Because money laundering regulations in the UK (and I believe in the US and Europe) at least have made free use of one’s cash pretty difficult:
Designated accounts to transfer cash so that you have at least twice as many transactions to do as necessary. Inability to remove modest amounts of cash from your own account, or even pay it in.
Corporate banks operating HFT and dark pools to significantly push up the cost of personal share dealing.
Water companies dumping sewage into rivers and failing to fix leaks whilst raising water processing charges and bonuses to the board.
BBC and their sponsor-a-paedo TV tax collected by harassing elderly people, guilty until proved innocent. Used to be wonderful, educational and funny. Now useless woke shit.
Politics. Come back Guido, all is forgiven. Thieving Boris Johnson handing out multi million pound contracts to supply PPE to his local pub landlord (who have no fucking clue about that sector) and his bunch of duplicitous cronies.
I might have got carried away towards the end. Sorry, not sorry.
I know this is a really vague question, but it’s been on my mind A LOT lately. I’m specifically asking about people fighting on behalf of a group that is subject to oppression of some kind. 3 years ago, with all of the protests in America that included violence majorly against property and minorly against people but were...
Every month or so all my devices lose internet and the only way to connect them all back is to disconnect them from the DNS server that Pihole is running....
Perhaps a better question is: asking why Apple isn’t mainstream?
Linux almost always needs to be installed, whereas Apple is plug n’ play. Plus Linux has a reputation of being much more complicated than it actually is.
The disparity between the proportion of iMac sales vs the people who could afford an iMac is rather enormous, but I have this idea that for iPhones and Androids, this is reversed.
I find that conundrum, assuming it’s true, kinda interesting.
Where I live, there’s a law that says all vehicles have to yield for pedestrians at crosswalks. Of course this would be a thing, otherwise crosswalks would only be as good as any part of the road. Despite this, it’s a largely unfollowed rule, to severe degrees. To the extent that me and some friends have a “running gag”...
I’d known that about the US, but always assumed that England had English as the official language.
Mind you, the aristocracy and royalty spoke French for 200 years so I’m wondering whether English, or French come to that, was ever the official language.
Would really love a launcher that can format icon shapes so that they’re all uniform in shape, like Nova Launcher …but open source. https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/4c2e37ff-d9b6-471c-9114-928fb8a709e2.png
That they haven’t convinced the rest of the useful Reddit users to move across (and create/populate the equivalent /c/ I (used to) frequent for help and advice)! 😜
I’m looking to finally use Linux properly and I’m planning to dual boot my laptop. There’s enough storage to go around, and while I’m comfortable messing around I’d rather not have to run and buy a new device before school while fixing my current one....
… and by implication, it guarantees that Linux will (almost definitely) never be the world’s desktop. Mainly because there’s no one single company to blackmail.
What are some companies that deserve to be boycotted to death?
So far my list includes Comcast, EA, and Nestle. Tell me yours, and I’ll help out.
Dibbs (lemmy.zip)
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
Tesla owners fuming as they get £17,000 bill to fix car after 'driving in rain' (www.mirror.co.uk)
You're on death row and you have one final meal. What is it?
What is an musical instrument would you like to know how to play?
And why? Not an instrument you already play. Pick something else....
What's the best way to pirate a recent Windows OS?
My mom bought a used laptop absolutely riddled with spyware, linux isn’t an option
At what point is violence on a large scale justified?
I know this is a really vague question, but it’s been on my mind A LOT lately. I’m specifically asking about people fighting on behalf of a group that is subject to oppression of some kind. 3 years ago, with all of the protests in America that included violence majorly against property and minorly against people but were...
I’m about to throw my entire Pihole out the window
Every month or so all my devices lose internet and the only way to connect them all back is to disconnect them from the DNS server that Pihole is running....
Windows: we noticed that you kept the useless search bar disabled since 2015, so we sent an update that re-enabled it without your permission (feddit.it)
For my “convenience” and because in this way they can show ads and clickbait...
Why Isn't Linux Mainstream? 5 Flaws That Need Fixing. (www.makeuseof.com)
This was written about 8 years ago. Do you feel the Linux landscape has objectively improved? Why? Why not?
People who watched Flash Gordon in the 80s, what number channel did you watch it on
What's the longest time you've had to wait for vehicles to stop so you can cross the street?
Where I live, there’s a law that says all vehicles have to yield for pedestrians at crosswalks. Of course this would be a thing, otherwise crosswalks would only be as good as any part of the road. Despite this, it’s a largely unfollowed rule, to severe degrees. To the extent that me and some friends have a “running gag”...
TIL that the only part of the UK that officially speaks English is Northern Ireland. (populationdata.org.uk)
Surprisingly, there is no law declaring English the official language of the UK....
If you could deliver a 1'*1'*1' box to hell what would you put in it?
Preferably the hell of the blood-soaked Bible
What brought you to Lemmy?
What is favourite File manager app and why ?
Some years back I was a mixplorer user, then switched to solid explorer for some time and now I’m using Material Files....
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What do you think about Lemmy, so far?
I happen to like it very much.
Any other websites like "tunefind.com" ? to discover the songs played in movies/series?
and is there a open-source shazam?
Best FOSS alternative to Nova Launcher?
Would really love a launcher that can format icon shapes so that they’re all uniform in shape, like Nova Launcher …but open source. https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/4c2e37ff-d9b6-471c-9114-928fb8a709e2.png
Billionaire grindset (lemmy.world)
Does anyone know a good Linux live image for diagnosing systems?
App to search Duplicates in Android
Hello, i have many folders with pictures and some of them are duplicates, is there an app that can detect that?
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Why are you on lemmy right now?
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What temperature do you keep your thermostat at?
Title. We keep ours at 75F, parents do 77F, and in laws 68F. It made me curious what everyone else keeps theirs at?
Sometimes when I poop there is blood. Anyone else?
Is this normal?
Reddit users who switched to Lemmy, what is the most annoying thing you have seen about Lemmy users?
What to know before Dual Booting Windows + Linux?
I’m looking to finally use Linux properly and I’m planning to dual boot my laptop. There’s enough storage to go around, and while I’m comfortable messing around I’d rather not have to run and buy a new device before school while fixing my current one....
What are your favorite Rust-based tools and utilities for the CLI?
Here are mine so far:...
Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like (www.zdnet.com)
I’m curious to hear thoughts on this. I agree for the most part, I just wish people would see the benefit of choice and be brave enough to try it out.
What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?
Windows vs Linux (i.imgflip.com)
btrfs appreciation post
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/4274796...
Is there an OSS Antivirus software available ?
Title.
I've noticed that lemmy as a whole is much more leftist than reddit (outside of political servers of course)
I can’t really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by “both” sides of the spectrum. It’s just something I find interesting.
Any Nostr ppl here?
Been hearing a little about Nostr. Apparently it’s a protocol?...