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Toots are ephemeral, subject to deletion on a whim.

I've been terminally online for ~40 years, long before the big endless scroll. I've seen things some people wouldn't believe. 1200 baud modems on fire from Usenet flame wars. I watched c-news servers stutter at the mere mention of Kibo. All those moments will be lost in AI slop, like tears in rain. Time to deshittify.
Location Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Birthday 2022-11-01
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11mo
Not to over generalize, but ... is the only generation that has a substantially large cohort who knows how computers generally work from top to bottom?

This is a about the new functional illiteracy of our times.
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11mo
Today I was reminded that some people just throw out their old computers when they get slow and weird due to malware, and get new computers, instead of trying to scan/purge or fresh install the old one. The mind boggles.
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11mo
@ghorwood I never knew that. Needs to be more widely known. Thanks.
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1y
ZAP!

I think I just carbonized the poor guy.

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1y
Prompt Engineering
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1y
Back in simpler times, I set up some mailing list software and added any spammer that found my inbox to that list, then injected their spam back to the list. This was when the majority of spam was sent from real accounts. From fields were not forged, generally.

There were clear instructions in the email headers on how to unsubscribe.

The indignant chaos of them fighting with each other demanding to get off the list and to stop sending them spam was priceless entertainment.
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1y


Hello, I'm an former etc residing in

This is my self hosted instance for me, myself, and I.

Related, I have a self hosted instance where I post things I find while wandering around with the cameras. You can find those at @another

My toots are ephemeral and might be deleted at any time.
(I run irregular sweeps of my posts and zap them when I feel like it.)

I prefer to stay away from politics, when possible. I may boost or create a or about them from time to time. Those are more likely to be deleted sooner than other posts.

Here is a pile of hashtags related to me :


(See @another)