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`

Julia Evans @b0rk@jvns.ca

3/21/2025, 3:16:32 PM

Public

the terminal: cast of characters

https://wizardzines.com/comics/the-terminal-cast-of-characters/

The "terminal" is actually a bunch of components that work together.
Let's imagine that you're running python3 blah.py.

your terminal emulator is a translator:

it translates all your typing/clicks into bytes

and it takes all the bytes the program sends and displays them on the screen

the terminal driver is part of your operating system. It's in charge of sending signals to Python when you press Ctrl+C, and some other more obscure things.

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the shell is a special program which you use to start all other programs

The shell doesn't do much after a program has started. Programs get a copy of the shell's current directory, environment variables, and input/outputs, etc and then they're on their own.

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