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When I fave a toot, it doesn't always - or even often - mean: "I like the thing you tooted about."

Very often it means "Thank you for sharing, I acknowledge your toot, and I think of you."

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I'm bisexual.
That means I like both kinds of people: Those who have gender(s) and those who don't.

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So apparently uBlock Origin, with which I spent way too much time today, can be used to CHANGE a site's css.
And since I'm a bit paranoid about extensions, I decided to ditch Stylus and recreate @numimyon's colorful mastodon thing in UBO! And I added a rainbow TOOT! button!

Screenshot attached, link to uBlock Origin rules here: pastebin.com/raw/0KkvhshJ

Alright, peeps, I'm moving.

It's been really great here, though!

Come see me at @tobi@tabletop.social!

The purge bullshit 

What the hell! At the train station on the big screen, every second ad (and there are a lot of ads!) is for The Purge, which is apparently a TV show now.
It's a scary looking ad for a - I assume - M rated show... in public, in the afternoon, in a place where lots of children are.

Phew! Done with a first, dirty prototype πŸ˜†
It's gotta suffice as a gift πŸ˜…

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Another rant about how useless Windows 10 is 

Maybe I can build some kind of fix with a teensy or something? πŸ€” :dip8:

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Another rant about how useless Windows 10 is 

I use a USB switch to switch keyboard and mouse between my two machines.

On Linux, keyboard and mouse are recognizes the INSTANT I switch. Same in the BIOS!
But on Windows 10 I get a popup saying a "New Device" was detected every couple of switches.
Then it takes 15-60 seconds for it to - apparently - install a driver? For a standard USB HID device? Then I get another popup saying it's "ready to use".
How do you foul this up? The BIOS does it better!?

Had to rephrase, sorry. I wrote this just after getting up and I wasn't happy with the lack of precision.

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Do you know that rare but sublime pleasure, when a warm breeze gently blows over your skin *just so*, and you feel like your every desire has been fulfilled?

I just tried to understand how the 555 timer IC works and now my head hurts.

Look, I DIG that old-school (nowadays) reward loop, okay?
GIVE ME ITEMS TILL I CAN'T CARRY ANYMORE!
And then give me more and make me go back to town to sell it all!
Or give it to my pet, like in Torchlight II!
But: Don't make me click, my wrist doesn't like that 😦

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Me: *listens to a podcast about Diablo*
Me: "Oh, Diablo was great! I should pl-
My wrist: "OH NO YOU DON'T!"
Me: "Fair. How about with a controller?"
My wrist: "Yeah, we can give that a try."
Steam: "Yo! You own Victor Vran, it's like Diablo but with controller support!"
Me: "Awesome! Install that shit!"
Steam: *installs*
Victor Vran: *looks good, controls good*
Me: "Alright!"
Victor Vran: *drops 5 items in the first hour, none of them magic*
Me: "Booooring."

birdsite link - Linguistics Survey 

Someone is writing a dissertation to try and map African-American English linguistically, and asks that, if you identify as black and grew up in the United States, you take five minutes to fill out a short survey:

twitter.com/DCJonJon/status/10

(Boosts okay and appreciated, ofc. <3)

the mere existence of billionaires is immoral

One Word; Guillotines.
Billionaires Are the Leading Cause of Climate Change - GQ
apple.news/AcHISFBN0QYyVg2mUDf

Anybody want to (voice?)chat on Discord for a bit?
DM me your Discord user ID and I'll friend you!
Or the other way around, if you want!

very general violence mention 

If someone makes a bad pun, don't jokingly threaten them with violence!
Those are not the same kind of joke AT ALL!

If someone jokingly questions your competence, don't jokingly threaten them with violence!
Those are not the same kind of joke AT ALL!

UNLESS you have already an established relationship with that person where you BOTH jokingly threaten violence, DO NOT DO THAT!

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very general violence mention 

UUUUGH. Don't joke about violence when you haven't established that kind of relationship with the other person.

Like... don't do that!

If your friends know you like to joke about doing violence to them, but are really a kind person... okay.
But don't do that to strangers!

DO NOT MAKE JOKES ABOUT VIOLENCE!

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