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Its sad how Wile E Coyote is remembered for his violence and not for his brilliantly realistic paintings of tunnels

Advice about loss 

Sometimes that pain will resurface in the strangest of ways, in a time maybe when you think you're done with it. That's okay, it's still part of that process. Sometimes I still have days where I can't get someone who was close to me out of my head, or I suddenly find myself in that same place of dispair or a feeling will trigger that sense of lose again and I'm in tears

It's okay

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"almost everything on computers is perceptually slower than it was in 1983"

"amber-screen library computer in 1998: type in two words and hit F3. search results appear instantly. now: type in two words, wait for an AJAX popup. get a throbber for five seconds. oops you pressed a key, your results are erased..."

Also a good bit about how interfaces destroy data, disable cross-referencing, and generally suck in all kinds of unpardonable ways.

tttthreads.com/thread/92759346

Hey I love you! I'm going to go study, so I'm closing mastodon~

I hope you have a wonderful day 💖

Something I notice quite a bit when people are trying to convince others to try Mastodon is that they put most of their focus into the infrastructure.

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federation! ✨
open-source!
decentralized!
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This is all well and good, but doesn't quite answer why someone should give their time and attention to it.

"Is it easy to use?"
"Who uses it?" "Are my friends there?"
"How do I find people to talk to?"
"Can I use it on my phone?"
"Which instance do I choose?"

hey please use content warnings and don't boost posts that are missing them, thanks

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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!