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.
Archaeologists find possible first direct evidence of Hannibal's war elephants
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearthed-a-2200-year-old-bone-they-say-it-could-be-the-first-direct-evidence-of-hannibals-legendary-war-elephants-180988185/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47077245
Around here, GOAT stands for greatest of all toads.
Wesleyan is hiring a postdoc in space ethics, which oh my goodness we need more of so incredibly badly https://wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Middletown-CT-Main-Campus/Postdoctoral-Fellow-in-Space-Ethics_R101076
Everyone's use of LLMs provides cover for these uses of LLMs. All of it
Careful use isn't _more responsible_ than this use, the aggregate of careful use is _responsible for_ this kind of use. It's hair in fascism's beard
This is what the cute "it has legitimate uses" stuff contributes to the world. Well done more open minded than thou* LLM experimenter, this is the future you're helping the worst men on earth win. Far more and far worse consequences for far more people
"総勢60人が集まった発端は「バカにされた」だったという。"
実にバカバカしい
暴走族40人と不良20人「大げんか」か、23人逮捕 東京・福生 | 毎日新聞 https://mainichi.jp/articles/20260219/k00/00m/040/153000c
Character-count limitations on social media create an artificial struggle that shouldn't exist! Especially when it's limited to 300 characters 😫
There, I said it.
End rant.
Edit: I'm not complaining about Mastodon actually, and I am delighted by my instance's generosity on character limit ☺️
"「敵の指揮伝達を5秒か10秒でも上回ることができれば、前線の状況は一変する」と、ある兵士は語った。"
ふうむ、そういうものなのか
【解説】 スターリンクがロシア軍のアクセスを遮断、ウクライナは戦場で優位になるのか - BBCニュース https://www.bbc.com/japanese/articles/c4g57rlprngo
I feel “baby bonds” are one of the weakest and least effective policy interventions imaginable. They also have a lot of negatives:
It says in no uncertain terms “we don’t trust you parents, we only trust your baby”.. if you even have one? I prefer to start from a position of trust instead of undermining that trust, so why not give people the basic monthly economic security they need first and let THEM decide if they are ready to introduce a new child to the world?
It says “you only have value if you procreate”, whereas I feel all humans have intrinsic value, even if they choose not to have children. So the incentive is now to have lots of babies for the money.. pay to play? Is that want we want?
It ties up a sum of money for 18-23 years so only banks benefit from sitting on that money, which is meanwhile doing absolutely nothing to help anyone, or make the world better, for two decades.
The “lottery effect” of suddenly dumping a sizable sum of money on a young adult doesn’t tend to work well, compared to the safety of having a reliable, regular, consistent monthly income for a reasonable period of time, so the parents have time to raise their child with love and affection, and guide their child without having to work 4 different jobs at once.
Having a child is exactly the time you would need extra financial support… not in 18-23 years, but RIGHT NOW, when the baby arrives, when the need is most urgent -- not “one and done” but regular consistent monthly safety knowing you can have at least a year of reliable income, a predictable future where you can do more than be in constant survival mode.
Why would a policy that mostly benefits banks and “funds” be something that people want to support rather than disbursing the money now to those most in need of it? The incentives seem perverse.
Not only do baby bonds not trust the parents, they don’t even trust the babies — the funds at age 18+ can only be used for certain “correct” things, well who exactly determines that? How does this “program” know their lives better than they do?
What are the upsides of Baby Bonds because I’m having a tough time seeing it.
@rustRust Language is participating in Google Summer of Code 2026 🦀🎓
Interested in contributing to Rust through #GSoC? Now’s the time to start exploring ideas!
🗓️ Proposals open: March 16
⏳ Deadline: March 31 (18:00 UTC)
Explore project ideas + proposal guide:
https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/02/19/Rust-participates-in-GSoC-2026/
3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
85kg 12reps… 성공. 5kg만 더 올려볼까
はもはもさん来られるの知ってたらぼくもみんなの知ってるハワイに行ったのに←
Upcoming launch (2/10)
Name: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-25
Status: Go for Launch
Window: 21/02/2026 08:00 - 21/02/2026 12:00
Agency: SpaceX
Mission type: Communications
Mission: A batch of 25 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
Webcast live: No
"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."
(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)
https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/
Okay nerds, tell me about your favorite Linux desktop distro
Points for:
* I don't want an operating system as a hobby
* It needs to "just work" for everyday tasks (sound, video streaming, printing, scanning, etc)
* Most of my games already work under Steam's Proton layer
* I'm not a Linux newbie, I've been using it for development for 30+ years and have multiple servers in various flavors
* Debian based distros preferred overall
* No GenAI
* Bonus round: Wayland vs KDE Plasma
Roughly the same instant I successfully learned to use Diesel and hit the point I had a Diesel starting point I could write apps from, I realized what I really should have been using from the start was sqlx+sea-query.
Roughly the same instant I successfully learned to use Yew and had a starting point I could write apps from, I realized what I really should have been using from the start was Dioxus.
There's this problem, and Rust has it, and JavaScript has it 10x worse, but Rust does have it
Voith Schneider Propeller
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voith_Schneider_Propeller
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47027171
Comparison of cloud storage encryption software
In this blog post, I compare a software that encrypt files on top of public cloud storage
https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-02-19-local-encrypted-volume-comparison.html
gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/local-encrypted-volume-comparison.gmi
#security #privacy #linux
RP2040 Powers A MIDI-Controlled Soundboard
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/19/rp2040-powers-a-midi-controlled-soundboard/
Therefore it's hardly ever really necroboosting. It's slow-boosting.
Nothing wrong with slow-boosting on the #Fediverse.
The most annoying thing about corporate surveillance to me is the arrogance of the prediction mechanisms.
These algorithms build a model of me based on my clicks from three years ago and then try to trap me in that loop forever. They show me music they think I'll like, and news they think I'll engage with, and videos they think will enrage me enough to keep me hooked to their platforms. They are actively trying to flatten my personality into something easy to monetize.
As most people I've seen say out loud, "Privacy as a concept is way beyond hiding secrets. A part of it also means preserving your capacity to change. To be surprised. To be inconsistent."
If I could tell every human one thing, it would be to actively refuse to be a predictable data point. Mess up their metrics. In whatever way you are capable of.
#socialmedia #algorithmicbias #privacy #dataprivacy #quotes #foss #facebook #linkedin #llm #noai #enshittification #reading #books #baking #art #philosophy #adhd #depression #cybersecurity
Friendly reminder: this quarter's PSF Fellow Membership nomination due date is a bit over 24 hours from now. If you know someone whose work should be recognized this way, see https://www.python.org/psf/fellows/ for the details, criteria, and nomination instructions.
I just saw an ad from the municipality of Groningen promoting afternoon sessions where volunteers help people upgrade their laptops from Windows 10 to Linux for free.
Pretty cool!
5年後、10年後に楽をするために今日も頑張りましょ
Mark Zuckerberg Grilled on Usage Goals and Underage Users at California Trial
Link: https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/meta-mark-zuckerberg-social-media-trial-0e9a7fa0
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47075245
Wie wärs alle Polizisten tragen in Zukunft #klarnamen? Wenn das gut klappt können wir weiter diskutieren...
@mojoaxelAlex 🍜 Und alle Politiker die Namen und Logos ihrer Parteispender*innen - als gut zu lesende Aufkleber auf den Anzügen.
今日はおちんぎん日
Leiden is hiring an Assistant Professor in Astronomy & Society, come join our department!
https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistant-professor-on-Astronomy-&-Society/16350-en_US
RE: https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/116098978692376296
This is like saying you're doing "S3 Extension Proposals", because "multiple projects implemented S3-compatible (enough) APIs and Clients"
The only one that defines S3's API is AWS.
It's not a standard no matter how many projects implement it.
The Mastodon API is defined by Mastodon only. It's not a standard no matter how much people want to treat it as a standard. Use C2S / ActivityPub API.
If you want to advance the Fediverse, there's plenty of taskforces at Social Web CG that need help writing FEPs and standards documents. It's not as hard as you might think, just time consuming.
Wir wollen, dass in die Wahlunterlagen fürs Olympiareferendum nicht nur Werbung für Olympia kommt! Dafür brauchen wir bis Freitagabend 10.000 Unterschriften – und wir sind auf der Zielgeraden. 🏁
Wenn du uns jetzt noch unterstützen willst, sind hier ein paar Termine, wo du beim sammeln helfen kannst. Mehr Termine findest du in unserem Sammelkalender:
https://pad.riseup.net/p/ZBzo0o4WY-pDaHSMbDcY
#nolympia #olympia #nolympicsanywhere #Hamburg #nolympia_hamburg
Wichtig: Bitte schickt keine Unterschriftenlisten mehr per Post – sie kommen nicht mehr rechtzeitig an. Du kannst deine Listen heute und morgen in unserem Laden in der Caffamacherreihe abgeben. Falls wir gerade nicht da sind: einfach nebenan beim Nasch oder beim FuckYeah abgeben.
Jetzt zählen die letzten zwei Tage. Let’s go – gemeinsam sammeln für ein Hamburg, das wir uns alle leisten können! ✊
#nolympia #olympia #nolympicsanywhere #Hamburg #nolympia_hamburg @umweltFAIRaendern @nolympia
千葉県君津市 片倉ダム
#クルマ旅
#風景写真
#photography
撮影日 2026/01/31
They've been testing it since 8000 B.C.
[ship groans, creaks]
[ship groans, creaks]
How am I supposed to get anything done? #catsofmastodon
Everyone's use of LLMs provides cover for these uses of LLMs. All of it
Careful use isn't _more responsible_ than this use, the aggregate of careful use is _responsible for_ this kind of use. It's hair in fascism's beard
This is what the cute "it has legitimate uses" stuff contributes to the world. Well done more open minded than thou* LLM experimenter, this is the future you're helping the worst men on earth win. Far more and far worse consequences for far more people
같은 백인도 인정한(?)
같은 백인도 인정한(?)
Micro-horror of this moment:
- In the HTML/DOM event model, events have names like "click" or "submit"; you attach an event handler to a tag by saying "onclick" or "onsubmit".
- Apparently, for thirty years, I've been writing this wrong, like "onClick" or "onSubmit". Web Browsers just sorta roll with this and convert to lowercase. React/Preact JSX do the same conversion and do not flag an error, they pass it through and then the browser accepts it.
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@evanEvan Prodromou 
@kopperkopper 
mentioned the async problem; if there’s no external contexts to fetch, then the recieving server can explicitly reject the request if it is incorrect.
@gugurumbeVivien (toujours dans le déni) @kopperkopper I don't think that's the model of ActivityPub. It's made to allow reading remote objects.
Most implementations pre-load or compile in the external contexts. I agree, it's a big performance hit to load context URLs at runtime.
더불어민주당과 조국혁신당은 윤석열 전 대통령에 대한 1심 재판부의 무기징역 선고에 대해 “미흡한 판결”, “논란을 증폭시키는 판결”이라고 비판했습니다.
‘윤석열 무기징역’에 민주 “미흡한 판결…특검, 조속히...
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