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.

애플, 99만원 '맥북 네오' 공개…중저가·교육용 시장 겨냥
(샌프란시스코=연합뉴스) 권영전 특파원 = 애플이 중저가 맥북을 내놓으며 크롬북이 장악한 중저가·교육용 시장에 뛰어들었다.
yna.co.kr/view/AKR202603050036

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Using LLM backed codegen to falsely relicense from copyleft licensing like LGPL to anything resembling MIT/BSD style licensing isn't just laundering code - it's an active attack on the labour aspect of the free software movement. It is an attempt to undo forcing cooperation by using the existing copyright system, subverting the very commons which they plundered to create these tools.

This is why playing by the rules rarely gets you change.

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Big conversation going on in social psych I am mostly just reading from the sidelines. (being not a social psychologist, and in fact, was pretty soundly mocked in grad school by one of the social psychologists when I expressed interest in the subfield). I've read and enjoyed the work of everyone being referenced here, so it's interesting reading for sure

marycmurphy.substack.com/p/the

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RE: mastodon.social/@effaustin/116

📅 Save the date! Nate Bartram and Jonah Aragon will be in Austin, TX on March 13 to host a live, in-person episode of 🔴 This Week in Privacy; then attend EFF-Austin's party at The Butterfly Bar/Vortex!!

If you're in town, come say hi to @natebNate Bartram and @jonahJonah Aragon, and find out more about privacy from all the excellent guest speakers 💛

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iranpol, uspol

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps:

"The second American THAAD anti-missile defense system in the West Asia region was hit by IRGC Aerospace Force precision missiles and was taken out of operational service.

Yesterday, the THAAD radar located at the Al-Ruwaiss base in the UAE was also destroyed.

With the destruction of these two systems, the missile arm of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been opened to successfully strike targets"

(six major missile defence systems taken out so far, cost US$3.5 billion)
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Big conversation going on in social psych I am mostly just reading from the sidelines. (being not a social psychologist, and in fact, was pretty soundly mocked in grad school by one of the social psychologists when I expressed interest in the subfield). I've read and enjoyed the work of everyone being referenced here, so it's interesting reading for sure

marycmurphy.substack.com/p/the

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The best part of losing your job when you work from home is using your now former employers laptop to look for a new employer, until they send the box for it 😂 (don't worry, I'm good, it's actually a relief haha)

But the literal reason I was let go is that they think they can do all the shit we do with new AI bullshit. I highly doubt that.

So, fuck your AI nonsense. I've worked at that place for like, 14 years and they're fools if they think they can automate it and still get claims paid.

But good luck, assholes 😂

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Good News! 🚨👀

I am delighted to finally announce today what I've been working on in the past few weeks:

Privacy Guides' new Activism section! :awesome:
https://privacyguides.org/activism/

The Activism section offers a new way to empower the digital rights community. It will progressively grow with more tools to support the community in its privacy activism effort, both for individuals and organizations 💛

As Privacy Guides' new Activism & Outreach Lead, I will be working hard on developing this section even further in the coming weeks, adding many more tools to support our community.

I hope this can be a helpful resource for anyone who is ready to fight for privacy rights ✊🔒

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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.

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Doc: I’m gonna need you to read between the lines

Me: okay

Doc: insurance typically only covers this lab work for people who have been told they have a vitamin D deficiency

Me: okay

Doc: so, have you ever been told you have a vitamin D deficiency

Me: Funny you should mention it, I have.

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Polymarket has pulled the bet on a nuclear detonation happening in 2026. There were obv concerns that a platform being used by insider traders would not mix well with a bet encouraging the detonation of a nuke. Polymarket didn't respond to request for comment

404media.co/polymarket-pulls-b

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AI, green energy inference

I got this setup working at home, to experiment with and help me to talk with colleagues about potential alternatives to Copilot/OpenAI/Anthropic.

It's using Regolo.ai, a 100% green energy inference provider with zero water waste, based in the EU: regolo.ai/the-environmental-im

I'm using their open weight models via OpenCode, which also works inside VS Code.

It doesn't solve all the problems with of course, but it seems preferable to the default Big Tech options. WDYT?

Screenshot of OpenCode model selection prompt listing models from RegoloScreenshot of output from Qwen3-Next-Coder model in OpenCodeScreenshot of OpenCode running inside VS Code, providing an answer about a blog post markdown file
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The cat is out of the box: @matrixThe Matrix.org Foundation is looking for a new Thib!

If you think you can be a good fit for the role, please send me an email explaining why and attach your CV.

If you tick most of the boxes but not all, please reach out nonetheless. It’s a tall order, but we have fantastic volunteers and a great handbook to help you settle into the role.

matrix.org/jobs/devrel/

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SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE
TIPS, TOOLS AND HOW-TOS FOR SAFER ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS

„This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying.

Read the BASICS to find out how online surveillance works. Dive into our TOOL GUIDES for instructions to installing our pick of the best, most secure applications. We have more detailed information in our FURTHER LEARNING sections. If you’d like a guided tour, look for our list of common SECURITY SCENARIOS.…“

Tranks to @effElectronic Frontier Foundation

ssd.eff.org/

The Guides and Tools for Privacy Activists project from Guides offers a new way to empower the digital rights community.

This section contains information to help you become a better defender of privacy rights, both for individuals and organizations.

Privacy Activist Toolbox:
privacyguides.org/en/activism/
Thanks to @Em0nM4stodonEm :official_verified:

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🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the ecosystem.

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Graphic reading “Applications Open! Sovereign Tech Fellowship” above a photo of five smiling people standing arm in arm, wearing matching black “Sovereign Tech Fellowship” hoodies. The text overlay states that the fellowship is open to FOSS maintainers, community managers, and tech writers, with applications due April 6th, 2026 at 11:59 PM (CET), and mentions freelance and employment options as well as flexible working hours.

Our latest blog post has all the information and updates about the program:

➡️ sovereign.tech/news/2026-fello

Spread the word, share this post, and tag each other in the comments. We look forward to receiving your applications!

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🎉 Applications for the Sovereign Tech Fellowship are officially open!

What’s new? For the first time, community managers, and technical writers can apply alongside open source maintainers until April 6, 2026, to become Fellows.

The invests directly in the people behind the code, supporting key experts whose work underpins the health and stability of critical components in the ecosystem.

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Graphic reading “Applications Open! Sovereign Tech Fellowship” above a photo of five smiling people standing arm in arm, wearing matching black “Sovereign Tech Fellowship” hoodies. The text overlay states that the fellowship is open to FOSS maintainers, community managers, and tech writers, with applications due April 6th, 2026 at 11:59 PM (CET), and mentions freelance and employment options as well as flexible working hours.
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I hope one day to see AI and quantum computing solve the most intractable, complex problem in digital technology, one that has defeated our most powerful programming minds: making web forms that don't care whether you put a space in the postal code.

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Welp, there we go bsky.app/profile/why.bsky.team

> Oh interesting, people who don’t know how to build software are getting mad at my post about building software. Cute.
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> Let me be clear, over the next year, the job of software engineer will shift dramatically to no longer have typing syntax into an editor as its primary time sink.

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Lots of renewed talk about static site generators 'round these parts (which is awesome), so let me do a little shoutout to Pelican getpelican.com @pelican

I chose this over 11ty (which I did try!) because it's written in Python, which is one of the few (the only?) languages I know(ish), and because I'm more comfortable with their upgrade schedule (more like yearly instead of what felt like weekly with 11ty - that just stresses me out - YMMV, of course).

Anyway, it's a great little SSG if the other ones out there don't float your boat. It powers my site at: mitten.lol

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