Hackers' Pub

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`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

SnoopJ @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io

2/15/2026, 2:44:07 AM

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oh also, please consider all of the above part of my thorough derision for the trend of offloading thought to "AI"

I work with convnets professionally, I understand what they're useful for. "Thinking" ain't it, chief, and it never will be.

SnoopJ @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io

2/15/2026, 2:45:03 AM

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do I believe a "thinking" machine is possible? yes

do I believe a "thinking" machine can be bootstrapped by means of "baby's first dalliance with frequentism" and a morally, fiscally, and aesthetically bankrupt amount of brute-force computation? no

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