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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evacide @evacide@hachyderm.io
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Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.

We noticed.

eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/seve

Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans

Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.

www.eff.org · Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Cassandra Granade 🏳️‍⚧️ @xgranade@wandering.shop
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After yesterday, I'm more convinced than ever that the "T" in TOML is an example of *current* governance issues, not only an unchallenged and unfortunate historical artifact. Given that, I want the fork of TOML that I opened a couple days ago to work.

In part, that's very selfish of me.

Arcalibre needs a config file format that meets some very specific requirements. While there's better formats than TOML, like KDL, TOML is the best fit out there for those **specific** requirements.

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Brent Simmons @brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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People:

2014: OMG RSS is still around!
2015: OMG RSS is still around!
2016: OMG RSS is still around!
2017: OMG RSS is still around!
2018: OMG RSS is still around!
2019: OMG RSS is still around!
2020: OMG RSS is still around!
2021: OMG RSS is still around!
2022: OMG RSS is still around!
2023: OMG RSS is still around!
2024: OMG RSS is still around!
2025: OMG RSS is still around!
2026: OMG RSS is still around!

Maybe in 2027 we’ll stop being surprised!

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职业金毛 @ResurrectTheSun@pari.cafe
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提醒各位东亚女生……在国外千万小心随机老白男用你满足爹味说教欲。

事情是我在欧洲独自旅行，舟车劳顿睡眠不足，在车站的面包店里喝咖啡醒神，这时候顾客不多，一个老白男带着他的大狗过来。因为大狗非常乖，我忍不住多看两眼，接着开始和老白男说话，由于以前遇到的欧洲白人都非常乐意友善交流猫猫狗狗的话题，这次我就放松警惕了。接下来话题从宠物扭转到了个人，老白男吹嘘说自己在非洲打过仗，给情报局工作，和007是同行。老白男开始问我有关中国的问题，当时我因为太困了，大量连续说外语又很紧张，害怕出错在外国人面前造成对中国的信息污染，就没有及时察觉：

老白男：你认为中国对台湾的行动是入侵吗？

我这时候已经紧张到分不清具体的原因了：我在互联网上有很多台湾朋友……

老白男打断我：现在是你在我面前！我又不认识你那些朋友。你认为中国对台湾的行动是入侵吗？

我：这是一个非常复杂的问题……我必须从历史上来讲……

老白男继续兴高采烈地打断我：你认为中国对台湾的行动是入侵吗？你只能回答是，或者不是。多么简单！

我已经处在CPU低电量干烧的状态，支支吾吾：我是和平主义者，我不支持任何挑动战争的想法……

后文老白男问了一些“你知道xxx这个人物吗”“我听说中国的明王朝现在还很强大”“爱因斯坦最伟大的发明是什么”之类的问题。我还当是文化爱好者之间的交流，说得最多的话是“我知道这个概念，但是必须在脑内从中文翻译成外语，我恐怕这中间会有偏差”。

最后老白男：很高兴了解你关于台湾的看法！

老白男走了以后周围的客人对我说：我必须替他向你道歉，这样对你说话真是太粗鲁了，我们（这个国家）的人其实不是这样的。

直到这时候我才意识到自己其实不是在和想要了解外国人想法的人交流，而是被kenergy老白男当成工具人愚弄了。之前强行打断我说话、逼问他想要的二极管答案，全部都只是他满足个人说教和炫耀欲的套路。

所以各位东亚女生在国外千万要提防爹味无处安放的老登刺客，尤其你的语言水平足够和当地人开启一段聊天，但又不一定马上能够分辨目的不单纯的语境套路。

在这场对话中，语言显露成了一种充满暴力的权利。你在某时某地处于弱势的一方不是你语言水平不够local的错，错的是滥用权利愚弄弱势方的人。
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David Whittle @DaveWhittle@mastodon.social
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The largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit | Scientific American
scientificamerican.com/article

The Earth with multiple large satellites orbiting it.

The largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit

BlueBird 6 features the biggest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in orbit around Earth, spanning some 2,400 square feet

www.scientificamerican.com · Scientific American

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Catbird / 야옹새 @catbirdmeows.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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친구와 얘기하다가 '너는 좌파라면 누구나 동의하는 명제에 무엇이 있다고 생각해?'라는 질문을 받은 적이 있어요. 저는 이 세 가지를 꼽았습니다. 1. 사회경제적 불평등의 완화 및 해소는 정치적으로 달성할 수 있고 달성하여야 하는 목표이다. 2. 적어도 어떤 종류의 경제적 및 사회적 의사결정은 개인이나 기업이 아니라 공공의 영역에서 이루어져야 한다. 3. 사회구성원 모두에게 공적 의사결정에 참여할 방법이 주어져야 한다.

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha
by Robert A. Jacobs
Yale University Press (2022)

In the fall of 1961, President Kennedy somberly warned Americans about deadly radioactive fallout clouds extending hundreds of miles from H‑bomb detonations, yet he approved ninety‑six US nuclear weapon tests for 1962. Cold War nuclear testing, production, and disasters like and have exposed millions to dangerous particles; these millions are the global .

Many communities continue to be plagued with dire legacies and ongoing risks: sickness and early mortality, forced displacement, uncertainty and anxiety, dislocation from ancestors and traditional lifestyles, and contamination of food sources and ecosystems. Nuclear Bodies weaves these seemingly distinct legacies into a comprehensive global history, examining the colonialism(s) with which nuclear weapon states "select the irradiated," the political use of medical models to render their harm invisible, and the millennia-long legacies of our embrace of nuclear technologies. https://nuclearbodies.com/
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha
by Robert A. Jacobs
Yale University Press (2022)

In the fall of 1961, President Kennedy somberly warned Americans about deadly radioactive fallout clouds extending hundreds of miles from H‑bomb detonations, yet he approved ninety‑six US nuclear weapon tests for 1962. Cold War nuclear testing, production, and disasters like and have exposed millions to dangerous particles; these millions are the global .

Many communities continue to be plagued with dire legacies and ongoing risks: sickness and early mortality, forced displacement, uncertainty and anxiety, dislocation from ancestors and traditional lifestyles, and contamination of food sources and ecosystems. Nuclear Bodies weaves these seemingly distinct legacies into a comprehensive global history, examining the colonialism(s) with which nuclear weapon states "select the irradiated," the political use of medical models to render their harm invisible, and the millennia-long legacies of our embrace of nuclear technologies. https://nuclearbodies.com/
earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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グローバル・ヒバクシャ
by Robert A. Jacobs
The University of Nagoya Press (2025)

広島・長崎だけではない、惑星的な被曝の全体像へ ——。現在の科学的知見や幅広い聞き取り調査を踏まえて、核実験・原発事故・ウラン採掘の被害者をはじめ、これまで不可視化されてきた世界のヒバクシャの実態を追究。原爆の記憶や福島の経験と接続するとともに、核抑止論の前提を鋭く問い直す。

nuclearbodies.com/page-9/






グローバル・ヒバクシャ by Robert A. Jacobs The University of Nagoya Press (2025)
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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha
by Robert A. Jacobs
Yale University Press (2022)

In the fall of 1961, President Kennedy somberly warned Americans about deadly radioactive fallout clouds extending hundreds of miles from H‑bomb detonations, yet he approved ninety‑six US nuclear weapon tests for 1962. Cold War nuclear testing, production, and disasters like and have exposed millions to dangerous particles; these millions are the global .

Many communities continue to be plagued with dire legacies and ongoing risks: sickness and early mortality, forced displacement, uncertainty and anxiety, dislocation from ancestors and traditional lifestyles, and contamination of food sources and ecosystems. Nuclear Bodies weaves these seemingly distinct legacies into a comprehensive global history, examining the colonialism(s) with which nuclear weapon states "select the irradiated," the political use of medical models to render their harm invisible, and the millennia-long legacies of our embrace of nuclear technologies. https://nuclearbodies.com/
earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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Global hibakusha

Who are the “global hibakusha”? As many of us know, hibakusha is the Japanese word used to refer to those who survived the two nuclear attacks conducted by the United States against the people living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Those attacks killed between 100,000 and 200,000 human beings instantly, and wounded as many.

apjjf.org/2022/7/Jacobs






Hundreds of thousands of survivors were exposed to radiation from the attacks. In the face of this horror, we calm ourselves with the reassuring thought that nuclear weapons have not been used since 1945. However, there have been over 2,000 nuclear weapon detonations since then, and because of the size of the weapons and the scale of their effects, millions of people have been exposed to radiation under their fallout clouds, even as the detonations are called “tests.” Millions more have been exposed from nuclear production and nuclear accidents. These millions are the global hibakusha. Global nuclear weapon test sites.
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FreeBSD Foundation @FreeBSDFoundation@mastodon.social
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Join the FreeBSD Foundation at SCALE 23x this March, there’s still time to register.

The FreeBSD Foundation will be attending SCALE 23x, and we’re looking forward to connecting with members of the open-source community in person.

Location: Pasadena, California | Dates: March 5–8, 2026
Registration is still open. Learn more and sign up here:

socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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Global hibakusha

Who are the “global hibakusha”? As many of us know, hibakusha is the Japanese word used to refer to those who survived the two nuclear attacks conducted by the United States against the people living in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Those attacks killed between 100,000 and 200,000 human beings instantly, and wounded as many.

apjjf.org/2022/7/Jacobs






Hundreds of thousands of survivors were exposed to radiation from the attacks. In the face of this horror, we calm ourselves with the reassuring thought that nuclear weapons have not been used since 1945. However, there have been over 2,000 nuclear weapon detonations since then, and because of the size of the weapons and the scale of their effects, millions of people have been exposed to radiation under their fallout clouds, even as the detonations are called “tests.” Millions more have been exposed from nuclear production and nuclear accidents. These millions are the global hibakusha. Global nuclear weapon test sites.
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archiloque @archiloque@felin.social
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« In A.D. 1582 Pope Gregory XIII found that the existing Julian calendar insufficiently represented reality, and changed the rules about calculating leap years to account for this. Similarly, in A.D. 2013 Rockchip hardware engineers found that the new Gregorian calendar still contained flaws, and that the month of November should be counted up to 31 days instead. »
git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/k

rtc: rk808: Compensate for Rockchip calendar deviation on November 31st - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree

git.kernel.org

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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This cesium-137 continues to show up in food products throughout Europe every year, especially jams, mushrooms and wild boar (who eat the mushrooms). While we think of Chernobyl as a disaster that occurred in the past, it continues to present risk to people living far from the site who were not yet born. The triple meltdowns at Fukushima spread radioactive clouds throughout the region, with the primary deposition of fallout being to the northwest of the plants.



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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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This cesium-137 continues to show up in food products throughout Europe every year, especially jams, mushrooms and wild boar (who eat the mushrooms). While we think of Chernobyl as a disaster that occurred in the past, it continues to present risk to people living far from the site who were not yet born. The triple meltdowns at Fukushima spread radioactive clouds throughout the region, with the primary deposition of fallout being to the northwest of the plants.



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There too, cesium-137 continues to spread through the ecosystem. As a chemical, cesium-137 is very adept at migrating in nature. It easily passes from air to soil to water to plants to biota. It remains radioactively dangerous for about 300 years, meaning that once it has deposited and embedded into an ecosystem, centuries of risk will follow.

apjjf.org/2022/7/Jacobs





Global Hibakusha - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

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apjjf.org · Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus

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frehner @frehner@mas.to
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To celebrate my first merged PR into Firefox core, I wrote a too-long article on Contextual Design for (Opinionated) Component Libraries.

frehner.me/blog/contextual-sty

And it concludes with my reasons for submitting patches to Firefox and WebKit.

Lots of thanks to everyone who helped out, or wrote articles, or encouraged me to just do it. @argyleinkAdam Argyle , @kizuRoma Komarov ,@emilioEmilio Cobos Álvarez , Keith, and @jaffathecakeJake Archibald ❤️

Contextually Styling Components

Styling Design System Components depending on the context they find themselves in, as opposed to via props.

frehner.me

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earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social
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This unforgettable primate, found in the mangrove forests of Borneo, is the proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)! Also known as the long-nosed monkey, males of this species sport a distinctive drooping proboscis, which acts like a resonating chamber to amplify their vocalizations. Scientists think it’s a sexually selected trait—meaning that females prefer louder (and bigger-nosed) mates.

Photo: David Dennis, Wikimedia Commons

via amnhnyc




A proboscis monkey.
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