Has anyone else noticed a sudden lack of reading comprehension skills?
Just as the title asks I’ve noticed a very sharp increase in people just straight up not comprehending what they’re reading....
[Meta] This community usually has 1 or 2 posts a day, but the last one is from 3 days ago. Is something happening?
The traveling cat chronicles vs The cat who saved books
I’m heavily debating which of the two, I should purchase....
Sad news for 3 people: ‘The Idol’ Canceled At HBO After One Season
From Deadline...
Will youtube eventually run out of storage?
Edit: To clarify:...
When BT climbed to the mountaintop, found that e-mule had been waiting for it for 20 yrs
Is anyone else excited about per-file hashes in Bittorrent v2?...
Visions of a larger plunder
Mateys! We have plundered the shores of tv shows and movies as these corporations flounder in stopping us seed and spread their files without regard for the flag of copyright. We have long plundered the shores of gaming and broke DRM that have been plaguing modern games, and allowing accessibility to games in countries where a...
I got a terrible night of sleep and have an interview this afternoon. What are some things I can do to help my brain?
I’m super drowsy even though I had some caffeine. I’m drinking lots of water and eating healthy foods, but is there anything else I can do in the meantime?...
how do you theme graphical apps in a wm?
Pretty much all graphical apps that dont have thier own theming option (like firefox) are always just the white background default theme. No matter wether it’s qt or gtk. Wich files would i need to edit to change that? Searching on the internet only told me that i should change an environment variable bit doing so changed...
Best chipset for Linux laptop, Intel or AMD?
I’m considering picking up a cheapish laptop for development, with the intent of installing Linux on it. Typically it’ll be Java development or other stuff in docket containers. Is there a best chipset to pick for Linux or are they pretty much identical these days?
What's the best way to rip music off Spotify so that I can store it on my HDD?
As per title. New releases especially are quite hard to find on other clients or p2p resources; what’s the best way to get them from the source so that I can share them back?
How do you theme a wm like qtile to look good?
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Questions about Lemmy
My profile currently says I have 4 posts (this will be number five) and three comments. That’s what is says right under my username on my profile page. But below that, there’s an option to view “Overview”, “Posts”, “Comments” and “Saved”. “Overview” shows two of my posts and one comment. “Posts” shows...
Why don’t Lemmings capitalize the beginning of each letter in their title for their posts?
I would assume people would capitalize their titles in posts since that’s the standard pretty much anywhere else like on YouTube or news sites, and that’s what you learn to do in school. Why is it only different on forum platforms like Lemmy or Reddit?
Mentorship Monday - Discussions for career and learning!
Weekly thread for any and all career, learning and general guidance questions. Thinking of taking a training or going for a cert? Wondering how to level up your career? Wondering what NOT to do? Got other questions? This is the time and place to ask!
if trains honk at every crossing (in the US), shouldn't cars be honking at every crosswalk?
What would happen if caffeine was made illegal?
Caffeine must be one of, if not the, most used drug. It is vital to the operation of more or less every industry.
Training Tuesday - Discussions for certs, training and learning-at-home
Weekly thread to discuss industry certifications, trainings and other courses/learning. Ask questions, share your experiences and help others!
Even if you don't do anything special, you could be the catalyst for someone else to do something special.
Just wondering about how my life could have touched someone else’s and I realized this. Maybe you’re just joking around online and mention something that triggers an idea in someone else that leads to revolutionary new things that impact humans everywhere. Even if you’re forgotten, or uncredited, you had a meaningful...
Why do apps build in Flutter lag horribly on my Pixel 6?
I have been dealing with stuttering apps whenever the app is built using flutter, I can’t really explain this given no one else seems to have this issue. Is it that the pixel 6 is weak sauce, graphineOS or something else?
I pronounce there and their differently
and I can’t really describe how. Their is more like a they with an r on the end.
Hobby Drama - a community for drama about hobbies
Fyre Festival, the history of World of Warcraft expansion controversies, Facebook groups fighting over the right way to make clam chowder. This is the community for all the drama big and small!...
Best Camera and Gallery app
Hey guys, Im trying to get rid of google apps so I have installed GCAM port MGC_8.9.097_A11_V4_ENG and simple gallery pro from fdroid. They are both amazing, but when Im in camera app and I want to use thumbnail to open last picture in gallery, it does open but then after 2 sec screen refreshes like I reopened the app. And even...
how do I watch British and Irish tv channels for free unlimited
id prefer that sky channels are included