What is Hackers' Pub?

Over the weekend, I created https://robot.villas using @fedifyFedify: ActivityPub server framework 2.0. Not knowing how activitypub worked made this a lot harder than I expected, but did get there in the end.

Each bot mirrors an RSS feed. @nyt_travelNYT > Travel as an example. You can add your RSS feed for funzies at https://github.com/icco/robot.villas/blob/main/feeds.yml

Let me know if you run into any issues with my new little bot farm of news.

#theWorkshop

Over the weekend, I created https://robot.villas using @fedify 2.0. Not knowing how activitypub worked made this a lot harder than I expected, but did get there in the end.

Each bot mirrors an RSS feed. @nyt_travel as an example. You can add your RSS feed for funzies at https://github.com/icco/robot.villas/blob/main/feeds.yml

Let me know if you run into any issues with my new little bot farm of news.

#theWorkshop

돈 때문에 삶을 끝내고 싶진 않다

It's TGV Tuesday

OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine

Link: https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47140632

Sometimes in life you lose clarity. And you find yourself doing things you regret. Things that, if you could, you would erase. Things you are ashamed of. It has happened to me. Impulse, exhaustion, worry, all of these can lead to moments like that.

Today is one of those days. This afternoon I reacted the wrong way, driven by tiredness, completely out of character for me. I regretted it almost immediately, but by then it was too late.
You cannot take back what you have said, and the "wounds" you cause remain and will remain.

Sometimes they resurface after a long time.

This afternoon I advised a client to reinstall Windows 11 on his PC, where Windows 10 is completely stuck.

Yes, I know. I am a terrible person.

🚀 New libraries for @graphql on Vapor and Hummingbird dropped!

Expose GraphQL APIs with just one line of code:
routeBuilder.graphql(schema: schema) { ... }

✅ Full spec compliance
✅ WebSocket subscriptions
✅ Built-in GraphiQL IDE

Check them out 👇
https://forums.swift.org/t/introducing-graphql-vapor-hummingbird-packages/84758

#902art #902oc 갈라선 부부의 과거만 곱씹기

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in between stints of shoveling snow (driveway is half done now), i finished putting together a blog post with writing and photos/videos about the show with @protoproto ◇ this past weekend!

https://palomakop.tv/blog/2026-02-24_live-a-v-show-at-ely/

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To see the IP addresses currently set on your active interfaces, type
"ifconfig -u".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>

Sometimes it's just better to load "all" the data https://lobste.rs/s/1j2oua #performance
https://blog.codingmilitia.com/2026/02/15/sometimes-its-just-better-to-load-all-the-data/

Scheduling in a Bare-Metal Web Server https://lobste.rs/s/mmdjzs #c #osdev
https://thasso.xyz/scheduling.html

@xChaosChao-c' @thisismissemEmelia

I've been a long-time advocate for #HumaneTechnology. Social coding commons adds something to that to become "humane and harmonious technology". Humane by default. #Humanity is an intrinsic value of the movement. And harmonious by #SocialCoding. Coding is social, and first of all deals with people coordinating to find solutions that align with and satisfy stakeholder needs. Coding happens somewhere in the process, an impl detail.

A core principle of Social experience design is Sustainability, which is holistic in nature via the (adapted) Circles of Sustainability model. https://coding.social/blog/reimagine-social/#circles-of-sustainability

With this in place a #SX software solution will cycle through its Free software development lifecycle i.e. #FSDL, which drives a tailored development based on needs and lifecycle phase. https://coding.social/blog/reimagine-social/#free-software-development-lifecycle

Together this completely avoids a pure technology-driven development, ensuring Needs-driven development, and a natural NIMBY of inhumane technology and practices.

The fair story for #SelfHosting is to go beyond the jubilation of only its merits in so many of the "Just Self-host" advice and instruction blogs that are doing the rounds, and also include all the considerations to perhaps not self-host. As it brings a much larger burden than just that initial install. Such that people are even burning out and leave the #FOSS space, having underestimated what it takes.

Open Letter to Google on Mandatory Developer Registration for App Distribution

Link: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139765

🇮🇹 Going to Italy in the near future. Exciting!

Does anyone have recommendations for learning to read/ speak Italian? Hopefully not AI-cooked like Duolingo

#AskFedi

🇮🇹 Going to Italy in the near future. Exciting!

Does anyone have recommendations for learning to read/ speak Italian? Hopefully not AI-cooked like Duolingo

#AskFedi

I'm helping my dog vibe code games

Link: https://www.calebleak.com/posts/dog-game/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139675

@campuscodiCatalin Cimpanu - does #LibreFox have this issue?

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@yjeanrenaud/116122129025921096

Deserved attention from 404media today too on the Smart Glasses detector app 👍 (FYI only as a sub is needed to read the whole thing, but a good sign)

https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/

#Tech #Privacy

A #ThankGNU! to Andrea Bocci, Andrew Gaul, and Boone Gorges for helping the FSF to promote #FreeSoftware. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness, visit: https://u.fsf.org/45m

슬슬 1일 1강도 해야

cat update: Timber is now watching me from her Plush Cave

Extremely compelling title page

@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠
“But we can climb the ladder and take the box down from the shelf and cut the string and open the box,” said Toad. “That is true,” said Frog.

"Updating", huh? What a word choice. I wonder in which direction it's updating!

Ein recht alter Cartoon. Damals waren die Linien klarer und die Figuren etwas knuffiger.

AI boosters playing Good Slop Bad Slop

Saw a blogger I follow expounding on the value of AI to make everything he does easier and accelerate everything.

I reject the notion that things - anything - needs to be accelerated. That's a pernicious idea that's been created by the tech bros and capitalists to further enslave us.

Everyone needs to slow down. Productivity is a lie.

Extremely compelling title page

Need to get some clocks to put around the house. Pulling out my phone to check the time is a cognihazard.

Es ist absurd, wie viele Unternehmen für die Änderung des Namens plötzlich einen Nachweis wie z.B. eine Ausweiskopie haben wollen. Für die initiale Registrierung wollte keiner von denen einen Ausweis sehen. Die Änderung der Adresse geht auch überall ohne irgend einen Nachweis. Das hat also nichts mit Sicherheit zu tun, sondern ist komplette Ignoranz. Es ist zwar nicht unüblich, dass sich Namen z.B. durch Ehe ändern. Aber das betrifft ja meistens nur Frauen. Tja und wer entwickelt solche Systeme?

AI boosters playing Good Slop Bad Slop

Keebin’ with Kristina: the One With the Uni-body That Does the Splits

https://hackaday.com/2026/02/24/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-uni-body-that-does-the-splits/

To folks upset about 1Password increasing their prices: 3M has got you covered

You can pat the coelacanth (at least in my dream last night).

@iximeow oh this works curl --connect-to ::18.208.88.157: https://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/

I enabled compatible IDs in minimitra, so @minimitra actor should now be reachable from most fedi servers. Follow/unfollow may also work, but only if your activity IDs are resolvable.

Osaka: Kansai Airport proud to have never lost single piece of luggage (2024)

Link: https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/japan-focus/20241228-229891/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139224

I'm helping my dog vibe code games

Link: https://www.calebleak.com/posts/dog-game/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139675

DSLean: A framework for type-correct interoperability between Lean 4 and external DSLs. ~ Tate Rowney, Riyaz Ahuja, Jeremy Avigad, Sean Welleck. https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18657 #LeanProver #ITP

Blogged: Recording metrics in-process using MeterListener

https://andrewlock.net/recording-metrics-in-process-using-meterlistener/

In this post I show how you can use MeterListener to listen to Instrument measurements, how to trigger Observable measurements, and how to aggregate values

#dotnet #observability

https://www.rnd.de/politik/unternehmer-spende-an-die-afd-was-steckt-hinter-den-18-000-euro-TWQJKDNWKNBUZJ3HGKV6TUZRJU.html

RND exklusiv
Unternehmer und Höffner-Gründer Krieger spendet 18.000 Euro an die AfD
#MöbelHöffner #AfD

Looking for a flat in #berlin ? We're moving houses and subletting our flat in Neukölln for 6 months before the next tenants can move in.

It's a 87m2 flat at the fifth floor in a back house of Sonnenallee, bright and very quiet even with open windows. It has a huge kitchen/living room, 2 bedrooms and a balcony. We could leave some minimal furniture like couches, a big futon bed, etc. Move in from the 15.03 or 01.04.

Please share if you know some people who might be interested. PM me for more details.

#flat #wohnung

huh, this is a really interesting bit of the W25Q64FW datasheet

apparently if sufficiently many low bits are 0 (A0 for E7h, A0:3 for E3h) the flash gives you the results faster