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`

Tim Bray @timbray@cosocial.ca

10/21/2025, 4:36:58 PM

Public

These days, anti-GenAI screeds cross my radar every week. Even when I agree with what they’re saying (I often do), they’re mostly saying the same things. So, FWIW, here’s one with a fresh PoV: https://going-medieval.com/2025/10/21/on-ai-and-the-golem/

With an entertaining dip into MittelEuropean Jewish folklore.

#GenAI

On AI and the golem

Recently I, like a lot of people who make their living by creating things, have been thinking a lot about so-called AI. I have been forced to do this because so many companies have been stealing th…

going-medieval.com · Going Medieval

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