Have you ever created your own job perks?
When I was working minimum wage at a gas station many eons ago, we would have ‘2 for $x’ specials where x is less than 2 times the individual price of whatever item....
[repost] Want an empty omelette? Sure
So it was my first job was a server at a very popular 24 hour breakfast diner/chain. We had lots of colorful customers....
How do I calculate if a test like this is statistically significant?
I let people rate how much they like different things on a scale of 1-10. How do I actually tell if people like one thing more than another thing if the sample sizes are different? This is not about any real scientific study, more like a personal test :)...
Does Lemmy have an equivalent of IAMA or AskMeAnything
Lemmy needs an analogue of IAMA/AskMeAnything (or whatever we need to do to avoid the copyright issues if any). Do we currently have that or is there any indication its in the works?
AIs version of beautiful people will be based on plastic surgery versions of people who were once based on those born with good looks
LLM Inference for Legal Document Summarization?
Hey everyone, I’ve been parsing through the Huggingface website and am having a bit of trouble picking out an LLM inference to help me parse through legal documents. I am not a lawyer, but I would like to understand my rights and how to search for answers to legal questions with concrete answers using an inference....
NGINX config for TLS passthrough with multiple services?
I am trying to set up a reverse proxy server, with TLS passthrough....
What do you use to reduce images before posting?
I’m using imagepipe from fdroid, into webp format, keeping aspect ratio. Most of my posts don’t need high res imagery anyway, just something to get the message across. What do you use?
If you liked the movie Tetris you might want to check out BlackBerry
Both movies came out around the same time and I think they have a fair amount in common. Both movies have a fair amount of the “Can they do it?” tension and detail the events behind a major trend....
Kicked back to login screen after logging in, Debian 12
As the title states whenever I try to login and start the desktop environment I get kicked back to the login screen with no error message. Beforehand I was messing around with configuring dwm. I’ve tried updating through the tty and deleting dwmblocks (which is what I was messing with before all this)...
If an alien civilization were to visit Earth, what movie would you pick to show them in order to give them a summary of what mankind is all about?
What creative medium do you find most inspiring for expressing yourself?
Writing had always been my go to medium but more visual mediums have become appealimg to me recently.
Who was your worst coworker?
Cost Benefit: Tailscale vs. Tailscale w/ Self-Hosted Headscale Instance vs. VPN Provider
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Running ejabberd behind a reverse proxy
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Jabra replacement
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Is ADHD over diagnosed?
Why wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?
[Question] ActivityPub Blogging Platform
Hi! I’m looking to publish a blog that can be discovered through interactions on the fediverse, and potentially displays replies as comments. I had set up WriteFreely and, though it is missing the replies feature, it seemed pretty well-made. However, when I tried to publish my post, pressing “Move to [blog name]” made it...
Buying new CPU
I have finally ditched Nvidia and I have nothing but praise for my AMD gpu. Now im in market for new CPU and I kinda want to do same with Intel, since I was on intel my whole life....
People will forget what the covid signs looked like
Now that all of the mask required and social distancing signs are pretty much gone there will be little record of that aspect of the pandemic....
multi-boot, Encrypted Volumes, My struggle
Seriously you guys. I love tinkering. I never give up. I feel like I’ve failed here, having used about 4 promising tutorials found online. Just can’t make it all play right....
Favorite chart/website for CAT5, 5e, 6, etc differences?
I always forget the speed differences (and other specs) for ethernet cables. I can find what I need from various sources, but I haven’t been able to find a good chart with the info I want to print out at work. Most likely I’ll create my own, but I’m curious what’s already out there....