In your area/country, did you have a word or phrase to describe the static white noise on a television set not tuned to a channel? (upload.wikimedia.org)
Bonus points if there’s a known onomatopoeia to describe the sound.
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How to be added as a mod to unmoderated communities or to ones where the mod isn't active.
I Know this has probably been asked, but I would appreciate the responses....
What federated platform do you use for blogging?
I’ve heard of plume and writefreely/write.as but never used them. A friend is also asking for blogging platforms that are easy to use - they’re non techy.
How many of you are swarmed with Kong x Godzilla ads on YouTube?
I just opened youtube, and literally between every video on the home screen was the same adbanner for this stupid movie This was never this extreme for me. Is something similar happening for some of you, or is this just rng?
what was your favorite thing about your first car?
What is the stupidest school rule you've ever had to deal with? (kbin.social)
Parent, student, or staff, what's the dumbest damn regulation you've personally come across at an educational institution?
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How to see individual votes on web?
Hey hey. When I view Lemmy in Voyager or Memmy, I can see individual upvotes and downvotes. I can’t see that on web and I don’t see a setting to fix that. Is this not available on web anymore? Thanks!
Looking for indoor security camera recommendation
Hi lemmys....
Do you usually purchase digital or physical books? Why?
Are there any online or in-person communities dedicated to minimizing the influence advertising has on its members? Do you know any strategies to minimize this effect on you?
Is there a lemmy community, for example, where people discuss shopping strategies which minimize the risk of the purchase decision being influenced by Brand Image or Flashy Packaging? Or similar topics. Maybe what product categories have cheapest products that are bad, so you can’t apply an objective criterion while making the...
Which Pikmin game is your fave? Do you own any merchandise?
Pikmin is such a formative piece of media to me and picking a fave is impossible for me. I love all the games so dearly! Pikmin 1 had this desolate and lonely kinda vibe, you’re on this unknown planet all by yourself with these peculiar alien creatures and environments, while Pikmin 2’s difficulty and addition of...
How to deal with living in a world with no future without being high 24/7?
Been high nonstop for years. I realize it’s bad for my health. But at least being high feels good....
What is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god?
The monotheistic all powerful one.
If you would be ported back to the Hadean age but have to wait....
… all the time to come to earth but you arrive as a billionaire would you do it?
What are good wireless routers in April 2024? What criteria would you use to choose one? What about mesh routers?
What was your first experience using the Internet?
For me, my Dad brought home a laptop from work and we looked up pictures of pokemon and went to the Simpsons website, circa around 1999. How about you?
The Climate Movie (www.youtube.com)
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What's something you've done that you weren't supposed to but don't feel bad?
What's the name of the fallacy where someone appeals to different circumstances that don't currently apply in order to justify something?
Here is the fallacy I’m describing:...
I threatened to steal my friends identity to legally change his name to something funny. What name would you use?
My current favorite is “Phillip Mypants”
Polymarket | India Election: Modi reelected? What do you think is the right way to play this bet in the polygon prediction market? (polymarket.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/22844267...
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Anyway to downvote by default?
Is there anyway to downvote your own posts by default?
Why can I sometimes not swallow if I wamt to?
Sometimes I malfunction and wamt to swallow but I cant. After a few tries it suddenly works. I usually bug when I breath heavily through my nose.
is there any way to losslessly convert a whole recursive file directory of .m4a files to .opus
i have a bunch of .m4a files in one folder, 1000s. can i automate their conversion somehow?