help keep these systems secure. You’ll regularly collaborate with critical BBC product teams such as iPlayer, Sounds and News..."
It's a great team to work with (I do regularly)
https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Senior-Information-Security-Architect/27382-en_GB/
NEW: The developer of the long-running and popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that China government-backed hackers hijacked the software's update feature for months during 2025.
The hackers could access computers of victims who were running hijacked versions of Notepad++.
Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.
techcrunch.com · TechCrunch
Link author: 
Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
#fotovorschlag
'Dinge die mit G beginnen‘
Gänseblümchen
Guest Request:
We're looking for someone who loves Linux and is up for a discussion about how it's a great option for folks moving from Windows 10 in particular.
Bonus points if you're a gamer or content creator, or anyone who has moved Windows focussed workflows.
It'll be a friendly and relaxed chat. Replies here very welcome, or PM for our email.
Michael Spratt: Misrepresentation is no longer an occasional lapse or rhetorical flourish.
It has become a strategy that trades accuracy for outrage and treats public trust as collateral damage.
yay now tim apple hates me
i was bored
wakest ⁂ shared the below article:
Write.as Blog @blog@write.as
<p>Today, February 2, marks <strong>11</strong> years since we officially launched Write.as! What started as a minimal, anonymous article publishing platform in 2015 has since grown into an ecosystem of apps, a community of writers, and an open source platform called <a href="https://writefreely.org" rel="nofollow">WriteFreely</a> powering it all.</p> <p>To celebrate, for the next two weeks ending February 16th, we're having a sale on our long-term, <a href="https://write.as/5years" rel="nofollow">5-year Pro plan</a>, and <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/writefreely/id1531530896" rel="nofollow">iOS app</a>. You can read all about it on <a href="https://write.as/deals/celebrating-11-years-on-the-web" rel="nofollow">our Write.as Deals newsletter</a>.</p> <p> [...]</p>
Read more →*toooooooot*
I really like the visuals and technology in this game. Stairs are seamlessly integrated: you just walk up and continue - no fade to black and jump to the "next level". The game is tile based and operates at classic 90° angles, but all movement is sub-tracked and therefore super smooth. When the robed figures slide from one tile to another, it's spooky. The shading and colouring of the walls gives the impression of curves where there are none.
They lied to you. Building software is hard
Link: https://blog.nordcraft.com/they-lied-to-you-building-software-is-really-hard
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46823725
My trip finally begins : Tonight, the 
453 will bring me in a comfortable wagon-lits to Berlin, the first stop of my #FOSSRail trip from 🇧🇪 Brussels to 🇹🇭 Bangkok connecting the FOSDEM with the FOSSASIA by train.
I will spend the next two weeks on trains across 12 countries and 11.000 km on rails.
May the games begin ✊🏽.
#FOSSRail #FOSDEM #FOSSASIA #CrossBorderRail #TeamNightTrain
Sure you have experienced betrayal, but have you ever affectionately curled up near someone only for them to take advantage of you lowering your guard and decide that this was the perfect moment for your scheduled vet-ordered preventive ear cleaning?
(Creamy tuna mini bites have been offered, forgiveness has been granted, all is well.)
#CatsOfMastodon #cats #cat #floof #MastoCats #Catstodon #CatsOfFediverse #FediCats
The robot apocalypse hasn't happened yet, but still I can't escape the feeling that something has gone horribly wrong... Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.
More of my work for Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/
Oof the latest Laracasts Snippet podcast from Jeffery Way is the most depressing thing. Hearing him open by talking about all the staff he had to lay off... then gush about the #AI #coding agents being his 'buddy' that pumps out code so fast & he spends his time sanity checking it... is so heartbreaking.
#FOSDEM: Wo das "Herz der freien Welt" schlägt - Golem.de
#FOSDEM26 #opensource #linux
https://www.golem.de/news/fosdem-2026-wo-das-herz-der-freien-welt-schlaegt-2602-204902.html
My trip finally begins : Tonight, the 453 will bring me in a comfortable wagon-lits to Berlin, the first stop of my #FOSSRail trip from 🇧🇪 Brussels to 🇹🇭 Bangkok connecting the FOSDEM with the FOSSASIA by train.
I will spend the next two weeks on trains across 12 countries and 11.000 km on rails.
May the games begin ✊🏽.
#FOSSRail #FOSDEM #FOSSASIA #CrossBorderRail #TeamNightTrain
As part of their coursework, students at UC Berkeley are contributing edits to Wikipedia about “LGBTQ+ history, with an emphasis on queer and trans people of color”. They’ve added 300,000+ edits and 3,000+ citations. https://www.them.us/story/berkeley-college-students-wikipedia-lgbtq-history-edits
You can download PDFs of 
@feed404 Media's zine about ICE surveillance.
(artist: andrewthereal69)
The Codex App
Link: https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-codex-app/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859054
#ChatControl 1.0 is supposed to expire in April, but the European Commission wants to allow companies the indiscriminate scanning of private messages for two more years.
For multiple years at #FreedomNotFear, participants discussed that this is disproportionate mass surveillance and should be stopped. Activists are now calling on members of the European Parliament to reject the extension proposed by the Commission. What about you?
There is a mailingtool in English, that can be used to contact MEPs. 
@chatcontrolFight Chat Control: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
The German coalition against #ChatControl, #ChatkontrolleSTOPPEN 
@Chatgeheimnis, offers advice on how to contact German-speaking MEPs and listed the relevant (shadow-)rapporteurs, who coordinate the European Parliament position: https://chat-kontrolle.eu/index.php/2026/02/01/aufruf-eprivacy-luecke-schliessen/
Do you know more resources in other languages that can help people to contact their MEPs in their own language? Please share!
RE: https://floss.social/@markgalassi/115919181930332682
Starts this week - please get the word out!
#ChatControl 1.0 is supposed to expire in April, but the European Commission wants to allow companies the indiscriminate scanning of private messages for two more years.
For multiple years at #FreedomNotFear, participants discussed that this is disproportionate mass surveillance and should be stopped. Activists are now calling on members of the European Parliament to reject the extension proposed by the Commission. What about you?
Here's a tale of how nature triumphs in the end.
Steel mills dumped molten slag in parts of Chicago and nearby areas. The slag hardened in layers up to 5 meters deep. These places became barren wastelands. Other industries dumped hot ash and cinders there.
But eventually the steel mills closed.
The deep layers of hard, toxic material were not friendly to plants. Cottonwoods are usually 30 meters tall or more. In the slag fields, stunted cottonwoods grow to just 2 meters.
But rare species that could handle these conditions began to thrive. The lakeside daisy, a federally threatened species lost to Illinois for decades, turned out to grow taller on slag than on topsoil! The capitate spike-rush, last recorded in Illinois in 1894 and considered locally extinct, was rediscovered growing on slag.
And more! Native prairie grasses like little bluestem. Native milkweeds. Even tiny white orchids called sphinx ladies' tresses.
A team of women ecologists began studying these unusual landscapes. They call themselves the Slag Queens.
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The updated funder tab on Surveillance Watch enables you to explore entities organized by their funding sources. You can identify which funders support the most surveillance and spyware vendors, and use chart mode to filter and sort by tech type.
Mastodon admins, do you want to increase the character limit on your server?
If you're running a manually installed server and have access to modify files, this is apparently how to do it:
🌱 https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/
EDIT: Thanks for all the info in replies! I've changed the link to a more complete alternative article on all the changes needed.
(Thank you to @kaveinthran for pointing out the original article and 
@b2cborn2chill for pointing out the alternative article.)
The output of "zfs list" can be sorted by a specific column using -s. To
sort the datasets by the "used" column in ascending order, run this command:
zfs list -s used
To sort in descending order instead, use -S:
zfs list -S used
-- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
„Ich spürte eine große Erschütterung der Macht. Als ob Millionen in der Behörden-IT in panischer Angst aufschrien und plötzlich verstummten. Etwas furchtbares ist passiert.“
Microsoft will das unsichere NTLM-Protokoll mit der nächsten Windows Server-Version standardmäßig deaktivieren.
https://www.heise.de/news/Windows-Microsoft-konkretisiert-NTLM-Aus-nennt-aber-immer-noch-kein-Datum-11162674.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.rdf.beitrag.beitrag
oss-security - [kubernetes] Multiple issues in ingress-nginx https://lobste.rs/s/z2nqr8 #devops #security
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/02/3
The 1st FediForum un-workshop is a month from today! Are you registered yet?
In this un-workshop, we'll try to figure out together what the best strategies and tactics are to grow the Open Social Web, based on short position statements that people submit when registering.
Frage in die Runde: Kennt jemand ein gutes deutschsprachiges Video auf PeerTube, das Meshtastic in ein paar Minuten gut erklärt?
Ich konnte bisher nur wenig finden, suche aber vielleicht auch falsch.
Danke!
She only does the “ack ack” for crows. She’s sounding particularly creaky today 😄
#cats
"스페이스X·xAI 합병 이르면 금주중 발표…투자자에 계획 알려"
(샌프란시스코=연합뉴스) 권영전 특파원 = 일론 머스크가 이끄는 우주기업 스페이스X와 인공지능(AI) 기업 xAI의 합병이 이르면 이번 주중에 ...
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260203004300091
"스페이스X·xAI 합병 이르면 금주중 발표…투자자에 계획 알려"
(샌프란시스코=연합뉴스) 권영전 특파원 = 일론 머스크가 이끄는 우주기업 스페이스X와 인공지능(AI) 기업 xAI의 합병이 이르면 이번 주중에 ...
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260203004300091
If they mean hydrogen ions, I have questions.
Todd C. Miller – sudo Maintainer for over 30 years
Link: https://www.millert.dev/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46858577
RE: https://floss.social/@markgalassi/115919181930332682
Starts this week - please get the word out!
Immich is amazing.
I've made a collection of the podman quadlets I use in my minimal setup at home: Immich, Nextcloud and Vaultwarden.
All containers have proper health checks.
I hope you find it useful.
Glyph
Evan Prodromou
Em 
かちかちなまこ
Andreas Freise
- solidarity with 
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann
Jenniferplusplus
David Beazley
Stefano Marinelli
Quincy ⁂
pkg update
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