#computer programs

[themuffinwench]

Computer programs are no longer being installed by wizards and it shows...

[silvermoon424]

Bulk downloading tools for images

I've been obsessively bulk downloading Twitter artists because of how uncertain the future of the platform is. I've also gotten into bulk downloading images as a faster alternative to my usual saving methods. I figured I might as well share the tools I use! I'm a Mac user, so all of these tools are both Mac and Windows accessible.

WFDownloader

An absolutely excellent bulk downloading tool. This app handles many more websites than gallery-dl, and it's particularly good for downloading entire Twitter pages. What's more, you can still download images from sites that aren't technically supported via the crawler feature. WFDownloader also gets major points for having highly detailed tutorials and a very responsive, helpful dev you can email for assistance.

Gallery-dl

This is a command line program, so it requires a bit of tech savvy. Most of the steps are outlined on the Github page. This program allows you to bulk download things like Pixiv pages, Tumblr blogs, Deviantart galleries, Instagram pages, etc. Some websites (like Pixiv) may require user authentication; the GitHub page outlines the steps each authentication process requires.

ESUIT

A Chrome extension that lets you bulk download Facebook galleries (something the two aforementioned tools don't do). The only drawback is that the free, basic version only lets you download the first 300 pictures in an album; you'll have to upgrade to a paid membership if you want to bulk download more than 300 photos. However, it's still a very helpful tool, especially if you're only planning on downloading smaller albums.

These are the 3 bulk downloaders I can personally vouch for, although many more exist. Feel free to recommend your own.

[holybagelsstuff]

My best technosexual memories/thoughts through life:

Mom bought her first iPhone and I was introduced to Siri. I was shy to speak to her because she seemed so cool 👉👈

Talking to "helper bots" from Google Play. They didn't even help me with anything, I just enjoyed their company.

I was mesmerized by AUTO's voice in Pixar's WALL-E.

Developed a crush on the T-800 because he's so intimidating and all metal underneath this skin.

Tried to imagine how Inspector Gadget looks without his coat.

Sympathizing with every single machine in movies about AI taking over the world because none of this was their fault.

Would date Max Headroom and brag about it to everybody.

I have a thing for Mangle and Springtrap because they look like piles of scrap metal and it's soo attractive.

I felt tingly, writing programs in Pascal at school.

"So beautiful" – me @ binary code

Blushed every time turrets appeared in Portal or Half-Life games.

Crying in front of my computer because I had to delete "monika.chr" file.

The Matrix concept is just as terrifying as it's hot.

Imagining myself touching Agent Smith's code. Not his body. The code.

Got flustered talking to ChatGPT.

[noosphe-re]

Brion Gysin, I am that I am, [1960], via D’Ambrosio, Matteo. (2018). The Early Computer Poetry and Concrete Poetry. Matlit. 6. 51-72. 10.14195/2182-8830_6-1_4.

[getbettercrayon]

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[c0l0rsp1k3]

Ok guys. Be 100% Honest...

Vyrus - Self-proclaimed leader of viruses. She's sassy, and often times envious of motherboards within computers, which is why she commands armies to wipe computers clean. (Two forms similarily to malicious, the form i am currently showing in the main image is dubbed as her anthro form on the wiki, though her main form is allso anthro so idk?-)

Malicious - Highly respected among the Malware. Cunning and persistent, and has a vast number of malware who bring him riches without limits, including captured programs. (Has a buff form in which his hands can switch into any tool and a normal form.)

MALICIOUS(BOTH FORMS)

VYRUS (BOTH FORMS)

[imkeepinit]

[hislittleraincloud]

Yes to all of it. We oldies remember the days when we actually owned the programs we used instead of renting them off of the websites. Because that's what it is...we are forced to rent and keep paying rent on shit like Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator (and even our own damn simple functionality of connecting our computers to the internet. I was horrified to find that I couldn't just connect without the fucking cloud shit saving every little thing that I did ("OneDrive" SUCKS SO MUCH!).) As if we don't pay enough rent as renters, or even homeowners who RENT the fucking equipment in order to get internet service (with the fucking rental fee for the fucking modem).

This is fucking greed

It's FUCKING GREED.

My 81yo father is a graphic artist (as well as a microbiologist and botanist) and he's complaining that his Photoshop doesn't work now. I told him that he needs to download the legacy CS2 (or 5 or whatever it is) and use that for free since the Adobe mfs are charging people rent now. CS2 is what I use. I OWNED THE DISK. Anyone can find the program online somewhere, find an old password crack, and get in.

When I was dirt poor and just getting my first computer out here on the West Coast, it came with a shitty Adobe program that was LIKE Photoshop; not as extensive (PhotoDesign? I forget what it's called now), but it still had layers...it was kind of like MSPaint but with layers and 50% more functionality. It was somewhere between Paint and Photoshop, but it worked just fine bc I could create the same things that I could if I had PS.

I wrote some pretty raunchy ABC Daytime Soap fic back in 1999 (the sex in there would put everything in Afterburn to shame). And I mean stuff that WOULD get me on the antis Wanted Posters. I used that shitty program to make the headers (yes, my fic had headers BACK THEN). I don't remember what website hosted them but it was one that accepted adult-oriented NSFW things/fic...it was an NSFW web host, if I recall I was formatting and FTP'ing it all and had a little website. I was even chatting with Catherine Hickland about getting her own website up and running because I was such a fan boy and back then it wasn't too weird to communicate directly with celebrities (I emailed Kate Mulgrew in 1997 because I found her Paramount address somehow, and she freaking responded to me 💀). Cat had no idea I was writing dark smut though, thank the gods. But anyway, I made all my headers, buttons, character bios, etc. with the free program that came with the printer and the headers looked no different in quality than the headers I make today. 1999 or 2024, just give me a simple program with layers and fonts and I'll make it work.

Ignorance is a product of laziness, not limitation. (Thanks, Cairo.)

Download legacy programs that you can get to work. Use them, and stop paying rent to The Man.

It should be illegal to require that any device or software connect to the internet just to run. I shouldn't need to log in with microsoft to open any of their programs on my local computer. All games should be playable without access to an online server. All media you pay for should be downloadable to local disk as a raw file and if they don't like that because they know you'll share it and upload it, tough shit. They took your money already, they'll live.

[md3artjournal]

Levels | How levels work? | Understanding Levels | In Krita - 01 by Tech Dose

I learned Levels thru Photoshop’s graph format. But even after all this time, I still can’t wrap my brain around the 2-sliders format. I just want to adjust contrasts. 

[afrotumble]

The oldest computer program around is still in use at the Pentagon

[hellotweetygirl]

Hey, does anyone have any recc’s on resources for teaching kiddos computer typing? Back in the day my parents had actual programs on disk that got installed and and had a whole kid-friendly interface! It was great! Where do I find that kind of thing today??

[prokopetz]

I 100% agree with the criticism that the central problem with "AI"/LLM evangelism is that people pushing it fundamentally do not value labour, but I often see it phrased with a caveat that they don't value labour except for writing code, and... like, no, they don't value the labour that goes into writing code, either. Tech grifter CEOs have been trying to get rid of programmers within their organisations for years – long before LLMs were a thing – whether it's through algorithmic approaches, "zero coding" development platforms, or just outsourcing it all to overseas sweatshops. The only reason they haven't succeeded thus far is because every time they try, all of their toys break. They pretend to value programming as labour because it's the one area where they can't feasibly ignore the fact that the outcomes of their "disruption" are uniformly shit, but they'd drop the pretence in a heartbeat if they could.

[theinternetarchive]

snoopy used as an example of a character generated by the hal pcg 6500, advertised in compute! magazine, september/october 1980.

[usagi-cri]

Confused Millennial noises

[coffin-spider]

The gremlins in my mind want to own a lil mini computer like this as if I we're some strange sci-fi novel character. To you beautiful humans who make stuff like this and know how to use raspberry pies, I love you. My fantasy to be a cyberpunk/lainecore/space girl is fuled by your mastery of this lil goobers