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 Stafford @tomstafford@mastodon.online

1/15/2026, 3:59:36 PM

Public

RIP Hajime Ouchi 1945-2024, originator of the Ouchi Illusion

His death announced today to the vision science community by Lothar Spillmann on the cvnet listserve

More on the illusion from Spillmann https://doi.org/10.1068/p7384

For an accessible introduction, it's discussed in Chapter 30 of Mind Hacks https://mindhacks.com/book/

#Vision #Illusions

a disk-ring pattern composed of horizontally oriented checks in the centre and vertically oriented checks in the surround, the centre appears to slide relative to the surround when the pattern is slowly moved about.

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