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.
Échec complet de la manif d'extrême droite organisée à Bruxelles, en face du Consulat général de France, appelant à la "Justice pour Quentin* et dénonçant les "antifas assassins". Moins de 20 personnes. Durée 8 minutes.
By the way, if you go to https://github.com/claude and "block this user", every Github repo you visit containing code credited to Claude will actually have a warning sigil
CF
I’ve got a hunch this hat is not merchandise for the HBO series
Before creating and publishing FEDERATION.md for #ktistec I wanted to understand what existing practice looked like across the Fediverse.
FEP-67ff describes the requirements of the FEDERATION.md file in loose terms and provides a non-normative template. I scraped the URLs of FEDERATION.md files from FEP-67ff itself and confirmed I could fetch them. The FEP listed 30 accessible projects (31 total, but one project—FIRM—does not appear to exist).
If a file had a section with the heading "Supported FEPs" per the non-normative template, I only looked there for supported FEPs. Otherwise I scanned the entire document.
Implemented FEPs, ranked by the number of implementations that attest support, are:
FEP Name # ---- --------------------------------------------------------- -- 67ff FEDERATION.md 18 f1d5 NodeInfo in Fediverse Software 16 8b32 Object Integrity Proofs 7 044f Consent-respecting quote posts 7 2677 Identifying the Application Actor 7 e232 Object Links 6 1b12 Group federation 6 3b86 Activity Intents 6 521a Representing actor's public keys 5 2c59 Discovery of a Webfinger address from an ActivityPub actor 5 7888 Demystifying the context property 5 5feb Search indexing consent for actors 5 4adb Dereferencing identifiers with webfinger 4 d556 Server-Level Actor Discovery Using WebFinger 4 fb2a Actor metadata 4 ef61 Portable Objects 4 8fcf Followers collection synchronization across servers 4 844e Capability discovery 4 7628 Move actor 3 61cf The OpenWebAuth Protocol 3 c390 Identity Proofs 3 400e Publicly-appendable ActivityPub collections 3 c0e0 Emoji reactions 3 0151 NodeInfo in Fediverse Software (2025 edition) 3 fffd Proxy Objects 2 f228 Backfilling conversations 2 fe34 Origin-based security model 2 eb48 Hashtags 2 171b Conversation Containers 2 a5c5 Web Syndication Methods 2
There are obvious flaws in the methodology. Or maybe in the data. Only 18 out of the 30 projects I could access had a FEDERATION.md that attested FEDERATION.md support. Only 19 mentioned "FEDERATION.md". Only 21 mentioned "67ff". The remaining projects clearly did support FEP-67ff—the file itself was evidence. (FEDERATION.md is not meant to be machine readable—there's an issue about that).
It was more difficult to rank implemented federation protocols. I extracted keywords from documents with a "Supported federation protocols and standards" section and created a dictionary of terms. If a file had a section with the heading "Supported federation protocols and standards", I only looked there. Otherwise I scanned the entire document.
Feature # ---------------- -- activitypub 26 webfinger 24 http_signatures 21 nodeinfo 19 json_ld 2 ld_signatures 2 ostatus 2 authorized_fetch 1 atproto 1
If time allows, I'm going to try to rank these documents by "utility", though I haven't yet determined the exact metric. These documents clearly provide valuable information, but their lack of standardization makes them harder to analyze systematically.
@daliasCassandrich 
@divVerent 
@Em0nM4stodonEm 
Knowing how old someone is does not limit their speech nor their ability to vote (we verify age for that already, and for many other reasons). Age verification isn’t state censorship. I suppose it could be a way to limit anonymous speech. That isn’t a Right where I am from (nor is ‘free’ speech). I doubt anonymous speech is a Right anywhere.
I have no doubt it’s absolutely technically feasible in a way that infringes on no one’s privacy. Ultimately though, yes, it could be abused by bad actors. Like everything else in civilisation we need some balance of enforcement to deal with those people.
@edwiebe @divVerent @Em0nM4stodonEm There is no way to know how old someone is without attestation by some authority who knows their identity. This precludes participation by anyone not known to such an authority (undocumented, outside of jurisdiction, etc.) or for whom it is not safe to let that authority know they are participating. And this is only the tip of the iceberg.
You are dangerously wrong, and you should stop advocating about things you're dangerously wrong about.
The LLM discourse on the Fediverse has really irked me the last few days.
Refusing to read writing made with the use of LLMs and refusing to give time to writers who use, promote or justify the use of LLMs is not purity culture, it's a boycott. It's a political act of withdrawing my time, resources and support for something that I find deeply morally wrong. It's protest. I have a choice and I refuse.
LLMs are exploitative, destructive, biased, mediocre parroting machines. Using them has a negative impact on the climate, the arts, the quality of the internet, the job market, the economy, the accessibility of electronics, even on skill development, creativity and mental health. LLMs are made and trained on the unpaid labour of millions -if not billions- of people who didn't consent. Their generic output litter the path to finding anything by true human creators.
Wherever I can, for as long as I can, I reject LLMs and anything that is related to them. I'm boycotting.
Ah yes, the [checks AMD reference manual] "P2D Swiss Cheese Descriptor" CPU MSR, of course
@film_girlChristina Warren it wasn't intended that way. We are all more than a little sensitive up here given what's been going on with your government lately. My comment seemed unhinged because you lack the necessary context to understand that this was more than just a game to many Canadians.
I get sports trash talk... but this isn't the year for it. Your comment sounded a lot like stuff we hear from your politicians about us, and we're just so tired of it.
This N.J. Trump voter’s husband was detained by ICE: ‘I thought they’d focus on criminals.’
Sandra Hafraoui, who identified as MAGA and voted for Trump three times, now says the president's immigration policy has "ruined our lives."
Abdellatif arrived in the United States at 22. He has now lived here for more than 38 years — longer than he lived in Morocco.
During one visit, Abdellatif reached over to brush crumbs from her sleeve. A guard intervened, shouting obscenities and threatening to end the visit. “There was no compassion,” Sandra said. “Just constant humiliation.”
About two and a half weeks after his arrest, Abdellatif said officers pressured him to board a commercial flight and sign away his rights. “They told me if I didn’t get on the flight, I would be punished,” he said.
He refused.
The punishment was 10 days in solitary confinement.
Steal this idea: an app that combines YouTube and 
@peertube into a single YouTube-like interface that treats content from both as equals. Where duplicates exist, PeerTube gets priority by default. Throw in some options for patronizing creators on PeerTube, and it could motivate them to migrate to and stay on decentralized platforms.
Even better if self-hosted with Invidious on the backend.
Everyone in NYC, stay safe!
NYC TRAVEL BAN + STATE OF EMERGENCY
Streets, highways and bridges closed to ALL traffic starting 9 pm tonight, except emergency vehicles & essential/public safety workers. Schools closed Monday.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Sy8pCXAkunc?si=164tLff2jUOS-FY0&t=125
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/02/mayor-mamdani-declares-local-state-of-emergency--snow-day-for-ny
#Blizzard2026
NYC TRAVEL BAN + STATE OF EMERGENCY
Streets, highways and bridges closed to ALL traffic starting 9 pm tonight, except emergency vehicles & essential/public safety workers. Schools closed Monday.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Sy8pCXAkunc?si=164tLff2jUOS-FY0&t=125
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/02/mayor-mamdani-declares-local-state-of-emergency--snow-day-for-ny
#Blizzard2026
いやていうか生産手段のコモン化ってもともとマルクス主義のテーゼだよな
日本のIT系はこういう主張する人をあんまり見たことないのはおろか、日本の左派からも、こんな硬派なマルクス主義的主張はほとんど見ない気がする。
洪民憙さんのこの記事、ブーストしてたが読んでなかった。
めちゃくちゃおもしろかった。 https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/01/histomat-foss-llm/
ベンヤミンが、映画技術が少数の権力に寡占されていることに対して、市民による再領有を要求したことを思いだしながら読んだ(「複製技術時代の芸術」)。ベンヤミンが生きているころに、まだ技術の再領有は実践的にはかなり困難だったとおもう(というか方法論もなにもなかった)けど、いま同じ問題が実践的に解決可能な課題として問われているのだなと思う。
いやていうか生産手段のコモン化ってもともとマルクス主義のテーゼだよな
洪民憙さんのこの記事、ブーストしてたが読んでなかった。
めちゃくちゃおもしろかった。 https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/01/histomat-foss-llm/
ベンヤミンが、映画技術が少数の権力に寡占されていることに対して、市民による再領有を要求したことを思いだしながら読んだ(「複製技術時代の芸術」)。ベンヤミンが生きているころに、まだ技術の再領有は実践的にはかなり困難だったとおもう(というか方法論もなにもなかった)けど、いま同じ問題が実践的に解決可能な課題として問われているのだなと思う。
Remember how SQL (still called SEQUEL) was supposed to make non-techies able to talk to computers?
> there is also a large class of users who, while they are not computer specialists, would be willing to learn to interact with a computer in a reasonably high-level, non-procedural query language. Examples
of such users are accountants, engineers, architects, and urban planners
https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/800296.811515
How quaint!
Anyway, tell me again how LLMs are making non-techies able to talk to computers. 👀
thank you nordic semiconductor for putting a summarize button on your website, i am saved from the burden of reading the document and instead can read the document
nlpol, uspol
There is an inherent irony in Palantir listing the immigration crackdown that it is powering as being a potential risk for the company.
https://www.404media.co/palantir-which-is-powering-ice-says-immigration-crackdown-may-hurt-hiring/
A new edition of ~ this week in security ~ is now out, featuring stories on: Ivanti's private equity cuts cost it security; Copilot summarizing confidential emails; ATM jackpotting hacks on the rise and netting hackers millions; Def Con bans Epstein-linked technologists from its conference; and much more.
Plus, a new two-for-one cyber-cat special, and good news in the happy corner.
Thanks so much for reading!
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Geek tip from the Tuta Team: How NOT to see AI images.
Use this HUGE AI BLOCKLIST for uBlock Origin: https://github.com/laylavish/uBlockOrigin-HUGE-AI-Blocklist
Enjoy your Sunday 🎉
the "fediverse plays pokemon gold" account 
@pokemonFediverse Plays Pokemon has been stuck in the ice cave for like weeks now. true to my experience of playing the game as a child but tragic to witness because I can't tell what stage of exploration it's at so i can't help with directions lol
NYC TRAVEL BAN + STATE OF EMERGENCY
Streets, highways and bridges closed to ALL traffic starting 9 pm tonight, except emergency vehicles & essential/public safety workers. Schools closed Monday.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Sy8pCXAkunc?si=164tLff2jUOS-FY0&t=125
https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/02/mayor-mamdani-declares-local-state-of-emergency--snow-day-for-ny
#Blizzard2026
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
jlc? fun
Looks like Palantir may have fallen into the Streisand trap;
in seeking their right to reply (under Swiss media law) via the courts, they have drawn a lot more attention to two articles (based on Freedom of Information requests) that reveal why the Swiss state refused to do a deal with Palantir for some military software; they were worried data would be obtained by the US Govt.
Now a story, originally limited to the Swiss is gaining traction across Europe; oops.
more stickers. soon the laptop will simply be stickers
This Privacy Violation would apply to the Linux operating-systems as well.
On the bench today.. possibly the most gorgeous Commodore ever made. I present my Commodore MAX. A rare beast, with a chequered history.
Move over, Apple: Meet the alternative app stores available in the EU and elsewhere
Move over, Apple: Meet the alt...
Tiny (Glasgow, Scotland) is a big fan of licking a little bit of peanut butter off a spoon.
@film_girlChristina Warren @zedtech yeah… I get what you’re saying, but I have friends in Canada who used to come here annually who will not be back until there’s a change at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Ours has been the offending side. The bully. I get Canadian sensitivity this year. We’re one bad comedy sketch from the U.S. starting something with Canada. Our govt. is threatening their sovereignty. Might’ve been a better year for a “good game” message. (Respectfully yours, etc.)
今月はもう駄目です
財布が破裂した
チーズ
に焼いたやつと酒飲んで
に抗ってる
Dinah was non-stop screaming for 15 minutes. Then I gave her a long hug and she stopped screaming.
Fedify 2.0.0 is here!
This is the biggest release in Fedify's history. Here are the highlights:
ploum
silverpill
✧✦Catherine✦✧
🛡️ 
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) 
Stefano Marinelli
Tom Casavant
かちかちなまこ
Evan Prodromou@fedify/fedify package has been broken up into focused, independent packages: @fedify/vocab, @fedify/vocab-runtime, @fedify/vocab-tools, @fedify/webfinger, and more. Smaller bundles, cleaner imports, and the ability to extend ActivityPub with custom vocabulary types.@fedify/debugger package gives you a live dashboard at /__debug__/ showing all your federation traffic: traces, activity details, signature verification, and correlated logs. Just wrap your Federation object and you're done.@fedify/relay and the fedify relay CLI command. Supports both Mastodon-style and LitePub-style relay protocols (FEP-ae0c).orderingKey option solves the “zombie post” problem where a Delete arrives before its Create. Activities sharing the same key are guaranteed to be delivered in FIFO order.setOutboxPermanentFailureHandler() lets you react when a remote inbox returns 404 or 410, so you can clean up unreachable followers instead of retrying forever.Other changes include content negotiation at the middleware level, @fedify/lint for shared linting rules, @fedify/create for quick project scaffolding, CLI config files, native Node.js/Bun CLI support, and many bug fixes.
This release includes significant contributions from Korea's OSSCA participants. Huge thanks to everyone involved!
This is a major release with breaking changes—please check the migration guide before upgrading.
Full release notes: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/discussions/580
Man accidentally gains control of 7k robot vacuums
Link: https://www.popsci.com/technology/robot-vacuum-army/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47111400
みんな、
I must be a really bad Emacser these days, as I keep having fun every now and then with #Vim. :D
I finally finished an article on starting out your Vim config that has been on backburner for over half a year https://batsov.com/articles/2026/02/22/how-to-vim-build-your-vimrc-from-scratch/
Enjoy!
Trans rights are human rights.
Boost if you agree.
Block me if you disagree.
Jeff Atwood