Why don't computers have "computer-numbers" equivalent to phone numbers
Why doesn’t every computer have 256 char domain name, along with a private key to prove it is the sole owner of the address?...
What's your take on private trackers?
Are they for you? Why or why not?
Piracy is so confusing these days
It was so easy when I was growing up. I would just type my search into LimeWire and if it turned out to be weird porn I would delete it. Then we had The Pirate Bay, and I could go through reviews to see whether something was a virus or not. Now all public sites I am aware of are riddled with viruses, and I am warned that...
Imagine everything humans could accomplish if we were not a commerce based civilization.
Ways to pirate music as convenient as Spotify?
The reason I gave up on MP3’s and subscribed to Spotify was because Spotify was easy. I’ve been listening “Iron Maiden - Empire of the Clouds” song every day and like a week ago, its removed. This was the last straw for me. Right now I’m trying to find “Stremio” of the music world. Can someone assist?...
AITAH for pirating games before buying them?
Nowadays, the absolute vast majority of games that I play are shit tbh....
Youtube ads finally got me
Looks like its over for me and youtube. Being told I cant watch because of an ad blocker....
A person comes up to you and says, "I can reverse time for just $1 per day." Do you take their offer? How far back do you go?
i.e. pay $5 to go back 5 days....
Have you ever created your own job perks?
When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have ‘2 for $x’ specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item....
What's your pet peeve in your favorite video game?
Mine is the lag in Stellaris, and lack of options to let me impact it. Like let me disable the ability for the AI to make habitats FFS!
What's a new scientific concept or technological innovation that really makes you feel like we're living in the future?
What occupation requires the most education/training only to be very low paid?
what Lemmy communities don't exist but you wish they did?
I’ll go first. I wish Lemmy communities existed for: destroyed tanks. Ukraine War video report. sopranos duckposting. benzodiazepines....
How many people actually want fully on-site IT jobs?
I’ve been looking for a new job as a software developer. The huge majority of job listings I see in my area are hybrid or remote. I just had an introductory phone call with Vizio (which didn’t specify the location type in the job listing). The recruiter told me that the job was fully on-site, which I told her was a deal...
Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down
Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?
If so, then why?
I have 2 dozen eggs to use up
The best by date is in 2 days. I know about the water test for egg freshness so I’m not super concerned, but please give me ideas for using them up within a week or so 🥺 I’ve boiled a few and am planning to make some cookie dough, but that only counts for half a dozen.
Self-hosted or personal email solutions?
I have a unique name, think John Doe, and I’m hoping to create a unique and “professional” looking email account like [email protected] or [email protected]. Since my name is common, all reasonable permutations are taken. I was considering purchasing a domain with something unique, then making personal family email accounts for...
What stupid thing have you done bc of a movie?
I’m expecting some child recreating superhero stunts and gerting hurt
What's with all these hip filesystems and how are they different?
You know, ZFS, ButterFS (btrfs…its actually “better” right?), and I’m sure more....
What’s the least amount of money that would significantly improve your life?
Any experience with teaching kids Linux?
Any one here has any experience with teaching 8 to 12 years old kids Linux?
What happened to the flat earthers who demonstrated that the earth is round in the netfilx documentary ?
A few year back, there was a Netflix documentary about flat earther. They’ve done a couple of experiment to prove that the earth is flat which (Spoiler alert) demonstrated that the earth is round....
How should I handle an ex friend who feels like he needs to bully me to raise his own self esteem? (We're adults)
I went to college with this guy 10 years ago and I considered him a friend up until this year. Something changed in him, and he constantly needs to put me down and I don’t know how to handle it....