Hackers' Pub

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`"` 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`

josef @jk@mastodon.social

4/14/2025, 6:50:08 PM

Public

anyone who does graphics programming can tell you that after some cumulative number of hours writing shader code, you WILL become exactly like this

The Spirograph Factory from the Simpsons episode "Radioactive Man". It's pretty run-down-looking, and has a giant sign on the front saying "SPIROGRAPH FACTORY". There's a water tower on top, several chimneys, and what looks like a disused oil tank to the side.

Bart approaches Dr. S, the owner of the Spirograph Factory. He is hunched over a drafting table, lit by the beam of a single angle lamp, and holds a pen and several plastic Spirograph wheels over a piece of paper. The wheels have interlocking gears which allows one to rotate against others. When a pen is inserted into one of many holes in the wheels, they can be used to draw intricate repeating patterns with complex rotational symmetry. Dr. S looks over his shoulder at Bart, with an intense, perhaps anguished expression. Behind him is a large corkboard with dozens of finished Spirograph drawings pinned to it.

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