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`

Matthew Dockrey @attoparsec@clacks.link

11/15/2025, 8:38:53 PM

Public

I knit up a test swatch of the bitwise fractal pattern to see how it reads as knitwear. Pretty good, I think! Now I have to decide if I really want to commit to a full blanket. I've never done one, so it's tempting. But that's a LOT of work.

$A rectangular swatch of stockinette knit fabric, about 20 by 30 cm, pinned to a blocking mat.It is done in black and white color work. The pattern is a seemingly random, fractal-feeling checkerboard happening at all scales from 1x1 up to 16x16 at the same time.$

Matthew Dockrey @attoparsec@clacks.link

11/22/2025, 12:55:04 AM

Public

I was curious about the parameter space for the bitwise fractal function, so I bashed out a quick animation script. I'm varying the x offset parameter, which was -350 in the original, but I've found thing stay more interesting in this 400x400 window if I keep that even larger, so here it is running from -600 to -400.

I think this might be what looking at the brain hacking QR code in Snow Crash might have felt like.

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