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`

aeva @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place

6/18/2025, 7:31:20 PM

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@glyph and also I think a generally useful reminder that ball park figures with made up numbers is total bullshit

aeva @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place

6/18/2025, 7:34:05 PM

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@glyph actually this is a really good illustration of how making rough estimates with incomplete information becomes less reliable as scale goes up, and where the popular belief has it that you have more wiggle room to be wrong you actually have less

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