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`

jwz @jwz@mastodon.social

11/24/2025, 11:47:49 PM

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@glyph @DaojoanJA Westenberg There's also a whole chapter debunking this in @mwicharyMarcin Wichary's incredible 1200 page opus, Shift Happens https://shifthappens.site

Shift Happens: A book about keyboards

Shift Happens tells the story of keyboards like no book ever before, covering 150 years from the early typewriters to the pixellated keyboards in our pockets.

shifthappens.site

Marcin Wichary @mwichary@mastodon.online

11/24/2025, 11:51:58 PM

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@jwz @glyph @DaojoanJA Westenberg I put it online, even. https://aresluna.org/the-primitive-tortureboard/

The primitive tortureboard

Untangling the myths and mysteries of Dvorak and QWERTY

aresluna.org

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