My elderly parents' car broke down a couple hundred miles away. How can I get them and their car home (or fixed) with a minimum of cost and hassle?
My parents were driving to the beach for vacation. Their car broke down in a small city just under 100 miles from their destination and about 250 miles from home. It’s under warranty, but the nearest dealership is 50 miles away (in a completely different direction than either home or the beach), and of course neither a...
World News needs moderators
Our current mods are absent, so let us know in the comments if you’re able to help mod. Requirements:...
What's the funniest game you've played?
For me it’s probably Jazzpunk, but I liked Disco Elysium too. I’ve been looking for something to scratch that “Jazzpunk surrealist comedy itch” for a while and not many games have come even close.
I watched 2 hours of starfield gameplay and an hour of review
and I am really not impressed. I don’t want to know more about the story, don’t want to build a spaceship that I can fast travel with, don’t want to explore the universe....
"Arch is unreliable and breaks!"
I’m using Arch Linux for 2 years. I subscribed to Arch’s mailing lists and I check my mails daily. I use flatpak instead of AUR....
What is the difference between roasting and baking, since they are both referring to cooking something in an oven?
How are we supposed to convene an impartial jury for a trial involving high profile political people? [USA]
Supporters of the person would just vote non-guilty and opponents would just vote guilty. It would just result in hung juries over and over.
literature.cafe - A New Lemmy Instance for Readers, book lovers, writers and their communities and fandoms
Unsure if this is the best place to post this, there’s a few communities from this instance that have already been posted here but I figured the instance itself might be worth letting people know about....
Social differences even between coasts are massive
Buddy of mine and I were chatting on Discord and we ended up having a conversation about this topic....
Why is snaps hated
I see people hate snap packaging and removing it if their OS support it. Is it because it’s NOT fully open-source or just due to how the technology works?...
YSK to play around with different sorting methods on your lemmy feed.
Why YSK: Doing so can change your feed and experience drastically....
[ELI5] What is a reverse proxy exactly and how do I use it to run several dockerized services on one machine?
So, I have some idea on what a reverse proxy does and will be using nginx (with the neat proxy manager UI) for my setup....
Plan on getting a Linux laptop: any suggestions?
I’m considering getting a laptop for Linux and want to know a few things before I do. Some important info before I start: I don’t plan on using the laptop for anything too intense, mainly writing, digital art, streaming, browsing, and maybe very mild video editing (cropping at least and shortening at most). I would also...
YSK: Safari extensions on iOS let you redirect reddit urls to an alternative
Why YSK: Google returns reddit results very often when searching, which many of us want to avoid clicking, to avoid sending traffic to reddit....
How do you keep docker/podman containers up-to-date?
I used to simply use the ‘latest’ version tag, but that occasionally caused problems with breaking changes in major updates....
Settle a debate: would eating a Venus fly trap be considered vegan?
Can you take the lint from your dryer and make clothing?
I know its not quite that simple, I’d have to make thread first, and after I get enough, make clothing out of it. Could this actually be done? I can sew, but never made my own clothing nor have I ever made thread, so I don’t know if it could actually be done or not. I’m 100% sure the time and effort would not be worth it,...
Are any of these (firefox) extensions causing the 'Adblockers are not allowed on Youtube' message for you guys?
Figured I’d make a dedicated post this time instead of leaving it in a comment....
What games do you think should NEVER be remastered, because they're close to perfect as they are?
Any games where a remaster could never stack up to the original....
Why can't we decrease our eye's FPS to get better night vision?
My phone is normally worse for color gradients and contrasts than my eyes. Also, normally it has worse nightvision....
My name is Ganesh and I am a leacher :( What do you good folk think of leechers?
edit 2: thank you to everyone who replied....
Linux from scratch
Hi everybody, I’ve been using linux for over 15 years with a huge gap in between. I think i stopped at 14 (Ubuntu) something and started again at 20 something. So i had to learn alot again. Luckily it all came back quick. Now since this week I started linux from scratch to learn more about the way it’s build. I’m also...
Old lady in bag jail
She goes into the Hell Bag for roughly 15 minutes a month, the time it takes to get her monthly Old Kitty Medicine (which comes as a jab)....
Why do some car exhausts drip fluid?
And what is it? Always assumed it was just water but now I’m pretty sure it’s not. Also do all cars do this?