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`

Paul Cantrell @inthehands@hachyderm.io

2/15/2026, 11:36:07 PM

Public

Who knows whether the anonymous Reddit tell-all in the screenshot is actually a true story, but regardless, I propose something like the Darwin Awards except for gen AI

https://dads.cool/@InternetEh/116073517174421759

Reddit from r/analytics
Someone says their company's AI has been making up analytics data for the past 3 months
The numbers that it gave confident answers about were hallucinations and did not exist. Decisions were made based on these data.

Sid 🇵🇸 (@InternetEh@dads.cool)

Attached: 1 image Say it with me now: AI is designed to *sound* correct It is not designed to *be* correct

dads.cool · dads.cool

xcorvis @xcorvis@retro.pizza

2/16/2026, 12:19:33 AM

Public

@inthehandsPaul Cantrell someone beat you to it https://aidarwinawards.org

AI Darwin Awards 2025 - Celebrating Spectacularly Bad AI Decisions

Honouring those who use artificial intelligence in spectacularly reckless ways. Submit nominations for the most catastrophically ill-advised AI deployments of 2025.

aidarwinawards.org · AI Darwin Awards

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