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  • Is the steam client absolutely messed up for anyone else?

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  • Is steam the only program you've noticed having issues? If not then here's a scary possibility to consider: Hardware FailureI recently had my power supply destroy my MB and SSD and there were signs that I ignored just before it all went down.If you still have your arch install usb available then boot from that and pick the memtest86 option in the boot menu to see if your ram has any faults.

  • [SOLVED] Teams on Linux on old Thinkpad (Debian Stable, pulseaudio)?

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  • I probably should have mentioned that I don't have a camrea, so I cannot give you any info on how that would work. My microphone works, I have shared my desktop (on KDE Plasma), and I have shared individual tabs. I can't imagine that the camera would require anything extra to work though.

    I'm using pipewire with wireplumber and didn't have to install anything specific to have this all work, so I don't have any info on if there would be any pulseaudio-specific issues.

  • [SOLVED] Teams on Linux on old Thinkpad (Debian Stable, pulseaudio)?

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  • I use Ungoogled Chromium for teams meetings at work without issue (on arch). I also don't have an MS account.When the other party sets up a meeting they'll send an email with a link to the teams meeting and all you have to do is follow that link to join. It also includes a phone number you can call to join by phone if for some reason you have issues.

  • Admins: Instnace randomly running extremely slowly? Check for this

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  • I found the same IPs doing the same thing for my server, but one thing I noticed in the access log was that nginx was returning a 499 status code. That code means that the client closed the connection before the server answered the request. So this seems to be a deliberate attack instead of the rash of bots many have been dealing with recently. They just firehose out requests to DoS the server since pagination on services with dynamic data is expensive.

    I ended up creating a fail2ban rule to add any IP to my firewall blocklist that makes a bunch of 499 entries.

    Edit: I also set a rate limit in nginx for any url that has a "page" query included

  • Maintaining patches on top of source distibution (git)

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  • If you're using linux then check if quilt is available for your distro, it's made specifically to maintain patches on top of a codbase you don't control: https://wiki.debian.org/UsingQuilt

  • Finally moving to linux, need replacement hardware suggestions

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  • That trackball is one of my favorites, I really wish someone would make a real replacement for it. I'm currently pretty happy with the ProtoArc EM01 NL though.I didn't need any special drivers to change the forward/back buttons (on either of those mice), you just have to bind them in your system's settings. If you're talking about having program-specific bindings then xremap works well.

  • If restaurants just microwave their food can I just get the frozen version and cut out the middle man?

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  • Do you have any tips or tricks to fall asleep?

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    • If you're the kind of person to keep yourself busy all day, then when you're trying to go to sleep might be the first time all day you've allowed your mind to wander! You need to find some other time in the day to allow yourself to daydream. Some tips are to not read anything while in the bathroom or turn the radio off in your car if you have a commute. Maybe even schedule some time to sit and think about things if you can.
    • Only use your bed for sleep and sex. Reading, eating, browsing on your phone, watching TV, or any other activity should be done elsewhere. This way you train yourself that it's sleeptime when you're in bed.
    • This is probably something that can't be done if you have a rotating shift, but go to sleep on a regular schedule. Go to sleep at the same time every day. Staying up late should a rare occurrence. Your body will become tired at the same time each day and it's much easier to fall asleep when you keep a schedule.

  • Apparently, the last time I owned a working 3D printer Solutech was still in Business

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  • Damn I didn't know Solutech went out of business. I like(d) their filament and still have a couple spools left.

  • backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise

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  • The link mentions that it is only ran as part of a debian or RPM package build. Not to mention that on Arch sshd is not linked against liblzma anyways.

  • I modded r/RedditAlternatives, got banned multiple times earlier on for making lemmy migration initatives on Reddit just to be unbanned later thanks to community backlash, now I settle at Lemmy.

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  • I came to the harsh reality and conclusion that when it comes to platform maturity and stability, Kbin is years behind thanks to constant errors across the website sometimes, bugs and other instabilities, this also lead me to reconsider supporting and coming back to Lemmy

    I started running my own personal kbin instance in June and had to face that realization a few months in. I just recently (~2 weeks ago) took it down and started up a lemmy server instead. It's something I should have done months ago because it requires an order of magnitude more resources to run kbin compared to lemmy. I guess it was too appealing to have both mastodon and lemmy in one place, but neither of those things worked well enough to be worth the trouble.

    At any rate, your thread on reddit about kbin was one of the reasons I ventured out into the fediverse as well as one of the reasons I chose to run kbin over lemmy. Thanks for the time and effort you put into doing all that!

  • How should I deal with pacnew?

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  • Install pacman-contrib, this gives you access to pacdiff which goes through all your pacnew files allowing you to see diffs of the changes and giving you different options to deal with them.

  • Is it me or are the "trending communities" really bad on every instance?

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  • Is there a community for upcycling, reusing, repurposing things?

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  • How do you guys remember the early days of the internet? What do you miss about it?

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  • Mozilla Standards Positions Opposes Web Integrity API, [aka googles drm the web stuff from last week]

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  • Fediverse @lemmy.world
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    The Wikimedia Foundation has joined the fediverse by setting up their own Mastodon server!

    wikimedia.social /@wikimediafoundation/110708950540815886

  • Which community in lemmy is similar to r/buildmeaPC?

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  • pcpartpicker is a fantastic resource for putting together a new build.

    As far as lemmy communities go, there's also !buildapc and !buildapc

  • Elon Musk goes low against Zuckerberg as Twitter-Threads spat intensifies

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  • Also, the reason people throw out the 90% figure is because that's about what it was at the time. Granted most of the rich still managed to only pay ~70%.

    Here's a couple jumping points: Historical chart, US tax history on Wikipedia

  • YSK: What other instances have the most notable Lemmy instances defederated with

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  • Kbin allows user-level instance blocking, so that functionality should be feasible to implement in lemmy eventually.

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
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    YSK: Your phone's camera and gallery apps may be lying to you about the rotation of your pictures. Bonus YSK: Your pictures could be doxxing you

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Gfycat is shutting down September 1st

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  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Sha256 algorithm explained step by step visually

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