At work, remembering who has what in their drink and not getting them mixed up was becoming an issue. So I thought: personalised mugs with drinks orders on the side! They were awesome and my colleague did the avatars ☺️
Basically #wholesome#computing#memes that test #video and #audio modes of hardware - like #cowsay on MDA, XKCD on Hercules, ... Johntron "Why would you do that?" on Speaker, AdLib, COVOX Speech Thing /Disney Sound Source, SoundBlaster, MIDI, ...
That would be cool...
Ideally also with a routine to test said hardware and save the working configs (Ports, IRQ & DMA) in a text file.
There’s a lady in my office building who has an uncanny resemblance to a lady I used to work with at another office. One time I smiled at her and went ‘hey!’ cuz I thought she was her. Now she always gives me the most enthusiastic smile and wave when I see her 🥹
Commander #MikeJohnson is so proud that his 17-year-old son never #masturbates! He knows because he installed incredibly #creepy#Christian monitoring #software on all his family's devices, and gets a notification if his boy is spanking the holy ghost. What a totally normal arrangement this family has! So #wholesome! So #Biblical!
It might seem like the most basic thing to mention but there are new folks joining all the time & so there may be people just learning:
you can follow hashtags on Mastodon, just like you can follow accounts. just click a tag to open the link & then look for the (small) 'plus' or 'follow' button, location might depend on your app or UI but top-right-ish
This is Ashurbanipal. He invented the open-source technology for running an empire!
He didn't add any DRM to the code, or copyright the state as a form of social organisation. This allowed other empires after the neo-Assyrians to also conquer vast territories.
If you search for a positive Sci Fi book based around an interspecies crew that forms a really nice family traveling space together, please read The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet from Becky Chambers.