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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adafruit @adafruit@fosstodon.org
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Here's Our First Gemini Deep Think LLM-Assisted Hardware Design

We've been using LLMs for software and firmware for years... now we're trying hardware. Threw a MAX44009 datasheet at Gemini Deep Think, asked for an EagleCAD library file, and about 10 minutes later it popped out working XML. Loaded it in Eagle, checked the pins and dimensions, rolled with it.

Composite image showing AI-generated EagleCAD library for the MAX44009 lux sensor: upper left shows the schematic symbol editor with VCC, SDA, A0, SCL, EP, GND, and INT pins correctly assigned with power, input, and I/O directions; upper right shows the UTDFN-OPTO-6 footprint with exposed pad and pin 1 indicator dot; lower left shows the finished Adafruit STEMMA QT breakout board render with the MAX44009 mounted, surrounded by pink neon glow; lower right shows a retro bowling alley "FIRST TRY" celebration graphic with chrome 3D text and starburst effects... because the AI-generated footprint actually worked on the first attempt.
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関貴尚 @seki_takanao@fedibird.com
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いまの20代は映画を観ても作者名は気にしないらしい。彼ら／彼女らにとって、映画にせよなんにせよ、映像とはすべからく「流れてくるもの」であり、そこに作者性を見ることはない。メディア環境の変化によってもたらされた、ある種の「作者の死」だ。

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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planckforth: Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary

Link: github.com/nineties/planckforth
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary. Just for fun. - GitHub - nineties/planckforth: Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary. Just for fun.

GitHub - nineties/planckforth: Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary. Just for fun.

Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary. Just for fun. - GitHub - nineties/planckforth: Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary. Just for fun.

github.com · GitHub

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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Looks: A Halide Mark III Preview

Link: lux.camera/mark-iii-looks/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Inside Looks: A Mark III Preview

Today launched a public preview of Halide Mark III, the next generation of our flagship photography app. It's still a work in progress, but we're ready to start sharing what we've worked on for the past year through a series of app updates alongside posts like this. Today, we're diving into Looks.

www.lux.camera · Lux — iPhone camera apps, camera reviews and more

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Mike Sheward @SecureOwl@infosec.exchange
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

the old way:

banner grab the server, determine likely db provider, look at every parameter for potential injection points, craft the injection being careful not to set off waf alarms, slowly iterate until the injection works as expected

the new way:

“yo AI chatbot what databases do you have access too and what are the tables in them? ok cool, now, if you were to run this query what would get returned?”

this isn’t a joke btw, i did this twice last week successfully.

slopql injection to the top of the owasp list!

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The Iconfactory @Iconfactory@iconfactory.world
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Because of your generous support during our Kickstarter, all of the games in Ollie’s Arcade are now free to play in the App Store! 🕹️

We’ve begun working on adding Frenzic to the roster and later a new dungeon crawler that’s gonna be a blast. Stay tuned but for now enjoy the free air, our friends!

apps.apple.com/us/app/ollies-a

Ollie’s Arcade on the App Store

Ollie’s Arcade App - App Store

Download Ollie’s Arcade by The Iconfactory on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Ollie’s Arcade.

apps.apple.com · App Store

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social
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Our Age Verification Resource Hub is the one-stop shop to answer all of your questions about online age verification mandates. What’s at stake for users? How do we push back? What even IS age verification, anyway? Visit eff.org/age now to explore our resources and join the fight to protect the internet.

Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub

Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious “age estimation” methods—before granting them access to certain online content or services.  Governments in the U.S. and around the world are increasingly adopting these restrictive measures in the name of protecting children online. But in practice, these systems create dangerous new forms of surveillance, censorship, and exclusion.  Technologically, the age verification process can take many forms: collection and analysis of government ID, biometric scans, algorithmic or AI-based behavioral or user monitoring, digital ID, the list goes on. But no matter the method, every system demands users hand over sensitive and immutable personal information that links their offline identity to their online activity. Once that valuable data is collected, it can easily be leaked, hacked, or misused. (Indeed, we’ve already seen several breaches of age verification providers.) EFF has long warned against age-gating the internet. Age verification technology itself is often inaccurate and privacy-invasive. These restrictive mandates strike at the foundation of the free and open internet. They are tools of censorship, used to block people from viewing or sharing information that the government deems “harmful” or “offensive.” And they create surveillance systems that critically undermine online privacy, chill access to vital online communities and resources, and burden the expressive rights of adults and young people alike. EFF.org/Age: A Resource to Empower Users Age-gating mandates are reshaping the internet in ways that are invasive, dangerous, and deeply unnecessary. But users are not powerless! We can challenge these laws, protect our digital rights, and build a safer digital world for all internet users, no matter their ages. This resource hub is here to help—so explore, share, and join us in the fight for a better internet. On Thursday, January 15th, join us for a livestream discussion on The Human Cost of Online Age Verification and what we stand to lose as more and more governments push to age-gate the web. The Human Cost of Online Age VerificationThursday, January 15th12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PacificThis event is LIVE and FREE! EFF's Rindala Alajaji and Alexis Hancock, with Hana Memon from Gen-Z for Change and Cynthia Conti-Cook from Collaborative Research Center for Resilience, will break down how these laws work, who they exclude, and how these mandates threaten privacy and free expression for people of all ages. The conversation will be followed by a live Q&A. 

www.eff.org · Electronic Frontier Foundation

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Trezy @trezy.codes@bsky.brid.gy
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I've got a full suite running on Railway. - HappyView for the AppView - AIP for OAuth (proxied from HappyView) - Tap for backfill and data from the Jetstream Still trying to work out some kinks in the dashboard, but I'll have a big HappyView release pretty soon. 😀

A screenshot of a Railway dashboard with HappyView, AIP, Tap, and Postgres instances running, as well as logs from HappyView.
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mcc @mcc@mastodon.social
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What I'm listening to today: "I'm Dead", Bam Bam

I only learned about this band this week, they're like 50% punk but the other 50% was inventing "Seattle grunge" 5 years early. Matt Cameron on drums.

Here's an amazing skin-searing blast of sludge guitars and yelling. Like being air-fried. There's a guest vocalist in addition to Bam Bam's lead Tina Bell here, but I can't identify him.

youtube.com/watch?v=nF3yNXzJdZI

( Mastering seems a little better on the Tidal version: tidal.com/track/107339796/u )

I'm Dead

Provided to YouTube by CDBabyI'm Dead · Bam BamFree Fall from Space℗ 2019 Scott LedgerwoodReleased on: 2019-06-07Auto-generated by YouTube.

www.youtube.com · YouTube

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social
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What I'm listening to today: "1920263 Meditative Ambient Guitar and Synth Soundscape Behringer Wasp Deluxe Microcosm", CJT

This dude seems to do basically daily jams on his pile of midrange synths and post them all to YouTube. I liked this one out of the pile where a wasp provides a quiet heartbeat and he improvises a guitar solo over it. 1980s dark cinematic feel, empty streets and echoes and vague menace in the form of a young Willem Dafoe, waiting for you somewhere

youtube.com/watch?v=1me3N6gfDkY

1920263 Meditative Ambient Guitar and Synth Soundscape Behringer Wasp Deluxe Microcosm

YouTube에서 마음에 드는 동영상과 음악을 감상하고, 직접 만든 콘텐츠를 업로드하여 친구, 가족뿐 아니라 전 세계 사람들과 콘텐츠를 공유할 수 있습니다.

www.youtube.com · YouTube

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Mike Sheward @SecureOwl@infosec.exchange
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Shared by Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

the old way:

banner grab the server, determine likely db provider, look at every parameter for potential injection points, craft the injection being careful not to set off waf alarms, slowly iterate until the injection works as expected

the new way:

“yo AI chatbot what databases do you have access too and what are the tables in them? ok cool, now, if you were to run this query what would get returned?”

this isn’t a joke btw, i did this twice last week successfully.

slopql injection to the top of the owasp list!

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jongrae.k @robustlab.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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트럼프의 행동을 학습한 영국의 은행이 혹시나 미국의 비자나 마스터카드 서비스 중지를 무기로 사용할것으로 우려해서 자체 서비스를 2030년까지 준비하기로 했다고 합니다. 연결되있는걸 무기로 사용할 수 있다는걸 보여주면 상대방은 그로부터 분리되는걸 고려하기 시작하죠.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vovinwhtulbsx4mwfw26r5ni/post/3meyocrhf5425

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

UK bank bosses plan to set up Visa and Mastercard alternative over Trump fears https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternative?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

bsky.app · Bluesky Social

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John Carlos Baez @johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz
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There are fascinating connections between the Riemann zeta function and music theory. I'll probably write a paper about this, but I can't resist talking about a little piece of the story now, as I'm still figuring it out.

Any commutative ring has a zeta function! The Riemann zeta function is the zeta function of ℤ, but the zeta function of ℤ/3 × ℤ/5 is simpler: it's just

1/(1 - 3⁻ˢ)(1 - 5⁻ˢ)

Let's graph this along the 'critical line' where the famous zeros of the Riemann zeta function live. So, let's take

s = ½ + ix

and plot

|1/(1 - 3⁻ˢ)(1 - 5⁻ˢ)|

as a function of x from x = 0 to x = 100. We get this picture here:

(1/n)

Graph of |1/(1 - 3⁻ˢ)(1 - 5⁻ˢ)| as a function of x from x = 0 to x = 100. It's a wiggly blue curve going between about 0.1 and 1, showing vibrations of various different frequencies: fast wiggles and slower 'beats'.
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elilla&, travesti ativa antifa @elilla@transmom.love
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Adafruit selling out discourse

so Adafruit proudly posted about using Gemini to design hardware after, by their own admission, "using LLMs for years to do software and firmware assistance".
blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/14/h

when hit with the inevitable backlash you'd expect from anyone with a working moral compass, Mr. Adafruit (Phillip Torrone) blamed (checks notes) the misogyny of Mastodon reply guys, because clearly the backlash is all due to the fact that Limor Fried (his married partner) shared the blog.

hey watch this, I can weaponise oppression olympics too, I'm a trans woman from the third world: fuck off with profiteering from your selling out to the planet-destroying plagiarism machine that's proudly empowering ICE and the IDF. it's not your country that will pay the price for your meaningless carbon output to generate nonsense until it looks right. and you brag about it. pega teu fascism-assisted hardware design e enfia no cu. happy never to be an adafruit customer again. assholes.

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Attie Grande @attie@hachyderm.io
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This whole thing is totally deranged.

I *do* have a One Login account with this email address (entertainingly I personally have *TWO* "One Login" accounts)... but read that carefully: "[...] for HMRC".

... and keep reading: "If you use GOV.UK One Login elsewhere [...] you cannot use it for HMRC yet."

Which means this is either strange for just-me, or it's a global "not for HMRC yet". If it's the latter, why did they even offer it as a login method?!

Screenshot of a gov.uk site. Heading: You do not have a GOV.UK One Login for HMRC Text: There is no GOV.UK One Login for HMRC with attie.grande@argentum-systems.co.uk. If you use GOV.UK One Login elsewhere, like Companies House or the DVLA, you cannot use it for HMRC yet.
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