Ariel Millennium Thornton

Some POSIX resources I've had bookmarked since before the question needed to be asked:

Rich’s sh (POSIX shell) tricks: etalabs.net/sh_tricks.html

GitHub - dylanaraps/pure-sh-bible: 📖 A collection of pure POSIX sh alternatives to external processes. · GitHub: github.com/dylanaraps/pure-sh-

POSIX Shell Tutorial: grymoire.com/Unix/Sh.html

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I want smaller programs with fewer features that take longer to write by people who are happier to do so and I’m not kidding
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@JulieSqveakaroo 1. Integrating the I-inclusive progress pride flag into a pac-roo is brilliant. :3

2. NO, DON'T EAT THE INTERSEX PRIDE DOT!

3. Okay, wait, is that actually some sort of new pride power pellet instead?

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@mavica_again Oof. :<

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vga256

after years of digging and research, i finally found the toolkit that was used to make MS multimedia software Encarta, Dinosaurs and Dangerous Creatures.

when i fell in love with these programs, i imagined they were built with a rich multimedia authoring environment/IDE like Macromedia Director. e.g. dragging and dropping images, sounds, text and video onto a stage, animating it with keyframes, and then scripting it for interaction.

the toolkit used was, as it turns out, a very roughly hewn collection of individual programs. there was no IDE. all of the content was written in RTF files, which were then compiled with links to external resources like wavs and avi's.

i cannot imagine what a nightmare this was for the MS Home teams to work with. there is no drag and drop of any kind, no object linking and embedding (OLÉ!), nor animation editor. this is a dog's breakfast of individual programs written by different people.

i'm frankly amazed that the MS Homes teams put together such well-designed programs *despite* how painful this toolkit is to use

the one thing i can say in its favour is that it has one badass tetricube logo for cover art :D

huge thank you to @philpem for archiving this extremely obscure piece of software

archive.org/details/microsoft-

#multimedia #cdrom #retrocomputing #win31

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Ginny Mae :verifiedtrans:​

happy pride babe:)

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ana «model a7m2» :neobot_cat_headphones_pink:🎶

too bad for the people who spent the last few months developing ai workflows that are now completely unworkable with no alternatives

coulda just listened to the moral and ethical arguments against though

or if that doesn't work the people who looked at the underlying economics and accurately predicted massive price hikes

or the fact that you're willingly deskilling yourself by buying in

or the fact that it just doesn't work very well at all

not too much sympathy here actually

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Psy Chuan :therian:

OI.

YOU LOT FROM THE UK.

you remember Radio.Garden and how it was blocked from the UK for Copyright reasons?

add radio.garden/api/geo to your adblock filters.

enjoy worldwide radio!!

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Jasper Fox :therian:

When therians shift

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Xavier Horatio Xinicit

So tired of blacking out every full moon when I really want to stay up and help the townsfolk hunt for the werewolf

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Hiisikoloart

Just a note to everyone - Pride Month is no excuse to use generative AI to make "happy PRIDE" posts, merch, or any image or text related to it.

Generative AI is funded by facists who hate LGBTQAI+ and who fund laws against us. It is the tool of the enemy we all should resist together - not generate useless slop that muddies the message with AI vomit.

Using it shows no care, no love, and no solidarity.

#fuckAI #NoAI #PrideMonth #PRIDE #NoAIInPride

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AI "creations" 

Wait, that's not fair to the real Milli Vanilli. They stole people's labor directly. They didn't launder it through a machine that so obviously can't work without stealing people's labor en masse.

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AI "creations" 

It's your creation, but you used AI to make it? That's great to hear, Milli Vanilli!

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404 Media

Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.

404media.co/microsoft-wants-to

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Liam Proven

"the solution might be cancelling my AI subscription"

thoughts.hmmz.org/2026-05-31.h

"[AI coding tech] is horrific for attention. It's a thermonuclear ADHD amplifier and I have seen the same effect in every single one of my adult friends."

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Tanya

@tomstafford also this (but I did not save the original artists name or who shared it first, if someone can help me out with that I’ll edit the post)

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Tanya

@tomstafford

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Jasper Fox :therian:

All stand for the flags.

#RedfuchsPhotography #Photography #Photo #Pride #Pridemonth

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✨メッツォ✨ :sabakan: :mastodont:

First steps after every Windows 11 update:

  • Uninstall Microsoft 365 Copilot again
  • Uninstall Microsoft Teams again
  • Uninstall OneNote for Windows 10 again
  • Uninstall Outlook again
  • Uninstall Skype again
  • Uninstall Xbox Console Companion again

I am reminded of that post where someone compares Windows and malware, and comes to the conclusion that Windows is not malware, but only because malware at least works.

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Beet

PRIDE

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