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.
@cwebber@social.coopChristine Lemmer-Webber Hmmm..... Hannah should really get to learn more about Guix again... Really liked writing Scheme code for some strange reason!
Though the support and availability for many packages is worse in the package repository in Guix... 
(And there are certain rumors around GNU that would be too long to elaborate on... but they are really something that sound off-putting... 
)
@hannahHannah (With a snake problem 🐍) I will say that "Guix isn't as GNU as it appears" (positive edition)
It was the worst of times it was the worst of times
Before deleting a dataset or snapshot, perform a dry run using the -n
parameter. This is to make sure you really want to delete just that
dataset/snapshot and not any dependent ones. ZFS will display the resulting
action when -n is combined with the -v option without actually performing
it:
zfs destroy -nrv mypool@mysnap
Once you are sure this is exactly what you intend to do, remove the -n
parameter to execute the destroy operation.
-- Benedict Reuschling <bcr@FreeBSD.org>
The Void Would Very Much Like You to Stop Screaming Into It. “I think we can both admit at this point that the screaming isn’t working. The screaming isn’t making you feel any better.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-void-would-very-much-like-you-to-stop-screaming-into-it
Taxing the rich won’t get us out of this mess
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-03-12/tax-rich-or-discipline-government?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Opinion 
@opinion-LATimesOpinion
AltStore PAL now supports the fediverse, using its own Mastodon server to let iOS developers share app updates and alerts across platforms like Mastodon and Threads. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
내 주위의 공학 박사들은 왜이리 보안 의식이 낮아서 계정 털리고들 있는 건지... 거참. 벌써 3번째네. 🤦♂️
Good news! Turns out the threat the Nazis fear is being kicked out of the bar!
"“The real threat that we face is social pressure and ostracization,"
Also white supremacists think that journalism is "fake gay feminine terrorism" and it would be hilarious if it weren't deadly serious:
“So it’s like, it’s a very fake, gay, feminine kind of terrorism. But it has the same intention, which is to discourage people or punish people for political associations [with white supremacists] and [neo-Nazi] ideological beliefs.”
Bonus neo-Nazi explaining where to get involved:
it’s the [Canadian Anti-Hate Network], the CBC, random Antifa... they will do much more damage to your life for being part of an [neo-Nazi] organization like this than the police will,” he explained.
and
"...it’s only social pressures or cultural pressures that really do a lot of damage to people who take part in this."
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/03/12/Fallout-Reporting-White-Nationalism-Canada/
Wow we got 
@phanpy, 
@loops and 
@peertube on the front page of 
@TechCrunch today thanks to 
@altstore!
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse
Wow we got @phanpy, @loops and @peertube on the front page of @TechCrunch today thanks to @altstore!
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse
Delayed hibernation comes to OpenBSD/amd64 laptops https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260312185620 #openbsd #amd64 #laptops #hibernation #suspend #powermanagement #sysctl #freesoftware #libresoftware
Waiting for the 
@astro and 
@cloudcannon stream to start!
Come join for a wholesome Astro hang... and, prizes!
"A new one: #ICE detained a man in Utah who'd been🚨arrested for a suspected drug sale... that turned out to be dried pinto beans.
Utah case was dropped but the man, who arrived in US as a minor & has deferred action,💔was TRANSFERED TO ICE."
-K Cheney
The #TrumpRegime's IMM crackdown denies many #immigrants, who were given protected status, eg: #DACA,💔to be detained/deported➡️grave consequences. The #lawless regime is denying ppl of #DueProcess‼️
#DHS #Deportations #USPol
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.utd.162672/gov.uscourts.utd.162672.18.0_1.pdf
@cksChris Siebenmann FYI your "too old browser" detector for RSS feed readers has tripped on 
@Inoreader, I'll send them an email letting them know about this.
systemd goes AI agent slopware https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/c1d4d5fd9ae56dc07377ef63417f461a0f4a4346/AGENTS.md
has slop documentation now too
One more reason to use Guix + Shepherd!
GenX enters the discussion... I've chosen to live between the Yellowstone Caldera and NORAD to make sure I have all the bases covered.
친한 선배가 X계정을 해킹당했다. 한 이메일 주소를 오래 쓰고 비슷한 암호를 여기저기 돌려쓰다 유추 당했는데, 문제는 2FA도, 폰 번호 등록도 하지 않아 X측에서 대응을 거절하고 새 계정 생성을 권유했다고. 암호 관리자를 안 쓰겠다면 2FA는 필수적으로 해야 하는 시대고 이메일 매스킹도 적극적으로 써야.
하지만 그러고도 X 계정 새로 파서 하고 있는 거 보면, 나온 사람으로서는 거기에 뭐가 그리 남아있다고 저러는지 이해는 가지 않는다.
systemd goes AI agent slopware https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/c1d4d5fd9ae56dc07377ef63417f461a0f4a4346/AGENTS.md
has slop documentation now too
yeah. some day I wanna wake up and see trans people are in the news and it's because we're all getting 200$
おっこらどっこら 
Add serializers for `Accept`+`Reject` of feature requests (#38177)
Update opentelemetry-ruby (non-major) (#38138)
Upgrade from Ruby 3.4.8 to 3.4.9 (#38154)
Truncate unsupported/EOL version changelogs (#38173)
Run `annotaterb models` after bug fix to re-order model comments (#38172)
Updates to latest Material Icons (#38171)
Handle `Remove` of an individual collection item (#38170)
Profile editing: Edit image menu (#38156)
Handle `Remove` activity on `featuredCollections` (#38169)
Fix extra border on accounts in settings page (#38168)
Fix OpenStack Swift Keystone token rate limiting (#38145)
Handle `Add` activity to `featuredCollections` (#38167)
New Crowdin Translations (automated) (#38164)
Remove unused `@markdown` from user mailer terms action (#38160)
Store a remote actor's `featuredCollections` URI (#38166)
Change order of onboarding steps (#38121)
RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442
The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.
It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.
Uncropped original SwiftOnSecurity, 2014
TVerで映画プロジェクトヘイルメアリーの日本語吹替えのコマーシャルが流れてきました。新たな違和感w
Grammarly Turns Off 'Expert Review' Features, Faces Lawsuit From Author
https://uk.pcmag.com/productivity/163759/grammarly-turns-off-expert-review-features-faces-new-lawsuit-from-author
The feature presented editing suggestions designed to emulate the style of journalists, authors, or other writers without their permission.
운동 하다보니까 자세가 뒤틀려있어서 아픈건 알겠는데 그렇다고 디폴트 자세가 고쳐지지는 않는다..
Here goes Doctorow again, in that way of his:
"I suspect that the people who oversee the design of modern news sites don't care about the news at all. They don't read the news, they don't consume the news. They hate the news. They view the news as a necessary evil within a wider gambit to deploy adware, malware, pop-ups, and auto-play video."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/11/modal-dialog-a-palooza/#autoplay-videos
Also there is an offhand comment in there about how AI companies' logos look like buttholes, and now I will never unsee it.
https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-buttholes
Just meta, I'm not going into specifics in this thread.
I CW my uspol + trans stuff for a reason, and believe that's the right choice.
But for those who have been avoiding looking at them lately, you might want to catch up. It might be important to you and your friend group.
That's all. 💜🫂❤️🩹
Three (EDIT: four) important threads on the uspol + transphobia topic. You can decide whether to open them, but it might be important to look if you've been trying to avoid such news, so that it's not surprising:
https://social.coop/@cwebber/116206766027291730
https://social.coop/@cwebber/116212329932377267
https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217309990284573
https://social.coop/@cwebber/116218576432363906
Wow we got @phanpy, @loops and @peertube on the front page of @TechCrunch today thanks to @altstore!
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse
RE: https://social.wake.st/@liaizon/116206925371202010
I didn't want to be break this story over here but since no one else seems to be posting about it here I am sharing a screenshot from the other side with 
@scan's post.
The replacement for 2025's disastrous Bill C-2 is out - and just as broken! Bill C-22 still gives the Public Safety Minister broad powers to issue secret orders to any electronic service provider in Canada.
It isn't safe for privacy or rights, and cannot pass like this. We stopped broken Bill C-2, and we can stop this bill too if enough of us speak up.
Stay tuned for more updates in the next week!
https://openmedia.org/press/item/ottawa-repackages-its-surveillance-backdoor-in-bill-c-22
https://koriym.github.io/kbits/2026-02-20-ai-makes-you-boring.html
「人間をループに入れる」という解決策は根本的に欠陥がある
人間をループに入れてもAIが人間のように考えるようにはならない。 逆に、人間の思考がAI出力のようになる。
これはまじそういうのあるなとおもう。
And the show has reached a new low.
Just got a cold call from a vendor at a conference I am not attending asking if I can come by their booth to see a product demo.
Who does that?
RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442
A utility? Not something to be fostered? So forget schools, critical thinking? As for being on tap, since their data centres will be squandering ever-precious water resources, I hope they find a way to make intelligence on tap quench thirst and water crops.
Weimer hat heute viel Platz in der Morgenpost und den anderen Funke-Zeitungen bekommen.
Der hat aber nicht gereicht, um die Frage zu beantworten, was am Berlinale-Auftritt antisemitisch war.
Wow we got @phanpy, @loops and @peertube on the front page of @TechCrunch today thanks to @altstore!
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse
GNU Terry Pratchett - Tiffany Aching fan-art
The replacement for 2025's disastrous Bill C-2 is out - and just as broken! Bill C-22 still gives the Public Safety Minister broad powers to issue secret orders to any electronic service provider in Canada.
It isn't safe for privacy or rights, and cannot pass like this. We stopped broken Bill C-2, and we can stop this bill too if enough of us speak up.
Stay tuned for more updates in the next week!
https://openmedia.org/press/item/ottawa-repackages-its-surveillance-backdoor-in-bill-c-22
Funny how building an ActivityPub plugin for #indiekit fully based on Fedify, migrating my Mastodon account to my own server @rick@rmendes.net and building my own UI to consume AP content from the #Fediverse made me use even more than before.
This post is simultaneously a blog post, an #ActivityPub object in the inbox of my followers and a syndicated post to Bluesky.
Next in line? getting inspired by #Wafrn and turn this indiekit/AP instance into my own #Bluesky Pds.
Claude now creates interactive charts, diagrams and visualizations
Link: https://claude.com/blog/claude-builds-visuals
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47352751
RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442
A utility? Not something to be fostered? So forget schools, critical thinking? As for being on tap, since their data centres will be squandering ever-precious water resources, I hope they find a way to make intelligence on tap quench thirst and water crops.
Hey 
@OpenSourceCollectiveOpen Source Collective (OSC) I just heard some news that you started using a certain "identity verification provider" recently that I think people will be very unhappy about. It might be wise to make an announcement post about this publically before you get inundated with angry pushback from the large community of people relying on your services.
transphobia, uspol
Anti-trans groups aiming to go after DIY in the US, asking the FDA to investigate https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/03/10/fda-must-investigate-homebrewed-transgender-hormones-watchdog-says/
I've never been convinced by the "well if things get bad, we'll just do DIY"
Y'all they're gonna fuckin' go after DIY, of course they are
Astro 🤝 CloudCannon
We're excited to welcome CloudCannon as an Official CMS Partner and sponsor of the project! Their Git-based CMS is a perfect match for Astro, and agents love it when you code + content live together.
I do not appreciate the part of linux where if you run out of memory it doesn't warn you beforehand and immediately starts choking and dying and I have to cross my fingers that I can get into a console and pkill -9 firefox because I opened too many tabs
uspol, trans genocide
The Daily Wire has a piece out scaremongering about DIY HRT for adults. I'm not going to link to it, you can find it if you choose. They're trying to push for the FDA to go after people doing DIY HRT.
But much worse is this:
4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/4th-circuit-rules-that-states-can
The really scary bit:
> The court also took a significant step toward ruling that laws targeting transgender adult care would be constitutional. In a footnote, the court states, "While Skrmetti involved sex-change treatments for minors, disagreement among experts about the efficacy and necessity of transgender surgeries extends to treatment of gender dysphoria in adults."
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