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`

nixCraft 🐧 @nixCraft@mastodon.social

1/1/2026, 11:50:06 AM

Public

Someone was using AI for Unix CLI and coding assistance when they encountered this fun fact at the start of 2026. Lmao.

And they want to use this AI for the medical, legal, and accounting fields, replacing those jobs with an unreliable AI. It can't even get simple maths correct, yet they want it to play "AI doctor" doctor. The dream these "tech bros" are selling is one of the most dangerous things out there, and management is buying into it just to save money.

A quick screenshot with LLM/AI giving incorrect info about the time remaining until the Year 2038 problem. The AI first claims 2038 is only two years away from 2026 and when confronted by the user then it corrects itself in the following paragraph, apologizing for the "temporal glitch" and saying that it is actually 12 years away

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