Toots are ephemeral, subject to deletion on a whim.
Born at 323 ppm.
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.
Our pedestrian crosswalk beg buttons say "WAIT!" in a semi-urgent male voice when you press them (or wave at them closely in some cases). Meaning, wait for the light to change and the walk sign to light up.
Tonight we encountered one that said "Change password" in a non-urgent female voice. Couldn't get it to repeat that, nor give any more audible output while we were there waiting for the light to change. Pushed it a zillion times. (Usually you can push them and get it to say WAIT! WAIT! WAIT!)
In the early 90s I worked with Data General Dasher D2 serial terminals that are the inspiration for the computers in Severance. The D2 was in the printer room and was used to control the print queues. The keyboards were shit, partly because even at that time those terminals were long in the tooth (introduced 1977), and the keyboards were starting to go.
My favourite as far as looks went was the D200, from 1979. I was also able to type reasonably ok on it and used an in house Oracle Pro*C Forms application in my main job as well as monkeying around with rewriting printer queue management scripts for the new AViiON DG/UX system that replaced a pair of MV/8000 AOS beasts.
This is my self hosted #iceshrimp instance for me, myself, and I.
Related, I have a self hosted #vernissage 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 #shitpost or #meme about them from time to time. Those are more likely to be deleted sooner than other posts.
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.
@xabean Not saying this is what happened, but it is possible for the publishers to pull books you've already paid for from various web stores. Happens to Amazon too. So yes, as you found, save locally and strip the drm.
The best time to test your backups is now, before you need them.
Not just that they can be restored, but how long it will take and what the steps are to follow that plus any steps or testing needed to make the restored data accessible / functional.
@aaronmeyers I remember decoding the background signs etc in legion of super heroes. It was just English in a whacky font. Lots of fun things labeled that way in the background.
@OddJob That's me, except with the soda pop from some fast food places. They might need to clean out their lines or something. Certainly clears mine out.
Starfleet Academy minor spoiler for episode 1@acf It's very much aimed at teens from what I have seen in the first two episodes. Some hijinks, some angst. No remorse, not even a nod to it, for blowing up a bad guy's ship that surely can't have been totally uncrewed at the time?
Definitely some scenery chewing too, which could be fun but we'll see.
Startfleet Academy - spoilers - episode 1Starfleet Academy is most definitely a kids show. Well, for teens maybe?
No mention of remorse for blowing up the bad guy's ship in the first episode, cause that thing can't have been crewed only by the scavengers attempting to take the warp whatzits?
Let's just ignore that both the old and new StarFleet tend to be militaristic shoot-first-ask-questions-later and Public Relations filters to hide the wrinkled truth.
@Alice@tychotithonus 10 minutes before bed, load it up and enjoy. Right when you're getting comfy, add more raw bacon and the timer will do its magic. Wake Up and Smell the Bacon ™
