what are 5 Lemmy communities I probably haven't heard of but should join?

Hurculina Drubman@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 172 points –
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Have you ever heard of this cool niche kernel? How was it called?.. Uhh, I think it was Lunix. Or was it Linux? Yeah, Linux!

!linux@lemmy.ml

Its userbase is pretty small, I bet nobody heard of it on such a tiny platform as the Threadiverse

Why? Because they're mine and they need more love.

I can think of a German Forest-Fairy, that’s known by name: Holla.

!wetshaving@sub.wetshaving.social

I help run the place, so I'm biased.

Anyway, the instance is wetshaving focused, which is to say we use all sorts of nice shaving soaps, razors, blades, etc, and talk at length about it.

A mini event is in the works that most of the regulars are taking part in. Everyone is being mailed a small sample of the same soap, and on July 17th we're all going to use it and give our thoughts.

It's niche, and we know it, so we're open to answering questions, etc.

I checked and I'm already subbed! I converged onto a stable process years ago but still casually peruse what new things folks are trying.

Phoenix copper DOC, KCG blades, fougere gothique soap and splash, Phoenix travel scuttle, Yaqi synthetic brush with rainbow handle. FG is my all time favorite scent, I keep a stash of spares in case they stop making it.

The DOC is my third razor and is the best blend of speed and safety, with the open combs better dealing with my long thick neck hair after a week of growth. I also have a Feather Artist Club that I should sell and a AS-D2 I gave my oldest when he came of age. I will need to get another safety razor for my youngest in a few years, either an AS-D2 or the latest greatest mild razor.

I think I heard that Gothique and Angelique are both discontinued now, so good thing you have some backups!

I could very well be mistaken, though. It's a bit of a meme at this point that Barrister & Mann discontinues scents only to bring them back years later.

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I want to plug the communities I created, but I'm always afraid that's going to be a divisive comment. I have zero desire to really "moderate" anything, but I do have communities that I would love have some engaging conversations in, as well as places where people can exchange helpful info and advice. I am planning to make a community for cleaning and organizing tips and discussions.

!boinc@sopuli.xyz join a movement of people donating their spare CPU time to medical research

I remember this thing way way way back when, and it was mentioned in the news? It had some kind of really neat visualization thing screensaver? Lines and lines of colors, with some spikes, going from further back towards the viewer and...

I couldn't find that part again. I loved that, need the useless neat part

Many of the BOINC projects these days don't have screensavers unfortunately. But World Community Grid and Rosetta@home have decent ones.

Are you thinking of Folding@Home?

I am absolutely unsure, and think any information I have about it comes from like 20 years ago. Is it that old? I thought it was pretty old. I remember a news report about it, like on the TV proper. The screensaver was like...little bars of color coming towards the camera, continuously going forward until it filled up and restarted. The spike bars were meant to be like...the data from outerspace. If there was a tall bar, it could be anomalous!

I have an extremely shitty memory, so this is exactly all the information I have.

Hmmm I think that it might not be Folding@Home in that case. Sounds cool, though!

If you like comedy, there's a stand up show called Kill Tony. Comedians sign up and get 60 seconds to do their best bit/s. I post the link every week to the sub !killtony@lemmy.zip. Check it out if that would interest you, we would love to be more active in the community.

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Just started a writing club in !writing@slrpnk.net so I'm partial to it. But it is very quiet there.

I've got vague designs on livening the place up, so it's been in my thoughts a bit.

Sounded interesting so I went to subscribe. Turns out I was already.

Haha nice, I guess I should post some stuff, get it back on folks' radars

I'd like that. Maybe I get an idea sometime, but life is busy and writing is only my occasional hobby.

i can't link it. That is how cool we are. [noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works]

!Noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works

Thank you. I am a mobile browser peasant.

I’ve never used Lemmy on anything other than my iPhone. I’m too lazy to sign in on desktop.

Same same. I tried one app in the very early days and it was just one more password. Our crude peasant huts are peaceful and we shall thrive here. Unless it rains idk

!aldi@sh.itjust.works

!theonionwasright@sh.itjust.works

!allthingsfoodandcooking@sh.itjust.works

!aicreativity@sh.itjust.works

!cleanandclear@sh.itjust.works

!ethicalconsumerism@sh.itjust.works

!survivingpast40@sh.itjust.works

!tinnedseafood@lemmy.world

!gracecarolinecurrey@lemmy.world

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