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`

Nina Kalinina @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt

1/20/2026, 2:55:49 PM

Public

Computers weren't an economic bubble, at all. By the way, here's your pen and lighter with a built-in calculator, "I bet you've waited for it". Comes in gold (15,000 yen), black (12,000 yen) and silver (10,000 yen).

The brand names are:
- IC Calculighter
- Calcupen

Also, "NASA Microcomputers" is definitely not a copyright violation, lol.

(I/O magaizne, February 1979)

A commercial from an old Japanese magazine, advertising trypophobic pens and lighters with built-in microcalculators, by NASA Microcomputers

Nina Kalinina @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt

1/20/2026, 3:06:25 PM

Public

It seems the illustration standards back in 1979 were higher than they are today.

Aah, what would I give for a technical blog with such illustrations! (I know what I would give, a ko-fi/patreon/whatever subscription)

An article header from a 1979 Japanese magazine about computers. The article is "Supporting IBM typewriter in 4K BASIC I/O". It features a photo of a Selectric typewriter, and a simple cartoon of a young person next to an anthropomorphised cat, both presumably typing on a typewriter

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