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`

✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@mastodon.social

11/4/2025, 1:46:16 AM

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watching a video about private equity buying everything in pro audio (native instruments, etc)

i think over a long enough timescale (more than five years) the only tools that remain are FOSS ones.

it doesn't matter that you think they're janky compared to professional-grade ones (sometimes they are, sometimes they're actively better, though that's rare)

because you won't have your professional-grade ones for very long, anyways.

✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark@mastodon.social

11/4/2025, 1:47:39 AM

Public

i have understood for over a decade now that community led open source isn't a _development_ strategy or _maintenance_ strategy. it is a survival strategy in an adversarial environment dominated by capital. this is why, in long term, it is superior to any other type of software/hardware development

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