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`

Hacker News 500 @hn500@social.lansky.name

9/24/2025, 7:45:13 PM

Public

Just let me select text

Link: https://aartaka.me/select-text.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45360475

A light thumbnail saying “TEX” with a text cursor after the end of it resembling “T”. “TEXT”, in other words. “EX” is highlighted with a bright pink overlay mimicking web browser selection. In the corners, attributions to “Artyom Bologov” and “aartaka.me” are visible with Ts and Vs stylized as text cursors.

Just Let Me Select Text

Text is a universal medium. And yet we try to prevent users of our UIs from using it. Let’s not.

aartaka.me · Artyom Bologov

Link author: Artyom Bologov@aartaka@merveilles.town

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