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`

✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@mastodon.social

11/29/2025, 12:55:45 AM

Public

i don't think comparing website size to the apollo guidance computer program memory size is fair or meaningful

the AGC was doing trajectory calculations (something that is quite easy to build a computer for).

the website is putting raster images on a high-resolution screen (something that is significantly harder to build a computer for, and also not a concern whatsoever for people going to the moon in the 70s).

Ian Douglas Scott @ids1024@mathstodon.xyz

11/29/2025, 12:59:41 AM

Quiet public

@whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧ People say they want the *resource usage* of an Apollo Guidance Computer. But when you also give them the *user interface* of the Apollo Guidance Computer, they aren't very happy.

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