benjbrandall ๐Ÿ’พ

@benjbrandall
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Writes on internet culture, open source software and digital art
linux for all
laser-beam magenta coupled with the brightest possible cyan #RelationshipGoals (๐Ÿฆ ๐Ÿ”—: https://twitter.com/euanc/status/1062914381933998080 )
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โ€œWelcome to PowerPoint!โ€

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Windows NT 4
Hotter take: 'ambient computing', 'internet of things', and 'ubiquitous computing' all pale in comparison to my favorite goofy term for this tech: 'everyware'
There are now Mastodon share buttons on the @fsfe websites. ๐Ÿ˜‰

PSA: If you're a #maker, please, if you can, design your stuff in the #openstructures grid! Modularity makes things so so much more sustainable, by making them easy to repair, customize, repurpose, and reuse - but the benefits only come with widespread adoption

https://www.openstructures.net

Please boost this if you support sustainable inventing!

In the NEWS file of GNU Hello:

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Version 1.1 (16 September 1992)

* Zork output compatibility has been added.

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unable to connect to wifi on Ubuntu 18.04.1 using wicd 1.7.4?

restart the damn machine 5 times and smash all the f keys, this is the official fix

@grainloom and if you follow @alt_text it will remind you to use it everytime you dont

Hey people, I've been noticing the number of posts with alt text going down. It might be because of all the new users who haven't learned about the feature yet, so for them and everyone:

yall should use alt text when uploading images! what are they??? hover over the images to find out! why are they good? the tldr of it is that visually impaired computer users exist and it helps them navigate the INFOBAHN better