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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SoapDog @soapdog@toot.cafe
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Shared by 김강훈 | 金江訓 Kim Kanghun

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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May Likes Toronto @mayintoronto@beige.party
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I've spent the last 10 years in tech. I'm trying to come up with a list of women who've truly advocated for me in my career, and my list is so much longer from the years before tech. In recent years, my woman-identified advocates have been from outside tech too.

Such an uncomfortable fact to sit with.

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Aron Silver @aronsilver@indieauthors.social
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I tore a tree a tree out of our garden. Our neighbour said she didn’t want it to grow to adulthood, lest it take away their sun.

The green heart that I am, the tearing was done carefully by hand to avoid as much damage to the roots as I could. Then I delivered it by bike to the land where we pick our organic veggies and replanted it there myself.

Us Dutchies can do *anything* with a bike, even moreso when it’s a cargo bike, and there’s a kid in there to support the tree during transit.

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룅 :masostone_icon: @leunn@masost.one
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케이팝 아이돌… 특히 그룹에 대만 멤버가 있으면
대만 콘 후기를 중국어로 쓸 거면
정체 중국어를 쓰는 성의를 보여야 하지 않나…
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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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