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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Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop
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RE: infosec.exchange/@littlealex/1

Why do I suspect that Lockheed's reaction to foreign customers jailbreaking F-35s will be just as understanding and conciliatory as Apple's response to customers jailbreaking iPhones (only multiply severity of the reaction by 10,000 per unit for the price of the item they've just lost control of)?

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social
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Shared by zunda

Wikipedia receives hundreds of legal demands every year to remove user-written content. Almost all are rejected. We spoke with Wikimedia’s legal team about how Section 230 helps protect volunteer editors and public knowledge. eff.org/pages/internet-still-w

The Internet Still Works: Wikipedia Defends Its Editors

Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. But recent debates about the law often overlook how it works in practice. To mark its 30th anniversary, EFF is interviewing leaders of online...

www.eff.org · Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Luanti (formerly Minetest) @Luanti@floss.social
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Shared by SparklingOutlaw🍉

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social
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Wikipedia receives hundreds of legal demands every year to remove user-written content. Almost all are rejected. We spoke with Wikimedia’s legal team about how Section 230 helps protect volunteer editors and public knowledge. eff.org/pages/internet-still-w

The Internet Still Works: Wikipedia Defends Its Editors

Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. But recent debates about the law often overlook how it works in practice. To mark its 30th anniversary, EFF is interviewing leaders of online...

www.eff.org · Electronic Frontier Foundation

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tesaguri 🦀🦝 @tesaguri@fedibird.com
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英国のトップレベルドメインのアカウントからｴｰｱｲ機械翻訳を使うことの特権性（？）を咎めるリプライが付いているのを見て、その堂々たる大英帝国の特権意識への畏怖の念に打たれて泣いちゃった

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary: @hongminhee@hollo.social
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Shared by tesaguri 🦀🦝

I've been honestly adding Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> to every commit where I used an LLM even slightly—whether it's generating test scaffolding, drafting docs, or just bouncing ideas. I thought transparency was the right thing to do. Turns out, people see that trailer and immediately assume the whole thing is “vibe coded” AI slop, no further questions asked. The irony is that being honest about my process is what's getting my work dismissed.

Now I'm genuinely torn. Do I keep the trailer and accept that some people will write off my work at a glance? Or do I drop it and lose something I actually believe in? It's frustrating that there's no widely understood distinction between “I prompted an LLM to write my entire app” and “I used an LLM as a tool while writing my own code.” I don't have an answer yet—just sitting with the discomfort for now.

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Gaurav Vaidya @gaurav@hachyderm.io
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Shared by Foone🏳️‍⚧️

Come work with me! RENCI at the Univ of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill is hiring a Research Software Developer to work on scientific software development, CI pipelines, deployment workflows and secure software development: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/3

Research Software Developer

The Research Software Developer will contribute to the design, development, and operation of cloud-native computing environments that support research and data-driven projects at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI). This role focuses on building foundational software components and workflows while developing skills in modern research software engineering practices.Responsibilities include:1. Implementing data structures, algorithms, and research workflows2. Assisting with DevOps and automation practices, including continuous integration pipelines and deployment workflows3. Supporting improvements to security, reliability, and observability, such as automated testing, vulnerability scanning, and performance monitoringThe Research Software Developer will work closely with senior engineers, RENCI management, and research partners to understand requirements, implement features, demonstrate functionality, and incorporate user feedback. This position provides strong opportunities for mentorship, skill development, and professional growth within a collaborative research environment.

unc.peopleadmin.com

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Em :official_verified: @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange
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All the "AI" products they developed would have been impossible without exploiting the creations and personal information of millions of people without their consent.

This is happening without any compensation for the hard work and data of the people without whom their technology would be impossible.

They are making billions from this exploitation.

Is this something you support?

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Kim Perales @KimPerales@toad.social
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“Trump's AMBs🚨are raising cash from cos for USA 250-rlt celebrations, incl a rodeo & a🎄lighting at the US embassy in Singapore.

“I need your💰” -US AMB for Singapore, A Sinha, told execs at a dinner sponsored by Philip Morris.”

One would think that these CEOs would stop the grift. Trump will continue to gouge them, & take a larger share for himself. He’s making Orban look like an amateur.

nytimes.com/2026/02/15/busines

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kazuhito @kazuhito@vivaldi.net
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Now problems vs. forever problems webdirections.org/blog/now-pro

Now problems vs. forever problems

When I hear criticism of or scepticism about AI code generation, in my conversation with often quite experienced software engineers, it often goes something like this: “I tried it and it didn’t work” or “the code quality was terrible.” Fair enough. But then I ask: when was that? Six months ago. A year ago. Sometimes […]

webdirections.org

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