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 50 @hn50@social.lansky.name

1/31/2026, 1:40:07 PM

Public

An anecdote about backward compatibility

Link: https://blog.plover.com/2026/01/26/#wrterm
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768260

An old-style typewriter ribbon, a long, narrow piece of cloth impregnated with ink and wound onto two spools. On this one, the top half of the strip is black and the bottom half is red.

An anecdote about backward compatibility

From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus

blog.plover.com · The Universe of Discourse : An anecdote about backward compatibility

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