Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Periodic reminder: malvertising on otherwise-trustworthy websites has been such a large problem for years, and shows no sign of getting better, that an ad blocker is Internet security software.

If a site you visit asks you to disable your ad blocker, take it the same way you would a demand to disable your antivirus just to view their site.

@squirrel *hugs the fluffy robot*

@squirrel The robot is, um, wired.

What's the cute animal that makes clacky-clacky sounds when you stroke it? :3
https://twapa.deviantart.com/art/A-typewriter-146084888 https://computerfairi.es/media/zk6aX7j8BNaBnGKaaqE

Move over, Remy, I just found the COOL typewriter! :V https://computerfairi.es/media/CAUNrsVL_O8EITN_llY

How to lose my interest in your program before I click on anything on your home page:

"Web browser with built-in ad blocking"
- Go on...

"On slow/expensive connections, block scripts & images"
- Now you're talking!

"Fast and efficient"
- So it's a small GUI Web browser? I can use one.

"Written entirely with CSS & JavaScript using Electron"
- Wait, hold up!

"Try our browser now! [_Download_]"
- Okay, this I gotta see.

*"Download" changes to "Requires MacOS" on hover*
- WAT

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz I'm on the lookout for the same.

@ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz You and me both, but with a different list of specifics.

@kara_dreamer Digital libraries can be good if you understand you're renting for a one-time fee and with some conditions, but that's the rub: You're renting, not buying.

@kara_dreamer You have to figure out where to put a paper book when you're done reading it, but Amazon won't repossess it if they think you did something you shouldn't (and probably didn't) before you finish reading it.

@squirrel It doesn't help that the server end is so frustrating, but we do genuinely appreciate that as well.

@squirrel The number and variety of small instances is one of the network's greatest strengths. You are providing a great service, and we love you for it. We could choose anywhere managed by anyone, and after weighing all our choices, we chose here, a place cared for by you.

I got excited and found what looked like a candidate manual typewriter for easy conversion to any layout imaginable, the Sears Easy Touch from the mid-'60s. The slugs just slide right on and off. Then I saw its price and a typing sample showing off its build quality. Shame.
http://type-writer.org/?p=3417
https://computerfairi.es/media/ATuJ_mdkjBMYYDZ1Ogw

I spent 15 years trying to touch-type Sholes (qwerty), and I almost can, but I never got above 20 wpm. It's been 15 years since I switched to touch-typing Dvorak, and my speed is well over 40 wpm on an absolutely terrible, error-prone day now.

I want a typewriter with the Dvorak layout, but they're as rare as hens' teeth.

There's a place that converts typewriters, but only Selectrics. They're excellent typewriters, but my goal is a manual over an electric. Besides, nearly $1,000 for purchase, conversion, and shipping is quite an investment.

A Blickensderfer with the non-qwerty Blick keyboard would also be nice if it's in good enough condition to be a weekly workhorse.

https://computerfairi.es/media/EyG0umdj4K5M7ARVOFY

LB: I would love to see Gordon Ramsey's meltdown on seeing pizza on pineapple.