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`

Steve Smith @tarkasteve@hachyderm.io

3/15/2026, 4:29:54 AM

Public

So I recently discovered that a shitpost I made about job titles on the company network is now evidence in a court case. This may be my finest hour.

Screenshot of a court document:

Steve Smith (Deactivated)
Sep 10, 2019

Seeing as the problem seems to be adopting non-local terminology, how about localisation?:

en_AU:

P3: Ankle Biter
P4: Legend
P5: Fuckn' Legend
P6: Dead-Set Fuckn' Legend
P7: Warnie
P8: Boonie
P9: Sir Donald Bradman, AC

en_US:

P3: Vice President of Engineering
P4: Senior Vice President of Engineering
P5: Senior Associate Vice President of Engineering
Etc.

I'll show myself out.

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