why does open source companies like canonical and opensuse don't host their own fediverse instances?
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How does an instance of Lemmy, especially a larger one like lemmy.world pay for costs involved with running a Lemmy instance in a sustainable way?
[OC] Ryuzu Waterfall - Nikko, Japan
Help! Instance syncronizing in a very weird way
Hi, so I launched my very own instance. I’m posting from here, and hopefully this post makes it there. I subscribed to a few coms, but I’m getting outdated posts and the votes don’t line up, also the comments do not all load. So I’m able to federate, but for some reason only some of the data is coming over to my...
Creating Communities
Liftoff, Connect, and Jerboa do not allow me to create communities on their apps. If they could then I would never need to resort to the desktop site ever again.
Rehydrated meme
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TIL that Proctor & Gamble and Unilever actively sponsor Russian war efforts and are on the International Sponsors of War list.
They own brands such as Pampers, Olay, Old Spice, Pantene, Oral B, Herbal Essences, Gilette, Dove, Hellmann’s, Axe, Knorr, Magnum, Breyers, and Lipton, among others....
Liftoff is buggy.
Liftoff keeps refusing to show me my feed and it keeps saying that I’m logged out....
Linux taught me self-confidence
I have never considered myself to be tech-savvy. However, there is a running gag in my immediate family where I claim to be terrible with computers (eg. “I dont think i could find that, my google-fu is weak”) which my family responds to by reminding me of that one time I did that one cool thing (eg. reminding me about I...
[Question] Preventing DDoS
I self host all of my services but utilize a VPS as a gateway for access. Primarily to allow access to a media server and file storage for friends and family....
The glass is 50% empty or full, but it is entirely made of glass so it is also 100% glass.
There's no way stopping the flow
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/091dc54b-09a4-426b-83b4-cecc01d5661a.webp
Solidworks and other industry-class CAD software on linux
I am about to go to college for engineering and they require a Windows laptop because of the software we will be using (mostly solidworks I’m pretty sure) doesn’t work on other operating systems. I primarily use windows day-to-day for gaming and such anyways so it’s not a problem for me but I’m wondering if anyone had...
True Story
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/eec25e01-8d57-498b-91b9-9928d78121b1.png
Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin v1.2.0 is now available on Chrome & Firefox!
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/1418762...
Rule 7: Further Explained [META] [Open to Discussion]
This post is a part of the series NSQ Posting Guidelines, and aims to further explain & clarify the implications of this rule, and how it takes effect. It is not definite, and may be improved by any moderator upon any time of need....
Is 4K VRR over HDMI possible on Linux?
Everything that I’ve been reading says that it’s only doable with DisplayPort.
TIL that before the Reddit refugees got here, Lemmy was just called Mmy
Stray really disappointed me. I want a real cat game.
Just an open world survival game, only you’re a cat, dealing with regular cat problems. You have to hunt, avoid larger animals, compete with other cats, figure out which humans are dangerous and which will give you treats, judiciously spray things to maintain your territory, maybe mate and reproduce (your sex and fertility...
Any good alternatives to browsers?
I’ve just been looking for a replacement for Firefox Beta.
Many of my (paid) mobile games became "unsupported"
I own a Moto G8 Play (with Android 10 installed), and i noticed that over the last months i haven’t been able to play or install various games that i purchased on this very phone (and also games on which i had made in-app purchases)....
Do e-cigarettes actually work?
I have a friend who has been using an e-cigarette for 10+ years. He doesn’t seem any less addicted to smoking as back when he was using old-fashioned cigarettes....
Since when is Android 10 out of support?
Just checked the wikipedia page today and it says that it’s “Unsupported”....
Advice for someone going into tech.
I recently decided to go back to school and get a job in the tech industry. I’m looking at cyber security but I’m not looked into that decision....