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.

404 Media @404mediaco@mastodon.social
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A new hobbyist developed app warns if people nearby may be wearing smart glasses, such as Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses, which stalkers and harassers have repeatedly used to film people without their knowledge or consent. 404media.co/this-app-warns-you

This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to be a tiny part of resistance against surveillance tech.”

www.404media.co · 404 Media

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SoapDog @soapdog@toot.cafe
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I wish was a "pull" protocol instead of a "push" protocol. The way it works, whenever you take an action, it sends that action to all followers. I would prefer if it simply stored them and then let each follower pull them when they see fit.

That would introduce latency and more async comms as your messages wouldn't pop up into someone elses feed until their software fetch the data, but I think it would make it easier to self host.

Julian Fietkau @julian@fietkau.social
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Shared by 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@soapdog There's a poll-based version specced at fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fe, sadly with no notable implementations (wouldn't be interactable by Mastodon etc.), but it's an opportunity to break new ground as an implementer if you know anyone who'd like to experiment with it.

FEP-b06c: ActivityPoll - Fediverse Enhancement Proposals

ActivityPoll is a proper subset of ActivityPub that excludes activity delivery, making it easier to implement for static Web sites or content management systems. It meets an equivalent need to RSS or Atom feeds.

helge.codeberg.page

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SoapDog @soapdog@toot.cafe
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Shared by 洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

I wish was a "pull" protocol instead of a "push" protocol. The way it works, whenever you take an action, it sends that action to all followers. I would prefer if it simply stored them and then let each follower pull them when they see fit.

That would introduce latency and more async comms as your messages wouldn't pop up into someone elses feed until their software fetch the data, but I think it would make it easier to self host.

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IEEE Spectrum @ieeespectrum@mastodon.social
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Soon, pills that can diagnose and treat you from inside your body could replace endoscopies or CT scans. The hope is that these capsules could help with streamlining diagnoses, targeting therapies, and sparing patients invasive procedures. spectrum.ieee.org/ingestible-e

Pills Are Becoming Machines That Work Inside the Gut

Engineers are building ingestible electronic capsules to sense conditions in the gut, deliver drugs, and collect samples—all without invasive procedures.

spectrum.ieee.org · IEEE Spectrum

Link author: IEEE Spectrum@ieeespectrum@mastodon.social

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Doerk @NebulaTide@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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Shared by Stefano Marinelli

Proton is generally regarded as a secure email service and this might be true regarding encryption and data storage. But now Proton has collaborated with the FBI and handed over payment data to identify the owner of an email account.

And guess what … The owner of the account was not a paedophile or a terrorist, it was an activists connected to the protest movement „Stop Cop City“

Of course, Proton acted accordingly to Swiss law but considering that this not a single case and Proton is always promoting their location in Switzerland as trustworthy, I would recommend to use something else, probably not even email.

But if you’re using it, follow some basic rules:

1. No recovery data like email or phone numbers.

2. Use a VPN (keep in mind that the VPN provider knows who you are and that a VPN might not be as secure as you think)

3. Don’t use banking accounts for payment. If possible, use Monero or Cash.

4. Don’t use your secret email for anything else. The more often you use it, the more traces you leave.

5. Consider using a messenger for sensitive communication. My personal recommendation is Molly.

@TutanotaTuta How often per year do you get these requests from authorities and how often do you follow them?

heise.de/en/news/Proton-FBI-us

Proton: FBI user identification shakes Swiss data protection

US investigators obtained payment data from a Proton account via legal assistance. Service points to strict Swiss legal regulations.

www.heise.de · heise online

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Ciara @CiaraNi@mastodon.green
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I deactivated Google Play on my phone. The electricity company app was the first to be bricked. 'You must update.'

I wrote to them: ’I don’t have Google or Apple. Where else can I update the app?’ Nowhere else, they replied.

I wrote (politely) back: ’I can’t use your app any more then. It’s an odd requirement to make of your customers. A Norlys customer can only access all Norlys services if they are also a customer of one of two specific private for-profit US companies.’

Phone screenshot. A wall of white. A cartoon of a worker in overalls with various tools by a ladder. Below that (my translation from Danish) 'You must update the app. We require you to update the app so that we can give you a good app experience.' At the bottom, a purple button 'Get update'. But if you press it, it only links to Google Play, which I have deactivated, so I can't update.
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SynapseLabs|@runsynapse @synapselabs@mastodon.social
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Hello ! 🐘

I'm the founder of Synapse Labs, and we're building the infrastructure layer for the "Agentic Web." 🏗️

We focus on 0ms dedicated relays for @base and Farcaster to solve hub latency for AI agents. Also working on Volenti Partners for on-chain consent verification.

Looking to connect with devs, builders, and anyone obsessed with . 🧠⚡️

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Hacker News 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name
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How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents

Link: thehustle.co/originals/how-big
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4

Toddler in glasses sits on pink potty reading newspaper, surrounded by stacks of baby diaper boxes

How Big Diaper absorbs billions of extra dollars from American parents

US parents toilet train their kids much later than they used to. And that trend is a sales bonanza for Pampers and Huggies.

thehustle.co

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そんゆか @songyuka_@mastodon.social
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Shared by 𒁹𒀭𒌍𒋾𒀀𒅆

韓国の一昨年の戒厳令後に集まった人たちが振っていた旗のアーカイブ。大半がふざけてて本当に愛らしいよね。日本でこれやったら左右どちらからも叩かれそう。
flaaags.com/

깃발들

2024년 12월 3일에 갑작스럽게 선포된 계엄령 이후 열렸던 집회에는 가지각색의 깃발들이 하늘을 가득 채웠습니다. 이 소란이 정리된다면 깃발들을 더는 볼 수 없게 되겠죠. 아쉬운 마음에 깃발들이 웹에서 펄럭이는 아카이빙 사이트를 만들었습니다.

flaaags.com

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Hynek Schlawack @hynek@mastodon.social
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I’ve found myself feeling unmoored by the current crop of FOSS contributions. I genuinely don’t know how to proceed.

Of course there’s the slop where the PR checklist gets deleted & almost all items violated. The truly annoying part about this is that I always try to be kind & not a stickler about policies. I guess I don’t owe kindness to a bot, but it’s a bad look to be assertive in public. (1/5)

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GripNews @GripNews@mastodon.social
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🌘 全新蘋果公司初顯輪廓
➤ 從執行層到產品線，蘋果公司正在重塑品牌靈魂
✤ parkerortolani.blog/2026/03/07
在歷經長期軟體品質與品牌定位的質疑後，蘋果公司近期於執行長領導頁面正式納入資深設計主管 Steve Lemay 與 Molly Anderson。此舉不僅確立了兩人在決策層的地位，更標誌著蘋果在後賈伯斯時代，將由營運導向轉向由設計主導品牌再造的關鍵轉折。透過全新的 MacBook Neo 產品發布與創新的全球行銷策略，蘋果正展現出久違的創意活力與市場掌控力。
+ 終於等到設計長回歸決策核心，Liquid Glass 的失敗證明瞭純工程思維無法完全取代蘋果對美學的執著。
+ 看著 MacBook Neo 的發布模式改變，確實感覺到這家公司在告別保守，期待新的領導層能帶領蘋果走出「擠牙膏」的僵局。

The New Apple Finally Begins to Emerge

It’s official. Apple’s added Steve Lemay and Molly Anderson to their executive leadership page. After much drama following Alan Dye’s departure, the company has decided to not only elevate the two designers but give them the kind of platform that they deserve. They’re now listed right alongside folks like Tim Cook and John Ternus. I think it’s no secret that many of us have come to agree that Apple’s been a bit lost the past few years. Between Vision Pro, Apple Intelligence, tone deaf advertisements, and debates over software quality, there’s been a sense that a change needs to happen. I care about Apple holistically, as a living breathing entity not just their products. So who is running the joint matters to me. It doesn’t feel like a coincidence that the same week we get a radically different kind of Mac, we also see the executive leadership page get a revamp.

parkerortolani.blog

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Fireside Fedi @firesidefedi@btfree.social
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Fireside Fedi 78** **- Digital Necropolis: A Lich’s Quest Through Abandoned Internet History

Special thank you to @lich_silvae@masto.fediverse.games !

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Lich (@lich_silvae@masto.fediverse.games)

587 Posts, 100 Following · Passionate about Ethnomusicology, Occultism, Nature, Cooking, and Social Welfare. 
Topics commonly include subjects not suitable for people under 18. Minors do not follow.

masto.fediverse.games · Fediverse.Games

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そんゆか @songyuka_@mastodon.social
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Shared by 좌표 밖 땡스 :spinny_cat_gay:

韓国の一昨年の戒厳令後に集まった人たちが振っていた旗のアーカイブ。大半がふざけてて本当に愛らしいよね。日本でこれやったら左右どちらからも叩かれそう。
flaaags.com/

깃발들

2024년 12월 3일에 갑작스럽게 선포된 계엄령 이후 열렸던 집회에는 가지각색의 깃발들이 하늘을 가득 채웠습니다. 이 소란이 정리된다면 깃발들을 더는 볼 수 없게 되겠죠. 아쉬운 마음에 깃발들이 웹에서 펄럭이는 아카이빙 사이트를 만들었습니다.

flaaags.com

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좌표 밖 땡스 :spinny_cat_gay: @thx@mustard.blog
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영어도 LOL, AKA, OMG 같은 약어가 많고
중국어도 타자 효율성 때문에
병음을 축약한 단어가 유행하기도 했습니다.

YYDS - 永远的神 (영원한 신, GOAT, 레전드를 의미)
XSWL - 笑死我了 (웃겨죽겠다, LMFAO, 개웃김)

근데 사실 초성체를 쓸 수 있기 때문에
인터넷 시대의 한글은 효율이 압도적이고
개-, 씹-, 존-, 핵- 같은 접두사가 만들어져서
새로운 단어를 만들기도 좋은 글자 체계라
생산성이 좋다고도 합니다.

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Street Art Utopia shared the below article:

When Trees Become Art (12 Photos)

STREET ART UTOPIA @streetartutopia@streetartutopia.com

Some street art pieces do not just sit next to trees, they need them to be complete. From Popeye’s spinach can in Turkey to blooming bougainvillea portraits in Peru and Brazil, these artists know exactly how to turn trunks, branches, vines, leaves, and bushes into unforgettable public art. Here are 12 incredible pieces that prove trees might be the best street art collaborators of all! 🌳 Family Tree — By Falko One in Riebeek West, South Africa 🇿🇦 Falko One turned this broken […]

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