a 320 year old elf marries an 80 year old human: Is the elf robbing the cradle, or the grave?
TIL that credit card numbers are validated using Luhn's algorithm. If it doesn't work with Luhn's algorithm, it's not a valid card number.
You can read about Luhn’s algorithm here
Good DAWS and VSTs for linux
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Would any of you be interested in a semi-curated NixOS config?
I’m currently working on a small setup for myself to have my complete home server in a Nix-config. That means, services, backup, etc. And if I can, having everything nice and separated into different files....
What is your personal definition of value?
I’ve spent my life wasting my time, rationalized with words. In terms of my own human life, I’ve reached for a vague sense of meaning, purpose, significance… and value. At least, value of distinct characteristics of instances relatable THROUGH those characteristics measured....
Is it weird that I enjoy imagining being a witness/victim of various tragedies?
(TL;DR): I love being terrified, and this has led me to a fascination with imagining being a witness to / a victim of various tragedies. Is that weird?...
"Virgin" and "Fucker" are both used as insults. Damned if you "do it," damned if you don't "do it."
Ignoring the movies, Josie and the Pussycats were a way better cartoon band than Jem and the Holograms
Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 19th
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What are your favorite mashups?
That The Knack/Ting Tings/Toni Basil mashup got me thinking about other great mashups, so I’m wondering what your favorites are. Here are a few of mine:...
Replace Torrenting with Usenet
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Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning!
Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!
Is there a way to set the Recent Apps button to instead open another app (or just be better overall)?
I’d like it to open an app that shows a list at once instead of the current, horribly inefficient way that makes apps mostly take up almost the whole screen, one at a time… Thanks for any ideas!
Anybody remember Project Spark (Xbox One)?
An increase in bad seeds on Bit Torrent?
So I’ve been grabbing a few shows I want to watch reruns of while playing Balatro that don’t have good blu ray releases. My piracy is fairly limited these days so I don’t bother with private trackers (do have a VPN though). In the past, I never really had an issue with grabbing a few one offs off the popular, maybe...
how are some people able to fall asleep anywheres?
I see people sleeping on concrete, in cramped plane seats etc How do y’all do it?
Best way to remotely access pc on same LAN
Hey guys. I have a steam link I’ve used for quite some time. But I’m wanting to figure out a solution that is similar but grants full PC control. I have my main PC hardwired and a steam link and monitor out in my garage I’m routing to with a power line adapter that works pretty great. But it has a lot of issues when...
Stable diffusion on Arch Linux with a 7900 XTX?
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When is ok to celebrate death?
Even though it’s against main lemmy instances rules. lemmy.world/post/15596791 is full of people celebrating death...
Morse post
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Have you ever tried silkscreen printing?
I’ve wanted to try it for a long time, but never got around to it. I’m curious about any techniques that are more grass roots outside of the commercialized space, like what are the absolute minimum things needed when repeatability, convenience, and time are not important factors, but money and access to rare markets is...
Starbuck milkshake is like tobacco
Just realize: They call coffee, but unless I order black coffee, anything else feel like milkshake....
If one conjoined twin commits a murder without the consent of their twin, will both have to go to prison or nobody?
Romance books with more relatable male protagonists
I’ve been feeling really lonely lately so I’ve been trying to find any romance books to distract me....