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

8/31/2025, 8:55:21 PM

Public

Hey, do you have a free hour? You totally do, it's Sunday. Watch this video

https://twitter.runhello.com/mcclure111/status/1493742449847640064/

mcc on Twitter (archived)

This is a really good talk unwinding something I'd never understood until watching this— the history of the Colossus, a pre-ENIAC specialized computer, kept secret until the year *2000*, that broke the post-Enigma code used for the Nazis' most secret comms <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tMcMQqSbA'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2tMcMQqSbA</a>

twitter.runhello.com

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