Brazilian social media habits
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Can willpower be trained ?
I have heard that willpower is finite and every person starts their day with a limited capacity....
Why using the search bar to find emojis, does it display the male and female forms, but never show the gender neutral version even though such an emoji does exist? (lemmy.world)
May depend on what device you’re using, can confirm Samsung does this
Is there a discussion platform between Reddit and image boards that uses tags instead of subreddits?
I’m curious if there are any discussion platforms out there that fall between Reddit and image boards in terms of structure and moderation....
Is there any christian religions that don't believe in space?
So I have a born again christian family member in their mid twenties who stated with complete confidence that there is a dome in the sky called the firmament and beyond it is where heaven is. She believes space doesn’t exist and rockets just blow up because the bible said so. She is not the brightest and normally I would let...
Would life be significantly different if no light were detectable when closing our eyes?
Currently, if your eyes are closed you can still get a sense of the light around you, and moving your head around you can tell if you’re moving it toward or away from a light source (barring maybe if you’re outdoors and it’s bright out all around you)....
There's thumbwrestling and wrestling, which involves arms, so why isn't armwrestling called handwrestling?
Wrestle wrestle till wrestle doesn’t wrestle right, wrestle?
Where does all the cut/shaved hair end up that isn't donated?
So I know some hair may be donated for the making of hairpieces or the like, but…I don’t imagine the same can be done for shavings/trimmings, nor do I imagine most cut hair is donated…...
Why is there often a huge gap between a person being found guilty of a crime and their sentencing hearing?
I was reading about the crypto bro who was convicted of fraud recently, but his sentencing isn’t going to happen until March 2024. Why does it take so long?...
why do some people really dislike google??
i don’t want to offend anyone, but some open source/privacy enthusiasts dislike google, but why?? google has made chromium, android, etc and most of the things they do are open source, and not only that, they also support creative commons media or public domain. i know the privacy concernes they may have, but they would never...
What is a stock trading bot called, and is there a way I can make/get my own?
I was playing around on cash app and spent a few dollars on the stocks there. I got bored of it eventually, but it got me thinking that there has to bots for this already....
how do I know if I've been banned from an instance other than my own?
When does "what you know" become realer than "what you see"?
Is a fart a fart before you fart it?
Just wondering
How are films recorded
I always hear people/actors/directors say, this tape or film is x meters long, it is this size, etc. do they really still use physical film? If so why aren’t they using terabytes of storage in a way more compact form?
I am keep losing my computer mouse (wireless) and feel anxiety to purchase more mouse. How should I help myself ?
I buy 2-3 wireless mouse online once a while. Then when I lose 1-2 mouse, I feel the ‘need’ to buy more mouse, and I do place order online waiting days, weeks for mouses to ship to me....
How many numbers are in the number 100?
When did fish become recognized as brain food? Historically speaking.
What makes a bicycle so expensive?
There are some brands of bicycles that can cost more than the down payment on a car. Why? Surely making a bike lightweight and reliable isn’t so difficult that it warrants that price? Is it just the brand name or maybe it has to do with customization options?
Why is Steam (Windows PC version) the only program (to my knowledge) that natively snaps to windows displays?
Try it. Move your Steam window around. See how it snaps to the edges of your display(s)?...
Why are pipes used in plumbing more than hoses?
I have some decent ideas as to why, I’m asking mainly as a hopefully fun contribution here, and to maybe learn some interesting plumbing info!
If you can say enough things about a thing does that mean that you know what the thing is?
why is the world suddenly focused on the irsali-palestine conflict and hamas group?
From what I can gather this conflict as been going on a long time and the Hamas group has existed for a while too. Why are all the news cycles suddenly focusing on this the past few weeks?
We're growing quite fast! Let's discuss our future and what you'd like us to do. [META]
Hello everyone! First of all, I’d like to say thank you to every one of you for your support! Our community is about to be the first user-made one to reach 1K users/week on this instance. And our friends over at Ask Lemmy and Mildly Infuriating are following very closely, which is just as amazing!...