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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....

Do you think monogamy will always be the main "form" of earth or do we just break someday this code and just "do whatever we want"

Will this one-by-one system forever be our main thing or do you think we will break monogamy and maybe “team up” as groups or something?...

Its that time again

A story of MATLAB piracy

I would just like to share a story, and probably an opinion as well. When I was doing my STEM undergraduate degree a couple of years ago, I took a course in which I had to use MATLAB. I won’t disclose too much information, but it was a course involving computation....

When you're a kid, you don't realize you're also watching your mom and dad grow up.

The "just google it" mantra has probably held back quite a lot of interesting conversations and debate

I’ve always been a “lurker” on all platforms and communities because when I do have a question or would like to contribute my first thought has become:...

I know Lemmy is about to take off because the porn is quickly moving from drawn henti and furry images to gonewild onlyfan contributors. I call it the QOTP Index (Quality Of The Porn). Reddit is done.

Why does it feel like we're at a point where every social media + other digital media are making shitty decisions and falling apart?

I mean there's Reddit ofc, as well as Twitter in its entirety, Discord is implementing some dumb updates, there are issues with Tumblr as well as everything to do with Meta, and I'm sure there are plenty more (and I haven't even touched other digital media, for example the Sims). Why is it all happening in the span of about a...

Which distro do you find the most visually appealing?

It’s in the eye of the beholder, of course. But it would be great to see some solid recommendations.

What are your favourite controllers?

At the moment I use my 8bitdo pro2. It was kinda expensive but its a huge upgrade from my no name switch controllers and awful gamesube one from powera....

Appreciation post for db0 admins in light of .world blocking /c/ piracy and similar /c/'s .

I understand why they did what they did and it makes me think of how db0 and other admins are saying fuck all and taking a very big liability for making and supporting a free internet and i want to say all the work you do is very much appreciated. Also shoutout to lemmy.ml admins for running a similar community on their own ....