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What's the difference between a proxy and a VPN
I’m going to need an ELI5 because I have read several explanations online, and I still don’t fully understand what makes them different. Why would you want to use one over the other? Don’t they both just forward your internet traffic? How do they work, in general?
What is worse: Having your death covered in the tv show forensic files or in 1000 ways to die?
I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp. (www.adobe.com)
I expected ridiculous propaganda from Adobe, but they give absolutely no reasons why Photoshop is better than Gimp and list a bunch of things that Gimp can do too....
How do you get people to wash their vegetables when you're at their house and you don't wanna seem rude?
So awkward, but come on it says right there on the package to wash those mushrooms or whatever it is… You’re not their mom but you don’t wanna eat feces or whatever ended up on the produce. A quick rinse is never going to be perfect but it’s better than nothing....
What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil?
"Select a size" when it's just standard paper towel roll. Literally the same way it's always been. (lemmy.ca)
Wow! New feature! Now you can CHOOSE how many paper towels you grab from the roll!
What's the most seeming trivial thing you'll turn down a GF or BF for?
What's wrong with Nextcloud, and why is it slow/clunky?
I hear people say that about Nextcloud often, which is part of why I haven’t bothered setting it up yet....
Is Antivirus needed in 2024?
I have been computer free for probably 15ish years until I recently bought and set up a RPi4 with Linux. It’s been fun but I’m not really a super user so I’m looking to back to Windows as my main OS....
Average website visit in 2024 (i.imgur.com)
How many days do your wear your socks before changing them?
Some people change their socks every single day, to me that’s a little to much. I’m more of a 2-3days kinda guy. Is changing socks each day absolutely necessary?...
8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates (slrpnk.net)
Linux thinks "linux" is not a word (lemmy.world)
I Guess it should be capitalized, but still.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella admits giving up on Windows Phone and mobile was a mistake::Satya Nadella wrote off Microsoft’s Nokia phone business acquisition and now says the company’s exit from mobile was a mistake.
Brave browser quietly slips a VPN service onto your Windows PC (www.androidcentral.com)
Hacking in 1980 vs Hacking in 2024 (lemmy.world)
Since the invention of the printing press and mass-produced books in the 15th century, silent letters/syllables in written texts have unnecessarily hastened deforestation
Spotify re-invented the radio (lemmy.world)
Can’t even seek through songs.
reminder (lemmy.world)
The Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year?
Fyi there are 365.242374 days in a year.
Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too (www.thedrive.com)
Nextcloud alternatives
So far my experience with Nextcloud has been that it is a pain in the arse to install, and once it’s installed is slow as anything. Literally couldn’t run it on my pi 3b, now got it up and running pretty nicely on a NUC but it’s still not great. Have caching set up....
Linux Desktop Market share keeps increasing, 3.19% now. +0.07% for August (gs.statcounter.com)
Chrome OS saw a good raise too. OS X(Mac) saw a decrease.
How do you use Tailscale?
I’ve read a lot of recommendations for tailscale and am on my way to try it out myself. Do you use Tailscale in the “normal” way or do you host your own Headscale server (as I’m planning to do)? Any pros and cons?
Table Flip Time 🙃 (lemmy.world)
How do you open this? (lemmy.world)
I bought this juice carton but I’ve never seen this type of opening in my life. I’m stumped. Edit: omg I didn’t even notice the “lift” sign, thanks everyone! I did it!
Does it matter which Lemmy I'm in?
I’m in Lemmy.world, but I’ve seen there are others. Do I have to switch in between them (if so, how?) or is it fine the way I have it?...
How did Facebook (aka Meta) aquire the name/domain "threads"?
Isn’t this a very common phrase? Surely, someone already thought about this?
If I subscribe to a community that's from a different instance than my "home" instance, where should I browse to see that community?
For instance, I made an account here in Lemmy.world because it seemed like a nice, well rounded place to start. However, I want stuff from TTRPG.network to show up when I browse my “frontpage,” but all I see is my Lemmy.World communities....
Public clocks (lemmy.world)
How can you trust the clock?
Everything is easier said than done
Even writing this