ftl ✅ @ftl@awoo.space

Windows 10 GDR-DU will, for me, always stand for "Windows 10 German Democratic Republic - Depleted Uranium".

Fun fact: each book scanned for the Internet Archive has a unique identifier, usually the title of the item, or its first 16 characters; the volume number, or 00 if there isn't one; and the first 4 characters of the author. So:

"Are there any monsters under my bed?" she asked.
"No monsters/None," came the replies.
"Then what are you?"
"Eaters/We eat."
"Eat what?"
"Toes/Feet/Anything sticking out"
"I still have all my toes."
"Well/We wouldn't/Not monsters."
"So what do you eat?"
"... socks."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Joulery is going out of business 😱😭 but while they're still around they've got all their science-themed jewelry on sale, so get while the getting's good: https://joulery.co/collections/shop-sale

comrades my mastodon is basically dead but can you help me find other anarchists in Melbourne please? Wanna organise and take action yo

WHAT PEOPLE THINK ETHICAL ISSUES IN AI ARE: wow.... we're creating... new life........

WHAT ETHICAL ISSUES IN AI ACTUALLY ARE: techbros worshiping the almighty algorithm, not caring to look at what bad patterns the machines are picking up (racism, sexism, etc) and how to avert them, and overreliance on neural networks meaning that said algorithms are treated as magical black boxes where nobody wants to (or can, really) point out exactly how the equation works (and why it may be faulty)

George McMahon (failed assassin)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McMahon_%28failed_assassin%29

A lot of Mastodon's users joined in August last year, so now is the time of many fediversaries.

You can find your first post on Mastodon by opening your public profile with ?min_id=0 appended to the URL!

"Do you have a moment?" the empath said.
"Of course, dear," said the telepath.
"You know I can't help reading feelings?"
"Yes?"
"Please read my mind."
"If you... Oh. I don't love you any more?"
"I thought you ought to know."
"Thank you. I still like you?"
"Yes."
"Enough?"
"Yes."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Me:
My Friends: ...
Me:
My Friends: What did you do?!
Me: YOU CAN'T PROVE IT WAS ME!!!!

I close the book with a sigh. It seemed promising, but disappointingly had paradoxes in its time travel premise. I pick up my unwinder, to get the time I wasted on the book back.
*click*
I pick up a book. This one seems promising.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

now i'm in hot water with the japanese mafia

Did you know that "git checkout -" works much like "cd -" and switches back and forth between two branches?

You're welcome.

"I put my hammer down," Thor said, "knowing only someone worthy could lift it,"
"Did someone steal it?"
"Would a worthy person steal?"
"So where is it?"
Thor stared into the distance. "A dog took it."
"Won't it return to you?"
"Not while it's held by someone worthy."
#FanFic #MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories