Hackers' Pub

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 Atwood @codinghorror@infosec.exchange

6/25/2025, 10:36:23 AM

Public

Spoiler alert: this is, in my opinion, the funniest section of a podcast interview Betsy and I were recently invited to be on. It's funny because it's true!

Denver: They don’t have the right stuff. If you gave them the money, they don’t have the right stuff inside to do something about it. And they put themselves in this predicament; it’s their own fault. And nothing could be further from the truth. Because I had some people on from Bard, and these guys were in detention from murder and all these other things, and they started a debate team.

And these are just the hopeless of the most hopeless of society. They got onto the debate team, and they took on the Harvard debate team, and they whipped them. You know what I mean? And you begin to say…

Jeff: That does not surprise me, actually.

Denver: Not at all. They were in…

Jeff: They have better survival skills than the people at Harvard.

Denver: They were…

Jeff: For sure.

Denver: You’re absolutely right. And they were taking a…

Jeff: No contest.

Denver: They were taking Philosophy.

Jeff: I wish I could have bet on that.

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