Hackers' Pub

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`"` 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`

David Beazley @dabeaz@mastodon.social

3/18/2026, 10:21:27 PM

Public

As part of the onboarding process for my MAT, I have to go through a whole orientation process that's required for all students of the university.

All I can say is that the experience now seems *WILDLY* more supportive than I ever remember it.

Then: Dean of students gets up and says "You can't have a keg in your dorm room." Sits back down.

Now: 2-hour mandatory course on alcohol, addiction, well-being, mental health, interventions, professional resources, etc.

This seems like progress.

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