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Does anyone know what is happening to lemmy.film? It seems to have been down for a few hours

lestat.org shows 63% uptime...

Is there an alternative to "motherfucker" that people would actually use?

The word can have swearing but not genderisation which might be offensive (mother) nor allusions to sexual dominance (motherfucker). Nor, other possibly offensive connotations. It seems that the word is commonplace and people won’t stop using it, so an alternative to the word may be useful. But the problem with alternatives,...

What is it with `traitors` and `disloyalty` 🤔

BBC News: Alec Baldwin may be recharged with Rust gun death because of 'additional facts'

BBC News - Alec Baldwin may be recharged with Rust gun death because of ‘additional facts’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67141319

I just got a pop up ad from Windows, for PC gaming and buy their Xbox controller.

A Windows pop up, right above the system tray. Holy fuck. I would have screen shot it but I was in disbelief.

Does the Federal Govt in the US consider Hemp as a product completely separate from Cannabis and as a legitimate business?

Do hemp farms, middle men, and retail from seed to sale get tax breaks and incentives for having a business in the US or do they get the same cash only treatment as the Cannabis industry?...

Steam focused distros?

There are distributions with a great Steam experience out of the box? It’s SteamOS actually a good choice? Maybe isn’t what you use or prefer....

An "AI Board" PCI Express; something you would be interested to buy?

The Nvidia NV1 was released in 1995, it was the first GPU with 3D capabilities for PC… form there we know how things went by....

Library Rebuild Suggestions

Is HEVC (8-bit)/AAC a good, modern CODEC combination for rebuilding & reducing my library size without compromising quality? Helpful feedback would be appreciated.

Is it possible to exhaust a core memory to the point that it is no longer as meaningful to you?

When thinking about the most important moment(s) of your life, do you still feel the full range of emotion associated with that memory? What if you keep recalling the same memory many times, does the intensity of emotion fade?

This might sound weird, but why is vegetarianism invalid while "piracy" isn't?

I’ve had a certain debate a few times where you might say we argue over the “semantics” of the meat industry....

Has anybody considered running a Mobilizon server?

cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/3186183...

sorry come back next week

Looking for some Google Workspace alternatives

After my private Gmail was leaked somewhere, I’ve started to receive an enormous amount of spam that came through into my inbox, which made me switch to Proton and a self-hosted SimpleLogin setup....

What’s a good place to get engagement rings that **arent* diamond?

I’m thinking about proposing to my girl, however we both think diamonds as a standard is stupid and overrated, we both prefer much more colorful and comparatively cheaper gemstones like rubies and sapphires, but I’m having trouble finding a good place for that, I’ve never done this before, any ideas?

Persona 5 Royal PC

Is there any reason why there don’t seem to be any releases of Persona 5 for the PC? Anything I find is either Nintendo Switch or PS3 packaged alongside emulators. Does it really come down to the dramatic Denuvo cracker not bothering to have a go at this one?

Tom Clancy Ghosh Recon Wildlands vs Breakpoint

Which one is better? I have to choose one game to buy this weekend.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Review Thread

Game Information...

New York Times: US Intel has reported they have "HIGH CONFIDENCE" intelligence from multiple sources, that the hospital strike was a failed rocket fired from within Gaza.

nytimes.com/…/hospital-gaza-us-intelligence.html?…...

Can I safely throw away old smartphones?

I’ve been cleaning up my home office and found 2 pretty old smartphones in a box, around 10 years old I’d say. I don’t have any old chargers to check if they still work so I’m unsure what sort of data is on there, if any, or if they still charge up even....