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

How do you answer when a nurse asks you, "how are you doing today?"

Clearly you’re not ok becsuse you’re seeing a doctor, but aren’t you supposed to be polite to the nurse? But then again the nurse is doing your intake assessment.

What would cause a person to speak in different accents randomly?

There’s this woman I work with who seems to have her accent change randomly....

Any recommendation on antivirus that isn't annoying and don't give false positive on cracks?

Most antivirus I tested, even the paid ones, are so annoying with popups and complaining about cracks that I just take the risk and go without em

How long until society's collapse?

With worrying global trends like climate change, pollution, increasingly divided or radical governments, economic woes, misinformation and disinformation everywhere, dangerous health crises and so on, what do you think - how much time do we have before “it all comes crashing down”? What will end life or our way of life as we...

An airport is an air-port. A port via the air.

Not actually a shower thought, saw an old document that labeled it air-port. I don’t think I would have ever made the connection....

Is Backblaze a reliable provider?

Hi everyone,...

Having a bunch of beers rn & trying out Debian for the first time. Will I have regrets? 🤔 happy Saturday to all, drink something delicious today 🍻

What tool do you use to display your self-hosting infrastructure

Hey, I have to „draw“ or make notes of my selfhosting stuff. It runs so smooth that I sometimes really forget where a service is running or how to reach the web-Interface....

Wouldn't it be funny if there ended up being a plastic-based life form and they wondered how they came to be...

…and they COULD NOT think of a natural process that could produce plastics in the environment in the amounts required to produce life?...

Disable windows updates

I haven’t run windows since 2019. However I need to boot my old drive to grab some data. I really need to make sure this system doesn’t update any windows components, but I’ll need it to have internet access for a portion of the time....

New ASUS router firmware now requires a user to be 16y or older and will restrict features and even security upgrades if you opt out

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/22252395...

Does Trump being found guilty actually matter?

Since he can still run for office and become president while in prison, is this actually going to do anything to stop him from being president? Obviously it’s not gonna sway anyone who’s gonna vote for him, so is there any actual way this keeps him from office, or at least has some positive effect for us? I wanna join the...

Using a notification badge to make me look at an ad should be a felony

Is it ever okay to generalize about people? why or why not?

If you had an idle animation like in video games, what would it be?

Why does the government of the USA stand by the country of Israel?

That’s the question.

Help me navigate the world of debloated/custom Windows 11 Installs

I’ve never had to use Windows 11. I have Windows 10 on my main machine and toy around with different Linux distros on my spares....

What do companies get out of rewards programs

Like why does Kroger want me to get a Kroger’s card so bad...

Hashicorp signs agreement to be acquired by IBM

www.hashicorp.com/blog/hashicorp-joins-ibm...

Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of April 21st

Another thread! Whatcha all been playing?...

Help me choose linux's best option for public school lab (distro, desktop, etc.)

I apologize if my english isn’t perfect in how you would say it daily, but I hope it’ll help with Linux popularity and as a reference for future days....