kbin.social - kbin.life

Suspension on my laptop (closing the lid) causes Wifi to not be available. (kbin.social)

Hi, this is a long lasting problem that I didn't really manage to fix when I started using linux (Mint, Cinnamon). But now that I've been using it regularly for half a year and I have more experience in fiddling around, I'm trying to get it resolved....

Isn't technically everything open-source? (kbin.social)

I don't know (but wanna learn) programming, but, for example, can't you inspect the code of an app if it's installed?...

What game is too terrifying to finish for you? (kbin.social)

Mine is Silent Hill 3. Its subject matter revolves around the fears of a teenage girl, like death of a parent, puberty, unwanted pregnancy (with a demon fetus, no less), mirrors (THAT ROOM shivers), and stalkers. The atmosphere is so oppressive and I cant play the game without having something else playing in the background, its...

Is it possible to go to a Steve Aioki concert if you're over 50 and not look like a predator? (kbin.social)

I have the opportunity to go to a SA concert next year but I'm old and Grey. I don't want go if im the ceeepy old guy. Thoughts? I do know and enjoy a bit of his misic.

Reddit app score changed dramatically (kbin.social)

Did Google help reddit? A short time ago the score for the reddit app was down around 3.2 as everyone gave it 1 star for how bad it was and all the drama going on. I just opened the play store today and the app has a 4.2. Did Google delete or discount some of those reviews?

Does anybody else push on their sides when they're pooping? (kbin.social)

When I poop, I'll take my hand and make a "knife hand" and massage the area above my hip and grab the side of my stomach while bending over to help the poop get out instead of straining. It's this weird?

If I add baking soda to lemon juice and water or use carbonated water is the carbon the same as the CO2 in the atmosphere? (kbin.social)

I was thinking of making lemonade and was wondering if it would let CO2 into the atmosphere or not.

YSK: If you work in the U.S. as a W-2 worker, you can check to see how much money you've paid into Social Security and learn when you'll become eligible to draw from it in retirement (kbin.social)

https://www.ssa.gov/myaccount/statement.html...

Region blocked printers (kbin.social)

Piracy adjacent here. We have a printer, colour laserjet, that is from another 'region', was a really nice printer and we bought it just before moving and decided to bring it. There is an equivalent printer here with the same cartridges but we've found out they're 'region locked'. Brand is HP/Samsung....

Comparing compression in AV1, x264, and x265 (kbin.social)

I recently got it into my head to compare the various popular video codecs in an effort to better understand how av1 works and looks compared to x264 and x265. I also had ideas of using a intel video card to compress a home video security setup, and what levels of compression I would need to get good results....

Describe a game without revealing its name! (kbin.social)

Let the people try to guess!...

Trying to understand the different selfhosted monitoring solutions (kbin.social)

Note: It seems my original post from last week didn't get posted on lemmy.world from kbin (I can't seem to find it) so I'm reposting it. Apologies to those who may have already seen this....

Is it just me, or are conspiracy theories trending right now? (kbin.social)

I'm using instagram to browse the discover feed mindlessly sometimes. I know, it's stupid, but I'm bored....

Yet another article about Reddit vs. Lemmy vs. others: "Discussing Three Reddit Alternatives After Reddit's API Decisions" (kbin.social)

https://hackernoon.com/discussing-three-reddit-alternatives-after-reddits-api-decisions

A take on an "ideal" fediverse (kbin.social)

For-profit tech companies like #Threads and #Flipboard are beginning to implement #ActivityPub, and that's been causing a lot of chaos lately. Thus, I've found it helpful to take a step back, consider what it is about the fediverse that I value, and think about whether federation with these large platforms will bring us closer...

How do you observe your server functions? (kbin.social)

I use some batch scripts in my proxmox installation. They are in cron.hourly and daily checking for virus and ram/CPU load of my LXC containers. An email is send on condition....

Is it possible to completely hide all reverse proxy traffic from a VPS provider? (kbin.social)

I run a self-hosted server at home on which I have run a bunch of personal stuff (like nextcloud etc.). To prevent pointing DNS servers at my home router, I run a reverse proxy on a VPS that I rent (from Scaleway FWIW)....

Car Headlights - Why not red? (kbin.social)

So, just finished reading an article on WaPo about fireflies/lightening bugs and got me thinking further... Car headlights suck. They mess up our night vision when we pass another dickhead running white/blue lights. We mess up the habit(at) of many animals/bugs. So why not red lights? My hiking/camping headlamp has a red light...

The Price is Right television show is a low-key way to normalize inflation. (kbin.social)

Prices presented in the show are presented without question. At no point does anyone question their absurdity.

how did we survive threads earlier this year? (kbin.social)

When I join threadiverse (summer 2023), soon everyone was talking about Threads and how it was about to destroy the whole thing....

Banned...again (kbin.social)

At this point, I do not know why I try anymore. I got banned again from Reddit because it appeared that some of the opinions I expressed got their sweaty manties in a bunch to ban together to get me ousted. After about a month of trying again to be active....

Is Voice Access really this bad, or is my phone haunted? (kbin.social)

if youre unfamiliar, its an accessibility app made by google, for controlling your phone with your voice. this is different to the “OK google” thing....