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`

Jeff Forcier @bitprophet@social.coop

11/30/2025, 11:04:16 PM

Public

I've been a (curious, reasonably well-read, exposed to all sorts of non-mainstream topics) sysadmin for ~=25 years, but I was today years old when I learned why #DNS resource records require you to say "IN" all the time.

It's to specify the record is related to the INternet! Isn't that helpful?

Apparently we have to waste untold bytes of disk and network traffic on this because there used to be something called Chaosnet: https://twobithistory.org/2018/09/30/chaosnet.html

(and also Hesiod, I guess. Sure. Fine.)

A Short History of Chaosnet

Chaosnet is a long-extinct network protocol. But traces of it survive in the plumbing of the internet.

twobithistory.org

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