Hackers' Pub

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`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`

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

11/30/2025, 11:53:44 PM

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The kind of fantasy novel where you can't really make sense of it unless you keep a wikipedia tab with the French Revolutionary Calendar open on it while you read

Hugo Mills @darkling@mstdn.social

11/30/2025, 11:59:09 PM

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@mcc There are a several novels I have where I have to keep a reference of some kind at hand when reading them.

The Name of the Rose -> Latin dictionary
Any number of books (but particularly those set in Imperial Rome) -> OpenStreetMap
The Count of Monte Cristo -> the hand-written sheet of A4 I made 20 years ago and keep folded int he book, with a diagram of all the characters' relationships on it.

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