Lyra Explains: How Computers Were Made (Humor)

A well researched (lol cakes) history of computers by Lyra Alluse AKA Emma Lee Downs.

A long time ago in ancient Rome some ancient scientist type dudes were bored. So they put a bunch of wheels and cogs together into a box and did a voodoo dance.

The voodoo dance activated the cogs which turned and flipped numbers at the top of the box counting down dates. This was the world's first computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism.

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Pardon my dust.

Yes, that’s right, I’m back, though I never really left so much as vaguely sauntered just offscreen. I haven’t really been reading a whole lot of stuff, or writing a whole lot of stuff, or really even doing a whole lot of stuff for the last month. I just kind of… vanished. Played a bit of Heroes of the Storm, Blizzard’s new MOBA game… but frankly, that’s not where I’ve been.

I’ve just been gone.

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Long had mankind lived, and long had it suffered threats beyond mortal explanation. There were precious few moments when the forces of good and evil did not wage secret war against each other, with humanity as their unwitting puppets. And in times of divine crisis, the war grew more overt, bloodier, where the dominion of man grew overshadowed by angels and demons alike.

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As promised last weekend, I posted a story this week:

I Can Explain!
by Titanium Dragon

Teen, Sex, Comedy
1,033 words

Rarity explains to Sweetie Belle what the Cutie Mark Crusaders saw when they walked in on her and Applejack.

It was totally innocent. Really!

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"The Orks, a small tale of their powers: There once was an Ork ship, stuck in the void of space. From a great space battle it had just escaped, its hull riddled with holes. A good number of boyz, listening to their Kapt'n orders, were working on repairing as best as they could the damages.

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wow

holy fak

I know my existence on the site has been sporadic as fuck lately. For months I've been in lurk mode more than anything else, and this has been applying to a lot of my usual discord friend groups as well. I just wanted to let y'all know that I am (obviously) alive and that I haven't retired or quit my writing. However, a lot has gone on in my life and it is to blame for why all seems rather quiet on Ice Star's front. I'm not going to quit writing and I'd be glued to my keyboard (or at least the

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Twice a week, I’m immortal, and my brain contains the entire fucking Universe. Alternatively, I die. Zero middle ground.

Let’s talk about stress, exhaustion, and the need for a creative outlet. But, you know, in a funny way.

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im getting a haricut in over two weeks which means i have like 2 weeks to convince my mom to let me get my hair cut short

i have kinda weird hair- it can be really curly or really frizzy or somewhere in between
and i want super short hair- something similar to troye sivan's hair

or brendon urie's hair

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