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Ironically, since I started pirating, I've spent MORE money on movies.

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Favorite 2-factor authenticator?

I just switched to Authenticator Pro from Authy and I’ve been very pleased. It took some time to get my codes transferred over, but now I have android wear support, night mode, and my codes aren’t held hostage by Twilio!

Is NixOS at the advent of an implosion? | Community inquiry on recent drama

NixOS’ influence and importance at pushing Linux forward into the (previously) unexplored landscape of configuring your complete system through a single config file is undeniable. It’s been a wild ride, but it was well worth it....

What's the best light desktop env to install in a Linux distro?

I want to revive an old Lenovo laptop with an AMD A6 2.6GHz and 4GB ram, what would be the best option for a DE?

So now what distro are we running for LTS desktops?

Ubuntu has too many problems for me to want to run it. However, it has occurred to me that there aren’t a lot of distros that are like the Ubuntu LTS....

These mods on their power-trips really need to stop

I just got banned from [email protected], which seems to be the biggest Linux community out there....

Legend of Zelda

What is your favourite LOZ game? My fave is twilight princess as it was the first zelda game I played. Being it on the Wii....

There was a time when the entirety of the internet would have fit onto the device you're currently browsing on.

10 years ago, a person would be insulted for filming a video in portrait instead of landscape. Now, old landscape videos are being cropped and resized to fit in a portrait player.

When Pi-hole is down?

I have an asus router with a pi-hole on the network....

If you had to live in a fictional magical world, but you wouldn't be magical, what world would you pick?

Why do some TV broadcasts show a person translating it to sign language instead of using subtitles?

I assume there must be a reason why sign language is superior but I genuinely don’t know why.

If the real world worked like Pokémon, what animal would evolve into what animal?

What difficult games/game challenges did you give up on?

Be it a game that’s difficult in its entirety, or a particular challenge in a game that you just couldn’t complete....

If Trump and Biden both died today, what would happen?

Imagine the following scenario: On the 9th of January 2024 in the morning we wake up to news that President of the USA Joe Biden suffered a stroke and died in White House. The administration confirms that the death was entirely natural and no third party contributed to it. Even before the news reach all TV stations another one...

What is a piece of media that has changed your life?

I can barely tell the difference between 60 and 165 hz on my monitor

Title says it all (i have turned on 165hz on settings). Its a cheap monitor, do some 165hz monitors not truly give you that experience? Or are my eyes fucked

When was a game's price worth it to you?

Say a simple (hours enjoyed playing)/(price of game) equation. How many hours (you enjoyed) per $ do you think is reasonable/expected? Or is there other criteria for you?...

I have never seen an ad in the past 6 years. I use android phone, windows PC and Android TV. Keen to hear when was the last time you saw an AD ?

Which is your favorite Lemmy app?

How do you keep your home servers online during powercuts?

I live in a part of the world where powercuts are pretty frequent. 1 per day is normal. They last between 1 and 8 hours. A day without powercuts feels like a special occasion....