TIL The Goodhart's Law: Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.
Here is the Wikipedia link.
Why does the breeze theme have 50 dependencies?
(This is a half-rant half actual question)...
How long to grow a community?
I’ve been plugging away for about 2 months now trying to grow a small hobby community here on Lemmy. It’s doing well, up from 200 to 425 subscribers in the time I’ve been active....
besides wine, what do you need to run non-steam games?
From my understanding, at least one other necessary component is dxvk, and that wine is not enough....
What was the most "I was the only one to escape" situation you've been in?
Journal keepers of Lemmy: Do you go back and re-read old entries?
It’s one of those things I’ve never talked about with other people, the most I’ve really been exposed to journal keeping in pop culture is Doug Funny. People don’t talk about their personal journals....
how the heck do I install dell drivers and firmware on fedora 38 workstation?
I have been racking my brain about this for a while now and now I just need some help because I can’t figure it out....
Are previously downloaded Steam games transferable from Windows to Linux?
I’ve backed up many of the Steam games I had installed in Windows. Am I able to use these on Linux or do I need to re-download them?
Youtube - like apps like piped.video, but as Android app?
I am looking for for an app that registers as a YouTube endpoint, but has no ads and tracking (or backdoors). I had one (forgot the name) which stopped working. Please advice.
How to rename multiple *file extensions* to *nil/no file extension* at once in Windows?
In case of renaming multiple file extensions to another, they suggested to type this command in cmd promt or powershell: ren *.(current extension name) *.(new extension name)...
What is a street name you would want to see in your city?
Just read Children of Time - top notch sci-fi
Just finished Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time. One of my top reads, let alone sci-fi reads, for the past couple of years for sure. Super well-thought out concepts, good character development, and an irresistible hook that will take you out of your comfort zone when you find out that you really don’t know who you are...
How would you go in making a standardize size chart for women clothing?
We all know, women sizes differs between brands, models and countries. Men had the war to tha k for standardize sizing due to uniform requirement. Need a pair of pants? Hip size and leg lenght is all you need! For wonen though, it depends wich country, company, cut of pants. You’vegot hips sizing, waist size, various non...
[SOLVED] Why do stories have such effect on us?
All religions have it’s own myths, own stories, own set of values. And these are/were good stories, I mean, even though they are not true, they are certainly interesting. You won’t feel bored by it....
How do you go about preserving fruits and vegetables?
It feels like the universe wants to eat them before I can, sometimes…
How does one resist getting into protracted arguments while still staying informed?
Getting heated is bad for the heart, after all. But I’ve always had the belief that the worst thing you can be in this world is consciously uninformed, so I wanna stay in the loop.
what is your currently using lemmy frontend website and why'd you use it
i’m currently using Alexandrive...
Cheap and good mini-PCs for gaming?
Hello, everybody! I want to have a little mini-PC for gaming that operates like a console. I don’t want to have a big, clunky case in the back or front of the TV. Furthermore, I don’t play many AAA titles from recent years, so the hardware doesn’t need to be high-end. It would be nice if I could run Scarlet Nexus, Nier:...
What are your favourite classic fighting games?
Looking for fourth to sixth generation console games, and old arcade and X68000 games. Saturn is out though....
I need to replace one line in a ton of . json files
I’m updating foundry to a version 11 and it broke an ass ton of my assets cause they’re all “verified version 10”...
HELP! BG3 failing to launch on Steam
This is driving me crazy. I’m trying to run BG3 and I’m running into a variety of errors:...
I'm going to Rhode Island on Saturday. What is there to do?
It looks like a lot of campgrounds, Audubon nature reserves, state parks, and the only major city is Providence which is museums and food.
The prevalence of touchscreens has probably resulted in a decrease in average fingernail length
I feel like I used to see a lot of women with super long nails struggling to use their touchscreen phones. I’m sure at least some of them have chosen slightly shorter nails to make it easier.
Recommendations for a Linux system backup tool
I am currently using EndeavourOS for my laptop. Is there a backup solution that is easy to use, and can be run from the EndeavourOS install media without internet? (RSync is included, but no other backup tools are included, to my knowledge.) I don’t want to use another ISO due to space constraints on my USB.