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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Stefano Marinelli @stefano@fedihome.stefanomarinelli.it
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179 Euros

A 179 Euro purchase in 2010 seemed like a splurge. 16 years later, that appliance has survived moves, earthquakes, and snowstorms, becoming a silent witness to my life's changes.

https://my-notes.dragas.net/2026/02/22/179-euros/


179 Euros

A 179 Euro purchase in 2010 seemed like a splurge. 16 years later, that appliance has survived moves, earthquakes, and snowstorms, becoming a silent witness to my life's changes.

my-notes.dragas.net

Link author: Stefano Marinelli@stefano@bsd.cafe

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Jochen Wolters @jochenwolters@mastodon.social
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Shared by Em :official_verified:

Now I want glasses that feature some kind of light source which doesn't bother — let alone harm! — humans, but that interfere with the tiny cameras in glasses, so they can't record any images. 🤔 tech.lgbt/@Lydie/1161149988317

ℒӱḏɩę 💾☮∞🎶♲☀🔋 (@Lydie@tech.lgbt)

PSA: If a person is wearing thick frame opaque glasses, look closely before you interact. There are more people with cameras on their face than you might think. #privacy #smartglasses #meta

tech.lgbt · LGBTQIA+ and Tech

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Jochen Wolters @jochenwolters@mastodon.social
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Now I want glasses that feature some kind of light source which doesn't bother — let alone harm! — humans, but that interfere with the tiny cameras in glasses, so they can't record any images. 🤔 tech.lgbt/@Lydie/1161149988317

ℒӱḏɩę 💾☮∞🎶♲☀🔋 (@Lydie@tech.lgbt)

PSA: If a person is wearing thick frame opaque glasses, look closely before you interact. There are more people with cameras on their face than you might think. #privacy #smartglasses #meta

tech.lgbt · LGBTQIA+ and Tech

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Reel Tubes @reeltubes@mstdn.party
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Shared by Maho 🦝🍻

Toothbrush party and closed-loop bot linkage experiments! Live from the shop as scanlime escalates weird & brilliant hardware hacks — electronics, reverse engineering, and yes, cats. Perfect for makers and tinkerers. Watch the chaotic ingenuity!
diode.zone/videos/watch/fa38ab

Toothbrush party, closed loop bot linkage experimentation escalation @scanlime-in-progress

Streaming from the shop, while I work on upcoming videos about electronics and reverse engineering. Also cats. Like the show? Every bit helps, https://www.patreon.com/scanlime 💬 https://gitter.im/...

diode.zone · Diode Zone

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Gourd @gourd@indiepocalypse.social
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Almost halfway through, Macross Frontier fundamentally suffers compared to Macross 7 for me because of the fact I think idol singers are so much less cool than rock bands. :ac_laughter:

It does have the third best Macross soundtrack out of the six Macross things I've seen so far, which sounds middling until youy realize it's behind the unfairly stacked competition of Macross 7 and Macross Plus. :P

(Macross Plus and Frontier are both Yoko Kanno soundtracks, but Plus just has the incredibly cool unearthly alien evil Hatsune Miku soundtrack to pull it ahead.)

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MastoBlaster - Official Account @mastoblaster@mastoblaster.app
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Shared by Stefano Marinelli

MastoBlaster is now available in public testing on TestFlight.

It is a lightweight, privacy-first Fediverse client for iOS, built around a simple idea: fast, small, predictable behavior, and first-class support for snac.

What makes it different:

• snac-first by design, not "compatible by accident"
• Works with all Mastodon API compatible software, including Mastodon, snac, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and others
• EXIF stripping on upload (HDR and orientation preserved)
• Optional on-device alt text generation via Apple Intelligence for your uploads and for images in your timeline
• Markdown posting for snac
• Granular notifications, grouping, multi-account
• Blocking and moderation tools
• Very small footprint, very low RAM usage

Alt text generation happens entirely on device via Apple APIs on supported hardware. Nothing is sent to external services.

It is built around my own workflow and priorities. It may not be for everyone, and that is perfectly fine.

Important note:
MastoBlaster will always be free for BSD Cafe users, illumos Cafe users, and for anyone connecting to a snac instance, including self-hosted ones.

The app is already usable, but this is still a test phase. I am looking for feedback, bug reports, and real-world usage insights.

TestFlight link:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/Pkxa5R1k

Stay tuned.


Join the MastoBlaster beta

Available on iOS

testflight.apple.com

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MastoBlaster - Official Account @mastoblaster@mastoblaster.app
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MastoBlaster is now available in public testing on TestFlight.

It is a lightweight, privacy-first Fediverse client for iOS, built around a simple idea: fast, small, predictable behavior, and first-class support for snac.

What makes it different:

• snac-first by design, not "compatible by accident"
• Works with all Mastodon API compatible software, including Mastodon, snac, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and others
• EXIF stripping on upload (HDR and orientation preserved)
• Optional on-device alt text generation via Apple Intelligence for your uploads and for images in your timeline
• Markdown posting for snac
• Granular notifications, grouping, multi-account
• Blocking and moderation tools
• Very small footprint, very low RAM usage

Alt text generation happens entirely on device via Apple APIs on supported hardware. Nothing is sent to external services.

It is built around my own workflow and priorities. It may not be for everyone, and that is perfectly fine.

Important note:
MastoBlaster will always be free for BSD Cafe users, illumos Cafe users, and for anyone connecting to a snac instance, including self-hosted ones.

The app is already usable, but this is still a test phase. I am looking for feedback, bug reports, and real-world usage insights.

TestFlight link:
https://testflight.apple.com/join/Pkxa5R1k

Stay tuned.


Join the MastoBlaster beta

Available on iOS

testflight.apple.com

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary: @hongminhee@hollo.social
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Shared by KazukyAkayashi (Hollo)

Hi and developers!

I'm currently working on interoperability testing for and , and I need a account to test federation with their implementation.

Since there aren't many open public Bonfire instances available, I was wondering if any Bonfire instance admins out there would be willing to grant me a test account? It would be a huge help for improving interop! Let me know if you can help. Thanks!

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Taggart :donor: @mttaggart@infosec.exchange
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Shared by Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw:⁠:paw:

Really solid breakdown of how known spyware does the thing we all worry about: hiding camera/mic indicators.

An important note I think is that this capability requires kernel-level access to hook Springboard (iOS's UI controller) and hide those indicators. In other words, something your Facebook app cannot do.

jamf.com/blog/predator-spyware

How Predator Spyware Defeats iOS Recording Indicators

An analysis documenting how a commercial spyware sample, Predator, operates post-compromise.

www.jamf.com

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us
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Shared by Wouter Tebbens ⁂

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.


h/t FT

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Glyph @glyph@mastodon.social
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blindly clicking through some inscrutable instructions on a forum post to address some error message that I don't really understand in the first place to get a linux desktop working, this is really taking me back discuss.kde.org/t/ibus-issue-w

iBus issue with Wayland

Hey when I login to a Wayland session, I get an iBus notification like this. Please unset QT_IM_MODULE and GTK_IM_MODULE environment variables and ‘ibus-daemon --panel disable’ should be executed as a child process of ibus-ui-gtk3 component. I am kinda new to KDE Plasma and Linux altogether, so would be nice if you guys could help me debug the issue.

discuss.kde.org · KDE Discuss

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Reel Tubes @reeltubes@mstdn.party
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Toothbrush party and closed-loop bot linkage experiments! Live from the shop as scanlime escalates weird & brilliant hardware hacks — electronics, reverse engineering, and yes, cats. Perfect for makers and tinkerers. Watch the chaotic ingenuity!
diode.zone/videos/watch/fa38ab

Toothbrush party, closed loop bot linkage experimentation escalation @scanlime-in-progress

Streaming from the shop, while I work on upcoming videos about electronics and reverse engineering. Also cats. Like the show? Every bit helps, https://www.patreon.com/scanlime 💬 https://gitter.im/...

diode.zone · Diode Zone

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Reel Tubes @reeltubes@mstdn.party
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Shared by Maho 🦝🍻

Adorable backyard alert! A squirrel gets playful with a pillow in Squirrel Playing Redux — tiny paws, big personality. Perfect quick mood booster on PeerTube. Watch the silliness and smile!
rrgeorge.video/videos/watch/6a

Squirrel Playing Redux

Another video of a squirrel playing with a pillow in my back yard.

rrgeorge.video · Robert George's PeerTube

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Reel Tubes @reeltubes@mstdn.party
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Shared by Maho 🦝🍻

Dive into "systemd myths debunked!" — Michael Stapelberg at DebConf13 takes apart common claims about systemd with clear, technical reasoning. Must-watch for Debian users, sysadmins, and anyone curious about init systems and open-source design.
peertube.codeheap.dev/videos/w

systemd myths debunked!

by Michael Stapelberg At: DebConf13 http://penta.debconf.org/dc13_schedule/events/980.en.html https://debconf13.debconf.org/ Few topics are as polarizing in the Debian community as systemd. In this...

peertube.codeheap.dev · PeerTube Codeheap

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Reading Recluse @reading_recluse@c.im
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Shared by mcc

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.

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