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`

Brooke Vibber @brooke@bikeshed.vibber.net

3/7/2026, 3:40:29 PM

Quiet public

So I can rip two discs at once between my LibreDrive-compatible internal drive (which now groks both 4K and HD Blu-rays as well as DVDs) and my external Blu-ray (which can't be LibreDrive'd and reads only HD Blu-rays and DVDs)

But the external drive is _much flakier_ and refuses to read some discs which read fine in the internal drive.

I wonder if something's just slightly off in the mechanism; it's a slim drive where most of the guts eject along with the drawer. :)

Brooke Vibber @brooke@bikeshed.vibber.net

3/7/2026, 6:04:29 PM

Quiet public

Always make a memorable entrance

Still from The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert showing a drag queen in a red and orange outfit with humungous wings, and a red/yellow smoke machine, on top of a pink bus driving full-tilt across the Outback

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