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

1/27/2026, 6:13:29 PM

Public

Why is everything so mushed together. Why did Google (EDIT 2: NOT GOOGLE) think this was okay

EDIT: Hm, this may not look so bad zoomed in like this. On my tablet the "51" basically look like a single glyph.

20251216. The "512" are all practically touching.

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

1/27/2026, 6:15:18 PM

Public

If computers were just bad, that would be more tolerable to me I think. It's the fact that computers start off good and get worse over time. We know things could be better. Software companies *make us know* they're capable of making usable stuff before they go and break it.

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