What are You Working on Wednesday
Weekly thread to discuss whatever you’re working on, big or small, at work or in your free time.
Should I move to Docker?
I’m a retired Unix admin. It was my job from the early '90s until the mid '10s. I’ve kept somewhat current ever since by running various machines at home. So far I’ve managed to avoid using Docker at home even though I have a decent understanding of how it works - I stopped being a sysadmin in the mid '10s, I still worked...
Why do I enjoy the combination of two flavours if they arrive separately, but hate them when they arrive pre-combined?
By way of an example, I was eating a salad which had raw onions in it. I then took a sip of Coke. The combination of the two flavours was amazing, but I know that if someone handed me an onion-infused Coke, I’d find it horrid....
What are some cool people you follow on other Mastodon and other Fediverse Platforms?
Looking for journalists, researchers, professionals, creators, etc....
Lemmy app with peek/hold for preview
I’ve just been through the far-too-many Lemmy apps I have installed, to see whether any support peeking/hold to preview, like Sync does. Is it the only one?
Can i use mailcow on a dynamic IP with DDNS-updater for my usecase?
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what is a skill you wish you had, and why?
Ok, I might as well go first: I wish I could draw. Not at the level where I could make photorealistic portraits, but I’ve always been envious of those who are able to scetch something together in a few minutes that perfectly captures what they want to convey. Sometimes words aren’t enough to express what I want to say, and...
high res art?
Where do you find large collections of hi res art? Old masterpieces and more modern pieces? Extra points if I can find stashes of hi res versions of NFTs that other people were silly enough to buy.
ZFS Swap on Linux
One for those running #ZFS on #Linux systems. I realise that you can’t have hibernate aka suspend to disk on a swap in the encrypted zpool but if you don’t use hibernation then is it OK to use swap using the likes of the command example below to set it up in the encrypted pool?...
On the end of Discovery
I have mixed feelings about Disco ending. I really dug the first season’s look at a Federation at war, and following the person who arguably set that war in motion dealing with her culpability. Add to that a ship that is part weird science lab, part haunted house. And yeah, I could live with the Klingon redesign....
Switched my Parents to Linux
I’m visiting my parents for the holidays and convinced them to let me switch them to Linux....
SSH Putty key conversion or android SSH that can use one
Does anybody know a way of either converting (on android) a putty key to something I can use in ConnectBot, or a good android SSH app that can use Putty keys natively?...
What are the best features of Lemmy that aren't available in Reddit?
EBook Management
I am setting up a new server for my media and wanted to ask for your best ways to manage an ebook and comic collection. I have been using calibre so far, but it is not really designed to be managed remotely.
How do you reload a warship ?
In the context of the Houthis launching drones against western ships....
The finals game doesnt run on linux so i switched back to windows 11.
Linux is all good if you only play singleplayer games. My friends started playing the finals yesterday and it doesn’t run on linux because of EAC. Windows can run all my games without any proton switching and all the nvidia features like ray reconstruction and pathtracing with frame generation just works (alan wake 2 looks so...
Does the federation ever starts allowing genetic engineering again?
Do you face stigma (or discrimination) in your family due to a mental illness that you have or that someone you love has?
And if you’ve made strides in reversing that stigma, how have you done so?
Whoever is across from someone on the yearbook page kisses them when the book closes.
Players who don't like survival games as a genre: Which survival games are your personal exceptions, which ones have you enjoyed nonetheless and why?
Personally, I really don’t like most of these games due to the tedium and frustration that comes with hunger/thirst mechanics. Most of the exceptions that I do actually like either make up for it through something else that elevates the experience enough - or they either don’t have these mechanics or allow for players to...
How do I cope with my father hating me?
My father, who convinced me (16 m) at the time to move in with him instead of my mother when they moved. All 3 of the other siblings stayed with my mother. He then kicked me out the week I turned 18, a week into my senior year. Since then he stays in touch only to speak with his grandchildren (now going on 4 kids). I have never...
What Improvements Would You Like To See In Free/Libre, Open Source Music Software?
Hey guys, forgive me if I’m posting in the wrong place, but I have a talent for understanding audio very well. I just finished implementing a sequencer and a synthesizer in C, just for fun. Now that I’m done, I feel pretty good about this project, and I feel like there’s no reason not to keep going, but I don’t know what...
Any sites for downloading GOG dumps?
I can’t find a few games I want on gog-games.to, specifically world box. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you! sankara-salute
What is something you'd gladly go into debt for?
An example: for me, I’d happily go into debt to travel, or make sure my son has a good education.