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.
There is weird high pitched sound coming out of near my power outlet
Init scripts will no longer be of any concern to us. I have just received word that #systemd v260 is out. The last remnants of the old unix philosophy have been swept away - unit files now have direct control over their services
current rate per site, top 3:
1. mk.absturztau.be with around 390 kB/s
2. super8.absturztau.be with around 120 kB/s
3. fedi.absturztau.be with around 65 kB/s
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Honda is killing its EVs
Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/14/honda-is-killing-its-evs-and-any-chance-of-competing-in-the-future/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47387268
Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.
While talking to a colleague about how I recently learned most people have never sat on a cow it came up that she has never sat on a horse. Like, not even once during childhood.
Another colleague admitted they also have never sat on a horse.
My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a horse.
🏇 🐎 🐴
Have you sat on a horse?
Please boost for scientific accuracy.
hey fedi are there any open source content management systems that handle e-commerce well and have companies that host them just out of the box like they do with wordpress? i don't want to use wordpress it is hell too me
Equifax got hacked. Nearly 150 million people's data stolen. And the executives' first move was to quietly sell their shares. 🤦
This is The Facepalm Files.
Check out my podcast "Smashing Security" for more stories like this.
#facepalm #cybersecurity #equifax #databreach #infosec #hacking
Today I've set up two OPNsense 26.1 Firewalls in a HA configuration on a single DSL internet connection.
Failover is working, the backup OPNsense does connect the PPPoE session, and requests a IPv6 prefix via DHCPv6, but it doesn't disconnected the PPP session after the main OPNsense comes back online.
Not sure why, I've set up CARP on the igb0_vlan interface, but it's not working. I probably forgot something, needs more troubleshooting.
Still, pretty nice not needing a router in front of the OPNsense Firewalls. :)
@impooortantGutmensch. Danke für die Korrektur, mein Kopf ist durch die letzten zwei Tage matsch.
A tale about fixing eBPF spinlock issues in the Linux kernel https://lobste.rs/s/qusrlu #linux #programming
https://www.rovarma.com/articles/a-tale-about-fixing-ebpf-spinlock-issues-in-the-linux-kernel/
熟睡した！朝食前に温泉入ってきます
Simplifying Certificate Renewals for Millions of Domains with ACME Renewal Information (ARI) via 
@fanfTony Finch https://lobste.rs/s/aigy2h #ruby #security
https://letsencrypt.org/2026/03/17/acme-renewal-information-ari.html
Testing a Soviet 1000 Volt Insulation Tester from 1985
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/17/testing-a-soviet-1000-volt-insulation-tester-from-1985/
너무 누워있어서 머리아프네
혹시 해키지 계정 endorsement해 주실 분이 있을까요? https://hackage.haskell.org/user/jhhuh/endorse
Works On My Machine Upcoming Episode!
We'll be installing manyfold.app/ #Manyfold and talking with @Floppy@mastodon.me.uk .
March 29th 0900 UTC-4
Follow @ozoned@worksonmymachine.live to be alerted when we go live!
Follow @worksonmymachine@tubefree.org to get the #Peertube #VOD when it goes up.
Join us at womm.live and watch me prove to James that there's always a better idiot. LIVE! #software #fedi #fediverse #owncast #live
New blog post: A Decade of Slug
This talks about the evolution of the Slug font rendering algorithm, and it includes an exciting announcement: The patent has been dedicated to the public domain.
https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html
For everyone else tryin'a #getFediHired ... Should we just start our own thing?
(Says the one with zero inclination towards management or the indecencies of business-things...)
https://michal.sapka.pl/weblog/2026/mcp-is-a-terribe-solution-to-a-solved-problem/
"MCP is a terribe solution to a solved problem"
#PawFed is a project close to my heart. It's a collaborative map for animal welfare that bridges the #Fediverse and #OpenStreetMap.
The idea: mention @PawFed from your Mastodon account with hashtags and a location, and your report appears on the map. No signup, no app, just your existing Fediverse account.
It's not perfect yet, but the foundation is there. I will publish the source code soon under AGPL.
This is how my cat, Molly, sleeps in the sun
During winter, she barely goes out, as she's deeply unimpressed with the cold
But the moment it gets a little bit warm - like it did in London today - she's out, lying on her back in the mud, getting the sun on her belly
1/3
In just over 1 year Trump has:
•Bombed 8 countries
•Perpetuated genocide in Gaza
•Stolen Venezuela's oil
•Blocked all oil to Cuba, sending Cuba into catastrophic & deadly energy shortages
•Cut USAID, which has already killed 700K people
•Bombed Iran & spiked a global fuel prices
•Eased sanctions on Russian oil & given Russia hundreds of millions
Meanwhile at home groceries are more expensive, unemployment is rising, manufacturing is collapsing, & democracy is in shambles.
Are we great yet?🧐
One of my favorite new NewsBlur features for following sites with no RSS feeds:
- paste in a URL for a site that has no RSS feed
- NewsBlur reads the page, finds what looks like story titles
- You're presented with a few story titles pulled out of the page
- 90% of the time users just pick the first suggestion
Zero configuration, NewsBlur just figures it out, and bam, you're following a site with no RSS feed in your RSS news reader.
Had my first meeting with my academic advisor on the MAT program today. Turns out she also played trombone. So, naturally we had to talk about that for a bit.
Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!
The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live
Special Guest: @hongminhee@hollo.social
An intersectionalist, feminist, and socialist living in Seoul (UTC+09:00). @tokolovesme's spouse. Who's behind @fedify, @hollo, and @botkit. Write some free software in #TypeScript, #Haskell, #Rust, & #Python. They/them.
Follow @ozoned@stream.firesidefedi.live to be alerted when we go live! So don't miss it!
It will happen on 06 April 2026 at 08:30 US Eastern Time ( UTC-4 )
If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:
#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree.org/@firesidefedi #firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance
RE: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/03/17/introducing-tags-pub/
Etiquetar el món (descentralitzat) ara és més fàcil. 🏷️ La Social Web Foundation presenta Tags.pub. El futur de la descoberta a #ActivityPub es veu brillant. ✨
Some regrettable personal news: As of ~45 mins ago I am no longer employed. I'm still trying to find my bearings, but would be gateful for whatever leads y'all have. (I will say more in a bit, once I actually have the time to spare)
Some regrettable personal news:
As of ~45 mins ago I am no longer employed. I'm still trying to find my bearings, but would be gateful for whatever leads y'all have.
(I will say more in a bit, once I actually have the time to spare)
Technological progress is amazing these days
Slug Text Rendering Algorithm Dedicated to Public Domain
Link: https://terathon.com/blog/decade-slug.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416736
これは推理上手なのではなかろうかと思われる、蕾詞音ちゃん^^
決め台詞は「そういうことね」
見た目は子供
頭脳も子供
In case you missed it, new particle just dropped. The LHC has confirmed (and in ridiculous accuracy) the existence of a heavier version of the proton.
A proton is made of 3 quarks, up/up/down. This new particle is made of charm/charm/down, where the charm quark is basically the same as the up, just heavier.
So not groundbreaking like finding supersymmetric particles, but still cool. Further confirmation that the standard model of particle physics is reasonable.
https://home.cern/news/news/physics/lhcb-collaboration-discovers-new-proton-particle
RE: https://mastodon.de/@ErikUden/116233813323296502
Die Linke Niedersachsen lehnt den heute real existierenden Zionismus ab. Historisch ist der Zionismus keine einheitliche Ideologie gewesen. Neben rechten nationalistischen Strömungen gab es auch emanzipatorische Ansätze. Gleichzeitig sehen wir heute einen politischen Zionismus, der sich durch Rassismus, Besatzungspolitik und militärische Gewalt auszeichnet.
Sätze welche keine Zeitung bis heute zitiert hat. Die Jüdische Allgemeine berichtet bis jetzt immer noch nur von einem Antragstext der über einen Monat alt ist, Spiegel, Welt und Co. erwähnen den ersten Satz. Differenziertheit in den deutschen Medien? Fehlanzeige.
RE: https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/03/17/introducing-tags-pub/
I guess we follow @_followbackFollowBackBot to participate
nicolium is fixed, thank you nicole!
Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued
Link: https://communityforums.atmeta.com/blog/AnnouncementsBlog/updates-to-your-meta-quest-experience-in-2026/1369435
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416940
One of my favorite new NewsBlur features for following sites with no RSS feeds:
- paste in a URL for a site that has no RSS feed
- NewsBlur reads the page, finds what looks like story titles
- You're presented with a few story titles pulled out of the page
- 90% of the time users just pick the first suggestion
Zero configuration, NewsBlur just figures it out, and bam, you're following a site with no RSS feed in your RSS news reader.
Awards ceremony in progress
No pooping
Today's #DecemberAdventure in March was writing a simple BASIC interpreter in Pali assembly for my ilo vm.
Full Log @ https://charles.childe.rs/DA2026-March.txt and code @ https://charles.childe.rs/DA2026-Poraka.pali
Hi! I am #newhere
My name is Benny, I am a #NetBSD developer. I am in the process of transferring my account over from 
@bentsukun@mastodon.sdf.orgbenz.
I searched for nodebb… it is just forum hosting?
Hi! I am #newhere
My name is Benny, I am a #NetBSD developer. I am in the process of transferring my account over from @bentsukun@mastodon.sdf.orgbenz.
いつの間にか寝てた
Early-Bird Tickets for DjangoCon US are on sale now! https://ti.to/defna/djangocon-us-2026
I'm using FSEventStream to watch changes to files in a folder, which works well, however it doesn't observe changes on network volumes (in this case another Mac mounted via SMB). Is this a basic limitation of the API or is there a config to get that to work? I haven't found any documentation saying one way or the other
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