Has any scientific breakthrough come out of the Folding@Home project?
I probably donated 10 years of idle CPU time between 2005 to 2015.
Do you know any mobile games that don't suck?
I just want to kill some time, I like simple arcade style games that aren’t using scummy corporate sales tactics to get me to play every day
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...
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....
Would you consider purple a warm blue or a cool red?
If you suddenly found yourself teleported into a Minecraft world, how scared of dying would you be compared to before?
Why do butchers have yellow breadcrumbs on their meat?
I’ve noticed and I’ve never really understood why that when you buy any meat that is crumbed from a butcher in Australia, it is always or nearly always yellow in colour....
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...
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....
Was he (51M) making a move? (26F)
He was my driving instructor. I’m 26 and he’s 51. On the day of my driving test he caught me looking at him twice, from across the place. He seemed surprised for a sec and then nodded to me both times. Then it felt as if he started orbiting around me, paying me more attention…...
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…
Human attributes for alien contact
Lets say you get abducted by aliens....
Which are your favorite non-English movies, series etc?
If not favorite, ones that touched you in some way....
i want to learn to negotiate, can you all give me some tips and how to learn to negotiate?
How Do You Handle Loud Neighbors?
My upstairs neighbors seem to like clog dancing at 2am. What would you do?
What are some good TV series crime/drama/thriller?
Tell me something interesting about yourself
Prompt questions:...
Help, looking for laser printer recommendations, rough around 100-200 range?
There’s so many models and companies these days and hard to know what’s quality and refills won’t cost an arm and a leg, or what long term will last at least half a decade. Previously went with Inkjet printers, but I’m done with them since I rarely print photos. TIA for any recommendations and thoughts on your...
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....
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...
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....
Why is Lemmy so absurdly woke?
It’s funny as fuck tho
How long does your country need to appoint a government after election
Looking at France panicking because 2 weeks after snap election there isn’t a clear majority, nor a coalition ready to propose a prime-minister to the president. What would be the standard time to do these negotiations in a functional democracy where doing coalition is common but doesn’t take years (so US and Belgium do not...