maple "mavica" syrup [6502] @mavica_again@computerfairi.es
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- https://maple.pet
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scourge of the fediverse, retired computer fairies founder (2017-2021), drone #6502, official amiga mascot, begrudgingly making a return to the fediverse to upset those who told us to leave. i've been here longer than you.
https://pronoun.gdn/byte?or=it, robot, check system link above, meat shell is 30yo, no minors thanks
HRT: 15/11/2015
⚠️ do not like or favourite my negative posts: https://computerfairi.es/@mavica_again/110573733959251340 you will be blocked for not following protocol
Joined Jan 2021
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reminder that if you played bluesuburbia, and have the time, please leave a review to balance out the harassing ones (about my SA).
there were a bunch of people calling to review bomb me.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2431510/BlueSuburbia/
this is my newest work in early access as it gets build, it’s atmospheric horror walking sim.
i'm overqualified for most jobs on linkedin yet they can't bring me in because mr uk government says i can't generate value for their economy without paying them thousands of pounds to get a little piece of paper ^^; http://maple.pet/tech give me money
i wish i had disposable income to just throw at these problems but sadly i've been unemployed for 2 years now and stuck in immigration limbo which means i literally cannot look for work anywhere
i'm just really upset at myself because i tried so carefully to open the keyboard membrane latch and the whole thing came out in one fell swoop and like 3 lines had the carbon pad at the end completely sheared off. in trying to fix it i managed to make it worse. keyboard membranes suck! the whole thing is still good but just the one little connector end is ruined and you gotta bin the whole thing
i'm taking donations and/or commission work https://maple.pet/commissions https://ko-fi.com/squirrel
while fixing a new floppy drive and the LED board for my amiga 600 i managed to destroy the keyboard membrane i bought less than 10 years ago and had to spend 35 pounds to get a new one 🙏 bless, who needs groceries anyway
what's your favorite thing about being a robot? — when people ask me about being a robot (honest) https://retrospring.net/@maple_syrup/a/112053007148768310
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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.
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old woman yells at cloud computing
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
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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: https://www.tumblr.com/maplesynth/744187518077009920
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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.
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" https://retrospring.net/@maple_syrup/a/112045350161697831
do you support general midi? any extensions to it? — i support general mibi and his space adventures https://bandcamp.mynameiser.in/album/the-space-adventures-of-general-mibi https://retrospring.net/@maple_syrup/a/112045176939174929
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 https://retrospring.net/@maple_syrup/a/112044610400849573
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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
are you USB 3 compatible? — the latest drivers were released in 1994 you do the math https://retrospring.net/@maple_syrup/a/112044515207925715
- website
- https://maple.pet
- new hub
- https://netizen.club
Bot
scourge of the fediverse, retired computer fairies founder (2017-2021), drone #6502, official amiga mascot, begrudgingly making a return to the fediverse to upset those who told us to leave. i've been here longer than you.
https://pronoun.gdn/byte?or=it, robot, check system link above, meat shell is 30yo, no minors thanks
HRT: 15/11/2015
⚠️ do not like or favourite my negative posts: https://computerfairi.es/@mavica_again/110573733959251340 you will be blocked for not following protocol
Joined Jan 2021
