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  • Weird unixporn trend

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  • I also use River. I'd say most Hyprland setups are generic and low-quality (what you'd call "slop") but if it floats your boat go for it.

    I think possibly Reddit might have more setups similar to yours, given that Lemmy is smaller. I still see people use the various X11 WMs and have more clean-looking Wayland setups, though, not sure where you've been looking.

    If you just want inspiration, just look for like, anything other than Hyprland. Maybe you could search for BSD since I've never seen a BSD setup with Hyprland or all these flashy effects.

  • What’s something you own that has truly paid for itself?

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  • I guess my bike? Have saved loads of money on bus tickets and it's much more reliable too.

    Sewing machine pays for itself quite quickly as paying a tailor to repair your clothes is like 1/3 the cost of a brand new sewing machine, so just repair like 3 items of clothing to get your money back.

  • do we have any China specific lemmy or fediverse related instances?

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  • People may be aware of a China-specific instance who are on .ml though. It's not like you're incapable of knowing about lemmy instances unfederated with your own

  • My computer randomly freezes, but only on my Linux drive. How do I even begin troubleshooting this?

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  • Do you have a Ryzen CPU by any chance? I had an issue like this for ages and it turns out it was a faulty Ryzen power state that was disabled by default on Windows, but not on Linux. If this happens to be your issue, there are ways you can disable the power state in software: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Ryzen#Soft_lock_freezing

  • Most technologies continue to improve with innovation, like WiFi. What is a technology that was nearly perfect upon conception?

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  • "nearly" is, by definition, not.

  • How do you meal prep?

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  • I only cook for myself so most recipes end up going in the fridge or freezer since they make more than 1 serving. I don't like eating the same meal twice in one day but I don't mind eating the same meal every day, so as long as I have 3 distinct meals in rotation each day I'm fine. If that number drops to 2 or 1 then I get cooking again.

  • Are Gazan gofundme (and similar) profiles legit?

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  • gofundme is very strict so if theyre on gfm theyre either legit or you'd be refunded if not.

    Keep in mind people in Gaza usually have English as a second/third/etc language, or don't speak English at all, so often use templates to make their fundraisers. And obviously machine translation too.

    Yes it is difficult to get money into Gaza but it does happen. I have a friend who evacuated in 2024 and he's talked quite a bit about how it works; his friends and family who are still there do occasionally receive money from outside which lets them buy the extremely expensive vegetables and flour.

  • Human em dash users, are you still afraid of being mislabeled as "AI"?

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  • First I've heard of em dashes being an "AI" thing. Aren't LLMs trained on human-generated text? They wouldn't be outputting em dashes if humans didn't also output em dashes.

  • Privacy-focused code editors for beginners

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  • ...I can't think of a "privacy-focused code editor" because code editors are generally not known for having telemetry/tracking/anything privacy-invasive in the first place? A "privacy-respecting" code editor is just a normal one. Use whatever you like. Vim is great. Maybe Kate if you want a GUI.

  • 2025 Self-Host User Survey: Open for Submissions

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  • There was one question where it wouldn't let me do this. I think the media streaming question I had to click "Other".

  • Those who don't use dashboards, how are you managing your services?

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  • Never used a dashboard... I just manage my services on the cli with plain docker commands.

  • Jumping into openSUSE Leap 16

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  • What really? I thought the screenshot looked like electron/web app slop but I was like, maybe they've just gone for a "modern" gtk/qt theme. It's actually just a Firefox PWA?

  • Would you join a Lemmy server hosted by your govt that requires an ID to post comments or content? (lurkers no ID required)

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  • That sounds like an awful idea lmao. I would never.

    ID requirement is terrible for everyone but that especially seems like you're limiting this to citizens or at least people who have managed to get appropriate immigration documents, which is a difficult and obstructive process that many migrants haven't got yet. Plus a lot of countries make it hard to get ID without a fixed address.

  • Saw this ad - what do we know about Cape?

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  • It looks like a honeypot, and wtf is a "private cell network"? How are they gonna do that? SMS and phone calls aren't E2EE

  • 'Dumbphones' Are Not Private

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  • I suppose that begs the question of whether or not privacy (as used by this community) inherently means private in the colloquial sense, like the way a diary is private. Because to me, a e.g. public static website with no kind of profiling of its users is privacy-respecting, but obviously not private in the colloquial sense—it's a public resource.

    I do use SMS sometimes and I use it strictly for things that I'm happy to be basically public. Same for using other protocols like unencrypted email.

    A stock smartphone is also locked in to mandatory telemetry, like a stock dumbphone. The practical difference is that there's a much smaller community for installing custom FOSS OSes onto dumbphones compared to smartphones.

  • Do you use physical media?

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  • I prefer paper books when I can afford them as I find it easier to focus when I have a physical book to hold. And it just feels like a nicer experience.

  • 'Dumbphones' Are Not Private

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  • I think you're conflating security with privacy. Not that they are unrelated, but something can be e.g. unencrypted but lack telemetry.

    Not that dumbphones are inherently private, but I don't think they're less private either. They're just what you use if you have no need for all the smartphone functions.

  • How to manage docker compose apps?

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  • Watchtower for automated updates. For containers that don't have a latest tag to track, editing the version number manually and then docker compose pull && docker compose up -d is simple enough.

  • what debian compatible IRC client should I use now that hexchat is dead?

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  • Recommendations for Note taking app with simple needs

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  • Yes, if you use the "task list" block. You can also have checkbox bullet points but I don't use them, not really sure what the use-case for those are when you can just use the task list.