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.
So I joined the Fediverse only to find the trending seems to be the same far-left echo chamber as the other sites. Kind of disappointed. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place.
Yesterday, I learned how to mute hashtags so I could remove politically related ones. Today it's like a new Mastodon.
I had a personal #Linux win! My buddy wanted a cheap laptop and he asked me to find him a $200 #Chromebook. I told him any $200 Chromebook would be of crappy quality. Instead I found him a $200 #Dell #XPS for sale on #Swappa. I'm gonna install Linux and he will have a high quality kick ass fast laptop!
This is why you need to have at least 1 tech nerd friend 😀
Our industry has always been a mess of contradictions, because people are a mess of contradictions.
The following sounds like open mic humour, but it's a real part of our history: There was a moment in time when recursion was considered an advanced thing to be avoided as "too complicated,' while we simultaneously required new hires to have a degree in Computer Science.
I used to ask, “Which is it? Are we educated professionals who know how to use our tools? Or not?”
Moderna has agreed to pay Roivant up to $2.25 billion to settle claims that the mRNA vaccine developer infringed on Roivant’s patents in its Covid-19 shot. https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/03/moderna-settles-covid-vaccine-suit-roivant/
RE: https://hear-me.social/@Lacze/115936258910866320
The "brilliant" minds behind the new social network wsocial.eu forgot to grab related domain names, so I applaud the efforts of the creator of w-social.eu... encouraging people to be social and simply join the fediverse.
Fun fact: yesterday I almost registered wsocial.lol (1 Euro for the first year) and wsocial.wtf.
I guess if I see an article in mainstream media about wsocial.eu I may do it (if the domains are still available).
Journos, you should cover the fediverse!
I was this close to registering a domain name & creating a splash page to expose why https://wsocial.eu is such a terrible idea.
Why did I stop?
I have a big hunch that their initiative is going to FLOP. Big time.
A fork of Bluesky that requires government ID to post? Bahahahahaha.
Sure you can have rich and powerful friends helping you launch at Davos but getting people excited about a new social network isn't easy.
I will use my limited time in propping up the fediverse instead ✊
RE: https://hear-me.social/@Lacze/115936258910866320
The "brilliant" minds behind the new social network wsocial.eu forgot to grab related domain names, so I applaud the efforts of the creator of w-social.eu... encouraging people to be social and simply join the fediverse.
Fun fact: yesterday I almost registered wsocial.lol (1 Euro for the first year) and wsocial.wtf.
I guess if I see an article in mainstream media about wsocial.eu I may do it (if the domains are still available).
Journos, you should cover the fediverse!
Monica Vargas de 
@GRAIN in conversation with journalist Gina Rigols about #TechnoFeudalism vs #FoodSovereignty
-> #bigtech and #bigagroo corporations intimately working together to "help" transforming farmers being more productive based on pesticides, tech platforms, privatisation of natural knowledge
-> they increasingly know and control what we eat
-> otoh, we are what we eat
-> 70% of global population is active in farming
-> what kinds of resistance are farmers waging against this?
--> resistance against int'l trade agreements (that facilitate this bigtech bigagro privatisation of code and data)
--> collective seed banks where communities keep seeds, share knowledge
-> also fight tax paradises, that help keep this status quo
At #msc26 #msc2026 #mobilesocialcongress2026 in @canodrom
Do you know an organisation (big or small) that might be interested in joining Mastodon and the wider Fediverse? Here's a guide that tries to answer questions they might have about it:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/tips-for-organisations-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
If any organisations want to ask further questions or want help joining, please let me know!
I've tried to cover all the basics in relation to organisations, let me know if I've missed something or if you have other feedback 🙂
Do you know an organisation (big or small) that might be interested in joining Mastodon and the wider Fediverse? Here's a guide that tries to answer questions they might have about it:
➡️ https://fedi.tips/tips-for-organisations-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
If any organisations want to ask further questions or want help joining, please let me know!
I've tried to cover all the basics in relation to organisations, let me know if I've missed something or if you have other feedback 🙂
Overreliance
Something is afoot in the land of Qwen
Link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/4/qwen/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47249343
RE: https://hci.social/@amyjko/116171749536480692
This keynote by 
@amyjko reminds us educators (in computer science and beyond) of our mission while also offering perspectives to guide and expand it.
To my dismay I have to postpone watching it in full until I can set aside an hour (plus likely some time to digest), but after skimming through the video I feel comfortable sharing and recommending it.
You may not need that “AI” voice thing that reads your web pages aloud to users. It comes free in the browser:
• Edge’s Read Aloud (Ctrl + Shift + U),
• Firefox’s and Chrome’s reader mode text-to-speech,
• Safari’s Speech feature.
Stop adding trackers to your sites. Don’t add WCAG risk.
무역 장벽 높이는 EU…'메이드 인 유럽' 규정 공개(종합)
(브뤼셀=연합뉴스) 현윤경 특파원 = 유럽연합(EU)이 중국산 저가 수입품 공세에 맞서 역내 제조업의 경쟁력 강화를 위해 '메이드 인 유럽' 전...
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260304189051098
End the week with free software! Join Dr. Richard M. Stallman for a lecture on #FreeSoftware and freedom in digital society this Friday, March 6, 2026 at 17:00 CET at the Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology in Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland: https://u.fsf.org/4am
You Bought Zuck’s Ray-Bans. Now Someone in Nairobi Is Watching You Poop 💩🕶️
ブラシ配布サンプル用に描いてた
モノクロ線画用ブラシです
TIL:
The Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) is a security and defence pact between the countries of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Mutual_Defence_Agreement
The pact was signed on 17 September 2025.
#US #CENTCOM said in a statement on social media that it has “struck or sunk to the bottom of the ocean” more than 20 ships “from the Iranian regime.” It is the first assessment of the extent of naval damage by the #military since CENTCOM last said it had destroyed one ship.
#ForeverWars #Iran #war #Trump #warmonger #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
#Pakistan, a #nuclear-armed nation, warned #Iran that it has a mutual defense pact with #SaudiArabia, which considers an attack on one nation to be an attack on both. “It is a sovereign agreement & we are bound by that,” Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar told the Pakistani Senate. The Iranian leadership, he added, “should keep that in mind.” It remains unclear if Pakistan is prepared to enter a broader conflict against Iran.
#ForeverWars #war #Trump #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast
What alternatives exist for Anonymous Github? https://lobste.rs/s/brkdxd #ask #vcs
Today I discovered both a brilliant mug, and the University of North Texas’s extreme desire to avoid the joke of the brilliant mug
How Polymarket and Kalshi bet on Iran; AI translations are impacting Wikipedia; and an Amazon change impacting wishlists.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@tazgetroete/116147473691110417
„Für die Studienautor:innen ist die hohe Demokratie-Zustimmung unter Linken ein „überraschend gutes Abschneiden“.
Doch überraschend ist das nur, wenn man ein Bild von Linken pflegt, die einem autoritären Staatssozialismus anhängen, statt den Ideen einer vertieften Demokratie, die (…) sich nicht auf rein repräsentative Mechanismen beschränkt.
Das Zerrbild der Linken dient dem bürgerlichen Lager zudem dazu, die eigenen antidemokratischen und autoritären Einstellungen zu verstecken.“
Did you fill out a lumbar support ticket first?
RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116171010892060733
I think this is great, but I’d stop short of suggesting that Anthropic/Claude is a superior choice. Don’t forget that the reason this whole thing blew up is that they have an existing deal with Palantir and Microsoft to use their models in the DoD and want to continue to do so, but don’t want to authorize *further* use of it in autonomous weapons and surveillance.
Anthropic also appears to be run by a bunch of TESCREAL accelerationists. They may be the less-bad choice compared to ChatGPT, but I’m wary. https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/02/22/the-cult-that-wants-to-give-human-rights-to-robots/
i did not watch the video before but i'm putting it on in the background now, thanks for that
Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity
Link: https://terriblesoftware.org/2026/03/03/nobody-gets-promoted-for-simplicity/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47246110
Hundreds of computer researchers have signed an open letter calling for more careful public review of the ongoing wave of online age verification requirements and the #privacy costs, https://csa-scientist-open-letter.org/ageverif-Feb2026. IEEE Spectrum explained the tradeoffs here: https://spectrum.ieee.org/age-verification
I’m building a new tool and looking for volunteers to test it! A #fediverse linktree. (UPDATE: https://hub.vocalcat.com )
It’s designed for two types of people:
Normies / newcomers – Think of it like a free, privacy-respecting Linktree. No trackers, no ads. But here's the cool part: it's a Trojan horse for the fediverse. Your profile link is itself an ActivityPub actor. That means people can interact with it directly in the fediverse, and it encourages exploration of open platforms.
Fediverse users, If you have multiple accounts (#Mastodon, #Pixelfed, Loops, a federated blog…), you know the struggle: sometimes you just want one persona to follow. This tool gives you that. It doesn’t post on its own (read-only), but it boosts all your other accounts and even has its own #ActivityPub inbox. PLUS it can receive and show your badges issued by 
@badgefedThe BadgeFed Project !
Interested in testing? Right now it only supports mastodon authentication, so if you have a mastodon account reach out in private mention for the invitation code.
There are obvious deficits to the MacBook Neo — connectivity is a huge one, but I’m just stoked there is a $500 MacBook (assuming you use the student discount, which of course you obviously should) and in fun colors!
By Grabthar's Hammer, what a savings
I had a personal #Linux win! My buddy wanted a cheap laptop and he asked me to find him a $200 #Chromebook. I told him any $200 Chromebook would be of crappy quality. Instead I found him a $200 #Dell #XPS for sale on #Swappa. I'm gonna install Linux and he will have a high quality kick ass fast laptop!
This is why you need to have at least 1 tech nerd friend 😀
talarico putting his religion so forward made me very skeptical, but then seeing *the way* he put his religion forward made me go from "hesitant" to "yeah, okay, I can be fine with this"
세탁기에 빨래를 넣기만 할 작정이었는데 생각없이 세제까지 넣고 돌리고 말았어 이제 난 잠을자지 못해
The only two places success comes before work are a) the dictionary and b) time-travel research.
i don't believe i've posted about crockett/talarico at all, so: one nice thing about yesterday is that it was a "I'm basically going to be happy no matter what" sort of election than a "can't wait for the good person to lose to someone who sucks shit" sort of election don't get those too often
"ただ、正直に言えば、心がぐらつきました。だって、これだけ多くの人が殺されているわけですから。国際社会は、イラン政府による虐殺を止めることはできなかった。"
https://topisyu.hatenablog.com/entry/2026/03/04/090000
왜 이런 자리에다 집을 지었는지 의문인데 생각해보니 좋은 자리같기도 딱 저 위치에서 집에 서식하는 다른 벌레를 자주 봤음 유일하게 안좋은 점은 인간의 눈에 바로 보인다는 점?…
급등하는 메모리 가격으로 인해 제조업체들이 어려움을 겪기 시작하면서 보급형 PC 시장은 2028년까지 사라질 것
quasarzone.com/bbs/qn_hardw...
AI가 밉다. 학생하고 어린이한테 컴퓨터와 게임기를 뺏아가고 있음. 이게 맞나.
급등하는 메모리 가격으로 인해 제조업체들이 어려움을 겪...
Apple Introduces MacBook Neo
Link: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/say-hello-to-macbook-neo/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47247645
Smalltalk’s Browser: Unbeatable, Yet Not Enough https://lobste.rs/s/3df9bm #editors
https://blog.lorenzano.eu/smalltalks-browser-unbeatable-yet-not-enough/
무역 장벽 높이는 EU…'메이드 인 유럽' 규정 공개(종합)
(브뤼셀=연합뉴스) 현윤경 특파원 = 유럽연합(EU)이 중국산 저가 수입품 공세에 맞서 역내 제조업의 경쟁력 강화를 위해 '메이드 인 유럽' 전...
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260304189051098
Yesterday I read an interview with the singer in a punk band who uses GenAI to help with writing his texts.
Punk. The whole point of punk was that if you know how to play 3 cords badly and have something to say just fucking go for it.
Ten Wordpress mám instalovaný 24 hodin a už tam mám 120 pokusů o invazi. Pacholci z Činske lidove republiky a Indie. Tak jsem musel nastavit pravidla přihlašování. Lavly.
Apparently the Senate is voting on this bill today, uspol
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/104
a joint resolution "To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against the Islamic Republic of Iran that have not been authorized by Congress."
Maho 🦝🍻
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Inside Fediverse
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