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`

Peter N. M. Hansteen @pitrh@mastodon.social

12/19/2025, 2:32:31 PM

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An article about how "immortal" MS Word is and other MSFT praise turned up in my feed, so I found the need to reprise (and liberate) my 2013 rant "Compatibility Is Hard: CHARTEST.DOC Is From 1989, Was Not Readable By 2003" https://nxdomain.no/~peter/compatibility_is_hard.html #msword #winword #compatibility #documentformats #informationprotection which links to other (probably better) pieces by myself and @cstrossCharlie Stross

Compatibility Is Hard: CHARTEST.DOC Is From 1989, Was Not Readable By 2003

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Link author: Peter N. M. Hansteen@pitrh@mastodon.social

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