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`

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

11/30/2025, 5:33:25 PM

Public

Science fiction novel about, and from the perspective of, a species from a planet with liquid methane oceans; periodically throughout the novel water must be discussed, and they perpetually refer to it as "liquid ice"

Kevin Granade @kevingranade@mastodon.gamedev.place

11/30/2025, 6:59:39 PM

Public

@mcc Still River (1987)
Major plot points revolve around the unreasonably exothermic metabolism of the human protagonist.

"Or ice samples—don't you human beings distinguish the two rather carefully?" interjected Joe.
"Of course, I—"
"Not of course to some of us, I admit the liquid water you drink isn't quite the same as lava, but the distinctive is a bit academic."

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