Commented - kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Is creating throwaway accounts on lemmy bad?

I was wondering whether that could cause issues for the limited servers available, like when the mass migration from reddit happened. Would it be bad to add more accounts that would be mostly dormant? And if one does create a throwaway would it be better to delete the account afterwards.

How did we come to say something courteous to someone after they’ve sneezed

How/why did saying things like bless you or gesundheit start? And when?

A fat chance and a slim chance are the same thing

How to share services with non-techincal friends and family

I have a Jellyfin server, NextCloud instance, etc that I share with friends and family. Currently, I serve them over the open-internet using Cloudflare tunnels. Obviously this has some security implications that I don’t love. Also recently one of my domains got flagged as malicious by google and now Chrome browsers won’t go...

What budget gaming laptops work well with Linux?

I’ve seen stuff about Nvidia cards not working well with Linux, is that true?...

Whats your preferred codec?

I’m currently in the process of re-downloading everything on x265 because of the smaller files sizes. Whats do you guys think? Also has anybody experience with Tdarr?

How do you deal with communities that don't interest you?

So, how do you deal with communities that don’t interest you? I personally block them, because I don’t like them popping up on my All feed, but at the same time I don’t want to switch to Subscribed because a new interesting community might pop up....

I pronounce there and their differently

and I can’t really describe how. Their is more like a they with an r on the end.

Has the time since the invention of agriculture been long enough for any evolutionary changes to occur, and if so, what are some of those changes?

Edit: I meant specifically humans.

Fortnightly Recommendations Thread: What is worth a try?

Let everyone know below a game (6+ months old), that you have played recently, are currently playing or intend to play soon. If it’s currently on sale, a link to the sale & price would be great.

Is there a way to have less "racial blindness" when consuming asian media?

The title is shit and confusing, so let me explain....

Raspberry Pi 4 replacement

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with 8GB of RAM, and I’m looking for a bit more powerful solution that would have similar power consumption. I would like to host a Minecraft server, but chunks take too long to generate. Do you have any recommendations?

Is it worth switching to BTRFS for the average user?

I’m having trouble understanding all the benefits of BTRFS and how they’ll apply to me....

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of August 13th

Forgot to post this yesterday oops :)...

Any tips for men attempting to hide nipple piercings?

Thinking about having my nipples pierced. However, my main source of doubt is that it would be very visible when using a T-shirt…...

You probably can recite 2 birthday songs from memory, but only 2.

Wedding photographers, what was the sign that 'this' marriage is going to fail?

Inspired by this thread on x

Why do washing machines prevent opening the hatch just after the washing cycle ends?

Most washing machines have a timer that prevents you from opening the hatch just after the washing cycle ends. Instad you must wait for the timer to go off, usually a minute or two, before you can open the hatch....