How to retain my evening optimism?
Sometimes when I stay up late doing something creative I end up getting this very comforting feeling about the future. A sort of certainty that everything will work out in the end and that luck happy coincidences will always be on my side. If I had this sort of confidence throughout the day, I would live a much more pleasant and...
has your YouTube consumption decreased after implementing the "no history, no recommendations" feature?
I noticed my consumption has decased quite a bit. I would visit regularly to watch content from few channels. I would probably still visit every so often to watch the new videos. But the experience has become more deliberate and conscious. I go to YouTube because I want to go and watch something specific. Mindlessly browsing and...
What are the coolest coins in regular circulation from around the world?
cross-posted from: lemmy.crimedad.work/post/14038...
How do you handle being upset about something online?
like either a dumbass posting stupid shit, unfair bans, idiotic arguments, etc etc. i feel so incredibly stupid letting it affect me at all, but then also there’s real feelings mixed in there because it’s a real argument i give a shit about to some degree. so it’s this odd double crossing where i know it’s stupid but i...
Looking for painting: picture of a man painting a woman with a twist
I’m trying to find the author and the title of a painting that I vaguely remember....
What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?
Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough....
TRUTH TIME! How many of you have actually read a user manual of an operating system completely?
[Mention your Sex if you are comfortable, I want to see the breakdown between the sexes here]...
How smart would cows have to become for you to stop eating beef?
Obviously this question is only for people who eat beef regularly....
Tips on how to print a deck of cards?
Hello fellow lemmings! I’m designing a customized deck of cards as a present for a friend of mine. When finished, I’d like to print it by myself, because online print services would cost way too much for a single deck of cards. I’d like the cards to be robust and durable, and to be easy to shuffle. Is there a particular...
I got a terrible night of sleep and have an interview this afternoon. What are some things I can do to help my brain?
I’m super drowsy even though I had some caffeine. I’m drinking lots of water and eating healthy foods, but is there anything else I can do in the meantime?...
What do you think of our lord and saviour Odysee.com?
Yeah, I have been hearing about Youtube blocking ad blocks for a while now and I thought maybe Firefox + uBlock Origin is holding ads at bay for a while, but yeah, it happened today. uBlock origin has been unable to block some ads for me and I am thinking of leaving Youtube. I searched day and night (wink wink) for an...
How does federation with new communities work?
I’ve seen that the instance owner has a whitelist and blacklist for their instance, but say that I make an instance of my own and want to federate....
Where and when did you start your fediverse journey?
I started with @beta on 2022-04-25, what about all y’all?
I have an itch to learn more and research. PhD is an option, but comes with either a financial or physical/emotional burden. Should I pursue a PhD, or scratch the itch in some other way?
cross-posted from: discuss.tchncs.de/post/2444019...
Do you believe in God?
What to backup so I can keep digitally signing with a gpg key pair
Hey so I’m new to the world of gpg/pgp. Using a test gpg key pair I created, the goal was to digitally sign a odf so I was wondering what do I backup so I could keep signing digitally using this key in case shit hits the fan and my computer no longer works? Using seahorse, I perfer it to the terminal, the options are to either...
your girlfriend gets an unencrypted copy of all your files. What happens?
Spam bot domain?
What’s up with these posts to the domain wt8.eu...
When an online game goes offline for maintenance, what are they doing?
I can understand patch updates, but what else are the devs doing?
What would your contribution be for a book put together to restart a a civilization?
The title is a bit over dramatic but, per the title, if you could contribute with one piece of knowledge to a book that every single individual should learn from in order to kickstart a civilization, what would be yours?...
How many people have died in the current Ukraine war?
I realize this is lazy, but I did try to wiki this and I don’t know if the numbers are accurate and it’s pretty complicated to read....
How do you deal with communities that don't interest you?
So, how do you deal with communities that don’t interest you? I personally block them, because I don’t like them popping up on my All feed, but at the same time I don’t want to switch to Subscribed because a new interesting community might pop up....
Russia states they have confirmed Prigozhin’s death, what do you believe happened?
This is a guy who was known to hire body doubles and he had numerous passports.
What would name would your drag persona (any gender) have?
I think I would want some really stupid real life thing/pun name, or maybe like a whole sentence even. Like for example, “The cardinal directions are north, south east, and west” or “Sorry” or “Maya Paula Jeese” or “Milk Toast”. Maybe even “Yorkshire Terrier” or “Jim(othy) Member”. Many options to...