Speakers of non-English languages, what common mistakes do native speakers make that drive you crazy?
For example, English speakers commonly mix up your/you’re or there/their/they’re. I’m curious about similar mistakes in other languages.
What's up with all those crazy AskLemmy posts that have nothing to do with AskLemmy?
I though they were all spam bots but I saw that some have real users
What should I call my son (due at the end of April)
Im having difficulty finding names I like. I need two - three names that roll off the tongue and wouldn’t be out of place with a long hyphenated surname....
what are the operations of the six main trig functions
sorry for my layman terminology, but to my understanding as a coder a function has a name, parameters, arguments and operations. if sin is the name, and its parameters are side opposite and hypotenuse, and its arguments are context dependent, what is the operation itself? am i making sense?...
In the store, I sometimes encounter containers (e.g., beer, water, shampoo) with a volume of 618ml. Why exactly this number?
What have you done throughout this year?
What communities, online or offline, have made you feel most like you've entered/found a parallel dimension in a positive way?
Excluding, say, here or the fediverse more broadly....
What is a fun gadget you have purchased that has added value to your life?
Looking for Self-Hosted Budgeting Tools Similar to YNAB
Hi everyone,...
Hey is any Lemmy communities that allow helping with abusive siblings
Basically i hate my abusive siblings and i wish i can find any Communities that helps with these problems
People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong?
Why does a proper concept of a glass floor not apply both economically/demographically?
This question will require some explaining, so bear with me (I phrased it how I did because I wanted to emphasize one of the connections). I ask this here because economics seem to be a huge topic here, especially when it comes to certain schools of thought (not that I’m judging, you have your reasons)....
What is something that definitely should not exist?
Why do dentists always recommend to brush 2 times for 2-3 minutes?
I almost always read in the news/press that dentists recommend to brush teeth two times a day for 2-3 minutes....
Why cant I upload pictures from my Camera?
Ive tried uploading multiple pictures I’ve taken with my phone’s camera and havent been able to upload them to multiple different instances. Are they too large a file or too high res to upload? Really wanted to share pics to some of the smaller craft instances, but so far I’ve been limited to posting memes since I cant...
I have a spare lithium phone battery that got wet a couple months back- will it go boom if I try to use or charge it?
So at the beginning of summer I repurposed an old Android phone into a dedicated emulator. The phone’s old enough it has an honest to god user replaceable battery so I decided to get another one and keep it in my backpack to double my gaming time....
Why is everything in consumer / American life so fucking shitty now - and companies literally just say 'oh bc profit margins' and we're now expected to swallow that and sympathize?
like I went to taco bell and they didn’t even have napkins out. they had the other stuff just no napkins, I assume because some fucking ghoul noticed people liked taking them for their cars so now we just don’t get napkins! so they can save $100 per quarter rather than provide the barest minimum quality of life features.
While half-asleep, I heard and saw my door creak and open wide. Then when I woke up later, it was fully closed. Is it possible I hallucinated it?
What's an easy yet useful skill that everyone should learn?
whats your most self-incriminating story?
Preferably with your primary address so we know where to send the van.
Have you ever done something for yourself on your (job) company's infrastructure?
Like hosted a website or a server for your personal needs, or taken a smartphone given to you for work or something like that.
Is Lemmy a good place to share personal projects and art?
I noticed that a lot of the posts on Lemmy are news, memes, and interesting discussions. I like the regular flow of content we have, and I find a lot of it engaging....
What are you looking forward to in 2024?
You are now a duck, what do you do first??
You are still you, you can speak human language that you already know, and you know how to speak duck....