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 Tribble @ptribble@illumos.cafe

1/21/2026, 11:25:06 AM

Public

10 years or so ago, this happened:

Me: I'm going to disable telnet on all the servers and use ssh everywhere.

Users: Can't do that, our client software doesn't support it.

Me: Oh, what software are you using?

Users: Something called putty.

Me: ...

A quick walk round the office to reset everyone's putty back to defaults and telnet was very quickly disabled.

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