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.
My #Wikipedia request for comment just closed, finally banning #AI content in articles! "The use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited"
Kudos to all who participated in writing the guideline (especially Kowal2701) and the whole WikiProject AI Cleanup team, this was very much a group effort!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models/RfC
🚨 This Week In Privacy #45 will be live in 30 minutes, we'll be talking about an exploit affecting over 220 million iPhones and the latest in the privacy & security space! 🔒
Come say hi! 👋
Exciting news. I've just pushed a collection of ports for the #OpenPGP Card ecosystem to Codeberg.
Includes:
- openpgp-card-tools (oct)
- openpgp-card-tools-git (oct-git)
- openpgp-card-ssh-agent
I'm currently polishing them for official submission to the freebsd ports tree this April!
A huge thank you to 
@hkoHeiko for these excellent #Rust tools!
https://codeberg.org/Larvitz/freebsd-openpgp-card-ports
#freebsd #Security #Smartcard #Yubikey #Nitrokey #Infosec #RustLang
Servers
- Akkoma v2026.03
- Bonfire v1.0.2
- PeerTube v8.1.3
- Mitra v4.20.0
- NodeBB v4.10.0
- GoToSocial v0.21.2
- Funkwhale v2.0.0
- Ktistec v3.3.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v8.0.2
- PeerTube v8.1.3
- ties v0.2.0
- Wafrn v2026.03.02
- PieFed v1.6.13
- Some updates to ActivityBot
- tags.pub: Global hashtag server
Clients
- Fedilab v3.37.1
- tinmop v0.9.9.141421356237309504
- tooi v0.23.0
- Holos v1.0.0
- Voyager v2.44.0
- Aria v1.4.6
Tools and Plugins
- mastodon-bookmark-rss: A small app to let you connect your mastodon bookmarks to your RSS reader
- smol overlays: Chat overlay and emoji wall for Owncast streamers
For developers
- activitypub-federation-rust v0.5.11
Protocol
- FEP-3ab2: ActivityPub Event Streaming API
- FEP-34ec: Notification Collection Endpoint
- FEP-db70: RemoveAll Collection Activity
- FEP-c07e: add product type to object
- FEP-c195: JSONPath Filtering for ActivityPub Collection Retrieval
- FEP-f011: Full-Text Search Query Syntax for ActivityPub
- FEP-a1d1: ActivityPub Patch
- FEP-c81b: Agent Social Attribution for ActivityPub
Articles
- Openness, transparency and reach: three reasons why public institutions should embrace the Fediverse
- The Purpose of Protocols
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019ce933-238d-11fb-304d-c3557c940c30
My #Wikipedia request for comment just closed, finally banning #AI content in articles! "The use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited"
Kudos to all who participated in writing the guideline (especially Kowal2701) and the whole WikiProject AI Cleanup team, this was very much a group effort!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models/RfC
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
@skolimaLeszek Ciesielski Wired headphones:
- no need to worry about batteries discharging
- not losing connection
-not interfering with some 30 other people's BT headphones on the bus
- you plug them in and go, no frustration when pairing
Profit :)
▸ Trio sentenced for facilitating North Korean IT worker scheme from their homes
→ https://cyberscoop.com/north-korea-it-worker-scheme-three-sentenced/
@CalCal Q Alaera 
@unrtstJoshua Miller 
@ret If you want user friendliness just stick with systemd. There's a reason why everyone chose to depend on it.
This shit is dumb, but oh well.
— "Florian, deine Ideen helfen mir bei meiner Führungsspanne nicht, dazu ist mein Team zu groß!"
— "Wie groß ist denn dein Team? Also, für wie viele Menschen bist du direkt und unmittelbar verantwortlich?"
— "30."
Der einzige Ratschlag, der dir nachhaltig hilft, ist der hier: kündige. Du bist in einer unmöglichen Führungssituation.
Die einzigen, die freiwillig in so einer Situation bleiben, sind Menschen, denen andere Menschen egal sind. Ich muss nicht gesondert erklären, dass solche Menschen eigentlich nicht führen sollten.
Und Menschen, die "unfreiwillig" in so einer Situation bleiben (meist aus genau dem Verantwortungsgefühl, das sie für eine Führungsrolle qualifiziert), die brennen aus.
"Flache Strukturen" sind letztlich auch nur Profitoptimierung.
졸려서 이만 자러 갑니다 안녕히 주무시고 좋은 꿈 꾸세요 고양이 사진 투척
@hj@shigusegubu.clubDen Datafag Trollmann 
@mario@don.tbully.meMario (Sigma Rizz Mode Final Arc Ultra Edition) I do remember a period of time where there were literally no Pleroma updates for like 6 months+, so it wasn't completely unfounded.
@lcamtuflcamtuf Oops, I'm old. Actually I knew that. One thing to remember about us old folks, though, is that we were here at the beginning of the tech revolution and decided that things that do the job as simply as possible are better than over-complicating things. Plus we may or may not have designed that toaster and know that it always burns the crumpets...
🖥️ BYO DAM: #Video on #Mastodon should be Fun, Easy, and Fast
https://dandean.com/posts/configurable-dam-on-the-fediverse
Uploading images and videos on Mastodon is generally awful.
I can't count the number of times I've tried to post video at an event, only to experience a complete failure to upload.
Instead of posting, I'm fiddling with trying to get even a 15 second video to upload at all. The shortcoming keeps me from being fully active on the platform, and reduces my ability to share with my community.
At SCALE 23x, we asked a simple question:
Why do you love FreeBSD?
From performance and security to documentation, ZFS, and the community itself, the answers filled the board quickly.
FreeBSD means different things to different people:
Now we’re asking you.
Why do you love FreeBSD?
Drop your answer in the comments.
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #BSD #SCALE23x #Community
Goth squirrel of the day.
Huang is so adamantly running a Ponzi scheme.
I did my part to inflate NVDA by asking Claude what $250K buy you in tokens at the current pricing.
The guy is saying that your top engineer should consume an amount of tokens that allows them to build a few operating systems per year, plus writing a few hundred thousand novels, sprinkling in a few million coding sessions.
I suppose all from working from home a couple hours a day, so they have time to buy RTXs for gaming. https://toot.cafe/@bjoreman/116263377040261321
Show HN: Sonar – A tiny CLI to see and kill whatever's running on localhost
Link: https://github.com/RasKrebs/sonar
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47452515
Heute gab es keine Frühstücksfrage, dafür aber eine Abendessenfrage:
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What if... we make a mastodon server but where each user has total control over their profile's CSS. Anything you can do with CSS (which doesn't take the server down) - go wild. Otherwise, totally normal mastodon server.
I have set up a fundraiser for the SequenceME genetic research project into #MECFS and #LongCovid. I'd be hugely grateful for contributions and shares.
Geno’s back!
#HolosDiscover just hit 3 million indexed posts.
What matters more than the number: 145k deletions processed, 83k edits tracked, and over 1k opt-outs respected, all in real time.
Respecting people is the priority and the only way to do it right is to be a full #ActivityPub participant, receiving deletions, edits, and opt-outs as they happen. Before indexing anyone, Holos Discover follows their account, so they know they are being indexed and can opt out.
Developer Spotlight: Somtochi Onyekwere from Fly.io https://lobste.rs/s/4ovp13 #databases #person
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/03/19/developer-spotlight-somtochi-onyekwere.html
🚨 This Week In Privacy #45 will be live in 30 minutes, we'll be talking about an exploit affecting over 220 million iPhones and the latest in the privacy & security space! 🔒
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I am skeptical of Ageless Linux's argument that the motivation behind these laws is to make it impossible/expensive for FOSS operating systems to comply. I think the real motivation is to get ahead of the discourse about how Big Tech harms children. They want to claim that they're doing their part to protect children. That would be a great smokescreen to distract from efforts for regulations to make them change their tech to make it not harmful to anyone, regardless of age.
https://tboteproject.com/ is tracking the dark money from Meta and the Heritage Foundation behind the age verification law astroturfing campaign.
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I tried reading Mishima again (this time The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea), but couldn't finish it.
I guess it's just not for me. I always find it hard to separate art from the artist, but even if I didn't hate what Mishima stood for, I'd still have hated this book (or at least, what I've read of it). 🤷
We are always trying to make 
@Vivaldi better and our latest release is another example of that. This time our focus was on hiding the UI. Why we do that? Because some of you have been requesting a minimal UI and that is what we have now delivered, but with the UI always close and also fully under your control. Try it out and you will understand! It can be accessed from a button in the status bar or through CTRL F11. Hint : Try associating it with fullscreen (F11), for an even better experience! There is a setting for that, of course.
Another function we added is follow tab. Tie together two tabs side by side. Click a link on the left side and view it on the right side. Great for going through search results without having to go back and forth or viewing images or the like.
Let me know what you think! I hope you like it!
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-7-9/
#Vivaldi #Browser #Innovation #Windows #Macos #Linux #EU #Europa
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Join us for our next global meetup, “The Latest in P2P / Mesh Technologies”, on Thursday 26 March at 10:00 PT/18:00 CEST!
Our guests 
@gwilsammy g, Mathias Jud, and Jacob Sayles will introduce their critical work for independent, safe, and anti-authoritarian communication tools.
Free and open attendance! Info and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-virtual-meetup-the-latest-in-p2p-mesh-technologies-march-2026-tickets-1985561279236
Journalist: What makes a program bad?
Programmer: No comment.
Kurwa Außengewinde, meint der Installateur beim Wasserrohrbruch.
Uploaded my 39c3 talk to youtube and peertube :)
Typo of the day: Mojority
#TypoOfTheDay
90% of crypto's Illinois primary spending failed to achieve its objective
Link: https://www.mollywhite.net/micro/entry/202603172318
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47456987
90% of crypto's Illinois primary spending failed to achieve its objective
The cryptocurrency industry super PACs dumped $14.2 million into the Illinois primaries. 90% of that – $12.8 million – was wasted, in that it went to opposing Democratic candidates who won their primaries (Stratton in the Senate race, Ford in H-07) or supporting their opponents. The PACs' only victories in the state were where they contributed money towards outcomes that were already highly likely. They opposed Robert Peters (H-02), who had been polling in third place and ultimately received 12% of the vote. They supported Bean (who was leading the polls in H-08) and incumbent Budzinski (H-13). Sadly this early spending in Illinois used up less than 6% of what the super PACs have on hand, so buckle up for a looong eight months.
www.mollywhite.net · Molly White
Link author: 
Molly White@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
Our Commitment to Windows Quality
Link: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459296
Push to PROD day for all who celebrate >:3
Peak digitale ÖVP:
Pröll: Beim KI-Konklave im Haus der Digitalisierung (NÖ)...
https://www.bundeskanzleramt.gv.at/bundeskanzleramt/nachrichten-der-bundesregierung/2026/03/5-konkrete-ki-anwendungen-fuer-oesterreichs-bundesverwaltung.html
#pol #polAT
How Long Can a Quadcopter Drone Fly on Just Solar?
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/20/how-long-can-a-quadcopter-drone-fly-on-just-solar/
systemd lost the plot a long time ago. they stopped following the Unix philosophy and now they're busy adding nonsense like age verification. Just like Firefox, systemd doesn't understand its core user base. There are plenty of distros without systemd
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