Privacy Concerns from Misspelling an Email Address?
I'm in the process of deGoogling and also shoring up my email privacy, which means I'm hyper aware of mistakes I make, hence the stupid question:...
After a power outage, some electronics refuse to turn back on unless I unplug the power brick completely on the electronic side. Why does this happen?
I have some automated pet stuff in my house. There were 2 power outages 2 days in a row. After each one, the pet electronics refused to turn back on even if I unpluged and replugged the power brick from the wall outlet side. They would only turn on if I unplugged the power brick on the electronics side and plugged it back in....
"Timed Mute" or equivalent for communities..?
Quick question - In Mastodon, there is an option to set a “Timed Mute” on a user. Is there an equivalent in Lemmy?...
northern lights this week where is the best time and day to view
The northern lights are going to be viewable this week, I’m curious if anybody knows if it will be all week or just Thursday night
How do you post Gifs?
I guess the title basically says it all. Anyone know how to post gifs, like you would post an image? Can you do that?...
Could anyone explain to me this whole "rule" thing?
I keep seeing posts with just “rule” in the title and I am pretty sure I missed something. Would anyone care to explain to this millennial boomer what I missed?
So, what exactly is Nostr and how is it different from the fediverse?
I randomly came across Nostr along with Tildes and Lemmy in my early hunt for THE reddit alternative to make a home. While I decided to make a home in lemmy, on the basis that its interface and structure isn’t that much different from reddit and apollo, curiosity keeps gnawing at me. And I just have to ask....
Is Lemmy.ml instance blocked from Lemmy.world? And when will it federate again?
Posting to Lemmy.world from Lemmy.ml results in only Lemmy.ml users being able to see that post, so I think they blocked each other. When do you think they will be federated again?
What does the x/user per month mean?
I’m new here on Lemmy....
Follow up post on a question I asked
A short while ago I asked about a youtube alternative. While I was happy to try odyssey a small subset of commenters here were fairly cynical that any solution could be developed that could challenge a big company like YT and some even suggested just paying google....
does anyone know of a online store that I can get small flowers from?
I’m not sure of the term for them but specifically I am looking for flowers that grow as grass. Something about 2-4 inches tall and a very narrow stem. Any help would be appreciated.
what is the best way to drop out a threaded screw?
So I’ve got some rusty old floor screws that I can’t loosen with a Phillips head (they’re old, so I’m betting it’s not posidrv). The notches are all rusted and it hardly bites at all....
What platform/api could I use to split donations across multiple benefactors?
I’ve been looking across the internet, up, down, front, and back. No clue....
Is there a Comic book reader app?
Is there a reader app that is accessible on Android for comic books? Is there some sort of free repository of every comic book? (I assume not.)
As an iPhone user, what information can Meta get from me using Threads if I were to only view feeds and not post?
Is it okay to leave blankets on a basement floor if it's right next to your bed? (kbin.social)
I have two blankets I really like and use frequently, but I don't like having on my bed (due to them being too warm). If I had them on the floor overnight when I don't need them, would it damage the blankets?...
how is meta's threads involved with the fediverse?
I’ve read that threads is using ActivityPub but what does that mean exactly?...
How does the Modlog actually work?
So, I recently came across a post on lemmy.world (my current instance) where every comment showed up as “removed by mod”. I was curious to see what happened, so I opened the Modlog, filtered by “Removing Comments” and cycled through all the mods of that community (not sure if there’s a better way), but found absolutely...
How does search and connections between lemmy instances work?
I’ve created and account in programming.dev. When I search for a community, sometimes I don’t find in when I search in programming.dev but I find it in lemmy.world
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...
Can anyone tell me what PC will draw more power?
This is probably a stupid question, since 2 > 1, but here goes…...
Does someone have this meme?
im not sure where else to ask this, so here goes...
when you drink pop or other sweet drinks do they taste sweet the whole time?
I’m not sure if it’s just me but it seems when I drink something sweet it stops being noticeably sweet only a couple mouthfuls in and I’m starting to wonder if it’s just me