**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 17, 2018, 17:47

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 17, 2018, 17:47

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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Species: feline/phoenix (shifts at will between them)

Fairy wand currently on: GEOS programming guide

Website: https://thornton2.com/ArielMT

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  ✨ Kind 'Net Help Desk fairy by day. ✨
  ✨ Weird & furry Unix fairy by night. ✨
✨ Sometimes a retrocomputer fairy. ✨
  ✨ Pays the ComputerFairi.es bills. ✨
✨ Sparkly✨shellscript✨princess. ✨
    ✨ Age: Mere days younger than ✨
✨ the Intel 4004 & Unix 1st Edition. ✨
       ✨ Follow requests welcome. ✨
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Oct 17, 2018, 17:47

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

The Internet is held together by duct tape, bailing wire, & unicorn farts.

@JulieSqveakaroo I just noticed. It looks like they pulled the story.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 17, 2018, 17:22

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**Isobel** @offtheball@wandering.shop · Oct 17, 2018, 17:22

Oct 17, 2018, 17:22

Isobel @offtheball@wandering.shop

Windows: This program is not responding.
Me: Okay, end it.
Windows: The crash recovery tool is not responding.
Me: Okay, end that.
Windows: Nah, you're gonna have to reboot.
Me: But everything else is working just fine.
Windows: No email until you reboot.
Me: Fine, reboot.
Windows: Please wait while I install updates.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 17, 2018, 16:46

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**Sam the Octopus** @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es · Oct 17, 2018, 16:46

Oct 17, 2018, 16:46

Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

Okay, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission is surprisingly good on twitter

Yes, this is an actual tweet they sent https://twitter.com/USCPSC/status/1046121007067607040

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 17, 2018, 09:01

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 17, 2018, 09:01

Oct 17, 2018, 09:01

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

It's time for another "Good Idea, Bad Idea"

Good idea:
Being excited at 9pm because you won a ticket for a good & delicious free coffee.

Bad idea:
Being excited at 3am because you cashed it in right away & drank the free coffee.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 17, 2018, 07:04

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**Em Grasmeder** @egrasmed@toot.thoughtworks.com · Oct 17, 2018, 07:04

Oct 17, 2018, 07:04

Em Grasmeder @egrasmed@toot.thoughtworks.com

This is the most absurd code thing I've seen in a long while. Tetris programmed in Conway's Game of Life:
https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/11880/build-a-working-game-of-tetris-in-conways-game-of-life

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 17, 2018, 06:52

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 17, 2018, 06:52

Oct 17, 2018, 06:52

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@natalie@masto.ninja Is the serial terminal a DEC, Wang, or other glass teletype? If no, it still counts. If yes, it's cyberpunk af.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 17, 2018, 01:00

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**animal ear girls bot** @kemonomimi_bot@mastodon.social · Oct 17, 2018, 01:00

Oct 17, 2018, 01:00

animal ear girls bot @kemonomimi_bot@mastodon.social

http://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/3054984
source: https://twitter.com/motokazu95/status/974105478778122240

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 16, 2018, 23:20

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**Jessica🏳️‍🌈** @ticky@cybre.space · Oct 16, 2018, 23:20

Oct 16, 2018, 23:20

Jessica🏳️‍🌈 @ticky@cybre.space

User: ugh I’m so authenticated

Server: hi Authenticated, I’m Server
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RT @svblxyz@twitter.com
libssh authentication bypass in server code - CVE-2018-10933. 🔥 https://www.libssh.org/2018/10/16/libssh-0-8-4-and-0-7-6-security-and-bugfix-release/
https://twitter.com/svblxyz/status/1052241153737678849

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 16, 2018, 19:36

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 16, 2018, 19:36

Oct 16, 2018, 19:36

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

New av made by a cute generator. I'm not a fan of circle avatars, so I post-edited mine. (redraft, now with 100% more picture) http://charat.me/profile/create/

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 16, 2018, 18:22

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**traabot** @traabot@botsin.space · Oct 16, 2018, 18:22

Oct 16, 2018, 18:22

traabot @traabot@botsin.space

being a supportive transgirl 101 https://redd.it/9onsza

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 16, 2018, 16:50

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 16, 2018, 16:50

Oct 16, 2018, 16:50

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@embr@queer.af 'base-spotting.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 16, 2018, 01:29

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**eaon, compost in training 🌱** @eaon@chaos.social · Oct 16, 2018, 01:29

Oct 16, 2018, 01:29

eaon, compost in training 🌱 @eaon@chaos.social

Oh hi Free Software/Open Source! Have you met Microsoft?

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 16, 2018, 05:17

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 16, 2018, 05:17

Oct 16, 2018, 05:17

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@maple The neighboring outlet is making the same face I'm making.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 16, 2018, 05:14

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 16, 2018, 05:14

Oct 16, 2018, 05:14

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Good to know I'm not imagining the unusually huge temperature swing, & maybe good to know I've got at least another 3 days of it I have to endure. I'm about halfway between those dots at the bottom that say "Datil" and "Socorro." ❄️

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 15, 2018, 23:19

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 15, 2018, 23:19

Oct 15, 2018, 23:19

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@zac I remember just wasting time in my college's NeXT computer lab watching InnerSpace savers.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Oct 15, 2018, 19:04

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**seldo** @seldo@mastodon.social · Oct 15, 2018, 19:04

Oct 15, 2018, 19:04

seldo @seldo@mastodon.social

App Academy have launched a $0 plan for their entire curriculum: https://open.appacademy.io/ This could be an amazing way to break into tech if you've got time but limited cash.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 15, 2018, 22:32

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 15, 2018, 22:32

Oct 15, 2018, 22:32

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

colors, tools, accessibility

I spent the last few hours playing with some color tools that together let me choose page link colors both complementing the text & background /and/ conforming to the WCAGs by the W3C Web #Accessibility Initiative. #a11y

Color Calculator: https://www.sessions.edu/color-calculator/

Color Contrast Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

ColorHexa (which has a colorblindness simulator): https://www.colorhexa.com/

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 15, 2018, 20:21

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 15, 2018, 20:21

Oct 15, 2018, 20:21

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Toot

@Phorm They forget where Doom got his doctorate.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 15, 2018, 20:03

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Oct 15, 2018, 20:03

Oct 15, 2018, 20:03

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Can it please not go from a decent Autumn to a Winter storm that rains a fine icy mist? I really don't like my windshield suddenly icing over mid-commute despite wipers going full.