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

2/17/2026, 6:28:19 PM

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@kevingranade @cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber to put it another way, i think why LLMs work is 1) language is highly structured, 2) human (generally) are blessed or cursed with pattern recognition instincts that make it impossible for us to not see meaningful patterns in everything 3) these two qualities make it easy to generate noise from signal to produce that noise patterns that looks indistinguishable from signal despite still being just noise

aeva @aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place

2/17/2026, 6:32:29 PM

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@kevingranade @cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber and, i think this disguised noise is hazardous to humans in the same way that it is hazardous to training sets. the skill degradation thing is really alarming and it seems to happen a lot faster than simple atrophy, and this is my theory for why. see also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r6UJlXCiG0

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This is the most epic fight ever, more epic than epic itself

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