**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 22, 2018, 03:24

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 22, 2018, 03:24

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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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. ✨
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✨ the Intel 4004 & Unix 1st Edition. ✨
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Sep 22, 2018, 03:24

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I left the ZX81 alone in the kaleidoscope program, and after the same long delay, it started the weird colors again. I turned the TV off and back on, and not only were the colors still there, the TV took most of a minute rolling, fading to & from static, alternately showing something & "no signal," to sync with the ZX81's signal again.

Now I've got to either dive into uncharted territory (the RF modulator) or look at a composite mod. Help & pointers appreciated.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 22:40

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 22:40

Sep 21, 2018, 22:40

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Hot take!

Light the blue touchpaper, then retire to a safe distance.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Sep 21, 2018, 22:30

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**Devine Lu Linvega** @neauoire@sunbeam.city · Sep 21, 2018, 22:30

Sep 21, 2018, 22:30

Devine Lu Linvega @neauoire@sunbeam.city

#plan9

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 22:07

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 22:07

Sep 21, 2018, 22:07

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Is everyone on another instance an NPC now?

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Sep 21, 2018, 21:57

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**Pandora** @pandora_parrot@beach.city · Sep 21, 2018, 21:57

Sep 21, 2018, 21:57

Pandora @pandora_parrot@beach.city

(+) meta

One of the weird things here is that a lot of people misunderstand the federated timeline. They think it represents the whole world, or some subset of it. It's not. It's just the world your instance knows about.

There's actually whole worlds out there in the fediverse that are nothing like our world here.

When we talk about how "mastodon is so awesome," what we're really talking about is our little corner of it. And that is something I love. :)

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Sep 20, 2018, 23:08

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**dani little ponie ** @00dani@vulpine.club · Sep 20, 2018, 23:08

Sep 20, 2018, 23:08

dani little ponie  @00dani@vulpine.club

people are giving and receiving Headpats at incredible speeds ... and it is all thanks to the humble computer chip

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Sep 19, 2018, 03:55

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**Now @Lumb@lamp.institute** @lady_lumb@dragon.garden · Sep 19, 2018, 03:55

Sep 19, 2018, 03:55

Now @Lumb@lamp.institute @lady_lumb@dragon.garden

*most of mastodon piles into the box*

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 17:35

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 17:35

Sep 21, 2018, 17:35

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I have an old 286 with both FDD sizes I needed to clean up anyway. The HDD was already formatted & empty, so I installed DOS on it (verifying my DSHD floppies work), & I'll bring in a bunch of DSDDs to make one bootable & sneakernet the installed OS over.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 16:46

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 16:46

Sep 21, 2018, 16:46

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Aw, crap, these are DSHD disks, and my PC's only drive is DSDD.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Sep 21, 2018, 12:01

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**Jess** @Cr0wnless@yiff.life · Sep 21, 2018, 12:01

Sep 21, 2018, 12:01

Jess @Cr0wnless@yiff.life

We need more spaces for trans masc folks. We need them to feel welcome, and we need to support them, especially during their transition.

Even I admit I could be doing better. I keep trying to. I want to learn more about it, not just through medical documentation, but experiences of people who have gone/are going through it.

Call me out if you feel I'm ever being insensitive to something trans masc folks go through, please!

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 16:29

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 16:29

Sep 21, 2018, 16:29

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

My sandwich of 5.25" MS-DOS floppy disks order came with a free side of 512 MB RAM stick because MS & eBay require all OEM software to be distributed with hardware. All it's missing is a bottle of Jolt.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 13:39

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 13:39

Sep 21, 2018, 13:39

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Cursed image? Blessed image?

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 13:15

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 13:15

Sep 21, 2018, 13:15

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

I have a 1.6 GHz desktop computer made in 2017 that takes longer to pass POST than the 4.7 MHz desktop computer made in 1981 that it's a long-descended clone of. I don't know where we went wrong.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 04:06

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 04:06

Sep 21, 2018, 04:06

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Spell check & grammar check can't catch every error journalists make.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 04:03

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 04:03

Sep 21, 2018, 04:03

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

"It appears that Liu may have gotten hold of the hotel chain's data when a developer accidentally uploaded part of its database on GitHub." https://www.zdnet.com/article/chinese-police-arrest-hacker-who-sold-data-of-millions-of-hotel-guests-on-the-dark-web/

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**Devine Lu Linvega** @neauoire@sunbeam.city · Sep 21, 2018, 03:19

Sep 21, 2018, 03:19

Devine Lu Linvega @neauoire@sunbeam.city

I fell down a hole I might never crawl out of.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 03:03

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 03:03

Sep 21, 2018, 03:03

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

LB: Langoliers, skill level, "That wasn't a nightmare, *this* is a nightmare!"

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Sep 21, 2018, 03:00

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**WritingPrompts** @WritingPrompts@mastodon.social · Sep 21, 2018, 03:00

Sep 21, 2018, 03:00

WritingPrompts @WritingPrompts@mastodon.social

You get on a plane and fall asleep after takeoff, but when you wake up, everyone has mysteriously disappeared and you are the only person on board. No one is flying the plane.
#writingprompts #writing

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 02:57

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Sep 21, 2018, 02:57

Sep 21, 2018, 02:57

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Well, that's a new one... I left it alone for a while, then when I went back, it was doing this weird coloring thing. I started a game then took a photo: