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Troubleshooting a desktop that does not go into sleep mode/suspend

Hello all, for a few weeks/months now, my computer has stopped going into suspend mode. Here is what happens when putting it to sleep (using GNOME’s power menu) or using systemctl suspend:...

An old magazine page talking about how impressive the Sony Playstation is

Just thought this was a neat find

Putting the AI in 'reading rAInbow'

The propaganda is falling on us like a hurricane right now. (USA). Should we discuss that here? Should such discussion be forbidden?

Which consumer grade printer should I buy?

Title, basically. My old torture device needs to be replaced, and while it’s been mostly working OK, printers have no excuse for being as shitty as they are. So therefore I am looking for suggestions....

What's a piece of technology you LOVE the progress of?

We talk a lot about enshittification of technology, so tell me about technology that is getting better!...

Daww, it just wants scritchies

Do you know anyone who wants an AI phone?

Asking as it seems nobody wants one based on the reception of the Pixel 9

Convo about piracy with my friend

(i’m also gonna ambush my friends about Signal on sunday and coerce them to download it to get rid of the green bubbles)

[Question] Migrating and Upgrading Proxmox to New SSDs on Poweredge Safely

With the EOL of PVEv7 and my need for more storage space, I’ve decided to migrate my VMs to a larger set of drives....

What are some ways to see the back of your head without others' help?

What's Mull browser about?

Saw that there’s a Firefox browser named Mull for Android in this thread. I went to check it out in the Play Store, but saw it’s not there. Apparently, it’s one of those that have to be side loaded. I use stock Android and Firefox, btw....

does parsec streaming work on linux?

hi so i want to use parsec on linux to play minecraft java when am not home but its not showing my streaming computer

(US question) If the Presidential race in the USA was between Kamala Harris and Nikki Haley how would the campaigning go and would it be more civilized and less low brow comments on both sides?

Or is the GOP too far gone to ever be civilized again? Not to leave out the name calling and bringing their kids into it too.

Are antisocial habits keeping you down?

People are painful to me. I find their presence painful. I’ve been this way since infancy. I created a suite of methods for keeping them away (methods like “passive-aggressive hostility”). These methods became deep habits. Later in life I hungered for company and couldn’t figure out why I was so bad at it. I just...

Migrating system to NVME RAID

I’d appreciate a sanity check for what I’m planning to do later today....

How to find queers IRL in a very queer-phobic country?

What is the best news sources for piracy news?

Other than TorrentFreak.

How do you get motivated in the morning?

Now that he's not wearing a pad, are there any pictures of Trump's ear injury/scar?

Not diminishing the seriousness and trauma of an assassination attempt, but surely many reporters with top of the shelf DSLR must have photographed something?

Star Trek Joins Universal Studios Hollywood's Universal Fan Fest Nights

startrek.com/…/universal-studios-hollywood-fan-fe…

How I got HDR working on Linux with an Nvidia GPU

For those of you like me who are fed up with Microsoft’s BS but invested too heavily in hardware that Linux distros have yet to support well, I finally figured out a way to get HDR games to run well on my Nvidia GPU. This will be a brief description of more or less what I did to get this working. I’m very much a Linux noob...