What is a "tax write off"?
Let’s say that I have this one movie that is finished that I spent 80 million to make. I decided to “write it off”. So when I get to pay my taxes, do I get a 80 million discount?
The Weakest Lemmy User vs The Strongest Reddit User: Who Would Win?
I gotta settle this useless debate somehow!
A pizza flavored Hot Pocket is just a calzone...
A pizza flavored Hot Pocket is just a calzone…
How do pirate?
I’m moving in a week and changing my ISP, so my plan is just to pirate a few terabytes of music and games on this IP and dip out. I’ve never pirated anything before though, what’s the easiest way for me to do this?
Audio control issues.
Hello guys!...
Do you all have any tips on activities to do yourself, instead of consuming content all the time?
I’m pretty sick of my content addiction, like watching youtube or netflix all the time. I would rather be spending my time otherwise so figured fun things are the best to start. Do you have tips for fun things to do? Or how I could search for them?...
[DISCUSSION] perception of rancidity
I’ll read how a cooking oil will become rancid, or the oil in nuts, or the oil in whole-wheat flour. But I never notice. I never find that something has now become disgusting in that way....
rclone mount transfer speed help
Hi, I’m using rclone to mount an external backup storage (sftp). This is my rclone mount command:...
Off topic: do you think Wendel from level one techs could be the admin of star trek.website?
I know he likes star trek and the though just randomly popped in my head the other day.
Anyone selfhosting RSSHub?
Hello! I’d like to follow some niche meme pages on instagram with my RSS reader app (feeder), and found out about RSSHub that seems exactly what I need. However, I tried using some of the public instances and except for the first time after requesting an RSS feed, it got rate limited and completely blocked. Does self hosting...
A Day in the Life of a Linux Noob or How to Break Your System
TLDR; I spent nearly two hours troubleshooting my broken system, because I installed a Windows spell checker for my LibreOffice....
What's the equivalent of physics constants for social studies?
In physics, it’s common to develop a formula and then stick a constant to explain the unknown. For example, Newton’s theory of gravity uses the gravitational constant G on the formula F = G * m_1 * m_2 / r^2, later on Einstein gave a more accurate explanation with the theory of relativity which does not rely on a constant E...
New home server: what hypervisor/OS?
I have a couple of home server, both with Proxmox as hypervisor, one VM with Ubuntu 22.04 that does just Docker containers, one with Open Media Vault, one with Home Assistant (HA OS) and a couple of Windows VM to do some tests. Since I wanted to move from OMV, right now I see 2 options:...
nvme usb c enclosure vs fast usb stick write speed
I am planning to get an external storage for Ventoy use. My current random usb 3.1 stick writes .iso-files with only 10-15 mbps only. I found this webpage for usb stick speed comparison: ssd-tester.de/usb_stick_test.php...
Anti-doom-and-gloom post
I was writing this out on my local !letstalkaboutgames and realised I was basically making a patient gamers post, so here’s a copy and paste:...
What's the best Anime watching app available for android currently ?
This is crosspost from animepiracy
Best website for downloading a pirated copy of Windows?
I’m looking to test out Windows, but I don’t want to download it without my VPN. I’m trying to use it in a virtual machine with GPU passthrough so I can play all my games. I also obviously don’t want to pay for a copy. TIA!
My Starbucks addicted office manager finally switched
I’ll try to keep this short and sweet....
What is on your to-play list for 2024?
I know we’re already in February, but what are you looking forward to playing this year?...
I am an adult
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[Biology] The umbilical cord: is it 'necessary' to sever it, or is it designed to disconnect on its own eventually?
What are the consequences of not severing it? I imagine you’d have the weirdest bellybutton on earth if nothing else....
What would the inverse of what we have now in the atmosphere be like?
Just curious what an inverted reality of ours would be like, where instead of having too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere creating glasshouse gas effect, what would the inverse be like where we don’t have enough carbon dioxide in our atmosphere? What would the climate of earth be like?
Science & Computing Competition for High Schools Aims to Donate 50,000 hours of computation to medical research
The Computation Moonshot is a competition for high schools which encourages students to learn about data science, computer science, distributed computing, and a wide array of fields in science by having them contribute to real, useful outcomes for researchers in an exciting competitive atmosphere. We utilize the Berkeley Open...
TiL the car and gas industry knew about the health risks of leaded fuel but sold it for 100 years anyway
link :...