Pinned post

Welcome to Computer Fairies, where the ✨​sparkles✨​ are lively fairy dust, not lifeless AI slop.

Pinned post

Don't blindly believe everything you read online, tempting as that is. Do your homework first. This video series will help you do it well: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8d

Show thread
Pinned post

Remember to pop your filter bubble every so often. If you think you're not in one, you're trapped in one and in for a rude awakening.

re: %s 

Sat Jun 2 03:57:02 UTC 2040

Sat Aug 19 23:17:06 UTC 1967

Show thread

really got this one in right under the wire before they start removing 486 support from linux

Show thread

With Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux you can run all your favourite Windows and Linux apps side-by-side with a modern Linux kernel running cooperatively with the Windows kernel in ring 0. And unlike modern WSL, no hardware virtualisation is used so even your 486 can run it!

Please enjoy, I think this might be one of my greatest hacks of all time

codeberg.org/hails/wsl9x

Some furries: "hehe I'm furry trash"

Me: "yiff-raff"

re: %s 

FreeBSD: date -j -f %+ 'Sun May 3 03:09:37 UTC 2026' +%s

GNU: date -d 'Sun May 3 03:09:37 UTC 2026' +%s

Show thread

don’t forget to do this when your server is sad

I, FOR ONE, WANT TO BE PART OF THIS INESCAPABLE GRAVITY WELL OF IMMISERATION:

theonion.com/at-long-last-info

They may have networked drones and killer robots but we have trans people with ten year old ThinkPads so honestly it's not even close to a fair fight.

@th they used to have an egg vending machine in the town my parents lived in; it was purely mechanical, and declared eggs "fresh from the hen to you daily". it was called the "egg-o-mat", and [googles briefly] OH SNAP THEY RESTORED THE EGGOMAT

mrlocalhistory.org/warren-eggo

Asexual who greets their allo friends with "`Sup, fuckers."

Them: COVID is here to stay!

Me: Gotcha, assume it's omnipresent given rates of asymptomatic spread while I continue steadfastly refusing to join the nihilists.

[Later…]

Them: AI is here to stay!

Me: Gotcha, assume that everyone around me is happily faking everything they do while I continue steadfastly refusing to join the nihilists.

"EU staff banned from using AI-generated content in official communications"
Can confirm - we don't use AI generated images on our socials for instance.
politico.eu/article/brussels-e

Show older
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!