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.
Some people collect stamps; we at CSS Day collect browser vendors. We already announced Vivaldi and Ladybird; today we add Google and Microsoft.
This allows our attendees to complain efficiently about CSS problems in many browsers at once, while their representatives smile, take notes, apologise, and promise to do better.
Today we announce the following speakers:
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@patrickbrosset (Microsoft)
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@UnaUna Kravets (Google)
- and 
@argyleinkAdam Argyle (CSS)
See our full line-up at https://cssday.nl
Fluxer is an open-source, independent instant messaging and VoIP platform. Built for friends, groups, and communities.
https://fluxer.app
There are two race conditions hard problems in distributed systems: and guaranteed deli
Seltsam. Obwohl heute Fastnacht ist, ist es überhaupt nicht dunkel.
Agreed. This is a much more comfortable place to spend time.
I follow @ hn100@social.lansky.name, which posts any HN posts that make the top 100. That way, I see the often-interesting links without having to dive into the comments. There are similar bots with 50, 250 and 500 in their names for people who want a more, or less, exhaustive view.
so long losers, my ship just came in
![Screenshot of an email that begins, “Hi Ethan, We see you have credibility in [topic], and we’d like to sponsor you.” (“Topic” is set off with square brackets, suggesting that it was supposed to be replaced with something else before sending. Yeah, I know.)](https://cdn.masto.host/followethanmarcottecom/media_attachments/files/116/087/799/582/953/970/original/a06f3ac2de49a25b.jpeg)
Lateral climbing
Never ending 確定申告 dread... 
@quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja 
@dansup There are a lot of cases for Fediverse developers to support cooperation.
1. "They're like us". As you've pointed out, ATProto has evolved (almost?) beyond the control of one venture-funded startup. There is a community of third-party developers who are doing interesting things. They are more like Fediverse developers than we realize. Even if the foundations of ATProto suck (agree to disagree!), there's some cool work being done by cool people who share a lot of our values.
@quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja @dansup
2. "Bigger is better". Because we're bridged, more people on Bluesky and ATProto services is helpful for the Fediverse. It means more creators making cool content for Fediverse users to read and listen to and use, and it means a bigger audience for Fediverse creators to reach. Bigger networks are, generally, better. (Thanks, Metcalfe's Law!)
AIの軍事利用を巡り国防総省がAnthropicとの関係解消を検討 - GIGAZINE
https://gigazine.net/news/20260216-pentagon-anthropic-ai-safeguards/
『AnthropicはClaudeを暴力行為の助長や兵器開発、監視活動へ利用することを禁止しており、ベネズエラ攻撃への利用について問われた広報担当者は「Claudeやその他のAIモデルが、機密か機密ではないかを問わず、特定の作戦に使われたかどうかコメントすることはできません」と言及を避けた上で、「政府機関であろうと民間であろうと、Claudeを利用するにはAnthropicの利用規約を守ることが必須です」と述べました』
AIエージェントの普及によってこのままだと𝕏のようなプラットフォームは数ヶ月から最大2年後には使えなくなってしまうとWorldcoin共同創業者のAlex Blaniaが主張。
ボットを防ぐのはほぼ無理になっていく中、人間である認証が大事になってくる。
Title: Honmon-ji Temple, Ikegami (1931)
Artist: Hasui Kawase
https://foundjapan.jp/en/2202_ikegamohonmonji_temple/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Winter #Snow #Honmonji #Tokyo #Japan
... and i think that it's important to be able to understand what is accurate and what is not, in order to engage with it. that's it
also, sorry i got a lot of replies about this: yes, sometimes companies want regulation because the burden means that they're the only ones that can comply i am not saying that the desire fore regulation means they're good. i'm just saying that "none of them want any regulation" isn't accurate...
#GivingTuesday
For those who love the web and want to support open, accessible, international, privacy-respecting, secure web standards we ask that you spare a moment and support the World Wide Web Consortium as we continue our work to make the web work -- for everyone.
#ShareTheLove
https://www.w3.org/support-us/
@b0rkJulia Evans less hacker News. More donuts.
@quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja @dansup I have a major voice because I'm ride-or-die for ActivityPub. That's my role.
You and I have different roles in the social web. I think yours is really important, and I'm glad you do it, but it's not mine.
We can achieve a lot together even if we don't agree on everything.
@quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja @dansup So, I'd like to give you some unsolicited advice, since you've been so generous with yours.
If you want to see more cooperation between people on the Fediverse and the ATmosphere, telling people on the Fediverse that they're bad and wrong and nasty isn't working. It may be true, but it's not effective.
Speaking as a parent my current opinion on internet age verification laws is that after the state starts putting the Epstein class in prison en masse then maybe we can start taking anything else they say about protecting children seriously.
よし起きる
My company requested a "headshot" and this is the best photo I can find.
@evanEvan Prodromou If you agree, then I think you should be promoting and endorsing more kindness and productive criticism instead of threads like this that push people away. You have a major voice here, be a part of pushing a positive culture.
@quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja @dansup I have a major voice because I'm ride-or-die for ActivityPub. That's my role.
You and I have different roles in the social web. I think yours is really important, and I'm glad you do it, but it's not mine.
We can achieve a lot together even if we don't agree on everything.
Das Netzwerk Verbraucherforschung hatte mich 2024 zum Vortrag über Luxuskonsum geladen:
Angesichts der globalen Polykrisen müssen wir Luxus neu definieren, konsumfrei + für alle:
Schöne Landschaft, Biodiversität, saubere Luft, sauberes Wasser, Ruhe, Sicherheit, das wäre Luxus.
Imagine having to actually say this shit:
The measles vaccine prevents children from getting the measles.
It's 2026 and we've all resorted to speaking to each other as if we're all suffering from severe cognitive impairment.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-kakistocracy-became-a-quackistocracy
🐶🗼Is there anyone here from #Berlin who has a dog and has travelled to #Paris with their furry friend? How was the experience in the city? Did you find it too crowded? I read that public transport, cafés and restaurants are as good as in Berlin, but dogs are not allowed on the grass in many parks.
Finally, has anyone taken the Berlin-Paris train? Would you recommend it? I don't like the idea of leaving the central station at ~7:00 a.m., so maybe taking a train that departs a bit later, but has a connection with a few extra minutes seems better to me.
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thisismissem/116087571530458888
This is such an interesting thread as it exposes the friction between ATProtocol/ActivityPub. Clearly, there are some cultural issues.
It's important to understand and I say this often to our own desktop projects - we are always stronger together than apart.
We are not competitors. We are allies.
Understandably we might compete on investment and volunteers but those sort themselves.
A #YunoHost package for #HolosSocial relay server is underway!
This will make it super easy for anyone to deploy their own #Holos relay on their server. We're going to contribute to the packaging effort and would love some help!
If you're familiar with YunoHost packaging, feel free to jump in:
https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/holos_ynh/
The AI bubble will burst immediately after it permanently destroys the consumer electronics market
生成AIが手がけた音楽の学習元を特定する技術を開発 ソニー、開発元への対価要求に活用 - 産経ニュース https://www.sankei.com/article/20260216-ARFF5HB2YBMGVAJVRO76TPMXF4/
＞ソニーグループが、人工知能（AI）が手がけた音楽の学習元となる楽曲を特定する技術を開発したことが16日、分かった。音楽業界では生成AIの活用が広がり、AIによる著作物の無断学習が問題視されている。ソニーは新技術の活用により、曲の使用に伴う対価をAIの開発元に要求できるようになり、収益を音楽制作者に配分しやすくなるとしている
いいぞ、どんどんやろう 
You know that “stop forcing AI into fucking everything” graphic that went around on here?
I bought the t-shirt. I get a lot of compliments on it.
The only negative response was from a friend who works for McKinsey. She read out the “everyone hates it” and said, “do they really, though?” as we stood near the check-in table for an event, and three people in line turned around and said, “YES!”
@evanEvan Prodromou @dansup I'm not gaslighting anyone, Evan, and I would hope that you would know me better than that after our conversations.
You can throw stones back at the Fedi's bet around Meta and all the other companies that promised ActivityPub integration but never delivered. What are we even doing here?
@evanEvan Prodromou @dansup The number of developers and communities who've been pushed out of the Fedi because of this elitist mentality should be alarming to any builder in this space. Are we ever going to learn to do better, or are we going to continue pushing more people away?
The vibes aren't good, Evan, and I really hope you're aware of that, because vibes make or break a community.
Imagine having to actually say this shit:
The measles vaccine prevents children from getting the measles.
It's 2026 and we've all resorted to speaking to each other as if we're all suffering from severe cognitive impairment.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-the-kakistocracy-became-a-quackistocracy
it's easy to go "oh it's just like uber and they'll raise prices eventually" or "oh it's just california ideology" or "some of these firms are run by fascists so they all are" but reality is more complex than that. and that complexity matters
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OH: Unbeaufsichtigten Kindern wird NixOS auf den Laptop installiert!
@dansup @quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja
Pushing a separate protocol has undoubtedly hurt the entire distributed social networking movement. It was done intentionally.
It shouldn't have worked. ActivityPub should have been more widespread by the time that ATProto launched, so that a competing protocol would have no chance to split the network.
But we weren't, and it did. It's at least partially our fault that a house-brand protocol has been such a serious threat.
@dansup @quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja
I think there is a lot to applaud in the ATProto community in terms of the growing openness, the standardization of part of the stack, and the great work engaging third-party developers.
@dansup @quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja Anuj, this is unfair.
There is a significant difference in intent and governance between ActivityPub and ATProto.
It's perfectly reasonable to point out those differences, just like the atproto.com site points out technical differences.
@dansup @quillmatiqAnuj Ahooja
Pushing a separate protocol has undoubtedly hurt the entire distributed social networking movement. It was done intentionally.
It shouldn't have worked. ActivityPub should have been more widespread by the time that ATProto launched, so that a competing protocol would have no chance to split the network.
But we weren't, and it did. It's at least partially our fault that a house-brand protocol has been such a serious threat.
now like you can think that you shouldn't believe them, etc, or that this position is taken in a non-serious way... but that's a very different kind of thing!
OH: Unbeaufsichtigten Kindern wird NixOS auf den Laptop installiert!
Tesla 'Robotaxi' adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month – 4x worse than humans
Link: https://electrek.co/2026/02/17/tesla-robotaxi-adds-5-more-crashes-austin-month-4x-worse-than-humans/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051546
Stephen Colbert says CBS forbid interview of Democrat because of FCC threat
Link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/stephen-colbert-says-cbs-forbid-interview-of-democrat-because-of-fcc-threat/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051793
The fediverse is anti-capitalist. The fediverse is anarchist praxis. The fediverse is not a protocol. The fediverse caries an ideology of communal care and mutual aid for our fellow humans. The fediverse should never be neutral on ideology. The tools we are building provide infrastructure for communication but they also shape that communication.
Britannica Online, 1994; via 'Using the World Wide Web', a 1994 book by William Eager
@b0rkJulia Evans
Relatable
#Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/australias-social-media-ban-is-isolating-kids-with-disabilities-just-like-critics-warned/
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