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`

DrYak @dryak@mstdn.science

12/19/2025, 10:42:15 AM

Public

@codinghorrorJeff Atwood
Serious question, regarding searching scientific studies:

At that point is it really worth boiling off lakes to run chatbots whose side purpose is to be very wasteful in order to prentend to investors that it's a "whoever builds the biggest datacentre" winner-takes-all arm race

...versus...

Just type a couple of keywords into PubMed's search engine?

Jeff Atwood @codinghorror@infosec.exchange

12/19/2025, 11:04:44 AM

Public

@dryak see https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/115725205844671648 -- remember the peace dividends of the smartphone wars? That was very, very real.. and this will be too.

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