What (free and open-source) applications do you use on a daily basis?
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Moderators of lemmy: what interface improvements would you find helpful?
I semi-often hear people complain about Lemmy’s moderation tools. It’s happened enough that I think it’s a sign that moderation tools need improvement. Some ideas I have so far:...
Do EV's actually do anything beneficial for the planet?
I’ve seen a lot of posts here on Lemmy, specifically in the “fuck cars” communities as to how Electric Vehicles do pretty much nothing for the Climate, but I continue to see Climate activists everywhere try pushing so, so hard for Electric Vehicles....
Have any of you watched the movie Threads?
What are your thoughts on the film
A time traveller comes back from 50 years in the future. You have 3 hours with them. What do you do?
Rules:...
Markdown editor replacement
Is there an opportunity to replace a clean markdown editor in lemmy’s own instance with some kind of WYSIWYG? Preferably similar to Editorjs? Has anyone already implemented this in their own instances?...
What are the highest quality search engines?
It is becoming near impossible to find relevant information from search engines. Duckduckgo, SearXNG, Bing, Google, and so many more mainstream engines have a significantly high noise to signal ratio, and it is getting worse....
How do you accept the things you cannot change?
trying to stop being so thin skinned:...
What are your favorite game consoles?
What does the Chinese idiom "A monkey that jumped out to pluck a peach" mean?
I read translations of Chinese fanfics that have a lot of obscure idioms....
Which email provider?
Although I think that I’ve researched a lot, something might missed my research. So I would like the below:...
Parental Advice
What is a good piece of advice from your parents or that you’ve learned that others may not know or that you wish you were told as a child/teen?
Why do people keep asking where I'm from?
Up until I started working, I didn’t really encounter that question. When I did start working, people started asking me that question....
Have any of you ever called your previous job/landlord to see what kind of reference they would give you?
You’d probably need someone else to call on your behalf. If you have, how did it turn out?...
Music for filmakers/videographers
I’m not sure how many filmakers/videographers are here on Lemmy but I’d rather ask here than Reddit if I can...
Is it just me, or have the comments on Lemmy become extra aggressive over the past 3 months?
I feel like things on Lemmy were pretty chill several months ago, and that’s started to change....
Is anyone else caught in a weird Venn diagram of Imposter Syndrome and furious indignation and disdain for actual imposters in your field?
Context: I’m a second year medical student and currently residing in the deepest pit in the valley of the Dunning-Kruger graph, but am still constantly frustrated and infuriated with the push for introducing AI for quasi-self-diagnosis and loosening restrictions on inadequately educated providers like NP’s from the...
What are some structures today that you think will become "anceint" structures in the future
Something like the pyramids, or colosseum
What smaller community do you wish had more visibility?
Share your favorite lesser-known communities, please! I’m always looking for more to join
I don't know how to deal with what to me is a thin skinned and gossip coworker.
She is a good coworker, meaning she knows her duties and has ample experience....
What's a good and non patronising way to help my neighbour out
My neighbour has a cat called Stevie. Stevie hangs out with us a lot and we look after him when my neighbour is away....
How do you have an uncomfortable conversation with your boss?
Hey y’all, I’m a warehouse worker in Illinois, when I was hired on I was promised $17.50 an hour. I got access to the employee self service recently to find out these past 4 months I’ve been getting paid $17. Now I don’t have any actual on paper proof of this but I remember very clearly thinking , “$17.50, hey that’s...
You now have 4 fully functional arms. How do you make use of your new capability?
**Where** should I discuss _"tagging"_ in websites?
I want to discuss a better means of organizing tags for websites that use a generic tagging system. I propose a tag hierarchy....
Why is pornography (and sexualisation in general) so normalised?
It seems as though we are going backwards. We were doing so well in realising that all human beings are worthy individuals with emotional and intellectual depth, yet now so many of us don’t seem to see any problem with society encouraging many to reduce themselves to sexual objects. How is this rationalised?...