Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` 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`

Juho Mäntysalo @iju@mastodon.social

2/21/2026, 11:31:29 PM

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@codinghorrorJeff Atwood @GargronEugen Rochko

Well, yes and no. The full argument was that:

- most of the digital film cameras are recording at less than 4k (2.4k was used as a median).
- those that use film, get digitalised before cutting for that ~2.4k, and that's the resolution on which efects are added, and which forms the defacto max-resolution.
=>so what they sell as 4K is often only 2.4k, with stretched pixels.

Further: to stream those streched extra-pixels, they tend to over-compress colour profiles.

Gary Parker @WiteWulf@cyberplace.social

2/22/2026, 9:45:24 AM

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@ijuJuho Mäntysalo @codinghorrorJeff Atwood @GargronEugen Rochko yeah, streaming (as opposed to 4k Blu-ray) has effectively made 4k TVs pointless. They mostly target 15mb/s and most of the detail is lost. Same goes for the Dolby Vision dynamic HDR profiles they use for streaming.

Stick a high bitrate Blu-ray of a decent film transfer on a well calibrated display and you’ll be blown away, though.

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