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`

moshboy @moshboy@mastodon.social

6/11/2025, 4:50:47 AM

Public

'abuse, says randy simon of don't ask computer software, is an "interactive insult program" compatible with atari & apple computers. the computer has "an evil memory chip of its own" & will respond to typed insults with one of its own 5 million stored insults.' (1982) https://archive.org/details/electronic-fun-with-computers-and-games-volume-1-number-1-november-1982/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater

randy simon, old or aging man, mustache, sitting at a computer but looking at the camera with his glasses. the computer has one of it's supposed insults on the screen in caps green text: go moon a flock of geese.

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