Alone for Christmas, once again
If there’s one phrase that has echoed in the back of my mind, it’s that I have no family, and by that I mean no children or spouse - and I’m middle aged....
Do I need to be a resident of the EU to get their data protection or can I just be a citizen?
To be eligible for things like a GDPR Data deletion request etc, is it enough that I am a citizen or must I be a resident? ty :)
How to automatically assign classes in GRUB?
Hi, I'm not the most expert user, but I've been messing with my latest linux install for a few months. I costumized the look of the GRUB, but whenever the kernel gets updated and the grub.cfg gets regenerated, the classes of two entries do not generate (efi and submenu), leaving the entries with no icons (which are determined by...
Have a pixelated bonfire to warm your night. (Image size is ~ 19KiB.)
Nothing too shabby, but still. To run it you need docker, and after that just type...
Discussion on moving to another instance
I’ve been kicking around the idea for a while of moving to another instance for a while for two reasons:...
Tutorial for docker selfhost of sonarr and *Arr family
I just started to selfhosting services and want to try with the *Arr ecosystem. What newbie tutorial recomend for start with it?...
any place to find a large collection of .CHDs (PS1)?
Starting to build my library, and ROM size hasn’t been an issue now until I got to PS1....
Looking for Guitar Amp Simulators
Anyone know a good place to find them? :)
What's the name of the belief that gods/entities are quasi-semtient memes (the linguistic term, not the cultural term) in the same manner that corporations and governments are considered people?
It’s a personal philosophy that I’ve come to use as my own form of religion, and while I’m aware other people have researched the idea, I’m having some trouble finding the name for the concept.
Bought a couple of Exos 7E10 8TB drives, warranty status says "initially sold as part of a larger system, contact seller". It means I can't take advantage of their five years warranty, doesn't it?
I admit they were way too cheap for what they are (like 15% cheaper than same-size Ironwolf), so I gambled it haha there were no indications that these drives were OEM or similar....
Where can I find a desktop Lemmy app?
Hello all, I’ve only used lemmy on mobile so far there has been a million and one posts about apps for lemmy for mobile. My plan was to lurk and read something about pc lemmy, and set it up, but I haven’t found any. What can I use on desktop to browse lemmy?...
How to combine sports and study?
I’m studying at a univetsity and I want to begin to do sports. I want to do kickboxing, but I’m afaraid of to get strong hand blow to head bucause due to it I can get concussion of the brain which may cause my mental abilities to deteriorate. I don’t want it because I also want to become a good programmer, but because of...
What are the dangerous levels of friendship ?
In which situations a friendship can swallow us and destroy our life ?
I am trying to edit a game save with an Hex editor but it doesn't allow me to change anything, it's frustrating
I am using Ghex and Bless and both of them display the value of my gold but I cannot edit it. I am missing something?
Package format wars daydream
Just saw a post of a novice user asking why are there so many package managers....
Weird error copying MKV file
I have some locally stored media i was copying between drives and one mkv file gave this error error reading ‘video1.mkv’: Input/output error and only copied 176/256 MiB; the copied file plays the video only up to a certain point before abruptly closing; I can play the original file fine albeit there is a noticeable hitch at...
How do you feel about registering in XMPP by phone number?
Recently, the Prav app was released in F-droid. In this application, registration is by phone number....
What's the most private way to create and use Instagram?
Crosspost because still getting used to lemmy...
Looking for a website like tracker control app
Not to long ago I had a website that functioned like the tracker control app. When using the site it would test against a list of trackers and tell me what my 1Blocker app is actively blocking. I cannot for the life of me remember the url or find it. I’m hoping someone here knows what I’m looking for. TIA
Encrypted fileshares in the local network?
Hello everyone, I’ve been thinking about this for a bit and am looking for opinions/alternatives....
Problems on problems - Mint can't see my wifi card.
I check the spec and it has a wifi chip but the os can’t see it....
Smart button not near zigbee hub
I’d like to add a smart button to my HA setup. I don’t have zigbee signal nearby, so I’m wondering what the best way to do this would be....
Income based social and mental illness.
Do you think that if people were paid reasonably, like if they put in good work and actually got paid a base living wage to survive independently, then people and society would be massively reduced of it’s social and mental issues?...
Linux file transfer speed bottlenecks?
I’m currently watching the progress of a 4tB rsync file transfer, and i’m curious why the speeds are less than the theoretical read/write maximum speeds of the drives involved with the transfer. I know there’s a lot that can effect transfer speeds, so I guess i’m not asking why my transfer itself isn’t going faster....