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What are the best proprietary/paid apps for linux?

And why do you use them?

Best Lemmy App in 2024

Now that the Reddit exodus is about a year old and the client apps have matured, what’s the latest state of the above question?...

Professional Scientists of Lemmy: What is your field of study's, most complex unanswered question?

Why don't computers have "computer-numbers" equivalent to phone numbers

Why doesn’t every computer have 256 char domain name, along with a private key to prove it is the sole owner of the address?...

What's your take on private trackers?

Are they for you? Why or why not?

Piracy is so confusing these days

It was so easy when I was growing up. I would just type my search into LimeWire and if it turned out to be weird porn I would delete it. Then we had The Pirate Bay, and I could go through reviews to see whether something was a virus or not. Now all public sites I am aware of are riddled with viruses, and I am warned that...

Imagine everything humans could accomplish if we were not a commerce based civilization.

Ways to pirate music as convenient as Spotify?

The reason I gave up on MP3’s and subscribed to Spotify was because Spotify was easy. I’ve been listening “Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds” song every day and like a week ago, its removed. This was the last straw for me. Right now I’m trying to find “Stremio” of the music world. Can someone assist?...

AITAH for pirating games before buying them?

Nowadays, the absolute vast majority of games that I play are shit tbh....

Youtube ads finally got me

Looks like its over for me and youtube. Being told I cant watch because of an ad blocker....

A person comes up to you and says, "I can reverse time for just $1 per day." Do you take their offer? How far back do you go?

i.e. pay $5 to go back 5 days....

Have you ever created your own job perks?

When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have ‘2 for $x’ specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item....

What's your pet peeve in your favorite video game?

Mine is the lag in Stellaris, and lack of options to let me impact it. Like let me disable the ability for the AI to make habitats FFS!

What's a new scientific concept or technological innovation that really makes you feel like we're living in the future?

Why don't more distributions have something like the AUR when it's the main reason why so many people use Arch Linux?

What occupation requires the most education/training only to be very low paid?

How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?

I’ve been looking for a new job as a software developer. The huge majority of job listings I see in my area are hybrid or remote. I just had an introductory phone call with Vizio (which didn’t specify the location type in the job listing). The recruiter told me that the job was fully on-site, which I told her was a deal...

Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down

Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?

If so, then why?

I have 2 dozen eggs to use up

The best by date is in 2 days. I know about the water test for egg freshness so I’m not super concerned, but please give me ideas for using them up within a week or so 🥺 I’ve boiled a few and am planning to make some cookie dough, but that only counts for half a dozen.

Self-hosted or personal email solutions?

I have a unique name, think John Doe, and I’m hoping to create a unique and “professional” looking email account like [email protected] or [email protected]. Since my name is common, all reasonable permutations are taken. I was considering purchasing a domain with something unique, then making personal family email accounts for...