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`

Existential Comics @existentialcomics@mastodon.social

3/3/2026, 4:42:04 PM

Public

Always a good time these days to repost this slide from an IBM internal presentation in 1979.

A computer can never be held accountable

Therefore a computer must never make a management decision.

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Conor Mc Bride @pigworker@types.pl

3/3/2026, 8:25:32 PM

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@existentialcomics/116166238166003991

Meanwhile, in 2026, it's

A COMPUTER
CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

THEREFORE ALL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
MUST APPARENTLY BE MADE BY A COMPUTER