Any good tech sites without the fluff?
I am looking for some good tech sites that have longer articles and indepth reviews. Preferably without an obvious biased towards a particular company or brand. edit: I should have clarified what to was looking for. I would like to compile a list of lesser-known but useful websites so that I can stay current on tech news without...
Who does flatpak/snap benefit?
As a user, the best way to handle applications is a central repository where interoperability is guaranteed. Something like what Debian does with the base repos. I just run an install and it’s all taken care of for me. What’s more, I don’t deal with unnecessary bloat from dozens of different versions of the same library...
Irregularly Updated Community Feedback: PipedLinkBot Gone Rampant Edition
Previously: Submission Statement Edition...
Is there a way to pirate audible audiobooks?
I like audiobooks on audible and my free trial has expired, I forgot to save some files through libation, so now, where can I pirate the audiobooks on audible?...
netflixmirror.com safe to use?
Threat was detected with Adguard DNS filter and in URL Void...
What is the biggest corporate heel turn that you know?
I was thinking about this after listening to Marc Andreassen blather on about how he doesn’t trust government as a repository of trusted keys and other functions. He advocates for private companies to perform critical functions. Standard libertarian stuff in many respects....
Why has the percentage of the population that are obese or overweight increased so much in the US?
Bass pedal that replicates "donk bass"
I’ve been addicted to donk bass for years, I keep a playlist of deep house tracks with a tonne of donk bass just to keep myself settled....
What is the greatest sin you've done in your life?
Why don't app developers provide an option to disable caching or a self-cleaning cache feature (like in the Fedilab app)? Dutch
Most applications clog up the cache space on your device’s memory. You have to delete the cache manually which is not convenient. Fedilab is one of the few applications that has a self-cleaning cache function when exiting the application. Why don’t many other apps have a feature to disable caching or self-clear the cache?
A community to talk about the Lithuanian language
!lithuanian
How to rename multiple *file extensions* to *nil/no file extension* at once in Windows?
In case of renaming multiple file extensions to another, they suggested to type this command in cmd promt or powershell: ren *.(current extension name) *.(new extension name)...
Laptop in a 100-200€ price range
A family member of mine in Germany is looking for a laptop in the 100-200€ price range. It would be okay to buy used and it shouldn’t be one of those modern Celeron laptops. It should still have a fairly slim design and a processor at least good enough to run Minecraft at low settings with ~30fps on Linux. Is this even a...
Do you pirate? And do you justify pirating? i.e., what is your piracy philosophy?
Well, my friend, he’s kinda poor he can’t afford some books and some streaming services, so he pirates. He pirate books, audiobook and videos and other stuff. Sometimes he buys books he likes a lot out of loyalty to the author (yeah, I don’t understand it either), he likes to read physical books, but yeah, if he hates the...
Recently switched to a new AMD GPU from NVIDIA on pop!_OS, do I have to install anything?
I’ve already made a post about this, I made the switch from an Nvidia GPU to an AMD one and I was wondering if I needed to install anything extra. I’ve heard the drivers are included inside the kernel but how do I ensure that it’s installed?
Can I make a volcano?
This part of Indiana I live in is pretty flat. Dull, right? So I figure, why not have a volcano? Now… I get my magic drill machine that can drill as deep as I want it to drill....
Help request - COD BO1 Zombies mouse acceleration/sensitivity
Has anyone been able to get consistent mouse input on black ops 1 zombies? Most maps feel okay, but I can’t get Call of the Dead to a remotely playable state…...
Is there a tv series that shows what things are like in China or Soviet Russia (one party system, with english subs)
What's a great but uncommon comedy movie we should watch?
Self hosted references manager
What are your selfhosted recommendation to manage your bibliography ?
The only difference between a humane and an inhumane death, is whether or not it leaves a mess.
A person can be killed instantly through many different means....
Did Jeffrey Epstein really kill himself?
Why did you vote for Biden?
Alternative to ClamAV?
TL;DR - What are you running as a means of “antivirus” on Linux servers?...