Anyone have any advice for a nooby pirate trying to find some textbooks at the decent price of free-fiddy?

Technology Fern • 2mo ago • 87%

The Waveform explains the Fediverse and the protocol war

Even though I'm on here, I honestly lurk most of the time and don't fully understand the activitypub vs at protocol war. This was a great explainer that will reach a lot of people. Really appreciate a lot of David's takes. I hope David and others at MKBHD become aware of and talk about Lemmy soon too.

science Fern • 4mo ago • 85%

Be Cool Even When Really Big Goblins Casually Drop Acid

Lemmyversers, I'm looking for some help developing a new mnemonic device. Inspired by [a video by Epic Spaceman](https://youtu.be/rn9dkV4sVYQ), where he explains a handy system for comparing the size of things from a banana to an atom, I’ve come up with a mnemonic device to aid in remembering these scales. He lists items, each smaller than the previous by a factor of 10: It goes: - Banana - Coin - Edge of the coin - Waterbear/microorganism - Red blood cell - Bacteria - "Good virus"/Bacteriophage - Corona Virus/"Bad Virus" - DNA - Atom So a coin is roughly 1/10 a banana, and the edge of that coin is roughly 1/10 the size if that coin. It gives good references for thinking about other things if similar size. A sort of banana for scale at each factor of 10. And allows you to quickly determine approximations like Covid is roughly 1000 times smaller than a red blood cell. Or an atom is roughly 1 billion times smaller than a banana. (That doesn't sound right. Is that actually right?) Do you think that's a useful memory tool? And are these best touchstones for scale at each level? The mnemonic I've come up with for it as you may have guessed, is: - Be - Cool - Even - When - Really - Big - Goblins - Casually - Drop - Acid Do you have any better ideas or tweaks you"d recommend for the mnemonic or the touchstones? Would this be helpful when trying to wrap your head around the scale of the micro? Also, what would make for a good macro version of this? Where everything got bigger by a factor of 10?

BestOfLemmy Fern • 1y ago • 91%

The 3 day no poop challenge - where it all began

**August 22nd, 2023. History occurs on Lemmy.world** [I need to survive for 3 days without pooping, and eating as little as possible. I can pee, but not very often. It can’t take up too much space. What food do I pack?](https://lemmy.world/post/440073?scrollToComments=true) -------- OP is very much focused on answers and taking this very seriously. They mean business, about not doing their business. But, in their steadfast preparation they make a fatal flaw... [[ANSWERED] How long does it take your body to process and excrete gummy worms, and how to make it faster? [URGENT AND SERIOUS RESPONSE REQUIRED]](https://lemmy.world/post/493607) --------------------- **The memes came in [hot.](https://lemmy.world/post/519802)** [What makes Lemmy feel like home](https://lemmy.world/post/455150) [After day 3](https://lemmy.world/post/508671) [Lemmy users in 3 days](https://lemmy.world/post/490756?scrollToComments=true) [A tragedy](https://lemmy.world/post/483051) [3 Days? ](https://lemmy.world/post/521696) [Supermarket shelves in 3 days](https://lemmy.world/post/529230) [Title required](https://lemmy.world/post/483876) [I hate pooping](https://lemmy.world/post/522353) [Poo](https://lemmy.world/post/520118) [I’m sorryy :(](https://lemmy.world/post/520726) [Yeah!.. No uh pooping!](https://lemmy.world/post/515282) [Built different ](https://lemmy.world/post/535623) [It’s a struggle](https://lemmy.world/post/546309) [Shitty Situation](https://lemmy.world/post/549015) [Collapsing an entire industry](https://lemmy.world/post/577545) [Created a new Lemmy user manual](https://lemmy.world/post/531823) [Putin’s address to the nation](https://lemmy.world/post/511091) - [OP "is that a threat?" ](https://lemmy.world/comment/501085) [No 🚽 where we’re going](https://lemmy.world/post/571040) [Respect the poop guy, him who goes to a honorable quest](https://lemmy.world/post/572255?scrollToComments=true) [Lemmy right now](https://lemmy.world/post/566537) --------------------- [OP seemed to enjoy them](https://lemmy.world/post/491059) --------------------- More notable moments: [Things are looking dire, OP still seeking advice the next day](https://lemmy.world/comment/486958) [Is this all a part of some spiritual journey for OP? ](https://lemmy.world/comment/502203) [A fan asks for a photo. ](https://lemmy.world/comment/508764) [The community gave OP their everlasting support. ](https://lemmy.world/comment/490007) ------- Did they accomplish their goal?? [I DID IT](https://lemmy.world/comment/524554) [Maybe, the journey is not at it's end yet... They asked for advice about ramen, and calcium tablets...](https://lemmy.world/comment/530306) ----- The community still waits with baited breath... Godspeed, u/mizu6079 o7

Thunder App Fern • 1y ago • 100%

Great app! - A few requests

Got some ideas/requests. This is my favorite app so far. Love the swipe controls and the compact UI. Liking the snappiness of it all. Ideas/requests * Add direct messaging (I can see my messages but can't respond to them). * Add trending communities when you click search/a way to explore communities rather than having to type in the specific community you want. * Make it so clicking on "all" at the top of the screen opens a menu that gives you the option to switch between all, local, subscribed and specific subs and functions as a search. * Allow user to customize UI a bit more, specifically in compact mode I'd like to be able to switch the side that the preview thumbnail is on. * Show profile banners and have a way for users to customize their banner and profile pic. * Add an edit post function. * Add sidebars. * Ability to save drafts on posts and comments. Keep up the amazing work! ʕ⁠·⁠ᴥ⁠·⁠ʔ--