**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 13, 2026, 15:30

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Apr 13, 2026, 15:30

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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Species: feline/phoenix (shifts at will between them)

Fairy wand currently on: GEOS programming guide

Website: https://thornton2.com/ArielMT

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  ✨ Kind 'Net Help Desk fairy by day. ✨
  ✨ Weird & furry Unix fairy by night. ✨
✨ Sometimes a retrocomputer fairy. ✨
  ✨ Pays the ComputerFairi.es bills. ✨
✨ Sparkly✨shellscript✨princess. ✨
    ✨ Age: Mere days younger than ✨
✨ the Intel 4004 & Unix 1st Edition. ✨
       ✨ Follow requests welcome. ✨
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Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

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

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 16, 2019, 05:58

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Jul 16, 2019, 05:58

Jul 16, 2019, 05:58

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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: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Mar 07, 2019, 21:51

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Mar 07, 2019, 21:51

Mar 07, 2019, 21:51

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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.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 21, 2026, 11:10

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**lina :p** @lina@ohai.social · Aug 21, 2026, 11:10

Aug 21, 2026, 11:10

lina :p @lina@ohai.social

new blog post!
https://lina.sh/blog/hijacking-e164-arpa
i hijacked some telephone infrastructure of a few islands over the span of multiple months; and accidentally logged information of a few hundreds of thousands of phone calls going to military bases in the process..

it's a really really silly story :P

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Jul 27, 2026, 08:22

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**Github Coprolite** @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk · Jul 27, 2026, 08:22

Jul 27, 2026, 08:22

Github Coprolite @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

Quoth the Raven, "Be careful with that cable, it's carrying 48 volts"

-- Edgar Allan PoE

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 21, 2026, 00:31

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 21, 2026, 00:31

Aug 21, 2026, 00:31

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

re: No-AI TTS question

I was recommended RHVoice, and that seems like the most ethical option for voices.
RHVoice: https://rhvoice.org/

The second most ethical voice option seems to be abandonware SAPI 5 voices on the Internet Archive, virtually all made in 2010 or earlier.

And I can use Balabolka's command line utility, balcon, in both Windows 7 and Wine to make the voices speak plain and SAPI 5 XML text into .wav files.
Balcon: https://cross-plus-a.com/bconsole.htm

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 20, 2026, 20:24

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**6502** @mavica_again@computerfairi.es · Aug 20, 2026, 20:24

Aug 20, 2026, 20:24

6502 @mavica_again@computerfairi.es

new blog post

what to do with a retro computer?

https://maple.pet/blog/what-to-do-with-a-retro-computer

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 20, 2026, 18:42

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**dj chicken trouble** @dj_chicken_trouble@computerfairi.es · Aug 20, 2026, 18:42

Aug 20, 2026, 18:42

dj chicken trouble @dj_chicken_trouble@computerfairi.es

dj reference feeling

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**The Iconolog** @iconolog@computerfairi.es · Aug 20, 2026, 03:00

Aug 20, 2026, 03:00

The Iconolog @iconolog@computerfairi.es

123-3E.ICO - Branded, (Spreadsheets & Accounts

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 20, 2026, 03:07

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 20, 2026, 03:07

Aug 20, 2026, 03:07

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

SlopHub AI

I found what appeared to be the perfect tool for my need on GitHub, & the code seemed slightly off but not rancid.

So I checked out the author: The avatar is a floppy disk with two notches near the shutter & barely-Latin letters. Well, crap, so just how slopped is it?

It has a .gitmodules naming a URL. Follow it down: Same author & now claude. It has a casual file committed with the author's home URL: It peddles a Discord with a DALL-E bot. Slop!

I hate that I have to do this now.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 19, 2026, 18:49

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**Anthropy** @anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz · Aug 19, 2026, 18:49

Aug 19, 2026, 18:49

Anthropy @anthropy@mastodon.derg.nz

(source unknown, was sent to me in a DM, I tried my best to make some good alt text for it)

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**dj chicken trouble** @dj_chicken_trouble@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 20:42

Aug 19, 2026, 20:42

dj chicken trouble @dj_chicken_trouble@computerfairi.es

dj thought library

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 19, 2026, 18:41

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**VAdaPEGA 🇵🇹 @ Eurofurence** @VAdaPEGA@chitter.xyz · Aug 19, 2026, 18:41

Aug 19, 2026, 18:41

VAdaPEGA 🇵🇹 @ Eurofurence @VAdaPEGA@chitter.xyz

📯The 32X Binky…

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 19, 2026, 17:21

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**David Revoy** @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org · Aug 19, 2026, 17:21

Aug 19, 2026, 17:21

David Revoy @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

The Aesthetic Rebellion

Bonus speedpaint: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/066.html#bonus

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 19, 2026, 19:27

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**jwz** @jwz@mastodon.social · Aug 19, 2026, 19:27

Aug 19, 2026, 19:27

jwz @jwz@mastodon.social

Netscape Navigator 3.0 was released 30 years ago today.

As I mentioned in my post on the 2.0 anniversary, what you knew of as "3.0" had internally been slated to be the "2.1" bugfix release, to be soon followed by a 3.0 release based on the Collabra...
https://jwz.org/b/yk-2

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 19:34

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 19:34

Aug 19, 2026, 19:34

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Dial-up ISP tale

Suddenly remembering that I saved more than one dial-up customer from meeting the same fate with the "as seen on TV" MagicJack devices sold at the nearby Walley World, shortly after Vonage faded from TV screens.

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 19:32

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 19:32

Aug 19, 2026, 19:32

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

Dial-up ISP tale

Suddenly remembering that time I had to explain to a customer why their dial-up Internet access quit working.

It wasn't because they got Vonage. Not per se.

Remember those woo-hoo "people do stupid things" commercials? Yeah, them. Vonage is a VoIP service which, like all VoIPs, needs high-speed Internet access to work.

It was because they canceled their expensive telco/DSL bundle in favor of the cheaper Vonage for phone calls and dial-up Internet.

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 19, 2026, 18:28

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**Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.** @headword@lingo.lol · Aug 19, 2026, 18:28

Aug 19, 2026, 18:28

Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n. @headword@lingo.lol

@pixelambacht

We all know Aperture Science is responsible for U+1FBB2 and U+1FBB3

#Portal #Portals

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 19, 2026, 18:24

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**Viss** @Viss@mastodon.social · Aug 19, 2026, 18:24

Aug 19, 2026, 18:24

Viss @Viss@mastodon.social

rad
less javascript in the world is a great thing

https://chrisburnell.com/html-can-do-that/

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** · Aug 15, 2026, 14:11

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**heyheymomo** @heyheymomo@socel.net · Aug 15, 2026, 14:11

Aug 15, 2026, 14:11

heyheymomo @heyheymomo@socel.net

Long distance

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 15:22

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 15:22

Aug 19, 2026, 15:22

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

AI, BitKeeper

Related forum thread: https://users.bitkeeper.org/t/experimental-bazel-branch/1213

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**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 15:20

**Ariel Millennium Thornton** @arielmt@computerfairi.es · Aug 19, 2026, 15:20

Aug 19, 2026, 15:20

Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

AI, BitKeeper

So it turns out BitKeeper is still a thing (yes, Linux greyhairs, _that_ BitKeeper), and Open Slopware lists it as an alternative VCS:
https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware#user-content-version-control

Even more amazingly, it's still being updated. However, I regret to inform that its lead dev was slop-shotted, its only side branch was slopified last Friday, and PR#15 is open to pull it into main:
https://github.com/bitkeeper-scm/bitkeeper/commit/0b292334aa83fdb434d84f3e8715a0a43e1fdac1

Some pre-slop forks already exist:
https://github.com/bitkeeper-scm/bitkeeper/forks?include=active&page=1&period=5y&sort_by=last_updated