#qa_computer — Public Fediverse posts

Prescient storyline from "2000 A.D" comic book examined in this article:

https://shelfdust.com/2026/05/25/but-who-is-the-artist-the-kenny-who-trilogy-and-the-reality-of-ai-art/

#nc_comics #nc_comic_books #ComicBooks #qa_computer #Computers

"We cannot just wing it with Microsoft!"
- Black-ish, S3,ep08.

Oh, I assure you, you can. ClaudeAnthropormorphicMidjourneyOpenAI absolutely has.

#pn_tv #Television #qa_computer #Computers #Microsoft #Chatbots #GenAI

This was kind of my experience. But it was when BBS then web forums went to Six Degrees then Friendster. MySpace was mainly great for music discovery. Then Facebook walled garden destroyed it all.

https://social.vivaldi.net/@mossman/116221454236305407

#qa_computer #Computer #WorldWideWeb #BBS #Forums

Desperately needs curation tailored for different subjects, countries, and disciplines (really liked the old dewey and loc classifications as a *starting point* for web content)

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#Internet #Library #z_lib #qa_computer #Computers

This post:

https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodop,n/116076341380952832

Got me to thinking a bit.

Aggregation (accession? Not sure if there's difference of meaning.)
Curation.
Cataloging.
Discovery.
Weeding.

The World Wide web is *great* for aggregation. Sometimes for discovery (surfing), but really bad at the rest. Also used to be good for searching -- but not currently.

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#Internet #Library #z_lib #qa_computer #Computers

This Robert Kingett story is tough love in the best way. Beautiful and hard.

https://sightlessscribbles.com/the-colonization-of-confidence/

#p_lit #Stories #Writing #qa_computer #computer

Even having lived through it, the Cory Doctorow @pluralistic book "Enshittification" is bringing to light a lot of details I didn't know at the time as I'm listening to it.

My own experience:

Flickr went to Yahoo (better now).

More about suppression than business:
LiveJournal went to a Russian company
Twitter destroyed by a fascist.

Facebook -- hate speech really took off off in 2009 when I left.

#qa_computer #Computers #hb_business #business #SocialMedia #CoryDoctorow #Enshittification

On the third of November, in different years, two important things happened.

Gojirah (Godzilla) was born.

https://floss.social/@danslerush/115486506725124439

Unix was born.

https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss/115485641665200017

Godzilla never found hardware large enough for his preffered OS.

#pn_film #qa_computer #Movies #Computer #Unix #Gojirah #Godzilla

I am now interested in companies that have somehow set things up so they *can't* be taken over by private equity.

This is hard because so many takeovers and mergers have led to the enshittitiication of companies that started out with such good intentions.

#hb_business #business #qa_computer #Computer

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I no longer am interested in products and services like I used to be.

I am now interested in companies who don't prioritize growth or pleasing shareholders.

I am now interested in companies who believe in maintenance.

I am now interested in companies who encourage their employees to be part of a union.

I am now interested in companies who consider what effects they are having on the environment.

#hb_business #business #Computer #qa_computer

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What I Iike about Mastodon.

I saw this toot:

https://beige.party/@RickiTarr/115021630271363321

Followed by this toot:

https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115021948428162829

And that simple thing made me just ducky (pretty happy) for a little bit.

#gt_humor #humor #duck #ql_zoology_duck #qa_computer #computers

For anyone else who has a Samsung Android who has disabled Gemini and thought they disabled all the Google assistant features only to suddenly have the power button not work as a power button and brings up a "try saying" menu:

https://www.howtogeek.com/729343/how-to-turn-off-the-google-assistant-power-button-on-android/

This had been irritating me since the 25th of June update, a feature I don't want and didn't ask for.

#MobilePhone #CellPhone #Computers #qa_computer #SamsungAndroid #AndroidPhone

Oh boy! A "OS update" for my Android mobile phone that yet again screws up my settings and makes things more difficult for me to use it. And a LLM feature I'll never use.

#qa_computer #computer #AndroidMobile #AndroidPhone

This was a good read for #WorldBackupDay2025 :

https://cromwell-intl.com/cybersecurity/availability/storage-longev

I knew and have this information, in different files and formats on paper and electronically, but it's really nice to have it all in one place.

#qa_computer #Computer #Backups #History #d_history #Archives #longtermArchival #Libraries #WorldBackupDay

Finished the audio book of:

"Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism" by Sarah Wynn-Williams today.

Brought to my attention by Facebook's attempt to stop it, and winning a case against it being publicized.

These people are far worse than I thought, and my opinion was already very low.

All in one place gives a better picture of what's already been revealed in public.

#t_technology #d_history #qa_computer #computers #technology #history #Facebook

Finally copied it all, saved to my own laptop and left with hers for her to copy.

I'm sure others would have an easier way to this, but I felt accomplished that I got it done.

6/6

#z_lib #Software #qa_computer #computer #Windows98 #PuppyLinux

Couldn't find the hardware detection program so turned it off and on again. Hardware detected, searched for driver on that CD.

Not found.

Huh?

Oh.

Copied to hard drive and ran as executable and searched again.

Winner!

I ❤️ love love The Internet Archive!

Tried to copy and nothing would copy. Then realized I was trying to copy on wrong part of the USB drive.

#z_lib #Software #qa_computer #computer #Windows98 #PuppyLinux

5/6

Turned it off.

And remembered the Internet Archive https://archive.org

Maybe they had older drivers?

Searched and used CTL-F to search for USB mentions in each old Windows98 page I used. Downloaded a few that might have it.

Found one that seemed promising.

Extracted it on my current laptop. Burned it to CD.

Copied from CD to Windows98.

#z_lib #Software #qa_computer #computer #Windows98 #PuppyLinux

4/6

And remembered the Internet Archive https://archive.org

Maybe they had older drivers?

Searched and used CTL-F to search for USB mentions in each old Windows98 page I used. Downloaded a few that might have it.

Found one that seemed promising.

Extracted it on my current laptop. Burned it to CD.

Copied from CD to Windows98.

#z_lib #Software #qa_computer #computer #Windows98 #PuppyLinux

5/?

So I tried the wifi dongle to connect to wireless. Probably too old to connect to modern wifi. Got an ethernet cord out. No ethernet port to connect.

Turned it off and on again, hoping Puppy Linux would detect it.

Nope.

Turned it off and on again, hoping Windows98 would detect it.

Yes!

But no driver!

Oh, fiddlesticks.

Maybe I could get a USB 3.5 floppy to USB reader? Or take it to a computer repair place?

Turned it off.

#z_lib #Software #qa_computer #computer #Windows98 #PuppyLinux

3/6

So tried to copy to USB in the USB port in the back. No USB Flash drives could be read. And I don't have a floppy drive in my current desktop or laptop.

Then I found older USB Flash drives. I found one that was only 512mb and thought that maybe it could be read.

Couldn't be found in Puppy Linux. Windows98 didn't find it.

#z_lib #Software #qa_computer #computer #Windows98 #PuppyLinux

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Long thread. 🧵

Found old 3.5 floppy 💾 disk.. 20 unused, 3 of my wife's used. One of them with old family recipes on it.

Then found an old laptop, a Toshiba Satellite 320cdt I'd forgotten I'd had. Windows98 and a version of Puppy GNU/Linux on it.

Floppy drive worked.

Oh, this should be easy.

Tried to burn a copy of her floppies to a CD. Kept failing. Copied to the hard drive in both OSes.

#z_lib #Software #qa_computer #computer #Windows98 #PuppyLinux

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Are there any other options besides Signal? Preferably libre software. Nothing against Signal, it just shouldn't be what *seems* to be the *only* best option.

#Signal #LibreSoftware #Computers #qa_computer

So two online platforms I use have implemented using LLM and to keep using them you have to agree to their new Terms of Service or delete your account.

To log on them to delete my account I have to agree to their new Terms of Service.

Which I **don't** agree with.

Aaaaarghhh!!!

#qa_computer #computer #online