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

Thin Car Paint

I bought my first new car about a month ago. I found out car manufacturers basicaly put only 1 or 2 coats of paint on cars these days, so that if you even look at the car wrong, it will scratch and you’ll have to take it in for touch up....

Anyone else feel like they've had a cold since before christmas?

I’ve got two kids and it feels like at least two of the four of us has had a cold going back to mid-december....

Future people will probably refer to this as the plastic age, like we now refer to the stone age etc

Koalawalla Woods

Hi folks! After a number of months of pondering this and having a recent incident happen a few days ago where I couldn’t find another koala community, I had decided to go ahead and make a koala community on Lemmy. Since I’m already getting a lot of people checking it out, it seems Lemmy may have been in a dire need for this...

Tilde in /usr/local/share/applications~?

I’m creating shortcuts for Syncthing, when I noticed this: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/7385aa13-aa7a-4ff8-b0c6-483f91e0eba6.pngIs there supposed to be a “~” after the folder name?

You are going to be trapped in a room for 12 hours with a mid 2000s office desktop with no internet connection and an external hard drive; what are you putting on the hard drive?

I’ve got some DOOM WADs I have been meaning to play so I would probably grab Trench Foot, Total Chaos, and the sequel to Ashes 2063, Ashes: Afterglow with a portable install of GZDoom to play them....

Looking for suggestions on a phone that will last

Hey everyone,...

have you successfully installed a custom rom / foss on a redmi 10c?

the device is so bloated

Free Firmwares (like LineageOS), Safetynet and banking apps?

Please let me know how I should deal with my banking apps in the future. I used LineageOS and Magisk to convince SafetyNet that everything was as it should be....

if the bird flu started spreading between humans, how long would you need to stay quarantined before it was safe to come out??

Im talking worst case scenario, something like Station 11 or the movie Contagion...

What is your favorite flower and why?

Red spider lily is my favorite because of its blood red hue and symbolism.

Do birds find it unpleasant to be out in the rain?

It’s cold and rainy in my city...

Anyone have favorite Final Fantasy characters? (including FFVII)

Why foreign companies like Toyota/Alibaba list on New York Stock exchange even though tokyo and others exist.

Linux GUI termserv

Due to hardware reqs we’re tossing the idea at work to replace the Microsoft termserv with Linux. Due to the userbase being all windows fans we’d need a full on GUI and i’ve been prodded towards Mint. Good idea or bad?...

Wayfair's call center insists you give them your SSN before they'll file a report for credit fraud

I just got a bill for a Wayfair credit card that was issued by Citi bank that I did not apply for. I never even shopped on that website....

What is your idea of a perfect day off?

Moving away from Nextcloud AIO, where do I start setting up a Nextcloud instance WITHOUT Docker?

Hi selfhosted! Hope you’re having a good day :)...

How fatal and painful is it if my belly gets stabbed/ripped open?

If someone suddenly attacks me with a pocket knife, for example, they’ll most likely immediately go right for my belly, since I am 6’5" tall, and stab or rip it open. Therefore, I’m curious how fatal and painful such a wound is?

Best article about XZ backdoor?

Hey, I’ve been hearing a LOT about the xz backdoor. Crazy story, but rather than reading 10 different articles about it from 3 days ago when the story was quite new, does anybody know a high quality write-up that has all the juicy details and facts? I really like in-depth guides that cover every aspect of the story....