Sometimes if there's a good deal for something I know I want. For instance, I was wanting an RG35XX (portable retro console). I had never heard about Temu, went there and got the $100 off bundle (basically a set of thresholds to hit for up to $100 off). I found the RG35XX for $53 ($17 less than Amazon), and that coupon knocked it down to $28. For me that was a no brainer.
I don’t mean system files, but your personal and work files. I have been using Mint for a few years, I use Timeshift for system backups, but archived my personal files by hand. This got me curious to see what other people use. When you daily drive Linux what are your preferred tools to keep backups? I have thousands of...
Well it was duplicati, until it pulled this bullshit on me. I had a critical local failure of my data a month ago, 2.8TB lost. Pulled the backup off AWS S3 with my linux server, asked Duplicati to restore it, and it's failed 4 times for random reasons, taking a week to get there each time. Once I can get this backup to finally restore, I'm moving over to Duplicity.
Precisely. They were a fun thing to give out, and directly helped to pay for server time. I even liked how Reddit would tell you how much server time your awards gave to Reddit (which I think they've removed?).
I’ll never understand people playing high visual fidelity games at 30fps on Low settings on Deck, if that person has a more powerful PC to play the game on.
I did this with Cyberpunk 2077 despite having an RTX 2080 in my main PC. My reasoning was that I wanted to play from my couch. Now I could have just use the Steam cast feature to play it from my gaming PC, but I didn't see the point in mucking about with it (especially given that my house has terrible Wifi... I should fix this lol).
The staffers are probably more afraid of the eminent mass layoffs. Like, if my CEO praised Elon Musk for how he's handled Twitter, I'd assume my company was about the layoff half of the workforce and somehow lose over 60% of its value very quickly.
I'm not sure if this is new, but when I clicked on the /r/pics protest post link from the frontpage here, I was redirected to this: https://old.reddit.com/premium...
I primarily use Linux nowadays, but when I go back to my M1 Macbook Pro, I tend to use Safari. For me it's all about battery life. I'd love to use Firefox, but the battery drain compared to Safari is very noticeable.
I recently played an amazing DOS game where you have your country and you can declare war or peace with other ones, and i really enjoyed it. Growing up one of my favorite DOS games was Gobliiins 3, such cool memories!
Going by most influential, it'd have to either be Doom or Ultima Underworld. Both of these inspired entire genre's that still live on to this day (FPS and First-Person RPG's like The Elder Scrolls). Personally? Ultima 7.
I was too lazy to do this manually, so I punched it into GPT 4. I did verify that the math, indeed, checks out.
Edit: Sorry for the edits. GPT assumed the tusk in the calculation, so I had to ask it to remove the tusk for this math to check out properly.
The size of a narwhal: Narwhals typically range in size, but males on average can be about 4.7 meters long.
The length of a banana: The length of a banana varies, but a typical banana is about 18 centimeters long.
Let's start by converting the asteroid size from narwhals to meters.
If 99 narwhals equal 850 meters, then one narwhal would be approximately 850/99 ≈ 8.59 meters.
Now, this doesn't match the usual size of a narwhal that we have (4.7 meters). There might be a discrepancy in the calculation, but for the sake of this exercise, let's use the size provided.
Now, let's convert the asteroid size to bananas.
850 meters is equivalent to 850 * 100 = 85000 centimeters.
If 1 banana is 18 cm, then:
85000 cm / 18 cm/banana ≈ 4722.22 bananas.
So, the asteroid is approximately 4722 bananas long, if we base the calculation on the given size of the narwhal. But please note, this is a fun approximation and might not be precise.
@pixelfed Is this an active user count instead of total user count? Wondering because it reports kbin.social as having 27,290 users, where as kbin.social's own statistics report 146,620.
Edit: Upon further review, I think kbin's statistics is reporting the total users in the fediverse, and not just on its own platform.
Reddit went through some issues for many on Monday, with the outage happening the same day as thousands of subreddits going dark to protest the site’s new API pricing terms....
Your best bet is to probably look at the Twitch VOD of the livestream that happened of all the subreddits going dark. Assume anything already dark before the VOD were dark before the 12th. But it won't tell you which ones, unfortunately.
I've been on iPhone since the 4, currently on a 14+. I think if this trend continues, I'll be forced to go to Android. I just don't use my phone enough to warrant a new $1000+ phone every 3-5 years (the length I tend to get).
Personally I did not buy it (yet?), but I am curious to see what you all are thinking of it. What classes have you tried so far? What do you think of the builds?
I vastly prefer the itemization and build diversity in PoE, and even Diablo 3 and 2. But I think Diablo 4 is off to a great start. I'm interested to see how they change things up with seasons and the living world.
'Heavy debt': Elon Musk says Twitter cash flow negative after ad revenue declines (www.cnbc.com)
Musk said early Saturday that cash flow at Twitter remains negative because of a nearly 50% drop in advertising revenue coupled with "heavy debt."
do you guys shop on places like aliexpress/Temu and if you do what items have pleasantly surprised you?
I’m curious what sorta finds you guys have had
What is you backup tool of choice?
I don’t mean system files, but your personal and work files. I have been using Mint for a few years, I use Timeshift for system backups, but archived my personal files by hand. This got me curious to see what other people use. When you daily drive Linux what are your preferred tools to keep backups? I have thousands of...
Reddit kills awards and coins (old.reddit.com)
Steam Summer Sale Steam Deck recommendations
Hi all, with the Steam sale on I’m looking for new things to play on the deck....
Thumbnails on kbin mobile be like
How do you like the Roman marble column on the exterior of your house? (i.imgur.com)
BlackCat claims they hacked Reddit and will leak the data (www.databreaches.net)
Looks like that's not a good month for reddit.
Reddit: Don't like us anymore? Pay us $50/year! (lemmy.world)
I'm not sure if this is new, but when I clicked on the /r/pics protest post link from the frontpage here, I was redirected to this: https://old.reddit.com/premium...
A Guide to Monitor Linux Server using Prometheus and Grafana (geekflare.com)
running a lemmy instance has learned me a lot about devops already!...
Which browser do you use on MacOS?
I’m currently use brave and safari.
What is your favorite ever DOS game?
I recently played an amazing DOS game where you have your country and you can declare war or peace with other ones, and i really enjoyed it. Growing up one of my favorite DOS games was Gobliiins 3, such cool memories!
How big is gaming in linux?
Are there hardcore gamers there or is it mostly for coders?
Colossal asteroid the size of 99 narwhals to pass Earth Thursday - NASA (www.jpost.com)
OC My 3rd party app is coming along! Got it pulling actual data from kbin.social! Huge inspo from Apollo app. (tech.lgbt)
Hoping to have a private beta test within a month or two. For now calling the app Kmoon (K🌛)...
Update on /r/SquaredCircle, Kbin, and the immediate future.
Howdy yall,...
Reddit blaming website crashing on subreddits going private (www.theverge.com)
Reddit went through some issues for many on Monday, with the outage happening the same day as thousands of subreddits going dark to protest the site’s new API pricing terms....
List of commission-able artists [and easy question form for the artists]
From the reddit thread by u/Oniguro:...
New Apple leak makes iPhone 15 price hike seem almost certain (www.tomsguide.com)
The iPhone 15 line could cost more than their iPhone 14 counterparts
How are you all enjoying Diablo 4 so far?
Personally I did not buy it (yet?), but I am curious to see what you all are thinking of it. What classes have you tried so far? What do you think of the builds?