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`

Marcin Wichary @mwichary@mastodon.online

12/7/2025, 4:11:10 AM

Public

I wonder if the LINC computer from 1962 is the first pixel font on a display, ever.

The font was 4x6, and the small screen seems to hold only 25x12 characters.

The font is so simple it took up half a page in a manual. I’m curious if it was designed by Mary Allen Wilkes?

Marcin Wichary @mwichary@mastodon.online

12/7/2025, 3:43:35 PM

Public

I wasn’t even close! https://mastodon.online/@mwichary/115678840449814307

Marcin Wichary (@mwichary@mastodon.online)

Attached: 1 image @scribblesonnapkins@mastodon.social 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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