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more train of thought:
…there’s that aspect of it too with how impermanent modern software is built to be (subscription only, cloud based, you never really own it…) that saving this old stuff is the only sense of control you have over the history of tools you used or how you digitally exist.

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a train if thought reoccurring to me is that collecting old hardware, software, or games, has the same appeal as collecting old books. you feel like you are saving something meaningful. getting rid of it just feels wrong.
i have all this very old microsoft software. it’s completely useless but i can’t bring myself to get rid of it. even tho it’s been preserved elsewhere. it almost feels like throwing away a book.

i don't think i could ever own an iphone, even if one day i ever earn enough to afford one. it just stands against everything i strive for in computers. i don't understand people who own iphones exclusively much less people who develop iphone-only applications. i wish mastodon had twitter's ground breaking feature of disabling replies because i can already hear the fanboys coming

few things will make me as emotional as the very closing of the BBC Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series with the Journey of the Sorcerer motif

over on tumblr:

do you have any stories (original, fanfic, or published work) you've been thinking about lately?

my answer: tumblr.com/maplesynth/74418751

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@puzzler@fedi.codepenguin.io @Mendie_Taoma@tech.lgbt the maintainers are racist and transphobic, among other things.

https://drewdevault.com/2023/09/17/Hyprland-toxicity.html

community members are allowed to express hateful views with impunity, up to and including astonishing views such as endorsements of eugenics and calls for hate-motivated violence.
In one particular incident, the moderators of the Discord server engaged in a harassment campaign against a transgender user, including using their moderator privileges to edit the pronouns in their username from “they/she” to “who/cares”.
This quote from the interview clearly illustrates the attitude of the leadership:
[A trans person] joined the Discord server and made a big deal out of their pronouns [..] because they put their pronouns in their nickname and made a big deal out of them because people were referring to them as “he” [misgendering them], which, on the Internet, let’s be real, is the default. And so, one of the moderators changed the pronouns in their nickname to “who/cares”. […] Let’s be real, this isn’t like, calling someone the N-word or something.

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what are your thoughts on "generative AI". as a robot and as someone deeply experienced with the inorganic life of computers. please swear as much as you like in your answer. — guillotine does not describe enough what i want to happen to the people touting mass pillagery into half-baked models as "intelligence" retrospring.net/@maple_syrup/a

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what games have you been playing recently? — the polycule has been really into void crew together. we're also finishing up yakuza 6 and really excited for the turn-based combat coming up in 7 retrospring.net/@maple_syrup/a

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do all of you assume i ever get messages or replies? lol i wish i was half as popular as anyone thinks i am

it's kinda cruel of you to keep saying that "it's ok to ask for attention" when doing so does nothing

my inbox is so lonely. do you have what it takes to satiate my attention whoring? click here to find out

Benevolent chocolate maker who lives outside the walls seeking shadow version of myself for cartchy tuns, friendship, and encherining romance. Glasgow area.

do all of you assume i ever get messages or replies? lol i wish i was half as popular as anyone thinks i am

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