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Bewildered Dad. Dirty old man. He/Him/They/Them, not fussy. Big, autistic daftie. Crisps Influencer. Beard Person.

I like old computers, video games, and swearing. :guffo:

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guffo_at_topspicy.social@mostr.pub

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Last Notes

2024-09-02 12:50:43

The new AI sponsor of NaNoWriMo says not writing your novel with AI is ‘classist and ableist’.
Counterpoint: Internet person, Guffo, says that any creative challenge where the sponsor is an AI company trying to shame people into using the Plagiarism Engine to do their creative work for them can suck his nuts and buttcheeks.

2024-08-02 23:47:48

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@npub1up2…k6en I’ve got one and I *wish* the screen was backlit

2024-07-16 21:18:53

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@npub1mnp…932u UGH no thanks. As someone else posted: Why should I read something that no one bothered to write?

2024-07-05 11:46:39

America: This is our Prime Minister winning his seat in parliament
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/112/733/710/070/145/970/original/35fa8ce50f8e6ac2.jpeg

2024-06-28 09:08:46

I just saw the highlights of the presidential debate. Holy fucking shit, Biden's head's gone.
Trump's going to win, isn't he?

2024-06-22 13:51:24

My son and his friend are in my lounge. It's all skibidy rizz this and ohio gyat that. I've told them both that they talk a lot of "utter shite" but they called me a bumbaclaat.

2024-06-13 09:49:57

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@npub1nk4…us2w That feels low to me, but I guess I can’t argue with Science

2024-06-11 17:30:12

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@npub188q…3jlx I do like macOS a lot, but I'm very glad about my old ThinkPad running Debian right now.

2024-05-29 22:47:30

Re: ICQ shutting down.
I know it’s not PROPER ICQ because you’ve not been able to log in with your number for years, but I am a little sad it’s going.
I met my wife on ICQ via the “random user ID” button and now I have two kids.

2024-05-29 16:22:09

Quite sad right now for reasons I don't entirely want to get into. Nothing major, just meehhhhhh
Why am I tooting this? I don't fuckin know. You just type stuff in the text box and toot it, don't you?

2024-05-22 10:22:44

You can't spell Copilot without "Cop"

2024-05-21 15:26:53

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@npub12ze…hunm I love Raised By Owls. I'm going to see them at Bloodstock in August!
Their Christmas song "The Santanist" is great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGE2z4ZnNwA

2024-05-21 15:21:12

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@npub12ze…hunm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf-ACPea-zE

2024-05-21 13:30:37

No thanks.
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/112/479/317/415/262/897/original/9e9ea1df0c58a3f7.png

2024-05-21 01:54:03

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You almost had it right, Microsoft. Windows 2000 was alright! It ran shit well and barely ever blue screened. Now look at Windows. A steaming conglomeration of money and data hoovering trashware that only serves the corporate overlords who foist it upon the poor saps who are stuck with it.

2024-05-16 17:07:10

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@npub17td…apfk I no longer require a Windows partition on my desktop. Everything I want to play either has a native Linux version or runs perfectly in Proton. Fantastic!

2024-05-07 12:56:19

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@npub12ze…hunm Their first, like, five albums are full of bangers. I wish I was old enough to have seen them during the 80s.

2024-05-07 12:22:40

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@npub12ze…hunm Fuck, Freedom of Choice is so good

2024-05-06 14:40:20

What if we had a search engine that only indexed sites submitted by actual people and there was a vetting process to make sure the sites weren’t just SEO/AI bullshit?

2024-05-06 12:31:41

I don’t have nightmares, I only have Stress Dreams. I reached a new level last night, where I dreamed that I’d perma-rented a room in a hotel somewhere in Eastern Europe and it was draining my bank account every day. I was trying to cancel it, but I couldn’t remember a) the country, b) the name or address of the hotel. Thanks brain.

2024-05-05 18:46:10

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@npub1up2…k6en Oh shit! I have one of these and I didn’t know this was possible.

2024-04-30 10:13:43

Auugghghghghgghhahahhahhhhhhhhhhgghghgh

2024-04-20 21:01:32

If this so called capitalism is so great, why does it outsource all its manufacturing to communism?

2024-04-18 21:53:22

My son drew this picture of “Piss the Dog”. He wondered if you’d like to see it.
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/112/294/433/535/052/731/original/f2c5f4fac77570fe.jpeg

2024-04-18 00:44:49

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I had a pencil sharpener with a digital clock in it

2024-04-18 00:36:31

Everything having AI in it now is like when everyone started putting digital clocks in absolutely everything in the 80s.

2024-04-17 12:51:12

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@npub12ze…hunm In a way, he freed us all after all!

2024-04-17 07:59:03

You know what people REALLY like, Elon? When you take stuff away that was free and then try to sell it back to them

2024-04-15 13:40:28

You know, if Microsoft released a completely stripped down version of Windows with no shitware, advertising, tracking, etc, etc, I might actually give it a go.
Something like Win 10 but stripped down to have the look, feel, and functionality of Win 2K.

2024-04-14 20:05:53

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@npub12ze…hunm It’s so fucking weird. I keep injuring myself too because I scratch myself forgetting I have talons now.

2024-04-14 18:33:34

FINGERNAILS UPDATE: I now have significant fingernails. They still hurt a bit around the edges, but they're not BURNING anymore.
Typing feels really weird. I'm probably going to make millions of typos.

2024-04-08 21:41:42

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@npub12ze…hunm That makes me think of Cystgurgle! https://youtu.be/VQ-kI-Q-ESM?si=J6G99bUaOxuSJIOj

2024-03-27 13:36:42

Every time I see the name "Super Mario Odyssey" my brain changes it to "Super Odd Morrissey"

2024-03-11 13:28:27

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@npub12ze…hunm Oh, there's loads of homebrew games for the Dreamcast, and pretty much every other console. That's not the worry.
I doubt Disney have licenced Star Wars to Some Guy for this project though!

2024-03-11 13:06:56

Countdown until yet another developer discovers that huge corporations have huge legal departments.
https://retrododo.com/star-wars-dream-of-the-rebellion/

2024-03-08 23:02:46

I’m so desensitised to World Events now, I reckon that if a UFO landed in London and Jesus rode out of it on the back of Shergar, I’d probably just think “oh, aye?” and keep scrolling.

2024-02-25 23:04:51

I need you all to know about the time my son referred to his mother’s breasts as her “wobbly friends”

2024-02-13 02:12:36

I’ve preemptively defedereated snarfed.org and brid.gy as they’re running an opt-out Bluesky/Masto bridge. I’ve no reason to believe they’re malicious, but it’s a bit of a dick move.

2024-01-30 12:34:19

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@npub1p6m…jpny Have your own shit to do and don't be in each other's hair constantly.
Trust each other until you have a genuine reason not to.
And the best advice is this, paraphrased from one of the Hitchhiker's Guide books: "You care, I don't, you win."
This avoids so many unnecessary arguments. Do you care about what colour to paint the hallway or are you just trying to win an argument? Let shit go unless it *really* matters to you.
Married for 24 years this year, so it seems to be working

2024-01-25 17:41:54

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@npub1wjw…ue5t The redirect seems to be busted. I can see the other blog posts fine.

2024-01-19 16:20:02

Considering a career change to lying down on the ground and refusing to ever get up ever again

2023-12-18 13:19:28

The Empire Strikes Back is a Christmas movie. It's snowy, there's a magic elf thing, and Vader invites his daughter and her boyfriend to dinner.

2023-11-14 00:16:34

It was nice when manuals actually gave you the pinouts for stuff
https://cdn.masto.host/topspicysocial/media_attachments/files/111/406/019/688/765/222/original/53fd4e545c230aea.jpeg

2023-11-10 11:25:42

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 As an autistic person who doesn't want to have a mandatory social interaction every time I buy a bag of crisps, this would essentially force me to shop elsewhere.
I get why it's nice for some people but it's a blow to others.

2023-11-02 23:14:17

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@npub1j8m…v5r7 I’m sorry you’re going through this. If it helps, i don’t equate the actions of the Israeli government with the Israeli people. Same with the Palestinian people and Hamas.

2023-08-17 08:31:12

Cheeseburgers are named after the city of Cheeseburg in Germany.

2023-07-11 22:16:35

Awww yeah new GNUstep Desktop. I’m going to give this a try in the morning. #linux #unix https://onflapp.github.io/gs-desktop/index.html

2023-07-04 10:56:28

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It's not about gatekeeping or elitism, it's about safety and privacy.
Many people don't want a Twitter/Facebook replacement. They want anything but that.

2023-07-04 10:50:16

I've seen that people are complaining about certain instances wanting to block out Facebook/Meta and that we should consider the "normal users" and embrace the possibility of mainstream adoption.
We have considered this and decided that certain demographics have decades of experience of being abused and harassed by Mainstream, Normal Users and having a safe haven away from that is more important than allowing Johnnie Randomnumbers to have the ability to debate their existence at them.

2023-07-01 19:43:15

If you’re new to Masto/Fedi here’s what you do: You make an account and start shitposting.

2023-06-25 13:34:41

I refer to this as “stallmanising”
Named after Richard Stallman, stallmanising is to be so obnoxious about your perfectly good and just cause, that you actively turn people against it.
Don’t stallmanise your causes.

2023-06-21 07:59:20

So, you’re telling me that the evil guy who got rich off an apartheid emerald mine, unbanned all the fascists on Twitter, hosted the election platform of a fascist, and funded a whole bunch of anti-trans stuff is now saying “cis” is a slur?
I am shocked. Both shocked and appalled.

2023-05-13 23:25:30

Well, the Fediverse can cope with a full Eurovision it seems. It has passed the sacred trials.

2023-04-06 12:14:49

The best thing about British video games from the 1980s is that they’re all called things like “Maurice Has Misplaced His Trousers” and you only know of two people who played them.