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`

Hailey @hailey@hails.org

6/16/2025, 6:35:17 AM

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Remarkable chart in a new paper out of MIT looking at cognitive performance of LLM users in an essay writing task - https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

chart from arXiv:2506.08872 labelled “Percentage of participants within each group who struggled to quote anything from their essays in Session 1”, the LLM user group is above 80% while the search engine and brain only groups are roughly even at about 10%

Hailey @hailey@hails.org

6/16/2025, 6:47:35 AM

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This result should raise serious questions about the consequences of this effect in software development where the work is a continuous process of building upon and refining a body of knowledge

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