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`

Charlie Stross @cstross@wandering.shop

11/20/2025, 10:50:39 AM

Public

Incoming urban fantasy story premise (via this Threads user): the Fae created Github, now Microsoft are trying to take over the Summer Kingdom in order to fill it with AI data centres. Of course, the threadrippers are promptly squatted by the entire gremlin population of faerie:

Screencap of a toot from a Threads user:

missjenbeck 2d

Romantasy question: are the fae open source? I had only known them from SJM books, but didn't expect to see them in Quicksilver!

Skjeggtroll @skjeggtroll@mastodon.online

11/20/2025, 12:31:17 PM

Public

@cstrossCharlie Stross

"To protect our users true names from Fae hackers, all user information is stored in a dedicated database running on an IBM z16."

"Why on a m... No, please don't say --"

"Yes. The Fae are weak to Big Iron."

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