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`

Chris Siebenmann @cks@mastodon.social

12/9/2025, 10:53:23 PM

Public

My computer keyboard history, for keyboards that I liked or loved¹:

[many] → NCD Unix keyboard (relatively unobtanium even at the time) → [assortment] → BTC-5100C compact keyboard (PS/2 only, PS/2 is dead now) → Matias Mini Quiet Pro (fine but keys eventually kept sticking) → WASD Code 87 with Cherry MX Blues (out of production, keycaps wearing).

Yes I have used an IBM Model M. It's a perfectly okay keyboard.

¹ I've used a lot of keyboards over the years; only some of them stick in my mind.

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