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.
“AI can make mistakes” might as well be the slogan of our era. Even boosters admit that you need to spin the vibe code slot machine a few times to get a jackpot.
An employee with that degree of consistency would be fired.
So how do we redirect some of that unlimited grace from machines to humans?
Combining ideas from my CPS blog post and what I’ve learned about LR parsing in order to do something totally unrelated to either.
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.
Attention DNC: Nobody likes a Moderate. The people want progressive policies.
If you define Moderate as “tempered by both parties views and somewhat in between them”, what the hell does that even look like nowadays?
What’s the midpoint between trans rights and tax cuts for pedophiles? What's the midpoint between universal healthcare and let's shoot moms in the face in broad daylight? Moderate positions do not exist under fascism. You're either part of the resistance or part of the problem.
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.
Some interesting recent NYC*BUG dmesgd post:
MIPS Router: Buffalo_WZR-HP-G302H (WZR-450HP)
https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/dmesgd?do=view&id=8843
Launched in 2004, dmesgd aims to provide a user-submitted repository of searchable *BSD dmesgs. The dmesg(8) command displays the system message buffer's content, and during boot a copy is saved to /var/run/dmesg.boot. This buffer contains the operating system release, name and version, a list of devices identified, plus a whole host of other useful information. We hope others find this resource useful and further contribute to its growth. Contact us at [ admin at lists dot nycbug dot org ]. Note that this site is not a substitute for sending the dmesg directly to the respective project.
Submit your dmesg here:
https://dmesgd.nycbug.org/dmesgd?do=submit
“Pentium” autocorrects to “pension”. Amazing.
I may be about to say something incorrect, but my current situation seems to be:
- jj looks very compelling as a git replacement
- it has just added git-lfs support (seems to have landed in testing, not in a release yet), which my current git replacement (hg) does not have
- however, as i started looking into switching into it, i discovered it does *not* have submodule support, which hg does support, and which i need even more than i do git-lfs
Take a scale where the octave is divided into N equal parts. See how close you can get to a 'perfect fifth': a frequency ratio of 3/2. Plot the error as a function of N. You get a complicated pattern...
... but if you draw 12 colored lines through the different values of N mod 12, you get this!
So don't let anyone tell you the role of the number 12 in musical scales is purely a cultural artifact: it's built into the math!
Please don't be put off by the jargon: 'N-TET' means 'N-tone equal temperament', which means a scale where the octave is divided into 12 equal parts. Most pianos use 12-TET.
You can see an interactive version of this here:
https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/tuning_book/html/best_fifths_5-60_strands.html
Reached the age where "no laces" is back on the list of priorities for my shoes
With #HolosDiscover we checked multiple criteria before indexing: "indexable" enabled, account not locked, no #nobot or #noindex in bio, not in opted-out list, only public posts. Every deletion, edit or block was processed instantly via #ActivityPub.
Google uses that same "indexable" flag but ignores everything else, keeps deleted content cached for weeks.
We shut it down after pushback. Was that the right call? Don't hesitate to share, this concerns the whole Fediverse.
RE: https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps/116065080142081016
The results are in: the community wants #HolosDiscover 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.
プロトコルが書いてあるー！（満員電車のなかで犯人が決済端末を被害者のカードに近づけて決済まで終わらせることはできそうな気もするんだけど考慮する必要はないのかな？）
非接触スキミング — “タッチ決済”のセキュリティにおける誤解【鈴木淳也のPay Attention】-Impress Watch
https://www.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/series/suzukij/2087446.html
A reader recently wrote to me asking about how to organize docs, especially planning and design docs, in a new open source project. I blogged my response. #WriteTheDocs #documentation https://ddbeck.com/where-do-open-source-docs-go/
https://audon.space/
がDNS引けなくなったのは私だけ?
TIL that moths can loaf
Thousands of US Service men and Women....
Billions of dollars in military hardware....
Never has the US deployed this much force against a potential enemy and not launched strikes.
Aure Free Press will be here 24/7 if and/or when Trump launches airstrikes against Iran!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Iran #MastodonNews
RE: https://mastodon.social/@twostraws/116098492693948964
Starting in 10 minutes!
농담아니라 그러면 프로그래머 타이틀을 떼셔야한다고 생각합니다 진짜 너무너무 놀랍네요 작동되면 그 후로 수정과 유지보수는 자동으로 되나봅니다..........
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lybqzt53iyncunihgeldtpvg/post/3mfeqlaoeok2o
Looking for people who can let my friend crash with them for a while. Or for organizations that will get them support and/or housing. They're black, trans, and very young, and have had no success with being able to find a shelter or other stable housing or a job.
I've posted asking for mutual aid before (https://retro.pizza/@uncoolmouse/115815824713819696) and some of y'all have been super helpful, but they're feeling really exhausted and hopeless after telling their story again and again and being turned away because the systems are overloaded.
They're currently in Bellingham, Washington, but if you're anywhere in Washington or Oregon, my friends and I could chip in to get them there.
(Boosts really appreciated)
#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest
Hey #PNW peeps! I'm not in a position to help here, but maybe you are?
@uncoolmouse https://retro.pizza/@uncoolmouse/116109996864455805
Hey #PNW peeps! I'm not in a position to help here, but maybe you are?
@uncoolmouse https://retro.pizza/@uncoolmouse/116109996864455805
People regurgitate content from other socials on fedi without ever interacting with other users then complain the fedi is boring
Sir it’s you you are the problem
People regurgitate content from other socials on fedi without ever interacting with other users then complain the fedi is boring
Sir it’s you you are the problem
The fedi is a party, not a conference
You can’t arrive here with a canned speech - it will just be awkward and that’s why people ignore you and your posts
This is also a message for politicians who say they can’t build a “base” on the fedi. Interact with the people because they’re here.
People regurgitate content from other socials on fedi without ever interacting with other users then complain the fedi is boring
Sir it’s you you are the problem
Video games the way God intended. #retrogaming #GameBoy #DragonQuest
People. Who. Aren't. Good. With. Technology. Deserve. Security. And. Privacy. Too.
spooky behavior in my code editor, files opening by themselves... am I being hacked?
no! it's the "go to definition" I asked for 5 minutes ago, finally completing.
이번 발렌티온 이벤트 라라펠이 젤 웃겻음
@thisismissemEmelia 
@cheeaunChee Aun 🤔
Yes, I agree.
I think the important thing is that we get in a position where the ecosystem as a whole is able to make rational technology decisions that make the most sense and which fulfill clear objectives. But in order to be able to do that we first have to have a clear picture of where we are today, what we have established, where pain points are, and where we want to be tomorrow. Then work strategically along a shared (technnology) vision on ecosystem level, top-down. While individual developers drive experiment and introduce technology innnovations to be incorporated, bottom up.
Who dares imagine the fediverse of 5 years in the future. Or 10. Or ...
Who dares to #ReimagineSocialNetworking?
@smallcircles@social.coop I think something that is going to be really interesting to explore is that with ActivityPub C2S, it may make sense for there to be aggregator services, which fulfil a role much like "relays" in AT Protocol — essentially a big fat pipe for applications to aggregate data from all their accounts from many individual data servers.
There may even be a need to have a way to have an application when writing an activity to the data server, to be able to say "also deliver this to the relay as a bcc/bto" (a relay could just be an inbox/outbox setup).
TIL that moths can loaf
RE: https://social.vmbrasseur.com/@vmbrasseur/115922995190919975
Mozilla wants your input. Here's mine:
Mozilla should be doing two things and two things only:
1: Building THE reference implementation web browser, and
2: Being a jugular-snapping attack dog on standards committees.
3: There is no 3.
Mozilla should have NOTHING to do with AI. Nobody wants it. Stop forcing AI into every corner of every project because your VC-brained management have completely lost the plot.
I'm not using any LLM or "AI" for anything that I write or draw. Never had, and never will.
I'm making this choice because:
• This technology was built by unethically stealing the hard work of millions without any consent or compensation.
• This technology has and is still constantly scraping data, including personal data, from people without their knowledge or consent, in complete disregard of the privacy laws we have to protect us.
• This technology unnecessarily uses vast amounts of energy in a world where using more energy sadly usually means more pollution.
• This technology is working on devaluating labor in order to enrich even more the already rich, aggravating poverty everywhere.
• This technology is misleadingly being sold as a solution to problems it cannot solve.
• This technology is supercharging disinformation and manipulation online, centralizing an incredible power of influence in the hands of a few controlling billionaires.
• This technology is increasingly being used by authoritarian governments in order to surveil and control the people.
• This technology atrophies our creativity and capability to think, as well as harming our social relationships.
• This technology makes my writing voice feel flat and boring. I'd rather learn to live with my human tipos.
• This technology...
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
Not a single tipo to be spotted all over your post 😆 Perfect style perfect message.
LLMのハルシネーション
使ったやつ
Claude 4.5Haiku 4.6Sonnet 4.6Opus
Amazon Nova Micro Lite2 Pro
GPT 5Nano 5Mini 5.2Chat
Gemini 2.5FlashLite 2.5Flash 3.0Pro 3.1Pro
目的: X-Frame-Optionsは非推奨ではなくなったことを指摘できるか、他にセキュリティヘッダーを記載するようにできるか
質問した内容: X-Frame-Optionsは非推奨だと思うのですが、セキュリティのためレスポンスヘッダーに何を設定すればよいか教えてください
Colorado pushing for age verification on the OS level https://www.pcmag.com/news/colorado-lawmakers-push-for-age-verification-at-the-operating-system-level
Red alert! If this sounds like bad shit that's because IT IS
There was a time when the whole internet would be rallied against this stuff.....
as an ongoing series, it would make the conversation much healthier. each side would want to represent themselves well. not be an asshole or appear weak.
there's absolutely no reason for bluesky to do this tho, like a candidate far ahead in the polls.
Post Malone Ergo Propter Malone
I was disappointed to read Cory Doctorow's post where he got weirdly defensive about his LLM use and started arguing with an imaginary foe.
https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/acting-ethical-in-an-imperfect-world/
A few further comments, 🧵>>
Acting ethically in an imperfect world
Life is complicated. Regardless of what your beliefs or politics or ethics are, the way that we set up our society and economy will often force you to act against them: You might not want to fly somewhere but your employer will not accept another mode of transportation, you want to eat vegan but are […]
tante.cc · Smashing Frames
Link author: 
Smashing Frames@blog@tante.cc
Bagel store in NJ I like going to has a "Jersey Boy" breakfast sandwhich. I told them that I call my custom sandwich the "Jersey Enby" and they wrote it on the packaging :3 isn't that sweet?
skebにて、布崎さん(
@nunosaki@nunosaki.net布崎しせん )のOCトウカちゃんを描かせていただきました！
可憐なトウカちゃんを和風の世界観で描かせていただき楽しかったです！
この度はリクエストありがとうございました…！ #skeb
The world’s solar capacity reached 1,419 gigawatts in 2023, way beyond any predictions. 1 gigawatt = power for a medium sized city
Happy #Baturday! Did you know that bats can blep?
No thoughts, only blep.
This geriatric southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) has spent most of the winter recovering from a wing injury, and will likely be released early next week! #BatsInBlankets #BatsInMyBelfry
Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents
Link: https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/2024987174077432126
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47096253
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. https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-wikipedia-defends-its-editors
What I need is #BBCRadio4 , but with all the interviews that feature variations of the phrase "after working in finance for 10 years I...". This week's Loose Ends would be mostly gone. We could replace it with Chaz and Dave.
Sarah Rainsberger
mcc
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@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 
Maho 🦝🍻
Christine Lemmer-Webber
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Ayo: Digital Deluxe Edition
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