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`

JP Mens @jpmens@mastodon.social

12/6/2025, 1:47:34 PM

Public

I've been using cron(8) for donkeys' ages, but this morning I'm surprised.

Machine was powered down since last Saturday (long story) and booted last night. I have a crontab(5) entry with day set to "*/2" and am surprised the job didn't run this morning: Dec 6th, I'd have thought */2 is even days only, but it seems it actually means "every second day of uptime". crontab(5) here doesn't really elaborate.

Until this morning I had not given that further thought.

Live and learn.

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