What are your Lemmy predictions? What do you think Lemmy will be like in the future?
How can I compare the money saved when buying an item in bulk?
Lets say I can buy 200 of something for $20. but for $60, I can buy 750 of them. How can I quantify the money saved as cost per unit?
I am leaving Win10 for Garuda
My Predator Helios from 2018 is working just fine with win10, but I really want to move over to linux....
Why are there so many commies on fed?
What are some of the best things to bring on a long road trip?
I’m going to be driving across the US in a couple weeks and want to know the best things to bring along for the ride!
Were you ever denied a book by a librarian?
Where do you get your video content nowadays?
On the old site, there were a number of funny video communities with regular posts, for example /r/Unexpected, /r/PublicFreakout, or /r/WhatCouldGoWrong. While there are plenty of memes on Lemmy, we have relatively little video content. Those of you who used to frequent video subs, what have you replaced them with since coming...
What's the best app for Youtube right now?
Years ago I used NewPipe but when I wanted a little more from my app I switched the ReVanced until it started giving me more and more issues. For the past 3 months or so I’ve been using a cracked Youtube Premium app, but now it’s dropping every video after about a minute. So what’s everyone using these days to avoid all of...
My own mail server
I have run my own mail server now for 20+ years. its is runnig postfix , with spamassain. the users have imaps, and roundcube www gui....
Do you exerience back spasms pain so intense it makes you black out?
Today was the second time this year I’d thrown out my back. The back muscle spasms are so bad it puts me in entirely different state of mind. It’s due to the amount of brain piercing bursts of pains I experience. Transferring from the floor to the couch almost had me black out. It only takes the slightest move to trigger the...
What "mindless" games do you play?
I’m often in longer telephone conferences and like to play relatively uncomplicated, mindless games like 2048 or threes. Both of these are getting pretty boring these days, so I’m looking for new games.
Why isn't there a "Spotify premium" for news?
I really dislike ad driven publications. I’m not opposed to paying for quality news publication, but for something like NYT, there’s only a couple articles a month I come across that I’m really interested in reading. There problem is that there’s 4-5 other paywalled publications where I have that same issue. I’m...
do you turn on read reciepts in your messaging apps?
I dont use read reciepts on WhatsApp. I keep it off. So I cannot see if a person has read my message or the sender of a message cannot see Ihave read their message. Status update views are also hidden....
What's your go to video player to watch 4k hdr content on hdr screens?
I’ve been using mpc with madvr for years, and the upscaling setting for stuff that isn’t 4k.
Is it still necessary to use _ while naming files?
Edit: Thank you guys for your insightful answers!
A little history on Reddit. From the politics subreddit with just 85,678 users in 2008 to 500 million active users today. Lemmy/Kbin will follow the same path.
This is going to be a short and sweet little history of Reddit. Reddit was founded in 2005....
Trying to build critical mass for small communities
Hi, I’m focusing on generating content for a few communities that I feel can be successful and have less content than I expected:...
linux laptop
Hi...
What have you been playing this week?
PSA: Grayjay is really good
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/15242858...
I'm confused... why do even Democrats seem conflicted on Kamala Harris as a replacement of Joe Biden?
As far as I can tell, different faces, but same old, same old… I mean, literally anyone is better than Biden at the job, considering age…...
We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD
Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.
How Much Is Your Time Worth?
I spend a lot of time fixing things, for myself and others. (Computers, electrical, plumbing, etc). While I learn a lot, I wonder sometimes if it would be better to pay a professional and do something else for which I am more ‘valuable’. Do you do the same, and do you find it worthwhile?
What is your preferred way of downloading youtube videos?
I’m looking to download a number of educational youtube videos for future reference. Looking for a reliable way to download videos. OS is Ubuntu. FF extensions and docker containers all good. I don’t really want to install an executable on bare metal unless it is a flatpak....