FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

"i bet it doesn't even work"

does anyone in the uk need their retro computer serviced/fixed/restored. i need money and i don't have a work visa #fedihire #fedihired #getfedihired #mutualaid

‪it's so cool when the the chord is angry at you for playing it. like it goes from a pleasant doooooo to a gaaaaarghhhhghghgghghgh‬

local girl discovers distortion (audio effect) and immediately becomes obsessed with it

forget wheels vs doors, do you think there are more sadists or masochists in the world? and i'm talking in as broad terms as possible, not necessarily defined kink rolls. do more people enjoy hurting or being hurt?

Linux: It's a computer now

Me: Computer, please open this file full of numbers and display them on the screen

LibreOffice [very excited]: I have just invented the smollest, cutest window ever devised. I have named it Windy

Because these billboards are just monitors rotated 90 degrees, they’re invisible to polarized sunglasses. It’s like a real-life ad blocker!

How did we get here?

In what universe does anyone think that it makes sense to be greeted by this when you open a web site?

How the heck is the average user expected to be able to understand any of this?

How is sharing my stuff with 834 partners "responsible use of your data"?!

I hate everything. (I know, I posted a similar thing a few weeks ago but this really pisses me off)

You can already "QUOTE TOOT" in GoToSocial if you:

1. have markdown enabled
2. are brave enough to write the following into the compose box

<blockquote cite="https://goblin.technology/@tobi/statuses/01HD47AEDY7QSHN5SDR4PJVYAV">
  <p>*deep drag from my comically long cigarette in its diamante holster* actually sweatry it's not a GoToSocial bug</p>
  <footer>—tobi, <cite><a href="https://goblin.technology/@tobi/statuses/01HD47AEDY7QSHN5SDR4PJVYAV">a post thereby</a></cite></footer>
</blockquote>

Produces the post seen in the image. Booya. Eat it nerds.

don't move to denmark if you want to live

update: actually europe is the best. sorry we just are. i realised if i use my IKEA KOPPLA power strip instead of my other one then i can actually connect the power adaptors for my pc, monitor, laptop, phone, other phone, watch, midi sequencer and midi module SIMULTANEOUSLY⚡️⚡️⚡️

I'm always kinda surprised that Factorio is so popular with developers, given that it's basically "technical debt, the game!"

game: this factory is technical debt in visual form. every conveyor belt is placed in such a way that made sense hours ago but now is nothing but a blight on your dreams

techie gamers: why would I play this?

game: and you get to fix it without any meetings

techie gamers: THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER MADE

Google's auto thumbnail gets the wrong end of the stick