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`

gerotakke @gerotakke@social.bitwig.community

1/16/2026, 11:50:00 AM

Public

An underrated unique trait of my generation in Germany is that English names had already taken a hold in the product landscape, but speaking proper English wasn't very common.
Through my whole childhood I was constantly bombarded with ads of wrongly pronounced English product names. With some things it took decades until I realized that it was actually an English name and not a made-up word.

Miraakel Wipp. Akkupatz. Pizza Hut (as in hat). Starfrucht (Star as in the bird). Raider.

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