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`

Evan @scribblesonnapkins@mastodon.social

12/7/2025, 2:46:29 PM

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@mwicharyMarcin Wichary
Oh I don't think that is true but a lot of stuff happened in a progression over time. Like how there was technically TV made with mechanical scanning before the crt but in most ways it was nothing like how analog tv broadcast as we knew them worked.

About pixels & fonts: many early computers used storage CRT that were grids of pixels for data display and RAM at the same time. So odds are someone at some point put text on one. IMHO

Marcin Wichary @mwichary@mastodon.online

12/7/2025, 2:50:25 PM

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@scribblesonnapkinsEvan Ah, yeah, that’s a great point! Immediately found this for SWAC, which was from 1950. And there were some earlier computers.

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