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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Feoh @feoh@oldbytes.space
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@glyph Finally had time to read your blog post laying down ground rules for how to engage you (if we must!) in discussing AI.

This is great. Really well written, and as one might expect from you very well thought out and reasonable.

This can be a very difficult topic for people. I think part of why there are so many strong feelings is we all have the strong sense that this IS a game changer. It's just a question of how bad (or good if you're a maximalist!) it will be.

I'll admit it, I'm kinda scared for the industry as a whole, but don't feel like I can afford to take any kind of ethical stance, in no small part because I'm one of the people who would ABSOLUTELY spiral down the drain if this stuff ceased to exist.

Hope you're well and doing your best to have a good winter!

blog.glyph.im/2026/01/how-to-a

How To Argue With Me About AI, If You Must

If you insist we have a conversation, please come prepared.

blog.glyph.im

Link author: Glyph@glyph@mastodon.social

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Fedilab Apps @apps@toot.fedilab.app
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RE: toot.fedilab.app/@apps/1160650

The results are in: the community wants back. So we'll be bringing it back.

Source code will be reopened and the service restored from a clean slate as all data was deleted when we shut it down.

We've also heard the concerns and will work on making the opt-out process even more visible.

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[랜선효도] 제주감귤🍊 @jejuorange.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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기업들이 불법 결론난 관세 환불 소송 걸거고(트럼프 눈치본다고 조심스럽겠지만 안하면 주주한테 경영진이 소송 맞음) 트럼프가 기자회견에서 자기는 배법원과 국회 따위 신경 안 쓰겠다고 발언했지만 앞으로 (특히 경제) 정책에 있어 의회 눈치를 안 볼 수가 없게 되었다는 의견.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a6qvfkbrohedqy3dt6k5mdv6/post/3mfcsfc6ghc2o

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ploum @ploum@mamot.fr
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« Ce n’est pas le locataire du 6ème qui est anti-fasciste ! Ce sont les fascistes qui sont anti-locataires du 6ème »

Marcello Mastroianni, dans le magnifique « Une journée particulière » d’Ettore Scola.

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Terence Eden @Edent@mastodon.social
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I'm going to ask a stupidly geeky question.

Has anyone here used a FRM - Friend Relationship Manager?

Like a CRM. A database of people you know, with entries about when you last met, if they stood you up, what their favourite drink is, what you argued about, etc.

I'm looking for *personal* recommendations from people who actually use one of these tools.

What do you like about them? What would you change?

No need to reply if you don't use one, thanks!

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Republik Magazin @republik_magazin@republik.ch
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Palantir Technologies is suing Republik Magazine over an investigation into Palantir’s activities in Switzerland, published in December 2025. The lawsuit demands a counterstatement and is currently being heard by the Zurich Commercial Court.
Read the story that made Palantir sue us — now available in English.

republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-ten

Palantir is suing Republik, an independent Swiss media outlet that published an in-depth investigation into its activities.
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Republik Magazin @republik_magazin@republik.ch
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

Palantir Technologies is suing Republik Magazine over an investigation into Palantir’s activities in Switzerland, published in December 2025. The lawsuit demands a counterstatement and is currently being heard by the Zurich Commercial Court.
Read the story that made Palantir sue us — now available in English.

republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-ten

Palantir is suing Republik, an independent Swiss media outlet that published an in-depth investigation into its activities.
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk@bsky.brid.gy
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Shared by Silverkey | 은열쇠

Microsoft's new Xbox chief says "games are and always will be art, crafted by humans" and that Xbox won't chase AI slop. "As monetization and AI evolve and influence this future, we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop." www.theverge.com/games/882326...

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha...

1709180475242

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha Sharma’s first memo on the future of Xbox

She’s promising “The return of Xbox.”

www.theverge.com · The Verge

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Misty @misty@digipres.club
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I'm open for work again! I'm looking for interesting opportunities; want to work with me?

My experience includes web archiving and digital preservation, devops, and internal developer tooling. I'd love to put that experience to work for you and your team.

Experience includes the Internet Archive, GitHub, Shopify, and others alongside a number of open source projects.

Available in Vancouver, BC or remote.

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk@bsky.brid.gy
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Microsoft's new Xbox chief says "games are and always will be art, crafted by humans" and that Xbox won't chase AI slop. "As monetization and AI evolve and influence this future, we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop." www.theverge.com/games/882326...

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha...

1709180475242

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha Sharma’s first memo on the future of Xbox

She’s promising “The return of Xbox.”

www.theverge.com · The Verge

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Democracy Matters :verified: @DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications. Well, well, well.

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk
newrepublic.com/post/206857/ge

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk

The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

newrepublic.com · The New Republic

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ballotproof vest @starchy@infosec.exchange
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'A note reading “Hahaha get wrecked ya surveilling fucks” was attached to one of the destroyed poles, and somewhat incredibly, broadcast on the local news.'
bloodinthemachine.com/p/across

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras

Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at a public hearing about a data center and more.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Ben Ramsey @ramsey@phpc.social
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Quote du jour: “‘Top-down mandates to use large language models are crazy,’ one employee told Wired. ‘If the tool were good, we’d all just use it.’”

futurism.com/artificial-intell

Jack Dorsey's New Company Falling Apart as It Forces Employees to Use AI

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is running into some serious issues while overhauling his financial services company, Block.

futurism.com · Futurism

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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Wikipedia deprecates Archive.today, starts removing archive links

Link: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Image of Wikipedia's website with a magnifying glass over the logo.

Wikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive links

If DDoSing a blog wasn't bad enough, archive site also tampered with web snapshots.

arstechnica.com · Ars Technica

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
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The story that Elon Musk committed voter fraud has gotten next to no coverage -- one of those things you can't make come up on a Google search. But I think it's time for Dems to go on offensive abt right wing coddling of this immigrant interfering in our elections. newrepublic.com/post/206857/...

Turns Out There Was Voter Frau...

Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgia—by Elon Musk

The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

newrepublic.com · The New Republic

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danmcquillan @danmcquillan@kolektiva.social
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Looks good: 'Cables of Resistance' cableresist.de/ "We are movements and anti-capitalist activists who practise various forms of resistance against big tech. We want to bring together interested people, activists and movements, network and connect local struggles."

Cables of Resistance -- A movement conference

Cables of Resistance is organised by movements and anti-capitalist activists who practise various forms of resistance against big tech. It will be held April 10-12, 2026, in Berlin, Germany.

cableresist.de

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk@bsky.brid.gy
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Microsoft's new Xbox chief is Asha Sharma, formerly president of CoreAI. She's promising to "recommit to our core Xbox fans and players" and "celebrate our roots with a renewed commitment to Xbox starting with console which has shaped who we are." www.theverge.com/games/882326...

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha...

1709180475242

Read Microsoft gaming CEO Asha Sharma’s first memo on the future of Xbox

She’s promising “The return of Xbox.”

www.theverge.com · The Verge

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Lars Wirzenius @liw@toot.liw.fi
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Shared by infinite love ⴳ

Hot take, so controversial it counts as trolling: all notifications should default "off". Anything that can interrupt or distract the person using a computer or other device should be explicitly turned on by that person.

There are exceptions for things that can cause serious harm if ignored. "You've got mail" is not an exception. Neither is "someone liked your social media post".

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Lori Emerson @loriemerson@post.lurk.org
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Shared by wakest ⁂

I had a really nice time talking about how "The Internet Was Never Inevitable" (touching on , media archaeology, and the @mediaarchaeologylab) on the Orthogonal Bet podcast. gawd this picture of me but whatever? theorthogonalbet.com/p/the-int

The Internet Was Never Inevitable

In this episode, Samuel Arbesman speaks with Lori Emerson, a professor of Media Studies at University of Colorado Boulder and the founding director of the Media Archaeology Lab, where Arbesman serves as an advisor.

www.theorthogonalbet.com

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leyrer @leyrer@23.social
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"3D necroprinting" — using the proboscis (feeding tube) from a deceased female mosquito as the nozzle on a 3D printer

drexel.edu/news/archive/2026/J

Mosquitoes' Bloodsucking Tubes Could Enable High-Definition 3D Printing

In a redeeming development for one of nature’s most universally denounced pests, researchers from McGill and Drexel Universities have discovered that mosquito stingers might one day be used for high-definition 3D bioprinting. Reported in the journal Science Advances, the findings demonstrated how the needle-like structure, called a proboscis, that mosquitoes use to extract blood, when repurposed as a tip for a 3D printer, can extrude lines finer than a human hair — surpassing commercially available 3D printing tips.

drexel.edu

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Hacker News 500 @hn500@social.lansky.name
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I found a useful Git one liner buried in leaked CIA developer docs

Link: spencer.wtf/2026/02/20/cleanin
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Cleaning up merged git branches: a one-liner from the CIA's leaked dev docs | spencer.wtf

How to delete all merged git branches locally with a single command. This one-liner has been in my zshrc since 2017 — I found it buried in the CIA's Vault7 l...

spencer.wtf · spencer.wtf

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