What is Hackers' Pub?

Converting a $3.88 analog clock from Walmart into a ESP8266-based Wi-Fi clock

Link: https://github.com/jim11662418/ESP8266_WiFi_Analog_Clock
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947096

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116041069446538092

Let's imagine I have like 2 or 3 reasons to be using discord today, and I'm trying to move them to something else in the next few weeks because I don't intend to give discord my ID.

The other comparable monolithic option appears to be Zulip, which is fine, as far as it goes. But are there good federated options? People are going to have to migrate to another platform, meaning they will have to bootstrap their identity and social connections all over again. It would be great if this was the last time they had to do that

(I'm aware of matrix, matrix is a bad option. I want good options)

Old stump, still hard at work. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/02/granddaddy-stump.html #VancouverIsland #Stump #Trees #Forests #Moss #Mosstodon #Old-growthTrees #NaturePhotography

#ぼくのおもうスナップ

寝るでにゃ！
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일 핑계로 챗봇들을 잘 쓰고 있고 아마도 더 가열차게 쓰게 될텐데, 그 착취적인 구조가 명쾌하게 해소되기 어려우리라는 생각이 앞날을 비관하게 만든다. 가내수공업 느낌으로 코드 짜던 즐거움이 일거에 자원낭비로 분류되니 재미도 없다. 결과물을 내는 일에 관심이 없어 저 대단한 것들이 실은 그리 대단하게 느껴지지 않기 때문...

ㅈ댓다고는박에 말할수엊다

i wanted to post a "tapping the sign" dunk re: discord and realized mine is older than my fedi presence

a bit of a miss with the metaverse though

@mcc there once was a migration tool at, I think, https://ems.element.io/user-guide/migrate-your-existing-matrix-account that would join your new account to all rooms and leave them with your old one, but it seems to be just gone

I find it kind of interesting because I've seen it across so many spaces and cycles in tech. Women suddenly are invited into spaces when it's "time to do culture" and "time to get stable" not when it's "time for wild predictions"! We can make wild predictions too

Accelerating mathematics. ~ Kevin Buzzard. https://xenaproject.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/accelerating-mathematics/ #AI4Math #ITP #LeanProver

I was hoping it wouldn't hit my repos, but the trickle is turning into a wave of AI-generated PRs that... all they do is suck up what little time I have available for PR review trying to see if there's anything of value in the AI-generated code. There usually isn't.

A Politico story out today describes how Oura wearable rings are winning over Washington, but makes no real mention of their privacy or security risks.

But... in my piece about Oura rings from last year, I explain how Oura puts user data at risk from goverment agencies (like ICE), and hackers.

• Oura data isn't end-to-end encrypted
• Sensitive health data can be accessed by Oura staff
• Oura said it has received government demands for user data.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/oura-ring-deal-raises-valid-concerns-about-users-health-data-security/

“I won’t die on this hill but I will take some flesh wounds”

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116041069446538092

Two things:
1. We are creating a two-tiered internet that will see people willing to give up their IDs having one experience while those who can’t, won’t, or don’t have them missing out on those experiences or being outright excluded from whole areas of the web

2. Why you would be willing to give up your ID to web services that have such poor security in a time when identity is being weaponized by state actors is beyond me

不至于，虽然我不是程序员

https://www.v2ex.com/t/1191653

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out

차단리스트 중에 외국인이 만든 AI 생성형이미지 유저 차단리스트는 가끔 픽크루 같은 걸로 플사 만든 분들도 다 AI유저라고 생각해서 넣어버리는 경우 있어서 조심하시길... 블친을 잃어요;

Chatbots provided incorrect, conflicting medical advice, researchers found: “Despite all the hype, AI just isn't ready to take on the role of the physician.”

https://www.404media.co/chatbots-health-medical-advice-study/

i miss the old ai bottomless hole ai

There’s a lesson here, perhaps, about the tangled relationship between what is •typical• and what is •correct•, and what it is that LLMs actually do:

When medical professionals ask medical questions in technical medical language, the answers they get are typically correct.

When non-professional ask medical questions in a perhaps medically ill-formed vernacular mode, the answers they get are typically wrong.

The LLM readily models both of these things. Despite having no notion of correctness in either case, correctness is more statistically typical in one than the other.

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"When the market is this many layers of fucked, we’re lucky that we have alternatives. By using, supporting and contributing to nice products built by nice people, we can go some way to making open source a viable and sustainable model in whatever future in which we find ourselves."

https://piccalil.li/blog/the-open-source-design-stack/

#OpenSource #FOSS #WebDesign

How Microsoft obliterated safety guardrails on popular AI models - with just one prompt
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-obliterated-ai-safety-guardrails-with-one-prompt/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Technology (UK Edition) @technology-uk-edition-FlipboardUKTechnology (UK Edition)

fun fact for #SuperbOwl Sunday

why does uber eats sell vibrators in the UK

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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116041626097492540

A 5.1% error rate *with a well framed question*.

Lossy compression indeed.

always had been

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116041069446538092

Two things:
1. We are creating a two-tiered internet that will see people willing to give up their IDs having one experience while those who can’t, won’t, or don’t have them missing out on those experiences or being outright excluded from whole areas of the web

2. Why you would be willing to give up your ID to web services that have such poor security in a time when identity is being weaponized by state actors is beyond me

Working on some #homelab stuff.

I'm looking for a reliable #dyndns provider so I can move some of my web stuff to my #homelab.

I'm also looking for an affordable but reliable #UPS.

Anyone on here have recommendations?

Yes he is!

California Love <3

It's not you; GitHub is down again

Link: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/54hndjxft5bx
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46946827

everybody telling me to just relax and enjoy vibe coding rn

“However, some users may not have to go through either form of age verification. Discord is also rolling out an age inference model that analyzes metadata like the types of games a user plays, their activity on Discord, and behavioral signals like signs of working hours or the amount of time they spend on Discord.”
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out

Me and some friends have been trying to be ready for when the day comes. Installing our own chat software, our own forum software, our own video conferencing system, and so on. It’s all less polished than Discord but if you’re trying to find a way out of Discord, I feel that this is a way that works. Go slowly, install and use one piece after another, and use a “bridge” to connect the old world (Discord) with the new world (your own).

For concrete suggestions, see
https://alexschroeder.ch/view/2026-01-07-discord

최종 업데이트 26.02.09 17:26 최루탄 7번과 후추 스프레이...17세 청소년이 ICE 추적하는 이유 [인터뷰] ICE 요원 추적하며 영상 기록하는 벤 루먼(Ben Luhmann) www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View...

최루탄 7번과 후추 스프레이...17세 청소년이 IC...

RE: https://mastodon.online/@pseudonym/116041664288853655

well, this is why i've been mentally preparing to fuck off discord for a while. actually very helpful of them to give it some lead time

엄빠랑 조카 보내고 나오는데 눈물날 뻔ㅠㅠ

만국의 블롭캣들이여 일어나라

https://kurry.social/@hillside/116039464569579314

RE: https://mastodon.online/@pseudonym/116041664288853655

well, this is why i've been mentally preparing to fuck off discord for a while. actually very helpful of them to give it some lead time

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116041069446538092

Two things:
1. We are creating a two-tiered internet that will see people willing to give up their IDs having one experience while those who can’t, won’t, or don’t have them missing out on those experiences or being outright excluded from whole areas of the web

2. Why you would be willing to give up your ID to web services that have such poor security in a time when identity is being weaponized by state actors is beyond me

age-gating queer identities is the same thing as banning queer identities. people don't suddenly become queer as adults, and the clear implication is that they are some kind of perversion you are corrupted by rather than a thing you can truly be

Justice delayed is justice denied

It's an awkward way for you to find out that I had one, but I've deleted my Discord account.

Thoughts on Generating C

Link: https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/02/09/six-thoughts-on-generating-c
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945235