I live in amarica and noticed that every tape measures I find are imperial only. Hell even on Amazon I can’t find a metric tape measure and you’d think they must exist considering us amaricans are the only people using imperial.
Ask Lemmy is a place to ask thought provoking questions. The mods have been lenient with some of the recent posts on the basis that they must provoke thought for some people, but after seeing two posts essentially saying “what do you think of my stick?”, I believe we can raise the bar a bit on what kind of thoughts we want...
I am an anarchist, so the idea of the community doing all the work, creating content, and then mods basically ruling over them as a reward, just doesn’t sit right with me....
Yesterday, I suddenly noticed that the “Return Youtube Dislike” extension wasn’t working, as in, I wasn’t seeing any dislikes. Is Youtube the cause of this? or this is just some random bug?
I was wondering who is going to pay for the reconstruction of all the razed apartment buildings, schools and hospitals in Gaza? Are the US and Europe going to do that, or is Israel going to do at least this?...
Scientists tell us that being connected and active is one of the secrets to having meaningful and fulfilling life when older. What activities and connections are you planning on pursuing?
Whats the difference between the language codes ro and ro_v26 (romanian)? (lemmy.zip)
Just an idea to make the Fediverse better, what do you think about it?
I have this proposal for ActivityPub...
How do you strike a balance between being present in the moment and planning for the future?
[Reddit] avoiding Reddit links in Lemmy.
Hi all...
Can kindness be learned or cultivated, and to what extent is it an innate quality?
Is there a Lemmy stats site?
Is there a Lemmy stats site?...
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Now recruiting mods.
We are currently looking for mods to help moderate Ask Lemmy on lemmy.world....
Where are some good places I can buy metric tape measures
I live in amarica and noticed that every tape measures I find are imperial only. Hell even on Amazon I can’t find a metric tape measure and you’d think they must exist considering us amaricans are the only people using imperial.
Low effort posts
Ask Lemmy is a place to ask thought provoking questions. The mods have been lenient with some of the recent posts on the basis that they must provoke thought for some people, but after seeing two posts essentially saying “what do you think of my stick?”, I believe we can raise the bar a bit on what kind of thoughts we want...
Is it normal that some domain name registrars and hosting companies have an unsecured connection? (image.noelshack.com)
Circumcised men, how do you feel about your parents having mutilated your penis without your consent?
These things are very controversial when it comes to women, but apparently most think it’s ok when it’s about men....
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Fellow Lemmings, how to create Social Media that does not have mods? (lemmy.world)
I am an anarchist, so the idea of the community doing all the work, creating content, and then mods basically ruling over them as a reward, just doesn’t sit right with me....
"Return Youtube Dislike" Doesn't work anymore.... (lemmy.world)
Yesterday, I suddenly noticed that the “Return Youtube Dislike” extension wasn’t working, as in, I wasn’t seeing any dislikes. Is Youtube the cause of this? or this is just some random bug?
Who's going to pay for the reconstruction of Gaza
I was wondering who is going to pay for the reconstruction of all the razed apartment buildings, schools and hospitals in Gaza? Are the US and Europe going to do that, or is Israel going to do at least this?...
What connections or activities are you planning to pursue when you are older/retired?
Scientists tell us that being connected and active is one of the secrets to having meaningful and fulfilling life when older. What activities and connections are you planning on pursuing?
What are your most prominent food memories from childhood?
How do they make you feel when you remember them?
How might climate change affect global politics and relations between nations in the coming decades?
Will it lead to more conflict or cooperation? If so, how will it develop and culminate?
What cooking skills are so difficult that they border on sorcery?
What’s your ‘Heston’ experience?
What's the optimal way to arrange foods in a refrigerator?
Do you have a fridge organizing hack? Asking for a friend.
Please use content warnings where appropriate
# The use of content warnings on !asklemmy...
I tried to make an electromagnet at home but when I connect the two copper wires to a 1.5V battery it keeps short circuiting and heating up. Also it doesn't attract other nails. (lemmy.world)
This is my electromagnet.