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`

Per Vognsen @pervognsen@mastodon.social

6/14/2025, 3:59:24 PM

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Thinking about code size reminded me of being a kid in the 90s and reading through code like https://github.com/legacy-codedigger/aPLib-1.1.1/blob/84374fbf3d2be4820c835aeb06dbe82333a216f7/src/32bit/depack.asm for the first time while trying to understand all the little tricks and nuances. There are probably even better examples but the apack/aplib depacker is tight.

aPLib-1.1.1/src/32bit/depack.asm at 84374fbf3d2be4820c835aeb06dbe82333a216f7 · legacy-codedigger/aPLib-1.1.1

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Per Vognsen @pervognsen@mastodon.social

6/14/2025, 4:23:45 PM

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Also old article by @xoofxAlexandre Mutel on Crinkler at https://code4k.blogspot.com/2010/12/crinkler-secrets-4k-intro-executable.html and the ~200 byte depacker is in https://github.com/runestubbe/Crinkler/blob/50c4d7385507d272d86c990e306278d2b96c61f0/source/Crinkler/modules/header20.asm. Additional insanity due to aliasing the executable code with PE headers to reduce file size.

Crinkler secrets, 4k intro executable compressor at its best

(Edit 5 Jan 2011: New Compression results section and small crinkler x86 decompressor analysis) If you are not familiar with 4k intros, y...

code4k.blogspot.com

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