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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Carlos Cuerpo (Spain's Economy, Trade & Business minister) thinks now is the time for the EU to develop a Euro-denominated public debt instrument - partly to allow for EU-wide funding of public goods and partly as a marker of EU-level sovereign fiscal power.

Its been talked about before, but Cuerpo may be right that now, in the face of the Court of the Tangerine Tyrant's reshaping of the global system, the time is right for this move...

Will the EU Commission agree?


h/t FT

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Today we had a fire alarm in the office. A colleague wrote to a Slack channel 'Fire alarm in the office building', to start a thread if somebody knows any details. We have AI assistant Glean integrated into the Slack, and it answered privately to her: "today's siren is just a scheduled test and you do not need to leave your workplace". It was not a test or a drill, it was a real fire alarm. Someday, AI will kill us.

Image of fire brigade near our officeGlean answer:

In building ... today’s siren is just a scheduled test and you do not need to leave
your workplace while it's running.

If you're unsure or something seems off (e.g. smoke, smell, people evacuating), call Munich building emergency number ... or ask at reception immediately.
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I would like to suggest that folks in who appreciate the and learn about and thank @dansup, who invented, developed & maintained @pixelfed for YEARS even while the user base was like in the few hundreds.

Now he's behind @loops and @fedidb as well

His dedication to the open web is so criminally underrated in our country, even though he has been on the global cutting edge of the movement we're seeing in for the better part of a decade.

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I would like to suggest that folks in who appreciate the and learn about and thank @dansup, who invented, developed & maintained @pixelfed for YEARS even while the user base was like in the few hundreds.

Now he's behind @loops and @fedidb as well

His dedication to the open web is so criminally underrated in our country, even though he has been on the global cutting edge of the movement we're seeing in for the better part of a decade.

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Nearly 13 months into Trump’s second term, the most terrifying attribute of his regime is its utter contempt for the United States,
and how blithely willing they are to destroy our nation and its people (let alone other nations).

With most of the Trump Show
— which began in 2015
— now in the rearview mirror,
and his mind and body rapidly decaying before our eyes,
one might think Trump would be thinking about the “legacy” he will be leaving behind in a few years.

Other presidents have been consumed with the idea of building institutions that survive their presidency
— such as Wilson’s League of Nations, FDR’s New Deal, and LBJ’s Great Society
— but Trump’s singular focus has been on tearing down the government,
even as he sucks the nation dry with his corruption.

And while Trump rushes to place his name on monuments throughout DC before he leaves office,
he’s given every indication he’s fine leaving behind a trail of utter and complete destruction.

In short, Donald J. Trump is a nihilist.

publicnotice.co/p/trump-polling

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I would like to suggest that folks in who appreciate the and learn about and thank @dansup, who invented, developed & maintained @pixelfed for YEARS even while the user base was like in the few hundreds.

Now he's behind @loops and @fedidb as well

His dedication to the open web is so criminally underrated in our country, even though he has been on the global cutting edge of the movement we're seeing in for the better part of a decade.

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Bavorský Mnichov se opevňuje. Tradiční bezpečnostní konference se od pátku do neděle zúčastní zástupci 120 zemí, z toho 60 premiérů a prezidentů, a víc než stovka ministrů zahraničí a obrany. Včetně těch z tuzemska.
👉 Napjatá očekávání provází avizované vystoupení amerického ministra zahraničí Marca Rubia a jeho pohled na transatlantické vztahy.
🔗 Více v článku: https://czch.tv/mTlatq

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This may be one of those weird Friday evening thoughts but… it’s just so weird.

There is so much AWESOME tech in my life. The fabulous BSD operating systems and ZFS. All these new indie devices and software to teach retrocomputers new tricks. Even Linux, despite the best efforts of some to turn it into Windows, is a breath of fresh air after dealing with other things all day. Music. Art. Indie games. Weird new gadgets. Homelabbing. Building things. IT MAKES ME HAPPY.

Then on the other hand there’s all the guff. The faux excitement, the blinkers, the disregard of externalities and consequences, the VC pumping, the abjection of responsibility, trust, and care. The feeling that people I once respected are peddling nonsense again. The cynical exploitation. The unreserved BULLSHIT of it all, and how when we’re onto the next fad the previous one will be forgotten, and the people who peddled it forgiven. The fact I find myself muttering to whatever machine I’m using to “be less shit”.

Depending on the time and my mood, I see one of these sides as the real world, and the other as the aberration. It flips multiple times a day. Strap a turbine to me, I’m spinning so much.

I dunno.

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08 베이징 올림픽 때 일본에 있었다. 새삼 한국 경기 찾아보기 어렵구나 싶더라. 당연하지만 일본이니까 일본 선수 경기만 중계하고 보도했다. 신선한 충격이었다. 그래선지 올림픽 중계 관련해선 이때 경험이 먼저 생각난다. 올림픽에선 정말 다양한 경기가 여럿 진행되는데 우리는 정말 극히 일부만 보고 있다. 우리나라 선수가 나오지 않아도, 인기 없는 생소한 종목이어도, 생중계를 걱정없이 볼 수 있는 방법이 있으면 좋겠다. 그러나 독점중계가 되면 이렇듯 한국선수 경기도 제대로 중계가 안 된다. 다시 후퇴해서 여기서부터 논하게 됐다.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4sujqnbd47ey26qcvajqoxa2/post/3meprmwzwrh2b

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