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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i don't really agree with the broad ai hater movement on a number of finer points (that i will not go into), but if i have to pick between the two–and i have to–then that's the group i prefer, because we have a shared interest in improving the commons. as opposed to exploiting the commons, pleasing the vc mommy, going "fuck you got mine" the moment burnout hits and you get an opportunity to, etc, all of which are examples of things i want to have nothing with

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「静かな喪失」
toriyamaehagaki.jpn.org/fnb_ht
森での探鳥がちょっと物足りなかったので、川沿いに足を延ばしました。前の記事「衝撃のレッドリスト」で、コサギが絶滅危惧II類(VU)になったということを書きました。そう言えば、このあたりでコサギを最後に見たのはいつだったでしょう。かつての「あたりまえ」や「普通」が失われていく悲しさと寂しさと恐ろしさを、じわじわと味わっています。

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Security advisory CVE-2026-33430: We have just published details of a privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows MSI installers created with Briefcase. Users who have published an MSI built using Briefcase will need to rebuild and republish their MSI to mitigate the issue. github.com/beeware/briefcase/s

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🕐 2026-03-21 00:00 UTC

📰 生成AI時代のドキュメント基盤 (👍 71)

🇬🇧 Explores spec-driven development & documentation strategies for the generative AI era, covering tools like AWS Kiro & GitHub Spec Kit
🇰🇷 생성 AI 시대의 사양 기반 개발과 문서화 전략을 탐구. AWS Kiro, GitHub Spec Kit 등 도구 소개

🔗 zenn.dev/nuits_jp/articles/202

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lesson 11: Shimming shit ('cause ain't nobody got time for dial locks).

Plenty of old or cheap locks can be shimmed, but the place this technique shines most is with those front-dial combination locks. Sure, you can look up the model number, find some arcane YouTube video, and spend 30 minutes decoding it (both the video *and* the lock)...

...or you can do a little shimming fuckery and have it open in seconds.

To shim a lock, you'll need two things: a shimmable lock, and something to shim it with.

So how do I tell if a lock is able to be shimmed? Well, there are three main types of locking mechanisms on padlocks: ballbearing, spring-loaded, and warded (which you can see an example of in lesson 10). We want the spring-loaded kind.

The easy way to tell the spring-loaded ones from the ballbearing is that the cutouts in the shackle will look like either an upside-down "7" or a "]" for the pawl, instead of a ")" which indicates a ball-bearing lock. This matters because if the only thing keeping the locking pawl (that little metal bit that grabs the shackle's cutout) in place is a stiff spring, then the only thing between us and opening the lock is reaching it.

How do we reach that pawl? With a little piece of metal called a padlock shim. They look like a little mouth with a blep 👅 at the bottom—and like A Christmas Story, we want to get it right up against that pole.

How to shim a padlock:
- Insert the shim with the tongue facing away from the mechanism (toward the outside).
- Pinch the wings so it hugs the shackle.
- Push it down as far as it will go.
- Rotate/work it toward the inside of the lock while keeping pressure on it.
- Wiggle and press down on the shackle a bit to help it slide in.

Once it’s in:
- Hold the shim in place.
- Give the shackle a firm yank—and probably send your shim flying.

"Wtf, Alice, it didn't work?! How could you lie to me?"

Okay, slow down. There are a few reasons for that.

First, the mechanism might be on the other side of the shackle—or even on both sides.

If it's still not working, the shim either isn’t deep enough, isn’t long enough, or the lock isn’t spring-loaded.

Additionally, some locks are *technically* shimmable, but the clearance around the shackle is too narrow to fit a shim in. In this case, a thinner shim, or a narrow pokey piece of metal might still work.

Finally, this lesson wouldn't be complete without mentioning that padlock shims are a disposable resource. They *will* break—sometimes after only a couple uses. If you're lucky, they'll last for dozens of attempts though.

Which leads me to my friend, @deviantollam, who is well-known for making shims out of soda or beer cans. These shims are fragile, but they'll work in a pinch and only take a moment to make. If you're good, you can even tear a can into a close enough shape for the job—just be careful, those fuckers are *sharp*.

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My request for comment just closed, finally banning 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!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi

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