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`

blinry @blinry@chaos.social

2/19/2026, 2:03:58 PM

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So if you've been wondering why I'm into obscure bugs this week like:

- Figuring out why I'm missing icons in pavucontrol https://chaos.social/@blinry/116081436255395069

- Improving the man page of a Nix CLI helper https://github.com/nix-community/nh/pull/568

- Reporting broken shortcuts in the Firefox DevTools https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2017113

… it was testcases for tying out this "View Source Button". :P

The icon for "set as default" is missing, and replaced by a page icon with a warning triangle.

blinry (@blinry@chaos.social)

Attached: 1 image Hmm, is anyone else missing this icon in pavucontrol? (On more "bare-bones" window managers, maybe?) I'm trying to figure which piece I'd need to fix here. I'm on #NixOS, but that doesn't seem to be the only reason. :D This seems to be the "emblem-default" icon https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pulseaudio/pavucontrol/-/blob/master/src/devicewidget.ui?ref_type=heads#L80 which Nix' adwaita-icon-theme doesn't seem to have anymore… The nixpkgs derivation is here: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/by-name/pa/pavucontrol/package.nix #gnome #gtk

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blinry @blinry@chaos.social

2/19/2026, 2:07:05 PM

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It's been fun, it feels like a new superpower to "quickly fix something and send a PR". It's also a super dangerous rabbit hole generator, because now that it's easy to fix stuff, it's very tempting to do so… 🐇

My prototype has some rough edges:

It clones the latest commit, which doesn't always compile using the #nixpkgs setup (but it seems reasonable to check whether the bug is still there).

And invoking the phases of the nixpkgs stdenv manually can be tricky. https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#sec-building-stdenv-package-in-nix-shell

Nixpkgs Reference Manual

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