Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

firing up my mastodon client by hand cranking it until a piston is a little bit past tdc, turning on the magneto, putting a blank 12 gauge cartridge in the receptacle in the cylinder head, and whacking it with a hammer

i will die on this hill

https://www.osnews.com/story/142677/servers-and-thin-clients-in-every-home-is-the-future-they-stole-from-us/

BASIC is a really nice language to just Get Something Done On The Computer Easy

i think more people should try BASIC dialects

Examples of things that people with average computer literacy can “just” do:

- just reboot it

- just email it to yourself [unless it’s over 25MB or contains an executable in which case you’re not gonna “just” anything]

- just use an iPhone instead

Examples of things people with average computer literacy absolutely cannot “just” do:

- just use Linux

- just run your own email server

- just replace this polished, slick-onboarding but expensive software with a foss alternative but make sure you use this fork because the official one had some drama and it’s kind of poorly maintained and also just simply be someone who doesn’t need accessibility features or just implement the accessibility features yourself in a special dialect of C++ that just needs a particular build of gcc from 1997 available on an ftp server that only appears during the Witching Hour on a new moon

- just use a VPN, one that’s not a privacy-violating scam I mean

- just set up a separate media server and torrent all your shows and connect all the kids’ devices to it and just don’t catch a virus or get scary legal threats in the mail doing this

- just refrain from decking your smug “helpful” computer-literate cousin in the face

"oh pride like pride of lions ha ha" no I mean all lions are gay

HR: "Do you have a moment? We just want to ask you about your self-assessment?"
Me: "Sure."
HR: "So, for 'personality type', we were expecting something from Myers-Briggs. You know, like ENJF."
Me: "Oh?"
HR: "You selected 'Other' and filled in, 'Chaotic Good'."
Me: "Yes, that's right."
HR: "Why?"
Me: "Because I use the term 'fortnight' as often as possible in communications in a US-based company, replace 'z's with 's'es, and convert dates everywhere to ISO8601."
HR: "Well yes we can see how that would be classified as 'Chaotic Good', but we were expecting something grounded in science."
Me: "So why were you asking for Myers-Briggs?"

#Microfiction

Ah yes, the Smasnug Galoxy S10 📱

smaller font, smoother scrolling

If you're looking for alternatives to "you guys" or "ladies and gentlemen" etc look no further