Can anything be worth doing?
Definitely a “woah bruh 420 blaze it” kind of thought this eve, but I’m wondering if there is a philosophy, lifestyle, or technique that addresses this:...
What makes gel capsules so expensive in comparison to other pills?
Disclaimer: I’m in Australia and here vitamins must comply with certain regulations. Feel free to read about it: tga.gov.au/…/how-are-vitamins-regulated-australia...
Your first anime show/film
What was your first anime show or film?...
Why stand in line to board an airplane?
The seats are assigned. People have been standing in line for 15 minutes now. Why on earth would anyone want to stand there, when they could just sit and wait until the line clears?...
What do you think about the idea that we're in a simulation?
I don’t think that we’re in a simulation, but I do find myself occasionally entertaining the idea of it....
what do i do concerning this? (lemmy.sdf.org)
So I am writing a thesis and what I thought that meant is making some cool programming project and then basically explaining what you did, how you did it and why. But today I hear that I am supposed to do things like “”“research”“” and “”“literature review”“”. Apparently one is supposed to find similar...
how can I stop feeling offended when coworkers don't return my greetings?
and how do I react next time they don’t greet me?...
Why is HD or 3D so impressive on a flat screen, but we walk around in real life with the highest definition possible and the most realistic 3D and it's completely mundane?
I guess this could have just been a shower thought as well…
Tell me something interesting about yourself
Prompt questions:...
I want a job now. Okay, I've always wanted a job, but I need advice on job-hunting.
cross-posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/5144131...
Has any scientific breakthrough come out of the Folding@Home project?
I probably donated 10 years of idle CPU time between 2005 to 2015.
I just found out the popular coworker kicked me out of my workplace. Our of spite I'm thinking about rage applying and quitting or moving departments ASAP. Is this the right way to go?
basically I’m the quiet one and even though she never was my supervisor, she acted like it. I was doing my job and she kept pestering me to help her with something she could do alone. I told her to wait, she kept calling me. I ignored her to do my job, she kept calling until I exploded:...
If you could create your own country, what would you name it?
Can you recommend a free minimalist documents app? (replace Google Docs- can be offline)
Hey Lemmy! I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t yet quit Google Docs. I think I should especially since I got a lot of documents which I really have no reason to keep online, I’ve been doing so out of lazyness as I’m used to GDocs and its ease of use....
What industry secret are you aware of that most people aren't? (programming.dev)
What can we learn from the Trump shooting and the Uvalde shooting ? (ml)
After I'd read that the Trump shooter had looked at photos of Trump and Biden and their upcoming speech locations and the fact that the shooter was a lone wolf and bullied at school, I read part of the Wikipedia page about the Uvalde shooting . The Uvalde shooter also was a lone wolf and also used an AR-15. My thoughts right now...
What advice would you give to people in their 20s?
Feel free to share any life experiences or anecdotes.
Does one have to be an iconoclast or revolutionary these days to be validly left? I consider myself to be left of center, and very much in favor of progressive policies.
However I find myself being disagreed with quite often, mostly for not advocating or cheering violence, “by any means possible” change, or revolutionary tactics. It would seem that I’m not viewed as authentically holding my view unless I advocate extreme, violent, or radical action to accomplish it....
how do you keep mozzarella sticks from splitting in the oven?
I’ve tried lancing them ahead of time, like I would with a sausage, but they still split open and spill their chizz everywhere.
Is cake a sort of bread?
So according to Merriam Webster bread is: a usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic constituent is flour or meal...
If a creature like this would exist, would it...
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ae757449-b7d3-4e26-ba31-f94443c3f925.jpeg...
Anyone had any experience with TECH University - Techinstitute?
I am looking for online master degrees and came across TECH, with an incredibly granular offering and excellent reviews in sites like Trustpilot or Emagister. Their prices are also very competitive....
How Do You Handle Loud Neighbors?
My upstairs neighbors seem to like clog dancing at 2am. What would you do?
Do you ever feel the "dormant person feeling"?
The dormant person feeling is a feeling I find myself having on the Internet often. Casually browsing the Internet, I find myself reading through threads and websites that don’t look like they’ve been updated since 2009, or 2010, or ${currentYear - 10}. Profiles that haven’t posted in so long either....
why is lemmy.world such a toxic queerphobic shithole?
i have had multiple times where my comments were removed for being lightly snarky to a bigot meanwhile they’re allowed unabated making shitty comments about my queerness. like most recently the mods of /c/fediverse on lemmy.world removed my entire post announcing the new sharkey instance at cyberpunk.gay for no reason just...