Why don't people sleep in sleeping bags at home?
Yes, it looks like a dumb question, but hear me out....
What fun things can I do with an M.2 SSD and 2x4GB ram?
I upgraded my storage and ram on my PC so now I have these two extra components sitting around. I kind of want to build the tiniest PC I can. Where can I find some discussion for it?...
What future AI applications are you most excited about?
Does the rest of the English speaking world generally understand what an American means when they say "soccer", or does it help to clarify by adding "football"?
If I’m talking to an English speaker from outside of the US, is there any confusion if I say “soccer”?...
People who dont particularly care for or celebrate Christmas, Whats your favorite Christmas song?
I know the Mariah Carey song is hated because its overused, but its also objectively a well produced piece of pop music....
Why is alcohol measured in percentages?
I feel like it would be useful to know exactly how much alcohol is in a can or a bottle. Also why is alcohol the only thing measured in percentages and not sugar or caffeine or medicine?
Do people who are in late stage dementia still aware of the concept of death?
Seeing famous actors e.g. Robin Williams, and Bruce Willis suffering from dementia made me wonder in later stages do the people still aware of death? We all know death because we know the process we learn from or it’s just that we instinctively aware of it?
Why does the permanent timestamp in CCTV footage sometimes change color?
I’m refering to this...
Horse people of Lemmy- how easily can someone steal a random horse? (several questions)
I’m not experienced with horses. I know many are trained to work for just about anyone. They were used in wars and police still use horses this day and age for crowd control, so I guess they can stomach a bit of violence and chaos. But most domestic animals behave differently with people they’re familiar with vs random...
Why do AI image generators have a stroke when they try to generate text?
We can generate AI images, we can generate AI text, but text in an image is a no go?
Does Mach speed change depending on the altitude?
Since the speed of sound depends on the air, which changes at different altitudes, are “Mach” speeds dependent on the altitude? Or is it basically just like 100 °C is the same even at altitudes where water boils at a lower temperature (in that it is a fixed speed based on the speed of sound at sea level)?
What are some helpful resources to learn to touch type on smartphones?
I can touch type with a physical keyboard, which helps somewhat with trying to type on smartphone virtual keyboards, but I still find myself way clumsier and error-prone on them when I try to touch tap-type on them....
What's a word that means a common saying which is arguably untrue?
Such as “money can’t buy happiness” or “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”. Generally a false adage or something like that. All I could think of was “fallacious bumper sticker” which just sounds stupid.
If I construct a huge glass box and cover a fully grown tree - then fill the entire thing in water, what would happen to the tree
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How to remove smell from lunch box?
I have this lunch box that is huge but works really well for me. I made a mistake a few weeks ago by leaving rotten food in it over the weekend and the stench is unbearable....
Does matcha tea need to be combined with milk or can I use water?
I want to start drinking tea more instead of coffee, I really like matcha tea but whenever I’ve had it it was with milk, but I want to drink more water and want to know if I can mix water and matcha tea?...
i think im diabetic?? i dont want to be but its most likely
im having a panic attack right now because yesterday i ate high sugar food and honestly im scared for my bloog pressure and im diabetic now and i dont want to pass away, i really dont. ive had blood tests and it comes out “ok” but im still scared and angry because of high sugar food poisoning people and i failed my diet and...
Why would someone openly say that they oppose human rights?
(answered) what is the fedipact?
I saw this site that tells you if instances have blocked threads.net yet and noticed some instances listed as fedipact with a heart instead of blocked/federated/ limited (also what does limited mean)
Is it normal that I feel pretty bad for ignoring homeless people begging for help? How do others ignore them without feeling bad?
I want to give them money but since my childhood my parents pretty much told me that they are all either faking it or are too lazy to go to work for money. I mean, I guess they can go to work but not everyone gets accepted to work as easy as it sounds like.
Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid?
To clarify here, I don’t feel like I’m significantly smarter than most people, but I feel like people have a hard time doing any sort of thinking about stuff. Especially when it comes to verifying “facts.”
When characters in a cartoon speak a different language do they get someone else to do the line or does the voice actor learn the line on their own?
I could see the voice actor learning a sentence or two but on occasion the bit goes on for a couple minutes. I feel like with a cartoon it wouldn’t be that hard to find a stand in who sounds close enough or use whoever does the dubbing for that language.
Why do some posts all of a sudden have a yellow background to them?
And how do I disable this?
To those with English as a second language: are people actively being taught that a short A should be pronounced as a short E?
Just wondering because I hear a lot of non-native speakers say things like “bend” instead of “band” and I find it a bit puzzling since native speakers don’t say it that way (except in New Zealand and maybe London I suppose? Not sure) and many languages have the usual A-sound that I and many others use...
is there a way to refederate instances just for me?
when I see that whichever instance I choose is defederated from another bunch of random instances, is it possible to have those show in my feed without making a separate profile from other instances? and can I turn them off again if I see that defederating was the right idea?