What are some of the best things to bring on a long road trip?
I’m going to be driving across the US in a couple weeks and want to know the best things to bring along for the ride!
are there any communities for identifying old stuff?
I am restoring an old chest and found an undecipherable label under the cover of the lid. Are there any communities for identifying old stuff like this?...
How Do You Deep Clean a Mattress? What Tools Do I Need?
How Do You Deep Clean a Mattress? What Tools Do I Need?...
Men, how well do you know your best male friends?
I keep seeing men online (Reddit, Instagram, TikTok) saying how they don’t know personal details about their male friends of several years. It is mostly said in a proud context, or in disbelief when a woman talks about it....
How did Futurama have so many celebrity guest appearances?
I’ve been going back and watching earlier seasons, which - I thought - had a smaller budget and less recognition. But after taking a closer look at the credits I realized there’s a lot of celebrity heads that are voiced by the actual celebrities. The star trek episode actually had the full original cast - and those weren’t...
Rip udemy courses?
I was wondering what it would take to rip udemy courses. I bought two udemy courses (ccna courses) a while back and i wanted to share da booty...
Are we teaching AI to destroy humanity?
With all these massive amounts of articles about AI that’s gonna destroy humanity, aren’t we putting the idea out there for AI?
There have probably been fortune cookies opened that had that day's winning lottery numbers
Petition for lemmy.world to close registrations.
I just realized that none of the comments or posts I made in the last week from my instance are getting to lemmy.world....
What is your opinion on material you?
Sunscreen is an add-on to go outside.
Brain bubble from my friend.
What's your favorite email app?
I’m tried of how terrible Gmail is. Id like an email client with folders or categories. If it can sort them automatically (like how Googles now defunct inbox app used to) that would be even better....
Is it detrimental to the Fediverse network to self host, for only oneself, a Federated service?
It seems that self hosting, for oneself, a federated service, like Lemmy, would only serve to increase the traffic in the network, and not actually serve the purpose of load balancing between servers....
Best bang for the buck battery backup
Like the title implies, I’m trying to figure out where to pickup cheap used or new battery backups (ups) in Canada....
How to know how many concurrent active torrents are too many?
Thanks to this Lemmy I entered the magic world of private trackers, and now the list of torrents I keep seeding is growing by the day. How can I detect when the number of torrents is detrimental to the functioning of the network? What is a reasonable ball park estimate of active (even if “dormant”) torrents?
Is Gentoo more-or-less pointless for the average Linux user?
More specifically, Portage. I know use flags and “optimization” are all the hype, but really, would the average user even see a benefit from customizing all their use flags? Especially a benefit that compensates for the constant compilation?...
Nuking old Reddit accounts
I took part in the Reddit blackout a month ago, and accessed Reddit through Apollo. After the blackout I looked at Reddit a handful of times and then let my association with Reddit die with Apollo....
Are the James Bond books worth reading?
I’m a big fan of the movies and I’ve know for a while that the character is based off a series of books, but I’ve never gotten around to actually picking any of them up.
Short Videos and Playback
Would be cool if we can upload short videos to a peertube instance and embed them into posts rather than relying on reddit, YT, or Vimeo....
A User Setting on Lemmy to View Only Votes from Your Instance
It would be interesting to have a user setting on Lemmy to view only the votes from your instance. This way, you can have a unique experience depending on the instance you are in, as there are instances that cater to different audiences. For example, the instance lemmy.dbzer0.com is for piracy, while programming.dev is for...
Does not having any social media presence have any negative impact on a person's social life?
How do you decide if you should call in sick for the day?
I always struggle trying to decide whether or not to stay home when I’m feeling under the weather. How do you decide?
Suggest me a distro
I have already tried out Linux Mint. But I want to try out other distros....