Make signing up complicated and difficult to discourage people from signing up. What's that practice called?
It’s a way of denying service without officially denying service. If that sheds any light.
How Can I Make this Legless Bed Rise 2-inches?
I have a bed that looks like this, doesn’t have legs. I have a bed that looks like this, doesn’t have legs....
[Music Notation] What does "D M F# m/5+" mean?
I’m fooling around with notation software that will label chords. I input a D major chord, and it offers to also label it also as F# m/5+. F# minor but then /5+?
Creating a torrent that includes all of humanity's knowledge/art/entertainment?
I know we can’t do this with any copyrighted materials. But a lot of books, music, art, knowledge is in the creative commons. Is it possible to create one massive torrent that includes all that can be legally included and then have people only download what they actually want to enjoy?
Ignorance is only really appreciated in retrospect. But the damage happens in the present. So how do we avoid the damage?
Where do guns go when people are done using them?
Do guns wear out? Do they end up in landfill? You always hear about guns being sold, but never about what happens to them at the end of their useful life.
Was Jesus Christ a lich?
Would Holy Water burn him?
they removed my post
I am eternally astonished at how narrow these moderators are. I wouldn’t put them in charge of a wheelbarrow....
What happened to LineageOS? Has it been replaced by GrapheneOS?
How is Naomi Wu doing?
Last I heard she was visited by Chinese officials and then radio silence. Is there any updates
Seeking Assistance to Download and Listen to a Complete Fanfic from FicWad
Hello everyone,...
What is the best way to safely and completely erase all data from old laptops?
I have a couple of old laptops lying around and want to throw them away, but have been cautious to do so because of privacy concerns of data still on the hard drives. What is the best way to wipe them? Or should I take them out and physically destroy them?...
For thousands of years the smartest people considered gods, spirits, "the little people" and the afterlife to be a reality. What's wrong with us modern people?
Look at those downvotes. And the uniformity of the responses....
Is the saying, "The internet's written in ink, not pencil" accurate?
With things shifting around the internet the past year, and also just…Having been on the internet for awhile now, I feel like this saying, while decent as a cautionary measure…May not really hold up past that. Am I being a little naive though?...
How can I stop my keyboard from saying help instead of hello?
What's the deal with buying single cans out of a multipack at a bottle shop? (Australia)
As per title. I very, very rarely drink, and I generally just want to buy a single of something for a rare treat, however most beers/ciders/etc are sold in multipacks....
While everyone is watching the world stage and some are predicting WWIII, isn't there a good chance that the USA is getting close to some kind of civil war?
All the ingredients are there and it won’t take much to put it all together.
Why does markdown always format bullets wrong?
I’ve noticed this on a lot of places that use Markdown. The bullet points have more space above than they do below. This makes it confusing visually because it looks like the text is associated with the item below, even though logically it should be related to the item above....
What are the best features of Lemmy that aren't available in Reddit?
With services like Uber, DoorDash, Instacart etc, how do the apps give you orders?
Lame title but let me explain,...
Why do I enjoy the combination of two flavours if they arrive separately, but hate them when they arrive pre-combined?
By way of an example, I was eating a salad which had raw onions in it. I then took a sip of Coke. The combination of the two flavours was amazing, but I know that if someone handed me an onion-infused Coke, I’d find it horrid....
How does GoodRx make money?
How does GoodRx work as a business while also allowing you to get some prescriptions at a cheaper cost? It doesn’t seem like they could make enough money just from selling your information.
How do you reload a warship ?
In the context of the Houthis launching drones against western ships....
Are any self-cleaning cat litter boxes any good, or worth the money?
Does anyone have any experience with self-cleaning cat litter boxes? I’m curious if any particular model of self-cleaning litter box is any good. We now have 4 cats and it would be nice to not have to clean litter boxes manually 1-2 times every day....
Whats the difference between cheap and expensive modern TVs?
I feel like it used to be size, color, and clarity meant more expensive. Now I look at a 500$ 4k TV and a 2000$ 4k TV and I don’t know what the difference is. They can both be smart TVs, be the same size, and have a lot of same advertised features, but what are the subtle unspoken mysteries that justify a huge price gap?