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`

Bennolius 😷⚡ @carbsrule_en@polyglot.city

4/30/2025, 1:38:10 PM

Quiet public

@tyil @smallcirclesjust small circles 🕊 this is true, but Duolingo was never anything like open source either (and the reason everyone is looking for an alternative at the moment is because Duo have explicitly said they want to put AI in everything, as covered in an article in The Verge)

tyil @tyil@fedi.tyil.nl

4/30/2025, 1:40:50 PM

Quiet public

@carbsrule_en@polyglot.cityBennolius 😷⚡ @smallcircles@social.coopjust small circles 🕊 LibreLingo looks interesting because it's free software (not just open source or gratis). I don't use DuoLingo either because it's non-free software, that should be the main reason to avoid it to begin with. All non-free software enshittifies. Its reason to exist is to lure in users and then abuse them for the profit of the developer. Anything that is non-free software is no better than DuoLingo.

I guess my search for a free software language learning application supporting Indonesian will not end today.

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