Why's it so hard to butter toast with a steak knife?
Every time I try to spread butter or jam over a slice of toasted bread using a steak knife instead of a butter knife, I never seem to be able to spread the topping that evenly....
Why do men lose their head hair as they age but not their beard or pubic hair?
What to call “bedtime”
My niece lives now lives with me (10 years old) and doesn’t like me calling it “bedtime”… it’s “baby-ish”… but she doesn’t have an alternate suggestion. I’m open to ideas?
Why do movies cost so much to make?
I get that actors are expensive, but how does it ever get to insane numbers like 350 million (for endgame) and 200 million (for titanic)....
What do graphics drivers do to increase support for specific games?
Especially if they’re made in an engine that has been previously optimised, for example....
How do I do lemmy.world image uploading?
How do I upload images such that they show in the community instead of having to click to open the post to see the image? (see image) https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/81edcc96-cb62-4aec-84ae-70b455e7e760.png
What the hell even is Diet Coke?
Like, the nutrition facts table says it contains nothing other than some sodium. No sugars or fats or calories at all...
How does app forking works exactly (ex: forkgram)?
More specifically, I’m thinking about forkgram, a telegram fork. I get that open source app make their code public therefore people can use it and build from it, but I thought it allowed for creating a separate app. Forkgram however still has all my chats so it must be able to connect to telegram servers and both apps must be...
Why is it that rhyming words seems to be pleasant/melodious to hear in rap/poetry??
would it be a dumb idea to continue my education paying it myself even though there's no guarantee I'll be hired afterwards?
German nurse here who doesn’t want to work at the bedside. Continuing education’s called Weiterbildung here and lasts up to 1 year instead of the regular 3 required for a regular Ausbildung (Apprenticeship)....
Why I Haven't Seen Any Trump Supporters In Fediverse (Lemmy and Mastodon)?
as a person that came from the 3rd world country and new in fediverse environment, i genuinely would like to know about this....
Why do big corporations get to claim losses, but small businesses can't?
Uber has never once turned a profit, and is allowed to continue running their business. If you’re a small business owner running an ebay or ecom business, and you claim losses for 3 out of 5 years in a row, it’s likely that the IRS will audit you, and could deem you a hobby. Amazon is often cited as not generating a profit...
How do I alleviate bitterness due to lack of intimacy?
I have given up trying to find a girlfriend. Even though, I am outgoing, have hobbies (I dance, which is actually filled with women), go to parties, talk to plenty of women. But I keep hearing the same thing over and over again: “I am just not so into skinny guys.”...
How to see every sub under an instance?
Instead of just searching the specific name of a sub what if I want to see every sub that’s contained within an instance such as lemmy.world for example no I’m not part of lemmy.world but as part of the instance I’m a part of I can see every sub under it in a neat list can you only do that if you’re part of the instance?
Is there a house advantage in a "double-or-nothing" coin flip game?
The idea is that if the coin flip goes in the player’s favor, they win double their bet. After winning, they can either collect their winnings, or risk them all on another coin flip to have a chance at doubling them. The initial bet is fixed at, let’s say $1....
How is it possible for the IT experts to recover data that was erased from a hard drive when the storage of said hard drive appears empty?
And additionnaly, isn’t there a way to exploit this so we can store more stuff on PCs?...
I think I am socially ostrasized, what should I do?
Hello. For context, I am in a university. I do not have any friends, and it feels like colleagues talk bad about me. This makes me quite hesitant to join any circles or attend seminars. I am not sure it is everyone who thinks bad about me though, I fear about asking. Yet I plan to do research, so I should attend seminars to...
Closure of exponentiation of real algebraic numbers.
Given two real, nonzero algebraic numbers a and b, with a > 0 (so that it excludes complex numbers), is there any named subset of the reals S such that (a^b) belongs to S forall a,b? I know it’s not all the reals since there should be countably many a^b’s, since a,b are also countable.
Would a surgical puncture to the skull relieve a pressure headache?
So obviously I know that this isn’t the solution, but would a hole in the head equalize the pressure and relieve pain? Or are pressure headaches within the bloodstream or something internal?...
Why isn't everything mouldy?
So, fungal spores are literally everywhere, and the requirements for fungus to thrive seem to be trivially low; give it a moderately humid environment and it’ll grow on a bare concrete wall ffs eating god only knows what; the dust from the air maybe?...
Why do boomers hate squirrels so much?
Every boomer with a bird feeder hates squirrels. I don’t understand.
Why are collard greens called greens is it the color? And if so how come there is not a rainbow of different colored collards?
Why is Kamala Harris being held at such a higher standard than Trump this election?
It feels like Harris has to run a damn near flawless campaign just to BARELY beat this guy. Yeah you can bring up the current state of the country, but Trump mishandled COVID, there were over 200k deaths, BLM protest and was 2x impeached. And yet, Joe Biden BARELY beat him....
What's going on in Colorado?
Venezuelan gangs are taking over apartment complexes or something? I know right wing and conspiracy theorists are buzzing about it like crazy today....