Big winners on game shows, how did winning a prize really pan out?
Examples: If you won a car, did you get a car without a hitch? Any help on insurance payments? Not the prize or cash you were promised?
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If I drive speeding past a cop, but didn't get a ticket, did I break the law?
This is a semantic question, but I want to get a feel for what you guys think.
whats best? gitlab github codeberg bitbucket etc. and why?
Which fantasy or folklore creature would you marry?
you are a coworker and have a conflict with another coworker who accuses you of being lazy, even though you started to work earlier than him. Is it your job to solve this problem?
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Does anyone know any Hard Sci Fi books about humans surviving without any hospitable worlds?
I’m looking to get inspiration for my own writing. I need a hard sci fi series where earth (and earthlike worlds) are too rare, inaccessible, and/or previously spoiled beyond ability to sustain life. Bonus points if it is set on a multi-generational space station or starship without any other options and goes into detail about...
What's a last name (family/surname) that you think is cool?
What last name do you think is neat? It could sound cool, have an interesting meaning or history, etc.
The Weakest Lemmy User vs The Strongest Reddit User: Who Would Win?
I gotta settle this useless debate somehow!
Fast charging small powerbank
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is there an open source way to recover deleted files from Android Internal Storage?
hi all, accidentally deleted some audio files i need an hour ago. any way to get them back?
What's the point of the Processing IDE?
Hi all, as a child I spent a lot of time working in the Processing language. Does this have any transferrable use cases / what’s the point it even exists?
Nowadays, which band, musician or music give you goosebumps or made you cry?
Trully question. I cannot be the only one who cries when listens music. I was the privellege to see my favourite artists live, but since last year, all lives I assisted on YouTube by Fred again… , I cry . Has been my favourite musician since last year. Almost all songs, for me, are amazing and give me a bunch of emotions.
My home came with security cameras already installed. What is a good dvr box I can use to control them?
Each camera has its own analog connection wire. I am looking for a dvr box that I can connect to a home server and run something like Shinobi. I currently have this dvr box ellipsesecurity.com/…/hdtvi08b-tru-view-hd-tvi-8-… , but i don’t think it can automatically forward video to a home server
Which version of Batman do you like the most?
Genuine question. I am an android user who has to use an iPhone for work. One thing really bothers me. When the alarm goes off and I'm in an app, it shows an unobtrusive banner at the top of the
screen. Fair enough, didn’t want to disturb me, I get it. But to turn it off I have to touch the banner and poof, my screen is full of all my alarms....
What is the worst song to listen to in the car because of sirens wailing, brakes screeching, horns honking, or any other scary stuff?
Does lemmy instance have an API? Can I create auomtated posts through API? Polish
I've recently turned 20. What highly specific advice you, lemmy users, would offer me?
A lot of people answering this struggle to understand what highly-specific means. I’m looking to, for the sake of experiment, highly-specific advice that gives a reader clear understanding of what they should do. Unlike the vague advice, on the contrary, that may be too abstract to get implementing it right away....
What's the most evil hellish thing you've experienced firsthand in life?
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How does my navigation system determine the specific wording it uses about each turn when giving directions?
For example, if it says “bear left” versus “turn left”, what process is it using to make that nuanced judgment?...
How to fetch mastodon account data into lemmy instance?
I learned how to fetch lemmy into lemmy. By pasting lemmy post url into search on my instance. Now I tried similar with mastodon post. Didn’t work. No search result. How to do that? Is it even possible?
Streaming from a modded Switch
Probably too far-fetched, but curious anyway since this would make things a lot easier....
Is anyone else worried about the apple vision pro?
i wouldn’t normally be concerned since any company releasing a VR product with this price tag is obviously going to fail… but it’s apple and somehow through exquisite branding and sleek design they have managed to create something that resonated with “tech reviewers” and rich folk who can afford it....