**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 11, 2023, 16:57

Ariel Millennium Thornton

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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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Jul 11, 2023, 16:57

Jul 11, 2023, 16:57

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

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 11, 2023, 19:07

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**Andy Baio** @andybaio@xoxo.zone · Jul 11, 2023, 19:07

Jul 11, 2023, 19:07

Andy Baio @andybaio@xoxo.zone

4,144 people are currently drawing "The Free Movie," MSCHF's new project to "crowd pirate" a hand-drawn, frame-by-frame recreation of The Bee Movie with a built-in MS Paint-like editor. https://thefreemovie.buzz/

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 11, 2023, 23:45

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 11, 2023, 23:45

Jul 11, 2023, 23:45

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

re: Apple rant

Image source: https://www.deviantart.com/laurag53/art/Snow-White-Mac-Apple-119324715

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 11, 2023, 23:39

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 11, 2023, 23:39

Jul 11, 2023, 23:39

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

re: Apple rant

Apple's support instructions are just plain wrong because Apple changes them significantly between minor versions of MacOS.

Oh, and may the gods help you if your customer is using a perfectly functional or even pristine iMac whose only crime is running an OS past EOL, because Apple sure won't.

"Version too old? Take the extra time & effort to nuke the help docs! Tell them they should've thrown away good hardware & bought this year's model!"
Bite me, Tim.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 11, 2023, 14:41

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**bram dingelstad** @bram@gamedev.lgbt · Jul 11, 2023, 14:41

Jul 11, 2023, 14:41

bram dingelstad @bram@gamedev.lgbt

this has to be the most hilarious popup i've had ever #Obsidian

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 11, 2023, 23:23

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 11, 2023, 23:23

Jul 11, 2023, 23:23

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Apple rant

Apple has managed to make a mail application that makes me pine for the days of supporting the intentionally wonky Microsoft Outlook Express.

Apple has managed to make a documentation support website worse than the labyrinthine Microsoft Knowledge Base, mainly by filling it with support instructions that are just plain wrong.

Apple has managed to make finding meaningful 3rd-party help impossible by naming their mail program just "Mail."

How is my ISP supposed to support this junk?

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 11, 2023, 18:53

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**Jer Warren** @nyquildotorg@mastodon.social · Jul 11, 2023, 18:53

Jul 11, 2023, 18:53

Jer Warren @nyquildotorg@mastodon.social

Another great reason to describe your images, even if you're not thinking about unsighted people: sometimes during federation images get broken.

I could consume this post without needing to visit the original site 👍

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 06, 2023, 00:55

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**NowWeAreAllTom** @tom@labyrinth.social · Jul 06, 2023, 00:55

Jul 06, 2023, 00:55

NowWeAreAllTom @tom@labyrinth.social

Human beings were never meant to be on a single social media platform for life. Archaeological evidence tells us our earliest ancestors hopped from platform to platform, following the migrations of the influencer herds, moving on when the soil was too depleted to grow new discourse

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 11, 2023, 02:00

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**Hourly Kitten** @hourlykitten@botsin.space · Jul 11, 2023, 02:00

Jul 11, 2023, 02:00

Hourly Kitten @hourlykitten@botsin.space

Source: https://flic.kr/p/qyUPK
Credit: Ryan Forsythe

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 11, 2023, 00:57

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**netizen.club** @netizenclub@social.yesterweb.org · Jul 11, 2023, 00:57

Jul 11, 2023, 00:57

netizen.club @netizenclub@social.yesterweb.org

new links on the #linkcache

WeatherStar 4000+ - Web based WeatherStar 4000 simulator that reports current and forecast weather conditions plus a few extras!

The Best of The Iconolog - Dubbed "The Art of Virtual Litter", this webpage collates thousands of 32x32 OS-style icons converted to GIF for easy usage on the web or anywhere else you want.

https://links.netizen.club

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 10, 2023, 19:01

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**maple "mavica" syrup [6502]** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Jul 10, 2023, 19:01

Jul 10, 2023, 19:01

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

"Developing a BASIC interpreter on the system was difficult, because the display alone used up almost all the available RAM. The solution to this problem was to store the BASIC program code in the video RAM."

hot trans girl shit. jamie fenton is a queen

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 10, 2023, 04:18

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 10, 2023, 04:18

Jul 10, 2023, 04:18

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@mavica_again new discord server?

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 09, 2023, 02:00

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**Windows 3.1 icons** @winicons@botsin.space · Jul 09, 2023, 02:00

Jul 09, 2023, 02:00

Windows 3.1 icons @winicons@botsin.space

3000 icons - 3608

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 07, 2023, 16:49

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**The Whore of Blahbylon** @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon@mastodon.social · Jul 07, 2023, 16:49

Jul 07, 2023, 16:49

The Whore of Blahbylon @The_Whore_of_Blahbylon@mastodon.social

Sums it up pretty well.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 08, 2023, 07:51

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**ZIMA!!!🔪** @LMAOYEEN@pounced-on.me · Jul 08, 2023, 07:51

Jul 08, 2023, 07:51

ZIMA!!!🔪 @LMAOYEEN@pounced-on.me

Just got thoroughly called out by this image

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 08, 2023, 17:37

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 08, 2023, 17:37

Jul 08, 2023, 17:37

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Throw Grimace Birthday Shakes at fascists.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 08, 2023, 17:06

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**mixed berry social anxiety disorder 🍓** @monorail@glaceon.social · Jul 08, 2023, 17:06

Jul 08, 2023, 17:06

mixed berry social anxiety disorder 🍓 @monorail@glaceon.social

i'm glad the discourse evolved to "throw bricks at fascists" because for a while it was "throw milkshakes at fascists" and i could never. i'm trying to drink that

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 08, 2023, 17:34

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 08, 2023, 17:34

Jul 08, 2023, 17:34

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

@transfaeries Ah. I went into f-droid's settings & turned on automatic update & notifications to avoid that. I still have to install updated apps one at a time, but now f-droid notifies me when I can.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 08, 2023, 14:09

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 08, 2023, 14:09

Jul 08, 2023, 14:09

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

It gets better!
(And by "better" I mean worse.)
How?
Well, how about a late night outage call from a franchise manager, & discovering this amazing cause:
Someone using the corporation's authority to replace Internet that is reliable, supported, and cheap (yes, all three!) with Space Karen's bullshit, not telling anyone, & not even checking if things still worked before leaving!
The fireworks came late this year.

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