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`

Judith van Stegeren @jd7h@fosstodon.org

11/3/2025, 10:29:37 PM

Public

"The earlier internet was a haven, everyone making it up as they went along. You couldn’t use it to buy stuff and have it delivered the next day, but you could communicate with people, old and new friends, anywhere, instantly. A true, astonishing marvel."

https://www.gyford.com/phil/writing/2025/10/15/1995-internet/

My first months in cyberspace

Recalling the difficulties and wonder of getting online for the first time in 1995, including diary extracts from the time.

www.gyford.com · Phil Gyford’s website

Link author: Phil Gyford@philgyford@mastodon.social

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