Asklemmy

Why do I have to renounce my citizenship when I never announced it?

I didn’t subscribe to this place. Why must I unsubscribe?

What are the most insane/unhinged kids toys?

I think (Qu)easyBakeOven is such a crazy (good) thing, its kinda weird how kids need training wheels for using a microave lol but ok

Resources for learning Mandarin?

Do you know of any online resources that would assist in self-learning mandarin?

What's something that we can no longer enjoy thanks to technology?

Prank calls is a big one. No one can do them anymore thanks to smartphones exposing the caller ID

Overuse and misuse of LSC

The term “late stage captialism” makes a lot of sense, and lots of people were using it, but when I hear the term, I’m unsure if people are actually using it correctly. There are a lot of term-users who may still think the solution is to vote, or that there’s nothing anyone can do about the end of capitalism and that means the end of the world.\

I’ll have to research this a bit. I don’t know if this misuse is actually a thing, so I should make sure.

What was this comic?

A comic I saw online a few years

First panel Mom reading a bedtime store to kid Second panel kid gets out of bed and goes to the shelf to grab another book Third panel Mom says “You have to finish one book before you start another” Final panel “Why, you don’t?” with a stack of books with book marks partway through each of them.

I loved it and I frequently think about it, but I didn’t save it and I haven’t been able to find it again for the life of me.

I'm using Lemmy in a browser right now, are there any apps I can use for Lemmy on my phone and PC?

I have a GrapheneOS phone and Linux Mint on my personal computer.

Is there a Turing-complete programming language for pen and paper?

Let’s say you wanted to use the mind as a calculator, and pen and paper as memory/registers/storage. Is there a programming language that works with pen and paper?

What socioeconomic factors are driving Asians to convert to Abrahamic religions?

How the Talmud Became a Best-Seller in South Korea

JAPAN SHOCKED! New Wave of Japanese Women is Embracing Islam — Islam is Rising Rapidly

If given a choice between a Tesla car, and an equally good brand named "Hitla", which would you choose?

Assuming the Hitla car/owner has an equally leftwing reputation as Elon does a Maga/Nazi reputation.

The car you choose will be your daily driver. You have to be seen with it regularly.

Why have Christian crosses become a fashion statement?

Just saw a commercial, for ChatGPT Codex, with a young lady wearing a concealed cross.

I’m seeing crosses everywhere, even from people who have no idea what the Christian story actually is.

What gives?

Which are some low effort habits or hobbies that have had a positive impact on your life?

Including the positive impact after removing unwanted habits or hobbies too

What are good eReaders for document review, looking for something document/"A11" (I think) sized full-page readers that are easy to load documents and make highlights and stuff?

Preferably not requiring internet or web services or “apps” (shudder)

If its moddable thats cool but even better if it doesnt even need that

Thoughts on reading Non-Marxist political works alongside Marxist theory?

So obviously it’s good to read Communist works. Lenin, Engels, Marx, Stalin, Mao, etc. But I’m curious how many people have ventured out into other things? I think personally that it can be useful when you are doing a materialist analysis of the real world to have different frameworks to pull from as well. Even if they aren’t communist, and at times the methods within are used as tools of oppression by the capitalist class. Some still have useful knowledge and insights, or at the very least aid you in analyzing the way an enemy might think.

Have you/would you see value in reading these sorts of texts?

Some examples: The Art of War, The Arthashastra, The Analects, Meditations, The Prince, Discourses on Livy, The Book of the Five Rings, Common Sense, Candide, etc

Have you ever done a syntopical reading as in "How to Read a Book"?

The 4th stage of reading or the most sophisticated

Are there US food chains that don't use any of the national restaurant supply chains?

Most restaurants in the US – including mom and pop – use national food chain networks to get the produce they use to cook with. Are there any chains that source their food locally?

Is it hard for native speakers of languages that use 漢字 to learn ABC as it's different to their own?

I see the inverse of this, with native speakers of languages that use ABC (alphabet) to learn a language that’s logographic such as Japanese & Mandarin (since both have 漢字) as a single character is a word (difficult concept for them to grasp at first). However, even if let’s say a Mandarin speaker with zero exposure to English leans ABC for the first time, would the grammar be hard even if they’ve managed to master the alphabet?

There are sounds that don’t exist in both JP & ZH like words that start or end with “TH” (i.e. Thorough, Moth) as they don’t have that in their phonology. Don’t even mention the misleading pronunciations of certain words in ENG based on spelling that stump them like “Colonel” (大佐・上校) since most speakers of ENG say that as “Kernel”. Even if “alphabet” based languages are easy, the grammar can be hard for a non-native to learn.

As in, what would it be like for a Japanese & Mandarin speaker learning a Euro language (all alphabetical based) from 漢字 > ABC or Cyrillic as it’s alien to their own plus huge differences in vocab with zero similarity (like this: “Salida” from ES is equivalent to 出口 in JP & ZH) including common things most Euro languages have: gender cases (no such thing on JP & ZH), definite and indefinite articles for example to list a few.

US doctors of lemmy, do you feel health insurance compromises the Hippocratic Oath you swore?

I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:

I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.

I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism.

I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug.

I will not be ashamed to say “I know not”, nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient’s recovery.

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God.

I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person’s family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick.

I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure.

I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.

If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.

I am a cisgender man who just turned 50. What are the funniest names I can use for my body parts when I go to the doctor?

A friend of mine referred to his nose as his “beak” and I was like, I can use that. What other funny names can I use for my aging body parts?

Can I use Veracrypt with a Persistent Live USB?

I want to create a persistent live USB of Debian and I wanted to use Veracrypt to protect the drive. From my understanding, when you boot up the drive, it doesn’t ask for a password. so if someone were to get a hold of the drive, they can just get immediate access. Also, I know it’s also recommend to encrypt your drives to protect your data. I want to know if it’s possible to do that.

If not, are there other ways to protect the drive?