Which book should I read?
Hii, I am trying to get into reading books but don’t know what to read. I like programming, tech, DIY stuff and science and would love to read about it....
Recommendations for infinite canvas drawing software
Focus on feature like line smoothing, palm rejection. Good amount of brushes extra points for custom brushes.
How do you get an executable from a GitHub link?
I see a lot of posts for apps that I would like to try but they all send me to a Github link - What is the process for getting an executable of these apps? Do I have to compile them myself? OR am I missing the .exe or .zip file option?...
Experiences using immutable Linux desktops?
I am playing around with Fedora Silverblue and openSUSE Aeon and I really like the painless updates....
What were some movies you had to look up explanations of after watching?
Beau is Afraid was the last one I recall. I think it was mostly the latter half of the movie where I started to get a bit confused and needed the ending explained to me....
Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?
Here’s some context for the question. When image generating AIs became available, I tried them out and found that the results were often quite uncanny or even straight up horrible. I ended up seeing my fair share of twisted fingers, scary faces and mutated abominations of all kinds....
There is a chance that birds accidentally sing a known musical motif
Is zero divisible by zero?
Seems like it should and the result should be one. Does mathematics agree with me on that?
FOSS alternatives to Tasker?
Hi all,...
I believe science but I don't understand science. Does that make me religious?
Will the Fediverse reach Mainstream in 2024?
Regardless of the negative aspects, Meta joining the Fediverse will definitely make the numbers of active users explode. This will probably bring the network and its concepts to many people and also a matter of public debate.
Best way to look for movies/series in a different language?
I recently wanted to watch Harry Potter (you know, a pretty famous movie). I was surprised not to find a single torrent of the movie in Spanish in multiple websites, and once I finally did, the dub was in Spain Spanish (as opposed to latinamerican Spanish)....
Clipboard manufacturers would probably be in a much tighter financial situation if coaches hadn't made a stereotype of breaking them all the time.
Why shouldn’t I just give up on Lemmy?
Or why Lemmy is too much like hard work...
is the lemmyverse dying already?
There is not much getting posted, it is becoming emptier and emptier....
You are diagnosed with cancer but have no money for treatment. You've no option but to steal the money somehow. What's your plan?
Assume you’re life-lusted and are willing to abandon every moral you have just to live. Paying for cancer treatment is also worth prison time to you....
What is the greatest sin you've done in your life?
Why did Japanese samurai shave the tops of their heads, leave the sides long, and have a small pony tail tied in the back?
I’m reading Vagabond and noticed that the samurai who are learning swordsmanship at a dojo will have this hairstyle, so is it just to show that they are students st a dojo?
There's no concise way to turn concise into a noun
You can speak concisely, or prefer concise writing, but not quite with concision. I prefer conciseness? Conciquity? Concisement? Why is there no noun for this word??
Why don't given names vary more per region?
like town names are very unique; you probably couldn’t find the same 2 towns next to each other very often...
Furries of Lemmy, what made you decide on the species for your main fursona? Why did you choose that specific species?
What do you like to do on vacation?
ELI5: What is scat? The internet one.
I have a feeling it isn’t related to a fun musical style or animal poo. I also get the feeling I don’t want to Google it. Can I get an explanation fit for a 5 year old, in tone and verbiage....
Why were the TOS movies better than the TNG movies?
(Not including the reboot trilogy as that’s a different altogether topic)...
Could you compress text files by mapping a word to how commonly it is used and translating it with an application?
It’s a bit of a weird shower thought but basically I was wondering hypothetical if it would be possible to take data from a social media site like Reddit and map the most commonly used words starting at 1 and use a separate application to translate it back and forth....