I deleted WhatsApp only for privacy! Am i stupid? Why ?
[Hypothetical] What would have happened if the US Supreme Court had arbitrarily declared Donald J. Trump the winner of the 2020 US Presidential Election? Constitutional Crisis?
Assuming everything else was the same, but we branch off into a parallel universe where the US Supreme Court just ignore facts and arbitrarily decided by a 5-4 vote (assuming Roberts side with the 3 liberal justices, because that’s probably the most realistic scenario) that Donald J. Trump is the winner of the election. What...
How did Synthwave end-up associated with Cyberpunk ?
If you look on “cyberpunk” play-list on youtube, it’s mostly some synthwave electronic music....
Will my battery drain faster if I connect an external display to my laptop?
What happens if majority of Americans vote for one party and majority of states vote for the other? Would there indefinite deadlock between the [Executive + House of Representatives] vs [The Senate]?
Edit: I’m talking more of in the context of shifting populations, not a one-off election. What happens if this is the results of several consecutive elections. Will there just be nothing happening? Indefinite Government Shutdown?
Why is it usually advised to power off your computer to have Bluetooth work again if it stopped working after a kernel update?
Often with a Linux kernel update, or even after a first install of Linux in place of Windows, Bluetooth stops working and the advice is usually to just power off your computer, wait a bit, and then turn it on again. Bluetooth then miraculously works again....
How do you find relevant technical information online?
Search engines have been dropping in quality significantly within the past decade, and especially within this past year. The noise to signal ratio has been frankly painful....
People on Mastodon...are there a lot of users who just spam stars and boosts like mad to get followers? Some posts seem to get a ton of instant, rapid interaction even though I only have 13 followers
Electoral College and The Numbers | USA question
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by almost 3 million and still lost....
What are good options for fans (tower, standing, etc.)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/25477934...
if you like doing your job and going home, how do you bear with coworkers who are lazier but more popular than you and get away with doing less?
you might be an introvert, passionate about your job, or simply old enough to disregard friendships at work because you already have enough friends and a family....
How many views does a Netflix show need to have to be considered a success?
Why are fuel perks at grocery stores so ubiquitous?
This seems insane to me. I live in a city where maybe 50-60% of people have cars, and most don’t drive them that much. Yet every grocery store I’m aware of with the sole exception of the expensive Whole Foods has a fuel rewards points program. Reasons this should be controversial enough to enable a low-cost alternative:...
How do I make an image (or video) safe to post online?
I can scribble out identifying info (text, landmarks, faces) in an image, but I’ve heard images can have some geographic data. How do I remove that?...
Would Trump win?
If there was a game show like are you smarter than a fifth grader, but instead it is are you smarter than previous President George Bush Jr. and twice impeached previous President Trump is the first contestant would Trump win? So basically who is smarter the 43rd or 45th?
What are these elongated rectangles in the water area? (lemmy.world)
Found on a google maps trip to Al Jirab, Along the E11 24°05’14.0"N 53°55’27.0"E...
Does Lemmy have a bump system?
By bump system I mean someone interacting with a post causing that post to move higher in the main feed....
I have amblyopia. Is this accurate? (lemmy.sdf.org)
I have amblyopia—also known as lazy eye—which means I often see a bit of double vision—usually a sliver duplicated on the outside side of one of my eyes, even when I’m wearing contacts, and even though I don’t look like I have a lazy eye. My eyes definitely don’t work in concert and I’m told my 3D vision resembles...
How many songs are about Courtney Love?
When investing your money, what is considered a good rate of return?
Does mucus have calories?
There must be some caloric input required to produce mucus, however my question is what happens when you swallow your own mucus vs spitting. Do you retain calories by swallowing mucus?
Why are are some posts called "Title"?
I haven’t spent long on Lemmy, but I see a lot of posts with their title literally being “Title”. Is it meant to be a joke? Is it because the title would otherwise be a quote ripped from the image/post itself, and the posters don’t want their fellow Lemmites to get bored from reading the same bit of text twice? Reason...
Why did S3/object storage succeed while WebDAV apparently failed?
WebDAV has been around a lot longer and does many of the same things as object storage. It also has support for random access read/writes where object storage requires you to download, edit, and re-upload the whole file. Seems like a no-brainer if you wanted to offer cloud storage to customers....
Why are people begging for likes for their youtube comments ? I don't think they get anything do they ?
I just don’t get it ? Are they that starved for attention or approval or something ?...