In The Empire Strikes Back, why does Han significantly outrank Luke?
Luke blew up the freakin’ Death Star and he only gets to be commander. Han wants to skip out on the whole rebellion thing and he gets to be a general.
Why don't laptops have proper low power states where useful stuff like downloads can run during sleep/with the lid closed?
Basically every laptop I’ve owned I’ve had to disable sleep when the lid is closed as I often leave them plugged in and want background tasks like downloads or updates to be able to run while I’m not using the machine. However, I don’t think PC laptops have a way to switch to a super low power state and just run...
Why don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?
Long Haired Men, How Do You Take Care of Your Hair??
Long Haired Men, How Do You Take Care of Your Hair?...
Why do sports commentators talk soft bullshit?
No shit skip, of course they shouldn’t turn the ball over, or get red cards, or what the fuck ever. Passing gas in the bathroom and think it’s perfume; literally shitty analysis I just heard on ESPN....
Indian-Mexican wedding gift
We’re Polish living in Germany and were invited to a wedding in India by a friend of ours. The groom is Indian and the bride is Mexican, to make things more complicated. It’s planned at the end of November. That’s the first time going to India for us, we don’t know much about the culture. We don’t know what we should...
Why do surge protectors continue to draw power from wall sockets even if switched off or if nothing's connected to them?
Edit: As others have pointed out, it seems switching them off does stop them from drawing power.
What does cigarette smoking do for people?
I’ve never smoked, but I’ve been around people that do. What do people feel during/after smoking? It doesn’t seem to make people high or hallucinate or anything. It maybe mildly relaxes them?
Do other people ever have the experience of simulating yourself doing something in your head, and then doing it in real life exactly how you imagined it?
I’m thinking about sports as an example. I used to do fencing, and sometimes we would learn a new technique or I would imagine one to do, and I would imagine myself doing it, then it was almost like autopilot where my body would do it just how I imagined, like it was easy. It didn’t happen very often but when it did it felt...
How do you call in English
Imagine an XL table:...
[SOLVED] How to run Lemmy Account Migrator? (github.com)
I’ve heard about LASIM a few times now, this great tool for migrating Lemmy subscriptions from one account to another. I downloaded it from Github recently to try it out… only problem? I have no clue how to get it to run. All the instruction I read online just say “run LASIM” as if it’s that trivial and leave me...
What's up with "whinging"?
I have noticed lately that a lot of users on Lemmy spell whining as “whinging” what’s up with that? I could understand if it was misspelled “wining” or somthing but that extra g really confuses me. Is this a misspelling specific for some region or is it lingo of some sort?
What's happening when Ironing clothe ?
How does a hot piece of metal and some steam turns my shirt fabric from supper wrinkly to nice looking and straight ?
So why is 3 nm chip better?
Ok I think I do know the answer but I never learned it, so I want to learn it today. It’s been about 1 year now we can reliably make 3nm chips, which is impressive on a scale of size. But why is is better? My theory is simply: We can make a product the same size but add more on it because it’s smaller, making it stronger and...
How many of y'all's local PDs are running drugs?
'Cause I’m pretty sure KCPD is. Probably a lot of the sheriff departments, too.
If you were to turn into food, what food will you turn into?
Buying neices and nephews Christmas presents?
At what age would you stop buying presents for nieces and nephews? I have 3 and they’re all officially out of college now. They live in a different state. When they were little kids the presents made sense but now it seems forced. I just don’t know how to transition away other than just not doing it.
How do you currently handle Covid infections?
Should I still isolate myself after a positive test? Is it ok to do my own shopping (with a mask) or should I call someone? Do I still wait for a negative test or simply to be free of symptoms? Since people around me don’t really talk about Covid anymore and my country doesn’t have any guidelines in place, I’d be...
Why aren't advertisers (Microsoft, Facebook, Google) held responsible for allowing scammy adverts?
I know they allow scam adverts because it’s easy money, but why aren’t they held responsible for facilitating obvious scams? You open Edge, there’s 3 “Earn money quick” adverts. On Instagram, every 5 ads, one is a scam.
How Significant is the Quality Increase from "Toy" to "Real" Projectors?
How Significant is the Quality Increase from “Toy” to “Real” Projectors?...
How do I soak and clean a badly burnt and stained air fryer flat tray?
Why is there always that one part of an urban neighborhood where the 5G cell coverage suddenly ceases to exist, even though you can clearly see that there's a tower nearby?
It took me 16 years to figure out why I hate a Journey song. What song did you hated until you figured out why?
I love Journey. But for some reason I hated, “Don’t Stop Believin” and I could not understand why I loathed that song until I recently rewatched The Sopranos for the second time after 16 years and the final episode had that song playing until the “blackout.” And now I know why…...
How can I practice being more emotionally available as a man?
What’s your positive examples of men, fathers, friends, work colleagues, brothers, etc where they were or are emotionally available?...
Have the trees started turning colors earlier this year?
I live in Ohio in the US and it seems like some of the trees around here have started turning colors way earlier than normal. Is it from the wildfires? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.