• raubarno@lemmy.ml
            3·
            2 years ago

            Originally a federated E2EE alternative to IRC. But it can replace any instant messengers (Discord, Telegram, Facebook Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, etc.).

            • superkret@feddit.de
              2·
              2 years ago

              Does “replace” mean I can use it to communicate with people who are on any of these apps?

              • raubarno@lemmy.ml
                6·
                2 years ago

                Sorry, by ‘replace’ I meant ‘use as an alternative’.

                Matrix has bridges, but they have to be configured on a backend (instance) and I don’t know any instances that allow them at no charge.

        • chutapues@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 years ago

          Why is it dying? Is matrix as easy to use? telegram is very user friendly but matrix from what I remember has you use servers or something else and it gets complicated for normies

          • Gto@lemm.ee
            3·
            2 years ago

            Bro, it’s same as lemmy. In few years it will be more advanced, and users too. Why bigger communities risk to be banned on telegram? Maybe more better to host your community on matrix?

        • Granixo@feddit.cl
          1·
          2 years ago

          I am willing to sacrifice my privacy for accessing the 2nd largest chat mobile app.

          None of my family, friends or assosiates uses Telegram as a main chat platform.

          So i use Telegram as my space to exchange and talk about NSFW content.

      • Beaupedia@lemm.ee
        4·
        2 years ago

        I second this! That being said, I’ve been successful in recruiting almost my entire friend group over the last few years. All of the people I talk to daily or regularly are on it. Once people use it they realize how superior it is to anything else we’ve been using and end up staying.

      • Glimpythegoblin @lemm.ee
        6·
        2 years ago

        You know, of all the things to fix, an instant pot would make me nervous. Don’t mess with the safety valve.

    • techt@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 years ago

      I’ve recently been trying to focus on this! A few years ago I looked at my collection of various things I don’t really need and realized how little I know about maintaining them properly; I just bought things with no regard to how long it would be around. If I were to actually do the recommended weekly maintenance on everything including home, it’d probably be a full time job. I’ve since taken a step back and slowly worked one thing at a time into my weekly schedule while minimizing, and it feels pretty rewarding. It changed the way I value things, both at their peak of function and that have a small issue I wouldn’t have considered fixing before.

  • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    221·
    2 years ago

    Reading math books, Linux, Lemmy, and Extreme metal. I have nothing to talk about with people IRL other than the fucking weather (that I actually want to talk about).

      • flameguy21@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I’m currently making an Astro theme to make static sites way easier and then after that I’m probably going back to working on the API viewer I was making with Svelte, Tauri, and Rust. (Think of something like Postman but way less bloated.) I mainly just need to finish the settings and redo the data input form and then it should be ready for a first release (but it’ll still obviously be far from finished.)

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      5·
      2 years ago

      I was literally going to post that exact thing.

      Like every part of DND has something that makes me grind my teeth and yet it’s so popular! People say it’s “easy” and simple and I’m like “WHAT BONUS IS 15 STRENGTH? WHY??”

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
        4·
        2 years ago

        That’s like the blues brothers bit “we’ve got both kinds of music here. Country and western”.

        I think pf2e is better in many ways but it also has a lot of the same stuff.

      • rufus@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        2 years ago

        Yeah, isn’t true anymore.

        And hasn’t been for some time, since the nvidia drivers stopped killing your X-server every so often, making sure you remember your console commands.

        Most things people complain about (partitioning drives, installing an os, setting up dualboot) isn’t something that is deliberately made complicated by Linux either. It’s only necessary because Windows is in the way, because your pc came preconfigured with it. and with Windows, these things are actually even way more complicated.

        Tl;dr: Computers are complicated machines. Maintaining them requires knowledge. That has nothing to do with the OS. Also: Buy a PC that comes with Linux if you want Linux easy. (As you do with Windows or MacOS)

      • puppy@lemmy.world
        31·
        2 years ago

        people want an operating system that gets out of their way

        They have been existing for along time now. Only that the public don’t know about.

        KDE Neon and Zorin OS come to my mind. I recommend trying them out if you haven’t done already.

          • puppy@lemmy.world
            1·
            2 years ago

            I have been running KDE Neon on my 10 year old laptop for a couple of years and I haven’t done anything you’ve mentioned here. KDE Neon gives you a notification when system updates are available and it’s just a mouse click if you decide to do it. No terminal involved.

            As far as resources usages, it’s by far the lightest desktop among the “heavyweights” like Gnome etc. KDE used to be a resource hog in the past but it is not the case any more. In fact it has not been the case for a few years now. I installed latest Fedora Gnome last month and immediately went back to KDE because Gnome (or Fedora) took too much resources that the laptop was practically unusable.

            I have also run Zorin OS in the past. The pro version is to get extra themes and customer support. You are not missing any functions in the free version.

  • Cruxifux@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 years ago

    I wish there were more normal people who play magic. Going to any shop to play is always a gamble, half the time the people you end up playing with smell bad or are socially inept, sometimes both. It’s a fun game if you have actual good people to play with.

    • TommySalami@lemm.ee
      6·
      2 years ago

      I don’t play Magic, but that issue definitely overlaps with tabletop gaming. Early into my start into the hobby, I played in a public campaign at my FLGS and the whole table was kind of sad stereotypes. Thankfully on my way out that night, I met some other folks who were looking for another player in their private game and they were all more socially adept, sanitary, and welcoming.

  • Mistermillennia@ttrpg.network
    11·
    2 years ago

    Honestly I can’t narrow it down to less than 2:

    • Australian Stingless Bee “farming”: as the hobby is niche, even in Australia, there isn’t much publicly available advancement in hive designs, propogation methods and care techniques for native bees. This makes the barrier for entry high, and the chances of losing a hive when inexperienced is moderately high too. More people in the hobby would hopefully bring in more discussion and experimentation, and make the hobby more accessible to others by hopefully bringing the price of hives down.

    • TTRPGs/Wargaming outside of the big 2 games: if its not 40k or D&D, you are unlikely to find anyone that knows of alternate systems, let alone wants to play them. Makes it a lot harder to find a group outside of a game over discord or similar

    • kozel@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      Can you elaborate how much is stingless-bee-keeping different from apis-mellifera-beekeeping?

      • Mistermillennia@ttrpg.network
        2·
        2 years ago

        Honestly, they are extremely different, and while there are transferable skills from apis beekeeping to stingless beekeeping, it is different enough to be a separate hobby entirely.

        Apis bees use a wax based honeycomb structure for brood, pollen and honey, whereas stingless bees around the world use tree or plant resins based structures for brood and different resin structures for honey/pollen, and keep them totally separated. As these structures are not as orderly as apis bee frames tend to be, it is much harder to harvest the honey from stingless bees (in Brazil where the honey pots are larger, they use a syringe system to vacuum the honey out of the pots. In Australia where the pots are much smaller, we use a piece of wood with nails sticking out of it to smash all the pots and drain the honey). It is also harder to clone hives due to these structures, as in apis bees you can just take some frames with a queen cell or two and put them in an empty hive and they will hatch into a new hive. In Australia, the most popular method is to literally rip the hive in half and hope both halves survive. You also have to monitor the temperature, because stingless bees have less bees to cool or warm up the hive, and may need help during heat waves or cold snaps to survive.

        Having said this, stingless bees are great pollinators, and are totally immune to varroa mites. Their honey is totally different to apis honey due to the flavour contributed by the resin pots the bees store it in and it is extremely interesting (totally worth the extra work to get at). The hives are also much smaller in comparison to an apis hive, so combining their stingless nature into the mix you have a perfect beehive for beekeepers in more urban areas or with younger families.

        If you are interested in beekeeping, but not fussed with honey or monitoring for varroa or are worried about getting yourself or people nearby stung by bees, stingless bees native to your region might be be best thing - if maintained, their hives can live longer than we do, and will make you and everyone within half a km of you have great gardens as they go around pollinating everything nearby. Once you have the first hive, you can easily make a second one (the Australian hive design is the OATH and designs for this and upgrades to the standard can be found easily online) and start making your one hive into a ton of hives.

        • kozel@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 years ago

          TIL varroas have been found in Australia, I’m sorry for that.
          And thank you for the explanation.

    • DerKriegs@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      If you’re looking for a TTRPG and not wanting to worry about the lfg hassle, check out Ironsworn! Grimdark low fantasy, playable in solo or co-op. Just takes some getting used to, and reading lots of player advice, but playing solo become very easy if you already have that rpg brain leading the way. Also free materials online, but I bought the core rules and the “dungeon” expansion hardcopies for about $50 (USD).

      I’ve since converted a couple of things and am solo playing to beef up the plot of a book I’m writing in a world I’ve been working on for about 5 years. Makes that process engaging for the gamer side of me!

      Can’t help you with the bees, I’m afraid…

  • 31415926535@lemm.ee
    111·
    2 years ago

    Juggling. Friend decades ago taught me how to group juggle with other people. Lots of fun. But I’ve learned never to admit I’m into juggling, cuz apparently it’s serial killer weird

    • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      6·
      2 years ago

      I can juggle 3 balls but no more, its quite intuitive once you try! I know 3 is basically nothing, I just learnt it when I was like 10 and never took it up.

      But that is a great hobby man, join a circus or smth idk.