Ella @latentexistence@mastodon.social
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- https://twitter.com/latentexistence
- Pronouns
- She/Her
A triumph of curry over adversity
Joined Nov 2016
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tech shitpost
Unsolved Problems in Consumer Computer Science:
- transferring files between two computers using a single passive cable
- separating security updates and feature updates, allowing users to install the former without installing the latter
- opening a webpage containing a video without autoplaying it
- opening a webpage without it throwing 6 different popups at you over the course of the first 30 seconds
- bluetooth
Toots from here are taking half an hour to reach toot.cat so I guess this account is still useful.
I'm in Gold in Overwatch for the first time in 6 seasons 😀
You’re really going to welcome glinner onto mastodon huh
@Gargron I’m getting desktop layout for Mastodon on my iPad. Is this a bug?
Oh weird, Mastodon is showing desktop mode not mobile on my iPad
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Found Tilly asleep under a pillow.
https://toot.cat/media/dEw21bHaMur_ycGL3jc
https://toot.cat/media/qSL9QQQ55TTbprepU44
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Tilly settling in to her new home.
[Tilly is a tortoiseshell cat with white paws, face and throat. She is flopped on the carpet by a door.]
@cassolotl Oops, I didn't mean to reply from this instance!
Although, I have seen rumours that Alienware got Threadripper overclocked to 3.8GHz on all cores so single thread won't be much slower than a Ryzen 7 1800x.
Giving Alienware an exclusive on AMD Threadripper (at least among large manufacturers) seems like a really strange decision. Threadripper is meant to be for workstations, the only "gaming" feature is more PCIe lanes for more graphics cards. https://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2017/06/alienware-e3-threadripper-area-51/
I registered an account on toot.cat but am oddly hesitant to switch over. I guess partly because I tried to switch instance once already and came back because of glitches, and don't want to mess people around again in case I change my mind.
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The mastodon stages:
1. new users flow in and are amazed and/or flummoxed by the UI and its affordances
2. some users stay, finding that they rather enjoy the aforementioned affordances, and the overall lack of twitter shenanigans
3. suddenly, you discover you have things to say on the nature of sexuality and interpersonal relationships that you never knew you were uncomfortable talking about until you came here
4. there will be hugs, for those who want or need them
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Hey to everyone who is new and registered their account on mastodon.social:
Welcome! I hope you have a good time here!
If you find that harrassment is too common or isn't dealt with thoroughly enough, you can register on another, safer server with a code of conduct.
A selection:
https://witches.academy/about/more
https://computerfairi.es/about/more
https://witches.town/about/more
https://cybre.space/about/more
https://awoo.space/about/more
https://toot.cat/about/more
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Just a heads-up from having lived through many many waves of new users: Nazis etc. will probably try to join the platform over the next couple of days when they see how much fun we're having. Don't let them drive you away. In about a week or so their instances will all get blocked and they'll be banned from any reputable servers and things will go back to normal, it just takes admins a few days to sort things out and figure out what's what.
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Ugh! This is horribly truthy.
"High Tory vote amongst over 70s is at least partly explained by mortality rate inequality between rich & poor"
So over 70s that voted Tory don't care about NHS destruction because the ones still alive have all gone private.
https://twitter.com/Bickerrecord/status/875093371995525124
#uk #politics
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- https://twitter.com/latentexistence
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A triumph of curry over adversity
Joined Nov 2016
Server run by the main developers of the project 
It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow our code of conduct!