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`

HP van Braam @hp@tmm.cx

2/7/2026, 4:43:35 PM

Public

If you were wondering whether you could run #duke3d directly from a #dvdram disk now you know.

Yes, yes, you can!

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

HP van Braam @hp@tmm.cx

2/7/2026, 4:54:42 PM

Public

If you wonder how this witchcraft is achieved:

#dvdram disks are "hard sectored" more or less like older style hard disks and floppies were. This essentially turns the DVD-RAM disk into thousands of individually addressable "mini rewritable dvds"

The DVD drive can easily find the correct little bit of the disk to erase and overwrite.

This is how the disk can appear like any normal block device!

A really weird fact: DVD-RAM is predates DVD-RW or DVD+RW!

#retrocomputing

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