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`

SnoopJ @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io

6/17/2025, 11:51:33 PM

Public

@skinnylatteAdrianna Tan this is my favorite joke to tell people working in a restaurant/store, if the card terminal gives them trouble

"That's why they call it a POS, right?"

Surprisingly high hit-rate on getting a chuckle out of them

Sumana Harihareswara @brainwane@social.coop

6/18/2025, 11:37:17 AM

Quiet public

@SnoopJ @skinnylatteAdrianna Tan I'll have to remember that one

In similar situations I often mention that Douglas Adams said: all we want is stuff that works, and all we have is technology

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