What was the dumbest misunderstanding you had as a kid about something you read
I thought in Harry Potter when they “sacked” Professor Dumbledore that they twisted his nutsack AND then fired/expelled him....
Are dilettantes always a bad thing?
I feel like this describes me a lot but I also feel like it gives me a broad and eclectic knowledgebase that my employment has nothing to do with and has no mutual relevance to
Mandela Effect test: Without looking it up, what was the name of the guy who narrated The Twilight Zone?
Do you think Taylor Swift's life inspired the Hanna Montana show, or the show gave Taylor Swift a template to follow, or is it a Jungian archetype that inevitably occurred because history was ready? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Looking for advice as a junior software developer
As the title say I am looking for some advice....
I need a low budget laptop
I want to create a setup where I have a powerfull PC at home, and a lightweight economic laptop to carry around like at school to take notes or watch media on the go. I’d like to spend around 250 euro, and for the os linux is ok. Thanks for the help. P.S. sry if the sub doesn’t fit but I didn’t know where to post this...
Has there been a horror movie scene where the killer jams an electronic meat thermometer into somebody and the camera zooms in on the readout and it's 98.6? Because I think this would be a natural.
Are there any good/interesting launchers for Android by Linux desktop standards?
I have been spoiled for customisation by hyprland recently and have been looking at customizing my phone UI...
why does the color of pee change when you're dehydrated?
Help me decide a font for my website
Currently, I am using Montserrat. Even though it is licensed under Open License Font, I do not feel comfortable using it anymore, probably because it is used in over 17 million websites and is considered overused....
anyone put faces on inanimate objects because cute (kbin.social)
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When will post quantum resistant HTTPS protocols be a thing?
Some services are slowly developing post quantum resistant protocols for their services like Signal or Tutanota. When will this be a thing for the web?
What blogs do you follow?
Recently I discovered a couple blogs with interesting content and it reminded me of how the web used to be. So I ask what blogs do you follow and what topics do they cover?
[POLL] Which file archiver/compression utility do you use? (poll.chat.vote)
Should one prefer Firefox PWAs (via plugin) and Firefox Web-Apps over Electron apps?
Not really that worried but rather curious about your opinions. Use what suits your demands best....
What would a society without any human flaws truly be like?
If mankind started out without any negative traits that like greed, ego, anger etc., how would it shape our civilization up to this date? Would we have created the perfect utopia or made ourselves extinct long ago? Are our flaws holding us down or are they the reason our society made it to this point?
Users from China! What do you think about the CCP?
Where can I get more of these plastic caps? (infosec.pub)
I have these wire shelves that are held together with these plastic caps. I’m reconfiguring the layout and ran out of caps. It’s been a decade+/- since we got these, and I can’t remember the name. Does anyone know where I can get more of these caps? Or, at least, what these caps and/or shelves are called, so I can go...
Can I block people and communities from and entire instance?
I just want do not see any content from a certain instance, as I prefer not to interact with them. Is that even possible? I know that I can do that on a community level, but I’m not sure if that’s account level or client level.
Those of you who work in warehouses in southern areas, how do you survive the summer months?
People who fix computers/laptops, what's the worst thing you found on someone's computer?
What are things most people would be surprised are requirements to hold the job you have?
What are your favourite RSS feeds?
Any topic, just explain what it is please
My school and high school never had us read any non-fiction books (only fiction)? Do you agree this is a problem and if so why or why not?
Plus it would be cool if you could recommend some particular essential non-fiction books that should be taught in schools, or that people should read if they didn’t read them in school.
I know that naming variables is one of the biggest unsolved problems of Computer Science but how would you name a boolean flag to be self explanatory?
What I mean is: some boolean flags are perfect for the real world phenomenon they are representing e.g. is_light_on makes you understand perfectly that when it is true the light is on and when it is false the light is off....