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are we going to have a Lemmy Party July 1st to welcome all the new users? (lemmy.world)

It's gonna be wild...

How do people disconnect from work when they enjoy solving technical work problems?

I’m struggling to disconnect from work. I’ve been working on an interesting problem for the last couple of weeks (compacting change data capture events from sharded MySQL servers into BigQuery). It’s an interesting technical problem. There are lots of optimization opportunities and novel patterns I can introduce....

What was your best and worst experience on Reddit?

Tell the best experience or interaction you had on Reddit, and the worst one....

What podcasts do you recommend?

Hi,...

How many accounts do you have on lemmy/kbin?

First time posting, but i was wondering if i was the only one who had more than 2 accounts in total on here

Why did you choose your instance?

I'm currently struggling to find my home. I have an account here at lemmy.ml, where most of my posts are, and one at kbin....

For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience?

I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?...

What is your boomer opinion

What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

what brought you to Lemmy?

I'm just another reddit refugee to be honest

What is the next "big thing"?

Right now it seems like its "A.I.". Still big now are the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. Recently we had COVID 19....

Can someone demystify computer Ports for me? Please? Blocking, unblocking, opening, allowing, VPNs and their effect, what ports are and what they do, step by step, when you have to interact with them?

It’s the one thing when I’m configuring things that makes me wince because I know it will give me the business, and I know it shouldn’t, but it does, every time. I have no real idea what I’m doing, what it is, how it works, so of course I’m blindly following instructions like a monkey at a typewriter....

How do we package food products sustainably in coming decades?

I imagine all plastics will be out of the question. I’m wondering about what ways food packaging might become regulated to upcycling in the domestic or even commercial space. Assuming energy remains a $ scarce $ commodity I don’t imagine recycling glass will be super practical as a replacement. Do we move to more unpackaged...

What is a dish whose component parts you all like individually, but put together as a dish you think is nasty?

What is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god?

The monotheistic all powerful one.

What is the best hip hop lyric of all time?

People with experience working in and around municipal water infrastructure: Do you drink tap water? Are there times when you do not?

This question is obviously intended for those that live in places where tap water is “safe to drink.”...

What is your favorite alcoholic cocktail?

Or what has been your go to lately? I’m usually a whiskey and ginger kinda guy but I’m trying to branch out a little these days. What’re you drinking?...

It looks like Duck Duck Go is down at the moment. What is your second choice for privacy respecting search?

As asked.

Do you often hear the ringing of switching power supplies and devices when you are in a quiet space?

I’m curious, how many people are aware of these sounds. I have designed, etched, and built my own switching power supplies along with winding my own transformers. I am aware of the source of the noise. So, does anyone else hear these high frequency sounds regularly?

Do you all have any tips on activities to do yourself, instead of consuming content all the time?

I’m pretty sick of my content addiction, like watching youtube or netflix all the time. I would rather be spending my time otherwise so figured fun things are the best to start. Do you have tips for fun things to do? Or how I could search for them?...