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`

Josh Simmons @dotstdy@mastodon.social

7/14/2025, 9:39:54 PM

Public

this generalizes, automating things is hard not because doing things with machines is hard (though it is), but because doing things with machines at anywhere near the speed and accuracy of a human is *incredibly* hard. everyone loves to meme about people being bad drivers, or shitty at x or y, but do you know how many people drive every single day, and how few of them have accidents. it's absolutely absurd. with better training and assistance it's even harder to beat

https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber/114848434711202157

Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber@mastodon.online)

This helps explain why it's so hard to automate farm labor! It's not that it's too hard to make a robot pick crops. It's that humans are really, REALLY good at it. It's hard to make a robot that's BETTER at it than people.

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Josh Simmons @dotstdy@mastodon.social

7/14/2025, 9:49:10 PM

Public

the way most fast automation works is by carving out a narrow part of a problem and solving it in a highly constrained, predictable, and specialized way to enable a human worker to (dramatically) improve their output. the way people talk about technology often seems to neglect this somewhat fundamental aspect. i don't see this changing anytime soon. physical reality... matters. #gottem

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