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When shown the huge list of operating systems curl runs on, people often ask me which is the strangest, or hardest, operating system to keep curl support for. The answer is always, and will probably always remain: Windows.

No other operating system has so many custom, special, weird and quirky ways that require special-case solutions in the code.

ME: A rawhide book for dogs.

PETCO CEO: What's it about?

ME: It's sort of a chews your own adventure.

PETCO CEO: Get out of my office.

Announcement: Macstodon 0.3 is here! 🥳​

Macstodon is a Mastodon client for 68k Macintosh computers! With it, you can post plain-text toots, view your home and local timelines, and view your notifications!

System Requirements:
- A 68020/68030/68040 Macintosh
- System 7.1 through 8.1
- At least 1.5 MB of free memory
- 32-bit addressing enabled
- Internet Config installed
- an SSL-stripping proxy running on another machine

You can download the latest release from GitHub: github.com/smallsco/macstodon
(but please read the Read Me, I worked hard on it!)

And with that, I'm going to take a break from this project for a few days! But do let me know if you've successfully used it!

#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac

"End Homophobic Terror / Transphobia Kills!! We Keep Us Safe"
Seen in Mparntwe (Alice Springs)

Quoting something I said in a Tumblr reply:

"the problem is that I'm allergic to overly smart devices, I break out in screwdrivers"

@Patricia YAML isn't bad, you just need the right accessory on your laptop to debug. :blobfoxcomputerowonotice:

Goofus: ‘<X> is open source! Get involved, write a patch yourself! It’s easy, isn’t it? No, you don’t understand our codebase, rewrite everything!’

Gallant: ‘Hey, this is useful feedback. Mind if I add it to the set of issues we’re tracking? And is it okay — only if you have time/energy — if I ask a few questions to see where you’re coming from?'

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The number of words with the same middle 3 letters is higher than I thought.

This is a perfectly normal human town full of normal humans doing normal human things. Please move along, there is nothing to see here.

If you like daily word guessing games and vintage handheld computers, then download and play Palmdle: palmdle.maple.pet/

And if you like it, send some money to the author @mavica_again as thanks: maple.pet/

It's really nice to wake up and see the local timeline moving again.

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Computer Fairies

Computer Fairies is a Mastodon instance that aims to be as queer, friendly and furry as possible. We welcome all kinds of computer fairies!