What are you boycotting right now and why? Are there any Boycotts you've ended?
This post is somewhat inspired by a recent post in this same community called “Is anyone else having trouble giving up Reddit due to content?”...
What's a fact that sounds totally made up, yet is completely true? (kbin.social)
I'll start: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are 3 years older than Guns N' Roses.
What is everyone's cross platform frontend framework of choice
I have been experimenting with react native as I heard it’s one of the good ones, and so far it is not a particularly enjoyable experience. Lots of irritating things like no global styling, lots of ugly, hard to read properties on tags, etc...
What tv show had a big impact on you?
For me, its Xena....
The magic genie has appeared to grant you your wish. What small thing do you wish for that would have the biggest positive impact on the world?
Who was worse, George W. Bush or Donald Trump?
Just watched the Boy Boy video on George Bush’s Masterclass, and they made me think about which U.S. President was actually worse.
What do you think of this as a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode
One buys scalloped potatoes for 50% off but they put the sticker over the baking instructions…...
How can you help someone escape a cult-like real estate group?
He have good full time job as software engineering (5 years experience)....
What is the Linux equivalent of a MacBook Air? Unless its literally MacBook Air and the virtualization just hasn't come far enough
In your opinion, what's the age limit for Trick r Treating?
My sister is 23 and still dresses up and goes out knocking doors for candy… and I find it weird but I let her do her. It got me thinking, at what age do you think someone should stop Trick r Treating at? Just curious.
What are you most looking forward to?
What is a nutritious, filling, and easy to eat breakfast for really early in the morning?
Preferably something that has little to no preparation required.
What are some songs that you started listening to ironically, but grew to genuinely enjoy?
I like The Man Behind The Slaughter by The Living Tombstone. I don’t tend to enjoy fan-made music, but this one was too groovy to pass up.
What are some YouTube videos with musical intros?
Here’s a couple of examples:...
What stupid thing or inside-joke really tickles you?
When's the last time you felt seen, heard, and understood?
What do y'all think about Nicolle Wallace?
I love her, blew my mind she used to be a top GOP operative in the sense that she seems so fair if very assertive and excellent at keeping things on track
what fact about our current world would freak people out if it were a newspaper headline a century ago?
Some news that would be completely mundane today but scary or shocking in the past.
recommendations for musician tablets & software
cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/3641289...
trouble with blocking communities you can't see?
How do you block a lemmy account from your community, when they’re on an instance your mod account can’t see??? There’s someone spamming my community from k.bin, but the posts aren’t showing up on sh.itjust.works so I’m not sure how to delete the posts or even block the account. Can someone help please?
Lemmy frontend
The Lemmy web frontend is terrible (on desktop, at least). I have to click on every single image for it to load and it’s just generally ugly. Any good alternative frontends would be greatly appreciated. I checked some of them and they are either not loading or as bad as the original one.
Why don’t application developers who have abandoned their development make the code they don’t need open source?
There are many closed source applications that have been removed from the Google Play catalog for various reasons....
Why are (mobile) browsers so big?
Why are so many mobile browsers at least 100, if not 200 megabytes in size? Even Firefox Focus which is supposed to be small and, you know, focussed is 85MB big....
At what age and how do you tell children about the truth of Christmas?
I’m writing this as someone who has mostly lived in the US and Canada. Personally, I find the whole “lying to children about Christmas” thing just a bit weird (no judgment on those who enjoy this aspect of the holiday). But because it’s completely normalized in our culture, this is something many people have to deal...