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What makes CrowdStrike so ubiquous that their error created such catastrophe?

AI is like a hammer

Any tool can be a hammer if you use it wrong enough....

Non-Communist of Lemmy , what Billionair do you root for ?

Here's why modern gaming suuuuucks.

So when I was a kid in the 80s, I would always get SUPER excited for getting a new game....

My (re)discovery of roguelites

I don’t really like roguelites. At least I always thought. The only one I really tried was the Binding of Isaac. I never progressed far, I never really got the hang of it and had a lot of unsuccessful runs. I finally gave up on it. So I went for years without trying new ones. Until Hades. I played it quite a lot and had a lot...

How did we switched from "Dinosaur are giant lizards" to "Dinosaur are giant birds"

When I was a kid, I learned about Dinosaur being “giant lizard”, and it’s been may-be 10 years, that I hear “Birds are dinosaurs”....

Have you ever owned a rare or unusual car?

I had a 1971 Toyota FJ40, and built a 1992 supercharged Camaro with a mini blower. Those were my coolest, but also a couple Fiero’s, a Z32, and an E30....

Dinosaurs wouldn't be that popular if they were small like dogs

Alternative title: Dinosaurs wouldn’t be that big if they weren’t that big

Any good Debian-based OS for a laptop?

I’m planning to put Debian-based operating system onto my Surface Laptop Gen 1, following the guide (linux-surface). Any good Debian-based Linux recommendations? For now I’m considering AntiX (lightweight debian) and normal Debian....

What are your thoughts about H5N1 "bird flu"? Are you doing anything to prepare? Think it's overblown?

I've decided to switch to Linux Mint, but i have a lot of pirated games. How to play them with all the cracks and stuff in linux?

I have decided to switch to Linux Mint from windows. I don’t use computer for work that much. And for my personal use I’m switching to Linux Mint. I have heard a lot about it. So giving it a try. I know about emulating windows in linux to play window games. But how do you use cracks and stuff?? Does emulating also access my...

How are Book Bans Constitutional?

I know Florida, Texas, and other counties have tried and succeeded to ban books, I wonder how that is even legal since we have the first amendment. I tried doing research on this since Huntington Beach is banning books and people were petitioning against that at the main library....

You wake up from a coma that started back in 2004. What music artist/band/group are you most surprised (good or bad,) by the direction they took musically over the last twenty years?

A pinned post in a one of the biggest communities is celebrating death. How is that possible?

Even though it’s against main lemmy instances rules...

What is the best model of used ThinkPad to purchase?

I’m thinking of picking up a used ThinkPad on eBay for cheap to serve as my daily driver. I’ll likely run LMDE, and primarily use it for web browsing, office programs, coding, and FreeCAD. Any recommendations on which model would best hit the sweet spot of capability vs price?

Patient gamers, what are your favourite city builders?

As Cities Skylines II still isn’t worth it (the sub has a regular thread about that, in summary: no it’s not: old.reddit.com/…/is_cities_skylines_ii_worth_it_m…) which games scratch your city building itch?

Extremely positive experience with Waydroid

I used to hate android emulators, since the ones I’d tested on Windows were ad-ridden, slow bloatware....

What are your go-to YouTube channels to fulfill your Tom Scott itch now days?

Is anyone using PixelFed? How is your experience so far?

If someone were to call you a "full stack" developer, would that feel like a complement or an insult?

I know managers love that term, but I think I’ve come to hear it as an insult… Sorta like being called an unprofessional “jack of all trades” budget handyman that does everything mediocre…

Gloves should be a requirement to keep in a glove box.

Otherwise it defeats the purpose of calling it a glove box. If gloves are not in this box it would be more accurate to describe that volume as a passenger compartment.