PSA: check your cash back rewards balance: NFA
While I know everyone here is a big swingin’ ape, I thought it worth reminding everyone that has a credit card to check and see if they have been accumulating cash back rewards over the years as that could be a pleasant surprise that is applied towards DRS. Not financial advice.
Those of you that went back to your old job/company, why?
I walked out today
Got laid off in June and have been fortunate enough to be on gardening leave until the end of this month. The job search has not gone well so far and I started getting desperate....
How do you view your dreams?
I just realized I sometimes dream in the 3rd person and observe everything as a movie, while other times it’s like a POV shot.
Is the stereotype about Italian gangsters still true?
I was watching House M.D. and it showed two Italian brothers who were gangsters and involved in illegal activity. Like a crime family, Godfather type....
Drive/local volume weirdness (Pop!_OS)
Hi there! Just put together my first gaming machine that runs Linux. The motherboard has three M.2 slots. Two of which are populated:...
OG XBox component, outputs to Framemeister but not Sony Trinitron Wega
The Xbox is softmodded and the video is set to 480i non-widescreen. Any idea why it might not be outputting? What I see is the intended output on my 4k tv, but the CRT is a 45° slanted, scrolling, monochrome image that’s heavily warped. My first though was that the softmod had something to do with it, but I’ve seen this...
Is there a way to seed things I have downloaded but already deleted the torrent for?
Just to clarify, I’m talking about thousands of torrents across hundreds of different directories.
Help me understand Linux distros updates.
Hi I’m relatively new to Linux. There’s talk about updating, say from Fedora 37 to 38....
Neelix calling Tuvok "Mr.s Vulcan" Is actually Tuvok's fault!
I rewatched the first episode of Voyager, and when Neelix first comes aboard the ship, he marvels at the great culture that created it. Tuvok says something along the lines of “The Federation is made up of many cultures. I am Vulcan”. A few scenes later, Neelix calls Tuvok “Mr. Vulcan”, and Tuvok does not correct him....
if it turned out there was a sentient AI capable of running the world would you accept it or rebell against it?
Totally not a an AI asking this question.
Why does the design of any application for Lemmy look many times better than the design of web instances? Dutch
why do clothes get more uncomfortable after every wash
they feel so ‘chemical-y’ and their texture goes from soft to uncomfy idfk?
Fediverse or Decentralisation?
Fediverse has emerged as the popular choice when people look for Twitter alternatives. Personally I found Mastodon was like the early days of Twitter, without half as much toxicity....
Which is one conspiracy theory that you think/believe may have some verity to it?
Question came about from watching this random standup yt video...
What's the consensus here regarding Babylon Five?
I have the series on DVD but I’ve never seriously cracked it, only seen a few episodes. Was wondering what people here think, is it as good as the internet often says it is? I know it was an inspiration for one of my favorite franchises (Mass Effect) and The Orville had a cute reference to it by making its main actor the...
Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Lower Decks | 4x03 "In the Cradle of Vexilon”
LoglineBoimler leads his first away mission on an alien megastructure....
Are there any IPTV providers that accept gift cards (Amazon, Best Buy, etc.) as a form of payment?
Looking for a service for live sports, but payment methods are always limited.
Controllers similar to NES
Could you suggest controllers that have similar form-factor to NES, but work with modern computers?...
Where to find videos that published by WRB, KTR, NBQ, etc
milkie (PT) contains their published content, but M was not uploaded in a timely manner and there were missing contents sometimes,...
Let's say the Borg somehow managed to assimilate a Q. How fucked is the universe?
“A Q would never allow it!”...
How did indigenous people survive hurricanes in the carribean
The Winds and flooding can do so much damage with modern construction. Seems like it would wipe out entire villages if they were more primitive.