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kevincox , to nostupidquestions in Can I view a list of the communities of a lemmy instance while logged into my own?
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No it isn’t. I opened a feature request for specifically this: github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1397

Nuuskis9 , to technology in Need help with running Windows off my flash drive

Use Linux for this purpose to keep your mental health better. Even with USB 3.0 Windows can be painfully slow.

Puffymumpkins OP ,

My daily driver is Zorin OS. I just want to be able to use windows without dual-booting, if I have to.

Although tbh my only hesitancy with setting up dual-booting is that I don’t want to have to format my computer again. It might be my best option in the end though.

Nuuskis9 ,

If it’s desktop computer, then use gpu passthrough with any amd gpu and you have a hardware accelerated virtualized Windows with 98% of gpu power what that card has.

Youtube is full of guides. Amd is much easier than Nvidia, but Nvidia is possible too with extra steps.

Ultra980 ,

Some things don’t work in VMs at all, like valorant for example.

Puffymumpkins OP ,

If memory serves, I did install an AMD graphics card. Definitely need to look into this. Thank you so very much

Zarxrax , to nostupidquestions in Do I understand correctly that I have to subscribe to 5 different NoStupidQuestions on 5 different instances?

I mean, are you really that concerned that you might miss some random question on one of the less popular ones?

bernieecclestoned ,

I’m going to guess yes

314r8 ,

It’s an example. If there are multiple instances of a thing do I need to subscribe to all of them? The answer is yes. It’s different from Reddit but there are pro and cons.

dogslayeggs ,

The answer is no. You don’t NEED to subscribe to all of them. If you want to make absolutely sure you don’t miss a single thing everyone says on that topic, then maybe you do. But if you are just interested in electric cars, you can just pick the most active one of the one with the most subscribers. Even on reddit there were both /r/electriccars and /r/electricvehicles.

WhipperSnapper ,
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While I agree with what you’re saying in terms of seeing posts, the flip side is wanting to make a post visible to as many users are possible gets tougher.

Say I have a problem with my MicroSonySonic MPZoomPod that’s driving me crazy to figure out, so I figure I’ll post on Lemmy about it and see if anyone else has had that problem and a solution. In the reddit days, I just go to /r/MPZOOMPOD, or I google for “reddit mpzoompod” and find the subreddit. I can now post there knowing I’m hitting the entire community of mpzoompod users, or at least the majority of them. To do that on Lemmy, though, I now have to wonder if instead of a single community with 120k users, I have 12 communities with 10k users. So either I post to a tiny fraction of the communty, and thus have a much lower chance of getting my question answered, or I post the same thing to 12 different communites and have 12 different threads to keep track of for replies.

Obviously this is simplified, cause more likely there will be on big community somewhere, a couple other smaller versions, and then probably a couple completely devoid of posts from when people were first migrating to Lemmy and were excited to start communities.

Anyway, that was kind of a lot, but I think it really comes down to the subject matter. I don’t need 5 versions of showerthoughts, and I don’t care if showerthoughts has 1k subscribers or 1m subscribers, but if I really wanted showerthoughts to grow in popularity, the more people using one copy the better. Alternatively,it would be rad if /c/googlepixel or whatever wasn’t fragmented so I could know I was looking at the most likely source of information.

It’s all kind of an interesting thing to think about, and I can’t decide just yet which way I’d personally prefer. I remember reddit before all the digg people piled in, and I liked how it felt more like a community back then, but I also can’t disregard how incredible reddit has been in recent times for finding answers to specific questions, or getting news, or finding fans of a particular subject just because it became the default website to look for that stuff.

nothacking , to nostupidquestions in Can you claim 'Abandoned' Communities

Talk to an admin, or make the community from another instance.

SamXavia OP ,
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Messaged them now

WhoRoger , to nostupidquestions in Do I understand correctly that I have to subscribe to 5 different NoStupidQuestions on 5 different instances?
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Nope, you don’t have to subscribe to any of them actually. Look, I’m not subbed to either nsq and I’m good.

girl , to nostupidquestions in Do I understand correctly that I have to subscribe to 5 different NoStupidQuestions on 5 different instances?

They don’t get the message that a similar community already exists because they are on separate instances. Due to defederation, it’s possible that not all of those communities will be visible from all other instances. This is one reason why it’s useful to have the same community across multiple instances.

nothacking , to nostupidquestions in Do I understand correctly that I have to subscribe to 5 different NoStupidQuestions on 5 different instances?

Just subscribe to the most active one, just like with copycats on Reddit.

vortexal , to linux in Why is Linux so frustrating for some people?
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While I’m fine with Linux most of the time, the few times I got frustrated with Linux was when I was following instructions and getting different results because either information was wrong or there were steps that weren’t included. A few examples I can think of are:

  1. There are a lot of games that I’ve played (mainly from Itch) that offer a Linux version, but that version isn’t tested and often times has mismatched libraries. In one case, they forgot to bundle the Linux version with the game’s assets and only included the executable.
  2. A lot of Linux installation guides just tell you that you can just install the distro from it’s LiveCD. Maybe this is the case for some computers but every computer that I’ve installed Linux onto required some extra steps. I’ve always had to disable secure boot and then re-enable it after installing but I’ve never seen a guide mention that, just some random answers on askubuntu that suggested it. They also never mention that you should use the LiveCD to make sure that everything is working properly.
  3. There are some emulators that I’ve never gotten the Linux versions of to work properly and I can only get the Windows versions to work properly. PCem keeps telling me it can’t find any bios even though I put them into the specified folder. Mesen (the pre-Mesen2 version) runs but I can’t change any of the settings and the only documentation that exists is for the Windows version.
Aldursil , to nostupidquestions in Do I understand correctly that I have to subscribe to 5 different NoStupidQuestions on 5 different instances?

No, just subscribe to the most active one.

variants ,

Or three Incase that one goes down

BlueEther ,
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no, subscribe to the ones that follow the same ethos as you do. larger is not always better

acasta ,

Did you consider the ethics and morals of every subreddit you subscribed to? I don’t think the average user really cares about that.

BlueEther ,
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No, not every. But for things like world news/memes/etc then yes the instance does play a part in what I have subscribed to

activator90 , to fediverse in Any open source alternatives for Jerboa? Lemmur seems broken - tells me Lemmy.one doesn'texistb.

The most polished native Android app is Thunder imo. If you are ok with PWAs, then Voyager is currently even better than Thunder

taladar , to startrek in Would You Try New Pastimes If Star Trek Level Medical Care Was Available?

Not really. Maybe if Peter F. Hamilton Commonwealth level of medical technology was available. Star Trek’s doesn’t really seem advanced enough to change my opinion on risking my life for fun.

kryosaur , to selfhosted in Pihole vs AdGuard Home
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I hosted both, adguard on VPS for whenever i’m outside and pihole in my local network with my adguard’s DoQ as upstream. I also use wireguard so i don’t need to switch DNS and to bypass DPI on my phone.

WhoRoger , to startrek in Would You Try New Pastimes If Star Trek Level Medical Care Was Available?
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If people want to try more dangerous stuff, there’s a holodeck with safety for that. So there isn’t much reason to risk more pain and injury than necessary.

Like now, medical care is still just a backup if the normal means of self-preservation fail. You can never be sure if that stunt will end up with a broken leg or neck, and there’s a thin line between those, even for ST-level docs.

But then there are species that will always push to the brink of survivability, like Klingons or Hirogen.

Ed: but specifically for mild things like skating, that’s more about having your past injuries healed so they don’t “remind” you to not do it again. But again with a hoodeck that’s less of a problem.

SpaceNoodle , to startrek in Would You Try New Pastimes If Star Trek Level Medical Care Was Available?

Fuck dangerous hobbies, I’d be able to do whatever I wanted with my career since I wouldn’t rely on heavily subsidized corporate health plans in order to keep my partner alive.

Assuming, of course, that in such a post-scarcity society we wouldn’t still find a way to stratify society and allow only the elite to have access to such things.

Nmyownworld OP ,
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I think access to holodecks is a huge factor for that vs. doing a pastime in the real world. Because of what you said about being accessible to all vs. only to certain elites. Also because I wonder about the availability of holodecks for those not on starships or in Starfleet. I don’t remember if that’s mentioned in the various series and movies since they are typically centered around being on a starship. Transport tech is shown as being publicly used on Earth. I’d imagine that there would be holodecks available on Earth (maybe other planets), or at least holosuites like in Quark’s. Access to pastimes in the real world, without using holosuites, might be commonplace. Maybe trying something new in a holodeck/suite where serious injury is less likely before trying it in the real world.

Pancito ,
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In most of the developed world you don’t rely on corporate health care plans 😅

SpaceNoodle ,

Good point, I’m stuck in the backwater Randian dystopia that is the USA.

xgebi , to startrek in Would You Try New Pastimes If Star Trek Level Medical Care Was Available?
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@Nmyownworld Probably not. That said I have a feeling that Mensur would be in again

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_fencing

Nmyownworld OP ,
@Nmyownworld@startrek.website avatar

I took fencing for a time in school. No one like being paired with me because they thought I was too aggressive with my fencing. Maybe they were right. Everyone else liked to do, “and one, and two, and three,” fencing. I admit to being very, “let’s go!” while still staying within the taught techniques.

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