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Is there a security risk with enabling autologin when you have disk encryption with LUKS enabled? If anyone gets hold of the PC, they have to enter the password needed for decrypting the disk.

I was wondering who is going to pay for the reconstruction of all the razed apartment buildings, schools and hospitals in Gaza? Are the US and Europe going to do that, or is Israel going to do at least this?...

It’s real annoying when a post blows up and the little bell icon in the top right keeps adding to its counter well past the time when you care about that post any longer. Is there some way to ignore further updates to a specific post or comment?

Website says the “undergoing maintenance” and has been for days. Is the service still working? I got their free trial a bit ago and liked it, and was right about to sign up when this happened....

I have some metal film 1/2w 2.2ohm resistors in some car wiring. I’m concerned about the durability of this install and am seeking advice on how to protect the resistor once it’s soldered in place. The obvious is heat shrink tubing, but it’s there anything more substantial?...

Hello! I bought 30 simple UV leds (those with a big and a small leg, not a single strip). I’m trying to build a UV station to dry my resin but idk how to proceed. I tryed watching some videos but there is a lot of math to build that and I can’t do it. I have 30 led lights, 5 resistors of 100 and 5 of 300. I wanted to use AA...

Moving to Linux soon, and wondering how pirated games work with it. I know about proton with steam and lutris for most bought games, but how would I run pirated windows games over there?

Who are these for? People who use the terminal but don’t like running shell commands?...

I’m looking for a clean version of Ableton Live (ideally 11, but anything older is fine too) for weeks now. But everything I download and send to VirusTotal.com is infected with all kinds of nasty malware....

I tried opening the .md file in different text reading applications. However, the text display varied from one application to another....

I really need to start organising things and a calendar on my PC where I could set up events would really help. No other fluff, quite literally just a program that shows me the current month and handles events, perhaps with like a notification function or something along these lines....

I did not any research about it yet, but it’s recommended by “Firefox”… and we all now how worse this recommendations are sometimes. I would like to you if you guys knows anything abt it....

I found them on torrentlite and haxNode.net, does anyone have any experience with them?

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I just acquired a new PC, and it hasn’t been turned on yet. I would love some advice and tips on what to do before I get started with it to protect my privacy....

While many popular English language TV shows seem to be dubbed into other widely-spoken languages (looking for French, personally), the releases that include those audio tracks unfortunately often either have lower bitrates than their English-only counterparts (which only include subtitles for other languages) or only have one...

is it a formatting step that an image goes through when uploaded? I’m tired of converting image after image back into jpg, so if there’s like a step I can take to avoid it being a webp, it would help to know

I’m currently (re)reading Moorcock’s The War Hound and the World’s Pain. Short synopsis - an educated, cynical, apostate and unapologetically brutal mercenary in the Middle Ages is recruited by Lucifer to recover the Holy Grail, nominally so that Lucifer can wheedle his way back into God’s good graces....

Hello y’all! I’ve always been interested in computers and programming for as long as i can remember, but recently i’ve decided to try to get into some of the deeper stuff behind that, into the wonderful world of electronics. Where should I start? What courses or books or youtube series should I consume? What are some...

I’ve looked all over for this information and can not find it. A co-worker is selling fire sticks with a subscription that allows tons of live TV and movies/series on demand. The app seems to be called team blackout and is installed on a firestick. Hopefully you guys can help me figure out how he is able to provide this.

Hello fellow Linux enthusiasts!...

I’m trying to fill a new ebook request on MaM. So far I’ve:...

Nothing too interesting really. That being said:...

I downloaded an apk from mobilism and before I install it, how do I go about ensuring it’s not malware or an unsafe app? I’m all for buying apps but I hate all these subscriptions…

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