Hackers' Pub

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`"` 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`
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`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@mastodon.social

6/23/2025, 5:35:35 AM

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hold on. holdonholdon

the Schmitt trigger, the one used in basically all digital electronics, is inspired by a biological object? More specifically, _the_ squid giant axon?? I can't believe I'm only learning this now despite hearing a lot of things about Schmitt triggers _and_ squid giant axons!

rk: it’s hyphen-minus actually @rk@mastodon.well.com

6/23/2025, 6:30:03 PM

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@whitequark✧✦Catherine✦✧

Kleene’s original paper describing regular languages as a formalism, that is, regular expressions…was using them to describe neuronal behavior.

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