Why do most people choose to use WhatsApp over telegram??
Telegram is just actually superior in terms of features I don’t get it.
You could have a natural talent for something you will never attempt
Does anyone know of an alternative to Readwise?
I’m looking for a solution to easily keep bookmarks digitally of physical books I read. Previously I would type up the just I was wanting to save into a Google Keep note, but that is fairly disruptive to my reading time and really slows things down....
Hey is there a standard / preferred format for image alt text / transcription on Lemmy?
Right now I just use the body of my image posts and write something like “alt text: meme name and used text”.
Visio alternative
Hello self-hosters! Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a self-hosted Microsoft Visio alternative, or something at least very similar. I’m basically looking to create infrastructure diagrams for my self hosted server and apps. I already have WikiJS as a wik/documentation solution, but don’t mind migrating to...
Is anyone using Debian Sid for gaming?
Well I’m hopping around… again. I thought I had a good stable setup going but then something happens upstream that goes against what I want/believe in (looking at you RedHat) and I’m back on the hunt again....
Can someone help me create my own lemmy instance ?
and maybe teach me how to use it. I am a novice ubuntu user but i am getting friendly with terminal. no fancy stuff just to self host and have the option to block unwanted instances and communities, also wanted to browse the lemmyverse without encountring an api rate limit error. link me if this is already asked before. thanks.
Good local-only/local-first wifi thermostat?
I want to be able to control my thermostat from my phone, so I’m looking for recommendations for one that meets the following:...
I know that recent drama has caused a bit of uneasiness in the community for this platforms future, but I am optimistic for lemmy. It might be helpful to look to mastodon to learn how to move forward.
cross-posted from: literature.cafe/post/641633...
I know that recent drama has caused a bit of uneasiness in the community for this platforms future, but I am optimistic for lemmy. It might be helpful to look to mastodon to learn how to move forward.
I was never extremely active on Mastodon until recently but I followed it’s development relatively closely from its infancy. And I will say that it’s really strange to watch lemmy face nearly identical issues that Mastodon did when it was in a similar development stages. (Though, some of the drama thus far have been...
Is it just my parents, or do most Boomers view saying "please" and "thank you" as an afterthought?
They’ll ask me to do something, and then a few seconds later they add, “Please, thank you,” as if they realized that they have to say it.
Does anyone have any favorite recipes for cheap, nutritional meals?
Hello there! I was wondering if anyone has some low budget meal recipes that they want to share. I wanna save money but I also don’t want to get malnourished on my low budget!
How is former president of the US Donald Trump still free when a lot of the accomplices in things he has been indicted for are already in jail and or prison except him?
I am asking here because all the political subs don’t allow a question, and US politics used to seemed so simple until to understand this man came along.
WYR live in a world with only Billy Joel songs, or a world where Billy Joel is the only artist?
Lets say you’re dead and im the Devil, your punishment for the life you led (you know what you did) is that you live your life again but its going to be a little crappier. Your choices are....
I am leaving Win10 for Garuda
My Predator Helios from 2018 is working just fine with win10, but I really want to move over to linux....
Best Sellers (2021): Sweet comedy drama with a nice, non-sarcastic performance from Aubrey Plaza. 7/10 would recommend.
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/1922747
I accidentally bought a game while my VPN was on
I bought Mega Man X Dive Offline, really hyped for it, but then when I double checked my VPN, I realized it was set for the Netherlands… Not good, I thought I had it set for the US as per usual....
Soldering Iron options
Please drop some links for the soldering irons y’all use, mine is apparently lost in my parent’s attic, and thinking of, probably too large for console modding....
installation and configuration of tigervnc on opensuse tumbleweed
installed opensuse tumblweed on proot-distro...
I switched from Windows 10 to Linux. Its great!
I was using Windows for a long time, from 95, XP, 7 and 10. Games just worked out fine, software that I needed I pirated. But I was annoyed from updates, (cannot turn off MY pc, just update and turn off option) bing, fokin bing and oh the best - F1 binded to it....
Best Star Trek Books
As the title says, I’m looking for some of the best Star Trek books to read. I’ve read both of The Eugenics Wars books and quite enjoyed them, so was looking for some other good ones. I don’t really care what time period they’re in, just as long as they’re Trek and pretty
Windows 10 - when attempting to open multiple image files simultaneously, instead of opening they become my desktop background.
This has been going on for a couple months at least, but not much longer than that....
Office in/out board solution
At my workplace we use a program called OfficeStatus to track whether someone is on, off, or WFH. Unfortunately, it’s losing support at the end of the year and we’re anticipating a windows update breaking it at some point....