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Is a scientific lifestyle even possible?

I mean, you can’t test everything. And no, following the latest science doesn’t count. Which leaves us authoritarianisming it up like medieval troglodytes.

Are you fishing for good conversation or just teasing the squares?

How do you exit a dream?

My present theory is that dreaming is an active, tho unconscious, deed. So step 1 is to make the unconscious, conscious. And then step 2 is to stop dreaming....

What's that music called that was used in 90s documentaries about the birth of the earth?

So this is quite specific and I tried to fit the important stuff in the title, but here’s further elaboration (because it is definitely needed)....

Is there something like F-droid, but for windows software?

I find it quite hard to find open source software for windows. In time i might switch to linux, but for now i am stuck with windows 10....

how do you create a community?

What is the attraction to kids?

There has been a ton of CSAM and CP arrests in the US lately, especially from cops and teachers, along with at least one female teacher seducing boys as young as 12. I cannot understand the attraction to kids. Even teens. Do these people think they are having a relationship, or it is somehow okay to take away another human...

Does it seem like reality has become nothing but reruns, where they kerp trying to up the stakes but we're just not getting it?

The two greatest and equally as devastating ineptitudes of humanity are on full display in the US and truly the rest of the world seems to be similarly embroiled in their own versions of the struggle. That being caught between the groups who would attain power at any cost and groups having been corrupted by the power they’ve...

How to block bot posts, posts and users?

They artificially inflate the size of lemmy and it makes me feel like I’m being taken advantage of.

Isn't OneDrive/Sharepiont the exact OPPOSITE of a shared drive?

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What happened to online computer games?

In like, 2005-2010ish I remember there being these awesome online games through sites like Mini Clip. All disappeared from the internet....

What's it called when pronunciations are sounded out with normal letters?

I don’t mean IPA symbols (which I can’t read) but rather characters from a normal alphabet being used to phoneticise a word, e.g. excerpt is pronounced “[EK] + [SURPT]”. What would this be called? Letter-based phoneticisation?

Do life insurance rules that deny payment after suicide discriminate against those with mental health issues? If those rules didn't exist would suicide rate increase?

Is the discrimination worth it as a deterrent? Or is it just to save the instance companies $$$?

What makes a content creator an influencer??

Can you filter out posts on Lemmy that are in languages other than one you speak?

I’m getting a lot of parts in languages I can’t read. Can I filter for just my native language?

How does "Splitser" app make money?

I had no idea where to ask such a question and I tried to read their terms of use / privacy statements / about us page to find info about how this popular cost splitting app makes money to employ people....

Why do we count sheep before bed?

How do you pick a host to open an instance on?

I’ve been toying with the idea of creating a dog training community, but I don’t know where to put it! How do you pick? The one thing I can’t do is host it myself 😞...