Hackers' Pub

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 Wildeboer 😷 @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

5/13/2025, 8:57:03 PM

Public

(For the younger generation: Burning ROM meant burning up to 650MB of data on a CD-R(W). For the even younger ones: Nero was a ROMan emperor who, according to legend, watched the city of Rome burning after he started the fire :)

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Jan Wildeboer 😷 @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net

5/13/2025, 9:07:31 PM

Public

And finally, the real punchline for non-German speaking people: in the German language the city of Rome is spelled Rom. Nero/ahead software was and is a German company. Get it now? :) you are welcome! And I am deeply satisfied to witness a great disturbance in The Force. Millions of people saying “oh, shit! THAT’s why they named it Burning ROM”

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