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.
List of useful BTRFS tools
Hi, I want to do an “awesome things” list with BTRFS tools...
Is it possible to safely "give away" a Steam account to a stranger?
I’m pretty sure I’m done with Steam gaming, haven’t launched a game in almost a year, and generally want to move away from DRM....
Opinions and help with Misskey
Wanted to make an account on a JP/en server but I don’t think misskey will allow sign up with a protonmail email, can anyone help me with the sign up....
What's the concensus on SpaceHey?
I just learned about the Fediverse in May. I now have a Lemmy account, and a Mastadon account....
Intel 'Sierra Forest' Xeon Server CPUs
I’ve been getting back into the CPU limelight after a few years of burnout from too much info and life goals....
[email protected], for fans of the Dragon Ball universe!
!dragonball
Do you have your favorite Linux restoring / data craving tools for Linux?
I found these: Scalpel - but no longer maintaned. PhotoRec - but I don’t know how well it works with Btrfs....
Are there mobile apps for RedLib?
I’m thinking something similar to Yattee / Invidious....
How come no true use for recent AI developments has been found yet?
I saw people complaining the companies are yet to find the next big thing with AI, but I am already seeing countless offer good solutions for almost every field imaginable. What is this thing the tech industry is waiting for and what are all these current products if not what they had in mind?...
Anyway to make $20 a day online consistently?
My disabled friend just needs to make like $20 a day to afford what she needs....
Engine placement in cars
Why do some cars have their engines in the front and some in the back, what are the advantages and disadvantages of the two builds. And why doesn’t every car have full wheel drive?
How do y'all backup docker databases with backup programs like Borg/Restic?
Edit: Results tabulated, thanks for all y’alls input!...
Gaming vs Regular Distros
TL;DR: Is there really a performance benefit to a gaming distro over a regular distro? Or is it more of a “this is the least work” to get setup?...
What service do you prefer and why to order food to your home?
Thinking of trying this out. I and seeing GrubHub, DoorDash, Postmates, UberEats. Where to go?
Idea: government funded parties with attendees selected by sortition: "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Party" "Lincoln County Party"
Every week or every month each level of government throws a party funded with taxpayer dollars, and attendees are selected at random from the residents and given advance notice of the party schedule.
NFS OST remade for kids
One of the weird realization for me as I learnt English and listened to authors who contributed to these games, is that many remastered their tracks to exclude swear words and obvious mentions of drugs, or was it EA specialists? NFS Underground and Most Wanted games were filled with rap and metal, but still got rated for teens...
The Sunak v Starmer debate is appalling
Sunak comes across like the prat he is. “Labor will raise taxes by £2,000 for everybody” regardless of the question. Talking over all the time, not listening to the moderator. Appalling creature. Starmer sympathises a lot with people asking questions without answering them. Skating around or just plainly ignoring questions...
Setting up a swap file on top of using swap-to-zram for Hibernation purposes? (Fedora 40)
So here’s my situation:...
Any app that can track when I go to sleep and when I wake up?
I have tried a few but they all seem to be putting the priority on features I don’t need, like recording the sounds while I sleep. I would just like a log of when I fall asleep and when I wake up....
[email protected], to share art from imaginary settings
!imaginary...
What is Calypso? (Discovery spoilers)
Hi all :)...
Wireguard self hosting - Some tricks I don't see mentioned in too many tutorials
I just finished setting up my Wireguard VPN “server”. In this post I want to spread some information, I could’ve found useful but which didn’t come up in most of the Wireguard tutorials....
Linux admin with 20 years experience, looking for "beginner" distro [Solved, the real beginner distro was the Debian I've used along the way]
I’m over tinkering with my OS. So I’m looking for a distro that “just works” out of the box for my laptop. Also I want to test an “easy” distro I can install for my grandpa....