What are some games that "spin" failure states?
What I mean by this, is instead of when you fail and are met with a game over, the game finds some way to keep it going. Instead of being forced to reset to a previous save or an autosave checkpoint, the game’s story continues in an interesting path. Are there any games like this?...
someone was alive and died the most painful way possible
My favorite Mastodon and Lemmy clients:
I was looking for a place to share my two favorite Mastodon and Lemmy clients, they are called Voyager Connect Boost for Lemmy and Moshidon for Mastodon (if you are really serious about privacy I recommend Connect still) (the official Mastodon app works fine though, you just can’t follow new hashtags from it)...
What's your most profound "small world" moment?
This refers to when two or more people encounter each other in completely coincidental fashion. You might notice your old classmate from three countries away is now your waiter in a place you had no reason to expect them in, and you might say “wow, what a small world”. You might notice two people who you know from completely...
Sorry for the potentially controversial question: is it normal for less attractive people to settle down with partners they don't find physically attractive?
Would you wear a body cam at work?
If body cams get cheaper and cheaper, companies might start asking more people to wear them while working....
[Request] Retro Recommendations
I’m trying my best to dive back into the past and play all the gems that I missed as a kid because I was either born too late or too much of a kid to consider playing them. I found myself really disappointed going back to the old mario nes/snes titles because they felt really bad to play as I’ve become accustomed to modern...
Updating BIOS via Linux ?
How to update BIOS on a system that only use Linux as OS....
What's the men's version of Victoria's Secret?
Be still my beating tastebuds
How low on avocado do you need to be to not be allowed to say that it’s guac? 3.5% will certainly do it.
*doing my best google impression* Did you mean: turn it up?
Have rock
Bonus meme...
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I hate leaf blowers with the passion of 1000 suns.
Everywhere I am there is a guy running a leaf blower. At my house, leaf blowers everywhere all day long. At work, of course, leaf blowers blowing dirt and allergens into the air. It’s such a special noise, it goes through walls and headphones so effectively. They are the most pervasive, annoying things on the planet. I hate...
Did Obama Becoming President Make People Hide Their Racism?
It felt like it was uncool to have even a touch of racism when Obama got elected and through his presidency. But since the MAGA movement, I feel like subtle and out-right racism has increased. Like a gateway was opened....
How do you handle family requests that you disagree with?
Interesting problem here. So I self host jellyfin, happy to share my (owned) movies with my family. Well, my mother has asked me to digitize her collection too and have me host it. Originally, fine, you give your movies to me, I host them, same thing....
Opinions on KDE Plasma 6
A colleague sent a video of a murder at work today and I'm still seething. What rights do I have? (UK)
It’s already well known at work that I don’t just not like gore videos but that I hate them and actively avoid them....
How is MX Linux reigning #1 on Distrowatch?
Please don’t get me wrong, this is not meant to be rude slander. MX Linux is not a bad Distro at all (even tho I’ve always opted for Debian instead) and peops are free to use what suits them best....
Does enshitification happen because companies are publicly-traded?
Isn’t that a prerequisite for enshitification? Publicly-traded companies are required (by law, I think) to maximize profits for their shareholders, even if that means utterly ruining their original product (Reddit, Boeing, etc.), yes? What do you think?
Why is Matrix mentioned more often than XMPP in self hosted forums?
I’m looking into hosting one of these for the first time. From my limited research, XMPP seems to win in every way, which makes me think I must be missing something. Matrix is almost always mentioned as the de-facto standard, but I rarely saw arguments why it is better than XMPP?...
Parents of lemmy, at what age did/would you give a smartphone to your kids ?
How to revitalize this sub?
I love the original patientgamers subreddit so I was stoked to find this community. And because lemmy seems to have a more knowledgeable crowd any topic I posted here had great engagement and discussions, despite the small community. I am too busy to be a mod but maybe I can help by sparking this discussion: what would be needed...
Well, the eclipse came and went, and the world didn't end. What did we do wrong?
How can we secure a solar eclipse induced apocalypse next time? More virgin sacrifices? Less? Virgins are quite abundant these days. We could go either way…