Moderators & admins: What's the best way for users to report spam accounts? (Or not at all?)
I’m starting to notice spam accounts here — accounts that do nothing but post and crosspost links to low-quality or promotional websites....
TIL about the shortest war in history
TIL that the shortest war in history took place between Britain and Zanzibar on August 27, 1896, lasting only 38 minutes. The conflict arose due to a succession dispute within the Zanzibar Sultanate after the death of the ruling Sultan. As tensions escalated, the British government intervened and issued an ultimatum to the rival...
are there small sized mmorpg's?
I know there is runescape and albion but is there anything else, or are those the only small file sized ones for pc?...
Of all the forms that matter can take in this universe, it predominantly forms into big orbs of light in an otherwise endless sea of darkness
Around 2 out of 3 people on Earth, got to party and ring in the New Year in the year 2000 when they were old enough to be excited about it (assuming a conscious age of 10 years)
IBT/BTI on Linux vs OpenBSD
From Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD...
Does Factory Reset Overwrite Device Encryption Keys?
Also, is there any difference between using the settings menu to wipe, using remote wipe, and using the bootloader wipe?
Manga website
Hey guys, Do you know any website for manga. Online reader will be a plus but torrents also work....
How would you quote someone using CommonMark markdown syntax?
I would like to know what template would people prefer....
Into which pocket do you place your phone?
Despite being right handed, it feels more comfortable to place my phone in my left front pocket. Maybe because having a wallet in my right pocket predates using mobile phones. What feels most natural for you?
I want a Sim Ant game but with bees
Beehaw has me thinking about bees…...
Why GitHub?
I can’t help but notice most (all I’ve seen anyway) of the federated projects are hosted on GitHub. GitLab is also not federated, but can be self hosted and has at least discussed it....
Mixed refresh rates question
Hello everyone. I’ve read some posts before about Linux behaving poorly when using multiple monitors that have a different refresh rate....
Timeshift restores empty /boot folder, wipes everything else
Hey all, I had a frozen screen during the latest update and am left with a kernel panic on boot, so I want to restore my system from an external hdd using a live usb system. I tried that using timeshift and following this guide ostechnix.com/how-to-backup-and-restore-linux-sys… and now it seems I only have an empty /boot...
What are you currently reading?
I’m reading Reaper by Will Wight. It’s the 10th out of 12.
AT Protocol and Activitypub interconnectivity
Will a service built on activitypub be able to view posts made using the AT Protocol by default and vice versa? Or will that functionality have to be developed?
What's the situation with Peertube?
AFAIK, Peertube uses ActivityPub as well, but are Lemmy instances federated with them? I don’t seem to see Peertube instances on my feed. It be cool to see Lemmy comments appear below Peertube videos.
Letter of Appreciation to Lemmy Moderators [META]
Hello everyone. Let’s take a second to appreciate some unseen workers here, huh?...
Why can't flatpaks just work
I usually try to stay out of the whole snap vs flatpak discussion. Although I am just really confused as to why flatpak just does not seem to care about usability. You’re trying to create a universal packaging format I would think the point of it is that a user can just install an app and after reviewing permissions it should...
We're lucky that our bodies require sleep, otherwise our cultures would have us working 16-20 hour days.
There are 3 stages in life. When you are young you go to a lot of birthday parties, and the next stage is when you go to a lot of weddings, and the final stage is when you go to a lot of furnals.
Does anyone use Bing for their search engine?
I feel like it’s dying and the people I know say they use Google or duck duck go.
In manga, why do they have a limited color palette instead of full color?
Access Jellyfin and Nextcloud remotely?
Running a TrueNAS Scale server with Jellyfin and planning to add Nextcloud. How would I be able to access these services from outside my network? I have heard portforwarding is unsafe and a VPN seems inconvenient to me.