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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Today in "Stories from a Coworking-Space":

The LLM bros a few tables away from mine are talking about the business plan for their 'revolutionary' slop machine.

One of them keeps saying 'market infestation' when talking about the market share they're dreaming of.

I don't think that he chose this particular wording as a result of critical deliberations. I think he likes it because it sounds aggressive.

But I also think 'infestation' describes the slop madness beautifully.
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I'm not saying that the US is a racist country. But I am saying that the highest paid government employee in most states is a college sports coach🤡, and that college sports is a racist system that exploits poor Black kids in a way that would be wildly illegal in most countries.

🤔OK, I am saying that.

Map showing that the highest paid government employee in most states is a college football or college basketball coach.
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那天,就是我們約好要去拿訂製婚戒的週末。

他一邊開車,一邊把他的iPhone遞了過來,螢幕都沒鎖,「幫我看一下店家的地址,順便確認有沒有留言說戒指好了。」

他連手機密碼都告訴過我。信任,是被這種千百次毫不設防的細節餵養到巨大的。以至於你會覺得,去懷疑他,都是一種對自己的羞辱。

我熟練地滑開他的手機,螢幕亮起的瞬間,畫面就停在備忘錄的列表上。我正要關掉,目光卻被其中一則標題吸引住了。

那標題寫著:我們家的貓。我們沒有養貓。我對貓毛過敏。

https://moo.ink/8qbtnf
https://moo.ink/8qbu6q
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‘경국지색에 빠져 주나라 멸망’ 사마천 통설 뒤집혔다···실제 왕조 망한 이유는 ‘이것’ www.khan.co.kr/article/2026... “최근 발굴된 전차 자국과 도시 관문 흔적, 그리고 각종 과학 데이터는 서주 왕조의 멸망 원인이 기존 통설과 다를 수 있음을 보여준다고 NYT는 전했다. 베이징의 과학자들이 주도한 연구에 따르면 서주가 멸망하기 직전인 2800년 전 갑작스러운 기후 변화로 인한 극심한 가뭄과 한파가 닥쳤던 것으로 나타났다.”

‘경국지색에 빠져 주나라 멸망’ 사마천 통설 뒤집혔다·...

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​Let's get something clear: I DON'T hate VTubers. I appreciate the work—heck, I tried it and realized how hard it is.

I'm just accepting that I'm fuel for the fire.

​I adopted the "VTuber Lore Simp" moniker to treat VTubers with the same "Separation of Concerns" we apply to all media. There’s a character, and an anonymous actor giving it life.

The vast majority of VTubers, mods, and viewers can't roll like that. To them, the VTuber is the actor. The lore and worldbuilding? It’s just an overengineered theme.

​It lures me in with the promise of Disney World, but it’s actually just an independent theater where the actor is also the ticket taker and the lighting tech. They just want to be themselves; the character is just a skin.

Half of my 20+ Twitch bans came from me defying the notion that it's "just a theme." I commented like they were Mario in a MIRT setup. Restraining myself to "just appreciating the theme" is like asking The Flash to walk a deserted route without his powers.

​I’d rather the lore wasn't locked behind a streamer. HoloEarth was a chance for worldbuilding without the baggage of a "dude in an avatar" making ends meet. But even then, enjoying the character there defeats the reason to watch the streamer. It’s like replacing artists with AI—it changes the soul of the interaction.

It's fair enough for me to accept that my time with VTubers is over.

​Therefore, on this very return to uwu.social, I’m shielding myself by muting all VTuber-related words/hashtags. They’re already filtered on Twitch (thank goodness for FFZ), and I’m also working my old Katakis Lives branding back into VRChat, Overte, and beyond.

If you're a VTuber and you follow me, I won't prevent you from talking with me. I'm not imposing a DNI on you. But I ask that you respect my stance.

I'm also going to start looking for better media to satisfy my needs. At the very least, I'm looking to return to watching anime and cartoons that align closer to the vibes of how I watched VTubers. I heard the Iyashikei genre is good for that. Ideally, I'm looking closer to what VRChat and Overte have in store beyond gaming worlds. Maybe it's time I give their roleplay stuff a go.

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👀 I'm not sure when Vivaldi added this split-pane tiling window feature, but I love the hell out of it. There are a ton of options, but I have been blissfully using it for the last 3 to 4 weeks, and it's wonderful.

PSA: @djangoconDjangoCon US :django: :python: had to move the conference up a few weeks to August 24th to the 28th because venues...

2026.djangocon.us

I hope to still see you there!

Split plane Vivalidi windows with the DjangoTV Admin on the left and the DjangoCon US 2026 website on the right.
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Unlike, say, data analytics giant Palantir or some other high-profile surveillance companies, Ring is a surveillance network that homeowners have by and large deployed themselves, powered by fear mongering against our neighbors and unfettered consumerism.

404media.co/with-ring-american

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