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`

Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop

3/10/2026, 12:29:11 AM

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EDIT EDIT: Tony Hoare probably did pass away https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony-hoare-1934-2026.html

EDIT: Tony Hoare may have not, in fact, passed away

Tony Hoare has passed away https://lefenetrou.blogspot.com/2026/03/in-memoriam-tony-hoare.html

Rest in processes, may they be communicating even if individually sequential

Tony Hoare (1934-2026)

Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92. Hoare is famous for quicksort, ALGO...

blog.computationalcomplexity.org

leah & glitches & bits, oh my! @millihertz@oldbytes.space

3/10/2026, 10:20:40 AM

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@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber um, not according to Wikipedia, which has now undone edits announcing his death twice.

i'm worried (and frankly a bit scared) that this might be my fault: https://oldbytes.space/@millihertz/116190258554431974 - the first edit only happened after this :-(

leah's tiny pc retirement home (@millihertz@oldbytes.space)

the modern computer industry has basically turned Tony Hoare's grave into a public toilet

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