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A term for lack of perspective on your own contextual knowledge?

Is there a term for that phenomenon where someone gets so far into a topic that they become unaware of how much contextual knowledge they have about it?...

Am I the only one who thinks Discord is awful as a social media platform?

It’s great for communicating among individuals and in group chats, but I think it ultimately fails as a platform between creators and fans even though it seems like every creator or product team has one these days....

Swiss Army Knife owners, what do you do to maintain it in the long run ?

So I got my first ever Swiss Army Knife 2 months ago. It’s a Victorinox Huntsman with 14 tools (the one with the saw). I have not used it extensively yet, but I wipe it clean every time I use it....

What are all the Ubers of various domains?

My example is Rover which does Pet stuff. Please read the replies to avoid dupes

Laptop not working after installing nimdow

I have installed nimdow window manager. I have auto-login enabled. Nimdow is the default option. The only options I have at boot are (from the bootloader): default, timeout, edit, resolution, print and help (help is not working). How am I supposed to go back to GNOME or disable auto-login? I tried accessing the recovery shell,...

When should I see the news?

News often stress me out because of the negativity, but I want to stay informed.

Need help setting up local SSL certificates?

I followed this guide: notthebe.ee/blog/easy-ssl-in-homelab-dns01/...

Where is a cheap site to create photo holiday cards?

So far, the cheapest I found was a little over $40 for about 30 cards.

your stance on image compression and/ or avif/jxl?

Do you have a general stance about it?...

selfhosting alternative to nextdns

Hello, Im trying to monitor & control my dns in my network. I like the idea & features of nextdns but all your traffic goes trough them right? I wanna host something simular. I currently have pi-hole installed but i feel like its not as advanced as something like nextdns. What service could i use for this? Thanks for your time!

Does anyone know what happened to SteamGridDB?

Update: It’s fixed.

Why do we wet paper filters?

I’ve seen the pourover advice given and referenced unquestioningly: always pre-wet your paper filter. But why? What is the benefit of doing this step?

Is AnyStream worth using?

Has anyone used AnyStream from RedFox? If so, do you like it or is it not worth it.

any place to find a large collection of .CHDs (PS1)?

Starting to build my library, and ROM size hasn’t been an issue now until I got to PS1....

Simple landing page listing my installed services

I’m looking for something like Heimdall, but a little bit more lightweight, hopefully something I can just throw into my www folder. Nothing requiring Docker. Just lightweight stuff.