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`

Tom Stepleton @stepleton@oldbytes.space

2/14/2026, 6:31:29 PM

Public

"So it keeps blowing these 1A 250V slow-blow fuses I've got" ... "Have you tried a different make of fuse?" ... "Well, I've got some, but they're the wrong size"

A smaller tubular glass fuse has been positioned and soldered so that it bridges the metal contacts of a larger glass fuse that appears to have blown violently sometime previously.

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