Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz If you're able to get into Windows, the first step is seeing which update went office-space on it. I've had one or two break with a different error/symptom on each reboot/repair attempt.

WikiHow is an accidental treasure.

Thinking about how people did advanced math before computers reminded me that there's a team of people trying to build the ultimate steampunk computer, Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine: http://plan28.org/

There are two working & correct Difference Engines, proving his designs sound, but an Analytical Engine would dwarf both of them together & can't be hand-cranked.

@troubleMoney I can do trig, but if I don't have a pushbutton calculator for sines, cosines, & square roots, I can't do it without lookup tables.

@troubleMoney I've seen one of those in operation, but I have no idea how to use it.

I've been so out of it that I didn't see last boost until now, from anyone here or birdsite, and in spite of having a politics/rant account on birdsite.

@anthracite In my experience (tho not with masto), ephemeral caches tend to be neither. Still, holy wow, that was a fair amount!

Yayness for success and experience gain!