What is Hackers' Pub?

政策もビジョンも関係なく支持してしまう危うさときたら。無邪気な無知が社会を壊す。地獄への道は善意で舗装されている…か。☞ 若者に刺さる高市フィーバー　本当に「日本は明るくなった」のか https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260208/k00/00m/010/259000c

*rubbing eyes* Anyone use "Rocket"?

The worst/most Ruby-like thing about Rocket is when you return a value from a Route function, you just kinda return… whatever datatype you want, and Rocket figures it out.

Unless it doesn't, and you have *no* idea what to return.

For a string, you return a String.

What do I return for bytes? It's not a string, it's a &[u8; 1335895] and it's not valid UTF-8. Do I return a rocket::response::ByteStream? That seems to be the correct answer but doesn't work

It’s funny that I spent a bit looking into Apple’s MIDI APIs so I could write a Swift UI app to do something, only to conclude that since I may not be using macOS indefinitely I really should stop writing my personal-use tools using Apple-only technology

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A really underrated and free plugin I use all the time:

https://github.com/gbevin/ShowMIDI

Good morning. Here’s an auto-tuned howling husky #dog to brighten your day.

#dogs

via #Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FunnyAnimals/s/DDYUip3SwK

Wooden Case Makes a 2026 TV Stylish

https://hackaday.com/2026/02/08/wooden-case-makes-a-2026-tv-stylish/

I just signed this petition, please join me:
https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/hootsuite-cancel-your-contract-with-ice?source=web_share_api&utm_source=web_share_api&share=316c283c-5da4-41e6-99c2-8f1b86f87987

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp
#hootsuite #ice

안녕하세여.

계속되는 호스팅사의 문제로 인한 서버 접속 불가에 더는 지체할 수 없다고 판단되는 바, 서버 이전을 오늘 새벽 중으로 진행 완료하려고 합니다. 사용에 불편을 끼쳐드려 정말 죄송합니다.

2/3超えてるのは怖そうね

Oh hey, our new website design is live:

https://colocataires.dev/

It's more reflective of what we actually are (nerds carving out a friendly hosting company in a "scrapped" datacentre, with recycled servers) and it features a new pricing page which is either more or less confusing than the old one. Let us know!

Did you know we run the whole thing off approx 550W of power? Seven physical servers, two switches and all of our VMs, serving thousands of users, for less power than a security light!

After an almost-normal week, update is up for patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-update-150145728

RE: https://skyjake.fi/@lagrange/116035029279643901

This has been a long time coming.

I wouldn't say the app is perfect by any means, but by now it's certainly time-tested. I use it daily for browsing Gemini and managing bbs.geminispace.org on both the iPhone and iPad.

The TestFlight continues for beta builds.

#GeminiProtocol #GeminiProject

おはようみすきー！​​
ログボー！！​​​​

Mysterious box. If you watch it closely, it quivers all on its own.

What do you think it contains?

#superbOwl #superbOwlSunday

I don’t even know what a kid rock is.

HEADQUARTERS 67

I feel like you’re missing some superb owl action today.

So, here’s a great grey owl! 🦉
Oh… and this is Manitoba’s provincial bird
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Je sens que vous manquez un peu d’hibou superbe aujourd’hui

Donc, voici une chouette cendrée 🦉
Oh… et c’est l’oiseau provincial du Manitoba

#Manitoba #SuperbOwl #HibouSuperbe #Chouette

I've had enough of the #SuperbOwl. Let's hear it for the mediocre and crap owls.

SilentSunday

Self-portrait
AltText, 37 words.

My nomination for today's #SuperbOwl.

The Cosmic Owl is two galaxies that crashed into each other, creating overlapping ring-shaped splashes of stars. It measures 150,000 light years from side to side, or about 10^20 times the size of a Great Grey Owl on Earth.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10058 #space #science #nature #sports

When the state sponsored threat actor has vibe coded their entire control server, all the login code is client-side, and they’ve infected themselves with their own malware.

#greenday #superbowl

⚠️ CAUTION DO SHITE ⚠️

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⚠️ CAUTION DO SHITE ⚠️

@sebastianSebastian Matyszczak

Tzw. demetrykacja istnieje jako opcja w wielu klientach Mastodona "od zawsze". Phanpy domyślnie nie pokazuje liczników (https://phanpy.social), w Pl-Fe możesz je wyłączyć. Z głowy nie pamiętam, w ilu jeszcze można zrezygnować, ale raczej co najmniej kilka apek to ma.

I fakt, to trochę inne doświadczenie sieci :)

Nie miałbym nic przeciwko, gdyby z Mastodona zniknęły "gwiazdki". Gdyby stał się mniej "socialmediowy" w wymiarze widocznego nabierania zasięgu.

Wiadomo, jak to wpływa na pracę mózgu - polubienia czy udostępnienia to jednak dopaminowe zastrzyki.

A gdyby tak wypruć Mastodona zostawiając wyłącznie opcję komentarzy i udostępnień, ale bez liczników? To mogłoby skłonić nas do częstszego odpisywania na posty, bo dzisiaj regularnie chwytamy się leniwego kliknięcia gwiazdki wyrażając aprobatę.

Tak sobie myślę, że brak tego przycisku jeszcze bardziej podbiłoby interakcje.

さすがに早すぎるんやけど
昼間に寝すぎて夜寝られないのが発動
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RE: https://techpolicy.social/@joebeone/116035301351973749

Sad news. Dave Farber was one of a small handful of Internet pioneers who understood early on the inseparable link between technology and policy.

Dave recruited me to U. Penn. He has been an influence on almost everything I’ve worked on in my career.

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@madargonMad A. Argon :qurio: @Em0nM4stodonEm
THAT owl is superb!

The Little Bool of Doom (2025)

Link: https://blog.svgames.pl/article/the-little-bool-of-doom
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46936828

Is there an article, blog or book that shows how to structure C++ projects in a functional way or rather non-OOP way? Most of the articles I've read just shows off the `<functional>` header isolated from context. That's cool and all, but if I end up with classes that just use the `functional` header, it's not really functional/non-OOP.

The reason why I'm asking is that, when I write C++, the very first instinct I have is to ask "Can this be represented as an object?" and most of the time, the answer is yes.

#cpp #cplusplus #programming #softwaredevelopment #functionalprogramming

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I heard a tech exec speak last year, and I’ve been puzzling for months over how to characterize the weirdly dazed, distracted way he was clumsily conveying the world-shaking realizations he’d been having by interacting with AI chatbots.

It’s “huffing AI.”

He was huffing AI.
They're all huffing AI.

Billionaires are worried about the Greta Thunberg type of protesting, which, on the ground, is a modest movement. But it's subversive, it tries to cause crisis. it's a type of protest that topples power structures.

Notice how billionaires never seem to worry about branded activism like #NoKings. It's because those types of protests don't apply pressure to those who wield power.

It's shows up and it leaves quietly.

https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/peter-thiel-antichrist-greta-thunberg-end-of-modernity-billionaires/

You where all thinking it. And the answer is 'yes!'. Yes you can totally LASER engrave a banana to exfiltrate data from your secured premises. Just out of the machine the text is barely noticable. But the next morning? Clear as day.

One of the most impressive vocal performances I’ve ever seen https://youtu.be/r6L-GUOAhGo?si=mRgF1i6x9Pu1JJWV

#music #metal

RFC 3092 – Etymology of "Foo" (2001)

Link: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3092
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46934499

"Plenty of services can help you to “create a professional-looking website without writing a single line of code.” Now, thanks to Zonelets, you can create an UNPROFESSIONAL-looking website by writing NUMEROUS lines of code!"
https://zonelets.net

found via @Banzo9420BANZO's website

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Corrie wonders why owls are getting all the attention today

#CatsOfMastodon #FiberArts #CraftingWtihCats