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`

Hynek Schlawack @hynek@mastodon.social

7/25/2025, 8:23:36 AM

Public

As someone who even used Anki to remember using certain new commands (and failed), I’ve jumped on @judy2k’s approach immediately. Having the suggestion right there in the terminal is just more useful than doing flash cards on a train.

Since, unlike him, I’m young, vivacious, and dynamic, I’ve went for lolcrab instead of some ancient parchment, of course.

https://www.judy.co.uk/blog/using-fortune-to-reinforce-habits/

Prompt with a

`hwatch` to repeatedly run commands and compare output.

before it. In beautiful rainbow colors, of course.

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