How do you describe color to a person who has always been blind?
What’s the best way to discover RSS feeds?
I’m new to RSS and I’m trying to get into it. I don’t really check out news all too often, so mostly the other parts of RSS. Thanks.
Why does "Heathcliff Without Heathcliff" dominate Lemmy's [email protected]
Is it an in-joke? Or does the person who makes these just enjoy posting them all day?...
What does it mean to "get low" or "drop it down"?
Please forgive me…I’m over 30 and was never a clubber....
Is there a labour-friendly car company?
I’m shopping for a new car, and would like to choose one made with the least bad labour practices, if possible....
What’s the deal with Western Sahara?
Everytime I see a data map on some topic, Western Sahara is always filed under ”No Data” or something similar. I know that the area is disputed by Morocco and some self governing body in the area, but that’s all I know. Is this like an Israel-Palestine thing, or something else?
Why don't app developers provide an option to disable caching or a self-cleaning cache feature (like in the Fedilab app)? Dutch
Most applications clog up the cache space on your device’s memory. You have to delete the cache manually which is not convenient. Fedilab is one of the few applications that has a self-cleaning cache function when exiting the application. Why don’t many other apps have a feature to disable caching or self-clear the cache?
Can I make a volcano?
This part of Indiana I live in is pretty flat. Dull, right? So I figure, why not have a volcano? Now… I get my magic drill machine that can drill as deep as I want it to drill....
How many keurigs would I need to daisy chain together to replace a water heater in an average house?
what does "Yee-Yee" mean? i see it on the back of vehicles on stickers on windows.
Are there more secure pin backs other than the subpar butterfly ones most pins come with?
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.
What is "attention", really?
No copy-pasted definitions please. Use your own words.
Is It All Right to Plug a Multi-Socket in an Adapter?
Tomorrow, I’m moving to the UK (yay!) I lived in France for 3 years, and everything has European Sockets. I’ve got for now one Adaptator That goes from European Sockets to UK Sockets. And I was simply wondering if it was ok to plug a 6-EU Multi-Socket into an Adapter? A 600w PC and a 2k144hz screen will be plugged in it, and...
In the U.S., what exactly are we supposed to do when an ambulance, with its sirens on, approaches from behind?
Let’s assume we’re not stopped at a traffic signal....
Why did Japanese samurai shave the tops of their heads, leave the sides long, and have a small pony tail tied in the back?
I’m reading Vagabond and noticed that the samurai who are learning swordsmanship at a dojo will have this hairstyle, so is it just to show that they are students st a dojo?
Is there some sort of binding agent that would work on a mix of several different plastics ground together?
I know that plastics (polyurethane, polystyrene, polyethylene, etc) are very different from one another....
Are metric measurements like decameters and hectometers ever used?
I’ve learned about them in school, but I’ve never heard anyone say something is 8 decameters long or anything like that. I’m an American.
Why are videos in 576p resolution not supported by YouTube?
Screen resolution settings go from 480p straight to 720p, with no 576p. I kept wondering why for years.
Why a ton, and not a megagram?
Why is my printer ticking? [solved]
Ever since I hooked my printer up to the Ethernet (over a patch panel), it makes a ticking sound exactly every three seconds....
How can i know whether a website is a part of the fediverse?
Is there an easy way to see if something is an instance or community on the fediverse, or ‘just’ a forum on the web? For instance, would it always be mentioned in a sidebar? I know there are lists of instances, but i am hoping for something easier. I might be overlooking something glaringly obvious, but i thought i would...
Have you ever felt a imaginary switch click that changed the trajectory of your life?
It could be over a few months, like a new job where one day you feel like actually going to work thinking, hey I actually like these people and don’t mind working here....
For those with larger phones, how do you handle them without grip accessories?
Do you cave and use both hands? Do you take the chance and try to use them one-handed when more actively using them? Or do you ultimately submit and get an accessory to kinda help, at least with keeping a hold of them?...