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`

Jan Schaumann @jschauma@mstdn.social

8/31/2024, 1:20:21 AM

Public

The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today, zoom call edition: "sorry, gotta drop"

Table: phrase | possible meaning
phrase: "sorry, gotta drop"

possible meanings:
"Unfortunately I can no longer attend this meeting. I hope this won't inconvenience anybody and will certainly catch up on the notes.
(There are no notes.)"

Y'all are less important than the folks in my next meeting.

If you had started on time, we could have wrapped this up by now, but at least I know what everybody had for lunch.

Just realized I'm in the wrong meeting.

I don't want to get any "action items" assigned to me.

My toddler is gunning for the couch with her permanent markers.

My dog just barfed.

FreshDirect is here.

I really gotta pee.

OMG, I can't take this stupid meeting any longer.

This should have been an email.

Jan Schaumann @jschauma@mstdn.social

3/18/2025, 1:20:10 AM

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The secret language of coders, part N of many. Today: security vendor vulnerability announcement phrases.

phrase -- actual meaning
"0-Day" -- a recently identified and properly disclosed vulnerability, usually with an already assigned CVE ID

"sophisticated attack" -- somebody got phished

"exploitation is trivial" -- ...assuming specific prerequisites, like e.g., being able to change a configuration file, guessing a 128-bit UUID, or hoping non-default settings are combined in an illogical manner

"which we have named <terrible pun>" -- we really, really hope this name takes off even though it's a very narrowly scoped vulnerability, that would be so cool

"nation state attacker" -- off-the-shelf vuln scanner traffic from China and/or a country we couldn't place without consulting a map

"we have developed a tool to detect..." -- here's a shell script running "find / -type f -name ..."

"RCE can't be ruled out" -- we tried to achieve remote code execution, but couldn't

"we're releasing this information in the hope that it will help others" -- we want to preempt somebody else publishing this information before us

"OSINT" -- github dorking

"we take the security and privacy of our customers seriously" -- whoops

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