What are the best alternatives to The Pirate Bay in 2023?
How is it that we hate the taste of coffe and still drink it?
In terms of kWh per kWh, by how much does greenhouse CO2 from running an air-conditioner heat up the rest of the Earth?
It is said that ACs are counterproductive in fight against global warming, in that while they may make the local environment temporarily livable, the greenhouse gases produced while making the electricity needed to operate them heat up the rest of the Earth by much more than the relief from the AC itself. By how much exactly is...
Asking for guidance on managing dotfiles in a declarative and 'immutable'(/read-only) way across multiple systems
Incoming long post, please consider reading at least the following TL;DR before commenting....
Let's get to the bottom of this: mint choc-chip ice cream....
It’s the correct flavour. Change my mind…
Team Fortress 2 doesnt launch anymore after updating my arch install
I updated my Arch install a few hours ago and I cant launch Team fortress 2 since then....
How to migrate to Docker?
Hello! I need a guide on how to migrate data from shared hosting to Docker. All the guides I can find are about migrating docker containers though! I am going to use a PaaS - Caprover which sets up everything. Can I just import my data into the regular filesystem or does the containerisation have sandboxed filesystems? Thanks!
inundated by ads on iPhone. how do i stop them?
I’m an idiot about this stuff, and I’m sure others are as well. Lemmings to the rescue?
Should one prefer Firefox PWAs (via plugin) and Firefox Web-Apps over Electron apps?
Not really that worried but rather curious about your opinions. Use what suits your demands best....
What would a society without any human flaws truly be like?
If mankind started out without any negative traits that like greed, ego, anger etc., how would it shape our civilization up to this date? Would we have created the perfect utopia or made ourselves extinct long ago? Are our flaws holding us down or are they the reason our society made it to this point?
Backblaze increases storage costs to 0.6ct/GB or 6$/TB, but offers free downloads
I’ve just received this E-Mail from Backblaze, announcing a slight increase in storage cost....
Looking for a kanban-ish thing for around the house / chores
I want to be able to keep track of certain things I (or more accurately, we as a family) need to do. E.g. paint the shed, call the people to clean the roof, pack bags for vacation, etc. It will just be shared between me and my partner. My partner is not super technical but is relatively open-minded to me wanting to do things...
using gpu with linux experience
send help
Users from China! What do you think about the CCP?
Question about data available to network management
Hello this isn’t strictly ‘selfhosted’ material but there seems to be a lot of networking knowledge in this group....
Do all fruits have bugs inside them, or do most commercial fruits in fact not have any bugs?
Best Star Trek Books
As the title says, I’m looking for some of the best Star Trek books to read. I’ve read both of The Eugenics Wars books and quite enjoyed them, so was looking for some other good ones. I don’t really care what time period they’re in, just as long as they’re Trek and pretty
Why I'm leaving Gandi and where I'm going
I’ve been using Gandi for over 20 years, almost since it was founded. Since being acquired in 2019 by Montefiore Investment and this year by Total Webhosting Solutions their service have become more and more expensive and have finally priced me out....
Metadata and torrents. ELI5?
That’s the question really. I hear the terms metadata and torrents thrown around all the time when talking about internet and privacy, but I don’t really understand them and when I tried googling torrents I was just confused. Can someone explain one or both like I’m 5?
Low dopamine computing
Why isn’t this a thing? Just turning your monitor into grayscale mode, changes the entire experience. Have you ever played a video game in grayscale? After such a long time of being used to overstimulation, it feels like being on antipsychotics. The constant exposure to multimedia, videogames and the mere display of colors...
Why do modern phones have device encryption on by default, but computers do not? Why doesn't computers also get encryption on by default?
I trapped a raccoon in my chimney. So... what now?
This raccoon has been destroying my roof and scaring my dogs at night for months and I finally had enough. I crawled out my window in my underwear with a flashlight and a Microtech Halo in my teeth (admittedly idk what my plan was here, just enjoy the imagery) and tried to scare it off the roof but it crawled down my chimney...
Can I block people and communities from and entire instance?
I just want do not see any content from a certain instance, as I prefer not to interact with them. Is that even possible? I know that I can do that on a community level, but I’m not sure if that’s account level or client level.
Cannot mount smb shared drive from the router on my Pop!_OS system. Can someone give me some assistance?
Edit: I have added the share name at the end of the IP address and now I’m getting mount error(115): Operation now in progress. I haven’t figured this one out yet either. My computer IP and the network drive IP are on the same network and within range. Both should be using the same gateway and DHCP....