Use volcanic ash to reverse global warming
While I was in the shower, I thought of a brilliant idea! Let’s trigger several smaller volcanic eruptions that release a semi-controlled amount of volcanic ash into other atmosphere. That will cool down the atmosphere, which should buy us some time to fix our carbon emissions....
If you could make a non-linux OS go mainstream, which one would you pick?
I make the specification of non-linux because otherwise this would just become a thread full of obscure distros that do the same thing as a million other distros....
Removing GNOME packages from KDE install
I installed GNOME on my KDE fedora install some time ago not realizing it would litter my install with gnome apps. Wondering if there’s a safe and easy way to remove them. Everyone online seems to say that removing a DE risks uninstalling a lot of stuff and thought I should ask here to be sure....
what's better to manage ports? ufw or firewalld?
I’m trying to open a port for transmission but before I get to know either of the 2 options I’d like to know what you recommend and why....
Democrats behind closed doors
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Annotations for *Star Trek: Discovery* 5x10: “Life, Itself” (SPOILERS)
The title was first used in the context of the Progenitors in TNG: “The Chase” when Picard remarked, “[The puzzle] is 4 billion years old. A computer program from a highly advanced civilisation, and it’s hidden in the very fabric of life itself.“ In DIS: “Red Directive” the phrase was used in conjunction with...
If your toilet was sentient, would you rather that it begged *for* your poop, or that it begged you to *not* poop in it?
What would be the cheapest and most cost-effeciant way of self hosting LLMs
I’ve a minipc running an AMD 5700U where I host some services, including ollama and openwebui....
Can't be the only one right?
So I created this blog from scratch, and after posting my first article I noticed something....
is primewire down ?
I am having issues it keeps saying internal server error did the fuzz get them ? edt: also why isn’t it in the megeathread ( if it is not being in the process of being nuked right now it is much better than most sites there)
Inventing Reality
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Pan frying a steak butter vs oil
I want to put the steak onto a hot pan to get that sear on the outside and uh lock in the flavor or something. But butter burns at high heats and oil doesn’t add flavor like butter....
Contemporary African Music is not getting the credit it deserves
I am on a binge, listening to tons of Nigerian, Ugandan and Kenian music, and I am absolutely loving it. Why is this not playing on our (Western European) radio stations regularly?...
Remote desktop for Wayland?
I only just switched to Linux last month that time I don’t know what Wayland or X11 is and I just use Linux like normal without knowing I’m using Wayland (KDE), now since I’m already configured my KDE desktop on Wayland and I don’t wanna do it again, so I’m looking for a remote desktop that work under Wayland not...
What keeps capitalism together?
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Romance novels for a beginner with no "impure love drama"
I do not read books as often as I watch movies, but I am willing to create a habit of reading by taking a suggestion for a book from this community, and I want to start from this genre....
Would Trump win?
If there was a game show like are you smarter than a fifth grader, but instead it is are you smarter than previous President George Bush Jr. and twice impeached previous President Trump is the first contestant would Trump win? So basically who is smarter the 43rd or 45th?
The difference between sport bikes and cruisers
I’m in my 40s and just got my first sport bike, been riding dirt bikes before I was 10 and street bikes by 14. I’ve always liked cruisers and choppers, never had a crotch rocket style....
Proxmox Help
Hey everyone, I’m currently using proxmox to virtualize my OPNsense and another VM. Today when I went to create a third VM, everything crashed with I/O errors, and I realized my local-lvm was out of space. This was odd to me since I have a 1TB drive and only have two small VMs....
What would you do if you got all ATLA bending powers, with the caveat that every time someone saw you using them, you would lose the power until they looked away again. They can still use other senses
I’m 43 but everyone at the workplace thinks I’m 25. Is this something I need to change?
I’m 43 years old but apparently I have a baby face, good hair for my age and everyone believes I’m in my mid 20s, even though I already have some gray hairs nobody seems to notice (so far)....
My friend didn't have a great experience with Linux
I have been daily driving Linux for over two years now and I have switched distros many times. So, when my friend bought a new laptop, I convinced him to install Linux Mint on it. I asked him if he wanted to dual boot, he said no because it would fill up all his storage. We installed Linux Mint. The other day, he wanted to play...
FOSS Media Playback Device
I want to create a minimal install for mpv playback through jellyfin-mpv-shim and macast. this is going to be a base for a FOSS media sink akin to a Chromecast. you attach it to your TV and it plays whatever you send it, like movies from your jellyfin server and youtube/vimeo/piped/etc videos. otherwise, there’s no interaction...
Do they sell laptops like these in 2024?
I’m sick of my laptop breaking after just three years. I want a laptop that:...