What is Hackers' Pub?

If someone from Linux Foundation wants a long list of feedback and criticism on this (remember OpenSSF scorecard?) you know where to find me. This is just too much to even rant about in a blog post.

Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests

"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).

The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."

https://librespeed.org/

https://www.reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1rmalpy/news_librespeed_opensource_alternative_made_in/

#FOSS #opensource

@itsfossIt's FOSS whaaaaaaaaaaaa?

“When you create a law, you have to think about what a future government could do with those powers."

Ministers would have unilateral powers to lock what they see as 'harmful' behind digital ID checks.

This could end up being used on LGBTQ+ and reproductive health content.

🗣️ ORG's James Baker.

https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-eyes-sweeping-powers-to-regulate-tech-without-parliamentary-scrutiny/

#onlinesafety #digitalid #privacy #freedomofexpression #ageverification #ukpolitics #ukpol

"Guaranteed Minimum Income isn't 'less progressive'. It's more practical. GMI puts the resources where they actually belong: with the people who are struggling, not in the mailboxes of the wealthy... and as a very wealthy person myself: hell no, give that check to someone who really needs it." https://www.reddit.com/r/BasicIncome/comments/1qvngza/comment/o9gt50u/

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Every day I’m more convinced that the Fediverse’s slow mainstream adoption isn’t really about usability.

People say it’s because it’s hard to join, the terms are confusing, or the apps aren’t polished enough. Maybe a little. But honestly… look at the platforms people already use.

Finding anything on LinkedIn is painful.
Trying to locate the original video on TikTok is a scavenger hunt.
Facebook is still full of weird bugs and odd UI choices.
Instagram hides posts behind algorithms.
Twitter/X constantly changes the rules of engagement.

None of these platforms are exactly “easy.”

People stay because their friends are there. Because the big creators are there. Because that’s where the conversation already lives.

And, if we’re honest, because these platforms are engineered around a very effective reward loop: notifications, likes, infinite scroll. A dopamine machine. You learn the confusing terms and awkward interfaces because there’s a constant reward for doing so.

So yes, making the Fediverse easier to join absolutely helps.

But what would help even more is something simpler:
more mainstream, recognizable, official accounts showing up here.

That’s how networks grow.
People follow people not platforms.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon

藍(あい)ちゃん by しゅいろと藍(あお)ちゃん by なまむぎでTL上で齟齬が発生する未来が見えた(

Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft by @hongminhee洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) https://lobste.rs/s/52jd6f #law #vibecoding
https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/

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몸이 건조하고 잠이 안와서 샤워하고 로션도 발랐다.

I played cities skylines 2 all weekend, and I just want to do more of that

또 고양이

I've seen people claiming - with a straight face - that mechanical refactoring is a good use-case for LLM-based tools. Well, sed was developed in 1974 and - according to Wikipedia - first shipped in UNIX version 7 in 1979. On modern machines it can process files at speeds of several GB/s and will not randomly introduce errors while processing them. It doesn't cost billions, a subscription or internet access. It's there on your machine, fully documented. What are we even talking about?

Does the mastodon autodelete function delete statuses with featured tags?

#askMastodon #mastoAdmin #mastodev

#블친이_상상하는_내_이미지_모아_자캐만들기 프사 때문인가 뭔가 몽실몽실한 캐릭터가 만들어졌네요🤓 오랜만에 캐 만들어서 즐거웠어요🔥 <키워드> 솜사탕 구름, 중단발의 캐주얼룩 소녀, 파스텔톤에 몽실몽실한 구름이 주변에 떠다니고 하늘핑크 그라데이션 단발머리, 천사, 아기 고양이

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:snre5ed2ksh7ufyvafjbffzr/post/3losorjenpk2z

I received a thank you card today from Daylight, expressing gratitude for all of us that Saved It.

#gratitude

그 각도

Salvatore Sanfilippo (antirez) and Armin Ronacher (mitsuhiko) both argue that AI reimplementation of copyleft libraries is fine. Their legal reasoning might be correct. That's not the point. Legal and legitimate are different things—and both pieces quietly assume otherwise.

Is legal the same as legitimat...

Web applications are only as trustworthy as the servers that serve them, and servers can get hacked. That’s why we are introducing WEBCAT, a tool allowing web browsers to verify the origin of code before they run it.

🌞 Today, WEBCAT enters alpha testing! If you like to experiment with cutting-edge software, give it a try:
https://securedrop.org/news/webcat-alpha/

Z80 Sans - Z80の16進コードを逆アセンブルするOpenTypeフォント。"3E41" などの文字列が "LD A,41" などと表示される。

https://github.com/nevesnunes/z80-sans

fun linux fact:
the `if` shell built-in just executes the command you give it and looks at its exit code

so how can you do stuff like `if [ $a -gt 10 ]`?

well, [ is just a program usually in /bin/[ that takes the arguments ($a, -gt, 10, ]) and returns an exit code accordingly

this is also why you need the spaces between everything as well as quoting - they're ordinary arguments and need to be provided as such

also note that many shells do actually have similar shell built-ins such as [[ ]] and (( )), which are not stand-alone programs like [ is

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🇨🇦’s political parties are using Bill C-4 to permanently exempt themselves from basic privacy law. We have days to force the House to accept the Senate’s sunset clause compromise. Tell your MP: respect voter privacy, sunset Bill C-4! https://openmedia.org/C4Sunset-mtd @OpenMediaOrgOpenMedia

横になりますか
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New blog post is up! This one is about a technique for mostly-mechanically removing recursion from mostly-arbitrary recursive functions. https://jnkr.tech/blog/removing-recursion

#programming #TypeScript #nodejs

Last day to respond to the Sovereign Tech Agency Survey on Standards Engagement!

Open standards are key to a digitally sovereign future, we need ways to support the contributors and maintainers building them. Time to share your experience with the STA!

➡️ https://survey.sovereigntechfund.de/999999

FreeBSD Capsicum vs. Linux Seccomp Process Sandboxing

Link: https://vivianvoss.net/blog/capsicum-vs-seccomp
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308394

Interested in free software, but not sure where to get started? Check out our #FreedomLadder for some ideas: u.fsf.org/3f1 #FreeSoftware #FSF

Salvatore Sanfilippo (@antirez) and Armin Ronacher (@mitsuhikoArmin Ronacher) both argue that #AI reimplementation of #copyleft libraries is fine. Their legal reasoning might be correct. That's not the point.

Legal and legitimate are different things—and both pieces quietly assume otherwise.

https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/

#GPL #LGPL #license #opensource #freesoftware

tmux is basically a process supervisor with an integrated log viewer

Timothée Chalamet在成都賣豆腐，全崩了…

不過說的比現在我有Bing chilling好

Do people distinguish between self-hosting on your own machines or via the cloud? Self-hosting vs home-hosting? Is there an actual term for this?

침방 틀어놓고 포코피아 하는데 갑좍 퍼리조아 소리 나와서 잘못들었나? 싶어서 보니까 ㄹㅇ 퍼리조아 틀어놓고 있음ㅋㅋㅋ 침이 게임해서 벌칙으로 퍼슈트 입히겠다니까 나머지 둘이 그게 뭐냬서 찾아서 보여주는데 다 보고 나니 셋 다 그뭔씹 표정ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

If you teach Python, or help others understand the language, the question "What is self?" is always worth revisiting.

Here's my latest reflection on that timeless question:

https://www.mostlypython.com/what-is-self/

#Python

This week's #WebOrigami comic: What are slugs

More about Origami.slug() function: https://weborigami.org/builtins/origami/slug
HTML comic: https://weborigami.org/comics/what-are-slugs.html

Fun etymolgy: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/11/24/whats-in-a-slug/

#staticsite #indieweb #smallweb #blogging

An excellent read

https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/

#copyleft #aislop

What, I don't even...

from my link log —

WebPKI and you.

https://blog.brycekerley.net/2026/03/08/webpki-and-you.html

saved 2026-03-09 https://dotat.at/:/2I9ZS.html

Cool, cool. #Python wants to be hip and have types too, but so then what does this print?

for x in b"hello":
print(type(x))

@Em0nM4stodonEm Hi Em, sad to see you depart from Privacy Guides 💔. It was a joy to read your articles over there. I hope you continue you to write elsewhere. Much love!

Abusing .arpa, the TLD that isn’t supposed to host anything https://lobste.rs/s/hsegku #browsers #practices
https://www.infoblox.com/blog/threat-intelligence/abusing-arpa-the-tld-that-isnt-supposed-to-host-anything/

The engine of Germany's wealth is blocking its future

Link: https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-engine-of-germanys-wealth-is-blocking-its-future
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47310073

#curl was download 10,467 times last year according to the Linux Foundation

😂

https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/project/curl/repository/curl-curl/popularity?timeRange=past365days&start=2025-03-09&end=2026-03-09&widget=package-downloads

서울의 온도는 현재 2도입니다.

【21歲澳洲返港女子　被控2019年管有鐳射裝置等　准保釋至4.21再訊】

一名從澳洲返港的21歲賭場女收銀員，被指於2019年9月8日在炮台山管有2個鐳射裝置及3罐噴漆，事隔逾6年後被控「在公眾地方管有攻擊性武器」罪及「管有物品意圖摧毀或損壞財產」罪，即她案發時年僅14至15歲。案件今（9日）在東區裁判法院首次提堂，被告遭押解到庭，她束起長髮、身穿印有「I ♥️HK」的白色T恤，神情平靜。

控方透露被告一直逗留澳洲，沒有返港，故控方需時確認證人狀況，以索取進一步法律意見。案件押後至4月21日再提堂，控方反對被告保釋，聽取控辯雙方陳詞後，裁判官高偉雄最後准被告以1萬元保釋外出，其間她不得離開香港、須於24小時內交出旅遊證件、居於報稱地址及每周兩次到警署報到。

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