How did you break your addiction? Was it hard? Any tips for those waging a war against addiction?
Thank you very much! Know that I really appreciate your help, even if I can’t Thank you individually!
Robert Heinlein's idea of the perfect crowd control drug- would you take Happiness daily?
In Robert Heinlein’s novel “Farnham’s Freehold”, the protagonists accidentally end up in a very technologically advanced feudal society that depends on a drug called “Happiness” to control things and keep social classes rigidly separated. The hypothesis of this question: the drug is a pleasant tasting drink you take...
Guide for setup a Plex server
Just like title. I remember there is a very detailed guide for setup a Plex server with Sonarr/Radarr for streaming from everywhere in my house. But I can’t find it anymore....
People who vaped but never smoked, do you regret vaping?
I am curious to hear from people who started vaping without having smoked beforehand....
Any distros like linux mint with gnome desktop?
Ubuntu is great but uses snaps and adds other canonical bits. Linux Mint is essentially perfect but does not come with gnome desktop. Is there a ubuntu based distro that is essentially like linux mint but offers gnome as a desktop?
How do you feel about valet parking?
Valet parking seems to be getting more common at some city locations that don’t have a good parking situation....
What was the highest mountain you ever climbed and how was the experience?
Maybe include altitude in both metres and feet, otherwise 80% of comments will be about that whole discussion.
What are the cultural regions of USA?
How did they form? What are their specific traits? Stereotypes (even untrue, if marked as such)?...
What does it mean to "get low" or "drop it down"?
Please forgive me…I’m over 30 and was never a clubber....
Any distros you reccomend with these requirements
Free and open-source....
What are some popular sci-fi gadgets that are actually possible to construct in theory?
I am talking about gadgets we see in science fiction movies that obey the laws of physics of our universe and could theoretically be constructed, barring the limitations of materials, energy and time faced by our civilization at the moment.
We should have an annual Mega Cake Month for all of those who joined Lemmy back in June, to celebrate our move away from Reddit.
Is creating throwaway accounts on lemmy bad?
I was wondering whether that could cause issues for the limited servers available, like when the mass migration from reddit happened. Would it be bad to add more accounts that would be mostly dormant? And if one does create a throwaway would it be better to delete the account afterwards.
How did we come to say something courteous to someone after they’ve sneezed
How/why did saying things like bless you or gesundheit start? And when?
A fat chance and a slim chance are the same thing
How to share services with non-techincal friends and family
I have a Jellyfin server, NextCloud instance, etc that I share with friends and family. Currently, I serve them over the open-internet using Cloudflare tunnels. Obviously this has some security implications that I don’t love. Also recently one of my domains got flagged as malicious by google and now Chrome browsers won’t go...
What budget gaming laptops work well with Linux?
I’ve seen stuff about Nvidia cards not working well with Linux, is that true?...
Whats your preferred codec?
I’m currently in the process of re-downloading everything on x265 because of the smaller files sizes. Whats do you guys think? Also has anybody experience with Tdarr?
How do you deal with communities that don't interest you?
So, how do you deal with communities that don’t interest you? I personally block them, because I don’t like them popping up on my All feed, but at the same time I don’t want to switch to Subscribed because a new interesting community might pop up....
I pronounce there and their differently
and I can’t really describe how. Their is more like a they with an r on the end.
Has the time since the invention of agriculture been long enough for any evolutionary changes to occur, and if so, what are some of those changes?
Edit: I meant specifically humans.
Fortnightly Recommendations Thread: What is worth a try?
Let everyone know below a game (6+ months old), that you have played recently, are currently playing or intend to play soon. If it’s currently on sale, a link to the sale & price would be great.
Is there a way to have less "racial blindness" when consuming asian media?
The title is shit and confusing, so let me explain....
basic UI programming in linux
Hi all,...