**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 30, 2024, 00:04

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 30, 2024, 00:04

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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Dec 30, 2024, 00:04

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@mavica_again This feels like it was shared on CompuServe in the early '90s. I love it.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 30, 2024, 00:01

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 30, 2024, 00:01

Dec 30, 2024, 00:01

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

The GNU's Not Unix Image Manipulation Program, the legacy Photoshop workalike for Linux:

Why did they have to give its acronym an ableist slur when "GNU IMP" was---and still is---right there!

(It certainly misbehaves enough while still being useful enough to be an imp of folklore.)

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 16, 2024, 21:40

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 16, 2024, 21:40

Dec 16, 2024, 21:40

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Where do you want to go today?™️

Some of the MS Answers suggestions worked, some didn't. "bootrec /fixboot" gave "Access is denied" for example.

But when it was done, the new SSD booted all the way. Now on every boot, it stops to ask which OS I want to boot: "Windows 10" or "Windows 10".

... I have to start over from cloning the full SSD again, don't I.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 16, 2024, 20:29

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 16, 2024, 20:29

Dec 16, 2024, 20:29

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

re: Where do you want to go today?™️

@atax1a I've lost the ability to tell for certain, but it seems possible.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 16, 2024, 18:53

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**josef** @jk@mastodon.social · Dec 16, 2024, 18:53

Dec 16, 2024, 18:53

josef @jk@mastodon.social

using this clever 2D parity-checked pattern printed onto a sticker, you can direct any passersby with a smartphone straight to your company’s 404 page

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 16, 2024, 20:07

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 16, 2024, 20:07

Dec 16, 2024, 20:07

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Where do you want to go today?™️

- Clone dangerously full Win10 SSD to 8X larger SSD.

- Remove full SSD, install big SSD.
+ Win10 boots normally.

- Install full SSD for use as extra storage.
+ Win10 boots normally from big SSD.

- Clean up data, fix up system, update apps.
+ At some point, Win10 boots from full SSD instead.

- Remove full SSD, leave big SSD in.
+ "RECOVERY
Your PC/Device needs to be repaired
A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed.
Error code: 0xc000000e"

- wat

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Dec 03, 2024, 21:20

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**GIFS GALORE** @gifsbot@botsin.space · Dec 03, 2024, 21:20

Dec 03, 2024, 21:20

GIFS GALORE @gifsbot@botsin.space

COMPART/SAURUS.GIF

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 03, 2024, 21:57

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Dec 03, 2024, 21:57

Dec 03, 2024, 21:57

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Oh, Magic 8-Ball, why is my customer not receiving that important email from Too Big To Fail Dot Com outsourcing mail delivery to Microsoft?

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2024, 02:45

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Nov 18, 2024, 02:45

Nov 18, 2024, 02:45

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I can't wait for the day when the first things "rms" and "esr" universally conjure up in computer software are "Remote Management Software" and "Extended Support Release."

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Nov 17, 2024, 23:00

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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Nov 17, 2024, 23:00

Nov 17, 2024, 23:00

maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

i think if as something as big as the Major League Baseball team Cleveland Guardians can change their name an image, there is no reason why The Second-rate Alternative To Adobe Photoshop can't

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Nov 17, 2024, 22:48

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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Nov 17, 2024, 22:48

Nov 17, 2024, 22:48

maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

linux will do so much better when they excommunicate stallman and their followers from their ranks

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Nov 17, 2024, 22:47

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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Nov 17, 2024, 22:47

Nov 17, 2024, 22:47

maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

linux: y no women in our spaces ????? :( :( :(

also linux: our preferred softwares are bitchx, gimp and something with an abortion joke in the official documentation

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Nov 17, 2024, 19:32

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Nov 17, 2024, 19:32

Nov 17, 2024, 19:32

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Finally, a brutally honest source code comment that applies to nearly every techbro-embraced piece of software this decade.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Nov 17, 2024, 17:50

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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Nov 17, 2024, 17:50

Nov 17, 2024, 17:50

maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

a sandbox video game with massively increased contrast and saturation. garish mod

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 22, 2024, 19:48

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**Rosey Posey🌹** @Flyingfirepig@lgbtqia.space · Oct 22, 2024, 19:48

Oct 22, 2024, 19:48

Rosey Posey🌹 @Flyingfirepig@lgbtqia.space

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 16, 2024, 23:27

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**Alexis** @LexYeen@plush.city · Oct 16, 2024, 23:27

Oct 16, 2024, 23:27

Alexis @LexYeen@plush.city

Do not try to mock the cringe. That's impossible.

Instead, only try to realize the truth: There is no cringe.

Then you will see it is noy the cringe that you mock, it is only yourself.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 16, 2024, 13:47

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**Brian Boucheron** @beardicus@hachyderm.io · Oct 16, 2024, 13:47

Oct 16, 2024, 13:47

Brian Boucheron @beardicus@hachyderm.io

did some light digging in discmaster as @textfiles recently suggested and found these spiffy #PenPlotter icons from a 1996 SiliconGraphics IRIX install disc:

🔗 https://discmaster.textfiles.com/browse/13732

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 16, 2024, 10:13

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**flere-imsaho 🇺🇦** @mawhrin@circumstances.run · Oct 16, 2024, 10:13

Oct 16, 2024, 10:13

flere-imsaho 🇺🇦 @mawhrin@circumstances.run

every day we allow the abusive shitstains like richard matthew stallman or eric fucking raymond stay around or, goddess forbid, direct our communities, we're losing talented people who are driven away by the acceptance of their behaviour.