There's thumbwrestling and wrestling, which involves arms, so why isn't armwrestling called handwrestling?
Wrestle wrestle till wrestle doesn’t wrestle right, wrestle?
Ring finger interactions with pinkie
I recently heard that the nerves controlling the pinkie and ring finger are intertwined to the degree that it’s almost impossible for most people to move the pinkie and ring fingers without the other. Does it count as “independent” if one twitches while the other does the real moving? I think I may finally be special!
Was this guy at the store judging me?
i went to the mall to do stuff and wanted to try on some sweaters and asked the clerk where the fitting rooms were. and this dude instantly had this quite severe sort of - disappointed stern adult look about him as he pointed me there. like, he was very sort of clean and clean shaven and had a fitted sweater and everything. and...
How reliable are EV chargers?
New EV owner here. We charge at home so I don’t need to use them, but stores nearby have chargers. I tried them to see how they work. They are often broken....
When does "what you know" become realer than "what you see"?
why do some people really dislike google??
i don’t want to offend anyone, but some open source/privacy enthusiasts dislike google, but why?? google has made chromium, android, etc and most of the things they do are open source, and not only that, they also support creative commons media or public domain. i know the privacy concernes they may have, but they would never...
How are films recorded
I always hear people/actors/directors say, this tape or film is x meters long, it is this size, etc. do they really still use physical film? If so why aren’t they using terabytes of storage in a way more compact form?
Is a fart a fart before you fart it?
Just wondering
How many numbers are in the number 100?
can a hacker hack my accounts remotely??
i mean that as in, being able to enter my accounts without even using my password or without installing any virus in my computer. thank you!!
What is a stock trading bot called, and is there a way I can make/get my own?
I was playing around on cash app and spent a few dollars on the stocks there. I got bored of it eventually, but it got me thinking that there has to bots for this already....
Is there any way to reverse degrowth of the niche communities on Lemmy?
Like others, I came over when Reddit was banning 3rd party apps. Many communities were being started and I wanted to help. So I chose one community to form here and try and grow. And we did! There was a time a short while in the little KC Chiefs community was in the top 100 communities on Lemmy world. I knew that wouldn’t last...
When did fish become recognized as brain food? Historically speaking.
If you can say enough things about a thing does that mean that you know what the thing is?
Why is Steam (Windows PC version) the only program (to my knowledge) that natively snaps to windows displays?
Try it. Move your Steam window around. See how it snaps to the edges of your display(s)?...
Did racist use the "biological advantage" argument when Black athletes started competing alongside white athletes?
Given that racists and slavers used the “natural physical strength” of black people to justify putting them on hard labor and some medics still think that blacks has higher resistance to pain, I wonder if when black athletes started to join mixed race sport teams, some racist would have used the same “biological...
I am keep losing my computer mouse (wireless) and feel anxiety to purchase more mouse. How should I help myself ?
I buy 2-3 wireless mouse online once a while. Then when I lose 1-2 mouse, I feel the ‘need’ to buy more mouse, and I do place order online waiting days, weeks for mouses to ship to me....
Attention is required for thinking. Advertisers fight for attention. The Buddhists say that attention is the axis of reality. Attention might even be LOVE. But what exactly is attention?
Why can't I login into lemmy.dbzer0.com? (Read desc.)
I submitted my sign-up request to dbzer0 like two months ago already, I don’t know if it’s been accepted already, but I’m reasonably assuming it hasn’t since:...
How does digital and analog audio printed 35mm and 70mm film work?
I’ve recently watched Oppenheimer on 35mm and 2001: A Space Odyssey on 70mm film and wondered how the audio works when it is printed on the film....
Would nuclear reactors be feasible everywhere?
Seeing that they need quite a lot of clean water, which is not widely available everywhere during the entire year in big amounts, especially with these droughts due to climate change.
How does an automatic road barrier decide when a vehicle is coming?
So just something that’s been on my mind. At my workplace there’s an automatic road barrier that lifts up and down when vehicles arrive. However, it’s not used for a carpark system when people wave their tickets or something. It just goes up and down when a vehicle shows up....
I always believe what the people around me believe. Is that truth or what?
Why are pipes used in plumbing more than hoses?
I have some decent ideas as to why, I’m asking mainly as a hopefully fun contribution here, and to maybe learn some interesting plumbing info!